EBE Chapter 190 Shen Yu
Chapter 190 Shen Yu
Yunlu Academy recruits students and must have three exams. The first exam is to test the meaning of the classics. The topic is the Chinese sentences in the classics. Students must write an essay to explain their meaning and respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. The second exam is to test ci, fu, or a poem. However, nowadays, both the government and the people admire ci, so the exam questions of Yunlu Academy in recent years are mostly ci. The third exam is to test current affairs, which is intended to tell students that if they become officials in the future, they must benefit the people. After the three exams, naturally very few students can finally enter Yunlu Academy.
Therefore, when these students saw the fourteen-year-old Shen Qingyu appear at the gate of Yunlu Academy, they were shocked. Even the world-renowned Young Master Nanrong was already fifteen years old when he became a disciple of Dean Du. So, isn't this young man in lavender clothes in front of them even more powerful than Young Master Nanrong?
"You are new here, right? Why haven't I seen you before?" Such a genius should not be unknown in Yunlu Academy.
"By the way, you haven't told me your name or where you live."
Shen Qingyu felt guilty when they looked at her, and was even more worried that they would find out that she was a girl. After all, this was not a TV drama, and all the actors were like blind men. She was a girl by fate, but was treated as a gentleman.
"Her name is Shen Yu, her courtesy name is Ziqing, and she is from Hejian Prefecture."
Young Master Nan Rong, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and gave these students a cold look, which scared them so much that they quickly shut up and obediently picked up their brooms to continue sweeping the stone steps.
Not all students who come to Yunlu Academy will take part in the imperial examinations, nor will they become officials in the future. Of course, for most children from poor families, if they want to rise to prominence and join the gentry, the only way is to study and take exams. However, many of the sons of some prominent families, like Young Master Nanrong, do not actually have any ambitions for fame and fortune. It's just that their fathers all came from Yunlu Academy. If they don't come to Yunlu Academy to study, they may be looked down upon by people in the family.
"Ziqing, don't be afraid. Senior Brother Nanrong is a very nice person, except that he is cold and taciturn." The leading scholar looked at Shen Qingyu with sympathy. When he was about to reach out to pat Shen Qingyu on the shoulder, he saw that Master Nanrong's indifferent eyes suddenly turned fierce. He was so scared that he quickly retracted his hand. Senior Brother Nanrong's eyes were so scary. He didn't do anything. He just wanted to get close to the new boy Ziqing. Why did Senior Brother Nanrong's face turn cold all of a sudden?
"My name is Qi Xu, my courtesy name is Huai Fang, and my name is Zi Qing. If you have any questions in the future, you can always ask me."
The handsome scholar quickly whispered something in Shen Qingyu's ear, picked up his broom and caught up with the scholars who were sweeping the stone steps.
Qi Huaifang is the mortal enemy of their Shen family, the son of the Jinling Qi family. As expected, in this small place of Jinling Prefecture, there are only a few aristocratic families. Last time, he saw Miss Wei Xue of the Wei family at Madam Nanrong’s birthday party. This time, he met Qi Huaifang, the son of the Qi family, at Yunlu Academy. It is true that enemies will meet again. Shen Qingyu smiled and slowly walked up the stone steps.
At first glance, above the gate of the academy, there is a plaque with four powerful characters "Yunlu Academy" inscribed on it. It is said that it was written by a great scholar from the Hanlin Academy of the previous dynasty.
On both sides of the gate, there is a couplet.
On the left is written, "Be faithful in words, be respectful in actions; restrain anger and desire, change for the better and correct mistakes."
On the right is, "Correct the righteousness, not seek its profit; clarify the way, not count its achievements."
"tired?"
Nan Rongyan raised his sleeve and gently wiped the sweat off her forehead. This action shocked the scholars who came to open the door for Master Nan Rong and made them look at each other in surprise. They all said that Brother Nan Rong was pure and had no interest in women, but it turned out that he liked men.
Shen Qingyu felt embarrassed being stared at. Along the way, wherever he appeared, it was hard not to attract attention.
"Senior Brother Nanrong." Several students saluted.
"Where is Master Du?" Master Nan Rong looked calm and composed, as if the doubts or contempt in the eyes of those scholars had no effect on him.
Among these scholars, the oldest one is already gray-haired. Seeing this, Shen Qingyu sighed in his heart that studying also requires talent. Some people spend their entire lives but always fail in the imperial examinations, while some people can read ten lines at a glance, are extremely talented, and have achieved success at a young age.
Seeing that the old man and these scholars called Nan Rongyan "senior brother" and bowed to Nan Rongyan respectfully, Shen Qingyu pursed her lips and couldn't help wanting to laugh, but Nan Rongyan beside him had a calm expression, like a banished immortal.
What a good pretender, Shen Qingyu thought to himself.
"Brother Nanrong, you came at the right time. Master Huo came here today and started arguing with Master Du again. Master Du is in the lecture hall right now." said a scholar holding a folding fan.
The current president of Yunlu Academy is Master Du, but Yunlu Academy was divided into two factions more than ten years ago, one is headed by President Du, the other is headed by Master Huo. Every three years, the two factions fight, and the winner will become the president of Yunlu Academy.
Three years ago, with the help of Nan Rongyan, Dean Du became the dean of Yunlu Academy. Master Huo was naturally dissatisfied, but unfortunately his disciples were not as skilled as others, so he had to give up.
The fight between Master Du and Master Huo for the position of the president of Yunlu Academy was not for fame and fortune. The root cause was that the two brothers had a dispute over academic subjects. The father and son Du believed that those who studied must preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires, and advocated the philosophy of investigating things to gain knowledge; but Master Huo believed that there was nothing outside the mind, and that a gentleman should manage the country, while those who study should strive to gain fame and take the people of the world into consideration.
Just like the couplet in front of the gate, it was written by Master Du. Master Du was devoted to learning and had no interest in fame. He only wanted to do nothing and let nature take its course.
Shen Qingyu was just a young lady from an aristocratic family who had lived in seclusion for a long time. Whether now or in the past, she could only have a half-understanding of such profound science. However, Nan Rongyan told her some things on the way to Yunlu Academy, and she only understood half of it. If she really counted it, Shen Qingyu felt that she was more inclined to Master Huo's school. She had studied and learned to read for more than ten years, just for a day of fame. Even in modern times, studying hard was to prepare for the college entrance examination and change her own destiny.
"Is this the mysterious Senior Brother Nan Rong? Am I seeing right? He...he...how come he..." Senior Brother Nan Rong, who has always been aloof and aloof, actually behaved so intimately with a man, and even wiped the sweat from the young man's forehead as if no one was around. He was so considerate, he was completely different from the usually aloof Senior Brother Nan Rong!