The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 77

Leaping outside the teahouse, there was a burst of noise, but a carriage stopped, and a handsome young man of fifteen or sixteen came down from it.

All the scribes came out to greet him.

"Sun Jieyuan."

"Zhiqing..."

The person who came here was the 11th year of Hongzhi's Shuntianfu Township who tried to solve Yuan Sunqing.

Sun Qing was fifteen years old, he was very handsome, he was a young man, and his face still had the immature face of a young man. Although his ancestral home was Yuyao and he was from the same town as Dangchaoge, but he was born in Wuqing County, Beizhili.

With the arrival of Sun Qing, another protagonist, Zhang Zhou, has been absent for a long time.

Zhu Youtang on the attic of the Confucian Temple was not in a hurry either. He looked at Dai Yi and asked casually, "Who is the examiner for this Shuntianfu Township Examination?"

The matter of arranging the main examination is usually given by the supervisor of ceremonies, and the emperor can at most intervene.

Ying Tian Mansion came out with Zhang Zhou Dang Jie Yuan, Zhu Youtang remembered the main examiners Liu Ji and Wang Jia, but Shun Tian Mansion's side, Zhu Youtang didn't care too much.

Dai Yidao: "It is Youchunfang Youyu De Wang Hua, Zuochunfang Zuozhong Yun Yang Tinghe."

"Hehe." Zhu Youtang laughed, "Yang Jiefu won Jinshi before he was a weaker crown, Wang Dehui was the number one scholar of Ming Dynasty, and the selected Jieyuan of Shuntian Mansion is so young and promising, it seems that Cheng has a bright future. What do you think, Qing family?"

Cheng Minzheng didn't know what to say for a while, he hesitated and then respectfully replied: "Xie Yuan, who was selected by the two of them, must be excellent in terms of knowledge."

A bit perfunctory.

In terms of seniority and prestige in the court, as well as the time to pass the Jinshi examination, Cheng Minzheng is the predecessor of Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe.

But he is different from the orthodox civil servant faction like Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe. He is not the kind of old-fashioned and conventional politician and scholar, and he does not have such a deep desire for official career.

Cheng Minzheng belongs to the heterogeneity of the Ming Dynasty Hanlin system.

He is usually not good at communicating with elders and ministers, so that even though he is very popular, he can talk to everyone, but there are few close friends.

his beloved...

It was discussing knowledge and drinking with folk scholars, going to Jiaofangsi, even teaching women in the world to read and write, talking about calligraphy and painting with the great painter Shen Zhou, and helping Shen Zhou write inscriptions on calligraphy and painting...the stars and the sky are all good.

To put it bluntly, Cheng Minzheng belongs to the freewheeling school among bachelors.

He has always been disliked by traditional civil servants.

In the first year of Hongzhi, it was cloudy and rainy around the capital for a long time. The supervisory official Wang Song impeached Cheng Minzheng, saying that the phenomenon in the capital was caused by Cheng Minzheng’s misbehavior, and even slandered Cheng Minzheng’s adultery with his sister-in-law. …

It sounds absurd. At that time, the Minister of Rites, Qiu Jun, asked him to defend himself, but Cheng Minzheng replied that he was too lazy to pay attention, and then he really went back to build a school to study and give lectures.

It was not until the fifth year of Hongzhi that he was rehabilitated and reactivated. Then Cheng Minzheng guarded his mother's funeral in the eighth year of Hongzhi, and he did not return to the court again as an official until March of the 11th year of Hongzhi.

Cheng Minzheng, as one of the lecturers in Donggong, has always been regarded as a mentor by Zhu Youtang.

But his official career in the Hongzhi Dynasty was not smooth.

With Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, etc., who were lecturers in the East Palace, successively entered the cabinet, he also achieved the position of a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, which was only one step away from entering the cabinet.

But the greatest catastrophe in his life has yet to come.

"Jiangnan Township Examination Jieyuan Zhang Bingkuan, how much do you know about Cheng Qing's family?" Zhu Youtang asked.

Cheng Minzheng said with a slightly bitter expression: "Your Majesty is talking about the Zhang Zhou who offered medicine to the princess to cure acne under the pretense of alchemists? I have never seen it, and I don't know about it."

"En." Zhu Youtang didn't demand too much, but just said as if reminding, "If you have time, let him visit you, and you can tell him more."

Cheng Minzheng naturally wondered why the emperor made such an arrangement, and guessed that the emperor might want to thank Zhang Zhou for saving his daughter.

He bowed his hands and accepted the order: "The minister accepts the order."

……

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Near noon, when Zhu Youtang was getting impatient with waiting, Zhang Zhou finally appeared at the gate of the Guozijian, because he was riding in the carriage of Cheng Guogong's mansion, and the way he arrived was full of pride.

The carriage stopped, and he got out of the car, and was immediately surrounded by a group of people.

"Father, Zhang Zhou is here!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the distance and said excitedly.

Zhu Youtang waited for a long time and finally waited for the Lord to arrive, and he couldn't help getting up and looking in the direction of Yuesheng Tea House.

Cheng Minzheng had no choice but to follow.

Just by watching the reaction of the emperor and his son, Cheng Minzheng felt that the emperor had a lot of trust in Zhang Zhou. He expected that the father and son were not just watching an ordinary competition in the literary world.

Cheng Minzheng was also pondering, the fire in the palace earlier was said to have been predicted by an alchemist in advance, could it be this Zhang Zhou?

Both Xie Yuan and Ban Xian?
No match!

At this time, Zhang Zhou, completely ignoring the hostility of the people around him, seemed to be a hero coming. He was waving his hand to greet the people around him, but he seemed to be enjoying the cheers of fans.

"Brother Zhang, let's go in first, there are so many people, if they pounce, we can't stop them!"

Even Zhu Feng seems to have discovered that outside the teahouse is a place of right and wrong.

But this Zhang Jieyuan seemed to be making an exaggerated appearance on purpose.

It's even a bit smelly and shameless.

"What's the rush? Let them get to know me. Whether it's in the examination room, official career, or their life, they will inevitably be influenced by me! I'm just a butterfly, flapping my wings."

"What?"

Zhu Feng felt a headache after hearing this.

Zhang Zhou came to Daming just to let history leave his mark. He did so many things before, all of which were direct contact with the emperor, eunuchs and the like. How could he not take advantage of the opportunity to make a splash?
"Zhang Jieyuan, you're here!"

Qi Qing, who was in charge of saving the bureau, ran out from the teahouse, and when he greeted him, he still didn't forget to look back at Lin Ting who followed, meaning to ask if this was Zhang Zhou himself.

Lin Ting and Sun Qing came out to greet him together. Although Lin Ting was not a member of the Shuntian Mansion, he was the son of Bei Guo Zi Jian Jijiu, so he came to be a notary today...

Of course, there are many tribute students in the Imperial College, and they also want to take the opportunity to compete with Zhang Zhou. Anyway, Zhang Zhou himself said that 20 people can go together, regardless of north, south, east, and west.

"Zhang Gongsheng, long time no see."

Lin Ting took the initiative to say hello to Zhang Zhou. He did not forget to emphasize that Zhang Zhou was a "Gongsheng". He was probably reminding Zhang Zhou that you don't have to worry about it today. After you enter Beiyong, you will still fall into my father's hands. inside!
Zhang Zhou laughed and said, "Second Master Lin is here too? Is your father okay? I came to Guozi Academy to go through the enrollment procedures before, but I didn't see your father. Could it be that he is sick?"

"Insanity!"

Immediately next to him, Gong Sheng attacked Zhang Zhou.

The previous time he wanted to compete with Zhang Zhou, but was stopped by Jin Yiwei, and Zhang Zhou was allowed to follow the eunuch-like man to leave in full view, which damaged the face of the Beiguo Zijian Gongsheng.

Zhang Zhou came up this time and asked if Lin Han was sick... The provocation was obvious.

Both sides are full of gunpowder.

Zhang Zhou was surprised and said, "I am concerned about the physical condition of Elder Lin Jijiu. Is this arrogance? Or is there a difference in our understanding of arrogance?"

Lin Ting didn't want to argue with Zhang Zhou.

In terms of Zhang Zhou's greetings to Lin Han's physical condition alone, he couldn't find any major faults. He said, "My father is in good health. Please worry about it. Enter Yong Yong earlier so as not to delay your studies. Go upstairs."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you delay your studies. Don't delay Chunwei next year. Maybe I will be exempted from entering Yong in Chunwei High School?"

"Hahaha……"

There were still people standing by Zhang Zhou's side.

After all, Zhang Zhou represented the Southern Zhili scholars, and even represented the southern scholars. Now that the southern scholars are away, seeing Zhang Zhou ridiculing a group of northern Juren and Gongsheng who are sitting at home, they naturally feel very relieved.

But then someone asked: "Zhang Jieyuan, didn't you say that Yayuan Tang Bohu of your Jiangnan Township Examination wants to challenge you? You didn't go to the appointment first?"

Another person said: "Tang Yin's poems and paintings are amazing, you dare not go?"

"The article is well written, or it caters to the examiner's preferences, but knowledge cannot withstand scrutiny..."

Zhang Zhou looked around, but saw that the crowd of onlookers had already surrounded by three floors and [-]% outside.

Zhang Zhou really wants to say that there are many people who question me, and it is estimated that Mr. Ge Laoshangshu or something is also questioning me, Mr. Zhang.

How old are you?

With so many people at the scene, it happened to be a good opportunity for him to attack Tang Yin's arrogance. He said loudly: "Everyone, I am not talented. I have tried Xie Yuan in the Jiangnan Township Examination, and I have tried it in the examination field. The article is obvious to all. If Tang Yin wants to compete, why not Next year in Chunwei High School, as long as he ranks higher than me on the gold list, I will consider myself inferior! If not, how can he be qualified to compete with me as a sub-yuan?"

"well said!"

Zhang Zhou is full of momentum.

Even though it was a bit wild, it still won the favor of many people present.

Literati.

It already has this smell.

Zhang Zhou said to Lin Ting, Sun Qing and others: "Everyone, before I came, I had something to say beforehand. The competition between scriptures and policy questions might as well be put in the spring of the next year. I am not here today to write articles. As for this pavilion, I have no idea." I won’t go up, I won’t be talented at the bottom, write a poem, and leave it to you to judge whether it’s good or bad, just put the four treasures of the study, I’ll write on the spot, and leave when I’m done!”

"Wow!"

There was an uproar at the scene.

Everyone is talking about it, and there is only one point of view...

This man is crazy!

Zhang Zhoudao: "Second Master Lin, Sun Jieyuan, do you have the Four Treasures of the Study for me to use?"

Lin Ting and everyone around were ashamed, although they all guessed a routine or didn't know the rules, but they didn't expect Zhang Zhou to be so shameless.

Did Zhang Zhou really think that he alone could challenge the entire literary world?
To say that Tang Yin is wild and unrestrained is not worth mentioning in front of Zhang Zhou.

Sun Qing didn't reply.

He didn't even say hello to Zhang Zhou.

As the person invited, he was not the host, and only Lin Ting, the host, was qualified to answer at this time.

Lin Ting said with a straight face: "Please! Put the tables and chairs, the four treasures of the study!"

Surrounded by everyone, Zhang Zhou entered the first floor of Yuesheng Teahouse.

There was an empty table at the main entrance, which was the one where Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng came to drink tea earlier, and someone put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it.

Zhu Feng flicked his sleeves and picked up the inkstone: "I'll grind ink."

Zhang Zhou suddenly thought of the handsome young master who was with Lin Ting last time, and thought, why didn't he see that little boy?That pretty little figure, or a girl?
He still has some regrets in his heart, he will have a "masterpiece" coming out soon, shouldn't he have a red sleeve to add fragrance to highlight the artistic conception?

Let Zhu Feng study ink...

What kind of "red sleeve" is this?
Zhang Zhou saw that he had become the target of public criticism, and knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow. He picked up the pen, dipped it in the ink, and swiped the pen to write: "Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Immortals in Peach Blossom Temple. Peach Blossom Immortals plant peach trees, and pick peach blossoms in exchange for wine money. When drunk, one only comes to sit in front of flowers, and when drunk one comes to sleep under flowers. Half awake and half drunk, day after day, flowers fall and flowers bloom year after year. I hope that when I die of old age, I don’t want to bow before the chariots and horses. Car dust and horses are expensive It’s fun, wine calendula flower branches are poor and humble. If you compare the rich and the poor, one is on the ground and the other is in the sky. If you compare flowers and wine to chariots and horses, he has to drive and I have leisure. Others laugh at me for being too crazy, but I laugh at others for not being able to see through There are no tombs of heroes in the five tombs, no flowers and no wine to hoe to make fields."

Tang Yin, aren't you awesome?

Sorry about that.

Who let me be born hundreds of years later than you, and know everything about your future life?

Is this poem really good?
Maybe it's just average.

If it cannot match your life experience, it is just a bad poem moaning without illness, which is popular for a while and cannot be passed down for a lifetime.

My purpose is to reform you, neither to help nor to harm, but to make you a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, to see if you have the ability to become an official, as for the life of "planting peach trees under the Peach Blossom Mountain" described in your poem , let me describe it for you, and let you know that there is such a thing.

The more arrogant you are, the more you will be hit, let you know what it means to "live forever in the shadow of others", I will show them the life in the paradise described in your future poems first.

Make you doubt life!
I use your poems to compare with the scholars in the north, and if I win, you will win half of it.

In this world, there is no longer Tang Bohu who is both excellent in poetry and painting, only Tang Yin who has been an official for a lifetime without knowing whether he has a future, and I will not feel sorry for you, because I just copied the poems of another downcast Tang Yin who has not been transformed in time and space.

And you in this time and space should also thank me, a person who still has the heart to save you.

You don't need to be really grateful or resentful, because as a time traveler, I just want to change history according to my own wishes, and I don't need to follow the rules set by others.

Someone Tang, you are about to become a guinea pig for my transformation.

(End of this chapter)