Copying books, copying books, copying books!

Being tired and tired from being trained during the day, and copying books at night, for Zhang Zongshuo, these days are really enough to toss people to death. Since the first day of the fight, Xu Xun has never targeted him much, but Qian Ning, who was named by Xu Xun as the commander of the army because of his best training, is surprisingly strict, and he is completely lazy. And Qian Ning has the power of punishment given by Xu Xun, and the rest of the people are from punishment stations to military sticks, and for their sons, they only have the word "copying books". It's a pity that he is so tired during the day that he has to copy books at night, and in the end he is about to break his hand.

And Xu Yanche and Qi Jiliang are not much better than Zhang Zongshuo, one of them is strictly ordered by their father, and the other thinks that they are guilty of meritorious service, and they are quite serious in their practice, but after all, they don't have the physical strength of those young officials, and it is always inevitable to copy seven or eight more pages of books every night. Only Wang Shikun has Qian Ning to take care of him, plus he is a few years older after all, and the bows and horses are sparse, but after all, he has learned, and he says that he has to copy three or four pages of books every night, but he can still do it when he goes to bed on time. And this time there were only fifteen people in total, one person in one room, and at night the door was closed and no one was allowed to go out, and there were people patrolling outside, and no one knew what the situation of others was.

In the next half month, Xu Xun did not live in the palace, and he ran outside the palace every day, from Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, to Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, and then to the eldest princess of Renhe, these three families often came to inquire about the situation, and he was only perfunctory, and his main focus was only on whether the court sent troops and the progress of the young army on Wang Shouren's side. Even the 500 army guards before the vacation were transferred to the old barracks of the regimental camp outside Andingmen, and every time they were led by the general banners to go out for training, he only went to see them every other day. When all the 2,000 people, including the previous fifteen hundred households, were crammed into this barracks, he immediately threw himself into it.

After all, the last time Xiyuan trained 500 soldiers, it was already an exception, and this time it was absolutely impossible for 2,000 people to be pulled into Xiyuan again. And in the barracks and school field outside the Anding Gate, it is not like there are only eunuchs in the palace, there are many people around, and the imperial history is even more eyeing it, if you really want to find any fault, he and Wang Shouren will have a lot of trouble. However, after a few days, although the run-in between the officers and non-commissioned officers was not getting better, he found that the number of people watching the excitement around him gradually decreased.

"Could it be that those imperial histories have finally suddenly woken up to other serious things?"

At lunch that day, when he heard Xu Xun's muttering, Wang Shouren suddenly said angrily: "That's because they have another important matter to keep an eye on, and they don't have time to take care of us anymore." The examination has begun, and the examiner and the examiners of each room are the top priority, not staring at them but staring here, those science and Taoist officials will not put the cart before the horse. With their surnames, they are looking forward to something happening, not to mention that this time coincides with the year of the examination, of course, I can't wait for another big case of fraud in the 12th year of Hongzhi! ”

It turns out that it is the end of February in a blink of an eye, and it looks like another year of trying!

Xu Xun remembered this stubble at this time, and was secretly fortunate that he was able to temporarily avoid those malicious eyes during the training of these two thousand new troops. However, although he said that the Four Books and Five Classics were all loose, he was also very interested in this triennial event, and immediately asked: "Who will take the exam this year?" ”

"It's Zhang Yuanzhen, a scholar of Taichang Siqing and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and Yang Tinghe, a scholar of Zuochunfang University and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy."

Fu Rong previously sent his henchman Jing Bule to accompany him to Beijing, and now Xu Xun can't be said to be a treasure of civil and military officials, but most of these famous people still have some understanding. Zhang Yuanzhen is just that, but Yang Tinghe's name is like thunder - isn't it the one who personally sent Emperor Jiajing to the throne, and then he was swept off by the emperor because of the great ceremonial dispute? And if we follow some deep-rooted rumors in later generations, some people even say that Zhengde's death is inseparable from the head of this civil official. Take it as an example, this person is also the East Palace sequence.

Just this thought was just thinking about it in his heart, he squinted his eyes slightly and smiled: "I don't know who will be lucky enough to win the champion on this list." After decades of hard work, just look at the performance of these days, but it is really more difficult than thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. ”

"That's a good analogy." Wang Shouren himself is three times before and after, the single-plank bridge walked three times, this is naturally deeply understood, squinting his eyes to recall the past for a while, he suddenly pinched his fingers and calculated, and then stood up on the ground, "I just remembered, today is February 18th, and it is also the last one of this trial, I made an appointment with a friend, and when he came out of the tribute courtyard to catch the wind for him, I have to go first today!" ”

"Just go, tonight's art of war class won't matter if you stop for a day, it's rare for the next person to be lazy, and it's too late to be happy!"

Seeing Wang Shouren say this, he stood up and hurriedly walked out, Xu Xun didn't pay attention to it, and said it casually. However, Wang Shouren had already arrived at the door, but he suddenly turned back, but he looked at Xu Xun and said, "I forgot, it is said that the Southern Supervisor Jiu Zhang Weng has a half-teacher friendship with you?" ”

"How do you know?" Xu Xun didn't expect that even Wang Shouren would hear about this, and he was surprised for a while.

"You don't care how I know, if there is?"

"Sort of. However, I was only fortunate enough to nurse my wound at Master Zhang's house for a month, and he gave me two boxes of books, and recommended me to Lord Jiu Xie of the Northern Supervisor. Xu Xun remembered Tao Hong, who had hurried south not long ago, so he sighed and said, "I just heard that Master Zhang is widowed, so I sent a boy from my family to visit south." ”

"That's good! My friend was appreciative of Zhang Weng and studied in Nanjian for more than half a year, and he was also called Mr. Zhang Weng. He had just arrived in the capital in early February, and I had met him at the Wenhui because of Elder Li Ge, so I thought he should know about Zhang Weng's current situation. If you have time, why don't you come with me? ”

Xu Xun had also written two letters to Zhang Mao after he arrived in the capital before, but he couldn't care about it after three months of training in Xiyuan, so he asked Tao Hong to bring the letter back this time. At this time, Wang Shouren said that he was going to see such a person, he immediately got up, nodded without saying a word, and said: "Okay, then I'll go and tell you the arrangements for tonight, and then go into the city with you!" ”

It was evening, and the street in front of the Gongyuan on the east side of the capital was already crowded. Since the start of the examination on February 9th, it has been a full nine days, and all the people who have come and gone from the south to the north have gathered in such a tribute courtyard for the exam, and they can hardly get out of the number room. I looked forward to it for a long time, and I didn't know who shouted that the Gongyuan was opened, and I saw a large number of hand-held examination baskets rushing out of it, and it was a commotion for a while.

Wang Shouren is a person who has taken the exam three times, of course he knows that if he wants to face people at this time, he can't just rely on stupidity, so he didn't wait with Xu Xun at all at this time, but booked the second floor of a restaurant next to the Gongyuan, and only waited while watching at the window. Since he is good at archery, his eyesight is naturally very good, and it didn't take long for him to look at it condescendingly, and he saw the leisurely middle-aged man Shi Shiran walking behind his back in the crowd, and he immediately shouted: "Brother Yuanming!" ”

The middle-aged man at the bottom looked up and recognized the person by the window as Wang Shouren, and smiled through the crowd to the door of the restaurant. After a while, he went upstairs and entered the private seat with the examination basket, and saw that there was another strange young man in addition to Wang Shouren in the seat, he was slightly stunned and smiled: "But the son of Xing'an? ”

"Exactly, it is really reckless to take the liberty of disturbing Mr. Zhan."

"Where is it, if you want to say that the name of the prince is like thunder, I have been curious for a long time, and I don't want to see each other today, but it is also thanks to Wang Bo'an's blessing. As for the word sir, the prince can call me Zhan Yuanming, and it is okay to call me Lao Zhan. ”

"Then I'll take advantage of it and call Brother Zhan! Only the word "son", please put it away from Brother Zhan. ”

"Well, that's how it should be!" Zhan Ruoshui smiled heartily, put down the examination basket and sat down by himself, lifted the teapot and poured it full of tea and drank it in one go, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "These nine days are really difficult, I can barely drink hot tea, but fortunately, it didn't rain, and I finally survived." ”

Seeing this, Wang Shouren couldn't help but quip: "I know that you don't want to take the test, and you were forced to go to Liangshan!" ”

Xu Xun also listened to Wang Shouren's explanation on the way, and only then did he know that he came to see Zhanruoshui, Guangdong today. According to Wang Shouren, Chen Xianzhang, who was famous for his master's affairs, even burned the road for a time in order to study in order to follow the Mr. Baisha, and after taking charge of the Jiangmen Diaoyutai, he served his filial piety for Chen Xianzhang's death for three years. But compared to these, what really shocked his heart was because he remembered that the famous Ming Dynasty master of mind in later generations, except for Wang Shouren is this Zhan Ruoshui, both of them have many disciples, although Zhan's reputation is weaker than that of Wang, he can still be said to be a generation of grandmasters!

"It's good that you know, Bo'an, don't tell Elder Li Ge, otherwise you will live up to his wishes."

At this time, seeing Zhan Ruoshui say such a sentence with a smile, Xu Xun raised his glass and said: "That's what Mr. Zhan said, but there is a way that things in this world often backfire, although you don't want to pass the exam, I'm afraid that this time you will definitely win." ”

Wang Shouren also smiled: "Yes, yes, these two people in the main examination of this subject are humble gentlemen with a single heart and a discerning eye, just like Xu Shizi said, I also bet that you will be able to win!" ”

Zhan Ruoshui drank Xu Xunjing's cup with tea instead of wine, and when he heard Wang Shouren's words, he couldn't help but wonder: "Okay, you Bo'an, aren't you deliberately trying to squeeze me!" Although I want to go back to my hometown to teach quietly, if I can't win the bet with you, wouldn't it be determined that the two examiners of this subject are not knowledgeable? To tell the truth, if you don't pass the exam, if you are lucky enough to pass the exam, I have been obsessed with books all these years, and I don't know anything about practice, I just hope to be able to order a Hanlin, so that I can read a lot of books, continue to study knowledge, teach and educate people well, and don't miss the people! ”

Zhongjin Shi points to Hanlin, this was the expectation of countless scholars in their lives, but when Zhan Ruoshui said it, it seemed to retreat to the second. However, he said such arrogant words quite calmly, and Xu Xun actually felt that he was sincere when he heard it, so he couldn't help but smile and echo a few words. After some gossip, the wine and food were all together, and he returned to the truth and preached: "I heard Brother Wang say that before Brother Zhan came to the capital to take the exam, he was once highly rewarded by Lord Jiuzhang of the Southern Supervisor, and he studied in the Southern Supervisor for a few months? I don't know how Lord Zhang is doing? ”

"Zhang Weng ......" Zhan Ruoshui hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Zhang Weng's recent situation is really not good, he lost his wife when he was old, it was originally a great pain in his life, not to mention that Zhang Weng's health deteriorated after entering the winter, and the imperial court did not allow it due to illness, so he should have returned to Jinling from the countryside to continue to preside over the Guozijian at this time." Alas, it's not that I'm fierce in my words, all the bosses in the court are old, such as Ma Shangshu and others are already over the age of old, and they have all written to the emperor several times, and the emperor should also let them go, otherwise the old and younger generations feel that their corpses are vegetarian, and they hurt their reputation and body, which may not be the blessing of the court! ”

ps: Khan, the historical classification monthly ticket list is ahead of nine mm and four votes...... Although we have a good relationship, but if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, and I have a new book and her old book, if you want to see her add faster and more, everyone will help me with a monthly pass!

(To be continued)