Wang Yuan took out a book and said: "Sir, you want the "Collection of Zhou Yuan Gong"."
Wang Yangming was drinking medicine and almost spit out the medicine. He asked, "Didn't I ask you to copy a copy?"
"Why copy the book when you already have it ready?" Wang Yuan said matter-of-factly.
What he said was so reasonable that Wang Yangming couldn't refute it. He was angry and funny at the same time: "No books in the Yi family's collection are loaned out. Why did you borrow the books out?"
Wang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because I have a pure heart that aspires to learn. That old gentleman from the Yi family was moved and allowed me to lend out three books at the same time."
"naughty!"
Wang Yangming picked up the ruler from the case and gently hit the student on the head: "Tell the truth!"
Wang Yuan told the truth: "Mr. Yi asked me to write a poem, so I wrote a poem."
"What word is it? It actually allows the Yi family to borrow books." Wang Yangming was quite surprised.
Wang Yuan had no choice but to write the song "Linjiang Immortal".
Wang Yangming was silent for a long time in front of the piece of paper. He was silent for half a quarter of an hour. Then he suddenly said: "You haven't seen the Yangtze River, so you wrote 'the rolling water of the Yangtze River passes eastward'?"
Wang Yuan replied: "I have never seen the Yangtze River, but I have read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"."
Wang Yangming shook his head and said: "This poem does not suit the mood of a young man. Is there anything else you are hiding from me?"
At this time, it was Wang Yuan's turn to be silent, and then he said: "When I was three years old, no one taught me how to read. My father picked up a copy of the Huayan Sutra, and I recited it on the spot. Those words seemed to be engraved on my
The same goes for this poem in my mind, it suddenly came to me."
"Su Hui?" Wang Yangming's expression was complicated, and he seemed to believe it.
Before the age of thirty-one, Wang Yangming was a theist and even wanted to become a monk and practice Buddhism several times.
After the age of thirty-one, Wang Yangming gradually stopped believing in the existence of gods and Buddhas. It was not until Longchang became enlightened that he completely transformed into an atheist, believing that his own heart was the master of ghosts and gods in the world.
However, neither Neo-Confucianism nor Psychology denies that there are those who know things from birth!
Zhu Xi even described those who are born with knowledge as the first class of people, because the laws of nature already exist in people's hearts, and the laws and nature of those who are born with knowledge have not been deceived. If the laws of nature and nature of ordinary people are deceived, they must use
Make efforts the day after tomorrow to clear away the blindness and restore your natural principles and nature to their true colors.
Wang Yuan stopped talking.
Wang Yangming sat there for a long time, and finally said: "Stop writing poems, it will easily cause some trouble."
Trouble soon came.
It only took a few days for the song "Linjiang Immortal" to spread throughout Guizhou City. To be precise, it spread throughout the cultural circle of Guizhou City. This circle was too small to hide the news.
Even the imperial examination immigrants who returned to their hometowns to take the exam were amazed by "Linjiang Immortal" and came to the academy one by one to see the prodigy.
Wang Yuan studied hard behind closed doors without seeing anyone. He read all the previous imperial examination essays every day.
"Wang Erlang, I'm afraid I won't be able to push you away this time. The Chief Minister Zuo wants to see you by name." Wang Xiang, a young boy, came to deliver the news.
Wang Yuan continued to study the essay and refused directly: "No!"
Another day passed.
Liu Yaozu rushed into the room: "Second Brother Wang, the Chief Envoy Zuo came to the academy in person, accompanied by Vice President Xi, and was chatting with the gentleman at the moment. The Chief Envoy was a kind man, and he even talked to me just now and asked
Remember what happened when you were a child."
"Then let's meet." Wang Yuan knew he couldn't hide.
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The left governor of Guizhou is named Guo Shen, an old man in his sixties.
In the Ming Dynasty, the left was respected.
If you are promoted from a right official to a left official, although there is no change in grade, it is a typical promotion.
Damn promotion!
Guo Shen wanted to scold his mother. He was serving as the right-wing chief envoy in Fujian. It was so nourishing and glorious, but he was suddenly promoted to the left-hand chief envoy in Guizhou.
On the way to take office, Guo Shen had already reached the border of Huguang. The Xuanning rebels blocked the post road, so he had to go to Sichuan to make a circuit. After finally arriving in Guizhou, his buttocks were still hot, and the Sanmiao Chief Uprising broke out in Guaixi.
.As for Guo Shen himself, he lay in bed for two months because of his half-year-long journey.
Everything is thanks to Liu Jin. Guo Shen's promotion and transfer are nothing more than making way for Liu Jin's gang members. Historically, this gentleman will be promoted again next year. He will not be able to stay in Guizhou and will be promoted to Nanjing Taipusi Qing for retirement. If Liu Jin hadn't suddenly
If he collapses, he will definitely die of old age in this position.
Guo Shen is a kind of peace officer who can get by and laugh at everyone. Even if he meets ordinary people on the road, he can chat with them for a long time, and then go home to do whatever he needs to do. What he does in politics is to practice frugality, build schools, and promote education.
, I wrote a few poems when I had nothing to do, and was evaluated as: no city government, generous and simple, and like an elder.
One word, mixed!
How could such a dawdling official risk his own life to oppose Liu Jin?
Just because he is from Jiangxi and belongs to the Nanbang Jinshi, he was robbed of his good job in Fujian and came to Guizhou, a place where birds can't poop. Rabbits bite people when they are anxious. Guo Shen resolutely joined the anti-eunuch army and wrote to the court if he had nothing to do.
Report on the eunuch guarding Guizhou.
Why are the chief envoys and inspectors of Guizhou unable to pass by the guarding eunuchs?
In fact, Eunuch Liu did too much. In the second year of Zhengde, he forced the cabinet to expand the powers of the guarding eunuchs. In the past, the guarding eunuchs were only responsible for local military affairs, but now they can intervene in government affairs, justice and supervision, and they are equivalent to a collection of governors and capital censors.
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The chief envoy of Guizhou is already very pitiful, but he still has to be deprived of power by the guarding eunuch, who is the eighteenth generation ancestor of Liu Jin!
Guo Shen came to Guizhou less than a year ago. He originally wanted to build schools and promote education as usual, but Xi Shu had already finished this work. He could only find time to wander around, claiming to be observing the folk customs, but in fact he was just accumulating material for writing poems.
Moreover, Guo Shen especially likes to write hymns, praising the local education and the local agricultural administration. In addition, his poems are wonderfully written. Once spread, they can even be used as auxiliary materials for political performance assessments - if the examination is completed,
The method goes hand in hand with the investigation method, and the latter is very maneuverable.
Integrity inspectors patrol local areas and collect relevant information about local officials. Official reputation is a key target of investigation. For example, if a local official enters the Xiangxian Temple, it means that this person has a good official reputation, and the wealthy gentry often controls the Xiangxian Temple. This
As a result, local officials had to curry favor with the wealthy gentry.
Poetry is also a part of it. If an official's hymn is widely circulated among local scholars, the anti-corruption officer will also give high marks to the target of the investigation.
"Are you the child prodigy who wrote "Linjiang Immortal"?"
Guo Shen had no official airs at all. He was chubby and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. It was only the first time for him to meet Wang Yuan, but he was as cordial as he was to his nephew. He took Wang Yuan's hand and praised, "He is majestic, handsome, and extraordinary."
Like!"
Wang Yuan smiled and withdrew his hand, cupped it and said, "I have met Guo Fantai." Then he said to Xi Shu, "I have met Xi Fuxian!"
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "Sit down."
Guo Shen started to talk nonsense again: "Other people say that Guizhou is a land of barbarians. This is nonsense! I have been in Guizhou for less than a year and have visited many scenic spots, which can be said to be beautiful."
"Guo Fantai has unique insights." Xi Shu could only agree with a smile.
"Don't you still believe it," Guo Shen pointed at Wang Yuan and said, "With such a prodigy, doesn't it prove that Guizhou is a land of great beauty?"
Wang Yangming said: "Don't praise Guo Fantai too much. Young people are prone to arrogance and vanity."
"No, no," Guo Shen suddenly raised his hands toward the north, "It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but only a few prodigies have appeared in the world? The emergence of a prodigy in Guizhou is really an auspicious sign for the Holy King to come to the dynasty!"
Damn it, even if Emperor Zhengde did those things, can we still call him a holy king?
Wang Yangming and Xi Shu were speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer the conversation.
Guo Shen stood up directly, held Wang Yuan's hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Little prodigy, I have met your mentor Shen Weitang. He said that you can recite Buddhist scriptures without any teacher at the age of three. After only studying the "Three Character Classic", I made the couplet "Knowledge of worldly affairs is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing". It can be said that you are born with knowledge and are born with wisdom!"
"The feudal lord is laughing." Wang Yuan withdrew his hand again.
Guo Shen put his arm around Wang Yuan's shoulders again and asked warmly, "I heard that you were born in Fanzhai. Do you have any difficulties in your studies?"
Wang Yuan replied: "There is no difficulty. Thank you for your concern."
Guo Shen smiled at Wang Yangming and Xi Shu and said, "Look, our little prodigy is not only gifted with wisdom, but also has a good character. A gentleman must be poor!"
With that said, he asked his entourage to fetch twenty taels of silver and handed it to Wang Yuan himself: "Since you have such talent, you must work hard to learn from it in the future. If you have any difficulties, just come and tell me!"
Wang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he put away the money and said, "Thank you Guo Fantai for your support."
After a lot of posturing, Guo Shen finally got involved with the prodigy.
He returned to the Chief Secretary's residence and wrote five prodigy poems that night. He also wrote more than ten letters overnight and sent them to his fellow villagers who served as officials in various places in the same year. He also included three poems and a couplet by Wang Yuan.
Anyway, he was bragging. He, Guo Shen, found a child prodigy in Guizhou and tried his best to help him - these are all political achievements!
The more widely Wang Yuan's poems and couplets spread, the more Guo Shen's political achievements will be. Anyway, this life has been bound.
For the next six months, Guo Shen talked about being a prodigy to everyone he met and deliberately built up momentum for Wang Yuan - he could not do anything else. It was too embarrassing to be the chief minister, and he was reduced to the director of the subdistrict office and had to be decentralized by the eunuchs.
Because of Guo Shen's actions, Wang Yuan's reputation as a child prodigy not only spread throughout Guizhou, but even to scholars in Jiangxi and the two capitals.
Especially the song "Linjiang Immortal", when Jiangnan Bookshop printed "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it actually started to be printed on the title page!