Chapter 336 Disciple's Thorn
In the past, the sordidness is not worthy of praise, but now the dissolute thoughts have no limit; the spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoof, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
When Zhu Pingan left the Hou Mansion, he saw Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, who were as proud as described in the poem. They were already graceful, and now they are even more energetic. Although people are not as unreasonable as Zhu Ping'an and took away Huiyuan, they are also ranked in both high schools. Wang Shizhen is ranked 82nd in high school, and Zhang Siwei is slightly behind, ranked 93rd in high school, both in the top 100. among the list.
"Zi Hou, you are finally out." After Zhu Ping'an came out, the two of them walked forward with a smile.
"Brother Ziwei and Brother Wensheng have been waiting for a long time. I will be the host today and I will take care of the food and wine." Zhu Ping'an apologized with a smile.
"We remember what you said. But we can't do it today, let's try another day." Zhang Siwei clapped his hands and smiled, then shook his head.
"Why? This is not your style. Last time you released the list, you seemed to be possessed by gluttons, and you were merciless. Don't laugh at the farmers' wax wine, which is full of chickens and dolphins in good years. Today I am I brought enough money for drinks." Zhu Pingan threw the fat duck money bag in his hand with a smile, indicating that he had brought enough money for drinks.
"Zi Hou, are you really ignorant or are you pretending not to know?" Wang Shizhen asked, rolling his eyes.
"What?" Zhu Pingan looked confused.
"Zi Hou, I really don't know what to say about you. You are very intelligent and quick-witted, but you don't understand the rules of officialdom." Wang Shizhen shook his head and said what he meant, "I'll wait. If you pass the examination, you will go to see your teacher as usual. I didn’t see you coming to see us a few days ago, so today we are here to see you and visit your teacher.”
"Although our students are scattered all over the world, some are hundreds of miles away, some are thousands of miles away, speak different dialects, and have different names, once we pass the imperial examination and provincial examination, our examiner will be our seat. The same examiner is our room teacher; students in the same ranking list, we call each other the sons of the same year. , we call Nian Nephew; the sons of Zuoshi and Fangshi, we call Shixiong; Zuoshi and Fangshi call us disciples; if the disciple is also the examiner or co-examiner, the admitted student is Zuoshifangshi The descendant calls our master Taishi," Zhang Siwei continued Wang Shizhen's words and explained to Zhu Ping'an.
Oh, it turns out to be a disciple. It turns out that I was negligent. This set up is like a sect in a fairy novel.
Only when Zhu Ping'an heard this, he remembered the Master of Disciples. This is something we are well aware of even in modern times.
The Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous period of the imperial examination era in our country. The relationship between teachers and disciples that was created because of the imperial examinations thrived, became intricate and intricate. The only one who is inferior in everything is good at reading. There were so many scholars in the Ming Dynasty, so tens of millions of people had to cross the single-plank bridge in the imperial examination every year, and the competition was very fierce. There are only so many places each year. To a large extent, the house master and room master have great discretion in who to admit and who not to admit. Therefore, students who are lucky enough to pass the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination will naturally be grateful to their seat master and room master, so they respectfully address the examiner and examiner as "seat master, room master", which is also easy to understand. The difference between a seat teacher and a room teacher lies in whether they are the chief examiner or a co-examiner. The chief examiner is the seat teacher, and the co-examiner is the room teacher. Under normal circumstances, candidates only respectfully address the chief examiner and the co-examiner who admitted him as seat teacher and room teacher. division.
According to convention, after the imperial examination results are released, the first thing the candidates who are on the list have to do is to visit their master and room master to confirm the relationship between master and disciple. If you don't go, It will be considered rude by everyone, and will be looked down upon and ostracized. Respecting teachers and respecting morality is one of the most important ethics in feudal society.
"Oh, thank you Brother Ziwei and Brother Wensheng for reminding them. Ping An almost missed something important." Zhu Ping An looked like he suddenly realized something, and held his hands in front of them to thank them.
In fact, Zhu Ping'an still disagrees with the rules handed down from the Ming Dynasty. It's just an imperial examination. Why make the relationship so complicated? I am an examinee, and I rely on my own ability to take the examination; you are the examiner, and you preside over the examination under the emperor's order. We all conduct imperial examinations impartially. It would be nice to be done with it after the exam, but you still have to ask your teacher and disciples to come because of an exam. Now it seems as if I passed the exam as a gift from you. Although there will be luck and other factors that interfere with the exam results in the imperial examination, if they are all fair and impartial, it will not matter. There is no gift from you to take the exam. situation. But it's good now. I don't know when it became a habit. After I passed the imperial examination, I had to pay homage to my master and recognize my relationship with him.
Think about it, Zuoshi disciple, this is basically the sect in Xianxia novels. As a disciple, I cannot violate the name of the master. As a disciple, you must take care of and protect me. If this continues, small groups will naturally form, and party struggles will grow from the relationship between teachers and students. Isn’t this how the party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty came about?
Having said that, this is already a common practice, and Zhu Ping'an is not pedantic. Although the teacher-disciple system has many disadvantages, there are also benefits to recognizing a teacher. As the saying goes, if there are people in the court who are easy to do things, the master will also guide, promote and protect his disciples. Especially since the master who will test him and others this time is Xu Jie. Xu Jie is a fierce man who knocked Yan Song down. He has a big thigh, so why not hug him.
So, Zhu Ping'an, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen went to the homes of their masters Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing to throw "disciple assassins", and "visited" and "visited" Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing to confirm who the masters were and who they were. Protégé relationship.
As for the examiners who are directly admitted to each other, they are all different. They will wait until they "visit" and "meet" Xu Jie and Yan Maoqing together.
When you pay homage to the Master, you naturally cannot go empty-handed. Zhang Siwei took Zhu Ping'an and Wang Shizhen to a high-end ink studio to select good ink as a gift to pay homage to the master.
Ink is an important material for writing. The quality of ink not only affects the quality of your writing and painting, but a good ink can make your masterpieces last forever without fading, so it is a very important item. A beloved collection. Because pen, ink, paper and inkstone are the four treasures of the study, using ink as a gift is both high-end and elegant. It is perfect as a gift to pay homage to the master.
"The name of this ink is 'A Pond of Spring Green'. It is probably because the ink maker prefers the poem 'A sudden wind rises, ruffling a pond of spring water' in "Visiting the Golden Gate" by Feng Yansi, a poet of the Southern Tang Dynasty. That’s why we named this ink Yichi Chunlu. This ink is the most exquisite among micro-inks, and it is the most famous among the ink circles in the capital. The characters written with this ink are extremely smooth. Splash ink luck It spins freely and penetrates the back of the paper. It is said that when painting, the ink can be preserved for thousands of years without fading. Ahem, that is a bit exaggerated. This ink has only been around for more than ten years, but the quality cannot be said. It is the best among inks. There is no one."
Zhang Siwei has a lot of research on ink. After looking at the ink studio for a while, Zhang Siwei pointed to one of the inks and said to Zhu Pingan and Wang Shizhen.
Hearing what Zhang Siwei said was so good, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but take the pool of spring green ink pointed by Zhang Siwei in his hand and look at it carefully. This ink is round, with slightly convex carvings on both sides, and a line of calligraphy on the front. , the four characters "a pool of spring green" were engraved in a nice font. On the other side is a carving: a sudden wind blows and wrinkles a pool of spring water, which is the carving of the breeze blowing on the water. On the side of the round ink, the origin of the ink is engraved in regular script "Shuiyunju Zhi", which almost looks like our manufacturer. In addition to these four characters, there is also a four-character "Xiaohua Yishi", which is about the ink maker. The unique mark left behind.
The store clerk carefully took out a piece as big as a fingernail from the sample, put it into the inkstone to ink, and then took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and handed it to Zhu Ping'an and the others to test the ink.
The color of the ink is like wine, and the fragrance of the ink overflows, making people eager to try it. When Zhu Pingan saw that the two of them had no intention of trying the pen, he smiled and took a step forward, took the brush and dipped it in the ink, and wrote I wrote the word "ink" one by one, and the writing was indeed smoother and smoother than before.
“Zi Hou, good calligraphy!” Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen were full of praise for Zhu Pingan’s calligraphy.
“I like you to tell the truth.” Zhu Pingan put down his brush and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen couldn't help but shook their heads and pointed at Zhu Pingan and laughed.
After laughing, the three of them each bought a few pieces of "A Pool of Spring Green" from the Ink Studio, and the store clerk wrapped them in gift boxes. After paying the money, they carried the gift boxes and headed towards Xu Jie's mansion. (End of this chapter)