Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

The time soon came to May, and the capital began to become lively again. In the past April, many major events happened, and most of them were related to the Ministry of War. In addition to the death of the Minister of the Ministry of War due to illness, there was also the military competition held every three years.

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Although the martial arts examination was not as good as the civil examination examination where more than 4,000 scholars poured in at once, there were still more than a thousand people from various places including military examination candidates from the two capitals.

Different from the civil examination, the martial arts examination only has the provincial examination and two levels of general examination, and there is no palace examination. Moreover, it has only been a hundred years since the Ming Dynasty martial examination was started, which is far less complete than the civil examination.

Another point that is different from the civil examination is that the military examination is not a status symbol and cannot be directly awarded an official. It only represents the qualifications to participate in the examination.

In the army, less than one-tenth of the generals have a martial arts qualification background, and most of them hold low-level military positions. This is also the true status quo of the lack of martial arts and martial arts qualifications.

Regarding martial arts, Zhang Jiebin put in a lot of effort, but finally gave up on the path of martial arts. He thought that instead of working hard to become a martial arts scholar and only being a junior general, it would be more practical to directly join the army and the shogunate.

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"More than a thousand people compete for a hundred places, how is it different from the imperial examination? The imperial examination covers 90% of the official positions, but the military examination background is less than one in ten. If it is not a great road, I can't do it!"

"I just don't know when Xu Wei will come to Beijing and whether I can pay him his respects."

"It's a pity that Li Zhi didn't come to Beijing this year and didn't get to meet him. Well, Mr. Luo Rufang from Jinxi is coming to Beijing soon. I must meet him then."

"Hey, Brother Tang is gone, who will introduce me?" Zhang Jiebin said to himself.

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At the beginning of March, Luo Rufang, the Chief Envoy of Yunnan Province, who was the right counselor in charge of politics, was touring various places. He also visited Yao'an Mansion and had a hearty talk with the prefect Li Zhi to exchange ideas. At this time, Luo Rufang received an order from the court to let him

He immediately went to Beijing.

Unlike scholars who go to Beijing to take exams, when officials travel, they can take the best vehicles and fast boats in the post station. If they are in a hurry, they have to go through the procedures of the Ministry of War and receive treatment similar to the eight hundred miles expedited service.

There are four options for entering Beijing from Yunnan. In addition to one waterway and one going north from Sichuan to Beijing via Shaanxi and Shanxi, the other two have to pass through Huguang, pass through Henan, and go north from the capital. But no matter which way, from Yunnan

It is too difficult to enter the capital, and it would take an ordinary scholar at least eighty days.

Luo Rufang had the imperial decree, so the speed was naturally faster. In order to reduce the rush, he traveled eastward from Guizhou through Changde to Yueyang Mansion. He took the waterway and went down the Yangtze River. At this time, he had passed Wuchang and was about to reach Zhenjiang.

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On the first day of May, Yangzhou, Wu Daonan and others had just arrived from the capital and had been staying here for a few days.

"I really didn't expect Jundian, Zhenfu and the others to be so talented. Not only did they get the top prize in high school, do you think we should tell the teacher in advance?" Wu Daonan said very excitedly.

When they failed the exam and learned that the imperial court had transferred Luo Rufang to Beijing, they rushed to Yangzhou in advance to meet the teacher.

Unexpectedly, not long after leaving the capital, I heard that Shen Maoxue had won the top prize in Jinke High School, Yang Qiyuan was ranked fifth in the second place, Zhou Ruden was ranked second and twenty-eighth, Zhan Shishuo was ranked eighth and fourth, and Zou Yuanbiao was ranked third and 120th. Nine students, five from one high school subject, this is the teacher’s blessing.

Deng Yuanxi smiled and said: "It is indeed gratifying, but it is a pity that Huifu (Wu Daonan), you, Jingxian (Zuo Zongying), Yi still (Tang Xianzu), and Ruohou (Jiao Hong) failed, otherwise there would be ten or eight in high school. , wouldn’t it be nice?”

But Zuo Zongying laughed and said: "Master Deng, don't talk about me anymore. The teacher is just a candidate, how dare the disciples go to high school?"

Although Deng Yuanxi and Zuo Zongying both studied under Luo Rufang, Zuo Zongying also worshiped Deng Yuanxi as his teacher. This was the case in this era, and the relationship between teachers and students was difficult to clarify. Therefore, friendship was mostly discussed in terms of being in the same year, and mentorship was rarely discussed.

As for the seat master and the room master, they are in name only. Just like the same year, they are only together because of interests, and there is no karma.

Li Deng looked at them thoughtfully and said, "I see you, you only want to attack me. Now I realize that apart from Taoist Qingxu, I am the only one who can't even lift a person."

Zuo Zongying came over, bowed his hands and saluted solemnly: "The common people have seen your Excellency!"

Everyone was very happy when they heard the words.

Li Deng couldn't help but laugh.

It turns out that Li Deng was a student of the Imperial Academy at the beginning of Longqing Dynasty. After graduating from school, he participated in the selection of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and served as the magistrate of Xinye County. He was originally from Nanjing and was also a Beijing official in Nanjing. After completing his term, he was transferred to the Hanlin Academy in Nanjing. Because of his unique calligraphy, he was quite famous. Everyone has a good demeanor, and now he only writes and draws in Nanjing Hanlin Academy, living a leisurely life.

Therefore, although he was only a tribute supervisor, he was an official. And although the Juren here are not commoners, they are only scholars.

"It's all a joke, but I don't know when I will be able to go to high school!" Wu Daonan sighed. Although he knew that the chance of Lianjie becoming a scholar was only two to three thousandths, but after three years of hope, he was disappointed. It’s very torturous.

At this time, he did not know that twelve years later, he would be ranked second in high school, ranked first in Wanli Jichou Academy, ranked first in Jiao Hong, and ranked first in the imperial examination, Tao Wangling, and all three of them were descendants of the Taizhou School.

This year, Taizhou School once again dominated the rankings, ranking among the top three. Its influence far exceeded that of Wanli Five Years.

Tao Wangling is a disciple of Zhou Rudeng, a disciple of Luo Rufang. Zhou Rudeng is from Shengxian County, Shaoxing Prefecture. He is the top 28 in high school. Tao Wangling is from Kuaiji, fifteen years old, and has worshiped Zhou Rudeng as his teacher.

It was during the temple fair at Jingzhong Temple in Shaoxing, and Tao Wangling accompanied her mother to burn incense.

He started walking around alone, and as he walked he reached the back of the temple. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice, and he knew it was the abbot.

"The benefactor is a talented man from the Ming Dynasty, and the poor monk has heard about it for a long time. It is truly a blessing to have the chance to visit our temple today. I sincerely ask the benefactor to add color to the pictures left by our ancestors."

Tao Wangling wondered, Ming Dynasty Talent? He didn't know who he was. So he walked towards the place where the sound came from.

"When you are in the mood, you ask me to ask questions even if you don't ask me; when you are not in the mood, there is no point in asking me." The man said, with a hint of arrogance in his words.

"This poem not only adds glory to our temple, but also serves as a legacy of our ancestors. Please don't turn it down!" the abbot begged again.

"No question, no question, don't disturb my sleep."

At this time, Tao Wangling had already arrived at the abbot's room. When he looked around, he saw two people inside. The abbot was clasping his hands together and bowing in salute. The other person was lying on the cave with his back to the abbot.

Tao Wangling thought for a while, knocked on the door gently, and said, "Excuse me..."

The lying man shouted: "Xu Wei is not here, look elsewhere."

Tao Wangling was stunned and realized that this person turned out to be the famous Xu Wei.

The abbot also said: "Little donor, please come back, donor Xu has not seen guests recently!"

Tao Wangling scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I didn't know the two masters were here, and I didn't know how they got here. Excuse me, I'll leave now."

"Wait!"

Xu Wei got up without knowing when.