When traveling to Beijing to take the exam, you do not have to take a merchant ship. You can also take a free public boat provided by Shuiyi.
There are buses in Ma Yi and public boats in Shui Yi, but you have to change buses and boats along the way.
Under normal circumstances, the transportation at one station can only take you to the next station. If there are more passengers, they will have to take turns, and you must stay at the station to wait.
Therefore, scholars who have a little money at home and travel far away will basically not choose to take this kind of free bus.
Zou Shouyi's family is rich, and he has produced five Jinshis in four generations. If the butterfly effect is not affected, he will be the sixth Jinshi, and he will be the first in examination results!
But this guy is very interesting. He takes buses and boats all the way. When the traffic is busy, he stops and waits at the inn, and he also reads while waiting. He reads while taking the bus and the boat. It’s not that kind of thing.
I am cramming for the moment, but studying Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
Historically, Zou Shouyi was selected as the most popular scholar and was awarded the title of editor and editor at the Hanlin Academy. As a result, he only stayed in the Hanlin Academy for one year before he resigned and returned to his hometown to study knowledge. He turned to Yangming's mind studies in the middle and served as the chief editor of "Wang Yang Ming Pu" - Wang Yangming was
His will be the house inspector.
Do you think Zou Shouyi is an old scholar?
I am only twenty years old this year!
In other words, he resigned from the Hanlin Academy at the age of twenty-one and ran back to his hometown to study Lao Shizi's Neo-Confucianism. You could say that he was stupid because he was a genius child.
Some scholars even believe that Zou Shouyi is the only disciple who has received the true transmission of Wang Yangming. Only with his erudition can he be able to match Wang Yangming's brain waves. Many profound questions are incomprehensible to other disciples.
At this moment, Zou Shouyi has completely broken away from the shackles of the imperial examination in terms of talent and learning. He is 100% sure to pass the Jinshi examination. It only depends on whether he can be among the top three, the top five, or simply the first place.
Therefore, he no longer read the Four Books, occasionally reviewed the Five Classics, and even studied the origins of Song Dynasty scholarship on official ships.
This is the world of super academics, which ordinary people cannot understand.
Suddenly, a girl's surprised voice came from the cabin next door: "Sir, is that Nanjing City? The city wall is so high!"
The soundproofing effect of the cabin is very poor, and a calm male voice can be vaguely heard: "Nanjing is the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, and the city walls are naturally extremely high."
"I really want to go to the city and have a look." The girl was full of curiosity.
The man smiled and said: "Although there are many public boats in Nanjing Shuiyi, there are more people taking the boats. It is not easy to get on the boat again after getting off the boat."
Zou Shouyi and the man and girl next door all boarded the ship at Taiping Prefecture (Ma'anshan City). Since they were carrying several candidates who were going to take the exam, Yi Cheng took special care of them and promised not to return to Nanjing, but to send them directly to Zhenjiang.
As early as at the station in Jiangxi, Zou Shouyi met these two people and exchanged a few words with each other.
Zou Shouyi only knew that the man's name was Wang Shouren and that he was an official in the neighboring county of Luling. This time he was ordered to go to Beijing to perform his duties. He didn't bother to ask for details, let alone deliberately make friends, and he focused on studying knowledge.
But it was the girl following Wang Shouren who caught Zou Shouyi's attention more.
This girl seemed to be Wang Shouren's daughter or Wang Shouren's maid. Anyway, she didn't know much about etiquette. She often yelled and yelled, which made Zou Shouyi very annoyed.
The official ship stopped at the Nanjing Pier, and two official officers got off the ship. Without waiting for anyone to board the ship, they immediately set sail for Zhenjiang.
Adjacent cabin.
Song Ling'er looked at the distant Nanjing city and asked Wang Yangming who was reading: "Sir, do you think Wang Er will go to the capital to take the exam this year?"
"It's possible." Wang Yangming said.
"So there is a chance to see him?" Song Ling'er became happy.
Wang Yangming shook his head and sighed: "Idiot."
Although the city of Beijing is very large, as long as Wang Yuan passes the Jinshi examination, he will definitely meet Wang Yangming. Because Wang Yangming is the co-examiner of this examination, and will also serve as the room official during the examination, and may even mark Wang Yuan's examination paper.
Wang Yangming is not just as simple as returning to Beijing to be an examiner. He will be promoted three times in a row this year. He has served as the head of the Ceremony Examination Department of the Ministry of Personnel, the director of the department, and the director of the literary selection department. Next year, he will be transferred to the doctor of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Personnel!
Two of the four most fertile central departments in the Ming Dynasty were the Wenxuan Department and the Examination Department.
The Literature and Selection Department can directly appoint officials below the fourth rank, including prefects and prefects, without going through the Ministry of Personnel. Wang Yangming will be the third-in-command of the Literature and Selection Department this year.
The Merit Examination Department is responsible for evaluating officials at all levels and giving out a list of officials who need to be promoted and punished. By next year, Wang Yangming will serve as the head of the Merit Examination Department, and the promotions and demotions of officials across the country are in his hands. Xi Shu is also the one
In this year, he was promoted to the position of Guizhou Left Participant, most likely because of Wang Yangming's secret help.
Historically, Wang Yangming only served in the Examination Department for more than half a year before he was once again promoted to the position of Minister of Taipu Temple in Nanjing - this official position was a pension for the elderly Guo Shen, but it represented a promising future for Wang Yangming in his prime.
From magistrate to minister of Taipu Temple, he was promoted five times in two years, from the seventh rank to the third rank. This promotion speed is almost like a rocket ride.
There is someone in the court who likes to be an official!
All the cabinet ministers were friends of Wang Yangming's father, and they were all comrades in adversity who fought against eunuchs.
Historically, Wang Yangming suffered political suppression because he was involved in the dynasty dispute between Yang Tinghe and Wang Qiong.
Wang Qiong was the Minister of War at the time. He had never met Wang Yangming, but he admired his talents very much and promoted Wang Yangming to the post of governor of Jiangxi.
Yang Tinghe immediately regarded Wang Yangming as Wang Qiong's confidant. After suppressing Prince Ning's rebellion, he insidiously forced Wang Yangming to resign voluntarily - in fact, he was promoted to the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and was given the title of "Xinjian Bo". But as long as Wang Yangming accepted
Being an official is tantamount to betraying Wang Qiong, his Bole, and stabbing Wang Qiong when he is most in danger.
Wang Yangming naturally chose Enyi and used Ding You as an excuse to return to his hometown and resigned from the second-rank official position.
He stayed at home for six years until a rebellion broke out in Guangdong and Guangxi, and Governor Yao Rong was unable to quell the chaos. Only then was Wang Yangming reinstated and directly served as governor-general and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
The former governor was unable to deal with the rebellion. Wang Yangming had just sent out troops, but the rebels had surrendered before the war started... just because they were intimidated by his reputation.
"Sir, Sister Ling'er, it's time to eat." Wang Xiang came in with the food.
Wang Yangming nodded and said with a smile: "Xiang'er is also sitting."
The two servants Wang Changxi and Wang Changle have returned to their hometown in Yuyao.
After Wang Xiang recovered from his illness, he also rushed from Guizhou to Jiangxi, and now he followed Wang Yangming to Beijing to perform his duties. In "Wang Yang Ming Ming Pu", Wang Xiang left Guizhou and was not mentioned. He reappeared decades later, with the identity of
Wang Yangming's old housekeeper.
When Wang Xiang entered the door, he heard the conversation between the two. He sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Sister Ling'er, with Brother Wang's talent and learning, he will definitely pass the provincial examination last year, and he will probably go to Beijing to take the examination this spring. You
After arriving in the capital, you can first go to the Guizhou Guild Hall to look for him. If you can't find him, then go to various inns to look for him."
"There is no Guizhou guild hall in Beijing." Wang Yangming suddenly said.
"Uh..." Wang Xiang was suddenly speechless.
Due to the prosperity of the social economy, commercial guild halls appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Especially in the capital, businessmen from all over the country raised funds to build guild halls, where people from the same town could go there when they were taking exams. Not only were they provided with free food and accommodation, but all the conditions were very convenient.
However, businessmen in the Yunnan-Guizhou area definitely did not have a guild hall in Beijing, so Wang Yuan had to find a place to live on his own.
When Song Ling'er left Guizhou, she vowed to let Wang Yuan find a Han woman to marry. But as time went by, she missed him more and more. When she had the opportunity to meet him in Beijing this time, she immediately had unlimited expectations and just looked forward to arriving in the capital as soon as possible.
"Alas, I wonder what happened to the three civil servants." Song Ling'er not only missed Wang Yuan, but also missed the three ocelots.
Little did they know, those three cats had become a public nuisance. Since there were numerous chickens raised in Qingzhai, they didn't want to catch mice and wild animals, so they circled around the chicken coops all day long.
Fireproof, anti-theft and anti-leopard cat!
After Song Ling'er had lunch, she lay on the porthole and looked at the river. The river breeze blew her hair, and her thoughts had already flown back to Guizhou.