Zhang Yuan practiced archery, not that he wanted to become an archer, to Zhang Yuan, it is much more difficult to wear Yang in a hundred steps than to be full of Jinglun, and it is necessary to have talent in practicing martial arts, such as Mu Zhenzhen, she has the talent to practice martial arts, Zhang Yuan thinks that he does not have that talent, and it is impossible to devote a lot of time to boiling strength, he gets up early to practice archery in order to strengthen his body, in order to cultivate a martial temperament, under his advocacy, more and more prisoners go to the archery garden to learn archery - a certain day in mid-July, after Gu Qiyuan, the southern supervisor of the priest Gu Qiyuan talked to Zhang Yuan, It was decided to reopen the archery class, each class has an archery class every three days, taking a voluntary form, the inmates who refuse to practice archery are copying the calligraphy in the lecture hall, the vast majority of the inmates are already annoyed with copying the calligraphy, whether they like archery or not, the archery class is willing to play on the archery field when it is their turn, the weeds in the archery garden have been eradicated, the vegetable fields of the two old soldiers have also been razed, and they have been turned around, Zhang Yuan did not want to go, gave the two old soldiers five taels of silver each, and gave the two old soldiers ideas, let them go to the market to buy some melons and fruits, If you sell it to an archery inmate, you can earn dozens or hundreds of dollars per day.

The bow and arrow used in the archery class was provided by the garrison yamen in Nanjing, Zhang Yuan didn't know what the result of Eunuch Xing's request for Gu Sai Jiu to discuss the feng shui of the Xiaoling case was normal, generally speaking, Gu Sai Jiu was unwilling to shed this muddy water, after all, this involved the contradiction between Xing Long and the Nanjing Military Department, but from the bow and arrow sent by the inner garrison yamen, Gu Sai Jiu accepted it, it is very likely that Eunuch Xing and Gu Saijiu have reached a tacit understanding, in order to get Gu Qiyuan's support, how much capital Eunuch Xing has put is unknown- Did the Nanjing Military Department's squire surnamed Lang Lou's impeachment of Xing Long and Xing Long's self-defense note be handed out? Has Xing Long's tax cut been implemented? How about the opening of the road in the two capitals? These Zhang Yuan are not clear, he just gives Eunuch Xing a staff officer, and the specific needs of Eunuch Xing to go to the camp desperately, Zhang Yuan's life in Guozijian is still the same, every morning to shoot to learn to shoot, the rest of the time is reading, writing, and posting, Song Siye and Mao Jian Cheng did not come to make things difficult for him for the time being, the only thing that feels a little changed is that the miscellaneous servant surnamed Jiang is obviously much more respectful to Zhang Yuan, he used to run for Zhang Yuan's reward for Zhang Yuan's money, and now there is a feeling of awe in it, This is naturally because he saw that the Nanjing garrison eunuch invited Zhang Yuan to make an appointment.

On July 18, the Guangye Tang non-character class conducted the mid-term examination, this examination is more important, those who are fluent in literature and science and can understand the first scripture, quasi-promotion to the Tao, sincerity of the second class, this is very critical to Zhang Yuan's batch of new prison students, Guangye Hall is the primary class, the second class of cultivation and sincerity is the intermediate class, and the first month of admission can be promoted to the intermediate class, that is a kind of glory - the question of this examination is very simple, "Yi", "Poem", "Li", "Book", "Spring and Autumn" each question, all students answer the questions according to their own scriptures, Zhang Yuan's "Spring and Autumn" question is" Zang Xi Bo admonished the fish", this question Zhang Yuan in the first half of the Taoist test, got Wang Tixue's appreciation, the Five Classics to the "Spring and Autumn" question is the easiest to repeat, because it is easy to repeat so the most difficult composition, because the same topic does not know how many people have done hundreds of thousands of times, the famous articles of the ink abound, usually the small test is just that, plagiarism and quote other people's views do not matter, but when you encounter the township test, will test, your "Spring and Autumn" scripture questions are similar to the predecessors' famous articles, what is going on, can this be admitted?

Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang respected the "Spring and Autumn" as the first of the Five Classics, and the champion was often promoted from the Jinshi who governed the "Spring and Autumn", the vast majority of scholars still had to choose the other four classics instead of the "Spring and Autumn" as the main scripture, because the "Spring and Autumn" questions were difficult to make, and the tricks were all played by the predecessors, and the acceptance rate of candidates who took the "Spring and Autumn" as the main scripture in the township examination and the general examination was lower than that of the candidates of the other four classics -- for this reason, Zhang Yuan did not be lazy to copy the "Zang Xi Bo Advice to Observe the Fish" in his Taoist examination and submit the paper, but did not take the opportunity to write another one. In the afternoon, when the paper was handed in, Gu Qiyuan, the priest of the southern superintendent, came to read the paper again, read Zhang Yuan's scripture with eight shares, and said to Dr. Zhao: "Zhang Yuan can be promoted to Chengxin Hall to study." ”

In fact, in Gu Qiyuan's view, Zhang Yuan is outstanding whether it is eight shares of scriptures or eight shares of four books and small questions, and there are a few prisoners of the rate surname hall who can beat Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan has only been in the Guozijian for a month, if he is directly promoted to the rate of the surname of the hall, it is too shocking, and there is no precedent, Guozijian cannot skip the junior class and go straight to the senior class, Therefore, Gu Qiyuan let Zhang Yuan be promoted to study in Chengxin Hall - there are many excellent supervisors in the non-character class this time, Ruan Dacheng, like Wei Dazhong and Zhang Yuan, was promoted to Chengxin Hall together, and Zhang Dai and other six people were promoted to the monastery hall, so that Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai were not in the same class.

Zhang Yuan, Ruan Dacheng, and Wei Dazhong were assigned to the Xuanzi class of Chengxintang, and there are only four classes in Chengxintang, which are distinguished by the Xuanhuang of heaven and earth, and there are not many prisoners, and there are many vacancies in the number room, so they are all one person in one room, which is much more comfortable than Guangye Hall.

Zhang Yuan was promoted to Chengxin Hall on July 19, this is said to be no teaching as usual, Zhang Yuan arranged the number room and wanted to go out of the prison to see Mu Zhenzhen, and then go to the garden to meet Mr. Jiao, he asked Jiao Runsheng to send a letter by post so far There has been no reply, I can't help but feel a little anxious, there is no reply from Shanyin for the time being, but Kaifeng's father Zhang Ruiyang's reply should have arrived, could it be that his father had left Kaifeng before his letter was delivered?

Zhang Yuan went to Wei Dazhong to ask who the head of the Xuanzi squad was, and he wanted to get out of prison with the "Gong Gong Jing Card"?

Wei Dazhong said: "This person's surname is Huang, his name is Zunsu, the words are really long, he is from Yuyao County, Gui County, and he is already famous, doesn't Brother Zhang Xian recognize it?" ”

"Huang Zunsu!"

Zhang Yuan was quite surprised, this is another famous figure in the late Ming Dynasty, and Wei Dazhong is listed as the six gentlemen of Donglin, is the think tank of the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian is very jealous of Huang Zunsu, because Huang Zunsu can often anticipate the next conspiracy of the eunuch party, the second year after Wei Dazhong's death, Huang Zunsu was also executed by Wei Zhongxian, maybe there are not many people who know Huang Zunsu in later generations, but Huang Zunsu's son Huang Zongxi can be said to be a little bit of historical common sense People will know that China's greatest enlightenment thinker, learning is as deep as the sky, deep as the sea, This father and son are both the first class of smart people in China throughout the ages - "Why, Brother Zhang Xian knows Huang Zhenchang?" Wei Dazhong asked.

Zhang Yuan said: "I have heard of his virtuous name, but I have never known Jing, and I am annoyed that Brother Wei will introduce me." ”

Huang Zongxi had listened to lectures in Donglin Academy, so Wei Dazhong had a lot of dealings with Huang Zunsu, and immediately found Huang Zunsu's room with Zhang Yuan.

This Huang Zunsu is in his thirties, with sparse eyebrows, a narrow face, a pointed chin, and his eyes are extraordinarily bright, and he seems to be able to peep into people's hearts, especially for people who meet for the first time, there is a feeling of being seen through by him, Zhang Yuan also had this feeling when he first saw Wang Siren, and Huang Zunsu is especially - "Zhang Gongzi of Shanyin, he really admires his name for a long time." Huang Zunsu stretched out his face and said a mediocre polite word.

Zhang Yuan suddenly wanted to make a joke with this wise Huang Zunsu, see his reaction, think about it or forget it, don't be self-defeating and make this smart man suspicious of himself, a little greeting, and make his intentions, Huang Zunsu said: "Unfortunately, the entry and exit cards have been taken away, Zhang Gongzi said out of prison, I will keep the brand for you." ”

Zhang Yuan had no choice but to give up, returned to the number room, read books and essays, and pondered the people he met in the Guozi Prison, Ruan Dacheng, Wei Dazhong, and Huang Zunsu will all be the figures of the Apocalypse Dynasty, and it is very likely that the next department will be in the Jinshi, and he has to study hard and strive to be on the same list with them - this day has passed, the eldest brother Zhang Dai is no longer in the same class as him, he is alone in the number room, and the blue light and ink roll at night are inevitable, it is inevitable that there is some loneliness, this night Zhang Yuan took a bath and went to bed early, and the next day he got up at dawn and brushed his teeth with tooth powder, Seeing that the neighbor's Ruan Dacheng had not yet gotten up, he came to the shooting garden alone, the eldest brother Zhang Dai and the third brother Zhang Cao would also come to the shooting garden every morning, the three brothers were different from each other, and they could not visit each other casually, but they could not help but come to the shooting garden in the morning and evening, so the three brothers could get together every day - it was already half a year old, the weather was cool in the morning and evening, Zhang was the reason for coming early, there was no trace of the huge shooting garden, eight arrow targets were erected lifelessly in the low grass, and there were crystal dewdrops on the blades of grass.

Two veterans, one surnamed Zhou, the other surnamed Gong, the old soldier surnamed Zhou had already gone to the market to buy melons and fruits, and the old soldier surnamed Gong was taking a broom and preparing to clean the shooting range. "Hurriedly went to the treasury and fetched the small bow that Zhang Yuan usually used, as well as ten hardwood arrows.

Zhang Yuan thanked the old army, first ran around the shooting garden for half a circle, this half circle is about two miles, running sweaty, body and spirit are very comfortable, back to the arrow target, pick up the bow and arrow hanging on the target, ready to practice archery, after half a month of practice, he is now twenty zhang away from the arrow target to open the bow, ten arrows can about six or seven arrows hit the arrow target, of course, if you want to shoot the red heart, it all depends on luck - the small bow to pull the string requires a lot of strength, Zhang Yuan shot the fourth arrow, he felt that his arm was a little sore, and the sweat on his forehead flowed through his eyebrows and seeped into his eyes, Suddenly felt that his eyes were astringent, and he was about to wipe his sweat with his sleeves, when he suddenly saw a white cloth towel handed in front of him, the palm holding the cloth towel was very familiar, the palm was a little rough, and the wrist exposed outside the blue-black cuffs was round and white-Zhang Yuan raised his eyes and exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, Zhenzhen, why are you here!" ”

Mu Zhenzhen, a fallen girl, was wearing a small-sleeved collared shirt and a long skirt, her waist was tightly tied, and she was smiling at this time, very happy, she wanted to give the young master a surprise, she had been watching the young master shoot arrows for a while, and then stepped forward to wipe Zhang Yuan's sweat with a cloth towel, and said: "The maid has just arrived, Xiao Wu is also here, there is a reply from the master of Kaifeng, Jiao Xianggong sent it yesterday." ”

(To be continued)