Tai Jia

What Sun Xiong didn't expect was that He Xihua didn't know what the plan was, but he was so concerned about his imperial examinations that he would spare several hours every day for him to review the scriptures, or to recite the codes, or to let him He recited poems and composed Fu.

Every five days, Sun Xiong had to teach Kaimeng boys at the county school, which was miserable.

"My lord." One day, Sun Xiong came back from the county school and said hesitantly, "I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Then don't talk about it."

In the same words, he, Sun Xiong, couldn't say it, so He Xihua could say it. Fortunately, the two of them are now somewhat familiar, so Sun Xiong shyly said: "The villain has no lofty ambitions. , this imperial examination..."

"If you are like Jie Zitui, I will not force you to find an empty mountain to become a hermit. But since you are already in the world, it means that you are not someone who is not an outsider. Why are you so opposed to the imperial examination? "He Xihua naturally gave him half of the file in his hand, and stared at him with sparkling eyes, "Could it be that your identity is fake, or you have a criminal record, so you can't do scientific research?"

Sun Xiong was inexplicably shaken by the look of those eyes, and also surprised by the unfinished meaning in his words, and said with a sneer: "Where is the adult, imagine if the villain has a criminal record, how would he dare to come to the yamen to ask for a job? Isn't that like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

"The sheep go into the tiger's mouth? En?" He Xihua raised his eyebrows.

Sun Xiong said with a mournful face, "The villain's improper use of words should be a trap for himself. You have seen it too, my lord. The villain has not liked reading since he was a child. He is just a piece of rotten wood, mud that can't support the wall..."

He Xihua's face gradually turned cold, "I have worked so hard to find a good future for you, but you are trying to shirk like this..."

Sun Xiong hurriedly pleaded guilty, but secretly groaned in his heart, He Xihua was really cunning, and he was always thinking of him on the surface, but in fact he was forced into a dilemma.If you don't win, you will lose your dignity, and if you win, there will be endless troubles.

"There's no need to mention this matter again." He Xihua's expression did not soften, and he hated that iron could not become steel. "You are talented and intelligent, and you can understand a little bit. If I am half as smart as you, why bother to read at night and hang on the beam?"

This person is so humble that Sun Xiong has not yet found out whether he is a real celebrity or a hypocrite, so he can only boast: "The 13-year-old Tanhualang, the Tianqi Xuanqi is the only adult in the world, and who is the world's scholar?" Don't you know the demeanor of adults?"

"Okay." He Xihua was disgusted when he heard that, "there are few yamen affairs during this time, you don't have to come here every day to check things out, you should stay in the county school more. There will be a baby test in August, you are recommended by me, If it's the seat-filler, you fill in as the official."

Outrageous!audacious in the extreme!

Sun Xiong was astonished beyond words, but still bowed to the ground "sincerely", "Students pay homage to their teacher, and students congratulate their teacher."

He Xihua accepted it calmly, and said in surprise: "Come to Congratulations officer early, are you so sure that you will win?"

Sun Xiong gritted his teeth and said, "Students will not disgrace the teacher."

Sun Xiong reluctantly wanted to step down, but He Xihua said indifferently: "If you really have an extraordinary background, wouldn't it be better to take this opportunity to change your face?"

Sun Xiong trembled almost imperceptibly, and smiled as he closed the door: "My lord was joking."

However, life in the county school is not as bitter and boring as Sun Xiong imagined.

He was wearing the soap robe of a county clerk, while the students around him were dressed in shabby clothes, some in patches, some in bunts. There was a peasant boy named Qin Jun, who seemed to have only one decent clothes, and lived for half a month. I wear that suit every day.

He gets dry food from the small kitchen of the county government every day, mostly Hubing with mutton, but his classmates often eat with pickled vegetables. The irony is that Bao Chu, the son of the chef of the largest restaurant in Linhuai, can only eat for every meal. Brown rice with water.

He lives in the county government office. Although it is a shabby room, there is one room for each person, and all the beds and bedding are available.And many students came from villages tens of miles away. Their parents were farmers, so they couldn't afford to rent a house in the county town, so they lived in groups in ruined temples and Taoist temples.

The county government is very close to the county school. He can sleep until the sky is light and then get up leisurely every day. He can sit in the classroom after walking a hundred steps, but there are still many students who have to get up early every day. five miles.

Even Zhou Ziwen, who came from a wealthy family envied by everyone in the county school, is nothing more than dressed up than ordinary people, can eat meat dishes at lunch, and has a clumsy little book boy to carry things.

The gentlemen of the county school are not well-learned Confucianists, but mostly old scholars with fame and fame. Many of them have brilliant heads and poor books, but they have never earned a job in their lives.

In the past dynasties, if one gets a Juren, one can be listed in the Ministry of Rites, and is expected to be an official in various prefectures, and even has preferential treatment in corvee taxation.But Linhuai County is not a place of Wenchang in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are very few people who can pass the exam every year. Even if they pass the exam, most of them are looking for errands outside, and it is rare to return to the village.He Xihua would invite Juren to give lectures every month. At that time, the county school was always bustling with students, and all the students worshiped Juren together.

Sun Xiong has had a famous teacher since he was a child, and his family has countless books and classics. Even if he deliberately hides his clumsiness, he is even better than these masters, and he soon became famous in Linhuai County.

Facing the jealous, envious, or ingratiating eyes of his surroundings, Sun Xiong slowly came to his senses—it turned out that what he thought was extremely down-and-out, was already a dream in the eyes of others.

Everyone in the county school studies hard. If Sun Xiong lives in a daze, he will be too ignorant.But those classics and righteousness that I have learned by heart since childhood and taught by famous Confucians in the world are really boring. There are not many famous teachers in this county who are proficient in poetry and poetry.

So Sun Xiong could only specialize in legal codes. In the past, in the capital, he always fell asleep whenever he had a code subject, but now he has so many cases in the yamen for comparison. , actually quite interesting.

Therefore, in the monthly examination of the county school, Sun Xiong won the first prize in all five subjects of Confucianism, Policy Theory, Poetry and Fu, Code of Laws, and Official Documents.

"That's right, like you, a scholar is easy to come by," He Xihua heard about this, and immediately called him to remind him, "You must know that I have never been a Jieyuan since Linhuai County was established, let alone a Huiyuan or a champion. You must get it." Guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and encourage you to study hard, if you can win Jieyuan in next year's township examination, it will be the glory of Linhuai County."

Sun Xiong resigned in embarrassment, "Students will do their best to live up to the original intention of adults to promote culture and education."

He Xihua is only 16 years old, and his face is still a little immature, but his words are mature, "This is the merit of the emperor's enlightenment. I am only a herdsman on behalf of the emperor, so I dare not be greedy for credit."

Sun Xiong sneered, "The emperor has no talent or virtue, and he himself has been taught a lesson. What kind of education does he know?"