Yangzhou Academy, Library.

Ju Ming often comes here to borrow books and read. He found that his memory is very good. He doesn't know whether it is because of his golden fingers or because he is getting younger.

From a physiological point of view, a person's brain capacity reaches its peak in the early twenties, and then decreases year by year, especially the memory-related parts. At the same time, "semantic memory" continues to increase, which simply means that the ability to understand becomes stronger.

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Ju Ming now has the understanding ability of nearly thirty years old and the memory ability of more than ten years old.

After searching for a while, Zhu Ming went to ask the librarian: "How come there are no hundreds of miscellaneous studies here?"

The administrator said: "The imperial examination does not test miscellaneous subjects. If you read too much, it will delay the students. Miscellaneous subjects are also included, and the law is on the innermost bookshelf. If the academy students are not sure about being admitted to the Jinshi, they can also take the law subject."

Ju Ming asked: "How come there is not even "Xunzi"? "Xunzi" is also a Confucian classic."

"I don't know." The administrator shook his head.

Zhu Ming could only pick out a book at random, borrow a book and walk around the courtyard.

"Da Lang is fine." A student greeted.

Zhu Ming cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "Jun'an."

With Ju Ming moving into the VIP dormitory and the spread of his poems and novels, the students in the academy still respect him very much.

No one here calls him a scholar, that is what ordinary people call scholars.

If scholars are called a scholar among themselves, the person being called must have passed the Jinshi examination.

But Zhu Ming was too young and the academy students could not bear to call him "Mr. Xiao Zhu", so they chose the more affectionate "Da Lang" to call him.

When I came out of the library, I met a dozen people along the way, and they all took the initiative to say hello.

Back at the VIP dormitory, Bai Chongyan, Li Hanzhang and other scholars had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time.

They trusted Ju Ming's knowledge more and more. When they wrote classics and meanings, they would first ask the teacher to correct them, and then ask Ju Ming to correct them again.

The National Juren Examination will be held in the fall, and everyone is making the final sprint for the college entrance examination.

Ju Ming read through more than a dozen classic texts and read them in detail. In this regard, he has a "high vision but a low hand". He usually only corrects the topic and only makes general suggestions in the discussion part, but he always has a novel perspective and makes students gain something.

With more scriptures corrected, Ju Ming's writing ability is also improving, although he has never written it himself.

In the next room, Chen Yuan is still studying mathematics, currently focusing on the second grade content of plane geometry.

Min Wenwei wandered over at some point and wanted to go in to chat with Chen Yuan, but was stopped by his personal entourage and was disappointed.

"Let students not be bookworms, but become bookworms themselves!"

Min Wenwei muttered to himself that he knew that Chen Yuan was studying arithmetic and was becoming more and more obsessed with it.

In Min Wenwei's view, Chen Yuan had problems with his studies and had ruined his brain.

He walked over to Ju Ming with his hands behind his hands and saw that Ju Ming was correcting the scriptures and meanings for the students. He suddenly felt like a captain, stroking his beard and smiling and nodding.

This is what learning is like!

Min Wenwei also read the article that Zhu Ming corrected.

He had to admit that Ju Ming often had miraculous answers in solving problems. Unfortunately, he only corrected "Mencius", "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Changes", and seemed not good at other classics. Otherwise, Min Wenwei would have all the students come to ask for advice.

A bench was dragged out, and Min Wenwei sat next to it, not to disturb the students who were busy with their business.

He looked outside the courtyard, where three bodyguards, Bai Sheng, Shi Biao and Chen Yuan, were practicing martial arts. The roar of force and the sound of guns and sticks breaking through the air inevitably made Min Wenwei feel that it was too noisy.

Suddenly, a person rushed over.

Min Wenwei had some impression of this person, as he seemed to be Lu Tixue's personal follower.

The personal attendant rushed in: "Is Mr. Xiao Zhu here? There is an urgent message to report!"

Ju Ming put down his brush and walked out, gesturing towards the other party.

The attendant panted and said, "Mr. Xiao Zhu made it easy for me to find him. I went to Tongpan's mansion first, and then I found out that Mr. Zhu was in the academy. The officials...the officials sent a middleman to recruit the emperor, and asked Mr. Zhu to go to the university.

Sheng Mansion!"

Min Wenwei was so envious when he heard this that he even changed his title and said with a smile: "Congratulations, sir."

Other students also congratulated one after another, even Bai Chongyan also congratulated him.

Only Li Hanzhang said: "I can't go to Dasheng Mansion, so I can only write lyrics for fun. Dasheng poets have a very bad reputation in the capital. They are regarded as lucky ministers and jesters, and they will never be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives."

Bai Chongyan was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Then I can't go. With a man's talent, he can pass the imperial examination. You must not lose a big thing for a small thing."

The attendant then said: "I can only call it a disease and refuse treatment."

"Eaaah!"

The door to the next door opened suddenly, and Chen Yuan walked out and said, "You can't claim to be sick, for fear of being punished."

Ju Ming asked strangely: "Isn't it normal to politely refuse conscription due to illness?"

Chen Yuan explained: "More than three years ago, there was an eminent monk named Dao Kai who was also recruited by the officials. He was given the title of 'Dingzhao Zen Master' and was given a purple-robed certificate to serve as a monk in Tokyo. He was a young man

He swore a strong oath at that time, and declined on the grounds of filial piety to his parents. He said that once he accepted the conquest, he would not only betray the Buddha's teachings, but also betray his relatives."

"These two reasons are very valid. Didn't you refuse?" Zhu Ming asked.

Chen Yuan said: "The officials felt that they had lost face, so they sent people to force the eminent monk to wear purple clothes. The eminent monk refused to wear it, so he was tattooed and imprisoned, and was sent to Linzi to join the army. This incident became well known in the Central Plains.

When I traveled to Guanzhong, I heard that the eminent monk was released and had been in exile for more than a year."

Yangzhou is remote and has little information.

This was the first time for everyone to hear about this, and they all felt it was very outrageous.

Since ancient times, there have been many examples of people who refused to be conquered by the emperor. No matter how unreasonable the emperor was, he would forcibly kidnap people and take them to the capital. How could someone be tattooed with tattoos and even exiled to the army?

What's more, he was still a virtuous and eminent monk, but he refused on the grounds of Buddhism and filial piety.

Today's official family is really...too small-minded!

Even Min Wenwei shook his head after hearing this, thinking that the emperor had lost his dignity.

Everyone was worried about Ju Ming, but Ju Ming didn't panic at all.

There is definitely no problem if you refuse conquest for the first time.

If Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty wanted to accuse him of being tattooed when he refused for the second time, he would definitely run away to become an official in Kaifeng.

Although Dasheng Mansion has a bad reputation, as long as you have "no desires and no pursuits", Dasheng Mansion is a place to gain fame. When the time comes, you can directly write poems to criticize Cai Jing, and your reputation will definitely rise. And after offending Cai Jing, you will still

He was able to release the local magistrate and escape from prison in an instant.

If you offend the emperor, you will go to jail, but if you offend Cai Jing, you will not!

Because when you enter the Dasheng Mansion, you are an official, and you are also a civil official. The only drawback is that you are not a Jinshi.

What can Cai Jing do to herself?

At most, he will be transferred crazy and make himself exhausted on the way to his new post.

Chen Yuan asked his entourage to pack his luggage and said: "For the present plan, I can only ask your Majesty to call me sick, and you can go home and serve me. I will go with you, just in time to ask your Majesty for advice."

Zhu Ming asked: "Can I refuse the conquest when my father claims to be ill? Didn't the eminent monk also decline on the grounds of filial piety?"

Chen Yuan was not sure either: "I have to try."

"It is extremely unfilial for a son of a human being to claim that his father is sick when he is healthy," Zhu Ming showed his filial piety seriously, shaking his head and saying, "I don't even bother to do it!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone admired him and thought that Ju Ming was a filial son.

Ju Ming sat down with a golden sword: "I refuse on the grounds of imperial examination. The imperial examination is the right way, and the disciples of saints and sages should be forced by the officials?"

Chen Yuan praised: "A true gentleman!"

Filial piety and other things, others are just watching.

The imperial examination is a major event, closely related to the world's scholars.

Ju Ming said that he was going to take the imperial examination in the autumn, so he refused to conscript him. If this was punished by the emperor, the emperor would be infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of all scholars.

Such a reason for rejection is upright and worthy of praise!

A few days later, the eunuch finally arrived, accompanied by the magistrate, magistrate and other officials.

The eunuch's name was Fu Dexiang. He was sitting on a sliding pole all the way up the mountain. He made a fortune in Xingyuan Mansion and another fortune in Yangzhou. Although it was only a small amount, he still had a few hundred coins.

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In Fu Dexiang's view, if he conquered Ju Ming, Ju Ming would definitely have to give money as a thank you.

After Min Wenwei got the news, he led teachers and students to greet him at the gate of the academy.

Fu Dexiang did not get off the sedan chair when he arrived at the academy, but asked, "Where is Zhu Chenggong?"

Min Wenwei said: "I am studying hard in the courtyard."

Fu Dexiang was a little unhappy: "We came to conquer under the emperor's orders, but he doesn't even know how to greet us? He really doesn't understand the rules!"

Li Tongpan helped to intercede: "This boy is devoted to learning and has no knowledge of worldly affairs. Please forgive me."

"go in."
To be continued...