[Comprehensive wear] Baiwei life

However, Jia Ze is not alone in the Jia family who is going to participate in the provincial examination this year. There is also Jia Jing from Ningguo Mansion next door. This is the second time he has participated in the provincial examination. At the age of 16, he has always been the best among all the noble children.

Regardless of Jia Ze's sudden emergence in the past few years, his journey from the county examination to the college examination has been smooth and smooth, but he was already 16 years old when he was a scholar, and he was slightly inferior to his cousin Jia Jing back then.

It is precisely because of the birth of these two sons who are slanting their swords that the Jia family's status among the four kings and eight lords has not only increased, but it has indeed become more stable.

Not to mention in the territory of Jinling, the four families of King Xue of Jia Shi, no matter in terms of title or the younger generations, the Jia family is the best.

So if you go back to Jinling to take the provincial examination, as long as you don't commit suicide, then nothing will go wrong.

Like Jia Zheng, who eats croton powder for himself, no matter where he puts it, he can't even think about passing the exam smoothly.

Jia Ze didn't plan to take his second brother to Jinling this time. First, he had his cousin as a companion, and the two could help each other. Second, it was because of his second brother's marriage. Seeing what his father meant, he might plan to send his second brother to Jinling this year. Once the marriage is settled, it will take at least three months to go to Jinling, so why waste this effort.

"You should stay here and think carefully about who your future wife will be. If you follow me to Jinling and your father agrees to the marriage verbally without asking for your opinion, then basically there will be no room for regret. "

Although Jia Ze doesn't value his own marriage very much, he does value his second brother's marriage very much. His life is long, and a hundred years is too short, but to his second brother, a hundred years is the whole of life, and it is even possible Less than a hundred years.

Therefore, people who spend most of their lives with each other should naturally be cautious.

Perhaps under the influence of his elder brother, Jia Shen's concept of husband and wife is very different from his father's. He has his own persistence, and will not be like most people, who have no choice at all under the order of their parents or the words of a matchmaker.

It is said that "one who is close to vermilion is red, one who is close to ink is black", although Jia Shen's temper is a bit stubborn, he still has a clear plan for his future life, and he knows how to live, and knows the priorities.

"Then I'll stay here. Be careful on the road. You must eat cleanly. Let the servants make sure that the ingredients are fresh. Eating stale food will cause diarrhea."

Without his golden tongue to follow, Jia Amnesty was still quite worried about his elder brother, besides, there was their luck of 'brothers of one heart'.

Tomorrow, he will go to the Huguo Temple to ask his brother for a peace talisman, in order to bless the Jinling party to be smooth and safe, so that his brother can be named on the gold list.

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In the few days before leaving, there were quite a lot of things to prepare. As before, Jia Ze's luggage was packed by his second brother, and the accompanying personnel were arranged by him himself.

But this time was different from the previous ones. My cousin Jia Jing was also traveling to Jinling. He was relatively weak, so he had to pay more attention along the way.

Another difference from the past is that he is now engaged. A few days ago, my brother-in-law sent over a purse embroidered with green bamboos. It was exquisite and meticulous, and it was obviously made by his fiancée.

Now that he was going to Jinling to rush for the exam, he should of course inform his fiancée.

This time, Jia Ze didn't ask his brother-in-law Zhang Wen to be a carrier pigeon to deliver a message. Instead, he prepared a gift and went to Zhang's mansion himself.

The Zhang family has been noble for generations, and has been a scholar's family since the previous dynasty. The layout of the mansion is very different from that of Rongguo Mansion. It is less flashy and rich, and more simple and elegant.

The servants who serve are even more different, with more rules and simpler dresses, unlike Rongguo Mansion, where decent servants can wear gold and silver, they don't look like girls, but like young ladies , at least more like the young ladies of the Duke's Mansion than the three concubines in the previous mansion.

Of course, this is not entirely the mother's fault. When the grandmother was there, the Rongguo Mansion already had such signs, but now it is more powerful than before. In the final analysis, the Jia family's background is too shallow, so it leaks everywhere.

Aristocratic families have at least hundreds of years of accumulation, but the Jia family, which started with military exploits, has only risen for a hundred years.

Today happened to be a holiday, so the future father-in-law will also be in the mansion. This is not the first time Weng and his son-in-law have met, but Zhang Zian is still not very happy in his heart.

This marriage is not so much a strong alliance, it is better to say that he unilaterally cedes land and pays compensation. The Zhang family does not need to marry with the Duke's Mansion to stabilize their position, but the Rongguo Mansion has always wanted to change from Wu to Wen, so they have to rely on them. There are many more places at home.

If Jia Daishan hadn't owed Jia Daishan a huge favor, he would never have betrothed his eldest daughter to the Rongguo Mansion, even if Jia Ze himself was really outstanding.

"How's your preparation for the township exam going? Are you sure about it this time?"

To be honest, Zhang Zian is not optimistic about Jia Ze's local examination for two reasons: one is that Jia's family does not have a famous teacher, although Jia Ze entered the Imperial College, it has been less than a year since he completed his studies, and the other is that Jia Ze has been studying seriously Too short, as far as he knows, except for the two years of enlightenment when he was young, Jia Ze didn't start formally studying until he was 14 years old. It was too late to start. Even if he is talented, he can pass the previous few exams. You may not be able to pass the country test.

In short, Zhang Zian didn't think that people who only studied for a few years could pass the provincial examination smoothly.

Even if the sky is a genius, if you don't work hard, you won't succeed in the end.

Jia Ze only thought that his future father-in-law cared about him, and didn't think too much about it, "I'm almost ready, so I should be sure of success."

The three-legged Golden Crow, which lives high on the sun star, has never been unconfident, afraid of frightening his future father-in-law. Jia Ze never said that he is fully sure that he can pass the provincial examination.

Zhang Zian was not frightened, but just thought it was a little funny, young and frivolous, young and too frivolous, he studied since he was a child, and he was officially enlightened when he was three years old, and it has never stopped since then. I can be confident that I can pass.

"Since you have this confidence, then I will test you."

Young people can't do without self-confidence, but they can't do if they have too much self-confidence. Since they will be a family sooner or later, then he, the father-in-law, should pour cold water on the son-in-law, so that he can be more sober.

Jia Ze had no pressure, and complied calmly.

No matter how good he is, Zhang Zian is still very satisfied with this posture, which is quite reminiscent of his ancestors. The Jia family started with military exploits, and the Duke of Xianrong followed the heroic deeds of conquering the world. He also heard about it when he was a child.

Zhang Zian led them to the study room, and handed out a copy of the exam papers. Not only did Jia Ze do it, but his own parents also had to do it. Both of them had to take the township exam in August. Although they were not in the same province, candidates from the two provinces The level should not be much different.

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In the backyard, Zhang's mother and Zhang Yan have been waiting impatiently. It has been almost two hours since Jia Ze entered the mansion, and they haven't seen anyone yet. Even if they want to take the school knowledge test, such a long time should be over. Alright.

"Go and have a look in the front yard, why hasn't anyone come here yet?" Mother Zhang frowned. This is at her own home, so it must not be the future son-in-law procrastinating, it must be her master, who has learned a lot for most of his life, and doesn't understand the world at all. The future son-in-law is about to leave for the exam. If he doesn't hurry up and talk to his daughter, what's the use of staying with him in the front yard like an old man.

Zhang Yan sat on the side with her chin resting on her shoulders. Dad must be surprised this time. Mr. Jia is far better than he imagined. Although she doesn't read much in the Four Books and Five Classics, she knows so many unorthodox knowledge. The Four Books and Five Classics of the classics must not be bad.

I just don’t know if my father would want to accept Mr. Jia as an apprentice. Although his father has stayed in the Imperial Academy for half his life, he has never accepted a single apprentice. It has become more and more intense. Some of the families involved in these years have been forced to go dormant, some have been dismissed from office, and some have even had their homes ransacked, exiled, or even beheaded.

The master-student relationship can be said to be quite close, sometimes even surpassing the father-son relationship. Taking in an apprentice sometimes means that there is an additional dangerous possibility.

So over the years, it's not that his father hasn't come across good seedlings who are tempted, but he just doesn't dare to accept them.

But Mr. Jia is different, no matter whether his father accepts apprentices or not, he will basically be tied to the same boat in the future. If his father takes a fancy to Mr. Jia's aptitude, he may not be moved to accept apprentices.

Besides, in the front yard, Zhang Zian really didn't go crazy enough to give all types of test questions again, only one question of stereotyped essays, and it took only an hour from the time the test papers were handed out to when two people finished the test papers and handed them in.

However, the time for corrections and questions and answers was really long.

How should I put it, he knows the level of the eldest son, and this time he played in the middle range, not to mention how brilliant, but definitely good enough.

As for Jia Ze, the future son-in-law, he finally knew why the other party was so confident that he could pass the provincial examination. It was not exaggeration, nor was he overconfident, it was because he really had the ability.

Whether it is the structure of the article, or the choice of words and sentences, or the understanding of the topic, or the central idea of ​​the article, they are all excellent enough, and the content is not flashy, has something to say, and unique insights. It is hard to imagine that this article was written by a young man. hand.

He also came here when he was young. The biggest difference between writing articles at that time and writing articles now is not the skills, but the content. There are many things and things that cannot be understood without experience and without reaching a certain age.

Compared with Jia Ze's article, the eldest son's article can only be said to be... childish.

So Zhang Zian not only discussed this article with his son-in-law, but also discussed a lot of content other than the article. Before he knew it, it took a long time. If his wife hadn't sent someone to look for them, he might have continued to chat.