Smiling at the peach blossom fan, peach blossoms smile at the spring breeze

After reading all the prosperity, Bian Sai began to think about marrying, picking Ruyi Langjun among customers, and finally at the age of 20, he met Wu Meicun, a lifelong creditor.

Wu Meicun, a literary scholar, is known as "Jiangzuo's three talents" or "Jiangzuo's three masters" together with Qian Qianyi and Gong Dingyu.

According to common sense, if a celebrity is in the sky, his mother must have a vision before conception or childbirth, or a god or man in a dream, or an auspicious day from heaven, or other natural phenomena that are difficult to explain in science. Wu Meicun naturally has a history, the day before he was born, his mother dreamed of a messenger dressed in red to send the Huiyuan archway, the master of prediction and a large number of idealistic fatalists believe that this is the precursor of Wu Meicun in the future Huiyuan.

The teenager Wu Meicun was frail and sickly, but his academic performance was very good. His talent and learning ability not only stunned his friends, but also his mentor. The teacher was surprised to find that Wu Meicun was too smart and grew up too fast, and he said two sentences the most every day: "Teacher, you forgot to assign homework" or "Teacher, you assigned too little homework".

The teacher found that Wu Meicun's growth is changing with each passing day, and it will not take a year to surpass the teacher, and his own wild fox Zen is not enough to guide Wu Meicun, and if he continues to teach, he will mislead people's children, so he took Wu Meicun's works to find Zhang Pu, who was well-known in the industry at that time, and implored Zhang Pu to teach in person.

Zhang Pu didn't take this seriously, and was even a little annoyed, thinking that this teacher was a sour Confucian in the countryside who sat in the well and watched the sky with eyes like beans, and Wu Meicun was the most handsome boy in the frog at the bottom of the well, and it was a waste of time to deal with these two people. However, after reading Wu Meicun's article, Zhang Pu was taken aback, his eyes lit up, and he said with a sigh: "The article is being printed here!" and then accepted Wu Meicun to work under his door.

It is the luck of all teachers to find an extremely good student. The first duty of the teacher is to "preach", that is, to inherit ideas. For example, Ji Kang thinks that he is close to Shantao's thoughts, and his brother is just a "bird", so he entrusted his son to his friend Shantao before he died, rather than his own brother Ji Xi. The Chinese people believe that the inheritance of ideas is as important as the continuation of the bloodline, so they juxtapose the five "teachers of heaven and earth" to confirm the relationship between teachers and students.

This is different from the Western system of thought. What the West values more is bloodline: the descendants of God are always gods, and no matter how meritorious and powerful human beings are, they can slaughter gods against the sky, but they cannot become gods; and God is an eternal god, and the gods of the degenerate, evil, and scourge are also gods, which are only related to parental genetics, and have nothing to do with ability and morality: the descendants of nobles are nobles, and the nobles who are greedy, cruel, degraded, and obscene are also nobles, because their parents are nobles.

This is a big difference between the Eastern and Western ideological systems: China attaches great importance to ideology, and people can become gods when they are advanced in thought and noble in character, and immortals are made by people, while the West pays more attention to genes and rank, so there are still so-called royal families and racial discrimination, and some people are even willing to kowtow to the emperor when they watch the emperor.

Zhang Pu was fortunate to accept Wu Meicun as a disciple, and his thoughts and talents were passed on. In fact, everyone likes talents like Wu Meicun, which teacher is willing to teach such students, and they can learn it all at once, that is, they can be self-taught without guidance, and the qualifications are there, and it is difficult to be mediocre, so it is not so much that Wu Meicun has found a famous teacher, but that Zhang Pu has picked up the treasure.

Similarly, Wu Meicun was lucky to find a teacher like Zhang Pu, who led him into the door, and Zhang Pu provided Wu Meicun with deeper thoughts, richer knowledge, and more complex society, opening new doors for him one after another, helping him avoid pitfalls and avoid detours, and help him stand higher and go further.

Wu Meicun, who was guided by a famous teacher, quickly moved from immaturity to maturity, and became a national-level scholar, he was admitted to the Xiucai with the twelfth place in the province, and at the age of 21 he was promoted to the first in the province; at the age of 22, he was the first member in the country; and at the age of 23, he was the second in the country in the final examination, the palace examination, and he was on the list.

Such achievements are legendary to us, and to have any of them is enough for ordinary people to brag about for a lifetime.

While doing a good job in her studies, Wu Meicun worked hard to pursue ideological progress, established her own club, and joined the Fushe through Zhang Pu's introduction. In Fushe, Wu Meicun actively participated in various education, learning and social activities, and quickly became a backbone and iconic figure.

Young and promising, young and golden, followed by often young and frivolous, lustful dogs and horses, wine bottles in the middle of a thousand Hu, prostitutes to stay with Bo, not very careful in the style of life to make a little mistake - of course, this is not a mistake, people are not romantic, but also chivalrous and crazy and gentle is the highest level of fame of literary teenagers.

What is different is that Wu Meicun is a good boy who abides by the rules. Although he has the capital to make mistakes and no one will say anything about him when he makes mistakes, he just doesn't make mistakes, he is cautious, cautious in words, cautious in deeds, cautious in the beginning, cautious in the end, more strict than the Taoist monks, and has been evolving in the direction of perfection.

The people of the time were speechless about this, thinking that he was a very ruthless person, and commented that he was "a life with rules and deeds, and the size is insurmountable".

This evaluation sounds like nothing at first glance, but when you think about it, it's amazing. We know that it was only at the age of seventy that Confucius was able to do what he wanted without exceeding the rules - and he still thought he did not exceed the rules, which was extremely watery, and he would cheat from time to time. And Wu Meicun is recognized by everyone as not exceeding the rules, which shows how obedient this child is.

Obedient children tend to have a character trait: they are timid and afraid of anything. Wu Meicun is exactly like this, this kind of character helps him succeed, but it also somehow pushes him into the abyss of pain.

Wu Meicun's excellence attracted the attention of the people of the whole country, some envious, some admired, some jealous, and some hated - for example, the then vice premier Wen Tiren and his subordinates were very hostile to him. Of course, at the level of Wen Tiren, he regarded students like Wu Meicun as little Karami, no matter how good Wu Meicun was, he was nothing more than an excellent little Karami, and his eyes were always on a big fish like Zhou Yanru, the prime minister at the time.

After Wu Meicun became famous in one fell swoop, Wen Tiren began to ponder what was behind this incident, and this pondering really went wrong: Wu Meicun was the backbone of the Fushe; Wu Meicun's father was a staunch supporter of the Fushe; Zhang Pu was the founder of the Fushe; Zhang Pu was friends with Zhou Yanru; the chief examiner of Wu Meicun's imperial examination was Zhou Yanru; and the Fushe was the financier behind Zhou Yanru. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Wen Tiren's mouth.

Subsequently, Wen Tiren and his subordinates, without any evidence, took different ways to insinuate and imply on various occasions through various channels, guiding people to imagine the story behind this matter, encouraging everyone to continue, expand and even rewrite, and help everyone expand their ideas from time to time.

Since the advent of the imperial examinations, fraud in the field has been able to detonate national public opinion. Countless students have been studying hard for decades, and the three watches are counting on changing their fate through the imperial examination, and the empire wants to make the world's heroes into the middle through the imperial examination, if someone can go around the corner through a shortcut to get ahead of everyone, once such news breaks out, the anger of the world and the empire can be imagined. Therefore, the news that Zhou Yanru may be involved in fraud in the field has caused a huge repercussion in the government and the opposition, those conspirators with ulterior motives, those idlers who want to be happy and reckless, those who dare not forget the country's worries, those fools who are used without knowing the truth, those who are always thinking about how to embody their noble style, and those who like to chase the wind and influence the rumors and spread rumors, all found the topic, and a pair of scrutinizing eyes stared at Zhou Yanru, and a sharp mouth was ready with poisonous spit, and the exam had an insider, The rumors that the examination results have been determined continue to spread, and the calls for the imperial court to cancel the examination results of Wu Meicun and suspend Zhou Yanru for investigation continue to sound, and the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

Wen Tiren is basically satisfied with this result, it doesn't matter if there is any shady behind it, what matters is to hit Zhou Yanru. Idleness is also idleness, there are dates without dates to hit two rods, it is okay to make it stinky if it doesn't die, check it first, and if it is found out that there is really a problem, wouldn't it be better? What's more, this kind of thing is often inexplicable, and it is more difficult to prove innocence than to prove all kinds of crimes, and even if no evidence of guilt is found, it cannot prove innocence, but it is not found out. There is always this kind of suspicion, and after a long time, no matter how good a person is, it stinks.

Wu Meicun, who was already timid, was frightened, he knew that fraud in the field was the reverse scale of all the imperial courts, and it was wrong to kill him, this crime was too big, a little wind and waves were enough to drown a large group of people like him, talent, reputation, and ability were all small waves in the face of the general trend, and any trumped-up crime or even suspicion was enough to cancel his exam results, cancel his lifelong exam qualification period, and even let him go to prison. Any fraud in the field will cause an earthquake in the officialdom, and the little ants at the bottom will die even more, no matter how much the little ants are wronged, no one will care except themselves. Even those who have doubts or righteous hearts do not dare to speak out, and no one wants to get involved in this kind of thing, so they hide far away. Not to mention, Tang Bohu, a generation of talented people in the current dynasty, fell into bad luck because of this.

This incident eventually caught Chongzhen's attention. Chongzhen is a very smart person, and he has two brushes to do things, and he directly grasps the essence through phenomena. He didn't believe Wen Tiren's malicious speculation of yin and yang, nor did he believe Zhou Yanru's desperate defense of swearing and swearing-he knew too well the mess that Zhou Wen and the two tore each other apart. Chongzhen did not initiate an investigation to restore Zhou Yanru's innocence, one said one on both sides and one said no, a bunch of specious evidence can never be finished, not to mention that initiating an investigation itself is an insult to the prime minister. Taking a step back, even if it is verified, what can it be? Is it really because of this matter that Zhou Yanru has been dealt with? Of course not, at least there is no one in the empire who is more suitable for the position of prime minister than Zhou Yanru at present.

Chongzhen didn't go around without the courtiers, didn't fall into the pit dug by the courtiers, he directly solved the problem from the root: since Wu Meicun's achievements are the result of fraud in the field, let's take a look at Wu Meicun's article.

On this day, Chongzhen took time out of his busy schedule to visit the marking office to guide the enrollment work. With a spring breeze on his face, he cordially shook hands with the comrades in the marking office, inquired about his work and life, and emphasized the importance of the marking work. Subsequently, Chongzhen personally checked several test papers, including Wu Meicun's test papers.

Looking at Wu Meicun's article, Chongzhen muttered in his heart, obediently, this little brother who is two years older than himself is too strong! He thinks that he is both smart and precocious, diligent and hard-working, and the teachers are even more erudite, and he thinks that he is superior in his studies and articles, and he is completely unambiguous in participating in the imperial examination. Now after reading Wu Weiye's article, I know what it means to specialize in art and what is the IQ gap, this is 22 years old? If I didn't see the article, I wouldn't be able to, I'm afraid that 5 years old will be as tall as me

Chongzhen was shocked, because this article was too strong, there were ancient words that Chongzhen didn't know, beautiful words he had seen but never used, a few sentences that he couldn't read, a few allusions that he didn't know the origin of, and a few points of view that made him suddenly enlightened. After reading the whole article, people feel that the brilliant writing and wise ideas come to the face. This is a test-taking essay that is simply a classic.

In the end, Chongzhen annotated eight big characters on Wu Meicun's volume: "Zhengda Boya, Foot Style Treacherous", which is translated into the vernacular as two words: atmosphere! These eight words express Chongzhen's attitude: the article is worthy of the degree of the list, and it does not matter whether there is fraud in the field. This incident confirms the excellence of Wumei Village.

In addition, there is another thing that proves Wu Meicun's excellence, which is Zhang Pu, who took the exam in the same year as him. Zhang Pu is extremely talented, and his learning attitude is even more perverted, seven years older than Wu Meicun. This excellent result made Wu Meicun compare, which shows how high Wu Meicun's article level is.

Chongzhen's statement put an end to the controversy between Zhou Wen and the others about fraud in the science field, and also saved Wu Meicun. Wu Meicun is ready to be canceled from the exam results and even imprisoned, and now he is suddenly in a desperate situation, and the tears that he can't help but be moved by are in a mess, sure enough, His Majesty who sits high above for nine days is righteous and bright, it is sacred, the grace of heaven is mighty, and under the power of heaven, all the clouds and the sun are not worth mentioning.

Chongzhen's evaluation is also equivalent to giving Wu Meicun a bulletproof vest for free. With the protection of this vest, Wu Meicun was invulnerable, invulnerable, and entered the Ming Dynasty officialdom and entered the Hanlin Academy, and a promising career began.

Chongzhen's appreciation of Wumei Village is not so much. A few months later, Wu Meicun asked the leader for marriage leave. It is said that this is not a big deal, but after Chongzhen learned about it, he overstepped the level and approved Wu Meicun's marriage leave, which is said to have only two cases in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. What is Chongzhen doing? It is to show the world how much he attaches importance to talented people and to Wu Meicun, so that others will have less crooked ideas to fight Wu Meicun.

At the age of 28, Wu Meicun became the prince's personal teacher. The crown prince is the only legitimate candidate for the emperor, and it is no surprise that he will become emperor in a few years, and the crown prince is the most powerful candidate for the post of prime minister. It can also be seen from this personnel appointment that Chongzhen attaches great importance to Wu Meicun not only now, but also in the future, and he is ready to hand over the empire to Wu Meicun's generation.

In the years that followed, the domestic political struggle was complex and changeable, and the fate of the restoration society had its ups and downs, but under the protection of Chongzhen, Wu Meicun had always been proud of itself as a princeling, and had always been invincible in the fierce party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty.