Guo Shen's series of actions made Wang Yuan feel helpless, but he still had to show extreme gratitude.
His mother gave him twenty taels of silver and spread the prodigy's poems everywhere, so Wang Yuan was bound by the chief envoy.
According to the rules of officialdom and scholarly ethics, Guo Shen appreciated Wang Yuan. This old guy is old and not in good health. He is expected to die in a few years. In the future, if the descendants of the Guo family are killed, if Wang Yuan lives in
If you have a high position, you have to take care of it, otherwise you will be a person who knows your kindness but does not repay it.
When the five prodigy poems were circulated, Wang Yuan had an official note, and the number of scholars who came to visit increased several times every day. There were even weddings, funerals, and birthday banquets, and those who came with money to invite the prodigy to compose poems discussed with future stars.
Acting can make extra money.
No wonder there is "Shang Zhongyong". If you do this kind of thing every day, how can you have any time left to study?
Wang Yuan really couldn't afford to be hurt, so he asked Song Ling'er to put a padlock on the door of his room, and he hid in there and studied hard behind closed doors. He would only unlock the door when eating, drinking, or having sex.
In two months, Wang Yuan finished reading the model essays for the Hongzhi Imperial Examination, and he also wrote several contemporary essays based on the titles.
"If a person can engage in learning, then he is nothing more than benevolence. Learning is the basis for knowledge, which is not benevolence..."
This is a sample essay on the Four Books of the General Examination in the 18th year of Hongzhi. It mainly discusses the relationship between learning and benevolence. It was judged by the marking officer to be the first among the Four Books of that year. It is similar to Wang Yuan's writing style. It is also written dryly, but the discussion is
Be very rigorous.
After reading so many sample essays, Wang Yuan discovered an interesting phenomenon.
Model essays for rural examinations are often of great literary talent, especially in areas south of the Yangtze River. Some eight-legged essays are written like Fu. But when they went to the capital to take part in the examinations, the scholars couldn't let it go. They wrote argumentative essays honestly, and the overall writing style became more...
Mature and prudent.
In other words, Wang Yuan’s eight-legged writing style does not require the study of rhetoric at all, and is just suitable for taking part in the examination!
Wang Yangming's requirements for his disciples were too high. His essay for the examination in that year was very emotional, and he hoped that his disciples could achieve this level. However, Wang Yangming failed twice. The capital examination really did not focus on literary talent, and even wrote
If it's too flashy, you'll suffer even more.
…
Mid July.
Master Shen, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time, finally came to Wenming Academy to visit him: “Brother Yuan, are you sure about next year’s provincial examination?”
"No problem." Wang Yuan replied.
Master Shen smiled and said, "We have an agreement. When you become a high official, I will work for your staff."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "That will have to wait for many years."
Neither of them took these words seriously, because times have changed and things have changed too quickly.
Wang Yuan has already become a disciple of Wang Yangming, and there is no shortage of teachers. Master Shen, on the other hand, is doing well with Xi Shu and is unwilling to move for the time being, and is very satisfied with the status quo.
Once Liu Jin falls, Xi Shu will definitely be promoted based on his political performance.
He renovated the Wenming Academy and cooperated with the An family, the Song family, and the wealthy families of Guizhou to build more than ten social schools in three years. These are all solid political achievements! Xi Shu has been appointed as Deputy Inspector, and he will probably be promoted to participate in politics in a province next time.
The next time I get promoted, I might be the Right Chief Minister.
After seven or eight years, Shen Fucong felt very happy now that he would be able to serve as a confidant to the chief minister.
"Well, when I think back to when I came to Guizhou, I never had such extravagant hopes," Shen Fucong said with emotion, "Thanks to Brother Yuan for taking me to the mountain village, otherwise I would have died in Yunnan right now!"
Wang Yuan smiled and corrected: "It's a invitation, not a robbery."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Master Shen couldn't stop laughing: "Excuse me, it's Jie Dao, and you and I are still saying polite words?"
This guy was getting close again. He probably saw that Wang Yuan was famous and appreciated by many high-ranking officials in Guizhou, and he would definitely have a bright future in the future, so he came here to reconnect with old friends.
Wang Yuan did not reveal the truth and asked: "How is Mr. Song doing lately?"
Master Shen said: "He has been serving as a tutor in the clan school. Because of the rebellion, Song Xuan's personality also changed drastically. The uncle and nephew worked together to rectify the academic style. The children of the Song family were punished even for skipping classes." Suddenly, Master Shen, Another sentence, "An Guirong is ill."
"Isn't he always sick?" Wang Yuan said sarcastically.
"He is really sick this time," Master Shen gloated. "Several doctors have been replaced, and a large reward has been offered to cure the disease. The whole city of Guizhou is talking about this matter. Moreover, he has announced that he will send troops to quell the rebellion."
"Sending troops at this time?" Wang Yuan asked in surprise.
Master Shen nodded and said: "Fake illness to send troops, fake illness to send troops, real illness to send troops."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "This is strange."
It is not surprising that An Guirong is taking care of his own affairs.
Thanks to Wang Yuan's plan, everyone believed that the An family supported the rebels, and the general ledger would definitely be settled when discussing merit and rewards in the future.
If An Guirong lives well, he will naturally not be afraid of criticism, and there are many ways to escape from the blame. But now that his life is not long, he must help his son solve potential risks, and sending troops to quell the rebellion is the best way to pay for his crimes and make meritorious deeds.
Song Ran suffered from not having a son, and An Guirong suffered from having too many sons.
He has three legitimate sons, the eldest son An Wanzhong is brave and cruel, the second son An Wanyi is good at fighting, and the youngest son An Waquan is cunning and cunning, neither of them are good at all.
An Wanzhong was unpopular, and An Wanyi and An Waquan were ready to make a move. After An Guirong became seriously ill, they had already begun to divide the factions.
Historically, these three brothers fought fiercely.
An Wanzhong was assassinated shortly after he took the throne. Since he had no heirs, his second brother An Wanyi succeeded him as chieftain. But soon, An Wanzhong also died of an inexplicable illness, and his third brother An Waquan inherited the chieftainship. However, according to the law, An Wanzhong He has a son. When the son grows up, An Waquan must return to his position as chieftain.
As a result, An Wanyi's son died of an illness inexplicably just after he grew up, and An Waquan continued to act as chieftain.
It is very likely that An Guirong's youngest son, An Wanquan, murdered his eldest brother, second brother and nephew in order to compete for the position of chieftain. The internal struggles within the family led to the decline of the An family for decades, and it was not until the Wanli period that the An family regained its strength.
Although An Guirong could not predict this situation, he still had some hope in his heart.
In the autumn of this year, he asked his eldest son An Wanzhong to lead the army and send troops to conquer the Guaixi rebels. He simply wanted to pass on internal conflicts and establish prestige for his eldest son through fighting.
It is a pity that the second son and the youngest son were disobedient, obeying the eldest son's military orders, and fighting fake wars to save their strength. Not only did An Wanzhong fail to establish prestige, but because of his repeated defeats, he lost the hearts of the clan.
In the past, he was unwilling to fight the rebels, but now he really couldn't win. An Guirong was lying on the hospital bed and scratching his head.
Winter passes and spring comes, and another year comes.
The disciples gave Wang Yangming a wonderful Spring Festival, feasting and having fun every day, and visiting scenic spots every day. When Uncle Wang was happy, he wrote more than ten poems in one breath.
Guo Shen, the governor-general of the left, was promoted again, this time to Nanjing as the Minister of Taipu Temple.
Taipusiqing is one of the Xiaojiuqings. He has a high position and is responsible for domestic political affairs. He is particularly rich. But that is the Taipusiqing in Beijing. Guo Shen was transferred to Nanjing. Those who opposed Liu Jin and were difficult to deal with
Officials were all thrown away by Eunuch Liu to live in Nanjing for retirement.
When Guo Shen left Guizhou, Wang Yangming's period of exile also expired and he was transferred to Luling (Ji'an, Jiangxi) as county magistrate.
(ps1: The song "Linjiang Fairy" is quite controversial. Lao Wang decided to speed up the process. Guizhou was not the focus in the first place. I scrapped tens of thousands of words of the manuscript before, but now I have scrapped some more. This chapter was temporarily coded, so it is late.
for several hours.)
(ps2: Some people say that there is only one chief envoy in Guizhou, and there is no distinction between left and right. To explain, Guizhou has indeed only had one chief envoy for a long time, but it is also divided into left and right. This is to facilitate the promotion of officials. Generally, one participates in politics and is promoted to the right chief of Guizhou.
The right chief envoy of other provinces was promoted to the left chief envoy of Guizhou. For example, Lu Zheng, who died in the Milu Rebellion, was the right chief envoy of Guizhou. Sometimes, Guizhou has both the right and left chief envoys, which may be
It is difficult to arrange official positions, so let them make do with it for a few years.)