The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

Chongya Academy has been built for more than 200 years, and it was a very famous academy in the Ming Dynasty.Xu Yang also knew this academy in his own time and space, but at that time the academy was not called Chongya Academy, but was renamed Meihua Academy in the Qing Dynasty.This point makes Xu Yang very disgusted, this name is really frustrating!How can it be more elegant than the name of Shang Chongya Academy?He has never been to the Plum Blossom Academy in the later generations, but he can imagine that after the war and the messy movement, it is definitely not as good as the current Chongya Academy.

Compared with many ancient buildings, Chongya Academy is mostly made of brick and wood. Xu Yang can't walk around with Ji Shanzhang, he can only go straight from the gate to Ji Shanzhang's office, and then follow him to give lectures honestly The place.Although he kept his eyes on the whole way, Xu Yang was still shocked.He suddenly understood why the academy was renamed the Plum Blossom Academy. The plum blossoms are so beautiful. The plum blossoms in the academy are in various forms, from white to pink to red, and there are also rare varieties of yellow and green. Every courtyard is filled with plum blossoms. , Every corridor is lined with plum blossoms...Xu Yang dares to bet that the plum blossom academy of later generations will never be as good as it is now in the 21st century!In the past, he also sneered because later generations of literati from the north and the south argued over whether the national flower of China was the peony or the plum blossom. But looking at the proud plum blossoms, accompanied by the sound of books in the academy, he suddenly felt that only the plum blossom can represent the Chinese literati. integrity.

There are no dazzling colors, no enchanting blooming flowers, each branch stands proudly.Thinking of the nine big characters on the screen wall at the entrance of the academy again, "Entering the Limen, Cultivating a Heart of Benevolence, and Walking on the Way of Righteousness", the original thought that reading these Four Books and Five Classics by Lao Shizi was a last resort suddenly disappeared.

Not to mention how fascinated Xu Yang is here, he can't wait to follow Mr. Ji to see the Juren of this era, the Juren over there are actually gossiping about Xu Yang.

A while ago, people heard that Lin Ruhai sent his nephew to follow the head of the mountain—not even a scholar!Then I heard that Lin Ruhai agreed to give lectures in Chongya two days a month in order to let the head of the mountain accept his nephew!This time, Chongya Academy was blown up.The students were so excited that they all wanted to count on their fingers when Master Lin would give a lecture.At first, there was a bit of soreness in my heart, who said strange things about Xu Yang and even Lin Ruhai, and a few people complained in private that the head of the mountain actually succumbed to the powerful, but when they heard that Lin Ruhai was going to give a lecture, everyone was beaten up It seems that I have completely forgotten the gossip of the past few days~~

Although Lin Ruhai is not a local parent official, he is indeed the highest-ranking official working in Yangzhou now, and he is from Chongya, so the scholars of Chongya Academy unconsciously regard him as one of their own.After all, officials can only be officials in other places at this time, so officials in Yangzhou are rarely from Chongya. Although there are not a few big figures from Chongya Academy, it means that Lin Ruhai is not from Yangzhou. He happened to go to Yangzhou to study in order to follow his teacher , who would have thought that he would become an official in Yangzhou now... So Lin Ruhai is the only one who came out of Chongya Academy and became a high-ranking official right before his eyes, and the others are just legends in history.It's their mountain chief, who won the first prize that day, or who came back from the old age with a bad temper, who hasn't been an official for a few days, and was no more than six ranks when he retired.

Although there are "official classes" in Chongya Academy, they are usually taught by local parents and officials. The most respectable ones are the fourth-rank magistrates, but the current magistrate is obviously not interested in teaching the students, so after five or six years, they The official lectures are given by the master of the prefecture and the magistrates of the surrounding counties. Even in the past, there has never been a third-rank official to come to Meihua Academy to give lectures!Although scholars worship great Confucians, why do they study?Isn't it for being an official?So even though Lin Ruhai is Tanhua, and their mountain leader is Lin Tanhua's mentor and the champion of the year, the expectations of these candidates for the lectures given by the emperor's close minister Lin Ruhai are obviously higher than those of their old mountain leader.

So it's not about telling people to follow suit, it's just human nature.But why should Mr. Lin, a good man, come to teach them?It's not for his nephew to be a good man.In addition, rumors about Xu Yang began to spread these days, such as knowing how to repay his kindness, why he was in a barbarian and caring about Dajiang, and finally the drama of Wanli looking for his mother came out.This season a good reputation is more important than anything else!Also because of this, a few days ago everyone was still wondering what kind of dude this guy who came to Chongya Academy by the back door was. In a few days, the situation changed completely, and Xu Yang became a model of a benevolent and filial son.Of course Xu Yang didn't know about this, and Lin Ruhai didn't arrange it specially, but it was true that he was also pushing hands.Lin Ruhai doesn't need to talk to the messy people, he just tells Mr. Ji Shanchang and Mr. Meng about Xu Yang's experience, and if he has nothing to do, he explains to Mr. Qin what he did to see Mr. Zhang that day... These old guys would like to say, It is worth spreading a hundred times more than others.

Lin Ruhai's behavior was not just for the sake of being nice, or for Xu Yang to be better at Chongya.It's because Xu Yang has only been regarded as the cousin of the Lin family in Yangzhou until now, but with a red mouth and white teeth, Mrs. Xu and Lin Ruhai can't recognize each other. How can he be allowed to enter the Xu family's genealogy openly? ?Although with Lin Ruhai standing here, some people may not dare to make things difficult, but things are always not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.Instead of arguing with the Xu family after a while except for mistakes, it's better to do enough work now!

After all, even if you want to be a scholar, you need a household registration. Xu Yang is the son of Mrs. Xu in name, so it is impossible for him to have his household registration in Yangzhou. He still has to go back to Zhenjiang to take the examination of a scholar. He also needs to find a guarantor in Zhenjiang.Don't think it is easy to create a household registration. For example, it may not be difficult for Lin Ruhai to get a good citizen status for a servant, but this is his nephew, and the Xu family is not an ordinary family. With a scholarly family background, how could he be fooled casually!If you don’t have a household registration, everything is useless, and finding a guarantor in Zhenjiang is troublesome if you don’t know the place.

So now to build up momentum for him, to gain a good reputation for benevolence, righteousness and filial piety, and then let him study with the head of Chongya Academy and the great Confucian Mr. Meng.Whether it is settled in this way or finding a guarantor, it will save a lot of trouble.Don't talk about offending third-rank officials, we don't use power to overwhelm people, we have to convince people with reason!Both of these two great Confucians affirmed that they were filial to their children, and it would be less stressful for him to be his guarantor!

That's why ordinary people only look one step ahead when doing things, while successful people often look far away. Lin Ruhai is like this.So Xu Yang joyfully followed the class, only to find that everyone was looking at him with enthusiasm, scared!What's going on here? ?Why are you looking at me so hotly!Bite the bullet and sit on the stool next to the small table next to Ji Shan's long table, feeling that everyone's eyes are like wolves and tigers, hey, can't it be!I just attended a class and didn't kick others out.Although I'm a back student, I really didn't offend anyone, did I?

Unexpectedly, after class, someone went to ask Mr. Ji Shan about his homework, and then several people came up to him and struck up a conversation.To be honest, some people had pimples on him, but Lin Ruhai had to come over to give them a lecture to comfort them in person, and if he was serious, he would be a little ignorant.Next, ouch, this little brother is quite tall, but looking at his face, how old is he?Among the gang, the youngest Hong Xiuquan is 19, most of them are in their twenties, and there are not even two in their early twenties. Looking at it, the average age is definitely 26. Such a group of adults, most of whom have already married and started a career, who is there? Is it okay to be angry with such a child?Xu Yang is about the same age as some of their children.

Therefore, the first person to chat with Xu Yang was Hong Xiuquan, the youngest. This 19-year-old Juren was dressed in silk clothes. Obviously, his family background should be good, and he was very upright. At first glance, he looks like a well-educated master.It's just that when the name was reported, Xu Yang almost blew it up, Heavenly King, don't be so approachable, please, it's a lot of pressure!

Perhaps Xu Yang's gaze was a bit strange, so Hong Xiuquan asked: "My virtuous brother seems to be very surprised, what's wrong with Brother Yu's name?" By the way, is it rare for a guy with the same name and surname as the leader of the cult in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?Quickly accepted the foolishness, and said: "Brother Hong's name is nothing wrong, it just happens to be the same name as an acquaintance of mine in the past, so I'm a little surprised!"

Hong Xiuquan smiled, thinking that he was indeed a child, and he would be stunned for a while when he heard the same name, but in this way, he felt that the little guy was quite simple and honest, so he enthusiastically introduced other Juren to him.A group of older brothers and uncles in their 20s or even 30s cheerfully greeted Xu Yang with kindness in their eyes.Xu Yang was about to burst into tears. For so long in ancient times, except for the servants around him, he didn't make a single friend of the same age, either a child like Sister Lin, or an old man like the one in front of him.Well, brother Hong, you don’t count, you are still a beautiful young man... (Ada Ling: Hey! Who is the old man)

In fact, Xu Yang didn't know, if Lin Ruhai was willing, of course he would introduce him to his colleagues' children or juniors.The key is that Xu Yang was really clueless a while ago, he was so shameless even making a bow, how could he do it?How embarrassing!That is to say, he had been intensively trained for a while before he dared to let him go out.

Xu Yang and Hong Xiuquan are under 20 years old, they didn’t hold the coronation ceremony, so they don’t have words, most of the others have words, and they are even older, so Xu Yang here is the brother of Ma Xun, brother Guangren or brother Wang Li one by one. Brother shouting non-stop.In the end Xu Yang heard someone whose name was more ferocious than Hong Xiuquan!He didn't hear the name clearly for a while, but it's too sad to put together the surname and the character, the surname is Ai and Darling! !With difficulty, Xu Yang called Brother Ai to the black-faced man, thinking that calling him Brother Ai would sound more serious than Brother Darling, wouldn't it?

Originally, everyone thought that Xu Yang had not been in Dajiang since he was a child, and he was afraid that he was not good at etiquette. Who would have thought that after a look, it really seemed like a child of the [-]th Five-Year Plan (remind here again: in fact, Xu Yang’s birthday will be celebrated a while later) He was seventeen years old. But the little Xu Yang who died would be fifteen years old if he was alive. He is a little younger than Xu Yang, so everyone thinks that Xu Yang is a child of the fourteenth five-year-old). , Now that I recognize rich and noble relatives at first glance, it is rare to be neither arrogant nor impetuous, and I am very polite when talking to everyone.Before Ji Shanchang left the classroom, the room was full of people, no matter rich or poor, Xu Yang all greeted them very politely, very well-behaved.

You must know that a boy's baby face is the most friendly face shape, and in terms of likability, Xu Yang has always looked down upon him from the 21st century to the dream of the Red Chamber!So although I only showed a small face in the classroom, the impression I gave to everyone is not bad.After Ji Shan finished answering the students' questions, Xu Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help the old gentleman pack up the stationery, and then followed the old gentleman out of the classroom obediently.After all, it's the first day we meet, even if you plan to socialize with everyone, it's not on this day, so let's get acquainted first!

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The author has something to say:

In fact, Hong Xiuquan and Ai Daling were just characters I wrote as a joke at the beginning, but the more they were written, the more vivid they became, so their roles were added and added.These two are relatively outstanding characters among the young and middle-aged generation in this work, and they have certain charismatic characters.It's not their turn to do the male number two, but they are all capable of recording two lines in the history books.