Dress to be a celebrity

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Not long after the post on the red list of the examination was published, some newspapermen copied the name, place of origin and rank of the new candidate by hand, and reported the good news to the counties.The county magistrate of Song had been waiting for the news from the province since he left the house in the Song Dynasty. In mid-September, a happy news came to his door, saying that his son had won the Jie Yuan of Fujian Province, so happy that the elder almost passed away.

His son actually got to know Yuan!

Their family is now a father and son four people?

He, his eldest son, and his second son took the exam year after year, and finally developed his identity as a candidate, and his rankings were not very high.This youngest son is promising, and he passed the provincial examination for the first time!He also won the first name Jieyuan in Fujian Province!

His ancestral grave must be smoking!

No, it's not enough for his family's ancestral grave to emit green smoke. It must be Mr. Huan's heroic spirit who followed Huan Tongsan to Fujian and blessed them to be officials!

... Do you want your son to hold the tablet of the master to recognize a godfather later?

Since he left the house, he has been used to being controlled by his son, and he has to wait for Song Shi to come back to discuss everything.Therefore, although thousands of thoughts were surging in my heart, I didn't make up my own mind. I just wrote a letter to my son, asking him to discuss with Huan Ling whether to recognize his adoptive father or set up a longevity tablet for Mr. Huan.

He moved his pen like flying, and finished writing the letter to his youngest son with a few strokes, and took another white paper letter to wrap up the happy news, and asked the post station to send it back as soon as possible, so as to impress the family with Xie Yuan's joy.

In the Song Dynasty, after eating the Luming Banquet in the province, he happened to receive a letter from Master Song from Wuping.He looked at the paper full of urgent longing, thinking that he was busy reviewing this year, and he really didn't go back to the county to see his father very much, and he was full of thoughts.

As for the matter of recognizing the adoptive father, their family has nothing to say, and it has to be seen whether Master Huanfang is willing to lower his seniority back after he has grown up.

With this letter in his sleeve, he went to Huan Ling and asked him to see if Mr. Song's arrangement was feasible.

Huan Ling glanced at it, and the corner of his mouth twitched a little. He pressed the letter paper on the table, and said to Song Shi: "It's the honor of my late father, a professional teacher, and the glory of our Huan family. The honor of my late father's spirit in heaven is the honor of my late father. If you know it, you will be as happy as I am. You don’t need to thank me, let alone a tablet of longevity. But Song Shishu’s sincerity is hard to refute him..."

His father's coffin tablets are all in the capital, and there is no excuse to recognize his adoptive father, "It's better to marry Jinlan with me, and it's the same to recognize a brother first."

Song Shi was silent for a while, and said with a stiff expression: "If you insist on recognizing me as your younger brother...then let's go back to Beijing and talk about it. Our righteous brotherhood in Fujian..."

Not too pure.

Huan Ling looked at him purely and uprightly, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with Fujian? We are sworn brothers, not contracted brothers, and we didn't record you in my family's yellow book. Are you afraid that I will deceive you? Is Yuan Gong going to be a family member?"

To remember is to remember to be a wife on the genealogy, how can such a close brother be willing to be a servant of the family.

The more Huan Ling was so frank, the more guilty Song Shi felt, and he put the letter back into his sleeve lightly, and mentioned to him that he wanted to go back to see his father.

Huan Ling persuaded him even more graciously: "You don't have to rush back and forth between the prefecture and the county. When you go back to the county and rest in a stable place for a few days, then ask someone to pack your winter clothes, paper, pens and books for you. Before it's cold, you can go back and forth." Some are preparing to go to Beijing."

The ninth day of February is the exam. Go to Beijing earlier, and study in Beijing for a few days to do better in the exam.

He couldn't help stroking Song Shi's hair on the temples, looked at him and said, "You are Jieyuan from Fujian Province. After entering Beijing, everyone's eyes must be on you. I'm not by your side, so you should take care of it."

Shi Guan'er had to go to Beijing alone this time, which was indeed not reassuring, but fortunately, he lived up to the challenge and came back with a Jieyuan test.As a native of Northern Zhili, he passed the Jieyuan examination in Fujian Province, and he must have attracted the attention of the government and the public. Even if someone wanted to kill him, he had to think about whether he could escape unscathed under the watchful eyes of all the people.

As Huan Ling thought about it, he brushed his hand from his sideburns, passed it to the back of his neck, pressed him, and pressed him into his arms.

Song Shi called out "senior brother" in a panic, but he didn't let go of his hands to whitewash Taiping as usual, but pressed his lips to his ear, and asked him with a smile: "We are all going to be sworn brothers, don't call me big brother?" Come and listen?"

No... I really made my eldest brother jealous, you are only a third brother at your age.

Song Shi was so nervous that his mind was full of random thoughts, he held his breath and retracted his stomach, pushing his arm and retreating.He took a step back, but Huan Ling took a step forward, trapped him tightly in his arms, and sighed: "We don't know how long we will meet again after this farewell, let's get closer, brothers."

Song Shiming couldn't bear to say this, so he put his arms around his back, and persuaded him in a low voice: "Master Huan is thinking about you, and has long wanted to bring you back to Beijing, so you can do it with peace of mind in the future." Your son of Ge Laofu, don’t run around outside. Even if I pass the test, I may not be able to become a Beijing official. At that time, I don’t know which county to send to, and I don’t know where to change in three, six, or nine years later. Department... do you always follow me to change positions in the future?"

Huan Ling said lightly: "If you can't change it, it's okay if I resign from my position and become your assistant. These are all things I should think about. You don't need to think about it. Just think about how to pass the exam next spring. gone."

Hearing his stubborn and naive words, Song Shi couldn't help but smile: "You...you really want to help me, why don't you go back and reconcile with your grandfather, and ask the elder Ge to take care of me, a little newcomer, I can still go A good place to be an official."

Huan Ling said: "Forget it, what you say is what you say. If I have the opportunity to return to Beijing and be a minister with you, I will definitely not look for another job."

Song Shi pondered over it, and felt that what he meant in his words was to do whatever he wanted, as if he refused to listen to his persuasion.However, Huan Ling had to go back to the house to be on duty after the Lu Ming banquet was over, but he was going to see his father in Wuping, so he had no chance to persuade him, so he had to let it go and talk about it when we met later.

When he went back, he returned the letter to his father and told him that there was no need to set up the longevity tablet.

County magistrate Song asked unwillingly: "Young Master Huan, do you really want us to set up a tablet of longevity for Mr. Huan? You, Mr. Huan, brought you to Beijing and taught you to be a talented man with both civil and military skills. In my opinion, we If the family offers him a memorial tablet, it is also appropriate to accumulate blessings for him in the next life."

In Song Dynasty, he educated him in turn: "Brother Huan only believes in Confucianism, not Buddhism, father, don't listen to what those mountain monks say about karma. Nowadays, celebrities and talented scholars all believe in Zen, and you, a county magistrate, don't talk about Zen with others. Poetry, but tell the story of karma and retribution, people will laugh at your village spirit."

He hesitated again and again, before he mentioned something to his old father: "My teacher has been dead for many years, I don't want to force my way to his house, pointing to the memorial tablet to recognize my adoptive father, what if I recognize my younger brother as my elder brother?"

From then on, they were blood brothers, and the matter of the Huan family's girl retiring and marrying someone else would be wiped out - her fiancé became a sworn brother, wouldn't this marriage be unethical?

His father was grateful for the kindness of teacher Huan's upbringing before, and wished to adopt his son to him, but now he thought of the problem again: "It doesn't matter if we end up early, but now Mr. Huan is the house teacher who has won you, and you have a relationship in the officialdom?" With the status of master and apprentice, it is not appropriate to marry Jinlan again, right?"

It would be too confusing if the seniority of the masters and apprentices in the examination room was also discussed.According to his father's thinking, could it be possible that the younger senior brother became his room teacher, and he would change his senior brother who has been his foster father for so many years?

Besides, the people who have presided over the scientific examinations over the years are all great scholars from various halls. If Mr. Huan presides over the current scientific examinations and selects him as a student, won't he be a generation higher than the junior brother?

...It's better to procrastinate and wait until next year's test results come out.

He packed up the mimeograph machine at home, found someone to order silk screen and wax paper for printing, boiled a large bottle of ink, packed the books, stationery, and paper for usual review, and bought clothes that could survive the winter in the north...

However, he was not ready to go out yet, but Huan Ling handed him a post first, telling him that King Zhou's marriage had been decided, and that as the eldest brother of the princess, he was going back to Beijing to receive the conferment and watch the ceremony.

He never took the initiative to mention the marriage between King Zhou and his sister in these years. Even if Song Shi mentioned it, he didn't want to talk about it, so Song Shi only knew that King Zhou had never been married, and he didn't know how many court turmoil was hidden behind it. .

Seeing this post, he didn't have any special thoughts, he just felt relaxed——

That's great, King Zhou married Miss Huan, no one will think of his ex-fiancé in the future, and he can go to Beijing to study quietly.

Huan Ling was welcomed back by an angel, and he left in a hurry, so he could only leave a letter for him, but he couldn't take him back on the official ship.Song Shi just didn't want to get involved with Zhou Wang and his wife, so he was relieved to see this.

Their official ship traveled fast, two days earlier than him, and it may have traveled dozens of miles by now, right?He can delay it a little longer, anyway, the exam is only on the ninth day of February, so he can just go to Beijing in time for the first month.

He carefully packed up the things for the exam, met with the students of Linquan Club, and explained some related issues about holding a lecture conference. It was only in mid-October that he chartered a boat to Beijing with Shen Shijing and other local candidates.

There is a distance of more than three thousand miles from Fujian to the capital, and they all spent the festivals of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of the new year in guest houses.However, Huan Ling galloped day and night with the angel of the Ministry of Rites, but he rushed back to the capital as soon as it entered the twelfth lunar month, and saw his grandfather Huan Shilang, who was now in a high position in the cabinet, but was worn out by official and private affairs.

Huan Shilang put on the reserved and indifferent look of the head of the family in front of him, and said indifferently: "You have made a fuss in Fujian. But foreign officials are foreign officials after all, and they can neither accumulate popularity nor compare to being a Beijing official. Your qualifications are solid, no matter how well you do it, it will not be of much use. I have already arranged things for you in the future, and the two presidents and vice-presidents of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are still willing to ask you, but they will soon refuse."

He watched Huan Ling's brows and eyes showing uncontrollable joy, thinking that the grandson had gone through official torture and finally knew that life under the protection of his parents was better, and he smiled with satisfaction: "You are the elder brother of Princess Zhou, so you can't still be in exile." Do those vulgar miscellaneous jobs outside, and stay in the court honestly in the future."

Huan Ling bowed his hands to thank him, and then, like a really considerate and sensible grandson, he reported to his grandfather the achievements of his family's work abroad: "Grandson has some good news for grandfather to know. Grandson has not only done some general affairs outside, He was also cited by Fujian Xuezheng Fang as the same examiner in the provincial examination, and won seventeen candidates with excellent talents and learning."

For some reason, Mrs. Huan's heart was tense, and he always felt that what he would hear next would not be any good news.

But his good and promising grandson smiled all over his face, and said the news that seemed like thunder to him: "I think the list of candidates for the mid-term examination in Fujian Song Shibang of Jinke will be sent to the Ministry of Rites soon."

Song Shibang!

In Song Dynasty, he got the first place in the Fujian Provincial Examination!

Even if he wins the exam, it doesn't matter, as long as he wins seventy or eighty, he will stay safely at the bottom of the list, and people will not care if they see his name. Why did he take the Jieyuan exam, so that this list will be named after him? name!

Seeing that his granddaughter was finally able to marry into the royal family, couldn't this retired fiancé calm down a bit!

Staring at his grandson, his eyes almost burst into flames, and he asked Huan Ling angrily: "How could you win him! Did you let him pass the exam? You only remember your younger brother, do you still have the Huan family in your heart? Without your sister! Don't you know that his identity should not be publicized at this time!"

Huan Ling lowered his eyes and replied lightly: "Grandfather's words, I forgive my grandson for not daring to admit it. The autumn test is a grand ceremony for the imperial court, and the officials outside the curtain are full of seals, and there are no omissions in the transcript. The chief examiners from Beijing are all selected based on their literary talents, and they have nothing to do with selfishness. His essays were also taken as model essays and listed in the admission record. If my grandfather doesn't believe it, he can go back and read it himself. If there is a mistake , the grandson is willing to take responsibility."

you!If you are taking the responsibility, isn't it just that the Huan family is taking the responsibility, or is it that you want to implicate me, the elder of the pavilion!

Huan Shilang twitched his face in anger, swung his sleeves heavily, picked up a tea bowl from the table and threw it in front of him.Huan Ling took a wrong step to avoid the splashing tiles, frowned slightly, and turned to question his grandfather: "My grandfather taught me since I was a child, to be a man, to walk upright, to sit upright, to walk straight, and not to be tired of power. But now I The Huan family wants to become an elder in the court and marry into the royal family, but the Song family, which has nothing to do with our family, has to sacrifice. Is the whole family trying to make us famous in the officialdom because of our failure to get the title?"

He had never learned such a truth.

Or such principles can be seen everywhere in the officialdom, but he is not willing to let Shi Guan'er be such a victim.They are seeking fame and wealth by themselves, no matter what they seek in the future, they should bear it by themselves.

Huan Shilang closed his eyes, took a while to calm down, and ordered sharply: "Until the end of the Metropolitan Procuratorate meeting, you are not allowed to go anywhere, and you are not allowed to mention to anyone that you were an examiner in Fujian!"

It's just that Jieyuan in Fujian Province... After all, the marriage between his eldest granddaughter and Song Shi has not become known to everyone, and he, the third assistant, can still control the officialdom.After the examination records of all provinces were sent to Beijing, they had to be sealed by the Ministry of Rites. He suppressed the discussion in the ministry, and after the New Year Zhou Wang and his concubine got married, this grand event was enough to overwhelm everything else.

Even if Song Shi is going to take the exam in Beijing next year...

Even if he is lucky enough to get into the top [-], no one knows how to choose between a small Jinshi and a nobleman.