The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

The imperial examination is to select scholars for the country. Although Yang Yuan has been enthroned for the past few years, he still puts the emperor first in everything. He rewards the old ministers who rely heavily on the emperor. Even the generals who guard the capital are still the emperor's confidantes. There have been changes.Except for the chief and deputy examiners of the general examination who are still arbitrary by the Emperor Gangang, nine out of ten of the chief examiners of the rural examinations and college examinations are dedicated to the Holy One, and many of them are staff from the Xianping Palace.

After Jia Lian took the exam, he looked at the question and guessed that the question came from Mr. Zhao, who was naturally worried about the country and the people.I secretly sighed in my heart that after being a generation shorter than others, I stabilized my flustered mind, quietly thinking about the ambitions that everyone had talked about together, supplemented by the folk truths I saw with my own eyes in the past few years, citing scriptures, Without losing the prudence of pinpointing the current disadvantages, it has displayed many feasible measures for water conservancy construction and agriculture and mulberry. The inspector, who held a bit of contempt, looked at him with admiration.

It was the first time for these two subjects to meet the honorable children who were still eye-catching in Beijing. Naturally, they had to talk about it with their colleagues when they returned from the inspection tour.The Qingliu people disdain to be in the company of nobles, but in their hearts they often envy their titles that can be passed on to future generations and shade their descendants.Zhao Wenlan, the chief examiner of this subject's rural examination, listened to it, and immediately read Jia Lian's article closely during the inspection tour with several curtain officials.

Seeing that Jia Lian's ideas in the article coincided with the teachings of the Holy Majesty in the past few years, the examiner Mr. Zhao also showed his approval when he talked about Jia Lian when he came back, and his literary style was full of vigor but never aggressive, and the several curtain officials knew it in their hearts. , Naturally, Jia Lian will not be called off the list when he goes back to make corrections.It was an old biography appointed by the emperor more than ten years ago, and his words always revealed that this son was still lacking, and he should have a few more years of experience. Such a rare person among all living beings who conforms to the way of the Holy One.

After three consecutive exams, Jia Lian was taken back to the mansion by Lin Zhixiao, and Jia Amnesty also invited a few old doctors with excellent reputation to wait at home, planning to make up for Jia Lian's deficiencies. body.

Unexpectedly, when Jia Lian returned home, he was still in good spirits. As soon as the carriage stopped, he jumped out of the carriage and strode forward along the way. On the contrary, the boys who had been waiting outside the venue for six days were a little listless and almost followed him. Not in his footsteps.The doctors waiting in Lixiangyuan felt the pulse in turn and looked at each other for a while. The oldest one thought about it and wrote a prescription to purify the fire, and told the old man Jia She, who was so dedicated to his children, that everything was fine for Jia Lian. Well, it's just that I may have drank less tea these days, a little mild recipe for lowering the fire, and I can eat it or not.

When Jia She heard that Jia Lian was so strong, he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He only felt that the son he raised was a hundred times stronger than those delicate young men in the second room, and he was sealed by several doctors. Red seal, turned around and picked some old things from the private room to reward Jia Lian, making Jia Lian who was anxious to wash off the dirt on his body dumbfounded.

Naturally, Jia Lian didn't know how to use it, but he drank snow chrysanthemum tea for several days, and also drank a lot of soup that nourishes the lungs and relieves coughs, and his complexion became more rosy. For a horse riding appointment, I brought back many pheasants and rabbits to honor the elders in the mansion.

The cook in Jia She's yard has some experience in cooking these wild game, and specially prepared a whole rabbit feast for Jia Lian's filial piety. He laughed at Jia She's food, and specially honored two of the soft stewed rabbit legs for him. Mother Jia.Although Jia's mother disliked Jia Lian's dandyism, she still remembered the result of the examination, and praised Jia Lian for her ancestral bravery.

The second room was very rude, and the maid next to Mrs. Wang began to spread some strange words, Jia Zheng frowned when he heard it, but because of Jia Amnesty, it was not easy to intervene in the discipline of his nephew. , turned around and called Jia Baoyu to the study to test his endorsement.After this test, it was discovered that Jia Baoyu's stomach was empty, and there were many unreasonable reasons. Jia Zheng was so angry that he kept asking for the board, and made a fuss again, but that's another story.

When Jia Lian released the list, Mother Jia ordered Lai Datong and Lin Zhixiao to watch the list after much deliberation.Moreover, Jia's mother still had luck in her heart. She always felt that Jia Lian had a lot of friends and many roads outside these years, and she might be able to glorify her ancestors once.

As soon as Lai Da went out on horseback with Lin Zhixiao in the air of a big housekeeper, Nanny Lai and Lai Da's daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law went to Shangfang and Rongxitang respectively to chat with the master to relieve their boredom.Nanny Lai has always had face with Mother Jia, and she snatched a seat as soon as she entered the door, but Lai's daughter-in-law had a smile on her face, but she suffered a soft nail. Mrs. Wang used the excuse of paying homage to the Buddha in the Buddhist hall, and only asked Zhou Rui's family to talk with her.Lai's daughter-in-law smiled on her face and even praised Mrs. Wang for her kindness, but in her heart she sneered that this wife is too impatient.

If Second Master Lian really wins, can he not pull his brother out in the future?Master Bao also followed suit.At this moment, people are throwing face at people, and they are playing with them. Afterwards, if the old lady says a word, don't they have to be obedient?He also refused to transfer the money for buying firecrackers, and he refused to prepare the red envelopes first, and they all had to be filled by the waiters first.If it weren't for the fact that the eldest lady over there is really worthless, she wouldn't come here to flatter her today.

Lai's daughter-in-law was eating a good old gentleman and slandering her master. Sure enough, she heard the gongs and drums in the front yard. The boy and girl ran around for a while, blushing and went to various yards to announce the good news, shouting that the second master Lian had won the prize. No. 30 in the provincial examination.

Zhou Rui's family was stunned, and Lai's daughter-in-law stood up beamingly, said a few words of sincere congratulations to her, and went outside to discuss the wedding money, and set off firecrackers in the front yard, and The east courtyard was put together, and the fallen red paper was spread along the gate of Rongguo Mansion for half a mile.

On the second day, the four kings and eight princes and the Wang family who had made friends all sent decent butlers to congratulate them. The happy mother Jia wrapped a thick red envelope and called the second wife of Xing Wang to prepare to take advantage of it. Xie Zhengfei invites relatives and friends to watch a show, have a drink, and have fun together.

Mrs. Wang froze and didn't understand why such a tired and lazy thing as Lian Er won the election, so Xia Shouzhong, the chief eunuch in charge of the imperial court, came to Rongguo Mansion to pass the decree in person.The Holy Admiral Jia Lian praised his article, and praised him for being upright, and he was directly awarded a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Industry, no more, no less, just half a rank behind Jia Zheng.

After pronouncing the imperial decree, Xia Shouzhong not only refused to accept the tea money purse stuffed by the ecstatic Jia She, but also talked with Jia Lian for a long time with a smile on his face, and chatted about some familiar things before leading them back to the palace in a friendly manner. Returning to the order, Jia Zheng, who was pale and pale, was stunned.

Within a few days, Jia Zheng, who hadn't moved for most of his life, was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, where he went to learn about ancient rituals with several elders.It's just that he accidentally caught the wind and cold these days, and he didn't go to the yamen frequently. He often recuperated at home, and he happened to eat the soothing prescription prescribed by Wang Taiyi with Mrs. Wang.

One day Mrs. Wang was lying in the house with plaster on to rest her mind. Zhou Rui's family came trotting in, with bright eyes and ears, and came to report.The palace finally had something to say, Concubine Zhen loves Yuan Chun, and the emperor has bestowed Yuan Chun on the Holy Majesty.