Fu Song

Chapter 179
The drums of war on Shaanxi Road were rumbling, and tens of thousands of soldiers on the two fronts were fighting to the death.

The undercurrent on the Hebei Road was turbulent, and the war was overcast.

But in Bianliang, it is still a prosperous and prosperous age full of flowers.

The annual juren trial is finally over.

The reason why this year's Juren Examination is so eye-catching is that this year also happens to be the Jinshi Examination held every three years.And this year, there are quite a few people who participated in the Bianliang Juren Examination that everyone cares about.

For example, Xiao Cheng, the famous reading seed in Bianliang.

Another example is Luo Gang who claims that he will not marry a wife unless he is a Jinshi.

Because of their special family backgrounds, these two people were naturally the central figures in this exam, and their every move attracted the attention of thousands of people.

The standard of the Juren Examination is naturally much lower than that of the Jinshi Examination. Although Bianliang is the center of the world, it is not necessarily comparable to Fujian, Jiangnan, Hebei and other places when it comes to reading skills.

Therefore, the Bianliang Juren Examination, that is, the Ministry of Rites presided over it, only took one day of the exam.

In the morning, the poems and songs were posted with explanations, and in the afternoon, I wrote a policy discussion. After three days, the results will be announced to the world.

Of course, in order to show fairness, the top ten papers in the Juren Examination will be posted for people to see. If anyone thinks that his articles, poems and songs are better than these people, he can also post his own for everyone to compare. , You can also go to the Examination Institute of the Ministry of Rites to submit a reconsideration.

Of course, the policy is like this. Over the years, no one has successfully reconsidered.

Xiao Cheng didn't take this juren examination seriously at all, and even his teacher, Mr. Cen, didn't bother to ask, if he couldn't even win the juren, how could he compete with the next world's talents for the poor three What about the [-] Jinshi places?

In fact, everyone knows whether they can win the Juren test.

After all, all those who have a reputation as a scholar have an exam every month. If they do well in the exam, they can get a national subsidy. The better the grade, the higher the subsidy. He can't even keep his reputation as a scholar.

A person like Xiao Cheng, as long as he takes the exam, he must be ranked among the top. Even those supervising students in the Imperial College, compared with his grades, they can only be inferior. If such a person can't even pass the exam , isn't it a joke?

But Xiao Cheng doesn't care, it doesn't mean no one cares.

The day after the exam, Luo Gang's wife, Mrs. Luo, brought Luo Gang to visit.

Since Mrs. Luo has come, the hostess of the Xiao Mansion will naturally receive her as equals, and Xiao Cheng will naturally also attend to accompany Luo Gang.

Just take a look at Mrs. Luo's happy model relative, Mrs. Han and Xiao Cheng know what is the reason.

"My sister congratulates my sister, this time Sanlang should have a good ranking, right?" Xiao Han said with a smile.

Although it will take more than a day for the ranking to be announced, who are they?As soon as the ranking came out, it was natural that some would rush to congratulate her.Don't dare to cheat on the exam results to help, why don't they be allowed to send a letter of congratulations to the East Mansion in advance?

"It's not bad. This time, the whole Kaifeng Mansion takes one hundred places, and Sanlang ranks fifty-third!" Fifty-three is a lower-middle result, but for Luo Gang, it is really an unprecedented result. In the past, Luo Gang's grades belonged to the role of the bottom of the crane in the county. If it weren't for his father's sake, he might not even be able to keep the scholar. No wonder Mrs. Luo couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Congratulations Madam, congratulations Yuting!" Xiao Cheng smiled and cupped his hands in congratulations.

"Erlang is only ranked third. Those examiners must have avoided suspicion, otherwise Erlang would definitely be the leader. The eldest lady should know Erlang's ranking, right?" Mrs. Luo said with a smile.Someone delivered a letter to her family, and naturally someone delivered a letter to Mrs. Han.

"Understood, it's not to avoid suspicion. Erlang has nothing to say about the classics, righteousness and policy theory, but he was pulled points for poetry and poetry. It was already an accident to be in the top three. At first we only wanted to It would be great to keep the top ten." Mrs. Han said calmly.

This is very ordinary.

However, Mrs. Luo didn't care at all.

Compared with before, my son has already undergone a makeover.Especially this time I went to Hebei with Xiao Cheng and his group, and then went to Hengshan in the northwest. I suffered a lot, but my whole person has completely changed. I don’t see the previous Feiyang exaggeration, and the way I talk is already abnormal. When he became calm, even Luo Song was amazed, and kept saying that he would like to thank Xiao Cheng for his training along the way.

Mrs. Luo came here for this matter.

As the Lord of the Eastern Mansion, Luo Song is naturally not allowed to enter the gate of the third envoy, but women can come and go as they please. Madam Luo came here to thank the Xiao family Erlang for training his poor horse into a good horse, and secondly I also want to see the third wife of the Xiao family.

This daughter-in-law is getting more and more happy now.

In the past, she only knew that the third lady of the Xiao family was exquisite in appearance and super knowledgeable, even better than her own son. She was quite worried, but when she came back from this trip, the third lady actually gave her a whole set of hand-knitted sweaters, trousers, hats and scarves. Knitting female red is also very good.

Moreover, most of Luo Gang's hard work is probably because of this third lady.

With the urging of the third lady, if Luo Gang can really win the Jinshi, Mrs. Luo thinks that even if the third lady enters the door, she will be able to accept that she will overwhelm her.

After some greetings, Mrs. Han asked someone to call Xiao Qi to accompany Mrs. Luo, and Xiao Cheng naturally took Luo Gang and the two to the study in the front yard to talk.

"Hundred candidates from Kaifeng Mansion take part in the Jinshi Examination, and they have always passed at least [-]. Chongwen, you are ranked third this time, and you can securely get a Jinshi quota." Although a little envious, but not jealous at all, In terms of learning, Luo Gang is very self-aware, and he was overjoyed to get fifty-three in the exam this time.

For him, the Jinshi examination after autumn is to see the world, and his goal is the one in three years' time.

He said that more than [-] of the [-] candidates from Bianliang who participated in the test could win more than [-] people. This is also the imperial court's care for Kaifeng Mansion, after all, it is under the emperor's feet.In fact, in the Jinshi examination held every three years, there are still a lot of joints in the number of admissions. It is not only about talent and learning, but also the region has a great relationship.

Originally, in terms of quota allocation, some remote areas have been taken care of. In terms of admissions, some places with really poor cultural fortunes must also be favored. Otherwise, some places will not be able to win a Jinshi for many years, and troubles will easily arise. what.

You must know that the current Northern Liao Dynasty, like the Great Song Dynasty, also holds a Jinshi examination every three years. Many Song people have repeatedly failed the examination here, so they went to the Northern Liao Dynasty to take the examination. Over the years, such people It is no longer a minority.

"Not necessarily, Mr. Cen said that in the next six months, he will make up for me in poetry and poetry." Xiao Cheng sighed: "It's really a headache."

Luo Gang gloated: "Xiao Erlang is good at reading, but his poems and songs are always mediocre. Even a scumbag like me can compare with him. Haha, if it weren't for this to give you points in this exam, You must be the leader."

"I really don't understand. The Jinshi Examination is to select talents who can manage state affairs for the country. What's the purpose of taking poetry and poetry?" Xiao Cheng said harshly: "One day I will become a Taoist, and I must take this thing out of the Jinshi Examination. Poems Song Fu is nothing more than cultivating sentiment, what has it to do with governing affairs?"

Seeing Xiao Cheng's panic-stricken appearance, Luo Gang was very happy.

"In the past, only poems, songs, Fu, and scriptures were tested, but now it is mainly based on policy theory. It was changed by Wang Laoxianggong many years ago. You want to remove all poems, songs, and Fu, and wait until you have Wang Lao. Let’s talk about the status and title of Xianggong! But I think this is very difficult, Wang Laoxianggong is recognized through the ages.”

"Just wait and see!" Xiao Cheng knocked on the table: "I still have this extravagant wish."

"Then I'll just wait for it." Luo Gang smiled and said, "By the way, Chongwen, on the way back, you took two people in, how are they doing now?"

"What do you want?" Xiao Cheng asked strangely.

"I heard from Brother Wei San that both of them are capable. You have a lot of talents in your house. Wei San and Hammer can stand alone. My family is much worse. If they are willing, Can you give them up and give them to me! Let me show off in front of my father, and I, Luo Sanlang, can also attract talents. The reward is easy to talk about, as much as you give, I will give as much!"

"Those two people, one with [-] guan and the other with [-] guan." Xiao Cheng laughed.

Luo Gang was dumbfounded: "Xiao Chongwen, what are you kidding?"

"I'm not joking, because these two people don't do anything for me now, they were poached by Tianxiang Pavilion." Xiao Cheng spread his hands.

"Isn't Tianxiang Pavilion also yours?" Luo Gang was a little annoyed. "Are these two worth so much money?"

"These two have real skills. Now Jiang Yingxue is going to do business on Kuizhou Road." Xiao Cheng explained. "That's why we need such talents, which is why we paid such a high price."

"Kuizhou Road?" Luo Gang shuddered: "No wonder you pay so much money! It's really hard to do business in that place, and our Luo family's reputation is not good. Where is the caravan? It disappeared without a trace and didn't even come back with people and goods. Since then, my family has never set foot there again. You actually want to do business there? You have to be prepared to lose money."

"Those local chieftains and chieftains are tyrannical and fearful of prestige, but they are not virtuous. There is no credibility to speak of in business." Xiao Cheng sneered: "To deal with people like them, we can only retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and blood for a tooth." Blood, Taishan overwhelmed them in one fell swoop. I used to have no one on hand, but now that I have people, I will naturally give it a try. Yuting, you have to understand that the more places like this, the higher the profits Ah. And where there are a lot of good things, those guys don't know how to manage them at all, and they are reckless, which makes people feel sad."

"It seems that blood is going to flow like a river. Are these two people so powerful?"

"They were all murderous characters in the Northwest Army in the past. If you offend someone, you can't stay in the army anymore, so you can only flee." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Such a person is not suitable to go to your house, right?"

"Really, if you really want to get them home, my father will definitely check out the eighteen generations of their ancestors. If you do this, it will be difficult. Forget it, such a person, only you Xiao Chongwen If you dare to use it, I should keep it at a respectful distance!" Luo Gang shook his head again and again.

Xiao Cheng chuckled, but took several beautifully packaged boxes and handed them to Luo Gang.

"what is this?"

"Tea!" Xiao Cheng said, "Jiang Yingxue bought several tea mountains in the south last year. This is the first batch of tea this year. I have prepared a few boxes for you so that you can go back and honor your parents."

"It doesn't look cheap!" Luo Gang looked at the exquisite outer packaging and said, "How much is this box?"

"Not much, not much, only three hundred guan for a catty, this is a friendly price!"

Luo Gang trembled: "You are stealing money, tribute tea is not so expensive!"

"It's produced by Tianxiang Pavilion, nothing else but expensive!" Xiao Cheng chuckled. "Of course, the quality is not comparable to others. Do you know how this tea is picked? It is a big girl with yellow flowers who has not left the pavilion. She goes to the tea mountain before the sun rises, picks it up piece by piece with her mouth, and then warms it with body fragrance. It’s finally made. It’s only thirty catties a year. This tea is not for ordinary people to drink.”

"I see, Jiang Yingxue has brought this business to the palace again, right?"

"Give ten catties of tribute to the palace every year." Xiao Cheng spread his hands, "There is no income for these ten catties, so you have to get it back from other places."

"How much are my boxes worth?"

"Two-two packs, a total of eight boxes!" Xiao Cheng laughed.

"I have no money for you." Luo Gang said harshly.

"This time as a friendship gift, the next time you will have to collect money." Xiao Cheng said: "Don't tell me you have no money, you have shares in Hengshan Trading, if you don't pay, I will let someone directly buy it from you." Where to buckle."

"Shouldn't you tell your father about the shares?" When it came to the shares of Hengshan Trading, Luo Gang was a little worried.

"If you don't say it, Mr. Luo doesn't know. If you want to say it, Mr. Luo will find it difficult." Xiao Cheng said indifferently: "Do you say it or not?"

Luo Gang nodded: "Forget it."

"Anyway, Hengshan Trading has definitely not paid dividends in the past two years. The money earned will be used to expand production and expand operations. You don't have to worry about whether the money will be spent or not." Xiao Cheng said.

"Really, I will study hard in the next two years, and try to marry the third lady home after three years." Luo Gang chuckled.

Looking at the yearning look on the other side's face, Xiao Cheng was about to make fun of him, when he saw Xu Wuyan trotting towards the study outside the window, he couldn't help but shut up, Xu Wuyan was running so fast at such an old age , I am afraid that there is some urgent news coming back. Could it be that the war in the northwest has changed?

(End of this chapter)