Chapter 51: Stand Up
The first one, naturally, is Tang Zhe himself. The second person was the first person to stand up and embarrass Yang Ju. This person is not tall, but he has a lean appearance. When Xu Fatzi saw this person, he hurriedly whispered in Yu Ren's ear, "Boss, you have to be careful of this person." This man's name is Wang Shiji, and behind his back, everyone calls him Bantam Tiger. I heard from a cousin of mine who was studying at Wansong Academy that this bantam was a pest to their Wansong Academy.
In the academy, most of the students had to pay him protection money. If they don't, they will be embarrassed by him and his brothers. Sometimes they would stop me on the way home and beat him up. ”
"Why don't they tell the gentleman in the academy?" Yu Ren asked puzzled. When he was a child, he also encountered this kind of bullying of primary school students by college students, and he was victimized by it, so Yu Ren also hated this kind of behavior.
"Anyway, it's useless. This bantam is very shrewd. When Mr. was there, he behaved very obediently, and he had a relationship with Mr.'s first protégé, Tang Zhe. Tang Zhe helped them say good things in front of Mr., and every time something happened, Mr. just scolded him lightly and let him go. That's why they have such fearlessness.
Yu Ren nodded. Actually, he didn't care much about this Wang Shiji. After all, being able to bully classmates in the academy does not mean that you can fight on the battlefield. These are two completely different concepts. However, the next three players couldn't help but move Yu Ren.
These three people are Li Xianzhong and his two subordinates, Li Liu and Li Qi. How about Li Xianzhong's hand, Yu Ren has not had a chance to see it until now, but his archery skills, he has long been taught. And Li Liu's and Li Qi's methods were personally taught by Yu Ren.
If it was just Li Liu, Yu Ren believed that with the ten tricks he had learned from Cao Wenzhao and his scholar Cao An on the boat in the last few days, if he could fully exploit his offensive advantages, he would be barely able to cope with it. But if you want to deal with Li Qi, you can't do it. This Li Qi's means are more than a little higher than Li Liu, at that time, outside Fuzhou City, Yu Ren saw him fight with the bandit leader who looked like Li Kui. Such a brave person can't resist it, Yu Ren believes that no one in his group should be able to withstand this Li Qi's attack.
However, since the words are out of the mouth, there is no room for remorse. Anyway, for him, it is the same whether he participates in the scientific expedition or not. With his current understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics, even if he goes to participate in the scientific examination, he can only hand in blank papers. However, he was still worried about Lu Xiangsheng.
"Brother, are you thinking again? These people are not easy to deal with. I know all the three later, they are all from the Li family in Liaodong, and they have all been on the battlefield. Especially the Li Qi who stood up at the end. This man is an extraordinary outstretched man, and he is very bold, and I have seen him stand alone against dozens of fierce bandits, and his face does not change. Yu Ren reminded Lu Xiangsheng in a low voice.
"Brother Yu rest assured. If I agree to this, I will not change it. Sage Yun: Since ancient times, there has been death, and the people have no faith and cannot stand. Regardless of victory or defeat, I, Lu Xiangsheng, have no complaints. ”
Yu Ren didn't expect Lu Xiangsheng to be a strong man, so he couldn't help but think a little more highly of him. "Okay, just by virtue of your words, I have made up your friend."
The two of them whispered in the audience, and Yang Ju on the stage had already set the time and details of the competition with Tang Zhe. The official competition is scheduled for seven days later, at the foot of Mount Kure. The time was set late, mainly because of Yang Ju's repeated requests, he thought that these five people were all put together temporarily, and it would take a few days to communicate. And in order to achieve the goal of finally preventing Yang Ju from participating in the scientific examination, Tang Zhe did not want to force it too tightly, lest the plan that had already succeeded by eight points would be ruined again.
Tang Zhe made an appointment with Yang Ju at a time and place, and left first with more than 30 of his people. In the teahouse, those scholars saw this, and they were all ready to leave. In fact, most of these people are supporters of the Donglin Party. However, if they were to gamble with their fame and career to compete with the Zhejiang Party represented by Wansong Academy, they did not have the courage. After all, for these scholars, they have been influenced by the Confucian birth thought since childhood, and what they have been striving for all their lives is the word fame.
In this era, there is almost no other way for scholars to get ahead, and there is only one way - to participate in scientific examinations. Once they were on the laurel list and glorified their ancestors, the first mission of their lives was completed. Although there are very few scholars who can really be promoted to the middle school and jinshi, and to become officials in the court. But if you want them to really give up this opportunity, it will make them more uncomfortable than killing them. However, seeing that the idol in their hearts was ruthlessly attacked, they could only stare dryly, and these people's hearts were also uncomfortable.
Therefore, most of these supporters of Donglin left the Yunjian Teahouse with a sense of guilt, feeling guilty that they could not contribute to the critical time when Donglin and Wansong Academy competed.
Yang Ju is worthy of being a smart person, he saw through the mentality of these scholars at a glance, and he wanted to make full use of the guilt of the scholars. So, as soon as Tang Zhe left the teahouse, Yang Ju said loudly to the scholars in the audience, "Zhiyong is very grateful for your support to my Donglin, although due to the limited number of places, I can't let more young brothers participate in this competition with Wansong Academy." However, Zhiyong's gratitude to the young brothers did not dare to decrease slightly. When Zhiyong came, he brought with him a few new books engraved by Mr. Zhi on "Application" - "Ming Jing Shiwen Provisional Edition". In a while, I will have someone at the door to send it to all the young brothers.
Anyone present at the age of brother each one. ”
The scholars in these teahouses originally looked dejected, but when they heard Yang Ju's words, they all became happy again. Of course, this is not only because of Yang Ju's book, but more importantly, Yang Ju attaches great importance to them. Readers have always had this problem. They are not afraid of suffering, and they are most afraid of being looked down upon by others. Yang Ju's words undoubtedly elevated everyone's identity and made their faces shine.
For Yang Ju, no matter whether the competition with Wansong Academy is won or lost, he must try his best to win the hearts of the scholars. This is the tradition of their Donglin Party, and it is also their advantage, so he took advantage of all available opportunities to establish a good image of the Donglin Party in the hearts of scholars everywhere.
In ancient society, due to the lack of news media such as television and the Internet, literati became the center and representative of public opinion. Whoever wins the hearts of the world's scholars has won public opinion and the hearts of the people.
Zhejiang, on the other hand, has always been regarded as the rear and nest by the Zhejiang Party, and almost all the scholars in Zhejiang are supporters of the Zhejiang Party. In order to sow seeds in Zhejiang, the opponent's base camp, Yang Ju and them also spent a lot of effort and blood this time.
Fortunately, most of the important figures in the Donglin Party are extremely wealthy. Money, for them, is not a problem.
After sending off these guests, it was the turn of Yu Ren and the four important people. Of course, there is also a less important Xu Fatzi.
Yu Ren glanced at the two benevolent brothers who had signed up before them. These two are a pair of brothers, the elder brother is called Wu Peng, and the younger brother is called Wu Ying. These two brothers are five or six points similar, and they both belong to the same talent type. Not only is he slender and fair-skinned, but he also has a small wisp of beard. The two are not from Zhejiang, originally from Songjiang Prefecture, but they live in Hangzhou temporarily with their families.
But when it comes time to take the exam, they still have to go back to their hometown. This is the case with the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty, which is similar to our modern high school entrance examination and college entrance examination.
Yu Ren felt uncomfortable when he saw the beards on the mouths of these two brothers, looking at their appearance, but twenty-five or sixteen, he was only five or six years older than Yu Ren, but he looked old-fashioned.
Yang Ju was polite with a few people, and then personally led the way and led the five people upstairs.
The two Wu brothers were not polite, and immediately followed Yang Ju upstairs, and under Lu Xiangsheng's push, Yu Ren had no choice but to follow the back of the Wu two birds' buttocks upstairs.
Yu Rencai walked to the staircase, and saw that Fang Cai's little guy was still standing in place. It's just that at this time, he has put on a flattering smile, as if he is afraid that Yu Ren will be guilty of stopping him just now. Yu Ren didn't look at the little guy much, so he went upstairs directly behind a few people.