Jinghong Building

Chapter 307 He was sold by his uncle (two chapters in one)

He Ran knew that this was just the beginning.

So she put this matter in front of Zhou Jian.

When Bai Yan left Jing, He Ran hired a new teacher for Zhou Jian.

Just like letting Zhou Jian get married, Bai Yan, the teacher, is also controversial.

Of course, the controversy over Bai Yan was not reflected in the interview, but it could not escape the ears of the Jinyiwei.

These scholars who took the official exam came from all directions, but after arriving in the capital, they formed one large and small groups after another.

For example, the "Zhending Hometown Association" and the "Pingyang Poetry Friends Association" are large groups.

There is also a small group of four or five people. They are either fellow townsmen, classmates, or just to save rent.

But whether it is large or small, they will talk together, talk about music, chess, poetry, painting, wind, flowers, current affairs, and after chatting, they will talk about Bai Yan.

Bai Yan was from Qingzhou. At this time, Qingzhou was still the territory of the new emperor. There were no Qingzhou students who came to take the official exam, and Bai Yan was not Feng Xieying, and he had no reputation in the world.

There has always been a saying that "there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts". Literatures have always been the case.

Therefore, is Bai Yan's knowledge and virtue worthy of being the Emperor's teacher?

Not worthy, definitely not worthy!

Although He Dadao was wise and powerful, he was just a woman and a military general after all.

So He Dadang mistakenly regarded the fish eye as a pearl.

Anyone of them can compare Bai Yan to dust by pulling out one of them.

They even believed that the most urgent task was that what He Dadao family should do was not to conquer cities and plunder the land, nor to stabilize the people's hearts, but to choose another imperial teacher for King Zhao!

The students argued endlessly about who was the candidate for Emperor Zhao, and even some groups broke up about it.

When Zhong Yi told He Ran the news he found out, He Ran only said two words: "I'm idle!"

These people can't be idle.

In addition to arranging heavy training courses and busy internships for the 82 selected people, He Ran did not give up on those students who failed.

These people are too idle and will have something to do.

Just when these people who failed to be elected are drunk or pretend to be crazy and stupid, crying that their true talents and knowledge are unappreciated, a document will be directed at the beginning. The second exam will be held in two months. Students who fail the exam can register for reference.

Unlike the official exam, this second exam scored multiple subjects, including water conservancy, farming, medicine, construction, arithmetic, criminal law, astronomy, etc. Other subjects listed are collectively referred to as Yu Ke. Candidates who register will be noted when registering. It's fine, such as doing business.

As soon as the official document was released, some people were happy and some were worried. It is said that some people stood in front of the official document and cried loudly, saying that he was full of knowledge but had no place to use his skills.

But many people also came to register, for example, there was a pair of brothers surnamed Lin who were swept in the second round of the written test. They were already preparing to return to their hometown in Henan, and the official documents for the second exam were posted, so they immediately signed up.

After asking other candidates, they found out that their family has been farming for generations. After his father was admitted to the scholar, he insisted on farming and wrote a book on farming. Their brothers have been with his father since childhood and are proficient in farming.

Another candidate asked if anyone who had not taken the official exam could register. He heard that he could also register, so he immediately asked someone to bring a letter to his family. It turned out that the candidate had an uncle who was addicted to mathematics at home.

What made those scholars who were highly regarded by themselves even more angry was that many candidates from merchants all went to register, they could do business and keep accounts.

He Ran was worried that no one would sign up at first. After all, many subjects were difficult to enter the elegant hall for those elegant scholars, but unexpectedly, hundreds of people signed up on the day the notice was posted.

For a moment, scholars all over the city were talking about the second exam, but no one was sad about changing the master for King Zhao.

Registration for the second exam is still underway. Although many people have signed up, among these people who have already signed up, only a few have real skills, and even less than 30%.

He Shuming is one of them.

During this official examination, many people met He Ran, but He Shuming did not include him.

He was defeated in the third round of the written test, and many people were defeated in this round.

The reason for this is that this third round is used for the examination papers in the Beizhili provincial examination.

The test papers for the provincial examination have been completed, but unfortunately, the King of Jin rebelled and the provincial examination was cancelled. After Feng Xieying heard about it, he asked someone to find the test papers and modify them, and then used them in three rounds of written tests.

It is conceivable that the candidates who can survive the third round are at least at the level of a juren.

Is it easy to take the exam for Juren?

He Shuming is not even Tong Sheng. It is a blessing that he can survive the second round. When he saw the test paper in the third round, he knew that he had no chance.

This time, twelve people came from the He clan, and a few of them left the capital in shame knowing that they had no hope.

But He Shuming and several others did not leave. Fortunately, this time, a child of the He family was selected for the official examination. Now he has gone to the Imperial College for classes. After the course is over, he will be sent to the yamen for internship.

This child is named He Zongqun, who comes from a branch of the He family. When he entered Beijing, the clan did not want to bring him with him. He was followed with shamelessness, but he did not expect that the only one who was chosen was him.

The uncle of the He family, who brought them together, was very moved. Before the person had returned, he had already written a letter to inform the clan that he would take more care of He Zongqun's family.

He Shuming could guess without thinking that from now on, the He family will gather the strength of the entire clan to support He Zongqun, just like the head of the family to support Master He.

He Shuming came back from outside and arrived at the inn. He didn't see other He's children. After asking, he found out that they had all gone to the clan's uncle's house. He Shuming hurried over and realized that He Zongqun was back.

These days, He Zongqun has been in the Imperial College for food and accommodation, and this is the first time he has come back.

He is here to say goodbye to everyone. His course in Imperial College has ended, and he has received a notice that he is going to intern in Nanyang.

The children of the He family were envious and their words were full of compliments. Even the clan uncle who always had a stern face couldn't help but praise him a few words and said, "Nanyang is good. It is said that there is a Jinghong Tower in Nanyang, which shows that it is big. The head of the family is still taking care of the He family.”

Not every place has Jinghong Tower. Any place with Jinghong Tower is particularly favored by He Da family.

How many of the eighty-two reserve officials can be sent to places with Jinghong Tower?

Just thinking about this, Uncle He felt relieved physically and mentally.

He Zongqun smiled and said yes, but he warned himself not to take the words of his clan uncle seriously. He didn't know before, but now he has entered the officialdom with one foot. If he can't understand it in his heart, then wait for abuse.

He Zongqun came here this time, first to say goodbye, and secondly, it was also to remind everyone that the boss attached great importance to the second exam. When he went to the Imperial College to teach them, he also mentioned the second exam. The boss said that now everything is in trouble. Scholars who need knowledgeable knowledge also need talents from all aspects, and those with skills can be valued.

He Zongqun was very good at speaking. His words made the He family's children highly motivated. Anyone who signed up was planning to register tomorrow.

As for the specialty, I’m just a fool. If you have dates or not, you might be right. Among these He family's children, He Shuming is like a transparent person, and no one even knows when he went out.

However, Uncle He knew it.

He sighed silently in his heart, saying that he had broken all the good cards, and he was talking about He Shuming and his family.

He Shuming walked alone on the streets of the capital. Night fell, and he was still on the street.

He didn't want to go back to the inn. He knew that these He family members were looking at him with cumbersome eyes. They were afraid that He Ran would take his anger on the entire He clan because of his family.

Suddenly it became dark in front of him, and a tall figure blocked He Shuming's way.

He Shuming was stunned and saw a man standing in front of him with a fierce look on his face.

"What are you going to do?" He Shuming asked boldly.

The man's voice was cold: "Young Master He, don't tell us when you come to the capital, come with me."

He Shuming was startled and instinctively wanted to turn around and run away, but when he turned around, he hit a man. Behind him, there was a burly man standing there at some time.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

The next moment, He Shuming's thin body had been raised, and he was stuffed into a carriage like a chicken caught. The carriage was pitch black all over, and the horses were also black, and in an instant he sank into the night.

At noon the next day, He Shuming returned to the inn with a blue nose and a swollen face. Everyone just looked at him and was busy with their own things. No one asked him where he went last night, and no one cared about why he was injured.

He Shuming fell on the bed and stared blankly at the tent above his head.

He had met the two great men, who were the creditors of his uncle.

Uncle Yan had a smooth journey in the more than ten years after his sister married into the He family, but just after the accident of Yan, Uncle Yan had memorized the word "六" and everything went wrong. First, he suffered a big mistake in business. The Yan family's pen and ink shop that had been open for many years was sold at a low price. Later, Uncle Yan became addicted to gambling and was in debt.

Uncle Yan once took these two great men to find He Shuming, so He Shuming had to take him a jade pendant he had worn for many years to pay off his debt.

Later, the two big men looked for him again. Uncle Yan had no money, so he asked the creditor to come to find his nephew.

He Shuming never expected that he had already come to the capital, and these people were still in dispersed, and they could still find him.

The two big men told him that Uncle Yan and his family ran away, and they were missing their whereabouts. They could not find Uncle Yan. He heard that He Shuming came to Beijing for an exam, so he came over.

The reason why they kept looking for He Shuming was because Uncle Yan told them that He Shuming was the eldest son of the house and grandson. When Mrs. He left Zhending, she handed over all the deeds and land deeds at home to him.

The He family knew it was nonsense when they heard it. Mrs. He would rather take all of these into the coffin than hand them over to He Shuming.

But outsiders would not think so. In a critical situation, isn’t it human nature to leave the family property to the eldest grandson?

He Shuming argued with reason, but it was useless. The two of them took him to a place. When he arrived, he realized that it turned out to be a small waiter.

The two of them had a contract signed by Uncle Yan, and his good uncle sold him!

These days, good families cannot buy and sell, but if they are sold by their relatives, they can only admit that they are unlucky.

Even if a scholar like He Shuming sues the yamen, his reputation will be over if the contract of selling his body is invalid, let alone if he sells him to a waiter.

He Shuming said all the good things and finally agreed.

The two of them told him to return to Zhending within three days, hand over all the things, and return the contract to him.

Otherwise, the news that he was sold to a young waiter would be spread. Anyway, scholars are crowded in the capital now, so it is clear that he will still have the face to call himself a scholar in the future.

He came back to pack his things, and now the two of them are still guarding outside the inn.

He Shuming knew that he could not stay in the capital. He could not take the second exam or something. He had to follow those two people back to Zhending now, but so what if he went back? Where did he go to find a land deed?

The only way is to escape on the road. As for where to escape, he has not yet thought about it.

At this moment, he thought of He Ran.

Last night, he carried He Ran out and said he was He Ran's younger brother, but the two guys laughed.

They are real people, who doesn’t know the relationship between He Ran and the He family?

If He Ran had regarded the He family as a relative, the He family would have been prosperous long ago, so how could they have to go to Beijing to take the exam?

He Shuming clenched his fists. Didn’t it be said that He Ran was broad-minded, even King Jin and King Kaizhou were tolerant?

All nonsense.

He Ran is narrow-minded and just a trivial matter, so she is petty about the He family.

As the biological flesh and blood of Master He and Yan, even though he didn't know about the things he had at first, he gradually understood later.

So what if she is abandoned? Didn't she live a good life?

If she had stayed in the He family forever, could she be adopted by He Jinghong, inherit Jinghonglou, and become the leader of the Ranjun?

Speaking of which, she also wants to thank Master He for his abandonment.

But she treated the He family as an enemy, regardless of whether she was concerned about her or not.

He Ran: If I treat you as enemies, would you guess you can still live now?

He Shuming remembered his younger brothers and sisters, He Shuting and He Shuqiao.

These two guys left him as their elder brother early and left by themselves. If they were still there, my uncle would not have held him alone to **** blood.

At least, He Shuting is old enough to get married, and the He family doesn't care about them. His uncle can also exchange a lot of brides for He Shuting. Maybe he would have paid off all his debts long ago.

The more He Shuming thought about it, the more wronged he felt, but time didn't wait for anyone, and the two creditors were still outside.

He didn't dare to let them wait too much. He was worried that these two guys would come up and took out his contract to sell his body in front of everyone.

He can't afford to lose this face.

He Shuming didn't have much luggage, so he quickly packed it up and told his uncle that he would go back to Zhendang and come back in a few days.

The clan uncle didn't look down on him at first. Since he wanted to go back, then go back.

He Shuming walked out of the inn with his luggage. When the two of them saw him, they rushed him into the black carriage one after another.

He Shuming turned around and looked at the inn behind him. He knew that he would have no chance of going there.