Seeing that the situation had gradually deviated from the category of "talented learning" and competitive competition, Lin Zhen stood up at the right time and interrupted: "Okay, the sea of ​​learning is endless, we should make progress together. Feng Zichu, if you have any questions, come to me to answer after you leave."

Lin Zhen’s words can be regarded as giving both sides a step. If you continue to verbally fight, it will be a disgrace to be gentle.

"Yes, sir."

Since Lin Zhen has spoken, no matter how angry or dissatisfied he is, he cannot continue in the lecture hall. Otherwise, it will not be a dispute between students, but a challenge to the dignity of the teacher.

After the three of them bowed their hands, they sat down and continued to attend class, but they felt extremely aggrieved in Xu Donghai and Feng Zichu's hearts.

He was obviously planning to give the other party a warning and let him see the strength of the students of Zhaowen Academy. As a result, it seems that Chen Yichen has been held back and he is at a disadvantage!

Chen Yichen was calm at this moment and didn't care about it at all, because after coming to ancient times for a long time, he deeply understood what "literati are despised".

The more talented a person is, the more arrogant he has, and the less he is, the less he is, the more he is, the more he is.

Especially these students from Zhaowen Academy are all prides of heaven in the eyes of others. But I am just a schoolboy, but I can be a disciple of Lin Zhen and invited to the lecture hall to listen. How can this treatment not make people jealous?

So it is not surprising that they want to compare their knowledge in tit-for-tat.

During Lin Zhen’s lecture, the lecture hall was very quiet and careful, unlike in the private school where there were people whispering from time to time. After all, the top scorer was placed here, and no student dared to make trouble.

Also, there is indeed a gap in the source of students. The students from the outer courtyard of the Duke of Chengguo’s Mansion can basically be collectively called "poor students" in later generations.

In addition, compared with the elementary school in the family school, the meaning of the classics of the Book of Documents can only be described in the idiom "Quan Kuoya". Even though Chen Yichen has been studying for several months, he dared not say that he could fully understand it.

Fortunately, Lin Zhen is knowledgeable and even the most profound and difficult ancient words can be cited from classics to let students understand the meaning of their expression.

Before he knew it, a lecture class of rituals for teaching ended. After leaving the class, Chen Yichen also walked out of the lecture with Lin Zhen.

Walking on the corridor, Lin Zhen looked at Chen Yichen and said with a smile: "Yichen, your performance today is very different."

Hearing Lin Zhen say this, Chen Yichen thought that his husband was going to blame him, and he had a verbal battle with two Zhaowen Academy students in the lecture hall.

So he quickly apologized: "Sir, it's a rash disciple who should not have disputes in the lecture hall."

"No, you didn't do it very well."

What?

Chen Yichen was stunned. In the past, he had only heard of the friction between the teacher and the students, but Lin Zhen did the opposite. Is this encouraging disputes?

"Don't get me wrong. I just hope that sometimes you can show your strength."

"People should not be aggressive, nor should they be timid. A gentleman should take the mediocre way."

"It's sir, my disciple has received the teachings."

Chen Yichen felt a little amused at this moment. Other gentlemen advised their disciples to go there to be low-key and not to cause trouble everywhere when they are young and frivolous. As a result, his teacher advised them to jump a little and not to be too low-key.

Now it seems that I am not high-profile enough?

After walking all the way to the end of the corridor, Chen Yichen saw that it was getting late, so he bowed and said, "Sir, if nothing happens, then the disciple will resign."

"Go, the mountain road is slippery, pay attention to your feet."

"Mr. Xie is concerned, and the disciple says goodbye."

After saying that, Chen Yichen stepped back a few words, then turned around and left.

But when he walked to the door, he still heard Lin Zhen’s instructions: “Remember what my master said, the young man is the one who is wearing a bright clothes and angry horse!”

Hearing Lin Zhen’s repeated instructions, Chen Yichen finally understood why the gentleman did not stop him in the lecture hall and showed that smile-like expression.

It seems that it is not because of my own misunderstanding, but because of some previous behaviors that have caused Lin Zhen to have misunderstandings.

But this is also good. In the values ​​of the ancients, it is better to think that he is extremely low-key than to be arrogant. Don’t look at Lin Zhen repeatedly stressing that if he really causes trouble everywhere like a playboy, he probably doesn’t even have the qualifications to become his disciples.

After returning home, it was already dark. Chen Yichen came to his room after dinner and read at night as usual. He could not tell at all that he would relax and slack after the case was in the county trial.

Because Chen Yichen knew very well that there were countless difficulties waiting for him on the road to imperial examinations in the future, especially the shortcomings of the classics and poetry, the higher the requirements they were.

At that time, when the titles of the four books are similar, the level of classics and poetry is likely to become the criteria for determining whether to be admitted.

Time is tight, and Chen Yichen is unwilling to waste too much.

Three days later, the school in the outer courtyard of Duke Chengguo's Mansion also resumed normal teaching, but when he saw Li Da again, the kid limped while walking.

His legs were not really interrupted by his father, but he should have been beaten lightly, considering his virtue.

As for Zhao Hongjie, he is not afraid of boiling water. In addition, he is a concubine, so his father probably doesn’t have much hope. He is still full of vitality after coming to the private school.

Moreover, without Li Da’s bullying, Zhao Hongjie is now living a more and more casual life, and the prospects are bright!

As for Chen Yichen himself, there was a little change, that is, after daily homework, Li Tingxiuhui specially tutored him some knowledge about the meaning of scriptures and poetry.

What Li Tingxiu said was not good at the classics, which was that compared to the top scholar like Lin Zhen, it did not mean that his knowledge was really poor.

After all, it was a mere premature educator. He was still attracted by Duke Cheng, Zhu Yong, and his level was impossible to be much worse. It was more than enough to help Chen Yichen, a school child.

Time passed day by day, and April soon came, and it was less than half a month before the palace examination.

Relatively speaking, the government examination is not very difficult for Chen Yichen, because there is a hidden rule in the imperial examination, that is, if the county examination is the head of the case, the government examination is basically equivalent to being won.

Unless the cheating is very poor in knowledge, or if you have a grudge against the prefect, he just won't win you, it will be difficult to have any accidents.

But just as Shen Yichen was fully preparing for the trial of the mansion, Yingtian Mansion was panicked, and there were rumors that Japanese pirates were about to enter the streets and alleys. Some timid people even began to clean up the gold, silver and fine materials at home, ready to run away at any time!

Not to mention ordinary people, even high-gate courtyards like Duke Cheng’s Mansion have begun to spread rumors, and schoolchildren have discussed the situation of Japanese pirates outside.

"Yichen, have you heard that the Japanese pirates have attacked eastern Zhejiang and have already captured Taizhou and Ningbo Qianhuwei Station, which is heading north along the coastline, preparing to attack Songjiang Prefecture."

Zhao Hongjie talked to Chen Yichen with a worried look on his face. The amount of information obtained by their soldiers like him, even if their parents still work in the capital, was far beyond ordinary people.

"I don't know very well, but Songjiang Prefecture is not so easy to break, and even if it is broken, it is still a distance from Yingtian Prefecture. Could this little Japanese pirate still be able to go upstream along the river and break through Yingtian Prefecture?"

Chen Yichen was not worried, let alone panic. It was still in the orthodox dynasty period. Although the border defense center had begun to decay, it was not enough to completely collapse. Unlike during the Jiajing dynasty period, it was killed by dozens of Japanese pirates and left in a swagger.

"It's possible that five years ago, the Japanese pirates even defeated the thousand households including Taizhou, Taozhu, Ningbo, Dasong and other thousand households, and captured Changguowei. The emperor killed 36 generals and added coastal defense Japanese officials. After a few years, the Japanese pirates made a comeback."

What Zhao Hongjie mentioned was the Japanese turmoil in the fourth year of Zhengtong. That year, the Japanese pirates led more than 40 ships to the north from the coast of Fujian, burning, killing and looting all the way until they captured a military important place like Changguowei. It was shocked by the government and the people.

In a sense, this Japanese riot also exposes the weakness of the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense from the side. Most of the entire southeast coastal garrisons were indestructible, laying a hidden danger for the more serious Japanese riots in the future.

However, even in the late Ming Dynasty, where the Japanese turmoil was the most serious, there was no possibility of capturing a big city like Nanjing, let alone the Jingying and Military Office in the north had strong combat power during the Zhengtong period.

At present, this kind of public opinion panic is similar to the mentality of grabbing salt and rice in later generations. The spread of rumors has led to the spread of more and more exaggerated.

Chen Yichen looked careless. Li Da, who was sitting in the back row, couldn't hold it in his heart when he saw Zhao Hongjie's cowardly look.

"Zhao Hongjie, you are the son of Zhao Tongzhi, the capital guard. Are you so afraid of a few short Japanese pirates? If you really fight, you can go to the army and put on armor to kill the enemy. Just panic?"

Compared to others' panic, Li Da even had a vague excitement in his tone. He had long hoped that he would have the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, rather than memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics in this school.

If the Japanese pirates really come over, Li Da will immediately go to the Nanjing Governor's Office to report. As his father, the deputy general of the Left Army Governor's Office in the capital, there will definitely be no problem in joining the army and serving the country.

"Li Da, do you want to join the army so much?"

Chen Yichen turned around and asked.

"Of course, a real man should carry a three-foot sword, not this broken pen."

Li Da said, looking at the brush in his hand in disgust. It can be seen from his expression and movement that this kid is really disgusted with learning.

"If you really like joining the army, go to the capital and join the Beijing camp. I will write a letter to the Duke of the State to recommend it to you."

"Really?"

When Li Da heard that Chen Yichen was willing to write a book to the Duke of the State to recommend him, Li Da's eyes shone.

"really."

"But... the Duke and you..."

After a brief excitement, Li Da thought of a more realistic question, that is, Chen Yichen is still a maid, what is the use of his book study?

To put it more unpleasantly, it is a problem whether the Duke will read his letters at home.

"Don't worry, the Duke of the State will definitely watch it, but the premise is to convince your father, Li Chenshi."

"Okay, I will definitely not give in this time!"

Li Da replied viciously, with the endorsement of the Duke, he will definitely succeed this time.

If Chen Yichen had accepted Li Da and other people as their younger brothers before, he was just doing something on a whim. Then now he is willing to write a book and let him join the army, it can be said to be a one-handed layout.

Although Chen Yichen knew that there was no threat during this Japanese riot, he also reminded him that the future Orthodox dynasty would have a war that would be a drastic change, and he had to be prepared for both.

If history really changes, then you will rely on a pen and you will have no ability to protect yourself and resist like the civilians who believe rumors today.
Chapter completed!