Chapter 52: The Beginning
Uncle Wu drove the car, hesitantly pulled his little lady away, and while walking, he turned his head to look at the dense crowd that poured into the Jixian Pavilion, and couldn't help but be amazed: "Little lady, Lao Wu is a rough person, but he also fled all the way, and I have also seen a few academies, like Jixian Pavilion, so many people come to the entrance exam, it's really the first time I've seen you." ”
“…… Uncle Wu, how can there be an old man! You see, the old man's hair and beard are all white, at least sixty, I remember Da Lang said, this year, Master Gu is only sixty and three, is it possible, this master's age can be ...... younger than the apprentice"
Wang Da touched his head inexplicably.
Gu Wan smiled: "The so-called learning is not in order, the master is the first, the apprentice is older than the master, what's so strange!" Okay, hurry home, there are still a lot of things at home, our new house is going to be finished, how do you have to go and take a look, acceptance. "Gu Yiqing became famous when he was a teenager, and he has been famous all over the world for 50 years, like him in the world, he can count them on one hand, and others, who are still studying in their sixties, although it is rare, it is not without ......
Gu Anran is one of the students who came to participate in the assessment, he is very young, and his mentality is good, he is lucky, when he drew lots, he drew the sixth place, calmly chose a leeward compartment to sit down, according to the previous habits at home, put the pen and ink inkstone neatly, polished the ink, and then dipped the water with a handkerchief to clean his face and wash his hands......
The assessment of the Jixian Pavilion, after all, is not the imperial examination of later generations, and the management is not too strict, as soon as they heard the noise outside, many students who had already entered the cubicle stood up and watched, pointing and pointing.
In the compartment opposite Gu Anran, a man in his thirties dressed in Ge Yi was lying on the desk crying, and the two invigilators walked over and asked, this guy didn't find a place to live in Xingyuan, so he stayed in the temple for a while, far away from the Jixian Pavilion.
The two invigilators looked at each other, this is the examination room, not a place to mark the papers, and the examiner has no extra pen and ink in his hand, thinking about going out and buying another pair for him, but the door has been closed, and Gu Yiqing has also taken the exam questions, and the exam is about to start.
When Gu Anran saw this, he stood up and said loudly: "Two gentlemen, the student's pen and ink are still abundant, and you can borrow this benevolent brother!" As he spoke, he handed over the spare pen and ink to the examiner and gave it to the candidate opposite.
The candidate breathed a sigh of relief and stopped crying.
In fact, it is no wonder that the candidate looks dressed up, that is, his family background is not good, otherwise, he will not come to Yazhou in a hurry to take the exam, and the average student from a wealthy family will come over a while in advance, which can be regarded as a reputation, if you can make Gu Shi pay attention in advance, then this assessment will get twice the result with half the effort.
Only candidates from poor families will come before the exam in order to save some room and board expenses!
It is not easy for poor students, most of them have no opportunity to study, even if some get the opportunity to study, they are not as good as the famous family with sufficient resources, and there are famous teachers to teach, and the children of famous families can always get the opportunity to be promoted and become officials, while the children of poor families, such opportunities are quite rare, unless they can be famous in the world, so that the court officials who choose talents will notice.
Those who are really willing to work hard to study, students from poor families, all of them are tenacious and ambitious, and none of them do not want to get ahead. In today's era, people have not yet had the pilgrimage-like mentality of the imperial examination after more than ten years, but if the children of the poor family want to get ahead, it will be more difficult than after the imperial examination will prevail in the future, and worshipping a famous teacher is the fastest way to advance in the world.
Jixian Pavilion by the Feng Dynasty famous scholar Gu Yiqing as the head of the mountain, if there is an entry, and fortunately ranked among the best, become Gu's disciple, it means that you can knock on the door of the career, in the future to get an official and a half-job, no difficulty, from then on among the upper class, may even get the favor of the famous family, change their fate......
In this era, the more famous the person, the more stingy the reputation, easy to refuse to be a disciple, the relationship between the master and the apprentice, just like father and son, if any celebrity accepts a student with a bad character, maybe it will be involved in the destruction of a lifetime of fame.
This time, Gu Yiqing re-emerged from the mountain and recruited disciples, naturally he was like a cloud, I don't know how many sons of the family, children of the poor family, are eager to put on a layer of 'Gu Yiqing's disciples' on their bodies.
This forgot to bring pen and ink to the man, surnamed Shi, the name Heng, the word Xinyi, is a native of Chuzhou, born in poverty, when he was twenty years old, because he went to their county academy to do the rough work of sweeping the west, he met a gentleman, that Mr. saw that although he was old, he was willing to endure hardships, and he had a good memory, and he also had spirituality, no worse than the young students, so he relied on listening to Mr. outside the window, and learned a lot of words in two months, so he made his own decision and let him enter the academy, part-time work and study.
This study is ten years, and he has been studying hard, and the gentleman who helped him a lot has become the head of the academy, and he has been very good to Shi Heng for ten years.
This time, Mr. heard that Gu Yiqing Gu Shi went out of the mountain and opened the Jixian Pavilion, and asked the mountain chiefs of the academies from all over the country to recommend talents, so he made the decision to let Shi Heng come to Yazhou to try his luck, after all, Chuzhou is a bitter cold place, the literary style is not prosperous, and their academy is only a small academy, and the students in it do not have a few city climates. And although Shi Heng was too late to enlighten, he was a rare smart person, and Mr. liked him a lot, so he wanted to give him a chance.
Shi Heng was naturally grateful for this, when he left Chuzhou, he was definitely complacent and full of hope, but he never thought that he would travel all the way west and take a trip, which had a great impact on him, facing the broken mountains and rivers, countless small people struggling to survive, and encountering several scenes of homeless people being killed as bandits, he couldn't help but be shocked - if he hadn't been favored by Mr. and had the opportunity to study, I am afraid that he would be like these ant people with broken homes, every day, it seems to be able to see the end of life.
To say that when Shi Heng came out of Chuzhou, his head was still confused, but along the way, he made up his mind that he must win the top few positions in the Jixian Pavilion and get the attention of Master Gu......
It's a pity, the idea is excellent, the reality is very harsh, when he arrived in Xingyuan, he saw the elites who flocked from all over the country, and then he knew how thick the sky was, he used to think that he was good at learning, but now he has no confidence in himself, and he has no confidence in himself, and when he encounters the omission of pen and ink, he will cry for a while.
With Gu Anran's help, Shi Heng calmed down, and his mood gradually stabilized - he knew Gu Anran, on the first day he came to Yazhou, he saw Gu Anran sitting in the teahouse with more than a dozen students 'debating the scriptures', with sharp language, novel views, close to reality, his brain turned, no one said it fast, it made him dumbfounded at that time, and he completely remembered Gu Anran in his heart.
This time, Gu Anran stretched out his hand to help, Shi Heng was grateful, and secretly sighed that although this person was still young, with his character and knowledge, he would definitely be able to make great achievements in the future!
Gu Anran didn't know that there were still people in the examination room who spoke so highly of him, and his attention quickly focused on the questions he sent.