Lin Yanchao was still thinking, but he had not reacted after hearing Hou Zhongshu's question. Zhang Guihe, on the side, said to Hou Zhongshu with disdain, "I usually ask you to read more, but I don't even know Lin's family in Lianpu. It's really a waste of time."

"If you don't know, you won't know. I won't ask you. Brother Chao, come and tell me!" Hou Zhongshu asked Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao knew the name of the Lin family in Lianpu. He was bored in his previous life, so he went beyond the history of the Ming Dynasty. I remember that he had a comment on the Lin family. The five ministers of the Ming Dynasty were named Wen and the Lin family.

Posthumous Wen usually has powers above the third rank official, rather than every third rank official. In the Ming Dynasty, he only had Grand Secretary, two capitals and six ministries, and the chief official of the Censorate. Moreover, his reputation must be good. For example, Yan Song and others identified as treacherous ministers, even if they were the chief ministers, they would not get a posthumous title after their death. In history, Zhang Juzheng and posthumous titles were deprived of their posthumous titles when they were liquidated.

The Lin family of Lianpu not only produced five ministers in three generations, but also received posthumous titles. They belonged to a family with high power and decent status in front of him. No wonder the Ming Dynasty said that there was only one family in the world. Unexpectedly, Lin Chengyi actually produced the Lin family of Lianpu, who was the fifth minister of the three generations.

Without waiting for Lin Yanchao to answer, Zhang Guihe showed off and said: "Have you heard of the Three Sacrifices and Four Shangshu?"

Well? One missing, by the way, it was only during the Wanli period. There was probably one person in the Lin family who had not yet become the Minister of Shang.

"What are the Three Sacrifices and Four Shangshu?" Hou Zhongshu shook his head.

Zhang Guihe sighed, revealing a child's unspeakable expression and said, "You don't believe it yet. This means that the Lin family of Lianpu once served as the priest of the Imperial College, and four of them became the Minister of Shangshu. What do you think?" "It's nothing great for those who sell wine in the Imperial College!" Lin Yanchao coughed lightly, set a distance from Hou Zhongshu, and whispered: "It's the priest of the Imperial College, and the students in the Imperial College are all his disciples. "The disciple of the Imperial College are just students of the province. The disciple of the Imperial College in the two capitals is half of the Ming Dynasty. "So that's it, the Four Secretary, that is, four of them, have become the Minister of Shangshu, and Hou Zhongshu said, "We have only one Secretary of Shangshu in Hongtang Township."

The Secretary of the Hongtang Township was Zhang Jing, the ancestor of Zhang Xiang. Zhang Jing once served as the Minister of War. He was controlled by him in the entire southeast of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Yanchao explained: "In this dynasty, the literati and officials of this dynasty were the second rank, and even if they were a grand official, the official of the cabinet was only the fifth rank, and they had to be on the title of Shangshu to be among the second rank. And the four Shangshus of the Lin family and the four second rank officials, do you think they are powerful or not."

Indeed, the four ministers of the Three Destiny are even the most prosperous family.

In the past, a family of three generations, three Jinshi, or even three Juren, could be said to be Lian Fang, and anywhere, they were considered awesome. However, the Lianpu Lin family actually produced four Shangshu in three generations. If you don’t mention the next one, there is only this unique one in the entire Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

Lin Chengyi actually came from a large family like the Lin family in Lianpu, and no one knew about it in advance.

But Lin Chengyi admitted that he was a branch of the Lin clan of Lianpu, so everyone felt better. No wonder he was so down and went to Hongtang Society to teach. However, this time he entered the school and the school examined the case. The elders of the clan also attached importance to him, and it seemed that he would focus on cultivating.

With the huge tree of Lianpu Lin family, Lin Chengyi's extremely profound background and background, Lin Chengyi's future is limitless. It's a pity for everyone to hold his thighs, but after so many years, he realized that his thighs were right in front of him. Why didn't he have a good relationship with Lin Chengyi before? But Lin Chengyi's ability to be today was not due to Lin Yanchao. Everyone couldn't help but sweep towards Lin Yanchao with envious eyes. It would be fine if this person was under Hu Tixue, and there would be Lin Chengyi's support in the future. Alas, the biggest beneficiary is actually this kid. But Lin Yanchao seemed to know nothing, and he was sitting there with what to eat and what to eat, and acted very low-key.

Zhang Xiang took his eyes back from Lin Yanchao and said to Lin Chengyi: "My high school scholar is a scholar. After entering school, he valued it for the clan and even told him a marriage. This is really a small graduate after passing the exam. It's so happy!" Zhang Xiang actually began to flatter Lin Chengyi.

Mr. Zhang was also unwilling to accept it: "Sir, I'm just afraid that you will never remember us in the future when you go there."

"How could it be that I am in Hongtang Township with the care of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang. I must remember this love."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Sir, I toast you this glass of wine."

"Mr. Lin, come and I'll pay tribute to you!" The villagers raised their glasses one after another, and the taste of flattery became stronger.

On the second day, Lin Chengyi wanted to pack up his things and return to his hometown with his old mother. Before leaving, all the students were called to speak.

Lin Yanchao is still the last one.

Outside the house, the villagers cleaned up the house for Lin Chengyi and prepared mules and horses. Lin Chengyi and Lin Yanchao were both inside the house.

Lin Chengyi first cared about Lin Yanchao's homework and asked, "How are you preparing for your studies?" Lin Yanchao said, "When you say, you have finished reading the university chapters you gave me. I am reading the Analects of Confucius. I am asking Mr. Xin for advice."

Lin Chengyi nodded and said, "There must be my teacher when three people walk together. Although Mr. Xin is an old boy, he has also passed the county examination and the government examination. You can't look down on him just because he failed the college examination."

Lin Yanchao could say that he really looked down on it, so he replied: "The student is working hard to ask Mr. Xin for advice."

"I know, I've asked him about your studies."

"Mr. Xin, do you praise me for being talented?" Lin Yanchao couldn't help but smile.

Lin Chengyi raised his face and said, "You mean talent?"

Lin Yanchao immediately sat upright and said immediately: "Sir, the student has lost his composure."

Lin Chengyi's expression slowed down a little, but he still said seriously: "Who has talent for studying is not known as a teacher, but even if he does not have talent, he never slackens hard work and always keeps learning. This is more important than talent."

Although Lin Yanchao was scolded by Lin Chengyi, he also agreed with Lin Chengyi's words.

Lin Yanchao immediately corrected his mistake and said respectfully: "What the sir says, the students have received the teachings."

Lin Chengyi was very satisfied with Lin Yanchao's attitude, and said with a stern face: "Mr. Zhou told me about your studies. He said you are specializing in the study of the scriptures and are you suffering from the difficulties of being able to do so?"

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "Yes, sir, the student is suffering from this, so please give me some advice."

Lin Chengyi said: "As a teacher, as a student, you will be able to get a county exam for your county exam in the future, but now you need to prepare for the provincial exam, I am afraid you won't be able to take time to guide you."

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but wailed in his heart, and thought about it and asked his most concerned topic, saying, "Sir, how many years will it take for students to go to the county examination now?"

Lin Chengyi thought for a while and said, "This is your foundation, and you don't know anything about elementary school. Although you only read one chapter of the classics, if you study the classics, you will get twice the result with half the effort than other scholars who only read the Four Books and Five Classics. However, if you want to make a name for yourself in the children's examination, you will have to study hard at least seven or eight years. Even if you are talented, you will have to work hard for three or four years."

This is obviously far from Lin Yanchao's expectations for taking the children's examination one and a half years later.

Lin Yanchao asked immediately: "Sir, is there a faster way?"

Lin Chengyi heard this and said sternly: "You think it is so easy to do careers. Reading is the most important thing to do with gradual progress and hasteness but not understanding. Do you know?"

Lin Yanchao said unconvincedly: "Sir, it's not that I don't want to go step by step, but I just want to study to make myself more efficient. I have heard that some people in the dynasty won the top scorer at the age of 18. Did he also get hit step by step?"

Lin Chengyi heard this and said silently: "You are not yet at the level of participating in the county examination, so you want to look at the top scholar. If you want to take shortcuts, it is not impossible. First of all, you have to work harder. Secondly, you must have a famous teacher to guide you so that you can take some detours."

When talking about the famous teacher, Lin Yanchao's eyes lit up and said, "Remember, the gentleman said he wanted to choose a master for me."

"Yes, I said that."

"Students should not only need guidance from famous teachers, but also need to learn from the good and not work behind closed doors. On weekdays, they should study the classics with a group of classmates who are interested in the imperial examination and have high-level skills, and then become the best among classmates and then go to the county examination."

Lin Yanchao sighed sadly, just classmates, only Zhang Guihe's level was similar to himself, and the rest were either too lazy or lacking talent. Where did you start when you think of the wise?

Lin Chengyi spoke to Lin Yanchao, then looked out the window and slowly said, "After returning home this time, my teacher asked the clan elders to join the Lin family in Lianpu to open the Lianjiang Academy to study." "Lianjiang Academy?" "Yes." Lin Yanchao looked shocked.

‘The Lianjiang Academy was built in the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Xi and his disciple Huang Ju have all taught here and have been passed down for thousands of years. It turned out that it was the clan of the Lin family of the Lianpu family, and all the Jinshis of the Lin family came from it.’
Chapter completed!