Speaking of big trolls, among the candidates admitted by Wang Yuan, Shi Dao, whom he ranked first, is undoubtedly the king of trolls.
Shi Dao criticized Jiang Bin, Zhang Zhong, Gu Dayong, Wang Xian, and Zhang Zuo, all of whom were close confidants of Emperor Zhengde. Although Zhu Houzhao did not fully adopt the opinion, he did not get angry because of it. Instead, he "changed his attitude and accepted it."
He also felt that he was wrong and allowed Shi Dao to stay in the military department as an official.
After the death of Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne.
Shi Dao was the first to jump out and criticize Yang Tinghe, impeaching Yang Tinghe for more than 30 charges. Yang Tinghe was forced to stop going to court and asked to resign. Jiajing ordered him to come back. Immediately, Yang Tinghe wrote a memorial to refute, impeaching Shi Dao for deceiving the emperor and committing more than 20 charges.
There are many items, and the memorial has more than 4,000 words, which shows how angry he was with Shi Dao.
Then, two more officials came forward and not only impeached Yang Tinghe, but also the cabinet ministers and ministers of various ministries.
This is not flattering Jiajing, because Jiajing had just taken office at that time, and his butt was not yet hot. Jiajing was frightened by the situation in the court, and jailed Shi Dao, Cao Jia, and Yan Hong, and threw them all to do the work
County magistrate and judge.
The emperor's move immediately caused a backlash from dozens of officials, forcing the emperor to cancel the order and reinstate Shi Dao and others to their posts - all of this was done when Yang Tinghe was at the peak of his power!
But Shi Dao pretended to be cool and ran away. The emperor wants to reinstate my official position?
Sorry, if Yang Tinghe is not dismissed, I will no longer serve you. I request to be released!
This was another future minister of the Ministry of War. Together with Zhao Jin who had been recovered from the search, Wang Yuan admitted two ministers of the Ministry of War in the Jiajing Dynasty.
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Shi Dao went to look at the results with his classmates.
When the results of the provincial examination were announced, there was a mournful crowd outside the gate of Gongyuan. At the same time, some people exclaimed in surprise. It is said that some people are happy and some are sad.
The complainers all scolded Wang Yuan for asking a small question in the provincial examination. That embarrassing question was too damn annoying.
But no one questioned the fairness of the examination, because Shi Dao, the first place winner, was from Zhuozhou. Shi Dao's grandfather was just a low-ranking official, and his father's official position was not high or low, and he had nothing to do with the examiner Wang Yuan.
The second place winner, Zheng Zibi, has nothing to do with Wang Yuan. He was recommended through normal channels by fellow examiners from the Book of Changes.
Only the third one, Zhao Jin, was Wang Yuan's student, and after losing the election, he was picked up by Wang Yuan.
As for Wang Yuan’s other disciple Wang Yan, he was ranked 132nd and almost failed. He was also recommended by a fellow examiner. Wang Yuan did not secretly help, and no one can say that he engaged in malpractice for personal gain.
"Brother Kehong, congratulations!" classmates congratulated one after another.
Zhao Jin was also surrounded by many people: "Brother Wenqing, you finally got through it!"
Zhao Jin's tears suddenly flowed out, and then he burst into tears and knelt down to kowtow to the south.
Zhao Jin's family lived in Taipingzhuang in the northern suburbs of Liangxiang County. The Chinese New Year was about to take place and the family returned to their hometown for a reunion. Qi Yanming's cavalry looted Taipingzhuang and were driven away by Wang Yuan's troops. However, as a large family in Taipingzhuang, the Zhao family was attacked by rebels.
The fire was set on fire, and Zhao Jin's grandfather, aunt, cousins, brothers, and sisters were all killed. Only he, his grandmother, parents, uncles, and cousins managed to escape, and his father's arm was chopped off by the rebels.
From then on, Zhao Jin followed his uncle who was an official and settled in the capital to study.
Zhao Jin was purely grateful for Wang Yuan's kindness in leading troops to save people, so he took the initiative to study physics under Wang Yuan. Although he was a big troll in the Jiajing Dynasty, when he studied with Wang Yuan, he was always taciturn. Wang Yuan was very fond of this disciple.
Not even an impression.
Wang Yan helped Zhao Jin up and said with emotion: "Brother Wenqing ranked third in the provincial examination and high school. My grandfather's spirit in heaven can rest in peace."
Several members of the School of Physics met at a restaurant to celebrate. Although they were all students of Wang Yuan, only Zhao Jin and Wang Yan passed the exam, and all the others failed.
On the other hand, Zheng Zibi came second in the exam, but no one came to congratulate him. This guy had the same temperament as Jin Lei, both were arrogant and arrogant, and usually offended all his classmates.
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A few days later, there was a banquet of deer roaring.
As the chief examiner, Wang Yuan sat in the main seat, and nearly 150 candidates lined up to kowtow to him (some were deputy candidates).
Wang Yuan couldn't help but sigh that the number of candidates in Shuntian Prefecture was much higher than that of Yunnan and Guizhou combined!
Everyone else had stopped, but Zhao Jin was still kowtowing. This student wanted to give a big salute to Wang Yuan.
Everyone cast their eyes with disdain, thinking that Zhao Jin's flattery was disgusting.
Wang Yan immediately explained to others, saying: "If it hadn't been for Scholar Wang to lead the troops to rescue and drive away the rebels at the critical moment, the entire Zhao family would have perished. Brother Zhao is not only paying homage to his master, but also to his savior!"
The truth of the matter spread quickly, and the examiners and students praised him.
Wu Yipeng nodded and said: "This will definitely be a good story and should be included in the Jinke Provincial Examination Records!"
After all the students paid homage to the Master, they all sat down to have a feast.
Zhao Jin said to Shi Dao and Zheng Zibi who were standing next to him: "Do you two wise brothers know the science of physics?"
Zheng Zibi shook his head: "I don't know, but studying things to achieve knowledge?"
Shi Dao replied: "I have heard about it. There is also "Acta Physica Sinica" in Zhuozhou. My classmate must buy every issue. I heard that this is the study of the principles of all things."
Zhao Jin had become a fanatical follower of Wang Yuan. Seeing that everyone was interested in physics, he took the opportunity to say: "The purpose of the School of Physics is to adhere to Zhu Xi's theory, to explore the principles of nature through the study of things, to seek truth with the heart, to prove the heart with reason, and to be correct.
As the saying goes, there is no limit to the extremes of physics, and there is no limit to what I know in my heart!"
Although Zheng Zibi was arrogant about his talent, he also had a strong thirst for knowledge and asked: "How to seek truth and how to realize the mind?"
Zhao Jin explained: "Everything in nature has its own reasons." He held the chopsticks and said, "For example, this pair of chopsticks is based on the principle of leverage."
Shi Dao asked puzzledly: "What is the principle of leverage?"
Zhao Jin turned the bowl upside down, pointed at the bowl and said: "This is a big stone. It is quite laborious for a person to lift a huge stone. But if you find a point, like this..." He put his fingers beside it and used chopsticks as a lever to pry it.
"In this way, the longer the power arm and the shorter the resistance arm, the easier it is to do work."
Zhao Jin looked at Wang Yuan who was sitting in the chair, clasped his fists and said: "My master Wang Gong once said: Give me a point and a long enough lever, and I will be able to easily lift Mount Tai! The weight of Mount Tai is not worth mentioning.
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"Scholar Wang is lying." Zheng Zibi refused to believe it.
Zhao Jin then dipped his fingers in wine and wrote out the formula of the lever principle on the table, leaving Shi Dao and Zheng Zibi stunned.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jin talked about optics again, saying that the Wanli mirror made by his teacher Wang Yuan could clearly see the surface of the moon. Even the emperor praised it.
After chattering for a while, Shi Dao and Zheng Zibi were dubious, and made an appointment to continue talking about physics another day.
A few days later, Shi Dao and Zheng Zibi were taken by Zhao Jin to visit the Gewu Hall, and they became students of Wang Yuan's sect without knowing it.
(The Zhao Jin in this book is not the same person as the Zhao Jin in "Xiaoge Lao". Both of them served as ministers of the Ministry of War in the Jiajing Dynasty, but the Zhao Jin in this book is much older.)