[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

This kind of torture was really heart-wrenching, and Shuangxi's neck was pulled so long that he wanted to see the handwriting on the note in the official's hand.Before he could see clearly, a big super character had already appeared on the paper!

Several servants looked at each other excitedly, but no one moved.That is to say, the eldest son won the third place, and the second son who is almost the same level as him must be on the list.Even though Shen Chao's servant was somewhat disappointed by his son Chunwei's performance being surpassed by the second son, the joy in his eyes was real:

Shen Chao is already considered high school, and there is still a palace test to see who can obtain the holy will, and his son is not without strength.Is this the Shen family's continuation of the glory of the three tripods after the uncle and the second brother's double jinshi? !

As they thought about it, the official had already written the name of No.2, but this person was still not surnamed Shen.Shuangxi and the others were already staring at the pen that was still running on the paper with wide-eyed smiles.

Another Shen character fell on the paper, and some of the huddled crowd began to discuss: "Why is the surname Shen again?"

"I heard that the two great-grandsons of Bachelor Shen have joined the Chunwei. After the Qiuwei, there is no theory of double Shen?"

"Shen's family is like jade, and the gentleman's name is Chaoyue. Just now No. 3 is Shen Chao. Could it be that No. 1 is actually Shen Yue?"

During the discussion, the word "Shen Yue" was at the top of the list, facing the rising sun, dazzling on the red list paper! !

How could Shuangxi care about other people's opinions?Several people huddled together and squeezed out.Although the crowded hats and crooked shoes dropped the crowd, everyone laughed happily.Pulling over the horses tied to the corner of the wall, one by one jumped on the horses energetically, even if they were impatient, they did not dare to beat the horses too fast, and headed towards the scholar's mansion against the constant flow of people who came to watch the list.

"Butler, set off the whip, set off the whip!" Seeing that there was still silence in front of the mansion, Shuangxi and the others knew that no one had rushed in front of them to announce the good news, and urged the butler to let someone set off the whip.

Hearing their urgings, the head steward knew that the two young masters must have been hit. For a moment, everyone was happy, and several short incense sticks were stretched out on the firecrackers that had been prepared earlier. Amidst the crackling sound of the whips, Several servants quickly ran out to the study room and the second door in two.

The Shen Yue brothers were all waiting in the Wanhui courtyard, and when they heard the whip being whipped outside, although they didn't know what their grades were, everyone's expressions relaxed.Brother Xun didn't go to school today, so he stood up and greeted his two brothers with a smile.

"The old lady is overjoyed, the wife is overjoyed, the two grandmas are overjoyed, and the two sons are overjoyed." It was Shuang'an who grabbed the second door to announce the good news. Before entering the door, he kowtowed and congratulated the masters one by one: "The eldest son has won No.3." , Second Young Master," he intentionally paused: "Second Young Master won No.1! This division will win the prize!"

Fang Shi and Liu Shi stood up at the same time, and asked in unison: "Really?"

Shuang'an kowtowed: "The young one dare not lie to the grandmas, the second son won the No. 1 Huiyuan, and the eldest son won the No. 3!" This sentence made him speak with great pride.

"Reward!" Mrs. Shen was overjoyed when she heard that her two grandsons had won the prize, and her second grandson's prize in Huiyuan made her even more delighted: "The whole family will reward three months of monthly money. The ones will be rewarded with half a year's monthly money. Those of you who read the list will each be rewarded another ten taels of silver."

The room was already in chaos, Shen Chao and Shen Yue kowtowed to the old lady Shen, kowtowed to Mrs Shen, and kowtowed to their respective mothers.The little brothers came forward to congratulate the two of them again and begged for things. The maids came forward to congratulate and thank the masters. Everyone couldn't hear who said what, but they still talked with a smile.

Shen Chao and Shen Yue withdrew from the main room, and went to Shen Xueshi to personally announce the good news to the old man and ask for instructions.Xueshi Shen didn't keep them too much this time: "It's time for the good news to come to the door later, you go pick it up yourself, you have to go to visit the teacher, and you have to meet in the same year." The two came to the front yard obediently with smiles.

Sure enough, there was already gongs and drums in front of the mansion, and two people came to announce the good news. Before they could come to a conclusion, the head steward had already asked each of them to send ten taels of white wedding silver, so that the people who announced the good news could not say anything. Grateful for the place of residence.

It was too late to wait for the ex-Shen Shangshu to show up and Shen Xueshi and his son returned to the mansion. The two brothers Shen Chao let their servants lead the horses and headed towards the office of the Minister of Rites, the chief examiner of this year.When they arrived at the mansion of Sun Jian, Minister of Rites, they found out that their brothers were not the first ones, and some of them were already waiting outside the gate of the mansion.

Even if they are in the same list, they will ask a thing or two about who won the award, the background and age of the award.Shen Chao's grades in the two autumns were not good, but now the two brothers, one first and the other third, made everyone want to see Shen Jiaerlang's demeanor.

Seeing the two riding side by side, with the same blue shirts blowing in the wind, with the same calmness on their faces, and the same peaceful and upright eyes, who wouldn't applaud? !

Before the two brothers got off their horses, someone had already stepped forward and bowed their hands in salute: "But Shen Huiyuan?"

Shen Yue got off the horse in a hurry, saying that he didn't dare, and then let Shen Chao to the front, and listened to him talking about luck, long admiration and so on.Shuang'an had already stepped forward to hand over his master's greeting card, and the doorman was also smiling: "Please wait a moment, Shen Huiyuan, and No. 2 hasn't arrived yet. When we arrive, the master will meet with you." Shuang'an came back and reported the situation. And Shen Yue two.

Shen Chao nodded calmly: "It's okay to wait a while." He met and talked with others again.This kind of Shen Chao, who was completely different from the one who had just won the exam, seemed a bit out of line with his age, and Shen Yue had to lament that young people really need a lot of tempering before they can truly grow.

No.2 came not too late. After saying hello to each other, Shen Chao already knew that this person was from Jinling, surnamed Li and named Ao, Jie Yuan of Jiangnan Qiuwei.Judging by his age, he was only 25 or [-] years old, Shen Yue looked at the same age around him, it seemed that there was no one over [-] years old, and secretly had some thoughts in his heart.

Sun Shangshu was originally an official in the same dynasty as Shen Shangshu, and even the same year as Lin Ruhai. He also met Shen Yue and Shen Chao when he was in a few days. Seeing Shen Yue leading all the candidates to worship him, he smiled and said a few Good words: "Now your husband has nothing to say. When there is wine in your house, remember to ask the teacher, otherwise I will settle the score with your husband."

Seeing that the other students under his school were puzzled, Sun Shangshu kindly explained to them: "Shen Yue's husband is Mr. Lin Ruhai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who has extremely strict requirements on Shen Yue's studies. Even a sage won't relax when he talks face to face." With a dazed look on his face, he asked about the situation of the new students one by one, and made an appointment on the third day that Sun Shangshu would hold a banquet to drink with the students, and then everyone left.

"Brother Li, if you have free time, please come to the house for tea." When saying goodbye to No.2, Shen Chao extended an invitation to him.

Li Ao acted very methodically, knowing that the Shen family might be full of congratulatory guests, even if he wanted to hug the Shen family's thigh, he didn't know if he could rush to the two of them at this moment and said: "I'm afraid your mansion will not be free now, why are you so busy?" Brother, let’s visit again in Japan.” It’s also good to prepare some gifts.

Shen Chao nodded after listening, and then bid farewell to others with Shen Yue.As Li Ao said, there were already people coming and going in front of the Shen residence, they were all the people who got the news and were sent by the masters to give gifts.

Mrs. Liu has already discussed with Mrs. Fang. Last year, the two Qiu Wei brothers of Shen Chao had already been in the limelight, and now there is another Huiyuan. Calling Shen Shangshu Shen Xueshi and Shen Xueshi Shen Taishi, please don’t get confused) Just resigned from the position of Shangshu, I am afraid that some villains will use this to test whether the Shen family still has the Sacred Heart.

Therefore, after Houci came to the envoy, he would not accept congratulatory gifts from all the mansions, and only said that the mansion should make the two of them prepare for the palace examination steadily.Although it is said that officials don't give gifts, they didn't even confiscate the congratulatory gifts from Yuanwai's family in Xinhui, so it's hard for others to say anything.

During this family banquet, Xueshi Shen made his two sons drink two more glasses. Mrs. Shen tried to stop him, but she didn't listen: "They have a good father and a promising son, don't they want to have fun instead? They drink secretly to enjoy themselves, why not drink it in front of me, I can teach you a lesson."

Grand Master Shen seldom eats with his children and grandchildren. When he heard Xueshi Shen say this, he couldn't help coughing, but then he heard Xueshi Shen's words change: "People say that everything is difficult. Their father is not as good as my father, but their son is stronger. Like my son, alas." Drinking is a long sigh, but he picked up the wine and drank it down with a smile.

Everyone had never seen such a dissolute and unrestrained Bachelor Shen, and they couldn't help but looked at each other.The two brothers Shen Xin stood up and toasted Xueshi Shen: "It's the son who failed to live up to expectations and made the master sad. The sons punish themselves with a glass."

The two of them stood up, how dare Shen Chao and others sit down?They also stood up and raised their cups to Xueshi Shen.Shen Xueshi got drunk before drinking, and smiled to Grand Master Shen: "Father, although the son is not as good as the father in every way, the son's grandson is worse than the father's grandson."

Grand Master Shen also smiled when he heard it, and said to the old lady on the other side of the screen: "Why, I said that the calmness suppressed in this life is not one's nature, so you get carried away? How can you rest assured that the Shen family is in your hands? "

"Although I'm worried, he's not bad all these years." The old lady still felt sorry for her son and wanted to say this for her son.Grand Master Shen didn't say much when he heard the words, he took a sip of the wine in his glass and put it down.

"You brothers have won the Shen family's spirit today." Xueshi Shen talked a lot today: "Back then, your father and brother were both Jinshi, and you were already envious of the people in Beijing. I don't want you to be among the top five. "

"You guys should learn a little bit from your brothers. In the future, you will be like your brothers. When you pass the exam, grandpa will serve you wine to celebrate." The following words were spoken to the four little ones.

The children's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they wanted to pat their chests to reassure their grandfather.This table didn't wait for brother Shen Xin to drink as much as Xueshi Shen wished, Xueshi Shen himself was already a little drunk.Asking his grandson to take his son away, Grand Master Shen helped himself to the study with his two great-grandsons.

"But you think your grandfather lost his morals after drinking?" Grand Master Shen asked after sitting down.

Shen Chao replied with a smile: "It is the duty of the grandchildren to make grandfather happy."

Grand Master Shen also seems to be very interested in talking today: "It's been so many years, I haven't seen your grandfather like this. I think he didn't lose his temper like this when he himself became a Jinshi." Hearing that the old man wanted to talk about his grandfather's past, Brother Shen Chao listened attentively: "Do you still remember the words I wrote to you after Qiu Wei?"

Seeing the two brothers nodding, the old man smiled and said: "You brothers must remember those eight words for the rest of your life, even you brothers, you must also let them remember. You must know that when your grandfather was young, his temperament was similar to that of Chao'er, and he was also outspoken. It’s funny and fun. But that year I was framed and attacked, and I was almost not in the sky prison, and your grandfather was begging for help.”

Speaking of this, the smile on Grand Master Shen's face disappeared, as if he remembered something embarrassing: "There is nowhere to ask for help. Fortunately, there were still people in your great-grandmother's family who said something, so the case was overturned. Since then Your grandfather's temperament will be considered calm."

"Since then, we all know that the same age and old age are unreliable. Only father and son support and take care of each other step by step, but it is really difficult. Your grandfather has no one to sue except for discussing with me. Wait until It will be better if your father grows up. But Ren'er has to take a job abroad, and Xin'er is alone in Beijing."

"You brothers don't have to suffer from this anymore. You don't need any outsiders, and you don't need any outsiders." When Grand Master Shen said this, he patted the little girl next to him lightly: "There is mutual care, and in the future you little brothers will also take care of each other." You need to support them more, and you need to discipline them even more.”

Shen Chao and the two nodded after hearing this.After going out, Shen Chao said to Shen Yue: "Don't forget those eight characters."

Shen Yue smiled at him: "You forget me, but I still can't forget."

Just now I heard Grand Master Shen mention that the Shen family seems to have been prosperous these years, but in fact they have made every step of the way, Shen Yue is not without sighing.Thinking about what I have done these years, I still take it for granted.As Grand Master Shen said, there is only one person in a family, and the supporter is indeed too tired.

With this in mind, after Shen Yue got the questions of the palace examination, not only did he not want to hide his clumsiness anymore, but he put out all his strength and seriousness, so as to integrate all his learning and thinking into this policy theory. Medium—Since it has attracted attention, let these people be convinced.

The palace examination is only for one day, and the examination is no longer stereotyped essays drawn from the Four Books, but policy theories on current events.The topic this time is to ask Xinzhong Scholars to talk about the wealth of the country and the wealth of the people.

When ordinary people see such a topic, they will always stand on one side and discuss whether the wealth of the country or the wealth of the people is better or worse.Shen Yue knew that in such an era when imperial power was supreme, 200% of the more than 90.00 people sitting in the main hall would put national wealth first.

It is right for them to please the emperor, but this kind of debate will not be settled even in later generations. Both the wealth of the country and the wealth of the people have their own advantages and disadvantages.So Shen Yue explained these two pros and cons one by one, and said his own method: check and balance!

From Shen Yue's point of view, the wealth of a country can certainly be beneficial to overall planning, but the biggest disadvantage of having one person in the world is that he is afraid of coming from a big or faint monarch.Whether it is the Qin Emperor who built the Efang Palace, the military-minded Han Wu, the Sui Yang Emperor who built the Grand Canal, or the Ming Zhengde who did not do his job properly, don't they all collect the wealth of the world and harm the people of the world?

The biggest disadvantage of the wealth of the people is that it is not the real wealth of the people but the wealth of the powerful. In this way, it is easy to evade the imperial power, not to mention, it is also easy to boil people's resentment and cause popular uprisings.However, the result of the people having no surplus food is the death of one family, and the result of the country having no surplus wealth is that natural disasters cannot be rescued, and foreign humiliation is invincible.

There is only one solution, and that is to check and balance, to maintain the balance between the wealth of the country and the wealth of the people, and the most important thing is to control the emergence of powerful landlords.In fact, the brainwashing of thousands of years in ancient times was not done in vain. The bottom line of ordinary people's survival has been reduced to being alive and living in peace.If such requirements cannot be met, then the day of rebellion is not far away.

But Shen Yue already knew that he could only put forward his point of view tactfully, and he couldn't really say it outright like before, otherwise, let alone saying that he won't be an official, he would definitely be labeled as a demagogue first.At that time, not to mention the Shen family, even Lin Ruhai, who became his own husband, would bring his whole family to the vegetable market to accompany him.

How to write so that the words can be heard and touch the present is Shen Yue's focus on thinking, and it is also the reason why he has not written for a long time.He didn't move for a long time after grinding the ink here, and Bachelor Shen, who took part in the palace examination with him today, had his heart in his throat.

Bachelor Shen already knew the questions of the imperial examination, although it was a bit unexpected, but now that the national treasury is empty, if such a question is issued today, it might not be a blow to the courtiers, why doesn't his grandson not write?He knows that the national treasury is empty, and he has told him that there is no money in his hand to do things with his hands tied.Write, do you write? !

Looking at the other eldest grandson who was already writing, Shen Shangshu was secretly relieved. Fortunately, he was not a grandson to participate in the palace examination. This grandson Chunwei was the third. If he answered well in the palace examination, the number one scholar would still belong to the Shen family.

Shen Yue didn't answer the questions all the time, which also attracted the attention of several bachelors and present who were observing the exam together.Different from the great scholars, Shen Yue has always been curious about Shen Yue: when he saw him for the first time, he seemed to be close to him, but when he saw him again, he was afraid of him like a tiger. Unexpectedly, a little close... Even if I don't want to be curious now, if I see Shen Yue one more time, I will think of the changes in the middle.

I heard that Shen Yue Chunwei won Huiyuan, and now he even teased Lin Ruhai, reassuring him that as long as Shen Yue maintains Chunwei's level, he will not be stingy with the first prize.Although Lin Ruhai frightenedly rejected him, he still sees confidence in Lin Ruhai's eyes today.

What made Lin Ruhai so confident a student get the palace exam questions and didn't know how to write?If Lin Ruhai had also participated in the observation test, he would definitely be called to ask him where his confidence came from.

He waved to the little eunuch, and now whispered a few words to him.The great scholars saw the little eunuch stepping down from Majesty Dan lightly, bypassing the candidates' books, leaning into Shen Yue's ear and asking: "Master Shen, but is there anything unclear about this question?"

Shen Yue, who was still organizing his words, glanced at the little eunuch curiously, seeing that he was solemnly waiting for his answer, he couldn't help but look up at the present day above Dan - in this hall, the little eunuch who can command Come to ask yourself, in addition to not doing what he thinks now.As soon as he raised his head, Shen Yue knew something was wrong, and the half-raised head abruptly lowered again: "It's nothing."

The candidates sitting next to Shen Yue were all moved. The little eunuch actually said that Mr. Huiyuan Xiao Shen was a little unstable in his own writing.After the little lady listened to Shen Yue's answer, she went to report back to the present lightly. Today, she looked at the more nervous Bachelor Shen, and when she looked at Shen Yue again, she found that he had already started writing.

As soon as he started to write, Shen Yue felt quite uncomfortable, and narrated his thoughts on the paper one by one, without caring about how much time it took.Fortunately, there were plenty of papers prepared for the candidates in the palace examination. Before Shen Yue ran out of papers, Jinjin, who was interested in Shen Yue, motioned to the examiner, and someone quietly put the papers on his desk.

Other examinees had stopped writing long ago, but it was not good to hand in the papers early before the time came.But the hour passed too slowly, didn't it?Candidates who sat on the top of the main hall and didn't dare to look around, counted the time in their hearts one by one, but found that no matter how they calculated, it was past the time to hand in the paper.And the undergraduate Huiyuan who was sitting in the first row was still answering, which made them wonder if they hadn't answered enough?

After writing the last word, Shen Yue also heaved a long sigh of relief. After putting down the pen, he gently turned his wrist. Today's writing is a bit too much.Unexpectedly, as soon as he put down his pen, the examiners went out and began to collect the papers. Shen Yue looked at the examinee next to him in a daze, and found that he was looking at him sadly, and that daze turned into reality.

"Bring Shen Yue's paper to me for reading." A majestic voice came from the top, and an examiner had already separated the last page of Shen Yue's paper, which was still wet from the first few thick pages, and took it into his hands. , and quickly sent it to the hands of His Majesty Dan's little eunuch.

Nowadays, he is also too curious about what Shen Yue wrote, so he couldn't help but say: This kid didn't write at first, but he couldn't stop writing after he was asked, which is too unbelievable.If he hadn't taken into account his status as the son of heaven, in the process of Shen Yue's writing, he would have asked people to send his finished writing over first.

It's just that such an order makes the candidates who have finished writing a long time ago feel uneasy. It seems that I have really written less, but I don't know if it will affect my final ranking.The examinees were stunned, and had been reminded by the examiner to exit the hall and then exit the imperial city.

The first thing Shen Chao did after getting in the car was to ask: "Yue'er, what did you write, and why did you write it for so long?" It's time.Among other things, Shen Chao's stomach growled several times, and he had to cover it quietly, for fear that people would say that he was disrespectful in front of the imperial court.

Shen Yue felt that his writing was springing up just now, but now he also felt that something was wrong - he seemed to have written a little too much.However, in this life, I was often bound by stereotyped essays, and it was rare to have such an opportunity to express my views freely. Shen Yue smiled lightly: "It's just talking about how to check and balance the wealth of the country and the wealth of the people!"

"What a check and balance!" After reading Shen Yue's answer sheet, Jin Jin patted on Long An: "Sure enough, check and balance!"

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I made a little joke with you yesterday, are you surprised?They all told you "it's just so exciting", and they still beat me and ran with the lid on the pot.