Chapter 163 The lotus was originally a flower-like person
The boat went down the river and docked at Linxi Wooden Pavilion. Wang Yingzi got on the shore and said to Zhang Yuan: "I will send these bamboo shoots to my senior brother's house later." He looked up and saw someone leaning on the railing of the wooden pavilion to look down.
, he said no more, bowed his hands towards Zhang Yuan, walked up the plank road and headed elsewhere.
Zhang Yuan also saw Zhang Dai, the eldest brother in the pavilion. He quickly went up to the wooden pavilion and asked, "When did the eldest brother come?"
Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Jiezi, I have been waiting for you for a long time. I just tasted the West Lake Longjing tea in the hall over there. It is the best of the West Lake Longjing tea, Lianxin tea." It should be the one you gave to Mr. Jian'an. Sure enough,
Excellent, Hangzhou Weaving Eunuch is really enjoyable.”
Zhang Yuan said: "My uncle also sent me a pound, but I didn't keep a pound myself."
Zhang Dai said: "Then I will often go to the uncle to ask for tea." Changing the topic, he pointed to Wang Yingzi's back at the end of the plank road and asked: "Who is this person?"
Zhang Yuandao: "He is Mr. Jian'an's nephew." Yasao, you are friendly!"
Zhang Dai raised the corners of his mouth and said with a half-smile, "Really? But why do I look like a woman?"
Zhang Yuan said calmly: "Many men look like women, and Wang Kefan looks very much like a woman."
Zhang Dai looked at Zhang Yuan inquiringly and said with a smile: "No, Wang Kechan is a man, I know that, but when he looked up again, Wang Yingzi had disappeared."
Zhang Daiyuan pointed to the place where Wang Yingzi disappeared: "But this one is obviously a woman, because she has bound feet. Although Wang Kefan looks like a woman, her feet are not bound."
Zhang Yuan was surprised. Just when Wang Yingzi got on and off the boat, he also paid attention to Wang Yingzi's feet. Wang Yingzi was wearing the kind of double-faced sheepskin shoes common among Confucian scholars. Her feet were not small, and they must have been unbound.
Why did the eldest brother conclude that Wang Yingzi had her feet bound?
Seeing Zhang Yuan's confused look, Zhang Dai said proudly: "Younger Jie is not as good as me in this regard. I didn't even see her feet. Just looking at her graceful gait, I knew that she had bound feet, and she had bound feet."
What is Yangzhou Little Feet? Yangzhou Little Feet are straight and slender, and the big toes are not bent. This is important. Not all women are suitable for Yangzhou Little Feet. Only those with naturally short and wide feet can be used. Use bamboo pieces to support them.
Limit its width. The feet wrapped in this way will be straight and slender, and the muscles and bones will not be greatly damaged. You can play with them one by one."
Zhang Dai kept silent. He didn't know who the girl in Confucian shirt was, so he didn't dare to speak obscenely.
Zhang Yuan shook his head and thought to himself: "Teacher Wang is not exempt from the common practice. Junior Sister Yingzi actually has her feet bound. I thought that Junior Sister Yingzi also had her feet bound like Dan Ran. Junior Sister Yingzi would have cried loudly when she had her feet bound when she was young.
Teacher Wang, how can I bear it?" He thought again: "Maybe it was Mrs. Wang who forced Senior Sister Yingzi to pester me. The day before yesterday, Senior Sister Yingzi came out to see me, but she was dragged back by Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang was quite strict." Thinking about the previous incident.
In the bamboo forest, Wang Yingzi patted the bamboos and cried, saying that she wanted to take the scientific examination. She couldn't help but feel pity for him.
Zhang Dai saw Zhang Yuan's lost look and said happily: "Jiezi, you are not a fool. Even if you don't pay attention to her little feet, you can tell whether she is a woman. Say, who is she? If you don't tell me, I will ask myself."
, just ask the boat girl."
Zhang Yuan said helplessly: "To be honest, brother, she is the daughter of Mr. Jian'an and likes to pretend to be a scholar.
"It is indeed her!" Yasao, youai!
Zhang Dai slapped his thigh, and Zhang Yuan was stunned by his excitement. He heard his eldest brother Zhang Dai say again: "This is Mr. Jian'an's second daughter, right? Is she interested in betrothing you to Miss Wang Er?"
Zhang Yuan was startled, and could not pretend to be calm at this time, so he quickly asked: "Brother, where did you hear this?" He only told his mother and his great uncle Zhang Rushuang about this matter, and he also deliberately avoided the eyes of his maidservants.
Zhang Dai said with a smile: "I won't hide it from you. I heard it from the tea boy who was waiting for you. I must have heard it when you reported this to your uncle."
Zhang Yuandao: "Brother, please don't spread this matter. Mr. Jian'an is tolerant enough to forgive me. If it spreads and makes him lose face, how will I see Mr. Jian'an in the future?"
Zhang Dai, however, didn't take it seriously and asked, "Since you know this, why did you go to dig bamboo shoots with Miss Wang in the same boat?"
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Zhang Dai looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile and said: "Could it be that Jie Zi wants to have his cake and eat it too? Don't deny it. We act as we please. We don't need to imitate the hypocrisy of Taoism. You have to seize the last thought. That's the truth." Your true heart."
Zhang Yuan said in his heart: "My first thought was that Junior Sister Yingzi was very amiable, and it was quite a pleasure to talk to and interact with her. This is my true intention, but all other concerns are due to the constraints of the world."
Zhang Dai added: "My childlike heart is absolutely pure and innocent. It is also the original intention of the first thought. If you lose your childlike heart, you will lose your true heart. If you lose your true heart, you will lose your true heart. If you are not true, you will no longer have the beginning. Meson can know this. Whose lofty opinion is this?”
Li Zhi's "The Theory of Childlike Innocence", Zhang Yuan roughly read this short article four hundred years later. At that time, he didn't think it was so shocking, but now when his eldest brother Zhang Dai said it, he felt that he was aware of it and had a childlike innocence. True love, but true love does not make you invincible. People do not live in philosophy and fantasy. The reality is so hard that Li Zhi himself was eventually falsely accused and committed suicide.
Zhang Yuandao: "This theory is very strange. It originated from Wang Yangming's theory of conscience, but it has new ideas. I wonder which sage's masterpiece it is?"
Zhang Dai said: "This is Li Zhuowu's "Burning Book". If you don't read "Burning Book", you can't be called a famous scholar." Scholars in the late Ming Dynasty indulged themselves in excess of etiquette. We can find the ideological basis from Wang Yangming and Li Zhi.
Zhang Yuan asked: "How many years has it been since Mr. Li Zhuowu passed away?"
Zhang Dai said: "It's been ten years since the immortal passed away. What a pity." He added: "Li Zhuowu's behavior shocked the world. Even in his sixties, he still fell in love with the daughter of the widow of Mei Yushi, Macheng, Hubei. Li Zhuowu's imprisonment was also related to this matter."
Zhang Yuan was surprised and said: "There is such a thing, but I have never heard of it."
Zhang Dai said: "Li Zhuowu had become a monk at that time, and the daughter of the Mei family was left alone. There are four seven-character poems written by Li Zhuowu to the daughter of the Mei family in "Burning Book", which are deeply affectionate. I think this is the best love poem in ancient and modern times. I'll try to recite for you:
"Once I flew down to the south of the Yangtze River, I couldn't laugh and talk about it. But I envied Po Xumi's daughter, and I still wanted to see Qu Tan."
"I don't sit in meditation when I come back with an alms bowl. I hear high lectures from afar but can't understand them. Nowadays, how much do men know? Even if you have a high official position, you are an immortal."
"The fine wiping is carried by the wind and snow, and the red makeup is covered with plum blossoms. There is a carriage in front of Mo Dao's door. Zigui has now called for the return of spring."
"The sound calls out one's own body, life and death are like mountains and are immovable. If you want to see Guanyin, you are here. The lotus originally belonged to the flower-like person."
Zhang Yuan sighed: "Li Zhuowu compared Mei's daughter to Guanyin. Judging from these four poems, the emotion between the two can be called holy. It is a kind of Tao communication and spiritual understanding."
Zhang Dai praised: "Jiezi, if Mr. Li Zhuowu were still alive, I would definitely make you a confidant." The conversation suddenly changed and he said, "So Jiezi can associate with Miss Wang Er and create a good story. I am very envious."
Zhang Dai is truly envious. Seventeen-year-old Zhang Dai is looking forward to meeting his confidante. Not counting his fiancée Liu's daughter, he has never even met her in person.
Talking about Wang Yingzi again, Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "How can I compare to Mr. Li Zhuowu? I am a young man and I am not suitable for spiritual love. Let's wait until I am sixty years old. I still have to do it now."
A lot of things."
"Spiritual love." Zhang Dai said happily: "This is a cutting-edge word that has never been heard before."
At this time, Wang's servant came over to invite the two of them to a banquet. Zhang Yuan whispered: "Brother, don't mention that matter again."
Zhang Dai nodded and said with a smile: "I'll wait and see what happens. One of you, a senior brother and a junior sister, doesn't look like you are destined to be together."
In the afternoon, when Zhang Yuan returned to Dongzhang Mansion, five large ivory bamboo shoots from the garden were delivered first. One of the large bamboo shoots was also tied with a ribbon. It must have been the bamboo shoot that tripped Wang Yingzi. Zhang Yuan
He ordered Cuigu to cook the bamboo shoots and fry them with meat. The bamboo shoots were as tender as lotus roots and as sweet as sugarcane as the boat girl said. Zhang Yuan's family ate them to their heart's content.
At dusk, Zhang Yuan was still riding a white mule by the Touji River. When Lu Chun and Lu Jie wanted to rush to ride the white mule, he went to watch Mu Zhenzhen practice the small panlong stick. Mu Zhenzhen was no longer as good as before.
She was shy and practiced wushu twice in the morning and evening. As long as Zhang Yuan was free, Mu Zhenzhen would take the initiative to invite the young master to watch her practice martial arts, and Zhang Ruoxi would also come to watch. It was like a daily drama.
The next day, Zhang Yuan made an appointment with his elder brother Zhang Dai and local student Zhou Menong. He first went to the county government office to pick up the registration documents, and then went to the Shaoxing government office to submit the registration documents. The subordinate staff recognized Zhang Yuan, smiled at each other, and quickly filled it out for Zhang Yuan.
Good resumes, Linbao Zhang Dai and Biaobao Zhou Monong also signed and signed. After signing up, Zhang Yuan thanked Zhou Monong with five coins. Zhou Monong smiled and said: "My eldest son and I are close friends, how can I accept this money from you, eldest son?"
Have you collected the deposit yet?"
Zhang Dai said: "I want him to treat me to a shower during the Hangzhou Provincial Examination in two years' time. Why, brother Zhou also wants to sleep with flowers and drunkenness?"
Zhou Monong smiled and said: "Wonderful, Jie Zixian will be a registrar next year, and he can go to Hangzhou with us for the provincial examination the year after that. We must invite Jie Zixian for the wine."
Zhang Yuan and the others walked slowly along the cross street of Fuxue Palace and browsed the bookstores. The Yaoji Bookstore has now changed its owner and its sign has been changed to Zhouji Bookstore. The three of them entered the bookstore and took a look at the ink that they will try this year.
I actually have all the books. They are new books that just arrived today, and they still exude the fragrance of ink. The first exam will be on February 9th, and the third exam will be completed on February 15th. The results will not be released until the end of February, and now
It was March 24th. In less than a month, the ink scroll manuscript had to be transferred from Beijing to Shanyin and had to be engraving and printed. The booksellers were very powerful.
Zhang Lianfang, Zhang Lianfang's father, also participated in this year's joint examination. In the middle of this month, news came back that Zhang Lianfang failed the Chinese style and did not return to his hometown. He still stayed in Beijing and waited to take the exam again.
Along with the ink scroll of the new examination came back the list of the imperial examinations on the third day of March. The number one candidate was Zhou Yanru, the second was Zhuang Qixian, and the third was Zhao Shiyin. Zhang Yuan had no impression of the names of Zhuang Qixian and Zhao Shiyin, but he knew the name of Zhou Yanru.
Zhou Yanru served as the chief minister of the cabinet twice during the Chongzhen Dynasty. He had a deep connection with Fushe. He was sentenced to death by Emperor Chongzhen on the eve of the fall of the country. Zhou Yanru ranked first in both the public examination and the palace examination. Of course, he was extremely talented and could serve twice.
Of course, the chief assistant is a deep and intelligent person in the city, but in the end he cannot escape the fate of his family being destroyed.
There are biographies attached to the first three people. Zhou Yanru was born in the 21st year of Wanli. He is only 21 years old this year. He passed the provincial examination last year and will take the examination this year. He has two qualifications in the palace examination. It can be said that his literary fortune is prosperous. Zhang Yuan thought: "
Time waits for no one, and Zhou Yanru's path to the imperial examination seems to be very suitable for me. Of course, the first place in the imperial examination and the first place in the imperial examination are rare. I only hope to pass the imperial examination in three years. This should be achieved through hard work."
Zhou Monong said: "The number one scholar is twenty-one years old, the second in the ranking is twenty-seven, and the third in the ranking is thirty-four. The top three in the Chou Examination are all young heroes. I wonder if we can be on the list for the next subject?"
There are three volumes of "Cheng Cheng Wen" in total, including more than 200 pieces on the first art. The price is one cent and eight cents, which is more expensive than ordinary books. Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan and Zhou Menong each bought a set. This is the trend of contemporary literature.
, must figure it out.
For more than ten days after that, Zhang Yuan stayed at home, studying, practicing calligraphy, and composing eight-part essays. Zhang Ruoxi often read poems and books to his younger brother, and watched his younger brother practice calligraphy and composition, which made her very happy.
Mu Zhenzhen has been here these days. When Zhang Yuan was practicing calligraphy in the afternoon, she also sat at the corner of the desk and wrote seriously with her wrist raised. Zhang Yuan did not let her write the calligraphy, but only asked her to learn to write the characters she could recognize. Mu Zhen
Zhen now knows more than a thousand characters and can recite all the thousand-character texts. However, in order to read books smoothly, she must know four thousand characters, so she now starts reading "Zuo Zhuan", which was arranged by Zhang Yuan
, Zhang Yuan did not let her read the Four Books and Five Classics, he wanted Mu Zhenzhen to read history.
Naturally, Mu Zhenzhen read whatever Zhang Yuan asked her to read. She was very happy when she had a book to read. Sitting next to the young master and writing, she felt very sweet in her heart.
In the eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture, there are more than 10,000 scholars taking the government examination. Even though the examination shed in Shaoxing Prefecture is large, it cannot accommodate 10,000 people to take the exam at the same time, so the exams can only be taken separately. Starting from the fifth day of the lunar month, Shengxian County and Shangyu County will be held first.
Confucian children in the three counties of Yuyao and Yuyao will take the exam first. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the exams for the Confucian children of Zhuji, Xiaoshan and Xinchang counties will be held. The exams for the Confucian children of Kuaiji and Shanyin counties will be held on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.
Shaoxing Prefecture, Shanyin County, and Kuaiji County, the two counties have one prefecture and one city. The government offices and examination sheds are both on the Shanyin County side, so starting from the first day of April, scholars from other counties have come to Shanyin County one after another.
Yin, those with relatives would stay with relatives, and those without relatives would stay in inns. The inns in Shanyin County were full, and many scholars had to live in Kuaiji County, or even in the suburbs. Young scholars had to live in the suburbs.
They are accompanied by their father, brother, or private school teacher, so Shanyin County is overcrowded in April, and the crowds will not disperse until the results are released at the end of the month.
Zhang Yuan took advantage of the location and just sat quietly at home waiting for the exam. On the eighth day of the lunar month, it had just darkened. Zhang Yuan took a bath and went to bed early because the government exam was different from the county exam. The county exam started at dawn and the exam started at midnight.
The government examination was on the fourth day of the lunar month, so Zhang Yuan had to get up at the earliest moment on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.
On the eighth night of the eighth day of the lunar month, only Zhang Yuan and his two nephews were able to sleep in the house. The others were all watching. Zhang Yuan's participation in the imperial examination was the most important event of the year. Mu Zhenzhen and Wu Ling were outside Zhang Yuan's bedroom.
The two of them had to listen to the drums to wake up the young master. By the end of the day, Wu Ling was yawning nonstop. Mu Zhenzhen lowered his voice and said: "Xiao Wu, you can sleep for a while, I'll just keep watch."
Wu Ling shook his head and held on for a while. Unable to hold back his sleepiness, he said, "Sister Zhenzhen, please remember to wake up the young master." Then he lay down on the low couch with his clothes on, and fell asleep.