Tang Bing and He Zichang’s teacher, Li Bai from Mei County, was the ancestor of Yuzhu.
Li Bai and Li Yindu were close friends and had studied with a country scholar for several years in their early years. They were considered Yuzhu's great uncles.
"I don't dare take it seriously. Let's go our separate ways." Li Yindu didn't want to have anything to do with Yuzhu and flatly rejected Yuzhu's attempts.
Yuzhu knows better than anyone that no matter how talented he is or how profound his Confucian skills are, he will never be accepted by the Han people.
Confucianism cultivates mostly dutiful hypocrites, with few exceptions.
These hypocrites, after winning the imperial examination or Jinshi, enjoyed the generous dividends given by the Qing Dynasty, but they also gathered together to look down on the bannermen of the Han army who had followed the dragon in Liaodong.
Very early on, Yuzhu understood a hard truth: the world can be won with the handle of a knife!
In the early Qing Dynasty, especially in the four dynasties of Shuntian, Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong, no matter who they supported as emperor, it was a household matter for the Manchu nobles, and the Han officials were all spectators.
In history, Longkodo served as the Admiral of the Nine Gates for more than ten years and commanded more than 30,000 troops inside and outside the capital. He was the decisive force for Yongzheng's successful usurpation of the throne.
Hehe, Yuzhu is none other than Longkodo’s favorite biological son. Do you think it’s a coincidence? A wonderful thing?
The Han officials in the court generally looked down on the Tong family, and Yuzhu really didn't care.
The road is facing the sky, everyone goes to one side and does not infringe on each other's interests, that's it!
Yuzhu came here to study, not to get married. Since Li Yindu rejected people thousands of miles away, he was too lazy to warm up and get cold feet, so he just liked it.
Li Yindu called Manager Zhang of the academy, and after giving him careful instructions, he ordered him to take Yuzhu to see the teacher.
When others were not paying attention, Wu Jiang secretly slipped a 10-tael silver note to Manager Zhang.
Suddenly, Manager Zhang's attitude towards Yuzhu became particularly affectionate.
According to Zhang Guanshi's private disclosure, the gentleman who mainly teaches, whose surname is Qin and whose given name is Benchu, was not only the Duke of Xie Yuang in the Jiangnan Provincial Examination, but also the top candidate in the imperial examination in the 29th year of Kangxi's reign. He is extremely powerful.
Yuzhu knew in his heart that He Zichang sent him to Jiuhua Academy not to trick him, but to give him a great opportunity to improve.
After Qin Benchu met Yuzhu, he didn't say anything. He directly wrote three questions for the eight-part essay and asked Yuzhu to complete it within three hours.
When Yuzhu saw Qin Benchu's style, he couldn't help but secretly find it funny. Starting from Tang Bing to Qin Benchu, it seems that literati like to make things difficult for others?
It is common sense to teach students according to their aptitude. After Yuzhu informed Qin Benchu, he sat at a desk in the corner of the room.
On the table, the four treasures of the study are all available. After Yuzhu sat down, he carefully reviewed the questions. Well, they are all papers that have been done before, so there is nothing to worry about.
Academic masters, as long as they master the correct methodology and develop the good habit of studying hard, they will surely unleash their amazing combat effectiveness.
Yuzhu is not an empty bag of straw, but an exam machine full of knowledge and in excellent condition.
It only took Yuzhu an hour and a half to finish all three questions. In fact, he could have handed in the paper in an hour. In order to highlight his serious attitude, he specially used the pavilion style required for the imperial examination.
After Qin Benchu read Yuzhu's paper, he didn't say a word nonsense and directly ordered Manager Zhang to lead Yuzhu to report to Class A.
Just now, Manager Zhang said that the academy is divided into classes. Among them, the students in Class A with the highest level are all the seeds of Jinshi in the eyes of the teacher.
The academy is built halfway up the mountain. Except for the memorial tablet of Confucius, Class A is located at the second highest point of the entire academy. There are more than 300 stone steps to climb alone.
When Yuzhu rushed to the door of Class A, a gentleman was explaining the meaning of the scriptures inside.
It is extremely impolite to interrupt the teacher's lecture rashly, and it is not something a wise man would do.
Yuzhu quietly made a gesture and sent Wu Jiang and Wu Sheng to stand far away. He himself slowed down his breathing rate, quietly stood outside the door, and listened to the explanation of the gentleman inside.
Manager Zhang couldn't help but feel closer to Yuzhu when he saw that Yuzhu was so knowledgeable and didn't have the arrogance and coquettishness of a wealthy child.
Unexpectedly, the teacher's class was too long, and Yuzhu's stop lasted an hour and a half.
Yuzhu knew that the body was the capital of being an official, so he kept working hard on his muscles and bones. Although Yuzhu was far inferior to Bai Xing in horseback riding and archery, he was much better than most of the banner men.
Manager Zhang's legs were sore from standing, and he kept changing his left and right feet, sighing softly from time to time.
Yuzhu, on the other hand, behaves like a normal person, with his waist always straight, like a green pine on a dangerous cliff.
After finally waiting for Class A to finish school, Manager Zhang, who was already feeling sore and backache from standing, quickly led Yuzhu to the teacher and introduced him with a smile on his face: "Mr. Cha, this is Mr. Yu from Beijing."
, Mr. Qin has admitted him to Class A."
Mr. Cha was about forty years old. He looked at Yuzhu carefully, stared at the small sachet on Yuzhu's waist, and suddenly asked him: "Under the Han Army?"
In Sijiu City, bannermen generally like to hang small sachets on their belts. Han scholars, on the other hand, like to wear jade pendants.
Yuzhu quickly bowed his hands and replied respectfully: "Mr. Cha, my student's ancestors were originally Han people from Liaodong. By the grace of the emperor, he was carried into Manchuria with a yellow flag."
‘Oh, I know, you must be from the Tong family, right?’ Mr. Cha looked at Yuzhu with a smile.
Yuzhu thought to himself, Tong Banchao's reputation was really not just blown away, even the gentlemen from Jiuhua Academy knew about it.
"What Mr. Cha said is true. My ancestor Tong Guowei and my father Longkodo." Yuzhu was worried about arousing the resentment of the literati, so he deliberately did not report the titles of his grandfather and father.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zha actually smiled and said: "Then Qingtai, the deputy capital of Jiangning's left wing, should be Ling's uncle?"
"Sir, what you expected is true. My uncle is now acting General Jiang Ning." Yuzhu sighed secretly in his heart. Mr. Cha is so powerful and he knows his family's background very well.
Mr. Zha stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Since Mr. Qin accepted you, it means that your level is enough to enter Class A. I will be exempted from taking the exam here. Well, there will be your position from now on."
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Yuzhu looked in the direction of Mr. Cha's finger. Oh my god, it was an empty seat in the middle of the third row.
As we all know, gentlemen like to sit and talk. Students in the first and second rows often drink from their gentlemen, and the third row is the really good seat.
This is typical special care!
He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the gift-giver. Yuzhu had just arrived and it was hard to say anything, so he had to hand over his hand and thank the teacher.
"The academy only provides room and board to students from average families. You..." Mr. Cha paused deliberately. Yuzhu was so smart. He immediately said, "To be honest with Mr. Cha, the students have already rented accommodation and have all their room and board."
Right."
"Oh, that's good, that's good." Mr. Cha introduced himself with a smile, "My surname is Cha, my given name is Siting, my courtesy name is Runmu, and my nickname is Hengpu. You can call me Mr. Hengpu."
"Students pay homage to Mr. Yokoura." Yuzhu looked very respectful on his face, but in his heart he was thinking of four words, Weimin stopped.
In history, Cha Siting became an unjust ghost in the Yongzheng Dynasty because when he presided over the Jiangxi Provincial Examination, he asked questions that were prohibited by the Weimin people.
Not only did Cha Siting die tragically in prison, he was also killed and beheaded, which was horrific.
The famous hero Jin Yong, whose real name is Cha Liangyong, is a member of the Cha family in Haining.
Zha Siting was particularly affectionate towards Yuzhu, and Yuzhu reciprocated the favor, saying a lot of good things and praising Mr. Hengpu very highly.
For a time, both the master and the disciple were very happy.