Yang Yiqing was a child prodigy. He read widely when he was three or four years old. He has read all the four books and five classics, and all the classics and documents. At the age of seven, he could write a good article at one go. At the age of eight, he formed an unforgettable memory, so he was regarded as a "child prodigy" by the local governor, also known as the first child prodigy in Lizhou.
Quan is a five-year-old student. He can write articles at the age of nine and is called a "child prodigy". At the age of sixteen, Chu Kun was admitted as a scholar. At that time, the examiner Qian Lou predicted that Zhu Kun would one day become "the best player in the world". In the autumn of the 19th year of Chenghua (1483), he won the first place in Xieyuan. The following spring, I went to Beijing for an exam as Hui Yuan. In the imperial examination, Chu Qin was the No.2 scholar.
In addition to the above two prodigies, there was another prodigy in the Ming Dynasty, and this prodigy was Yao Lai.
Yao Lai's family was originally very rich. His father's name was Mo, and he was a scholar in Ming Hongzhi for six years. He has been awarded the posts of left assistant minister of the Ministry of War and director of the Ministry of Rites. In the fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, he moved to the right for remonstrance, and served as the military affairs and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and later served as the minister of war. However, he was dismissed from office for offending Emperor Jiajing and stayed at home.
Yao Gan, who returned to his hometown, wanted to support his family by doing business. However, he doesn't know how to do business. Not only did he not make any money, but he also lost all his money. He was heavily in debt and unable to repay it. Therefore, creditors come to collect debts every day, and even at night they are forced to leave.
It is estimated that some people have doubts that officials and ministers of the Ministry of War have no money? Well, Yao Gan was an honest official, and the salaries of Ming officials were not high, so Yao Gan had no savings. He was as anxious as a cat on hot bricks and didn't know what to do.
At that time, Yao Lai was only 9 years old, but he was studious, flexible and very smart. When he saw his father's long face, he decided to help him solve the problem.
So he found his father and said to him, "Give me 400 pence and I will help you pay off your debt in three days."
How much is 400 pence? How much is it equivalent to now? We can do the math. According to the data, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, one or two silver coins could buy two pieces of rice of average quality. If a stone was about 94.4 kilograms at that time, one or two pieces of silver could buy 188.8 kilograms of rice, which is 377.6 kilograms. According to the fact that the average family ate a kilo of rice between 3 yuan and 5 yuan, it can be calculated that one or two pieces of silver in the Ming Dynasty are equivalent to about 1000 yuan today, calculated in 3 yuan.
Even if it is 65,438+0,000 yuan, and one or two pieces of silver is equal to 1 0,000 pence, then 400 pence is equivalent to 400 yuan today. In other words, Yao Lai asked his father to give him 400 yuan, and he could settle the huge sum owed by his father in business within three days. Do you think this is great?
God, of course, so his father didn't believe it at first, but it wasn't like the nonsense he said when he saw his son swear. And money is only a small part, what's more, Yao Kun is at the end of the road, and there is really no way. Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so he agreed.
It is said that after Yao Lai got 400 yuan from his father, he secretly came to a performer's home. Yao Lai said to the actor, "I'll give you 400 yuan. Please sneak into my house in the middle of the night and pretend to be a singer. You stood quietly behind me when I was reading. Just stand for three nights. "
Hearing this, the actor found the child very interesting and readily agreed. It takes neither time nor effort, and he can easily earn 400 yuan. Why not?
So that night, a "Wenquxing" stood behind Yao Lai and studied with him until midnight.
The next night, Yao Lai continued reading. Every night, the debt collector of his family heard the sound of children reading, and thought to himself: Although this adult is in debt, the children are very disappointing. If they study so hard since childhood, they will surely succeed in the future.
Among them, a wealthy businessman was very curious, so he went outside the study to watch. I saw a child in the study absorbed in reading, and a man dressed strangely stood behind the child. Look carefully, isn't this the wenqu star that people worship?
This scene shocked the rich businessman, who dared not make any noise or peek again and quickly and quietly retreated.
The next day, the rich merchant announced to other creditors that he would pay the debts on behalf of the Yao family and could go to his house to withdraw money at any time. Hearing this, the creditors were very happy that the money had finally been settled, no matter who gave it, as long as it was given.
Yao Kun is a bit strange, but he is very grateful to the rich businessman. Unexpectedly, the wealthy businessman said to Yao Kun: I am very interested in your son and like it very much. I have a daughter. Can I get married?
Yao Gan owed money to the rich businessman, and it was difficult to refuse it immediately, so the marriage between the two families was settled. Later, with the support of wealthy businessmen, Yao Lai really lived up to expectations. In A.D. 1523, Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty successfully passed the scientific examination and palace examination, and became the top scholar in one fell swoop, known as the top scholar in the world literature.
After taking photos of the lintel, Yao Lai returned to his hometown in gorgeous clothes, and specially found the actor of that year to thank him for his help. I didn't expect the actor to deny it and say, I didn't actually go when you gave it to me. The one standing behind you must be a real literary star.
Therefore, this story has been passed down as a much-told story until today.
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