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Wei Lingxiu couldn't help but tell Yan Jingze the benefits of studying and taking the exam.

As long as you become a scholar, you can have some privileges, you can also recruit students to support your family, and it will be even more amazing after being admitted to Juren. Although there are more and more scholars now, and there are more and more scholars here in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not a problem for a person to go to a remote place to be a master book or something, and he can also teach and so on.

If you can be admitted to Jinshi, it will definitely be a step up to the sky.

Wei Lingxiu had listened to this before, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, this road was really difficult, but now it was Yan Jingze's turn, and he felt that Yan Jingze had to give it a try.

After Wei Lingxiu finished speaking, Yan Jing looked at Wei Lingxiu: "Your words make sense, so you must study hard."

Wei Lingxiu: "???"

Yan Jing said again: "I will watch you study. From today on, you should study hard and find a teacher in a few days, so that you can go to the exam in the future!"

Wei Lingxiu was stunned. He had taken the Tongsheng exam before, but he couldn't pass it at all. Now Yan Jing wants him to take the merit exam?The most important thing is... "Brother Yan, the imperial examination requires both ability and political integrity, and I can't."

"Why?" Yan Jing asked.

"I was kicked out of the house." Wei Lingxiu said.

He has become more sober these days, realizing that his father really dislikes him.

In fact, if a man is with a man, it is shameful to say that it is serious, but in fact, if it is covered up a little, it is just a romantic affair.

But this matter was deliberately designed by his family, how could he cover it up?

"Then I can?" Yan Jing asked back, Wei Lingxiu really didn't do anything, but he had a lot of dark history.

"Why not?" Wei Lingxiu asked, and said some circumstances that could not take the scientific examination, such as the son of an actor, he could not participate in the scientific examination.

And it mainly depends on the father. For example, someone's mother was an actor, but his father was not, and he has never been a lowly citizen, so there is no hindrance.

On the contrary, if someone like Wei Lingxiu was considered unfilial by his father, he would basically miss the imperial examination.

Yan Jing only has the memory of the original owner, and the original owner only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun. He really doesn't know this. Now that Wei Lingxiu explained it, he knows the reason.

Then he thought about it carefully...he found that he could actually take the imperial examination.

His family is a farmer. Although his father is a jerk, he mainly drinks and gambles by himself, and has not left a criminal record.

Arriving at the original owner...

The original owner had been fighting a lot in recent years, but the people who found fault were those who really owed money to the casino. There was also the Li family behind the casino, and those people would not report to the police, so the original owner had no criminal record.

So in terms of identity, he is an innocent farmer.

Yan Jing was speechless for a while.

Some regulations in this place really made him unable to understand.

"So, Brother Yan, you can try it." Wei Lingxiu was full of confidence.

When he first came out of Wei's house, he felt like the sky was falling.

However, he had encountered too many things in the past two days, and he didn't have time to think about it.

Yan Jing looked at Wei Lingxiu, saw Wei Lingxiu's earnest gaze, and immediately said, "Ling Xiu, do you know how much it costs to study?"

Wei Lingxiu was taken aback.

Yan Jing said: "We have no money now."

So copy the book!

They bought a lot of paper and pens from the county seat, and Wei Lingxiu had all the most basic Four Books and Five Classics.

Yan Jing followed Wei Lingxiu to read the book once, and watched Wei Lingxiu write the words he didn't know. After copying a few "San Zi Jing", he began to copy other books.

Wei Lingxiu: "..." He has been studying these few books for ten years, but he didn't recite them because he didn't pay attention to them. Yan Jing actually recited them in a few days!

In this world, there are such intelligent people!

If scholars want to write well, they have to practice their arm strength. Some people will write on the wall specially, but no matter how hard they practice, they can't compare with Yan Jingze!

Yan Jing can pick up something that weighs a hundred catties with one hand, and even shake it a few times. What he lacks most is arm strength!

As for the boring writing... thinking about the pension money I need, I can bear it.

Wei Lingxiu can only write about [-] words a day at most, but Yan Jing can write [-] to [-] words a day.

When copying a new book for the first time, he had to look at the book a few times, but after copying it once, he could write directly, which was even more trouble-free.

So, within a few days, Yan Jing finished copying all the thick stack of paper he bought home last time.

He even repaired his own house while copying books.

By weaving bamboo pieces together and adding wooden strips, the wall can be repaired, and then a layer of mud is pasted on the inside, so that it will never be ventilated. With thatch, there will be no rain leakage.

After finishing the work, Yan Jing went to the village head's house to return the tools.

The village chief's family was very surprised to see him come to return the things... They probably thought that he had borrowed something and would not return it.

When they got home, Yan Jing took Wei Lingxiu to the county again to sell books.

When I went back to the bookstore last time, Yan Jing found that people in the bookstore didn't like him very much, and he didn't want to go in this time: "Ling Xiu, you go to the bookstore to sell books, and I'll go buy something to eat."

"Okay." Wei Lingxiu agreed.

Yan Jing went to buy food and meat, and planned to buy some chickens to raise.

Although Wei Lingxiu has been talking about letting him take the imperial examination these days, he still feels that it is too far away from him.

And... Don't look at him who can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics now, he doesn't understand the meaning of the words above!

What Yan Jing thinks right now is to make more money and save more pension money.

Thinking that he can also make money, Yan Jing has confidence when spending money, and when he was shopping, Wei Lingxiu had already entered the bookstore.

As soon as he entered the bookstore, Wei Lingxiu felt a "thump" in his heart—his brother was also there.

His generation in the Wei family belongs to the Ling generation. Wei Lingxiu's two younger brothers are called Wei Lingyuan, who is fourteen this year, and Wei Lingqi, who is eleven this year.

Wei Lingqi was young, so he basically didn't come out to socialize, and was confined to study all day long. However, Wei Lingyuan passed the Tongsheng examination last year, and he would go out with his classmates from time to time. It is not unusual to meet him in a bookstore now.

Wei Lingxiu has always been at odds with this younger brother.

His younger brother envied him that he could not be restrained, but he envied that his younger brother was disciplined.

Fortunately, after he entered the bookstore, his brother turned a blind eye to him.

Wei Lingxiu heaved a sigh of relief, went to the shopkeeper and said that he had copied some more books, and asked the shopkeeper to help him read it.

"How much did you copy? Show me." The shopkeeper said.

Wei Lingxiu took out a large stack.

Shopkeeper: "..."

Book printing is very expensive, and these days, almost all scholars can copy books.

But it is difficult for ordinary people to copy a good word, and they have to spend more time on reading, so they generally don’t make money by copying books. They mostly copy a good book and keep it for themselves, or give it as a gift. people.

Of course, the bookstore will hire some old boy students who have never been admitted to the scholar, or even those who have not even passed the exam to help copy books, and some people make a living by doing this.

But those old boys who copied books couldn't copy so much as Wei Lingxiu!

More importantly, Wei Lingxiu's handwriting is very good.

The "Three Character Classic" that Wei Lingxiu put in his place before sold out quickly because of its good writing.

At this time, it is difficult for some peasants to study and find a good teacher, let alone how to practice handwriting. Although Wei Lingxiu's handwriting is not good, it actually surpasses the handwriting of many scholars. Naturally, some people are willing to buy it and copy it .

It's just that Wei Lingxiu has written so much in just a few days?

Isn't he writing day and night?

The shopkeeper of the bookstore couldn't help but said: "Young Master Wei, don't think I'm too talkative...that's a big talk, don't worry about it."

No normal person can write so much in a few days, this must be forced!

"He treated me very well." Wei Lingxiu said.

The shopkeeper didn't believe it, but he looked carefully - Wei Lingxiu was driven out of Wei's house, but his face was rosy, and he didn't look like he had been wronged at all.

Didn't Yan Jingze force Wei Lingxiu?

But if so, where did these books come from?

People in their shop who were accustomed to copying books could not copy as much as Wei Lingxiu in a few days if they copied less demanding vernacular books.

"Brother Wei, isn't that your elder brother?" A voice suddenly came from beside him.

Wei Lingxiu turned his head and saw someone talking to Wei Lingyuan.

Wei Lingyuan was full of disdain: "I don't have such a humble brother!"

Wei Lingxiu secretly clenched his fists.

Wei Lingyuan was young and full of vigor, but he raised his chin again, and said to Wei Lingxiu: "Wei Lingxiu, father is going to open the ancestral hall and expel you, you know? Don't call the name of the Wei family outside in the future."

When Wei Lingxiu saw the appearance of his family members that day, he knew that they might not make him feel better, but he really didn't expect that his father would actually open the ancestral hall to remove him.

"No one cares about playing the name of Wei's family!" As soon as Yan Jingze came in, he saw this scene, and immediately became angry, wishing to go up and fight with someone.

But the memory of the original owner told him that he couldn't afford to offend someone like Wei Lingyuan.

Back then he was able to take Wei Lingxiu away from the Wei family, mainly because the Wei family wanted to drive Wei Lingxiu away, but Wei Lingyuan was different.

Yan Jing suddenly remembered the experience of the original owner after Wei Lingxiu's death.

After Wei Lingxiu was beaten to death by the original owner, the original owner ate, drank and had fun as usual, and the Wei family... Wei Lingyuan was admitted as a scholar at a young age, and it was very popular for a while.

And Wei Lingxiu's father, Mr. Wei, also donated an official and went to take up another post.

Such an official, the original owner will kneel down and salute when he sees it!

The original owner didn’t know what happened later—probably offended too many people. One day, someone invited the original owner to drink, and the original owner came home from the county seat drunk, and then someone rushed out from the side of the road and beat the original owner to death. .

The original owner deserved to die, and Yan Jing didn't bother to think about his affairs, but that Master Wei was an official later on, and this Wei Lingyuan in front of him, who was able to pass the examination as a scholar at a young age, might be able to become an official later on!

Will he still bring Wei Lingxiu to kowtow to these people in the future?

This doesn't work!

Yan Jingze thought that the imperial examination was too far away, but at this moment, he suddenly had the urge to take the imperial examination.

He also wanted to pass Wei Lingxiu's father!

After that, let Wei Lingxiu's father salute him when he meets him!

Yan Jing thought a lot in his mind, but Wei Lingyuan didn't bother to talk to him at all, turned around and left.

Seeing this, Yan Jing suddenly looked at Wei Lingxiu: "Lingxiu, I've decided, I'm going to take the imperial examination!"

Wei Lingxiu's eyes lit up.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore was dumbfounded.Did he hear correctly, Yan Da is actually going to take the imperial examination?Is he stupid or crazy?

I'm afraid he can't even write his own name!