Chapter 216: Hangzhou

To go from Suzhou to Ningbo, you must first go south to Hangzhou and then to the east. Qin Yu, the president of Hangzhou Xixi Academy, is Mrs. Lin's favorite student, who watched Lin Ruhai be born and grew up, and has a very close relationship with Lin Ruhai. This time through Hangzhou, it is a new time, Lin Ruhai plans to stay in Hangzhou for a while, and take his wife and children to visit this senior brother who has not met for a long time.

Although Qin Yu doesn't like deceit in officialdom, he is a person with great wisdom. When he was twenty-two years old, he was admitted to the top prize, the emperor appreciated him very much, and at the age of thirty, he paid homage to the official Sanpin Hubu Shilang, and the emperor personally conquered the last few years of the northwest, thanks to Qin Yu to raise money and food, otherwise the emperor really could not support the victory of the war. Twenty years ago, because he was dissatisfied with the emperor's southern tour after the Northwest War, which made the already huge deficit of the treasury even worse, he resigned and returned to his hometown Hangzhou after many unsuccessful speeches, and built a academy in an elegant place in the western suburbs of Hangzhou, which is now Xixi Academy.

In the past 20 years, because of his reputation and rigorous academic attitude, there has been an endless stream of students who have come to study at the college. However, Qin Yu set extremely strict conditions for the academy to admit students, those who are over eighteen years old and have not taken the examination will not be accepted, those with bad conduct will not be accepted, those with bad habits will not be accepted, those with serious diseases will not be accepted, and those who have not passed the academy entrance examination will not be accepted, Qin Yu has never relaxed the standards for accepting students because of personal relations over the years, so the number of students who can enter Xixi Academy every year is only rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a hundred. In Qin Yu's heart, he established this Xixi Academy only by cultivating the most elite talents, not to sell his reputation or earn gold and silver, so he didn't look at anyone's face, and only selected those students who met the standards.

Of course, Qin Yu also took great pains to select these carefully selected students, not only personally invited several of the most famous Confucians in the Jiangnan area, but also networked several famous masters in the rivers and lakes, and turned the students of Xixi Academy into talents in both civil and military affairs. In the past 20 years, two literary champions and one martial champion have come out of Xixi Academy, and 20 students have been admitted to the Jinshi, some of these students have entered the court as officials, and some have returned to Xixi Academy to teach. Nowadays, there is a saying in the market, that is, as long as you enter Xixi Academy, you will definitely be able to pass the examination, and the lowest is also a showman, that is, the probability of being promoted and jinshi in the examination is much higher than that of other academies. Xixi Academy has become the premier academy in the Jiangnan area, and Qin Yu's prestige is also faintly above Zhen Yingjia. There is no intersection between Zhen Yingjia and Qin Yu, although he is not convinced by Qin Yu, but after Qin Yu resigned, he devoted himself to learning and never intervened in political affairs, and was supported by many literati and students, so Zhen Yingjia never faced Qin Yu head-on, so as not to cause trouble for himself.

Lin Ruhai sent someone to Qin Yu's house in advance to deliver the post, and when Lin Ruhai's carriage arrived at the North City Gate of Hangzhou, Qin Yu actually took his three sons and several adult grandsons to greet them outside the North City Gate.

Seeing that the luxurious six carriages slowly stopped at the gate of the city, Qin Yu took his children and grandchildren forward to salute.

"Qin Yu, a grass citizen, and his children and grandchildren visit Lord Huijun and meet him"

"Senior brother, what are you doing, hurry up, our own people, how can we do such a battle, if I had known that my senior brother was like this, I wouldn't have come to visit, junior brother" Lin Ruhai quickly got out of the car and pulled Qin Yu up before Qin Yu saluted him, with a full of displeasure in his eyes.

Qin Yu looked at the handsome and immaculate young man in front of him, and couldn't help but cry when he thought of the little boy who was naughty and often punished by the teacher in his teacher's home many years ago.

"The junior and younger brothers have grown into adults now, so young, to have today's achievements, if the teacher is still there, I will be gratified"

Lin Ruhai saw that Qin Yu was no longer the beautiful son in his memory, his gray hair and wrinkles all told the story of the years.

"Senior brother hasn't seen him for many years, and senior brother is a lot older."

"My junior brother is married, I have a wife and children, can my senior brother not grow old, this time is really fast, in the blink of an eye, the originally naughty boy has become a good man who stands up to the sky, okay" Qin Yu wiped his tears and sighed with emotion.

At this time, a small head poked out of the carriage door and stared at Qin Yu curiously. When Qin Yu saw the little face that looked like Lin Ruhai, he knew that it was Lin Ruhai's eldest son Lin Lang, and beckoned to Lin Lang, "You are Lang'er"

Lin Lang climbed out of the carriage with a smile, stood on the wheel and respectfully bowed to Qin Yuchang to the end, "Lang'er has seen grandfather Lang'er doesn't know what grandfather's surname is, grandfather is willing to tell me"

Qin Yu and the children and grandchildren standing behind him couldn't help laughing, Lin Ruhai shook his head, stepped forward and took Lin Lang off the carriage, let him stand on the ground, and then said to Lin Lang, who didn't know what to do, "Lang'er, this is my father's senior brother Qin Yu, Lang'er wants to call him Uncle Qin."

Lin Lang tilted his head to look at Qin Yu, and then tilted his head to look at the people behind Qin Yu, and with a roll of his eyes, he smiled and said, "Lang'er to meet Uncle Qin"

Qin Yu bent down to look at Lin Lang at eye level, kindly touched Lin Lang's little head, and then untied a white jade peace button on the placket of his front shirt and tied it to Lin Lang's placket with his own hands.

"Lang'er is such a smart child, much like your father when he was a child. This is a meeting gift from Uncle Shi, which was given by a master when Uncle Shi traveled to Mount Emei, and now it is given to Lang'er, may it bless Lang'er with a safe and smooth life."

"Thank you, Uncle Qin"

Qin Yu stretched out his hand to hug Lin Lang and introduced his children and grandchildren to Lin Ruhai. Qin Yu's children and grandchildren all saluted Lin Ruhai, and Lin Ruhai also gave them meeting gifts, all of which were the four treasures of the study brought from Suzhou.

Lin Ruhai was about to take Lin Lang into the carriage and follow Qin Yu and them, but Lin Lang suddenly said, "Uncle Shi, according to etiquette, Lang'er hasn't given you a gift yet."

As soon as Lin Ruhai heard it, he knew what bad his son was holding back, so he spoke first, "You are still young, you will be exempted this time, and I will talk about it when you grow up."

"Hey, junior brother, this is not a rare time for Lang'er to be so polite at such a young age, how can he deal with the past so casually."

After listening to Qin Yu's words, Lin Lang took a short step and ran to Qin Yu's three sons with his fists and saluted, "I've seen Senior Brother, I've seen Senior Brother, I've seen Third Senior Brother" The content of the chapter is trying to recover, please visit it later.