Chapter 181 The Real Master of Psychology (Subscription Request)
With classmates.

Xu Shixing, Wang Xijue and others who wanted to arrive in Changping early to support their teacher were not able to enter Changping even after revealing their identities.

And there are people like them who want to arrive in Changping early.

They were all stopped and could not get close to the rebuilt Changping.

Originally, some people expressed displeasure and seemed ready to report to the court to impeach Yan Shaoting for breaking the law.

However, when the Changping Prefecture police and Jinyiwei also appeared on the outskirts of Changping, they stopped people who were not local to Changping.

No one can say anything bad about Yan Shaoting anymore.

This is because the local government and the Jinyiwei are prohibiting outsiders from entering.

And Yan Shaoting's move.

But just as he had imagined, it whetted the appetite of people in Beijing.

Everyone was talking and speculating.

Is Yan Shaoting making any preparations in Changping to prepare for the upcoming debates among the numerous famous scholars?

And because of Yan Shaoting's arrangement.

Everyone in the capital began to inquire about how many famous scholars there were in the city and how many of them were great scholars of the School of Mind.

Together.

The court officials who had not yet taken their leave also began to lose interest in their duties.

Countless pieces of news were circulating in the city.

The Cabinet's Deputy Prime Minister Xu Jie skipped work today.

Early.

Xu Jie then took his sons Xu Fan, Xu Kun and Xu Ying out of the house. The three of them sat in a carriage, and then left an empty carriage. They went out of Chaoyang Gate and waited at the Tonghui River Wharf outside the city.

He even dispatched Daxing officials to clear the entire Tonghui River wharf and no outsiders were allowed to approach.

The Tonghui River connects to the Tongzhou North Canal and to the South-North Grand Canal to the south.

It is the only waterway into Beijing from the south.

As the news that Xu Jie was leaving the city and heading for Tonghui River Wharf spread throughout the city, countless students in the city hurried out of the city.

People all know it.

This must be a famous scholar from the literati community coming to the capital.

That was why the Cabinet's Second Assistant, Xu Jie, had to go out of the city to welcome him.

Because apart from famous scholars in the literati circle, given Xu Jie's position in the court, it was impossible for the cabinet's deputy prime minister to be mobilized to welcome anyone from officialdom who came to Beijing.

And if it was really necessary for the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet to go out of the city to welcome the great scholar, he must have come for the Changping Debate.

For a while.

Countless students left the city to find out what was going on at the Tonghui River Wharf outside the city.

Among the huge crowd leaving the city.

Xu Shixing and Wang Xijue, along with several fellow students from Nanzhili who had expressed their support for Yan Shaoting, rented a few horses and followed the crowd to the Tonghui River Wharf.

On horseback.

Xu Shixing looked curious: "Brother Yuan Yu, who do you think came to the capital today? He even made Lord Xu go out of the city to welcome him."

Out of curiosity.

Xu Shixing was also a little worried.

If it were only the famous scholars in the north, he wouldn't be too worried.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the academic atmosphere in the north has been weaker than that in the south.

Ever since the North-South List incident during the Hongwu reign, in every spring imperial examination, there were fewer northerners who made it to the gold list than southerners.

Later, in addition to the Southern List and the Northern List, there was another Central List, and the number of successful Jinshi in the North became even smaller.

Until now, the imperial court has always implemented a fixed ratio in the spring examinations.

If there are 100 people passing each subject, there will be 55 on the southern list, 35 on the northern list, and 10 on the middle list.

Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Luzhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Xuzhou, Chuzhou and Hezhou were all on the list.

In addition, the list is divided into the north and south based on the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River.

This also proves that the academic atmosphere in the south was prosperous and the famous scholars were even more famous.

Listening to Xu Shixing's curiosity and the worry hidden beneath the curiosity.

Wang Xijue's face was slightly solemn: "As long as we think about the fact that Lord Xu went out of the city to greet him, we can probably tell which great scholar will come."

After saying that.

Wang Xijue felt a little heavy in his heart.

Although he had not yet passed the imperial examination and had never served as an official in the court.

But he could see it clearly.

The Yan family, or Yan Shaoting, did not get along well with Lord Xu in the court.

However, Xu Shixing has not yet seen this relationship clearly.

He wondered, "Why?"

Wang Xijue glanced at the people around him, and then whispered, "At the beginning of this year, the court decided to increase silk production in the southeast and sell it overseas in order to increase revenue for the court and make up for the deficit. Why is it that only 50,000 acres of land in Zhejiang have been converted from rice to mulberry, while 150,000 acres of land in Suzhou and Songjiang have been converted from cotton to mulberry?"

After Wang Xijue’s explanation.

Xu Shixing reacted immediately and his eyes widened.

"You mean, it's you who's attacking Lord Xu?"

Wang Xijue shook his head, then nodded and said, "I didn't understand it at first, but then Lord Zhang went south to the southeast, and the two prefectures of Su and Song were exposed for concealing land. The court didn't investigate at first, but later suddenly ordered a survey of the land in the two prefectures. That's when I realized that from the beginning, it was you who was targeting Lord Xu."

Xu Shixing looked at Wang Xijue with some disbelief.

His face was full of doubt.

"Our gentleman...he..."

Wang Xijue couldn't help but laugh: "Are you trying to say that our master, who is a low-ranking official and a clean person, dares to attack the current deputy prime minister?"

Xu Shixing immediately shook his head: "I didn't say that about our master. What I meant is that even if it was a fight in the court, against someone like Lord Xu, it should be Lord Yan or the young Lord who took action."

Wang Xijue smiled faintly.

While Xu Shixing was waiting.

After a while.

Wang Xijue then said, "Do you think I would really accept you as my teacher for no reason?"

Xu Shixing looked confused: "Isn't it?"

Wang Xijue couldn't help but frown and growled.

"That's you!" When Xu Shixing was about to refute.

There were already shouts coming from the crowd ahead.

"It's here! It's here!"

"Look!"

"There's a ship docking at the pier!"

"..."

A buzzing sound.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Wang Xijue and Xu Shixing looked up and forward.

I saw that they had already arrived outside the Tonghui River Wharf.

The people in front had already dismounted, even though the dock was blocked by officers from Daxing County.

But these people all have achievements to their credit.

After the leading few people shouted at them, the officers could only beg them not to offend Lord Xu, and then they pretended not to see these scholars and let them enter the dock.

Wang Xijue, Xu Shixing and others followed closely.

In their sight.

Xu Jie, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ming Cabinet, was waiting at the dock with his three sons.

On the water near the dock, a merchant ship flying the flag of Zhu’s Cloth Shop slowly docked at the dock.

Xu Jie immediately brought his three sons forward and waited respectfully at the edge of the dock.

Xu Shixing at the dock grabbed Wang Xijue's arm, stood on tiptoe, and stretched his head to see who would come out of the merchant ship.

"Out!"

"The people on the boat are coming out!"

"At this age, who can recognize which Shilin senior this is?"

"..."

Amidst several shouts.

An old man walked out of the merchant ship.

Xu Jie immediately walked onto the deck, and with his honorable status as the Second Assistant of the Ming Cabinet, he personally supported the old man who walked out of the cabin and slowly walked towards the pier on the ship.

Xu Jie's three sons carefully guarded on both sides.

Wait for the old man to stand on the dock.

Only then did Xu Jie bring his three sons and stand respectfully in front of the old man.

"Student Xu Jie, nice to meet you, teacher."

"I've met Master."

Xu Jie performed the etiquette of a disciple and bowed properly.

His three sons also call him "Master".

The old man, with gray hair on his temples, waved his hand.

"I just went to the interior with a few good friends to give lectures. I heard that the capital is quite lively these days, so I came to take a look."

Xu Jie smiled and drove away his three sons. He personally supported the old man and walked towards the carriage that had been prepared at the dock.

Xu Jie smiled and whispered, "Teacher, you haven't been to the capital for a long time. This time, the spring examination of the Renxu year is about to begin. You can wait until the end of the New Year in Beijing. After the court announces the results, I will send someone to personally escort you south."

The old man smiled and said casually: "We'll talk about it later. It's too early now."

And the crowd watching the excitement around.

All kinds of speculations have arisen.

Wang Xijue and Xu Shixing looked at each other and saw uneasiness in each other's eyes.

This old man was personally welcomed out of the city by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

They know each other!

Not only do they know each other.

Many of the candidates from the south present also knew him.

"This is a true master and great scholar!"

Xu Shixing spoke in a daze.

Wang Xijue's face was tense and he began to worry about his teacher.

The old man who was personally greeted by Xu Jie was not someone else.

It was Mr. Nie Bao from Shuangjiang, who was the orthodox disciple of the great master Mr. Yangming, who once served as the Minister of War, the Prince's Tutor, and the author of countless books!
In the fifth year of Jiajing, Nie Bao was on an inspection tour to Yingtian Prefecture. When he passed through Hangzhou, he happened to meet the great master Wang Shouren who was giving lectures in Shaoxing. He ignored the dissuasion of people around him and went to seek advice. When he saw Wang Shouren, he called himself a junior.

It was also the same year, the summer of the fifth year of Jiajing.

When Nie Bao was inspecting Fujian, he made a special detour to Hangzhou to meet Wang Shouren and ask for advice on Wang's philosophy.

After that, the two often exchanged letters. Nie Bao continued to serve Wang Shouren as a student, and later began to actively promote Wang's philosophy of mind.

We waited like this until the ninth year of the Jiajing reign.

When Nie Bao was an official in Suzhou Prefecture, he finally set up an incense table and worshipped Wang Shouren as his teacher in the presence of Qian Dehong and Wang Ji, two of Wang Shouren's disciples.

Until they figured out Nie Bao's identity.

Only then did he finally understand why Xu Jie, the second-in-command of the cabinet, had to personally bring his son out of the city to welcome him.

Just because Xu Jie was Nie Bao's student.

In the 15th year of Zhengde, Nie Bao happened to be the magistrate of Huating County. He discovered that Xu Jie was very studious and intelligent, so he often taught Xu Jie the teachings of sages in his spare time.

In the second year of the Jiajing reign, Xu Jie won the third place in the imperial examination. Nie Bao even wrote an article "A Letter to the Great Historian Xu Shaohu" in his own handwriting and sent it to Huating to congratulate Xu Jie's father Xu Fu.

And Nie Bao.

But a true disciple of Wang's school of thought is one who has formally become a disciple.

This is a real living master of psychology!
For a moment, Xu Shixing and Wang Xijue felt heavy in their hearts and their faces were solemn.

"Nie Bao is here."

"Do you think his fellow disciples Qian Dehong and Wang Ji will come?"

As Nie Bao was invited by Xu Jie to get on the carriage.

The students on the dock began a new round of speculation.

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