Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

Shang Daoyu observed his little brother carefully for half a month, and found that he had become different since he came back from Hangzhou. Although he tried his best to conceal it, as the mother's father, he could tell at a glance that he was missing a piece or two, not to mention other things. .

I used to go to the front yard every day to compete with Xiao Wu, dress up like a man when I had nothing to do, and stroll around the capital, but now I don’t go, did I suddenly realize that there is a difference between brother and man?

Shang Daoyu approached Jiang Shiwu and asked them about their lives in Hangzhou, from food and clothing to housing and transportation, and finally concluded three points from his words:

[-]. Chen Kai and Shang Wanjun love to play together and ignore them.

Second, the big cousin and the others bullied them.

[-]. In the final conclusion, Xiaodi Lin is the one who is righteous. Without him, he and Xiaoyun would be bullied by his cousin and the others.

It was the first time that Shang Daoyu knew that his son was almost bullied by others, and that Tan'er was worthy of being the future heir of the merchant.

After letting his little brother go to play, Shang Daoyu can vaguely guess the reason, but he is not sure, so he can't say much, but he looks at his little brother every day, either writing articles in the study, or in the yard Practicing guns here, how can a mother not feel distressed.

In fact, if Xiaoyun really came to him and cried and said he didn't want to, let alone a verbal engagement, even if he really got married, even if he offended the two brothers and sisters of the Jiang family, he could push it away for him, and he didn't have to worry about his reputation. , there is a father who fights with the censor every day and every day, and Wu'anhou's mansion doesn't have a good reputation in the eyes of literati.

But after pushing this, and the next one, he must let Xiaoyun realize what he wants. Most of the little brothers can't choose their own life, but you can choose what attitude to face life.

Whether it is good to be a husband and raise children after marriage, or to marry a woman after the Beijing camp, you must first know what you want.

It is said that the rich and powerful have no selfishness, and there are a few scholars living in the Marquis of Wu'an, and everyone who should know it will know it in a few days.

On the 22nd of the first lunar month, the first big court meeting of the new year, all the officials arrived at the palace early. The court rooms on both sides of the Meridian Gate Square are divided into different sizes. Tea and snacks are served in the small court rooms. Only those who can sit in them are above the second rank Civil and military boss.

Seeing that there was still some time before the court meeting, and the left governor of the five armies' governor's mansion, the British Duke Shen Huang laughed and teased Jiang Jun: "Bowei, I heard that you have tied up several scholars in the mansion, and one of them is Lin Yushi. His descendants, why...? Now you are not only targeting Yushi, but even his descendants."

Jiang Jun naturally knew that the governor was reminding himself. If he didn't explain clearly, maybe there would be a censor talking about it at the court meeting.

Quickly explained: "There are indeed three descendants living in the Xiaguan Mansion, one is the nephew of my father-in-law's family, the other is the nephew of the elder brother's family, and the other is the disciple and grandson of my father-in-law, who is also a direct descendant of Lin Yushi."

Then he took a meaningful look at the two censors of the Inspectorate, and said with emotion: "Lin Yushi is a man of great benevolence and courage. I admire him so much. Naturally, I have to take care of my descendants. Besides, I don't want to target The censor is only targeting those villains who don't care about state affairs and people's livelihood, and will follow that gossip woman who only talks about inner privacy."

After Shen Huang saw that he had made it clear, he didn't care anymore. As for how aggrieved the censors felt after hearing his words, he didn't take it into consideration.

Both the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked unhappy, but Lin Boli was a model censor. No matter what they said was inappropriate, they refrained from opening their mouths. I sighed in my heart.

Dong Ge has a white face with beard and hair, and his face is elegant and gentle. At this time, he said with emotion: "The descendants of Lin Yushi... I don't know if they have the demeanor of their ancestors? I think that when Lin Yushi beat the Dengwen drum, the old man still I wasn’t born yet, and now I’m almost knowing my destiny, it’s really aging people.”

After listening to him, the Minister of Rites, who was wearing a pair of trousers with him, said with a smile: "Why is Mr. Ge still hurting Qiu? Of the dozen or so people in our room, Mr. Ge is already considered young. If you Generally speaking, what to do with other senior colleagues."

Mr. Guan Ge squinted his eyes and sipped his tea, and did not answer the words like everyone else, but out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the oldest colleague in the court room, the real old man who was almost seventy years old, Mr. Kong Ge.

Kong Ge raised his drooping eyelids, stroked his silver-white beard, and sighed slowly: "Yes, time flies so fast. Now that I think about it, I followed Xiandi and Lord Shang together. Attacking Mengnu one after the other seems like it happened yesterday, I didn't expect to be able to fight."

After thinking about it, he came back to his senses and exclaimed pretendingly: "Hey..., I'm getting older and my memory is not good. What are you talking about to Brother Dong? You should be in Nanjing at the time, right? No chance. It's a pity to see Master Shang's demeanor when he killed the enemy."

Mr. Li Ge, who has been in a relationship for many years, thought to himself, "These southerners come here to flirt when they have nothing to do, and they deserve to be slapped in the face." '

The several ministers who hadn't been seen as the Marquis of Wu'an and the Yushi of the Inspectorate just now were content to drink tea and eat snacks, pretending to be calm and calm.

The military officers were much more straightforward, and laughed indifferently, thinking, 'everyone was scared by Meng Nu and avoided the river, of course they couldn't see it. '

Minister of the Ministry of Rites turned cold and despised in his heart, "These northerners do not look like scholars. I am afraid that Mr. Kong has been with Wu Fu for a long time, and he has learned to be arrogant and domineering. He speaks without any room, and does not know how to be modest and euphemistic." '

Elder Dong Ge still looked unchanged, looked at the little eunuch who walked in, and asked gently: "But is it time?"

The little eunuch also respectfully said: "Yes, the Holy Majesty has led all the princes to start from the Qianqing Palace. Please move to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to welcome the Holy Majesty."

Naturally, Lin Fangxu and the others were not tied up in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion. The three of them were very free. At this time, Jiang Shiwu was arrested as a guide, and they went to the Zhejiang General Assembly Hall together.

It stands to reason that to become a juren, even if you enter the circle of scholars, you can still get an official position. Even if you don't want to become an official, you can live comfortably and be respected all your life. The ability to resist risks is too low, and the big and small exams are still required. It is not a solid job, but after winning the Juren, you can start the farming mode with peace of mind.

Those who come to participate in the examination naturally don't want to just farm with peace of mind. The vulgar people want to make a fortune, glorify their ancestors, and live a life like a top aristocratic family, and the bells and whistles; Show what you have learned in your chest and contribute to the prosperity of the country and the people.

In short, if you want to achieve the above goals, you must pass the Jinshi examination.

In order to be able to fully adapt to the cold climate in the capital, Lin Fangxu and his group, most of the newly-produced candidates in the seventh year of Jianwen and the previous landed candidates have already arrived in the capital at this time, preparing to participate in the triennial examination of the Ministry of Rites and challenge the imperial examinations. The last hurdle of the exam.

Examiners from all provinces gathered in the capital at this time, and there were probably more than 4000 examinees, plus various entourages.There were 2 or [-] people pouring in all of a sudden. Like Lin Fangxu and others, there are only a small number of people who have a place to stay. The accommodation needs to be solved first.

In the previous dynasty, most of them lived in inns by themselves, and there were almost no private houses near the Gongyuan, and they were all hotels such as "Zhuangyuandian" and "Jinshi's House".

During the time of Mengnu Fanjing, most of the people who could afford property around the Gongyuan fled to the south. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he re-registered and made the book. Naturally, the land deeds and house deeds of the previous dynasty were not recognized, and the houses whose owners ran away were regarded as unowned. The industry was taken back to the imperial court.

The original owner thought that if he wanted to return his property, he would have to spend money to buy it from the court, but even so, there are still many places that are not for sale, and the area around the Gongyuan belongs to this category.

After the Wei Dynasty unified the north and the south, two capitals and thirteen envoys were set up across the country, including the capital, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan, which were called the five northern provinces; Nanjing, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Sichuan were called the five middle provinces; Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan are called the five southern provinces.

In the sixth year of Hongwu, juzi from [-] provinces flooded into the capital, causing the inns to be full. Prices in the capital soared several times in a few months, and many juzi from poor families could not even find shelter.

At the end of the sixth year of Hongwu, first

The emperor ordered people to build fifteen assembly halls in Gongyuanqian Street to provide free board and lodging for candidates from all provinces.In the year of the big competition, all people who have nothing to do with the exam have to move out to receive candidates and attendants, but the attendants are limited to two, and if there are too many, they have to find other accommodations by themselves.

In the first few years, the houses provided by the guild hall were relatively ordinary, and most people from well-to-do families still chose to find their own lodgings. But later, officials of the same nationality, or some wealthy gentry and businessmen donated money, and the conditions of the guild hall gradually improved.

Everyone likes to make a difference, whether sweet bean curd is delicious or salty bean curd is delicious, it can make southerners and northerners quarrel, not to mention the gathering of fifteen halls.

When they were not in Dabi, they compared which guild hall had better food and lodging conditions, or which guild hall did a good job in cultural affairs, so as to prove which province's literary style was at its peak and which province's people were rich.

The year of the big competition is even more serious, the literary meeting is naturally even more important, and the Hanlin Academy, those Hanlin who are free to grow grass, will be invited to attend the evaluation. In the first two big exams, several older princes attended , everyone gathered together to guess whether the candidate won or failed, and the final ranking.

There is no first place in the text, and many people will be biased. Before the exam, the guild halls have already started to quarrel. Do you think you, brother prodigy in Hangzhou, can be the first in the exam? I think I am the number one genius in the capital. Will be able to win the championship.

In the largest guild hall on Gongyuanqian Street, the Jingshi guild hall, the third prince looked at the contestants from various provinces downstairs, smiled and said to Dong Kun who was standing beside him: "Cousin, someone is vying for the first place in the exam. "

Dong Kun had Dong Ge's old gentleman's smile on his face, and said calmly: "There are so many talents in the world, it's too early to say that he will try for the first name, but this brother prodigy is said to be a descendant of Lin Yushi, but it's true." Can meet for a while."

The third prince, Zhu Xianwen, raised his eyebrows and smiled, slandering in his heart, "Speak calmly, on the surface he doesn't care, but he even found out about his birth." '