"According to the information Lin Xiaoyi heard, it was Hao Jianyuan who died..."
At home, Di Jin and Di Xiangling sat opposite each other with helpless expressions.
Just like schools in later generations, in addition to teachers, ancient academies also had many positions, such as direct learning, book master, temple master, etc. Some large academies even had Yiyu, that is, a school doctor, who was responsible for treating students. .
Two of the most important positions are the "mountain chief", which is the dean of the academy, and the "supervisor", which is the dean.
The academies of the Song Dynasty advocated the integration of teaching and administration, and the chiefs were mostly famous Confucian scholars. For example, Fan Zhongyan became the chief of Yingtian Academy, and Zhu Xi successively presided over the academic affairs of Bailudong Academy and Yuelu Academy.
The Supervisory Yuan was responsible for the management and finance of the academy, and inspecting the conduct of students. By the Ming Dynasty, teaching and administration were separated, and the Supervisory Yuan even became the administrative head and number one figure of the academy. The mountain chief was only responsible for academics and teaching.
The person who died now was Hao Qingyu, the supervisor of Jinyang Academy. He was killed last night and his body was found this morning.
It happened that Di Jin wanted to enter school, and this person was responsible for the review.
The incident had already happened, and Di Jin began to think about the solution: "My uncle mentioned in his letter that the Academy Chief is old and sick, and is recuperating. The affairs of the academy have been entrusted to this supervisor. Now that something happens to him, I'm afraid people will be panicked." , it’s really difficult to handle..."
Di Xiangling encouraged: "Sixth brother, you have been smart since you were a child, and you study hard. You don't necessarily have to rely on the teachers in the academy..."
Di Jin is not blindly confident: "I am somewhat sure about the local exams. I have little hope of passing the provincial exams in the Ministry of Rites. I can only cater to the trend and do what they like, but I am not involved in Xikun style." There are many, so further study in the academy is particularly important."
Due to the current trend of imperial examinations, a talent like Ouyang Xiu failed twice. In the end, he was valued by Yan Shu from his hometown and became the first in the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites. From this, there were some gossips, such as protecting partiality...
When the Xikun style flourished and declined, it went too far, and the Taixue style emerged. It no longer pursued gorgeous words, and the wording became weird and obscure, pursuing a high-level sense that is difficult to understand.
Precisely because they disliked this kind of trend, literary figures such as Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, who advocated the ancient prose movement, hoped to reform the imperial examination to allow truly talented people to stand out.
The result of the reform is the famous Jinshi Ranking in the second year of Jiayou's reign, and the No. 1 Dragon and Tiger Ranking in the Song Dynasty.
To put it simply, the Xikun style, Taixue style, and ancient prose movements were the trends in the literary world in the three periods before, during, and after the Renzong Dynasty.
So Di Jin's idea is very clear. It is the third year of Tiansheng, so he should learn Xikun style. If he travels back to the Qingli period, he will immediately go to Taixue style. Wait until the Jiayou year, then he can finally speak human language~
Don't ask, asking is just following the trend.
There is nothing to be ashamed of. The imperial examination is an examination. There is no need to completely equate it with knowledge.
Otherwise, how could Ouyang Xiu take the exam three times before passing the exam, and Liu Yong take the exam all his life, and finally pass the exam with sympathy at an old age?
Not to mention that there are many talented people who have never been able to obtain the title of Jinshi in their lifetime...
There is no need to think highly of the imperial examination as a diploma-like existence for future generations. If you know the trends, of course you should enter an advanced cram school, and open the book in a targeted manner while others are still studying blindly.
Di Xiangling couldn't fully understand, but he also understood the importance of the academy: "Then how about we change to another academy? Jinyang Academy is not the only place in Bingzhou. With your current reputation, our family is rich again. Please pay more. Xiu, are you afraid that you have nowhere to go?"
"It's the next best thing."
Di Jin knew very well that with limited local education resources, the gap between the first-ranked academy and the lower-ranked academy was still extremely obvious. What's more, it was already November, and if it was delayed until the Chinese New Year, then It’s another blank period. I don’t know what will happen next spring...
"Now I hope Captain Pan will quickly identify the murderer and calm down the panic. After all, I am not the only one who wants to go to school. Next year is the imperial examination year, and other students in the academy don't want to have their futures delayed by this kind of thing..."
Pan Chengju had a strong sense of justice and was willing to endure hardships. Di Jin hoped that such an official would be successful in solving crimes and be promoted.
Murder cases are not like kidnappings. Without clear clues, kidnappings are like looking for a needle in a haystack. Murders can be targeted. Places such as the academy are relatively closed. Generally, the possibility of outsiders committing crimes is low, and it is likely to be internal crimes.
As long as there are no secret room murders, no alibi for everyone, no crime, etc., with such a responsible county lieutenant here, catching the murderer shouldn't be a problem.
By the way, blaming Bao Zheng before was just a joke. The deceased in this academy would not really come to the secret room to dismember their bodies, would they?
Di Jin was inexplicably worried.
"Dong dong - dong dong -!"
While they were discussing the murder case, there was a knock on the door.
Di Xiangling raised his eyebrows: "Is your book boy back after asking for news?"
"Lin Xiaoyi doesn't come and go so fast..." Di Jin stood up and moved his eyes slightly: "Maybe it's another guest."
Sure enough, when the two opened the door, they saw Lei Tingting and Mr. Mo standing outside.
"here we go again……"
Di Xiangling secretly smiled bitterly.
Lei Tingting wanted to become her teacher, but failed, but she did not give up completely. In the past few days, she visited her as a friend three times. Each time she brought small gifts, all of which were used in women's boudoirs. She seemed to want to be with her. She developed into a close friend.
The activities of women in the Song Dynasty were still convenient. Even in a wealthy family, there was no rule of not leaving the front door and not leaving the second door. The young ladies often walked around and even worshiped a knowledgeable female teacher together, played by Li Qingzhao. Through such a role, he taught many girls in the boudoir how to read.
But what Di Xiangling hates the most is that among the ladies of this kind of wealthy family, the topics are always limited to the exchanges of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework. She doesn't even bother to go around with the other sisters of the Di family. See you sometimes.
This is exactly the same as Di Jin. All his own relatives ignore him, let alone outsiders.
But this time, Lei Tingting stood outside with tears in her eyes: "Sister Xiangling, you have to help me!"
Di Xiangling was a little bit stunned, but his expression warmed up: "What's wrong?"
Lei Tingting said eagerly: "Pan County Lieutenant has detained the third brother and wants to put him in jail and charge him with murder!"
Di Xiangling was confused and looked at Mr. Mo, who smiled bitterly: "I'll explain..."
Following the old man's calm voice, Di Jin quickly learned the latest developments of the matter.
Jinyang Academy plays an important role in Bingzhou. After the yamen learned the news, the county magistrate Duan Chenggong was panicked. The county captain Pan Chengju did not wait for the widow to arrive. He rushed to the academy with his yamen servants early in the morning and immediately and decisively removed the dozen students who had stayed in the academy last night. Leave them all behind and ask them one by one.
In the end, he found some clues and detained three suspects.
Lei Cheng, the third son of Lei Hu, is one of them.
This matter greatly worried the Lei family.
In the previous kidnapping case, Lei Huhu could be said to have severely offended the county lieutenant of Yangqu County. Although he later asked the nursing home to assist the other party in arresting the two hostage criminals, Lame Li and Xuan Niang, he was almost disgraced before. He was also ridiculed. The dignified county captain could not even suppress local merchants...
In fact, Pan Chengju was not the only one who could not suppress Thunder Tiger. Yangqu County Magistrate Duan Chenggong was very polite to Thunder Tiger, but who made Pan Chengju ignorant and offended all the subordinates?
The Lei family has never cared about these voices, but they didn't expect the other party's counterattack to come so quickly.
Speaking of this, Mr. Mo said sincerely: "My third brother is indeed an honest and responsible person. There is no way he could kill the prisoner. He is quite timid. I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand imprisonment. Di Liulang is good at punishment. I also hope that my husband will be innocent and not let the county lieutenant take his personal revenge!"
"Pan County Lieutenant avenges his personal revenge?"
Di Jin murmured, and his tone became colder: "Who led the government officials on the streets in the cold winter night, looking for clues about the thieves in alleys? Who did not waver even if they knew they would be resented by their subordinates, just to do what they did? Doing your job well, arresting murderers and robbers, and bringing peace to the world? Mr. Mo thinks, would such a person be able to slander a major murder case for nothing? "
Mo Lao hesitated.
Di Jin knew in his heart that the Lei family would not give up and always wanted to subdue him and his sister for their use. This time he took the opportunity to get involved again. However, as long as he behaved upright and sat upright, he was not afraid of Lei Hu being ungrateful: "Mo Lao cares about it. Chaos, I can understand it, but don’t talk about public revenge and private revenge. If you invite me, I will also investigate the truth. If Lei Saburo really committed the crime, I will never cover up his crime for him!"
Mr. Mo was silent for a while, but Lei Tingting gritted her silver teeth and raised her neck: "I believe that the third brother will never kill anyone, please check it out!"
Di Jin nodded: "In that case... let's go! Go to Jinyang Academy!"
