Looking at Master Lu with a serious face, Shen Yi sighed.
"Sir, Wang Ye is not on the safe side."
Shen Qilang lowered his eyebrows and said: "If you stay in peace for a while, you will only end up with the country being destroyed in the end. All the princes in the court should be able to understand such a simple truth. Even if our generation can stay in peace for a while, future generations will also suffer because of me." If you hesitate today, you will suffer a lot."
In fact, Shen Yi has not been in this world for too long, so he is not an "angry young man" like Lu Anshi. In addition, the affairs of the court are still too far away from him. He does not want to care about it and is not qualified to care about it.
But in front of Mr. Lu, you still have to say what you need to say. After all, the mountain chief of Ganquan Academy in front of you is a commoner with no official position, but his influence in the court is definitely not small. Just in case...
If in the future, when Shen Yi goes to the Jiankang Academy Examination or even the Provincial Examination, the examiner is from the "Ganquan School", then with Master Lu's connection, Shen Yi's path will be much easier.
When it comes to building relationships, naturally you have to smooth things over. You can't say bad things about the Northern Expedition in front of Master Lu. If this is the case, I'm afraid I won't even have to take the exam and will be kicked out of the academy.
Lu Anshi stared at Shen Yi's article for a long time, then lowered his eyebrows slightly and sighed: "Wang Ye is not on the safe side, but Da Chen has been on the safe side for a long time. Is Da Chen still Wang Ye now?"
Shen Yi did not answer this sentence.
Master Lu was silent for a while, then turned his attention to Shen Yi's article. He read it again from beginning to end and pointed out a few errors and omissions. Then he looked at Shen Yi and said, "Qilang, your current knowledge, Candidates should have no big problem. I'll say hello to your teacher later. You don't have to study in the academy every day. You can go out for a walk in your free time. If you don't want to take part in the county exam this time, then wait until the next one. , when the county examination comes, I will ask the gentleman from the academy to vouch for you."
The examination requires two scholars to vouch for it before you are eligible to participate in the county examination. If it is an ordinary private school, the teachers are only Tongsheng or even Tongsheng, so they cannot vouch for the students, so they can only find the scholars in the county to vouch for it. Generally, When making a guarantee, you need to give some money.
In fact, this is also one of the important sources of income for many talents.
This problem does not exist in Ganquan Academy. Many teachers in Ganquan Academy are scholars, and there are also masters who teach here. There are even occasionally some Jinshi who came from the academy to come back here to give lectures to junior students.
Shen Yi quickly nodded in agreement.
Master Lu put the article away and handed it back to Shen Yi. He said in a deep voice: "Knowledge of world affairs is also knowledge. There are articles by Jiangdu Prefecture academic officials and Jiangnan Province academic officials. You can read them more when you have nothing to do. Reading will be beneficial to your studies."
Mr. Lu was a serious Jinshi. He also went through Shen Yi's stage when he was taking exams in his early years. His words were all good words. Shen Yi quickly nodded in agreement, lowered his head and said, "The students have all taken note of what you said. "
"Um."
Lu Anshi nodded and said, "Just go ahead."
Having said this, Master Lu paused, looked up at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice.
"Then...Fan Dongcheng and others will probably not come to the academy again in the near future. Even if they come, they will probably not cause trouble for you again. If they still dare to mess around in the academy..."
"Don't get entangled with them, get away as soon as possible and come here to find me."
Master Lu sighed slightly: "In the past few days, I have read the articles written by Chen Qing, and I am also a reading seed. It is really a pity."
Speaking of Chen Qing, Lu Anshi snorted again.
"Those people beat and killed their fellow disciples and hurt our Jiangdu's moral integrity. God will not spare them."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "Sir, God is watching."
…
With the dean's greeting, Shen Yi's life in the academy became much more comfortable. He didn't have to go to the academy to study every day. He could wander around Jiangdu City in his free time.
Jiangdu is one of the important cities in Gyeonggi and is also the place where wealthy merchants from Huaihe and Huaihe gather. In the entire Jiangnan area, apart from the current Jiankang of Kyoto, Jiangdu can be ranked in the top three in terms of prosperity. It is the famous place for fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River.
In this era, in addition to the prosperous commerce, brothels and Chu palaces are naturally more prosperous in prosperous places. Jiangdu is a famous gold-selling cave in the south of the Yangtze River. Since ancient times, there has been a saying of riding a crane to Jiangdu with a hundred thousand gold in the waist. .
In Jiangdu City, brothels and Chu houses are mainly concentrated in the north city. Along the bank of Yudai Lake, there are pavilions and pavilions everywhere. At night, the place will be very lively. At this time, whether it is the wealthy businessmen or the yamen The officials here will take off their daytime disguises and come here to enjoy the tenderness of Jiangnan women.
And that evening, in the private room on the third floor of Wanghu Building on the bank of Yudai Lake, Chen Yu, the prefect of Jiangdu, dressed in light blue clothes, was entertaining guests for dinner.
It is worth noting that the Jiangdu prefect did not sit on the main seat, but on the second seat.
This shows that the host of today's dinner has a higher status than Magistrate Chen.
In the private room, two slender young men were holding pipa in their arms, and their voices were melodious and beautiful.
Magistrate Chen stretched out his hand to pour a glass of wine, paid tribute to a young master sitting on the throne, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao, these two are famous actors by Yudai Lake. If you are interested tonight, I will send someone to you later." Send someone to you."
This young man, who looked to be in his twenties or twenty-three years old, was wearing a blue robe. He was a little fat and had a few acne marks on his face that had not completely faded. He glanced at Chen Yu and then picked up the He touched the wine glass with Chen Yu and said with a smile: "Master Chen, I'm afraid this is not appropriate?"
"Nothing inappropriate."
Chen Yu said sternly: "These two people have always been prostitutes, not their bodies. Today, they admire the talent of the young master and are willing to recommend themselves as pillows. This is a good story and couldn't be more appropriate."
This "Master Zhao" squinted his eyes and smiled, and then said: "Since it is a good story, I would like to thank you for your hospitality."
"It should, it should."
Seeing that the "gift" had been given away, Magistrate Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Giving gifts in the officialdom is also very particular. Some people are lustful, and some people love money. However, as long as they are given to young people, they are usually given to women.
Now that the gifts have been given out, it’s easy to talk next. Magistrate Chen once again filled the bowl for Young Master Zhao. After the two of them had a drink, Governor Chen glanced at Young Master Zhao and said, "Young Master Zhao, our Jiangdu Granary There won’t be much food left this year…”
Mr. Zhao put down his wine glass, glanced at Magistrate Chen indifferently, and smiled calmly: "Don't worry, Lord, the Ministry of Revenue has no plans to transfer grain from the official warehouse. This time, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated money to buy grain from the national treasury in Gyeonggi, and Jiangdu area There are so many wealthy businessmen with millions of dollars in their pockets, is it possible that they can’t even buy grain?”
This Mr. Zhao, whose surname is Zhao Mingyu, is a director of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This time he was ordered to come to Jiangdu and wanted to buy some food from Jiangdu.
The head of the Household Department is only a sixth-rank official, and his rank is much lower than Chen Yu, who is the prefect of Jiangdu. If he were an ordinary head of the Household Department, Magistrate Chen would not care about him, but he can become the head of the Household Department at a young age. Being in charge, and being able to get the lucrative job of being the governor of Jiangdu, shows that Mr. Zhao has great energy behind him.
Master Chen lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then said: "If that's the case, then there is probably no problem. Chen will summon all the major grain merchants in Jiangdu tomorrow to discuss this matter."
Mr. Zhao glanced at Chen Yu and said with a smile: "Master Chen, the national treasury is not rich now. With the price of food in Jiangdu, the government should pay more attention to the court."
Chen Yu lowered his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely fight for the imperial court."
"I'll just say one thing."
Mr. Zhao lowered his eyebrows and said, "This is military rations, used to defend against the Northern Barbarians."
