[Soul of Chess] What if

Those were some very ordinary papers.

Perhaps because of the age, it looks slightly yellowed.The words on it were written with a brush, and they were all in Chinese.

It is undeniable that those words are indeed beautifully written.

But, it's not easy to recognize at all, isn't it! 〒_〒

It took a lot of effort for Ah Guang to stumble and barely recognize the words "Tianbao Ten Years, November 29th, Yinfang Zhanghe" at the end of the first picture.

As for what was written on it?Sorry, with his current level, there is absolutely no way to understand it. (;all)

Therefore, Ah Guang upheld a good learning attitude of humbly asking for advice, and asked the staff on the side for help: "Excuse me, what are these?"

After looking at the items displayed in the cabinet, the staff said with a smile: "These are the certificates of Mr. Xiu Ce from the first stage to the fourth stage."

"Certificate? What is that for?" A Guang was a little confused.

"When a chess player's chess ability reaches a certain level, a qualified department will issue him a grade certificate to prove his chess ability." The staff explained simply.

After the staff's explanation, Ah Guang finally understood the function of the certificate, but: "Does Xiu Ce only have four paragraphs?"

"No, Mr. Xiu Ce has actually been promoted to master, which is the seventh dan. However, there is no certificate for Mr. Xiu Ce after the fifth dan. It is probably because the high-level certificates were not issued at that time." The staff member Explained in detail, "The correct statement of the rank certificate at that time should be exemption. Generally, it needs to be jointly discussed by the four schools of Honinbo, Yasui, Inoue and Hayashi. It is decided whether to issue it. In addition, the standard for promotion to the senior rank in the Edo period was Quite strict. However, because of this, the ranks of grandmasters at that time completely corresponded to their actual chess skills. :)”

Wow...it sounds so troublesome...╯﹏╰

As soon as Ah Guang heard it, his heart suddenly became like a bitter melon.

It seems that getting this certificate is not an easy task...

But what was written on it?

Although the staff is very kind, Ah Guang is a little embarrassed to bother the other party.So he turned his gaze to Zuo Wei who was still looking into the cabinet.

Zuowei, do you know what is written on it?Ah Guang asked in his heart.

Of course~ Zuo Wei paused, and then answered with a slightly raised tone, seeming a little complacent. (*^﹏^*)

I saw him clearing his throat, and then read in cadence: This is Hu Cirong's first paragraph of exemption certificate, which reads: Although Go is young, it is best to do what you want...

Wait a mininute!As soon as Zuo Wei started, Ah Guang couldn't help shouting to stop.

Looking at Zuo Wei's confused eyes, Ah Guang held back the twitching corners of his mouth and explained guiltily: Well... Zuo Wei, you just need to tell me the general content of the above, you don't need to read the whole text down. ...

Ah Guang would not say that when he heard those awkward ancient characters, the headers became bigger╭(╯ε╰)╮

Probably, only Zuo Wei can recite with such affection... =_=

Although Zuowei was a little puzzled, he still explained roughly according to Aguang's request: the above means: Although Torajiro is young, he is very polite and has a very good chess skill, so he decided to give him the first rank ~*^____^*

Hello!Isn't it the same as praising yourself when someone praises the tiger? As for being so happy...(≡_≡)

Seeing Zuo Wei's very happy expression, Ah Guang felt a little speechless.

Confused, Zuowei's joyful expression disappeared after a while.

It turned out that Toranojiro's teacher, Honinbo Jokazu, withdrew from the Celebrity Chess Institute at the end of November of this year.

The certificate of exemption issued by Hu Cilang was on November 29th, the tenth year of Tianbao.

That is to say, this certificate of exemption issued by Torajiro is the last certificate granted by Jowa in the name of the Celebrity Chess Institute.

After his retirement, he was succeeded by No. 13 Sehoninbo Josaku, and Torano became the apprentice of Josaku.

Eight years later, in the fourth year of Honghua (1847), Motoinbo Jokazu passed away...

"Since that one is the certificate of exemption for the first stage, then this one should be the certificate of the second stage!"

Seeing that Zuowei was a little depressed, Ah Guang quickly changed the subject.

Hmm~ yes. *^_^*

Seeing that Zuo Wei was successfully called back from his downturn, Ah Guang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, a lot of things happened before and after getting the second-stage immunity~ Zuowei said with a smile.

It was the summer of the second year after Jin Duan, and Hu Cilang set foot on the road back to his hometown for the first time.

After returning to his hometown, Torajiro first visited Kuwahara's main family, the Hamamoto family, and then the Hashimoto family who supported him, and then visited Tadaka Asano, and reported to him about his life in Edo.

After listening to the report of Torano Tadaka, he ordered Mr. Sakai Torayama to teach Torano Sinology.

Therefore, during those days, while studying chess diligently, Torano also studied Sinology with his teacher.

After staying in his hometown for a year and a half, Torano went to Edo.

On the way, he met Junjie Nakagawa, a five-dan shogi player from the Inoue family in Osaka. Of course, such a good opportunity to play against a high-dan shogi player should not be missed.

As it should be, Zuowei and Nakagawa Junjie played a game.

They played a total of four games of chess.Of course, Zuo Wei won all four games.

Torano did not arrive in Edo until August.Unexpectedly, there are two major events waiting for him: one is to change his name, and the other is to be promoted to the second dan.

On September 12th, the [-]th year of Tianbao, Motojiro was renamed Xiuce by Benyin Fang Zhangce.

The word "Xiu Ce" is taken from the sum of No. 13 Honinbo Zhang Ce and No. 14 Honinbo Hidewa.

However, since Torra was a foster apprentice of the Asano family, Zhang Ce specially wrote a name change certificate.

It was from this day that Tiger Ciro was renamed Yasuda Hidesaku from Yasuda Eisai.

Five days later, that is, on September [-]th, Zhang Ce issued Hu Cirong a certificate of [-]nd grade.At the end of the certificate, it says "Yasuda Shusakuden" instead of "Yasuda Rongzhaidian".

Do you need to write a name change form to change your name? (⊙o⊙) Ah Guang couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

After all, Torajiro's previous name was given to him by Mr. Asano, so of course he can't change it at will.Here...here is the name change permit.Zuo Wei said, pointing at one of the yellowed papers with a folding fan.

Aguang tried his best to distinguish it, and it really had the words "renamed", "Eizai Kai", "Yasuda Shusaku" written on it.

In the second year, the 13th year of Tianbao (1842), even more things happened.

In May of this year, Zuowei met a good opponent, he was Ota Kumazo.

Ota Kumazo, a businessman, is a chess player of Yasuimen.

He is 22 years older than Tiger Ciro, and his chess strength at this time is at the sixth-dan level.In addition, he has a fair face and red lips, beautiful eyebrows and clear pupils. He is a handsome man.

Similarly, Xiong Zang was considered a maverick existence at the time.

Oshiroki is a chess game in which players from the four great Go players (Honinbo, Yasui, Inoue, and Hayashi) gather at the Central Oku Kuro Academy in Edo Castle every year to play in front of the emperor or general.

The participating chess players are like warriors and have a great sense of honor.

It can be said that Yucheng chess is the most important game for all chess players.

At that time, seven-dan chess players had the obligation to participate in Yuchengqi.But Xiong Zang refused to participate.

He said: I don't want to get a reward, I don't want to participate in Yuchengqi, it's better not to shave my hair and rise to the seventh rank...("▔▔▔)

Since May, Zuo Wei has played multiple matches with this person.The game continued until the end of August, and there were eleven rounds in total.

On July [-]th, Torajiro obtained the three-stage certificate, which may be because the content of the game with Kumazo was affirmed.

Zuo Wei benefited a lot from this game.In the following games, he will be the most opponent.

Later, they also held the "Show Policy · Xiongzang Lifting and Lifting Competition for [-] rounds" under the initiative of Akai Goro.

Regrettably, the 23-game contest ended after only [-] games.

It turned out that when Xiongzang traveled around, he died in Takata Hotel in April of the third year of Ansei at the age of 50.

After receiving the obituary, Torari cried bitterly.

After all, Kumazo is not only his own good opponent, but also a teacher and friend to Torasura.

In addition to being promoted to the third dan, there was also the third confrontation between Huanan Yinshuo and Xiuhe on November [-]th.

It was in this game that Torajiro saw the traps on the chess game that all the masters around him hadn't noticed. In order to avoid Xiuhe's defeat, he pretended to drop the teacup by mistake, so that Xiuhe escaped.

In addition, another major event happened this year, that is, in March of this year, the Edo government began to implement the Tianbao reform.

Tianbao reform?Hearing the familiar words, Ah Guang opened his eyes wide.

Zoe nodded with a smile on his face.

Why is Aguang's reaction so big?

This will rewind the camera to the second day when Aguang and Zuowei met.

In order not to worry Mitsuko's mother, Aguang endured the feeling of groggy, and insisted on going to school in a feigned spirit.

I didn't expect Sakurai-sensei to take a social test!

Looking at the questions on the test paper, Ah Guang only felt his head hurt even more. 〒_〒

He racked his brains to answer a few questions, and he was still not sure whether the answer was correct.Now he is thinking hard about a fill-in-the-blank question about Tianbao reform.

what……

Who is it...

Alas...it can't be done...

Zuo Wei, do you know about the Tianbao Reform?Ah Guang asked without hope.

Surprisingly, Zuo Wei answered immediately: Tianbao reform?Do you mean Mizuno Tadamuni's old middle school?

So, with the blessing of the Zuowei brand plug-in, A Guang successfully passed the exam (=^ω^=)

What about when Admiral Perry arrived in Uraga?What are you and Torajiro doing?Ah Guang asked with a little interest.

At that time, I was in a [-]-round match with Ota Kumazo~o((*^▽^*))o Although Admiral Perry led four warships to Uraga Port, it caused quite a stir, but at that time we all I was concentrating on the chess game, so I didn't pay much attention to it (＾＾＾)

Cut~ I can remember it without paying much attention to it, how embarrassing it is for me... Ah Guang said dissatisfied.

On October 14th in the 1843th year of Tenpo ([-]), Toranojiro obtained the fourth-dan certification.

At that time, the fourth dan was regarded as a high-ranking chess player, which was of great value, and more people wanted to play against him.

And these are all the stories behind Toranojiro's certificate and name change application form from the first to the fourth stage that I know.Sato said with a final sigh.

The author has something to say:

Well...the logic should be pretty clear...(ー_ー)!!