The 43rd year of Wanli is a leap year, and there are two Augusts. As the proverb goes, "Leap seven is not leap eight, leap eight is killed with a knife." It seems that there are relatively more natural disasters in years with leap eight, not to mention
In addition, this year's Hangzhou Provincial Examination alone has caused rumors and troubles. The gathering of new imperial examination candidates, originally scheduled to be held at Wangxian Restaurant on August 30, was postponed to the eighth day of the year because of the Gongyuan incident on the night of the 29th.
The second day of the lunar month——
At noon that day, at the Wangxian Restaurant in Chaotianmen, one hundred and twenty new candidates for the imperial examination gathered together, chatting, chatting, and making friends. It was very lively. During the banquet, some of the candidates mentioned that they were making a fuss about the marking of the examination papers when they received their papers yesterday.
The injustice requires a re-examination and re-examination, and the new imperial examination candidates present here are ridiculing them one after another. These new imperial examination candidates are on the dragon and tiger list. Looking back at those scholars who failed, they naturally have a great sense of superiority, and they can kindly show compassion and sympathy to those who failed.
Sympathy, but if the losers want to grab them and drag them into the quagmire, then they will definitely hate it——
Zhang Dai sneered and said: "The examination papers are just a matter of sending the examination papers of the candidates we have admitted to the Hanlin Academy for review by the ministers. Who will fail the examination papers? There is no such rule - we will be upright in the three preparations and mark the examination papers."
Officials, room officials, deputy chief examiners, chief examiners, they are all recommended one by one, why are you afraid of finding faults!"
Everyone nodded in agreement and condemned those who spread rumors and caused trouble with righteous indignation——
Zhang Yuan thought: "This was instigated by Dong and Wang's forces again. It is wishful thinking to re-grading the examination papers. In order to maintain the dignity of the examiners, even if the examination examination is unfair, the court will generally not pursue it unless there is explicit laxity."
The cheating behavior. Fei Updates the fastest [ ] Otherwise, if the failed candidates make a fuss, they will retake the exam and reexamine it, and that won’t be a mess!”
——As far as Zhang Yuan knows, Ai Nanying, a master of eight-legged prose in the late Ming Dynasty, participated in the examination during the Chongzhen period, and his room official Xiang Yu was extremely irresponsible. He only marked four lines of Ai Nanying's first performance and was rejected.
In the pile, Ai Nanying received the papers and saw that Xiang Yu had reviewed the papers so hastily. She was very angry and immediately printed out his papers to tell the world, saying that the scholar had been trapped for three years and had traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but his room was empty.
If an official only points out four elements and then ignores them, how can this be so unpopular?
——Ai Nanying's craftsmanship is indeed good, and Fang Guan Xiang Yu's marking of papers is indeed sloppy. Fei The fastest updated But the court did not condemn and punish Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu's reputation was greatly damaged because of this incident.
All the candidates were very angry that the Dong family and the Wang family secretly spread rumors to discredit the provincial undergraduate examination. Although the rumors were aimed at Zhang Yuan and Hanshe, they had a negative impact on those who passed the examination. The Dong family of Huating and the Wang family of Huizhou were regarded as
The Zhejiang Juren of Yimao Branch were all offended——
The day before yesterday, Wang Ruqian gave Zhang Yuan ten thousand taels of silver, seemingly as a beg for mercy and reconciliation, but actually it contained evil intentions. However, Zhang Yuan gave it to the Hangzhou Prefecture Nursing Home in the name of Hanshe. This matter has spread a lot, and all the people in Hangzhou praised Zhang Jieyuan for his integrity, benevolence, justice, and wisdom.
, Now Zhang Yuan’s reputation is far beyond what it was before the provincial examination. [ ] Zhang Yuan’s four consecutive victories and Hanshe’s twenty-eight stars were on the dragon and tiger list, which proved his own talent and the talents of Hanshe.
People in the society wholeheartedly support Zhang Yuan, and empty talk about the spirit of the Han Society in the opposition has limited influence. Only by making a real name for the imperial examination can the spiritual concept of the Han Society be better spread. Many new imperial examination candidates are required to participate in the Han Society v Yuan is currently
Hanshe was trapped by rumors and declined, and Hanshe is now well-known. We must be more careful in selecting members to avoid a mixture of good and bad, which will ruin the social atmosphere. Of course, these candidates are what Zhang Yuan wants to win, and we will discuss the company immediately when we meet in Beijing to participate in the joint examination.
Rumors about the alliance are now everywhere. If all these people are absorbed into the Han Society, it will not be the twenty-eight stars, but the one hundred and eight heavenly evil spirits. This will be detrimental to the Han Society -
After the banquet of the same year that day, a group of people went to the Wangxian Teahouse near Wangxian Restaurant to listen to Liu Jingting's story. This was a private venue and was booked three days ago. Liu Jingting's market is going up this year. If he hadn't made the reservation, he wouldn't have been invited.
The price of handkerchiefs has also increased. I remember that last year the price was eight cents, and now it is one tael. Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai paid a special visit to him one day. Liu Jingting had heard about Zhang Yuan Kui long ago and thought that Zhang Yuankuo would not pay attention to him anymore.
Friends from the market were very happy when they saw Brother Zhang Yuan visiting. They talked about the overthrow of the director last year, clapped their hands and laughed——
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Wang Ruqian had already moved out of the garden on the third day of August. Zhang Yuan immediately sent people to clean up the garden. The flowers, trees and pavilions in the garden were intact, but the utensils in the pavilions had been removed. Zhang Yuan had no intention of living there.
Some banquets and banquets were arranged, and all the food and wine were transported from the city. On the fifth day of the lunar month, Zhang Yuan invited everyone of the same year to visit Buxiyuan——
Butie Garden is located on West Lake West Road, adjacent to Yanggong Embankment. You can see the entire West Lake from a high point in the garden. There is a small dock in the garden. Boats can sail directly into the garden from the West Lake. Butie Garden is famous for its red leaves and incense. The garden is close to Yanggong Embankment.
There are thousands of maple trees with pentagonal leaves on the side. In late autumn, the maple leaves turn red. Standing on the side of Yongjinmen Gate Tower, you can see the scorching maple forest. Visitors to the garden can see it from a distance.
Everyone in the fire-like maple forest couldn't help but cheer, Zhou Menong said with a smile: "If you have the chance, you can come here every autumn outing. Dianyuan will be here for seventy years. Haha, I wonder how many of us will still be alive after seventy years?"
"Looking around, he said: "Perhaps there are only three brothers, Qi Huzi and Zhang Sheshou. The youngest of the others are all over twenty years old. If you want to live to be more than ninety or even more than a hundred years old, then starting from today
You have to give up your fame and seek immortality. Geling is not far from here, haha. [Fei is the fastest updated]"
Everyone laughed.
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On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yuan invited the same year to visit the garden. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, there was an elegant gathering of the Han Society. More than a hundred colleagues of the Han Society walked hand in hand along Su Di, with high spirits and high spirits. The gathering on this day was mainly to discuss the 11th anniversary of the Han Society in Zhejiang.
Candidates for the county club leader and club deputy, because some of the members who won the election are no longer suitable to be the club leader and club deputy. They have to leave their hometown and go to Beijing and are unable to manage the affairs of the branch. The branch head is in charge of correcting the invitation and the deputy secretary of the club.
, and there is a joint review of new members, so another member must be selected to serve. Zhang Yuan solemnly requested the heads and deputy directors of each branch to be strict and cautious in the review of new members. No one should rely on the name of Hanshe
Controlling local lawsuits and harming the countryside. If this happens, he will send a letter to each branch and expel the members who violate the rules from the Hanshe. The expelled person will be notorious and regret it later——
The members also discussed that the daily expenses of the Han Society should be donated by members from wealthy families, and that the total expenses should not be borne by the leader of the Society alone——
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Precisely because there is a leap month in August, people for the new imperial examination do not have to rush to Beijing to take the exam. They also have to compile the "Yimao Zhejiang Rural Examination Records of the Same Year" and ask the examiner Qian Qianyi to write a preface.
Occupying one page, the name, business name, place of birth, wife, children, names of three generations of ancestors, names of subjects, and official positions of the candidates are clearly registered. It is much more detailed than the records of university classmates in later generations. This "Tong Nian Lu" was compiled by the New Imperial Examination
The people compiled it themselves, and the chief envoy Si Yamen issued a silver publication and printed three hundred volumes, one for each official, and each examiner and the provincial, government, and county Yamen were also required to keep it——
The official bookshop became proficient at engraving "Tong Nian Lu" very quickly. On the 13th of the eighth month, three hundred copies of "Yimao Ke Zhejiang Rural Examination Tong Nian Lu" were printed. It had 120 pages and excellent paper. Jieyuan Zhang Yuan
Zhang Yuan's name is clearly displayed on the front page, with the courtesy name Jiezi and the nickname Longshan. This nickname was given by Zhang Yuan temporarily. Many Shanyin scholars took the nickname Longshan. Since Zhang Yuan's nickname was Longshan, others would have to change it in the future.
It is a custom among scholars in the late Ming Dynasty to take a number. Generally, they will take a number after they have made a new student. They do not call each other by their names, but by their numbers. This is a symbol of status. You can take another number at any time. This is very similar.
The pen names of later generations of writers, some writers have only one pen name throughout their lives, and some have several pen names——
——Zhang Dai also chose a nickname for himself, called "Tao An". Zhang Dai's mother's surname was Tao. Zhang Dai was often sick when he was young and stayed at his ancestral home. Now he missed Tao's family courtyard, so he named himself Tao An. When Zhang Yuan saw his eldest brother
When I wrote the word "Tao'an", I couldn't help but think: Will there still be that beautiful and affectionate "Tao'an Dream Memories"?
On the 14th, each house official returned to his or her own county, and the governors from each house sent off their respective house masters with farewell remarks. The friendship between teachers and students was strengthened——
Since there are two Augusts, there are two Mid-Autumn Festivals. However, on the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival in this leap August, the examiner Qian Qianyi boarded a boat at the canal pier and left Hangzhou to return to the capital. One hundred and twenty new imperial examination candidates came.
Seeing off the teachers, Qian Qianyi naturally encouraged these students to prepare hard for the exam and strive to succeed in the exam next year——
Zhang Yuan was also among the people seeing him off. He saw a look of worry on Qian Qianyi's eyebrows. The day before, Qian Qianyi sent someone to summon him to the Gongyuan to meet him. Naturally, the teacher and student talked about the rumor-mongering case of Dong and Wang.
, Qian Qianyi originally wanted to settle the case before he left Hangzhou, so that he could return to Beijing to report to the Ministry of Rites with a clear conscience and no worries, but he did not expect that the trial of the case would be difficult, and Wang Lizhi did not know whose advice he got.
Unlike that day when he panicked and confessed in front of the Gongyuan, he insisted that he had made up the rumor himself. He said that he drank too much and talked nonsense and had nothing to do with Dong Zuyuan and Wang Ruqian. The inspector made Zhang Qilian believe Wang Lizhi's story.
He confessed, and privately advised Qian Qianyi not to get serious with this ridiculous drunkard. Rumors only stop with the wise. If he pursues the case and makes it known to both the government and the public, it will damage his reputation——
Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart: "Zhang Qilian, an old fox, has a good relationship with Dong Qichang. I don't know how much benefit he got from Wang Ruqian this time, but he actually fooled Teacher Qian like this. This rumor case looks like this on the surface, but how much power and money transactions are secretly involved!"
Qian Qianyi could not stay in Hangzhou longer. He regretted that Zhang Yuan would no longer pursue the case of Dong and Wang spreading rumors. If Zhang Yuan joined forces with Hanshe colleagues to focus on the case, the prosecutor would not dare to bend the law too much, but Qian Qianyi also
Knowing that Zhang Yuan was about to go to Beijing to take the exam, he had no time or energy to focus on this case. It seemed that this rumor and frame-up was going to end like this, and the most he could do was sentence Wang Lizhi to exile——
Zhang Yuan knew very well that the officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty was all about wrangling, talking about relationships, and everything was complicated. If he pursued the case with all his strength, he would certainly offend Zhang Qilian and other officials who had accepted Dong and Wang's benefits, and the best result of pursuing the case would also be
Even if Dong Zuyuan was revoked and Wang Ruqian was exiled, it would be impossible to eradicate Dong and Wang's power, so he decided not to pursue the case for the time being and fully prepare for the examination in February next year——
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