Chapter 25: Xu Dingding
After Zhao Jiaoxi finished recording the poem, the excitement was obviously not over, he patted Xu Jin on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Jin, for the sake of the teacher, I learned from Fei Zihe that you were young and lonely, and you were bullied by your brothers, and you were surrounded by the four walls of the envoys, and your life was unsustainable.
Therefore, this time he sold his ancestral land to enter the county seat, determined to take the imperial examination, and revived his family's reputation in the future. But don't rush for quick success, you need to know that if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and everything will come naturally. ”
"Students remember Master Zhao's teachings!" Xu Jin took a deep look, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, Zhao Jiaoxi seemed to be educating himself at the moment, but in fact, he was resolving Fang Xingsheng's words that scolded him before.
Old man Fang used to scold himself for being disrespectful, selling ancestral land, and being disloyal and unfilial, but now after Zhao Jiaoxi's explanation, it will naturally be dissolved.
Sure enough, when Zhao Jiaoxi said this, all the teachers in Yile Hall reversed their views on Xu Jin's character, and at the same time, they also understood why Xu Jin was able to make sonorous and magnificent Yongzhu poems at such a young age.
Xu Jin's parents died when he was a child, and he continued to sharpen in adversity, isn't it a true portrayal of "tenacity despite thousands of blows, and the wind in the southeast and northwest of Ren'er"?
Next, Zhao Jiaoxi registered Xu Jin as a student and paid a month's tuition, and Xu Jin's enrollment procedures were completed and he became an official student of Xinjiang Academy.
Walking out of Yile Hall, Xu Jin couldn't help but let out a long breath, although there were some waves, but he finally entered the school smoothly, and he also became famous by the way.
Walking in the elegant academy, Xu Jin suddenly felt a sense of pride in his chest. The vast historical stage of the Ming Dynasty is slowly unfolding in front of you, and your own little butterfly that has crossed over from later generations can change history with a slight flap of your wings, such as the song "Bamboo and Stone" just now, it is estimated that the original author Zheng Banqiao will cry and faint in the toilet.
The first class for new students to enter the school is to learn the rites and worship Master Confucius, this step is unavoidable, and Zhao Jiaoxi asked his eldest disciple Wei Yang to lead Xu Jin and the Fei brothers to complete this step.
Senior brother Wei Yang, the character Yuanzheng, about 20 years old, handsome, elegant conversation, a very gentle temper person, wearing a jade-colored shirt and a scarf, indicating that he has passed the hospital examination and won the fame of Xiucai.
Wei Yang took the Fei brothers and Xu Jin to worship Confucius, and then taught etiquette rules in the Lile Hall, the Fei brothers were born in a scholarly family, so they naturally knew everything in this regard, just going through the motions, the main thing was that Xu Jin wanted to make up for this knowledge.
After teaching etiquette, Wei Yang took the three of them around to familiarize themselves with the environment of the academy.
Xinjiang Academy still follows the "three rounding method" of the Song Dynasty, which is the outer house, the inner house and the upper house, which is equivalent to the grade division of the current middle school, but there are also differences.
The students who have just entered the school are arranged in the outer house, and then look at the ranking of the monthly exams, those with excellent grades can be promoted, and those with poor grades should be demoted, that is, the dual-track mechanism of promotion and promotion.
Xinjiang Academy covers a very wide area, and it is time for lunch before you finish shopping.
Wei Yang smiled and said, "Senior brothers, let's go to lunch first, rest for a while and then continue, your homework today is to play!" ”
Xinjiang Academy not only provides dormitories to students, but also has a special dormitory (canteen), but the meal is to give additional money, if it is a student in the upper house, you can eat for free, for example, Wei Yang is a student of the upper house, and the monthly exams are stable in the top three, which is an out-and-out test master.
Before going out this morning, Xie Xiaowan specially prepared a boxed lunch for Xu Jin, but now that there is a canteen to eat, it is naturally a dining hall, which is also an opportunity for classmates to contact each other. So Xu Jin followed Wei Yang and waited to the house.
Wei Yang's popularity is obviously very good, and he greets him one after another when he meets the academy students along the way.
As soon as Xu Jin and the four of them sat down, two people from the adjacent table stood up and walked over, and said, "Brother Yuan Zheng, I'm sorry!" ”
Wei Yang hurriedly stood up and returned the salute: "Brother Yuanhao! ”
A hint of strangeness flashed in Xu Jin's eyes, and the two in front of him were one of the several scholars who were talking in Wangjiang Tower yesterday, Brother Yuanhao and Brother Ziyu.
The two brothers looked at Xu Jin and the Fei brothers, and arched their hands: "Presumably, these three brothers are the newly admitted students!" ”
"Fei Maoxian, Leadshan County!"
"Fei Maoxian, Leadshan County!"
The Fei brothers stood up and bowed their hands to introduce themselves, and the two brothers were immediately in awe, the reputation of the Fei family in Leadshan County is very loud, and the scholarly family is not in vain.
As soon as Xu Jin wanted to speak, Brother Yuanhao preemptively said: "Needless to say, this must be Brother Xu!" ”
Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, what the hell is Xu Ding?
Wei Yang laughed and said: "Insist that Qingshan will not relax, and the roots are in the broken rocks." Thousands of hammers and blows are still tenacious, and the wind is blown. Senior Brother Xu, you are famous now! ”
Xu Jin couldn't help crying and laughing, it turned out that it was because of this, and it only took half a day to spread?
Now there is no high-speed transmission path of information like in later generations, and the news is passed on by word of mouth, which has a serious lag, but Xu Jin's poem was written in front of the public in Yile Hall.
The enthusiasm of the ancient literati for the masterpieces was beyond imagination, and these teachers couldn't wait to take out this "Bamboo and Stone" and share it with the students during the class, so now almost the entire college students have heard of this "Bamboo and Stone", and those who have good deeds have given Xu Jin the nickname Xu Dingding.
Of course, this nickname is self-prolific, for example, Cao Zhi became a poem in seven steps, and others gave him the nickname "Cao Qibu", Wen Tingyun likes to rub his hands eight times before writing poems, so he is nicknamed "Wen Bacha".
Xu Jin arched his hand and said, "I'm ashamed!" ”
That brother Yuanhao is named Cai Yue, the word Yuanhao, and the other brother Ziyu is called Li Yingjun, the word Ziyu. After greeting each other, the two returned to their seats.
As a result, Xu Jin and the others had just eaten a few bites of food, and someone came over to mingle with each other, whether it was the Fei brothers or the new celebrity Xu Jin, they were all worth befriending.
There was an endless stream of familiar people who came over to mingle, and Fei Maozhong couldn't help but quip: "Brother Dingding, I have decided not to share a table with you in the future, and I won't stop having a meal." ”
Xu Jin smiled bitterly: "Can you change it to Xu Jianren, or Xu Zhushi, it sounds better!" ”
The crowd burst out laughing!
Wei Yang said with a smile: "I almost forgot one thing, tomorrow is the eighth day of the lunar month, and there is a day off, and the mountain chief will hold a cold literary meeting in the Aiwan Pavilion in the back mountain every year, and then Senior Brother Xu can show his poetry again." ”
"Forget it, I still have something to do at home tomorrow!" Xu Jin hurriedly shook his head, even if he was in the limelight occasionally, it was better to be low-key, not to mention that he was thinking about ways to make money, since he was on holiday tomorrow, he happened to be at home to make trouble, and by the way, he would accompany Xiaowan's girl to go shopping.
The Fei brothers looked strange, Wei Yang was obviously a little surprised, Xu Jin was stunned and asked, "What kind of expression do you have, do you have to participate?" ”
Wei Yang coughed lightly and said, "That's not it!" ”
Fei Maoxian reminded: "Senior Brother Xu, aren't you going to participate in next year's county exam?" This time, the prefectural lord of the Winter Bunkai will also participate! ”
Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly realize that the chief examiner of the county exam was the Shangrao County Order, and the candidates naturally tried their best to mix their faces in front of the county honor, brush their sense of existence, and increase their impression scores.
Knowing the trick, Xu Jin nodded and said, "I see, then I'll participate tomorrow!" ”
Wei Yang couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking that this Senior Brother Xu was not well-known, and he didn't understand the mystery of it.
In fact, the ancient literati were very keen to hold various literary and poetry meetings, on the one hand, it was indeed to exchange and learn from each other, but more to increase their own popularity, that is, the so-called "nourishment", a person's fame is more beneficial to nature, because of this, literati flock to various literary meetings, and they must participate in the competition.
After lunch, everyone continued to visit the academy, and then went to the lecture hall to listen to a class, which happened to be taught by that side, and the content of the lecture was "Zhou Yi".
Xu Jin had to admit that although Fang Xingsheng was pedantic and had a bad temper, he still had a few shabu-shabu in teaching.
At the end of the academy, the Fei brothers did not live in the academy, so Xu Jin and the Fei brothers returned to the city together.
Since he learned that Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, was facing the Fei family, Xu Jin didn't plan to get too close to the Fei family, so as not to set himself on fire, but now the Fei family brothers are also studying in Xinjiang Academy, and they can't hide if they look down, and they can't hide if they want to, not to mention that they can successfully enter Xinjiang Academy today, strictly speaking, it is also because of the relationship of the Fei family, and the brand of the Fei family on his body cannot be erased.
Fortunately, in my memory, the Fei family did not fall in the rebellion of King Ning, and the Fei brothers will also be in the Jinshi in the future, so I should not have to worry about my life when I get close to the Fei family.
Xu Jin returned to his residence, Xie Xiaowan's girl had already cooked the meal and was waiting, her little face was happy, and she seemed to be in a good mood.
"Girl, have you found a treasure again?" Xu Jin laughed and scratched the tip of Xie Xiaowan's nose.
Xie Xiaowan mysteriously took out a small cloth bag from under the pillow, poured out ten copper plates on the spot, and said proudly: "Xianggong, I went to help others wash clothes today and earned ten cents, it turns out that the money of people in the city is so easy to earn!" ”
Xu Jin grabbed Xie Xiaowan's frost-cracked hand, and said distressedly: "Don't go out to find a job if it's cold, look at what your hands are cracked into." ”
Xie Xiaowan's heart was sweet, and she said softly: "Xianggong, how can you earn money if you don't work, we live in the city now, and everything we live, use, and eat all costs money, so what can we do if we don't work!" ”
"The Guild will find a way to make money, in short, you are not allowed to wash other people's clothes tomorrow!"
Although Xie Xiaowan was very reluctant, she still sighed and secretly thought: "If the prince doesn't let him wash, then don't wash, it's a big deal to find other jobs tomorrow!" ”
"Are you thinking of finding other jobs?" Xu Jin tapped Xie Xiaowan's forehead, and the latter lowered his little head weakly.
Xu Jin said with a smile: "Buy some mutton, ginger, wolfberries and sauces tomorrow and come back, and Xianggong will teach you how to make money!" ”