Yang Jisheng, a famous remonstrator in the Ming Dynasty, was born in Rongcheng County, Hebei, into a family where generations of farmers had studied and farmed. He started herding cattle when he was eight years old. At that time, an old Confucian named Shen opened a teaching scho

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The famous remonstrator of the Ming Dynasty Yang Jisheng was born in Rongcheng County, Hebei, into a family where generations of farmers have studied. He started herding cattle when he was eight years old. At that time, an old Confucian named Shen opened a teaching school in the village. Yang Jisheng often watched from the window and was very envious of those students. Later, his father allowed him to go to school and then go herd cattle after school.

Yang Jisheng is very smart. He can recite the books he has learned after reading them several times, and he can

learn a couplets in less than five days of school.

One day, an older student came to the school, and the teacher made a couplet: "Old student."

None of the students could answer the question. When asked about Yang Jisheng, he immediately replied: "Little Jinshi." The private school teacher was overjoyed.

Once, the private school teacher went out, and the students were playing games in the classroom. Unexpectedly, the teacher suddenly came back, and everyone hid in a hurry. The husband was furious and sent out a pair of pieces: "Hide your appearance." Those who hit the target would be exempted from punishment. Yang Jisheng immediately replied: "Show your surname and make your name famous." After hearing this, Mr.

's anger immediately disappeared and he exclaimed in surprise: "This son will definitely be on the Huangjia in the future." Yang Jisheng's father was good at couplets. Whenever a guest came, he would Order Yang Jisheng to write a couplet. One day, Yang Jisheng's cousin Xin Tiyuan came to visit. It happened that there was no wine at home, so Xin Tiyuan came out of the first couplet and said: "Without wine, you are a poor master." Yang Jisheng, who was on the side, replied: "You have a son who is a famous minister." After hearing this, Xin Tiyuan couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.

In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing (1547), Yang Jisheng passed the Jinshi examination and later became a member of the Ministry of War. He was put on death row for impeaching the traitor Yan Song. While in prison, he wrote a famous couplet: "Iron shoulders bear moral responsibility; hard hands carry articles." Showing his unyielding strength, he was later killed.

Yang Jisheng, a famous remonstrator in the Ming Dynasty, was born in Rongcheng County, Hebei, into a family where generations of farmers had studied and farmed. He started herding cattle when he was eight years old. At that time, an old Confucian named Shen opened a teaching scho - DayDayNews

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