Zhang Yuan did not expect that his room master would be Yang Lian!
Qian Qianyi presided over the Zhejiang Provincial Examination of Yimao Science and Technology. Zhang Yuan had known for a long time. He was now in high school and Qian Qianyi was his teacher. Generally speaking, if the teacher and his disciple were officials in the same dynasty, they would often become friends.
Friends, teachers recommend, and no effort is spared in promoting students. Students respect their teachers as their fathers. If they get a high position in the future, they will take care of their teachers and their descendants. Disciples who do not respect their teachers will be cast aside by the world as ungrateful. This is also
A community of interests. In the late Ming Dynasty, most of the ministers in the cabinet did not have a large number of officials in the capital. The disciples of local officials, especially those who served as science and education officials, were the sharp weapons in the hands of cabinet ministers to deal with political opponents. They could attack wherever they pointed. Of course, there were also impeachment officials.
A disciple of a master, but that is really rare. Even if a disciple is well-founded, his reputation will not be good. Therefore, for the disciples, the master is both a guide and a stumbling block. Will Qian Qianyi become a stumbling block for Zhang Yuan?
For Zhang Yuan, he actually dislikes this kind of teacher-student relationship. He respects teachers such as Wang Siren, Huang Ruheng, and Jiao Hong who taught him his studies. As for the examination, he only relies on the essays he has tested.
The examiners and candidates had never met before, so how could they have the status of teacher and student? The disaster of party strife in the late Ming Dynasty was closely related to this, but now it is impossible for Zhang Yuan to act independently and not come to attend the Luming Banquet or become a disciple. That would be suicide.
In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty——
According to Zhang Yuan's understanding of Qian Qianyi, Qian Qianyi had not served as an official for a few years in the past thirty years in the Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen dynasties. He was either stuck in the system, or fell into party disputes and was deposed and idle. He served as an official in the Nanming Dynasty.
Within a few days, the Minister of Rites handed down the order to the Qing Dynasty——
Qian Qianyi is famous for his literary works but his official career is declining. Moreover, judging from Qian Qianyi's current poems and essays, he has the ambition to help the world's biased society and the country's sluggish state, and advocates management of the world for practical purposes. Therefore, Zhang Yuan does not think that Qian Qianyi will have a good career in the future.
The meeting became his resistance, but it was Yang Lian, the room master. This person was very difficult to deal with. I'm afraid having such a teacher would be more of a disaster than a blessing——
Yang Lian is a typical member of the Donglin Party. He admires Gu Xiancheng, who takes the world as his own responsibility. Before becoming a Jinshi, he often went to Donglin Academy to discuss the science of human nature and principles with other gentlemen, and discussed how to govern the country. He had a particularly close relationship with Gao Panlong.
In the "Red Pill Case" and the "Relocation Case" a few years later, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were the vanguards of Donglin. They were excessive in their opinions and decisive in their actions. They left no room for attacks on political opponents. The emergence of the eunuch party, united with them, and
This intolerance has a lot to do with it. As a personal moral character, Yang Lian should be upright and honest. In last year's inspection of local officials, he ranked first among the most honest officials. It is said that after this provincial examination, he will go to Beijing to serve as a minister.
In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Lian impeached Wei Zhongxian for the twenty-four major crimes. The conflict between Donglin and the eunuch party quickly intensified to the point of life and death. The result of the struggle was that the Donglin party was defeated miserably, and Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were imprisoned. They suffered a lot.
Torture, never admitting guilt, the eunuch party fabricated the crime of embezzling 20,000 yuan for Yang Lian, but after Yang Lian's death, all the property confiscated from his home and brought to the government was less than a thousand gold, leaving his mother and wife homeless, sleeping in a building, and his two sons begging for food.
In order to survive, as a senior official of the fourth rank, Yang Lian’s poverty makes people cry——
Of course, Zhang Yuan now evaluates Yang Lian with the benefit of hindsight. As Yang Lian himself, it is impossible for him to fully understand the consequences of his actions. He only knows that there is no coexistence between good and evil, that morality lies, and that Zhang will not hesitate even to the death.
It turned out that Huang Zunsu also died in that unjust prison. Gao Panlong and Wenti came to arrest him and threw himself into the water——
The party struggle since the middle period of Wanli has been relatively mild, but five years after the Apocalypse, it has become incompatible, which has caused great damage to the Ming Dynasty. If Zhang Yuan wants to save the country, he must avoid this kind of life-and-death situation in the court. Now, because
During the Yimao Provincial Examination, Yang Lian became his room master. The straight line to save the country was really a straight line. He admired Yang Lian's integrity and incorruptibility. He wanted to correct Yang Lian's willpower and paranoia. The problem was that this was not so good.
Correction, can the disciple teach the teacher a lesson? With Yang Lian's stubborn temper, it is not easy to listen to different opinions. I'm afraid I have to scold him first for being loyal and traitorous, and for not distinguishing between right and wrong——
When Qian Qianyi talked with Zhang Yuan for two moments, he greatly appreciated Zhang Yuan's knowledge and praised him. If other candidates for the new imperial examination had not been impatient waiting outside, Qian Qianyi would have continued to grow up with Zhang Yuan.
Talking about it, Zhang Yuan felt a little awkward facing the famous Qian Tanhua. Well, a generation of famous prostitute Liu Rushi would not be born for a few more years. When she grew up, she would marry Qian Tanhua. At that time, Qian Tanhua was six years old.
Ten years old, an old cow is like a young grass, there is nothing wrong with it——
Yang Lian had a big beard, a serious expression, and was not angry. When he saw Zhang Yuan, he smiled and showed kindness, and said: "Mr. Jing Yi talked to me about you. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. Now,
You are very good at what you say. You can stand out from my room, and you have proven your true talent and learning." He also said: "I will soon go to the household department to be appointed as a minister. If you come to Beijing at the end of the year, you can come and see me."
Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "Students should come to see the teacher." He thought to himself: "I must come to see you. I must first find out your temper."
Yang Lian asked Zhang Yuan to wait beside him and meet the other new imperial examination candidates in the same room. Those who took the same examination were called the same year, and those in the same room were called the same family. The relationship was closer than that of the same year. The "Spring and Autumn" room this time
Nine people were awarded——
At noon, the Deer Ming Banquet in Minglun Hall started, with the poem "Deer Ming" being sung and the dance of the Kuixing. The banquet was held until Shen Shi. These new imperial examination candidates made an appointment to gather at Wangxian Restaurant tomorrow. This meeting was held in the same year. Zhang Yuan was very interested in this meeting.
It's very familiar, it's just a graduation party.
In the evening of that day, before the next day's conference, Zhang Yuan summoned more than a hundred Hanshe members who had participated in the rural examination to a restaurant next to Wanxian Bridge for a banquet.
A big society cannot do well without some financial strength. To those members of the Hanshe who failed, Zhang Yuan diligently comforted them and naturally had to say some great truths——
Those Hanshe members who failed were originally very depressed, but Zhang Yuan comforted them and inspired them again. Yes, this time there are more than 100 members of the Hanshe, and 28 of them were successful. These people graduated from junior college and high school.
There is great hope, and everyone’s confidence is doubled.
On the one hand, Zhang Yuan wanted to unite the public with the Hanshe spirit of "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and the cold wind and hot blood cleanse the world." On the other hand, he wanted to use the imperial examination to enhance the prestige and influence of the Hanshe. In this Zhejiang provincial examination, the Hanshe
A great victory will inevitably lead to fame. Being a member of the Han Society brings a sense of honor. There must be a large number of students who want to join the Han Society. The review must be strengthened——
While they were drinking and drinking, a member of the Han Society came over and said to Zhang Yuan: "Chief Zhang, I heard about this when I met Master Fang earlier. Seven copies of the red scroll that was recommended to President Qian were embedded with "One Day Pingbu"
With the words "Shang Qing Tian", these seven red scrolls had a great chance of winning the election, but President Qian deposed them with all his strength, saying that these seven people had evil intentions and would not take them no matter how good their craftsmanship was."
Zhang Yuan loudly asked everyone present whether there was any secret embedded with these seven characters? Everyone said no, because Zhang Yuan had explained it to them before entering the venue——
Zhang Dai shook his head and said: "Those fools were harmed by the rumors spread by Dong Zuchang——"
After hearing this, all the members of the Han Society became energetic and asked what was going on?
Zhang Dai was a little embarrassed, knowing that he had made a mistake while drunk, so he looked at Zhang Yuan——
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I have found out that the rumor was spread by Dong Zuyuan, the son of Dong Qichang, and a wealthy Huizhou businessman named Wang Ruqian. The purpose was to frame me and you all. Fortunately, you were wise and did not include that word.
Otherwise, you will fall into his trap."
Everyone said: "How could we be so stupid and believe this clumsy rumor?"
Zhang Yuan secretly laughed in his heart. How many people came to ask him about this that day? Don't they believe it with half doubt and said: "I can't wait until Dong and Wang frame me up. I'm afraid there will be another treacherous plot. I can use this provincial examination to win the Han Society and revive it."
Rumors, falsely accusing me of being the only one who can achieve such great results through the joint efforts of the Han Society——"
A member of the club said: "What Mr. Zhang said is very true. I heard this rumor just below on the road. It is said that our Hanshe deliberately spread the rumor and asked other candidates to insert words. These words embedded in the examination papers will instead be dismissed."
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Zhang Yuan and Huang Zunsu, who was sitting next to him, looked at each other and both of them were thinking: "This rumor is very poisonous. It pits the Han Society against the fallen students and uses the fallen students to create trouble for the Han Society.
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Zhang Yuandao: "This is another rumor spread by Dong and Wang. We can't just sit back and let the slander be slandered. We must fight back."
The members were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to severely punish those who spread the rumors. When they were discussing, someone came to report that thousands of failed candidates gathered outside the gate of Gongyuan, demanding that the examination papers be sharpened and that fraud was strictly investigated——
Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart: "Dong Zuyuan, Wang Ruqian is so impatient. As soon as the Lu Ming Banquet ended, they incited the up and down candidates to cause trouble. When those candidates were disappointed and depressed, this rumor was like a fire, and instantly
It can set them on fire - does Dong Zuyuan have such scheming ideas, and Wang Ruqian seems not to have either. There seems to be an expert's guidance behind these two people. Now it seems that the rumor of "one day's smooth sailing to the sky" seems clumsy.
In fact, it has a profound meaning. This is a series of tricks. If I hadn’t met Dong Zuyuan while traveling to the West Lake that day, I might have been caught off guard." He whispered to Huang Zunsu beside him: "We must also take action to kill the Wang family that is not connected to the garden.
The servant lured him out and sent him to Si Yamen, the chief envoy."
Huang Zunsu nodded and gave some instructions to the servant behind him, who then called Zhang Dai, Qi Biaojia and Zhou Menong's servants to go with them.
Zhang Yuan stood up and said: "Everyone, let's go to Gongyuan together to defend the false accusations and accuse the traitors in person, so as to clear Hanshe's innocence."
Everyone's emotions suddenly aroused. They are all members of the Han Society. How can they be slandered out of thin air? It's about reputation. Don't fight until when!
On the night of August 29th, there were stars but no moon. Zhang Yuan and his entourage of hundreds of people walked through the streets and arrived at the gate of Gongyuan. The examiner returned to Beijing and resumed his duties. After the examiners from each township left one after another, the gate of Gongyuan opened.
Closing, this is called evacuation, and the next time it will open will be three years later. But now, Qian Qianyi and other examiners still live in Gongyuan.
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The aftermath of the provincial examination, the layout in Beijing, and a broader picture are about to unfold.