6. Rixinzhai

Chang Ji looked at Xu Xing in surprise.

He basically had no hope of being reinstated in his life.

Even the jailer looked down on him.

The porridge he was given every day had the least amount of rice grains, almost like clear soup...

The porridge provided to disaster victims by the outside world was better than the porridge he ate every day.

Xu Xing gave him a meal, which was beyond his expectation.

"Chang has made a note of it."

Chang Ji looked at Xu Xing deeply and took the steamed buns and meat handed to him by Xu Xing.

He had not tasted meat for nearly three years.

Xu Xing's sending braised pork to Su Xueshi was icing on the cake.

For him, it was like sending charcoal in the snow.

With just a bowl of braised pork and two steamed buns, he gained the favors of two prisoners.

Xu Xing felt that he had made a big profit.

After eating the meat and drinking the porridge.

He lay on the wheat straw and continued to sleep to recuperate.

The daily life of the prisoners in Tianlao was the same, eating and sleeping every day. Perhaps some people will practice martial arts and literature when they first enter the Heavenly Prison, and act as if they are unwilling to fall.

But as time goes by, they will slowly follow the crowd.

Not to mention that Xu Xing was sentenced to death.

So, no one would doubt that he acted like a fallen person.

However, in fact, from the moment he lay on the wheat straw, Xu Xing had entered the mirror world again.

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Although "he" would practice martial arts on his behalf, Xu Xing gave up this shortcut after careful consideration and chose to suffer the pain of practicing martial arts.

Standing in horse stance and practicing pile skills are not only to consolidate basic skills, but also to train the perseverance of martial artists.

That is the so-called ability to resist blows.

Otherwise, if someone punches you or cuts you with a knife, you can't bear the pain and be distracted. On the battlefield of swords and bullets, it may only take a moment to kill you.

In addition, every time you practice martial arts, you will gain something in the details.

These gains may not be of much use now, but in the future, they may be of great use.

The ancients said: A slight mistake can lead to a great error!

After that...

Xu Xing's daily routine is very regular.

He returned to the prison at the right time, shared meals with his cellmates, and then returned to the dungeon world to practice basic standing exercises.

However, he did not forget to look for opportunities to avoid death.

Finally, hard work pays off.

On his way to Jingyang County to purchase supplies, he saw a building with stone bricks, white walls and black tiles, which was very different from other places.

When he walked to the front gate and looked at it, there was a plaque on the gate tower with four big characters "Weijing Academy" written on it.

There were many stone carvings near the gate tower.

The handwriting on one of the stone carvings made Xu Xing's eyes light up.

It says: "Do not study with empty talk, and do not teach with empty talk."

Another stone inscription says: "Do not teach essays, but focus on practical learning."

"Practical learning? Weijing Academy?"

Xu Xing fell into deep thought.

Few people may know Weijing Academy. It is not as famous as Gujing Jingshe, Xuehaitang and other academies in the late Qing Dynasty in practical education, but most people may have an impression of Liu Guyu.

One of the leaders of the Reform Party, he is called "South Kang and North Liu" together with Kang Mingyi.

Weijing Academy also became a memorial temple for Liu Guyu in later generations.

Liu Guyu is also the master of Yu Youren, the master of the cursive script.

Yu Youren later changed his name to "Liu Xueyu".

Yu means Yu, Xueyu means Xueyu.

Now is the 22nd year of Guangxu, which is 1897 in the Western calendar.

The Qing court has not fled west, and Liu Xueyu has not yet written to the governor of Qin Province to kill the Empress Dowager Cixi...

At the same time, the current dean of Weijing Academy is Liu Guyu, who is famous both at home and abroad.

Xu Xing did not expect that after traveling to Fengxi Country, his undergraduate history major would be useless, but who would have thought that it would open up the world in the mirror...

It did have some places to use it.

"One fate, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulation of good deeds, five reading..."

"Six reputation, seven appearance, eight respect for gods, nine friendships, ten self-cultivation..."

"It seems that if I want to change my fate, Weijing Academy is my chance."

Xu Xing looked at the long-sleeved scholars coming and going inside and outside the academy and made up his mind.

Reading is undoubtedly the best way to change my fate.

As for the Gelaohui... will it hinder him from studying at Weijing Academy?

Don't worry about this.

Once you join the Gelaohui and become a brother, you are basically destined to fight against the Qing Dynasty in this life. In the new army of Qin Province, many officers are members of the Gelaohui, who are very hidden. Xu Xing has also seen a few of them in the past few days.

Three days later

Xu Xing took out his accumulated private money, rented a long gown, and stepped into Weijing Academy.

In the past few days, he had inquired about it. Weijing Academy recruits scholars from outside all year round and never refuses to come and go.

Of course, Weijing Academy does not accept everyone.

It accepts scholars.

What is a scholar? Only those who have achieved fame can be called scholars.

However, there are exceptions.

As long as the practical knowledge is solid and the academy has passed the examination, the academy will also accept it.

After all, most scholars who specialize in practical knowledge are not successful in the imperial examination.

With a long gown, although Xu Xing's skin color is a little dark in this life and he looks like a poor family, the scholars, monks, and teachers who passed by did not stop him and let him enter the academy.

Crossing the gate painted with tung oil, he went around from the corridor near the screen wall.

After passing the screen wall, two rotary doors appeared in front of him.

The left door hangs "Rixin" and the right door hangs "Shimin".

Xu Xing, who had inquired about the truth of Weijing Academy, knew that "Rixin" and "Shimin" each represented a school, namely Rixin School and Shimin School.

This school division method originated from the school division teaching method of Hu Ai in the Song Dynasty.

Rixin and Shimin Schools both teach practical learning.

However, there are differences between the two schools. In addition to teaching practical learning, Rixin School also teaches some knowledge about the eight-part essay.

In the 24th year of Guangxu, Yu Youren was able to get the first place in the annual examination in the Qin Province Imperial Academy, which was inseparable from the eight-part essay teaching in Weijing Academy.

"Enter Rixin School or Shimin School..."

Xu Xing hesitated.

Entering Shimin School to study practical knowledge was easy for him.

Entering Rixin School would require him to divide his mind to learn the eight-part essay.

"Enter Rixin School!"

He quickly made up his mind and stepped into Rixin School.

The Qing Dynasty still had more than 20 years of social order, and the reform of the imperial examination was not a short-term thing. If he wants to change his fate, he must usurp the high position.

And the eight-part imperial examination is undoubtedly a shortcut to life, and it should not be taken lightly.

"Who are you?"

Seeing a strange scholar walk into the side room, Wang Jiaoshi, who was sitting behind the desk and leaning back in the chair, couldn't help but frown.

There are about two hundred scholars in Weijing Academy, and he knows every scholar's face by heart.

And Xu Xing is a stranger.

But he speaks very politely, so as not to make people feel disgusted.