The reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve does not have to keep the year, after eating, the old man was in good interest, personally came up with some questions, and the answers were rewarded, in short, Shen Kan faced a talented brother, and he didn't even open his mouth twice.

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside, Shen Han and his wife were tired, and the whole family dispersed one after another, and each room was reunited one after another.

Only Shen Kan was alone, but fortunately, there was still Aunt Jin's mother and daughter by his side, and the three of them ate tea and melon seeds, chatted for a while, and went to bed.

After tossing and turning on the third watch, Shen Kan couldn't sleep, how could he not miss his relatives during the New Year.

During these days, he always kept doing this, doing that, forcing himself not to think about the people and things in his previous life, and reading the Four Books and Five Classics hard whenever he had free time, even if he always said that he did not want to take the imperial examination, but there was still a trace of thought in his heart.

Since God has given him another life, then time cannot be wasted, after all, he has regretted it more than once.

But why not be reborn in the modern age? In this Ming Dynasty, my eyes are black, I don't understand anything, what can I do in the future?

It stands to reason that the traverser has an unparalleled advantage, knowing the trend of history in advance, knowing some famous figures, knowing the knowledge of future generations, and all aspects of experience, and can choose to bet in advance.

The problem is now the Jiajing period, it seems that Emperor Jiajing has been in power for a long time, and when he first became the emperor, there was a big ceremonial dispute, and the famous figures are Qi Jiguang and Hai Rui, but other than that, it is really not very clear.

It would be nice if it was Emperor Zhengde, it would be a big hit.

Shen Kan is more realistic, he has never had the luxury of crossing over, he can scold Fang Xuan, drunk and lying on the knees of a beauty, and the world of power is too far away from him. As for changing the direction of history, I think I have thought about it occasionally, but it is still unrealistic.

"Don't get cranky."

Shen Kan got up, put on a coat, put on shoes, and walked out the door.

The endless starry sky was as bright as the night sky of that era, as if it were eternal and unchanging, but every modern person knows that incredible births and deaths occur every moment of the universe.

In the moonlight, he walked to the open space outside the courtyard, squatted down and grabbed the dirt, pinched a few signs, a table, a few stools, muttered some words from time to time, and then sat down stupidly for the night.

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Shen Wei studied under two famous contemporary Confucians, and he never liked to socialize in Shilin, so there were only two or three literary friends and poets who came and went.

Early in the morning, Shen Wei and Shen Zhuo went to greet his mother first, and Gan asked, "What are your brothers going to do today?"

Shen Wei said: "Tell my mother, Zhang Feixian asked someone to send a letter yesterday, and he wants to invite the child to an appointment today."

After speaking, he took the letter out of his sleeve and handed it over with both hands, Gan took it and looked at it casually, and said with a smile: "Since it is a friend's invitation, then you two can go, but you can't look for flowers and ask willows."

Half an hour later, the family came in and said, "The minister of the Zhang family sent someone to invite."

The brothers in the study immediately got up and changed their clothes, went into the inner hall again, and said, "Mother, the child has gone."

Gan was talking to Zhou and said, "Come back early, so as not to worry about your mother."

"Yes." Shen Wei nodded, saluted the elders with Shen Zhuo, and then turned around and walked out.

Zhou looked at the two nephews, and was very emotional for a while, and said: "The third and fourth are more and more gentlemanly, unlike my two, one is debauched and the other is wooden, compared to it!"

"Sister-in-law, you're polite." Gan was proud in his heart, and said on his face: "Their brothers are the same when they are young, don't look at the rules in front of me, God knows what virtues are outside?" Alas, my son can't help it. ”

Outside the gate, Shen Kan was dressed in half-used civilian clothes, and saw the third brother and the fourth brother walking out in a new scarf dress, the pattern and texture of the clothes were very exquisite, and he greeted him and asked, "Are there any seniors present?" How can it be so formal?"

"Nope." Shen Wei smiled, "I just don't want to be rude." ”

It's just a get-together with friends, as for it? Shen Kanxin said, but when I think about meeting friends in society, I should indeed dress better, but I am too casual.

In this case, he hurriedly called a servant to go back and get a new dress.

After changing their clothes, the three brothers took a few subordinates and walked to the dock by the lake. The sky was clear, and a painting boat was moored on the lake, and there were already several people present.

When the people saw them, they hurriedly got up and walked out of the cabin, and said to Shen Wei: "Brother Dao Li, Brother Dao Zhang, Brother Kunzhong, why are you late?"

The boatman got off the ladder, and Shen Kan got on the boat with him, and saw Shen Wei and Shen Zhuo fighting each other one by one, and he also gave up his hands indiscriminately.

"Brother is so fast, why is it too late?"

Shen Wei said with a smile, and said to the host Zhang He and Zhang Feixian: "Brother Cheng gave Hua Han a summons yesterday, and my brother was overjoyed. It's just that he has been in love repeatedly, why should he be restrained?"

Zhang He said with a smile: "You Chun pastime, why not be polite?"

Shen Kan, who was standing on the side, was speechless, this circle of friends is inevitably too elegant, right? Even if this is the Ming Dynasty, this kind of polite words are too retro, how awkward it sounds.

Fortunately, their conversation returned to normal a little later, although it was still crepe, Shen Kan could barely understand it.

In addition to Zhang He, one of the other two scholars is called Wan Gui, whose character is Zun Jiu; One is called Jin Sheng, the word Luowen, and his family background is a famous scholarly family in Suzhou.

Who makes what friends, after Shen Ju introduced Shen Kan, the three of them were kind to Shen Kan and did not look down on him, of course, there was still an invisible gap.

The boatman untied the cable and set off for Tiger Hill, and there was not a single woman on board except for the men.

The scholar came in to offer tea, and Jin Sheng said: "Brother Daoli, I haven't seen you for many days, I guess the good writing and sentences are stacked all over the desk, right?" My brother was ashamed that he had not been able to learn in time. ”

Shen Kan wanted to laugh, how could the old man have a 'handstand', and his Daogu was not bad in comparison. Look at other people's words again, Feixian Zun Jiu Luowen, this is not the same with culture and without culture, the old man is knowledgeable.

At this time, Shen Wei smiled and said, "How can the little brother have a clumsy sentence? Occasionally, it is just some ugly words, why should Brother Luo Wen win the award. ”

"Pretend to be modest, and you should be punished."

Wangui, who had a few pockmarks on his face, took over the conversation and said: "The day before yesterday, the younger brother went to congratulate the county on his birthday, and saw that there was a birthday on the screen in the hall, so he asked the county and said that it was sent by the ya, and later learned that it was my brother's masterpiece, and the county was full of praise." Brother Dao Li is so young and talented, he will be a heavy weapon for the temple corridor in the future. ”

"How dare you, how dare you!" Shen Wei waved his hand again and again, "Actually, I met Pei Gongzi by chance before, because his father was a close friend, but he was not affectionate, and he made a birthday essay for him, but he was hastily entertained and unsightly." ”

Zhang He said to him: "It just so happens that the younger brother has a window lesson, please teach Dao Li."

"Brother Feixian's articles are beautiful and splendid, how dare the younger brother give advice?"

"You're making fun of me again."

In the past, Shen Kan would never be able to listen to the dialogue between the ancient literati, just like ordinary people hated officialdom, but now it is different, you have to follow the customs when you enter the country, and if you want to become a qualified gentry, you have to take the initiative to adapt.

Listening to the conversation between the literati, Shen Kan studied hard, and the painting boat gradually moved away from the shore.

Jin Sheng seemed to appreciate Shen Kan's appearance, and suddenly asked, "Brother can you have words?"

"Yes." Shen Kan nodded, "The word Dao Gu." ”

"Is there a number?"

"Nope."

In ancient times, the name was divided into a surname and a first name, the surname and the name came from the "Zhou Li", born in March, the mother hugged the child to see the father, the father held the child's right hand, and named it, so in ancient times, it was important to pay attention to the name but not the surname.

Before the Ming Dynasty, it was called "name" during his lifetime, and it was called "obscurity" after his death, but in the Ming Dynasty, he gradually became less particular, and it was a person who asked "respect" as soon as he met, and when it came to modern times, he was completely and completely not particular.

According to the ancient ritual system, a man could not take a character until he was twenty years old and had performed the crown ceremony. The Ming Dynasty took a step forward, and it was okay to be sixteen years old. The purpose of taking the word is to "respect its name" or "respect its name", the name is related to the ceremony, and the word is subordinate to the name, so the name is the essence of a person.

In the Ming Dynasty, the times were developing, and Shilin began to value aliases, and now when he ascends to the official career, he often no longer calls words.

There is a joke nowadays that as soon as a scholar becomes an official, he is in a hurry to do two things, one is to get a name quickly, and the other is to marry a young man immediately, which is the standard for being an official nowadays.

When the popular number, probably from the Spring and Autumn period of all kinds of "son", and then no one dared to call "son", on the individual, the Tang Dynasty gradually became popular, the Song Dynasty more, to the Ming Dynasty is almost a reader, have to give themselves a nickname.

There is a saying in Shilin that if a person only has words but no number, I dare not see such an elegant person.

Not only does everyone have a name for reading, but even well-known craftsmen have also given rise to individual names because they often deal with readers. For example, Jiaxing's bamboo master Zhu has three generations of descendants, the grandfather is Songlin, the son is Xiaosong, and the grandson is Sansong.

Monks and monks also abound, and talented women in the boudoir are even more popular, and the same is true for prostitutes who are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Therefore, Jin Sheng asked Shen Kan if he could have a number, and he didn't mean anything else, but he should ask.