Chapter 41 Mutation
Although he resigned from his post and returned home, Sun Chengen's identity still attracted scholars from Jiading City. The reason is very simple. Sun Chengen once served as the leader of the Zhanshi Mansion for a long time.
The Ming Dynasty did not have the rules of "not following the local governments and not entering the center" in the Tang and Song dynasties. On the contrary, the new Jinshi were proud to be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as the "Cutting Prime Minister", and wished he would never leave Beijing for the rest of his life.
But there are many people in the Hanlin Academy who can't show their ambitions until they are old, and the Zhan Shi Mansion is a shortcut for them to embark on the Qingyun Road.
At that time, Xu Jie served as the Xima position in the Sijing Bureau under the Zhanshi Mansion. He was soon transferred to the Imperial College Supervisor and was promoted to the Right Assistant Minister of Rites and the Right Assistant Minister of Personnel, and successfully entered the center.
Sun Chengen has been in charge of the Zhan Shi Mansion for many years, and his connections in this area are eye-catching.
But Sun Cheng-eun rejected almost everyone's posts and invited only one, even though they had just met earlier this year.
This person is Gui Youguang.
Gui Youguang, a native of Kunshan, whose courtesy name was Xifu and his pseudonym was Zhenchuan. He was a scholarly family. He was in a poor family when he was young. After he passed the scholar, he failed the provincial examination five consecutive times. He did not pass the imperial examination until the 19th year of Jiajing. He then failed the three consecutive times.
In fact, Gui Youguang is a famous "failed expert" in history. He failed the provincial examination five times in his life, failed the imperial examination eight times, and passed the third-level Jinshi in the ninth examination. You should know that Hai Rui, who is recognized as a strong person, gave up after taking the exam twice.
At the beginning of this year, Gui Youguang failed the exam again. After returning home, he moved to Jiading. While continuing to study hard, he began his career in speaking and lectures. Bachelors from all over the world came to visit him, and his reputation spread throughout the world for a while.
Therefore, although he has not yet won the Jinshi, Gui Youguang is very famous in Jiangnan and is known as the great scholar of the times. Even Sun Chengen did not call him his name and called him "Mr. Zhenchuan".
When he was young, his family was defeated, he failed in five provincial examinations and three conference examinations, but he thought that his talent was not inferior to others. This led to Gui Youguang having a pride that ordinary people could not understand. He may not be revealed to people like Sun Chengen, but not to others.
So Qian Yuan, who came to thank Sun Chengen, looked at this old man for no reason. I'm so fucking you!
"This is Mr. Zhenchuan." Sun Chengen frowned and introduced: "Brother Yuan must not be rude."
Gui Youguang shook his sleeves, "I am just an old scholar who failed the exam five times. Where can I pay the money to pay my respects?"
The young man behind Gui Youguang stared at Qian Yuan with his eyebrows and eyes wide open, "I'm really forgetful. Even if I have this memory, I dare to pat my chest and say that the success of the test is like taking something out of my pocket!"
Qian Yuan finally found this memory from the depths of his mind... It was caused by his predecessor who was a slut. Last year, before going to Nanjing for a rural examination, a classmate suggested visiting Gui Youguang, and his predecessor disdainfully mocked his experience of failing the five rural examinations.
What a headache!
This is not Songjiang, who knows how many such messy things will happen in the future!
Qian Yuan laughed dryly and was about to say something, when suddenly a noisy noise came from outside.
County Magistrate Hu hurried into the door with a letter, and even held his clothes and ran all the way, "It's not good, big things are not good!"
Sun Chengen frowned even more. He was calm whenever there was something big, what would it look like!
"The Japanese pirates are here, the Japanese pirates are here!" The sweaty Magistrate Hu was panting.
Sun Chengen stood up suddenly, grabbed the letter, and then stood stiff for a while and sat back.
The young man behind Gui Youguang picked up the letter from the ground and glanced at it a few times, and his expression changed drastically, "Didn't it mean that it was just a small group of Japanese pirates? Lord Zhang was wiped out!"
Qian Yuan's expression changed on his face. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "County Master, the Japanese pirates have siege the city?"
"Not yet." County Magistrate Hu wiped his head and sweated endlessly, "But Jiading is gone..."
"How come there are no soldiers?" Gui Youguang frowned and asked, "Taicang Wei has three thousand households!"
"Guards..." County Magistrate Hu explained helplessly: "It's the same all over the country now, and only the border troops are a little better, and the vacancies are so strong that they can be taken out this time. All the soldiers who can be taken out were taken out by Lord Zhang."
Qian Yuan sighed and leaned over and glanced at the letter a few times, then turned around and asked, "How many soldiers did that Lord Zhang lead?"
"Uh..." County Magistrate Hu stammered: "Three or four hundred people."
The three thousand households and offices were recruited in total, which was really enough. You should know that it was not the time when the Ming army was prevalent in the family department system.
Sun Chengen was already in a state of confusion, and he had no idea to cover his chest. Instead, Sun Kehong forced himself to calm down, "County Master, has Zhenhaiwei notified?"
"I have sent someone." County Magistrate Hu smiled bitterly: "But it's hard to say that Zhenhaiwei is not better than Taicangwei."
Sun Kehong had nothing to say. Now the situation is here. Japanese pirates may attack at any time, while Jiading City is naked...
As soon as he felt his thighs tremble, he suddenly stretched out a hand to hold Sun Kehong. Qian Yuan asked in a low voice: "What is that Lord Zhang's position?"
After listening to Sun Kehong's explanation, Qian Yuan understood that although Taicangzhou was established in the tenth year of Hongzhi, Taicang Wei and Zhenhai Wei were established in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, due to the Japanese invasion, the deputy envoy of the military preparations was established during the Zhengde period.
The quiet needles in the hall were heard. Qian Yuan was so impatient after waiting for a while. What a bunch of waste snacks, no matter what they do, it was better than now. Even if they ran away, they could run a few more steps!
"As soon as the war comes, the abandoned city will die. The county magistrate should not want to escape, right?" Qian Yuan walked out from behind Sun Kehong and pointed at Lu Bin who was standing by the door and was eager to try. "The county town of Jiading is not big. It is not impossible for the county government to defend the county town, Bai Jun and the people in the city to bravely defend the county town. Moreover, the son of the general Lu, the general of the Western Zhejiang Governor, was in the city with elite soldiers."
"In addition, who are in the city are good at military affairs? The county magistrate might as well invite them together." Qian Yuan did not go to see the face of the county magistrate Hu, waved to Lu Bin, and whispered: "For two things, send someone to send a letter to Lord Lu immediately, and send someone out of the city to find out the news."
"It's just a small group of Japanese pirates. It's not a big problem to defend the city. There is no need to report to my father." Lu Bin looked arrogant.
"Can the entire army be wiped out by the deputy envoy of the military commander who brought four hundred soldiers. This Japanese pirates either have extraordinary combat power or are of a large number." Qian Yuan whispered with a sinister face: "Mr. Lu is now guarding Jiaxing Prefecture, how did this Japanese pirates come from? If you were going north from Jiaxing Prefecture, your father would have reported the message long ago."
"Maybe it's from Songjiang Mansion..."
"Yu Dayou is guarding, and the Chuansha is having fun. Even if it comes from there, how could Yu Dayou not report the news?" Qian Yuan sighed: "It's not that I ran from Tongzhou, right? It's across the Yangtze River!"
"By the way, there is something else." Qian Yuan leaned into Lu Bin's ear and said a few words.
Seeing the Hu County Magistrate and Lu Bin leave in a hurry, Qian Yuan sighed. No matter what, he had to move to Hangzhou to escape this disaster. If it really didn't work, he would go to Huizhou Prefecture, or even to his mother's home in Jiangxi.
At this time, the young man behind Gui Youguang muttered: "The Japanese pirates may not be able to attack Jiading..."
Gui Youguang had a bad temper, and his disciples followed suit. The young man was named Chen Xingping. He had been under Gui Youguang for more than ten years. He had a bad temper but had a big temper. If Qian Yuan had not been beaten down by Xu Fan last year, he would have gone to Huating County to find trouble for Qian Yuan.
Qian Yuan snorted, "For you, it is a good thing for the Japanese pirates not to attack Jiading."
"But for others, it is a good thing for the Japanese pirates to attack Jiading."
Chen Xingping raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when suddenly a voice came from outside the door.
Chapter completed!