Text Chapter 2 The old garden is vast and the road is long
Ren Jun is a sensible child, he was educated by his mother Yang under the training of the private school teacher, and quickly read through the four books and five classics, and a few years later became the youngest and most famous talent in Qingzhou Mansion, people began to "look at each other", that has mocked them countless times The "tongues" who saw the wind made the rudder change different versions, saying that Jun'er was born with a snake back then, what is a snake? Commonly known as "little dragon", born with the dragon, it will become a climate in the future. Fortunately, Yang's precocious understanding of the heat and coldness of the world, just smiled indifferently when he heard it, and told Jun'er to become a Xiucai is only the first step on the long road to the imperial examination, thinking that the road is full of ups and downs and unevenness, Jun'er always agreed, saying that if we continue to study hard, how can we have proud capital? With entrustment and concern, his mother sent him to Qingzhou Mansion to study. At that time, Qingzhou Mansion had a strong cultural atmosphere, perhaps because of the ancient imperial examination system? Or is it China's rich and colorful cultural heritage that people fall in love with? Drunk? Or both? Anyway, after Ren Jun came here, he was hungry for study, and the teacher said that he "steamed his body in the hot summer, and he didn't dare to drop out of school for a day." Although life was difficult at that time, he had a gluttonous desire for knowledge! In 1615, he went to Jinan to participate in the "Township Test" originally familiar with the topic, he did it easily, he was full of confidence, and later he fell into the name of Sun Mountain, he was once in a slump, and the good Samaritan pooled money to buy him a donkey to pull goods for people, barely survived. One day, he heard a scholar reading an article in his private room, and he heard that he had written an article during the exam. So he said to him, "What do you think is the use of this?" The scholar said: "This article is written profoundly, and I am afraid that the examiner will be difficult to understand, and it is beautifully written!" Ren Jun said: "It's well written, isn't it also named Sun Shan!" Even a person can not pass the exam" after talking, the scholar only knew that Ren Jun was the author of the article, very worshipped, became friends, so under his encouragement, Ren Jun in 1618 for the second time to Jinan to catch the exam, people told him that now the eunuch party is in charge, do not give the examiner money two, no matter how good the exam will not pass, Ren Jun does not follow, so that the name of Sun Shan again! This blow made him feel hopeless, but it made him see through the corruption and decline of the Ming Dynasty! How great and shocking was the Ming Dynasty, only more than 200 years of ups and downs, unexpectedly evolved beyond recognition, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang how wise, the intensity of punishing corruption, unprecedented, left a clear and clear, perhaps a kind of historical reincarnation, or a kind of "things must be opposed" natural law, decadent and turbid world like a river, once unveiled and rose up and fought the world of the emperor who admitted that there have been thousands of people rushing to his country and "unveiled the rod", Is this a historical mockery? Or a kind of despair and a spontaneous salvation for the dynasty! The rebel army led by Li Zicheng is the largest in the whole country, and it is in turmoil in the impact of this Ming Dynasty! Ren Jun began to pay attention to the world in front of him, he felt hopeless about his difficult situation and future, the vast road of life, where is the starting point? And his mother Yang encouraged him again and again not to give up studying, and the teacher also came to cheer him on, the cliché of "learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family" has long made him tired, but the teacher said "The times create heroes, if you don't fight once, there will never be hope!" Ren Jun was moved, and he went to Jinan for the third time in the first year of the Apocalypse (1621) to take the exam, but he was still named Sun Shan. The three falls hit him hard, and his mother Yang was always careful to persuade him not to be discouraged. Ren Jun silently agreed, and also felt the loneliness and guilt of "useless scholars"! Standing on the Yunxing Mountain in his hometown, he felt the bleakness of the future, the nurturing grace of his parents, and the melancholy of his own fall, which naturally caused long tears......
As he grew older, Jun'er became a handsome young man with a lofty spirit and extraordinary conversation, some people said that he looked like "Cao Cao", and some people said that he looked like "Guan Gong". He smiled wryly, feeling that others were ridiculing him, but fortunately he liked to talk to people and was willing to make some friends who could talk to him, and the abbot of Jingshan Temple, Monk Liyuan, was his good friend. The surname of the yuan is Zhang, and he is from Zhifang Village, because he is a classmate, he often plays when he is a child. Jingshan Temple, also known as Pu'an Zen Temple, is located on the north mountain of Fujiazhuang in South Maxi, was founded in the tenth year of Emperor Wen of Sui (590 years) in the Tang and Song dynasties, extremely prosperous in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and Henan Songshan Shaolin Temple is comparable, commonly known as "South Shaolin", here pilgrims gather, Chu Ri fireworks linger, the sound of prayer is endless. There is a large hall treasure hall, the palace of the heavenly king, a thousand Buddha Pavilion, twelve layers of brick towers, etc., an ancient ginkgo tree covers half of the courtyard, before the edge of the monk and Ren Jun on the stone table under the tree to drink tea and chant poetry, said that this tree he said that the tree is a chapter, "the tree roots are deep and grow firmly", it is said that his senior brother is the emperor's stand-in monk, because of this relationship, he became a "monk official" in charge of dozens of temples in a radius, so he borrowed the tree to show off his "tree big roots deep", and Ren Jun smiled slightly after hearing and said: "I want to get the first root planer!" After hearing this, he couldn't stop laughing, laughing at Ren Jun's "young maniac". It's been the first place three times, and you still have to be the first? Year of the Monkey, right? Ren Jun heard the deep meaning of his laughter, and was naturally unhappy in his heart.
One day, Ren Jun went to Jingshan Temple to visit the Yuan, the Yuan was busy, said that he was going to inspect other temples, go back to go, let the little monk Xiu Yuan take care of it, Xiu Yuan is a child about ten years old, his parents died since he was a child, because he had the same situation, Ren Jun pitied him, always taught him some poems, the little monk was smart, always read a few times he wrote it down, and over time he became very familiar. Xiu Yuan led Ren Jun around the temple for a walk, Ren Jun shouted that he was tired, Xiu Yuan took him to the bedroom of the edge to rest, Ren Jun saw that there was a "cloud point" on the bed, he picked up the wooden hammer and knocked it, heard a "squeak" door, the wall of the bedroom actually opened a door, out of two "young women", they saw that it was not fate, so they knelt down, shouted for help, asked Ren Jun to save them, and said that there were many sisters in the house. Ren Jun was furious when he saw it, his friend who trusted so much did such a trick, at this time Xiu Yuan came in, hurriedly let the woman in, pulled Ren Jun out of the bedroom, and happened to meet the abbot of Yuan who came back in a hurry, and Yuan Yuan entered the house to see that the hammer had moved, and the organ had been recognized, but secretly ordered the monks to hold the temple door, not to let Ren Jun go out of the temple gate, and asked Ren Jun to go to drink tea under the ginkgo tree. He Xiuyuan saw that he poisoned the tea, so he secretly told Ren Jun not to drink tea, thinking of his childhood playmate, the brother who accompanied him with his heart, he was so debauched and vicious, and he was a monk, the Buddhist's "compassion, where did it go!" Ren Jun was annoyed and poured the hot tea on Yuan's face. Yuan shouted: "Catch him, you can't leave him alive" The monks rushed up one after another and mingled! Ren Jun fled in a panic, seeing that the guards were heavily guarded, and there was no way out between the fights, and finally escaped over the wall under the guidance of Xiu Yuan.
Ren Jun knew that Yuan's power was vast and he would not let him go, so he explained the reason to his mother and fled overnight. He ran all the way, although it was hard, he was glad that he was still alive, if it wasn't for the little monk Xiu Yuan risking his life to save him, he might not be today, although he was concerned about Xiu Yuan's safety, but he was in such a situation, and there was nothing he could do. But he believed that with Xiuyuan's cleverness and wit, he would definitely save the day.
One day, Ren Jun came to the border of Henan, he was really hungry and thirsty, and he couldn't pull the child to beg, so he endured it, and came to the front of the Qiu family university hall, and saw that the students did not read or study with a sad face, so he stepped forward and asked, a student said: "Mr. went to eat and drink, and before we came back, we must write a good article, if we don't write well, we will be beaten!" Several of the students who had been beaten wept in fright.
Ren Jun persuaded the students not to cry, saying that he could help write, but because of hunger and thirst, how could he write? The students will understand, so they will bring the food, Ren Jun will have a full meal, and then he will write a thousand words, and the article will be written. The students were delighted and thanked Ren Jun. After Mr. Qiu came back, he began to check his homework, and saw that the composition was the same, completely from the hand of one person, Mr. took out the ring ruler, and after several tortures, a student explained the situation and handed over the manuscript. When Mr. Qiu saw the manuscript, he saw that the handwriting seemed familiar, and hurriedly ordered the students to recover Ren Jun.
Ren Jun saw that Mr. Qiu's white hair and beard were fluttering, a group of fairy wind bones, after talking about it, it turned out that he was a retired Lin Quan's scholar, who had served as the deputy chief examiner for two terms, and read Ren Jun's article, he bluntly said that Ren Jun's writing was strong, and he should take the high school entrance examination, all because he had no money to dredge the examiner, and he sighed that the world was at the end of the world, and he was unable to return to the sky.
In this way, Ren Jun settled down in the Qiu Family School, and usually drank wine and tea with Mr., talking about the past and the present, and Mr. was happy like a bosom friend. And Ren Jun respected Mr. Qiu as a teacher and helped teach the students in the school, with unique methods and ingenuity, which Mr. greatly appreciated. This not only reduced Mr. Qiu's burdens and worries, but also the students grew up and increased their knowledge under his teaching!! , the gentleman was greatly grateful.
A few months later, Mr. persuaded Ren Jun to take the exam again, Ren Jun lost Sun Shan three times, and he had no confidence, so Mr. said that this time the examiner was my student, and Ren Jun's confidence increased greatly, so he embarked on the journey of catching up with the exam with Mr.'s letter of recommendation. On the 9th, 12th, and 15th day of August in the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1625), Ren Jun participated in the Shandong Township Examination of the Provincial Capital Jinan Gongyuan for the fourth time. The examiner praised him for "knowing the sun and the moon, learning the rivers and rivers, and being able to call the world the earth!" “
Ren Jun was overjoyed, he counted the hardships of the past ten years, tears could not be contained, he wanted to tell him the best news first to tell him the mother who had been worried about him all day for several years, when the dust rushed home, his mother hugged him and cried bitterly. What a difficult step in life, a whole decade! In the past ten years, he saw that his mother's hair had turned gray, and in the past ten years, he saw that the world was so turbulent and people's hearts were so unpredictable, and he couldn't help but feel sad, so he worked harder, and read hard in his "Feng Wuxuan", he wanted to accumulate greater strength to make another sprint in the course of his life! He doesn't know how much he will have to pay to step up to the next step in life? How many years? But I believe that as long as you don't give up, no matter how much it costs, the days won't be long! Because China's students are working as hard as him to change their destiny!