Wei Chen immediately appointed the impartial Sheng Changbai as the social supervisor, and asked the remaining seventy-eight scholars to nominate three social supervisors to be responsible for maintaining order in the society.
After making these arrangements, the first meeting of Jingxi Club officially began.
Wei Chen chose an article from "Mencius" to talk about, and while speaking, he told everyone his experience in writing articles when taking part in the imperial examination.
Wei Chen is a man who has gone through countless exams. He has tutored Sheng Changfeng, Qi Heng and others before, so he naturally knows what these scholars want to hear most.
What I said are all experiences and lessons learned through hard work, and there is not a single useless empty talk or cliché.
The dozens of scholars left behind were all people who were interested in taking the imperial examination. They were very excited when they heard Wei Chen's informative explanation.
Wei Chen talked for an hour, and all the scholars were still interested. Even Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen and others also learned a lot and wished Wei Chen could continue talking.
However, Wei Chen was a little tired after speaking, so the other six elders of Jingxi Society took turns to give speeches.
Among the six, Sheng Changbai is the leader of the Spring and Autumn Classics. Wang Yaochen's understanding of the Book of Songs is not inferior to that of the classics. Weng Dingfan, Tang Henian, Tao Dazhi, and Chen Jun all have great experience in their own classics.
They took turns on stage to give speeches, with different content and different styles, but they all received enthusiastic support.
Among them, Tao Dazhi's interesting and down-to-earth explanations made the scholars burst into laughter from time to time.
After the seriousness of the previous people, Tao Dazhi showed the friendly image of Jingxi Society, which undoubtedly greatly shortened the distance between the scholars and Jingxi Society.
After all seven people have finished speaking, it is time for the audience to digest and absorb. The scholars can discuss on their own, learn from each other, and also ask questions, which will be answered by the seven people from Jingxi Club.
The scholars surrounded the seven people and asked all kinds of strange questions for answers. Fortunately, Wei Chen and the others were naturally talented and knowledgeable, so they could easily handle any questions related to the imperial examination.
Come down.
For a whole half day, the seven Wei Chens patiently and meticulously communicated with the scholars, and their voices were almost hoarse.
Wei Chen glanced around and saw that all the scholars felt that their trip was worthwhile, and couldn't help but smile.
In ancient times, the great Confucians were keen on lecturing and preaching, and scholars all followed the scenery. However, the seven Wei and Chen people are now just elevating people and are far from the level of great Confucian scholars. Their own theories have not yet been completed, and their lectures are unrealistic.
So Wei Chen compromised and turned Jingxi Club into a cram school for the imperial examination. Step by step, down-to-earth, it slowly developed and expanded.
Although there were not many people at the community gathering today, this imperial examination cram school has begun to take shape.
I wonder if the hundreds of people who left earlier will regret it after learning about the effect of the Jingxi Society’s gathering? Maybe they will come back next time the Jingxi Society holds a gathering.
However, Wei Chen didn't care if the scholars came or left. Even the seventy-eight people left in the field were not considered members of Jingxi Club now, they were just observing and observing.
After the club meeting ended in the afternoon, all the scholars felt that they still had more to say, and they all sent messages to Wei Chen, the club leader, hoping to join the Jingxi Club.
Wei Chen looked at the list. Among the seventy-eight scholars attending the meeting, more than twenty wanted to join the Jingxi Society.
In fact, there were originally more people, but the minimum threshold for joining the Jingxi Society was to be a raw member, so those scholars who did not have any honors could only regret not being selected.
Among the twenty-six people who requested to join the club, there were eight candidates and eighteen students. After the club gathering, Wei Chen left them to discuss in detail.
When Wei Chen chooses people to join Jingxi Club, in addition to basic talents and learning, he also needs to choose people with honest character and similar values.
Things like character and values cannot be revealed through just a few words. Wei Chen still needs to know more about these people. Today is just a preliminary screening.
In the end, Wei Chen, Sheng Changbai, and Wang Yaochen discussed and selected two of the candidates and five students as reserve members. The new members will be officially selected at the next society meeting.
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Two days later.
In an alley in the east of Youyang City.
The sound of firecrackers crackled, and the children blocked their ears with excitement, jumping up and down, dodging the red confetti flying everywhere.
Zhang Ming rubbed his hands and raised his head together with Wei Ruyi, who was smiling from ear to ear, and looked at a nanmu plaque covered with red silk at the entrance of the alley.
As the red silk was slowly unveiled, the three characters "Jie Yuandi" were revealed on the nanmu plaque.
Zhang Xu clapped his hands excitedly, his palms turning red, and the neighbors who were watching from all sides also cheered in unison.
Feng Jing, the magistrate of Youyang County, smiled and bowed to Wei Chen: "Congratulations to Brother Xingyun, from now on this nameless alley will be renamed Jieyuan Di."
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Wei Chen smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I would also like to thank the county magistrate for his thoughtfulness. I have prepared water and wine at home, so I would like to ask the magistrate to show his appreciation."
Feng Zhixian pretended to be displeased and said: "What do you call the county honor? You and I can be called brothers."
"Then...Brother Feng, please?"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Just a few steps into the alley, you can see the small courtyard where Wei Chen once lived. The two characters "Wei Fu" have been hung outside the door, and there is also a gold plaque with "Jie Yuan" erected in the courtyard.
Wei Chen invited Feng Zhixian into his home. Feng Zhixian entered the yard, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "The house is a bit small now, and it doesn't suit Xie Yuanlang's identity. If Brother Xingyun is interested, I will be in the west of the city."
There is a house with three entrances, which is quite spacious, so I gave it to Brother Xingyun."
Wei Chen declined politely and said: "Brother Feng's kindness, I accept it with my heart. It's just that although this place is small, I'm used to living here, and the high gate courtyard is not comfortable."
Feng Zhixian continued to persuade: "I have seen many talented people buy slaves, build big houses, and have concubines after being elected. The Xingyun brothers won four yuan. It is the time when young people are successful. Why should they treat themselves so harshly?" Wei Chen smiled and did not answer.
The reason why he rejected Feng Zhixian was actually because he didn't want to owe him a favor. Favor debts are the hardest to repay. It's not like Wei Chen couldn't afford to buy a house, so why bother to owe such a favor?
And what he said before was also true. Not long after he came to Dazhou, he moved to this courtyard, and he has been studying and living here since then. He has already developed deep feelings and is unwilling to move away.
Feng Zhixian saw that Wei Chen really didn't want to change houses, so he skipped the topic and instead talked about a difficult situation he had encountered recently, and asked Wei Chen to provide him with advice.
Here Feng Zhixian and Wei Chen are drinking tea and talking in the hall, while Wei Ruyi and his family of three are also busy outside.
Zhang Xu hurriedly ran from the alley and shouted to Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi who were entertaining guests: "Dad, mother, Madam Xu from Dongmen Street is here."
"The one from the Xu family?" Zhang Ming scratched his head: "Why is she here?"
Wei Ruyi smiled and said: "I'm probably here to congratulate you. You are a guest, so please invite them in." Then she called Zhang Xu to invite the guests.
Not long after, Zhang Xu led a middle-aged woman in, it was the wife of the Xu family. As soon as she entered the door, she smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations to you two, congratulations to you two, your family has a happy event!"
Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi looked at each other and asked, "What happy event?"
The wife of the Xu family laughed: "Marriage is tied to a thousand miles, and a good family asked me to be the matchmaker for your brother Chen!"