Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty: Discredit and Honor
Chapter 320: Destruction and Reputation
After Zhang Dai and Qi Biaojia finished writing five policy essays, they were also preparing to go up to Xianglu Peak to watch the sunset. Zhou Menong had one more piece to finish and asked to wait for him. Zhang Dai said: "Waiting for you? Waiting for you until the moon comes out."
Zhou Monong scratched his neck with his pen and said, "Then go up to Lufeng to admire the moon. Anyway, you won't be able to see the sunset if you go up there now."
Zhang Dai thought that it made sense, so he went to cook a pot of tea and drink tea with Qi Biaojia, while waiting for Zhou Monong. He waited for half an hour. Seeing that it was getting dark, Lai Wang was a little anxious, so he came in and said to Zhang Dai: "Young Master, eldest son, My young master and Xiao Wu have not yet come down from the top of the mountain——"
Qi Biaojia Qu Ran said: "I heard from the monks that there are tigers in this mountain——"
"Ah." Lai Wang said anxiously: "What will happen if the young master encounters a tiger?"
Zhang Dai said: "Where is the tiger in this mountain? I'll ask the elders."
When I asked the elder of Huanshan, he said that although he had never seen a tiger, he had indeed heard its roar. The tiger came from Kuaiji Mountain to look for food. He heard that dolphins and dogs were often lost in people's homes at the foot of the mountain. They must have been eaten by the tiger. ——
At this time, Zhang Dai was also a little panicked. Elder Huanshan comforted him: "Even if there is a tiger, it will only go down the mountain to look for food. What are you going to do on the top of Lu Peak? Look at the moon. But it's dark today, and Mr. Jie didn't bring a lantern." If the fire burns, you might get lost and lose your footing when going down the mountain, so hurry up and ask someone to help you."
Zhang Dai and Zhou Menong gathered their servants, together with the monks, a total of fourteen people, armed with fires, wooden sticks, and cymbals, and went up the screw path, banging cymbals and shouting all the way, firstly to scare away the tiger, and secondly to let Zhang Yuan hear, but When we reached the top of Xianglu Peak, we didn't see the shadow of Zhang Yuan's master and servant. We only saw a bright moon shining brightly. The vegetation in the mountains and the strange rocks on the cliffs seemed to be hiding monsters and monsters under this moonlight. Everyone was terrified. , looking at each other——
The quiet mountain scenery under this moon is frightening and terrifying when viewed from another state of mind.
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Zhang Yuan and Wu Ling came out of the garden, went around to the south of the mountain, and climbed towards Tianwa Temple. When they were approaching the mountain gate, they suddenly saw the torches on the screw path and heard the echoing shouts. Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "Brother, they are looking for Us." He shouted sharply towards the mountain, and Wu Ling also shouted, but the mountain was empty, and the fire centipede on the screw road was two miles away. Where could you hear it, and saw the fire spiraling up to the top of Lufeng - —
When the old monk returned to the mountain and heard Zhang Yuan's cry, he came out with a lantern and rubbed his dim eyes and said, "Why is Mr. Jiezi at the bottom of the mountain instead?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I don't know how I ended up here." Without further words, he went up the screw passage with a lantern and greeted the elder brother and the others——
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Before noon the next day, Laifu and Feng Hu from Xizhang rushed to Tianwa'an. They said that there were rumors in Kuaiji City. The news was updated last night. There were dozens of fires and hundreds of thieves who had passed Zhang Gongling. Prefect Xu was alarmed. Did the thieves come to harass the nunnery?
Zhang Dai laughed and said to Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, we are lucky that we were not treated as bandits and sent to the prefect."
Zhou Monong and Qi Biaojia both laughed and were quite surprised by what they had experienced last night. It was considered to have seen Lufeng Yue.
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On July 25th, on the day when Zhang Yuan and the others finished studying in Tianwa'an to prepare for the exam, the boat of Qian Qianyi, the chief examiner of the Zhejiang Provincial Examination in Yi Mao, arrived in Wuxi via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and specially stopped the boat to visit the students of Donglin Academy. The purpose of Zou Yuanbiao and Gao Panlong was to ask Zou and Gao their opinions on Zhang Yuan?
In mid-June, Qian Qianyi was officially appointed by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to preside over the Yimao Zhejiang Provincial Examination. On the eve of his departure from Beijing, Dong Qichang, who lived in the capital, came to visit him. Dong Qichang was ill for half a year. At the end of last year, his condition improved and he stayed in Huating.
Yan Jianren came to Beijing with his family and lived on the bank of Paozi River outside Chongwenmen. Dong Qichang and Qian Qianyi had known each other for a long time. Dong was a senior, so Qian Qianyi respected him. Qian Qianyi was the one who betrayed Dong by the Huating scholars.
I also know that, but I have not experienced it personally and have no interests involved, so I will naturally be affected by one-sided words. I am quite disgusted that Zhang Yuan encouraged scholars as a student to make a big squire homeless. Dong Qichang also said
Zhang Yuan took advantage of the fire and robbed him, taking away half of his life savings, not to mention gold and silver, there were also a large number of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, Zhong Yao's "Huan Shi Biao", "Li Ming Tie", Dong Yuan's "Xiaoxiang Picture"
, "Pictures of Clouds and Mountains", Fan Kuan's "Pictures of Traveling to Streams and Mountains", "Pictures of Snow Mountains", as well as many authentic works by Su Huang, Mi Cai and a large number of calligraphy and paintings by famous Yuan and Ming artists were snatched away by Zhang Yuan——
Qian Qianyi also loved collecting ancient books, calligraphy and paintings. After hearing what Dong Qichang said, he said angrily: "This is unreasonable. Why didn't Xuan Zaigong accuse Zhang Yuan?"
Dong Xuanzai sighed: "Rumors are terrible. That Zhang Yuanshan is able to confuse the people and use him to spite the people and the rich. His hatred for officials has made it impossible for me, the Dong family, to gain a foothold in Huating. I am also ill and cannot argue with him, so I have to give up. Even so, I
To be fair, this Zhang Yuan has some talent and learning -" After a pause at this point, Qian Qianyi said: "Talents should be used to assist them in doing evil. Since ancient times, evil people have always been talented people.
, Let’s not talk about it, then Yan Donglou is not a talented man, Qingci can write a thousand words.”
After all, Qian Qianyi was young and vigorous. Dong Qichang was secretly happy and echoed: "What Qian Hanlin said is absolutely true. In this original post, the Han Society was established and he became the leader. When the Shaoxing Society gathered in March, there were thousands of members and the momentum was great.
It’s not a small thing, threatening that other members of the Han Society will take the top five positions in this year’s Zhejiang Provincial Examination—”
The provincial examination will be graded according to the Five Classics, and one person from each classic will be chosen as the leader. This is the leader of the Five Classics. The leader of the Five Classics will be selected from among the leaders of the Five Classics——
In fact, Qian Qianyi had roughly guessed the purpose of Dong Qichang's visit since the Ministry of Rites reported that he was going to preside over the Zhejiang Provincial Examination. Zhejiang squires living in the capital came one after another to pray for their children's relatives and friends, some gave money, and some
Qian Qianyi declined all offers of land as gifts. This Dong Qichang was not asking for help for his children, but was here to discredit Zhang Yuan——
Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "Do Hanshe have such talents? I'll wait and see." When it came to the provincial examination, he was vague.
Dong Qichang didn't say any more about Zhang Yuan's affairs. He just stopped there and ordered his accompanying servant to present a book case and said: "Here are a few pieces of my own work and several volumes of handwritten Buddhist scriptures. Please correct me, Qian Hanlin."
He said, while opening the bookcase and taking out a picture, it was his painting of "Smoke River Overlapping Mountains"——
Qian Qianyi repeatedly said "How dare you", and stood up to admire it, praising: "The composition of Xuan Zai Gong's painting is wonderful, the ink dyes the clouds, the coloring is like Li Sixun of the Tang Dynasty, and the blue is better than the blue. I really admire it."
Dong Qichang smiled and said: "Qian Hanlin is actually Dong's close friend." After a few idle words, he left.
Qian Qianyi sent Dong Qichang back and looked through the bookcase again. Except for the "Picture of Mountains on the Smoke River" which was opened by Dong Qichang, the rest were all famous paintings from the Song and Yuan Dynasties and rare ancient books, including Mi Fu and his son, Zhao Songxue,
Huang Gongwang's calligraphy and paintings, as well as rare ancient books, are Qian Qianyi's favorite. Qian Qianyi likes to collect Song and Yuan editions since he was young. When he saw these old rare Song and Yuan editions sent by Dong Qichang, he couldn't put them down——
If Dong Qichang had given land deeds, gold and silver, Qian Qianyi would have refused immediately. The Qian family of Changshu had a rich family and really did not bother to accept bribes, but this rare ancient painting was invested in Qian Qianyi's favor, and he wanted to call a servant
He carried the book case and chased after Dong Qichang to return it, but he was reluctant to give it up. He thought: "Well, returning it now will make Dong Xuanzai look bad. I'll keep it for appreciation and return it next time I return to Beijing. As for letting him go
Zhang Yuanxiang failed the examination, and the exam hall was full of names, transcripts, and strict restrictions. Even though I am the president, I cannot decide who will go to high school and who will be kicked out. The test does not care about the quality of character, only the quality of production skills. "
But with this matter in mind, it was always a grudge. I heard that Zou Yuanbiao and Gao Panlong had attended the Shanyin Hanshe gathering, so when he arrived in Wuxi, Qian Qianyi went to Donglin to visit Zou and Gao. At this time, Donglin Academy was relatively
It was deserted, and most students from all over the world returned to their own provinces to take the provincial examination. Qian Qianyi studied under Gu Xiancheng when he was young, and later became a disciple of Guan Dongming, a great scholar in Taicang. Although Qian Qianyi did not participate in Donglin's lectures, he had a close relationship with Donglin.
Qianyi asked Zou and Gao about the talented and learned people in Zhejiang Middle School?
Zou Yuanbiao said with a smile: "Does President Qian want to recruit talented people from Zhejiang Province as his disciples? I will list three of them. If President Qian takes these three people, he will definitely gain a good reputation as Bole."
Qian Qianyi asked: "I wonder which three people Mr. Nan Gao wants to recommend?"
Zou Yuanbiao said: "Zhang Yuan from Shanyin, Huang Zunsu from Yuyao, and Wei Dazhong from Jiashan, these three people will definitely bring glory to our school."
Qian Qianyi said: "I heard that Shanyin Zhang Yuan was too sharp in his actions. He is famous for his talent, but criticism followed."
Zou Yuanbiao said: "Is it because of Dong Xuanzai's incident? I thought this was caused by Dong Xuanzai's inability to restrain his son, nephew and servants——"
Gao Panlong said: "Editor Qian doesn't care about those gossips. He only talks about craftsmanship and selects good works that are not vague and useful for the world."
Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "Mr. Jing Yi is right."
In order to avoid suspicion, Qian Qianyi did not dare to rest at Donglin Academy and took a boat overnight to Hangzhou——
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On July 26, one hundred and sixty-five Shanyin students who had qualified for the provincial examination in the scientific examination at the end of May gathered at the County Confucian School to listen to the lectures of Magistrate Liu and Sun Jiaoyu. Magistrate Liu also gave each candidate a
After two taels of silver in the examination, all the candidates were clad in red and colorful, high-spirited, and walked out of Confucianism to the sound of gongs and drums. This was the county's promotion for the candidates. The township examination is not as good as the government examination, and the Taoist examination, once you reach high school, you will immediately be worth a hundred times as much, and you can choose officials, and you can have unlimited
If you take part in the examination on a regular basis, your social status cannot be compared with that of a scholar——
Shang Danran's sixty-year-old cousin once said that he would go to the exam with Zhang Yuan so that he could teach Zhang Yuan some rules. However, the old scholar got the third grade in the exam and lost the opportunity to go to the exam.
He is not qualified to take the exam, so he can no longer guide Zhang Yuan——
Wang Binglin, Wang Yingzi's brother, was in the second class. On the 26th, he came to Shanyin and asked Zhang Yuan when he would leave for Hangzhou. He wanted to go with Zhang Yuan. He also casually mentioned that his sister Yingzi had been ill for several days.
, the fever just subsided and recovered yesterday. Zhang Yuan knew that Junior Sister Yingzi had fallen into the water and got wet because she didn’t change her clothes in time. Fortunately, she had recovered. Zhang originally wanted to visit him, but he just heard from Senior Brother Binglin that Yingzi had returned to the city.
Since it was inconvenient for him to visit his residence in Zhongfu, he asked Wu Ling to send a basket of apples and two jars of honey——
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