prosperous age

Chapter 95

Hometown is a kind of appellation.

It has a narrow sense and a broad sense.

In a narrow sense, it refers to the appellation of compatriots with the same or similar customs, customs, dialect accents and other cultural backgrounds.

In a broad sense, it refers to the appellation of compatriots from the same region or the same province, and it is also extended to the appellation of compatriots regardless of region.

In the Ming Dynasty, a strict road guide system was implemented, and the movement of households was strictly controlled. In addition, the transportation in ancient times was indeed restricted by technology. Let alone cross-provincial self-driving travel, even crossing the county is very troublesome.

Of course, such restrictions are limited to ordinary people. For people with fame, there will naturally be no restrictions, otherwise no one will participate in the general and palace examinations.

In this way, it is natural to understand why the provincial level examination, that is, the provincial examination, is called the provincial examination. In fact, the ancient fellow refers to the people of the same province.

Well, Wei Guangde realized that if he passed the Jinshi examination in the past two years, he might have to rely more on the help of that fellow who is generally recognized as a traitor in the future when he enters the official career.

When did Yan Song fall?
Wei Guangde didn't know, all he knew was that this person would definitely be unlucky in the end, and he didn't have any impression of how unlucky he was, and that his son Yan Shifan was extremely arrogant, and finally flourished and declined.

In the end, the Yan family was completely white and clean. Can this boat get on it?
When the Yan family is liquidated, will Jiangxi officials be affected?

Wei Guangde was a little uneasy, but as the quarrels over there intensified, Wei Guangde also came to his senses. He was just a boy, and he didn't pass the exam as a scholar. Thinking leaps and bounds.

However, Wei Guangde also heard something from the words of his cousin Wu Dong and Zeng Yuanshu, that is, people in this era don't seem to regard Yan Song and his son as treacherous and evil people, at least in Jiangxi.

Inside and outside the words, it seems that there is such a feeling of honor for such a fellow countryman who has become the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

And what did my cousin say before, "Manchurian civil and military half Jiangxi", what does this mean?
It shows that the officials of Jiangxi origin are a help to Yan Song's family in the government. Think about what Wu Dong said just now.
The quarrel over there became more and more intense, and Wei Guangde could hear it at this moment. He was really arguing about the unfair quota of students in Ji'an. Ji'an had more candidates and Jinshi than Nanchang, but the number of students was less.

The meaning behind the words is that they have too many top students in Ji'an, and the number of titles in the imperial court is too small, which is really unfair. It is no wonder that other prefectures and counties are unhappy with them.

It is true that good fortune is the source of misfortune. Born in Ji'an, one can have high-quality educational resources, but the college examination is more difficult than the rural examination and general examination.

Without him, everyone's conditions are similar.

The level is there, you can only fight in the nest, and only go to the township test and the general test to play wild after the fight.

"Brother Yuan Shu, why don't you go to Ji'an to study?"

Wei Guangde suddenly discovered a very important problem. Ji'an's education is so good, which means that there are strong teachers there. Going to study there is probably much better than Nanchang Mansion.

"You're thinking about it. Ji'an does have a very good academy, but we actually have one in Jiujiang, but the threshold is relatively high and the conditions for recruiting students are harsh."

Zeng Yuanshu shook his head and said.

"what?"

Wei Guangde didn't understand, Mr. Sun had never mentioned the academy in Jiujiang Prefecture, and he also knew that Zeng Yuanshu was studying in Jiujiang Prefecture because there were many learned scholars there.

"There are four major academies in Jiangxi, Jiujiang Bailudong Academy, Ji'an Bailuzhou Academy, Qianshan Ehu Academy, and Nanchang Yuzhang Academy. We passed by Yuzhang Academy in the morning, and Yuan Shu can give you what it is. , that was one of his goals."

Wu Dong answered.

Having said that, Wei Guangde remembered that there was indeed such a thing, Zeng Yuanshu went to study after he was going to be admitted as a scholar.

"White Deer Cave Academy? That of Zhu Zi? It's actually in Jiujiang? Where?"

Wei Guangde is a disciple of Cheng-Zhu Confucianism, at least for now, because his teacher Sun Fuzi is a member of this sect, but now he pays more attention to Bailudong Academy in Jiujiang, guarding the door of his house, why not go.

He had heard of the name of Bailudong Academy, and he knew the relationship between this academy and Zhu Xi, because Zhu Xi had served as the head of Bailudong Academy, but he called himself the "Cave Master" at that time.

But when Zeng Yuanshu heard Wu Dong and Wei Guangde talk about Bailudong Academy, his expression was obviously a little unnatural.

"I have been to the southeast of Wulaofeng Peak on Lushan Mountain, but I left."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde was even more curious, a little confused as to why Zeng Yuanshu left there, since he was so famous.

"Yangming Xinxue?"

Wu Dong muttered something in a low voice, and Wei Guangde guessed the reason all of a sudden.

Well, the reason turned out to be this.

"Bailudong Academy, from the head of the mountain to the professors, as well as the doctors and professors below, most of them learn by heart. What do you want me to learn in the past?"

Zeng Yuanshu's words convinced Wei Guangde that it is not so difficult for scholars who study Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism to study in the base camp of Xinxue.

Although I don't understand why Bailudong Academy teaches the study of mind, it is an academy revived because of Zhu Xi.

No wonder Mr. Sun never mentioned that Bailudong Academy is located in Jiujiang Mansion, and he didn't even know it.

Mrs. Sun is from Cheng Zhu's lineage, and he would tell the students that the academy of Xinxue is a strange thing.

Wei Guangde was still considering whether to take time to visit the White Deer Cave Academy. The two groups who were arguing there seemed to be tired of arguing and stopped arguing.

At this moment, quite a few students walked out from the crowd over there to salute and say hello to their familiar friends.

Soon, a few people from Jiujiang Mansion also came over. The first ones were students from Ji’an, but they were just polite greetings, and after introducing each other to others, Wei Guangde knew that these people included Zeng Ziqi from Luling, Brother Xiao Jiufeng and Xiao Jiucheng, Chen Liangjing from Taihe County and others.

Among the seven or eight people who came here, none of them were from Jishui.

Wei Guangde stuck out his tongue secretly, because he was troubled by the fame of the students, as soon as he passed this test, he might change his face immediately, and he might not be enthusiastic when seeing people, so as to show that he is a good friend.

After a while, many people came from Nanchang Mansion, Xiong Jing and Luo Daqi from Nanchang, Li Cai and Li Gui from Fengcheng, Yu Nanyue from Xinjian and others.

Although everyone knows that Wei Guangde became a child student at the age of 13, he was a little surprised to come to Nanchang to take part in the examination this time, but that's all.

A 20-year-old scholar, a 30-year-old Juren, and a 40-year-old Jinshi.

This sentence is of course inaccurate, but it expresses the bitterness in it.

There are quite a few students in their 20s who have won Jinshi, but most of them are in their 30s and 40s.

It is not uncommon for Wei Guangde to participate in the academy examination at the age of 13, unless he passes the examination successfully, then it will be called great, because it means that he may get a Jinshi before the age of 30, which is great.

Now, just take a second look.

(End of this chapter)