The feudal dynasty adopted the imperial examination system to select and employ people, and the highest-ranking talent was called the champion. Today, the descendant of this champion is called Niu Shijing. As a descendant of the top scholar, he should be a scholarly family in our impression. After all, the birth of the champion should have a certain cultural background, but this descendant of the champion named Niu Shijing is not like this. It is embarrassing that he has been begging for a living so far.
The origin of Niujiazhuang
Niu Shijing's ancestors were martial arts champions in the Qing Dynasty. The first martial arts champion of this family was Niu Fengshan. Niu Fengshan was born in Henan. When he was born, his family was poor, and it was not enough for him to go to a private school to study literature. Niu Fengshan had to practice martial arts with his uncle.
Niu Fengshan is very accomplished in martial arts, and he works hard himself. Up to now, there is still a big stone in the Scholar's Academy of Niu Family, on which there are traces of Niu Fengshan practicing martial arts. Niu Fengshan 1833 was admitted to the top martial arts scholar.
Niu Fengshan won the highest prize in Wu, and he swaggered in front of the common people. But Niu Fengshan did not do this, but treated people with great modesty and courtesy. No one rides a tall horse in Niu Fengshan's hometown mountain village. Niu Fengshan was worried that others would point at him and walked slowly at the entrance to the village.
Niu Fengshan also speaks softly to the villagers in the village. Niu Fengshan has always been a company commander, and he was very honest and clean during his reign.
Niu Fengshan is not only very strict with himself, but also very strict with the education of future generations. Under strict education, his son is also very successful. His son Niu Xuan won the first prize of literature prize with 1865. Niu Xuan made great achievements in calligraphy, and even left many Mo Bao, which made him famous in the industry.
There is also an episode in Qing Shi Lu about Niu Xuan taking the imperial examination and winning the first prize in literature: Niu Xuan accidentally dropped a drop of ink on the paper when he entered the palace examination, and Niu Xuan didn't realize that he had ink.
According to the regulations, he can only get dimethyl. Empress Dowager Cixi, the ruling class at that time, liked Niu Jue's calligraphy very much, and was called to the Golden Temple to take a message. Since then, it has been an anecdote that the father and son won the first prize, and it is this father and son who left the first prize house for future generations.
Today's Niujia Zhuangyuanfu
No one can imagine that there was only one beggar, Niu Shijing, in the once famous "No.1 Scholar's Mansion". The original Champion House covers an area of 2,400 square meters. There are carved beams and painted buildings in the Champion House, which are divided into East and Westinghouse. The word "imperial edict" is written on the plaque, which describes the highest glory of the Niu family.
The Revolution of 1911 ended the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and the former scholar's house floated with the changes of the times, and the glory of the past can still be seen vaguely. Niu Shijing has been waiting for this dilapidated scholar mansion. For Niu Shijing, this place can also provide him with a shelter from the wind and rain. The government wants to give him subsidies, but he doesn't want them. He always said, just have a bite to eat.
Niu Shijing used to be a college student. In 1960s, he was admitted to a university and became a college student in New China. You should know that the gold content of college students at that time was still quite high, and they could become college students, at least their work and life were guaranteed. But as a former intellectual, Niu Shijing seems to have been hit hard by turbulent times.
Why Niu Shijing is now an old scavenger is unknown. When someone asked him the secret of life, he told the bearer that his ancestors had taught him not to reveal it.
Despite the constant war, Niu Shijing's education in his bones is never lacking. Although the old man has been living alone, he can always clean himself up. Although the place where he lives is shabby, it is not sloppy at all.
Although the old man can only make a living by begging, he never wants state subsidies. He said he just needed something to eat. Niu's former residence has completely declined by Niu Shijing's generation. In the case of water and electricity cuts, the old man has been sticking to his ancestral home. Although he is begging, he doesn't need state subsidies.
Old Newman Ishii has lived in a cave in the Champion House so far, and his daily water use is from outside. Without electricity, the old man only has two candles, and the furnishings in the cave are very simple. At first glance, there is only one kang, and clothes and supplies are begging. All the junk is in this cave, and other buildings in the Champion House have generally collapsed, making it uninhabitable.
Champions and beggars.
As a descendant of a former champion, Niu Shijing also went to college. There are certain conditions that can make him live a better life, at least a little sense of security, but today's Niu Shijing does not say the minimum sense of security.
He can't even reach the level of connecting water and electricity. The old man is over 500 years old and needs someone to take care of him and help him live. However, he lives alone in such a remote place that it is difficult to help him. The local government has also thought of many ways, but old Newman has always refused. In his view, it is the most important thing to stick to the house left by our ancestors.
The local government once sent someone to find Niu Shijing, hoping that he could obey the government's arrangement, live in a better place and enjoy government subsidies. After all, the elderly are over half a year old, and out of humanitarian spirit, the local government can't say no to them. And now that the national policy is good, elderly people living alone like this can also be properly managed.
As others, we can't evaluate Niu Shijing's life, and any evaluation is an act of disrespect for the elderly. The past glory can only represent the past glory. What we can trace back is only some traces of the past, and it can't bring substantial changes to today's life.
People nowadays should be pragmatic. Through hard life and struggle, we do not deny the achievements made by Niu Shijing and his predecessors, but we have to sigh that such a former senior intellectual has been reduced to the company of beggars.
Niu Shijing may have suffered a great blow, but today, the descendants of this champion live alone in the ruins of the champion mansion in the deep mountains in a place without water and electricity, relying on the primitive lifestyle. This trend in life can't help but make people sad!
Many aristocratic families in history are also embarrassed. Many aristocratic families are not rich enough for three generations. Decades have passed, not to mention the house, and future generations can't find it. Niu Shijing can still live alone in his ancestral home, and it is really rare that Niu's number one scholar mansion still exists. I believe that under the care of the local government, Niu Shijing's life will be greatly improved and he will die without regret.