Chongzhen Undergraduates

Many students like to gather in front of Lord Shangshu's mansion to wait. Whether it is to wait for Qian Qianyi or to witness Liu Rushi, only these young people know.

The September test period announced by the imperial court has arrived, and many scholars have come to Nanjing, and everyone naturally likes to get together to join in the fun.

Since they are gathered together, scholars will inevitably play some word games such as pairs. On the street in front of Qian's Mansion, a group of students are gathering together to match pairs.

"Brother, may I ask how to get to Master Qian's mansion, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?" A young man in his 30s, slovenly, wearing a pair of broken sandals, and carrying a broken wooden bookcase asked the way to a student beside him.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and they knew that this person must be a student from the countryside who came to take the exam. Judging by his clothes, it was obvious that he was not a son of a wealthy family.This kind of person generally doesn't get a good ranking in the scientific examination where Jiangnan is the home field.

What Jiangnan believes in is still the family background. There are children from poor families who leap into the dragon's family, but they are rare after all.

"Want to enter Mr. Qian's door?" A handsome nobleman, about the age of a down-and-out scholar, dressed in silk and satin, asked.

"Yes." The scholar replied.

"Want to see Liu Rushi?" Everyone looked at him together.

"Yes." The scholar seemed very honest, and he didn't know how to be cryptic at all.

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed, because this person was so cute, and his words were simply cold and humorous.

"If you answer this couplet correctly, we will tell you." Mr. Pianpian pointed at a word next to it with a folding fan, and said contemptuously.

"This old man is willing to give up a few pennies. If he is a monk and preaches, he will add a few years to his life. What a fool, he will lead the golden boy and the jade girl to heaven; ah, ah, the Jade Emperor also hates the poor and loves the rich;" The poor scholar glanced at the couplet , Read it out gently.

"Hey! I know quite a few words. How is it? Is it not difficult for you?" Your son opened the folding fan with a snap, and shook it on purpose, showing that he is talented and doesn't care about such difficult test questions.

"It's a bit difficult." The poor scholar pondered for a while, and seemed to be struggling.

"Then don't inquire about Qian's residence, it's better to go home early." Your son pushed the poor scholar with a fan.

"Let me give it a try: that woman stole two pieces of meat and violated the precept to eat meat. Two slaps are enough." The poor scholar read half of it in one breath, looking at a food stall on the street.

Everyone followed his perspective and saw a woman eating meat, and she was really slapped twice.

"What else?" Everyone was very interested, and they all stared at the poor scholar curiously.

"Why bother, send the horse-faced bull's head back to hell, hahaha, the king of hell values ​​animals and despises people." The scholar finished reading the epilogue again, then turned around and walked towards Qian's mansion, because he had already found the plaque on Qian's mansion .

"Who is this guy? He seems quite talented." Someone in the crowd praised him.

"So what if you are talented? I will bet ten silver dollars if he can send the letter of worship to Qianfu." Your son was obviously not convinced, and he couldn't feel happy when he was compared by a countryman.

"Is that true?" The crowd became lively again. Recently, a new kind of money has been issued in Nanjing City. The color and style are very beautiful. Everyone is eager to exchange it. It is more profitable than taking money.

It's just a pity that the fire consumption of the exchange is a bit high, and everyone is a bit reluctant to exchange too much. Most people put a couple of silver dollars in their pockets, and they usually use loose silver.

"Of course it counts. You see, he has already walked to the gate of Qian's mansion. Look, he is talking with Menzi, and Menzi's face is obviously looking down on him! Hey, what did he say to Menzi just now? Why didn't Menzi not want him?" Let him in just because of the invitation?"

Your son live-broadcasted the process of the poor scholar entering the Qianfu, and before he could finish speaking, a group of people immediately surrounded him and started to fight.

"Don't grab it, I only have two yuan, I really only have two yuan." Your son explained while struggling.

In Qian's mansion, Liu Rushi was making tea, but the guest he entertained was that poor scholar.

"Renrui, is this journey okay? Why are you still wearing straw sandals? It's cold today." Liu Rushi asked the scholar with concern, apparently they were no strangers to each other.

"Auntie, I have traveled around Jiangxi for more than two months, and finally I can catch up with the big test. Where can I buy shoes?" The scholar took a sip of tea, casually as if returning to his own home.

"Your uncle said that you are very proficient in divination. Would you like to take a look at your aunt's face this time?" Liu Rushi looked quite serious after finishing speaking.

Ordinary people look at the physiognomy, just to make a comfort, especially for a talented woman like Liu Rushi, it would be strange if she believed the nonsense of the charlatan.

But her expression in front of this young man did not seem to be fake, as if she believed it very much.

"Auntie, Sheng Tan doesn't dare to talk nonsense, my mother will punish me then." Jin Shengtan made an evasive statement, seemingly unwilling to speak.

Many people don't know the name Jin Shengtan, or quite rightly, people who write about Nanming seldom mention him.

However, if you know that later generations have a collection of the famous "Tui Bei Tu" annotated in Taipei, you should know that this person is the one who annotated it.

That's right, Jin Shengtan is Qian Qianyi's nephew, dear.

There is no need to say much about Qian Qianyi. No one in the future will know his famous saying: "The water is too cold."

But he was surrounded by well-known people, and they were by no means ordinary people.For example, his wife Liu Rushi will not be mentioned; just his student Zheng Chenggong is loud enough, right?

Later generations gave him a doggerel, which can basically summarize his interpersonal relationship: the students are tall and the teachers are not good.In his later years, he accepted a prostitute, and his integrity was better than his.

Jin Shengtan can be called the number one geek of this era. He is No.1 in the history of Han Dynasty who used vernacular Chinese.Raise the status of the popular, and put forward the theory of "Six Talented Scholars", so that novels, operas and traditional classics and poetry can keep pace with each other. He is praised as the pioneer of the Chinese vernacular movement and occupies an important position in Chinese history.

If it weren't for this person's cynical and rebellious nature, and his relationship with Qian Qianyi, Zhu Youjian would really like to put his arms around this guy's shoulders and call him a brother.

Jin Shengtan even changed his name to Renrui.

Renrui, that's what people who have lived over a hundred years dare to call him. He chose this name for himself, which shows that he is a freak.

"Renrui, just tell me. I won't tell your mother." It seems that Liu Rushi insisted on letting Jin Shengtan reveal the secret today.

"I've seen my aunt's face before, you will be in disaster in the past two years..." Jin Shengtan said while looking at Liu Rushi again, ready to compare the previous calculations.

"Is there a catastrophe?" Liu Rushi panicked, she stared at Jin Shengtan anxiously, waiting for him to say something more.

"Hey! Auntie, what noble person have you met recently? Why did your face change so suddenly?" Jin Shengtan stared at Liu Rushi's face curiously, kept looking and calculating, and even shook his head.

"No! All I can see are those people. I have only met Concubine Chen Guifei a few times in the past six months. She should be considered a noble person." Liu Rushi thought for a while, and said that there are people who are more expensive than her in Nanjing now, I'm afraid I can only rely on the royal family.

"Which Concubine Chen? I don't remember that there is a concubine surnamed Chen." Jin Shengtan immediately asked when he heard that the royal family was involved.

"It's the Chen Yuanyuan who was sent to the capital back then. You've heard her pipa ditties." Liu Rushi blamed Jin Shengtan for his forgetfulness. Everyone was from Jiangnan and had seen her before.

"Ah! I remember I calculated it for her back then. She is a beauty's fate. How could it be?" Jin Shengtan was even more surprised. He had already begun to have doubts about his physiognomy today.

"You must have miscalculated. Now she is the new favorite of the Holy Majesty, and has already been named a noble concubine." Liu Rushi felt that Jin Shengtan's words were too unreliable, and she was a little disappointed.

"It seems that I am not good at physiognomy." Jin Shengtan was a little disappointed, he began to seriously doubt himself, and his self-confidence was hit.

Liu Rushi just assumed that Jin Shengtan's calculations were inaccurate, so the matter was dismissed. After all, it was too involved to talk nonsense.

Chapter 229: Imperial Examination

In the autumn of 18, the original spring scientific research of the Ming Dynasty was changed to this year's autumn time by the current emperor.

Today, in order to select talents in an eclectic manner, it is specially decreed that the content of the examination is not limited to the nine books of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the style of writing is not limited to stereotyped essays.

The subjects of the imperial examination were constantly changing in different dynasties. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty only had policy questions, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened ten subjects for the examination.There were many examination subjects in the Tang Dynasty. The regular subjects mainly included Mingjing (Classic and Meaning), Jinshi, Mingfa (law), Mingzi (writing), and Mingshu (computing). In the Ming Dynasty, only one subject was set up for Jinshi.

The imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty were not unchanged, as long as the emperor needed them, they could be changed at any time.Many people think that the emperor has no authority to change subjects, which is wrong.