In the past, Shen Yi took the academic examination, the county examination, the government examination, and the three children's examinations. Although some of them relied on Master Lu's teachings, most of them relied on Shen Yi's rather solid "foundation."
In other words, he himself has not put much effort into it.
But at the stage of the provincial examination, Shen Yi clearly felt that the foundation Shen Yi left behind was no longer enough. He had to work hard to study and study.
But if you really immerse yourself in learning, it will not be so boring. Not only is it not boring, sometimes it is also interesting.
After all, the knowledge that can be pondered by the descendants of the Xia for thousands of years is naturally broad and profound, and it is worthy of devoting one's heart and soul to it.
Of course, Shen Yi's motivation for studying knowledge was impure, or in other words, his motivation was too pure.
He did not do it for the sake of learning itself, but simply to step into the scientific examination, enter the scholar-bureaucrat class, enter the bureaucratic class, and have his own right to speak.
Originally, he was studying alone in the capital. Unless the emperor hinted that the examiner would let him go, there was little chance of passing the provincial examination. But now that Shen Yi has met a famous teacher like Old Man Gu, he naturally cannot let go of this rare opportunity.
Wu Feitu left, and four months passed in the blink of an eye. It was September of the sixth year of Hongde. Summer turned to autumn, Jiankang's heat wave slowly receded, and the weather became cooler.
Since May, Shen Yi has basically maintained the "composition" intensity of one policy essay or essay every day in addition to reading. In addition to writing short essays, Shen Yi is either looking for books in Liquan Tower, or in Jiankang's books. He went to the store to buy books, and within a few months he basically read all the books written by Master Lu.
Although he may not be able to memorize it, he did read it once.
After reading each of these books, Mr. Gu would ask Shen Yi some questions about the book. After reading more than a dozen books, Shen Yi deeply realized the power of this seemingly inconspicuous private school teacher.
He himself had memorized all the books written by Old Man Gu to Shen Yi and knew them by heart.
When he found out about this, he mentioned it to Mr. Gu. The little old man proudly told Shen Yi that when he was young, he had the nickname "Two-legged Bookcase" in his hometown and was famous for his powerful memorization of knowledge. .
In the past few months, Shen Yi visited Minister Zhao several times, and also asked Minister Zhao about Mr. Gu. According to Chang Ping, Mr. Gu was originally the local Jieyuan, a well-known child prodigy. , when Xianzong came to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he angrily wrote a letter impeaching a certain prime minister at that time for corruption before he had time to take part in the examination.
Although the juren were qualified to "write letters" to the emperor, the letter to accuse the prime minister was of course unlikely to receive any response. Although Old Man Gu was fine afterwards, he was suspected of cheating during the general examination for inexplicable reasons and was banned for life.
After that, the old man felt shameless to go back and face his elders in his hometown. He stayed in Jiankang for decades. Because he could only study and had no other livelihood, he tutored students in Jiankang who came to Beijing to take the exam to earn some " living expenses".
When Lu Anshi and Zhao Changping came to Beijing to take the exam, Old Man Gu was still very famous, so both senior brothers came to ask Mr. Gu for advice, which was considered to be a master-disciple relationship.
Therefore, there is no problem with Mr. Gu’s business ability at all.
In addition to writing short essays according to Mr. Care's request, Shen Yi wrote five articles for the palace in the past four months.
Although except for the first issue, the content published in the next four issues is not completely consistent with the manuscript written by Shen Yi, and also includes some things written by others, but generally speaking, the content of these five issues of Dibao is at least Sixty to seventy percent of them were created by Shen Yi.
Shen is not in the court, but he is the actual "writer behind the scenes" of the Di Newspaper Department under the Ministry of Rites.
This identity actually has great power.
Although Shen Yi also knows that there must be a final reviewer within the Di News Department, or in the palace, but with his current writing skills, he can already guide the manuscript through a change in tone without changing the content of the manuscript. The emotional state of the reader.
This is also the basic skill of later generations of journalists.
However, Shen Yi has not yet entered the court and has no interests of his own, so he still writes manuscripts for the emperor honestly, just as a way to make his presence felt with the emperor every month and leave a good impression for future interviews. Already.
As early as mid-August, the Rites Yamen announced the examiners for this year's autumn exam and the specific exam time. At this time, there was less than half a month left for the specific exam on September 24th.
At this time, Shen, who was writing furiously in his study, finally finished the manuscript in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
This is the sixth manuscript he has written for the palace.
Most of the content of the manuscript was written from materials provided by the palace, and there were also some anecdotes, which were folk tales he heard in Jiankang, or some short stories he compiled himself.
And this manuscript is the last one before the exam in another country.
After drying the ink, Shen Yi carefully placed the manuscript, and then murmured in a low voice that no one else could hear: "The palace is urging manuscripts faster and faster. It seems that the Di Newspaper Department will no longer publish every month in the future. But I want one issue every half month.”
After five issues of Di Bao, Di Bao has been accepted by most people.
At the very least, it is accepted by most Jiankang people.
As the influence of Di Bao grows, the palace becomes more and more interested in Di Bao Department. As of last month, the number of people in Di Bao Department has been nearly three times that of when it was first established!
With more manpower, the engraving speed will be much faster, so Shen Yi said that the Di News Department is preparing an issue every half month.
Not long after Shen Yigang put down his brush, a soft female voice came from outside the door: "Master, Brother Xu and the others are here, and the food is ready. Come out and eat quickly."
This is Shen Yi's eldest maid Qing'er.
After getting along with each other for more than four months, she has become very familiar with Shen Yi, not only with Shen Yi, but also with Xu Fu and five other people.
Shen Yi responded, put the brush in the pen washer to clean the ink, then hung it on the pen holder, stood up and stretched out.
The scholars nearby pay attention to "red sleeves add fragrance". Shen Yi now also has the capital and conditions to add fragrance to red sleeves, but he is still not used to having people around when writing. Therefore, he is the only one in the study at this time, and two maids are writing as he writes. Except for those who bring food when they are bringing food in, they will never come in when they are standing by.
After pushing open the study door, Shen Yi's courtyard was already full of people. In addition to his two maids, there were five people including Xu Fu.
Xu Fu and a few others have now established a firm foothold in the Jiankang snack industry and make a lot of money every month, so they often bring some good things to Shen Yi's house and cook them for Shen Yi.
The reason why we are all gathered here today is because today is the ninth day of September, which is the Double Ninth Festival.
During the Double Ninth Festival, people should worship gods and ancestors and have dinner together to pray for longevity.
Originally, Shen Yi should have invited his father Shen Zhang, but during this holiday, Prince Jin's Mansion will only be even busier. Shen Zhang has been promoted to the chief steward of Prince Jin's Mansion in the past few months, and he is very busy in Prince Jin's Mansion right now. It's a pleasure, I don't have time to come here.
Seeing Shen Yi walking out of the study, a group of people immediately gathered around and saluted Shen Yi.
"Son..."
Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "You're welcome, just be casual."
Shen Yi is easy-going and has no airs about others. However, the general background of this era is that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. In addition, these people all rely on Shen Yi, so they still respect Shen Yi very much.
The eldest maid Qing'er, who had been with Shen Yi day and night for several months, was not so reserved. She looked at Shen Yi's somewhat dark eyes with some complaints in her tone.
"Sir, you are reading and writing day and night, and you have dark circles under your eyes. You need to pay attention to something..."
Shen Yi sat down and yawned, not paying much attention.
"Autumn will be here in half a month. After finishing the provincial examination, I will naturally take a good rest."