I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 215 Follow-up matters
Qi Mo understood the meaning of Qi Tongzhi's words, and won the gratitude of everyone in Fengzhou if he didn't pursue it; if he pursued it to the end, he would end up enmity with all the families.

"Zhan Feiyu may not care about these families in Fengzhou, but Moer, don't forget that there is also a Chen family. If the Chen family operates, scholars in Fengzhou who will pass the imperial examination in the future will be Zhan Feiyu's enemies." Qi Tongzhi They all have to admire Zhan Feiyu's strategy, the little girl put aside her talent for reading, this thought is stronger than many people.

Looking at the thoughtful eldest son, Qi Tongzhi patted him on the shoulder, "In the future, when you conflict with others in the court, think about what Zhan Feiyu did today, and be tolerant when you should be tolerant, but for a villain like Chai Yi, Must be killed decisively!"

When Zhan Feiyu faced Liu Baihu at the beginning, he was also strong and domineering, which caused Liu Baihu to break his leg for the second time, but he was magnanimous to the families in Fengzhou. Tightening and loosening is the way of life.

"Speaking so much, she will have to get married in the future, and finally stay in the back house to care for her husband and teach her children!" Qi Yan interjected angrily, wishing to see Zhan Feiyu's wings broken immediately, and could only be a child. A woman with three obediences and four virtues.

Qi Tongzhi was about to be so pissed off by his youngest son, he sneered, "Even the prince can marry her, but in the future you will just kneel down and salute Zhan Feiyu!"

"I..." Qi Yan was so angry that he couldn't say anything to refute, so he could only turn his head and sulk.

Qi Mo couldn't help laughing, Zhan Feiyu is so strong that his younger brother can only be compared to him, so that he won't have any desire for revenge, just like this time, the reason why Zhang Changsong and the others kidnapped Qi Heng was because they were afraid of Zhan Feiyu.

Zhan Feiyu, who returned to Nanxuan Mansion, received a letter from Xueshi Gu from Beijing. It was no surprise that he was scolded, and a small pile of homework came with the letter.

"Teacher, this is definitely revenge!" Zhan Feiyu flicked the paper in his hands in horror. Is this really just ten days of homework?No matter how you look at it, it looks like it can only be completed in a month!

The key is what does it mean to get a number out?
Zhan Feiyu looked out at the bright sun through the window, and looked back at He Sheng behind him, "It's such a hot day, staying in the dormitory will definitely cause heat stroke!"

He Sheng looked sympathetically at Zhan Feiyu, who was about to go mad, and hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'll have someone build the dormitory under the shade of a tree."

So it's still going to be built?Waving his hands with nothing to love, Zhan Feiyu suddenly regretted going to Fengzhou, "Forget it, build it more firmly, and there will be a township examination in three years, and you will have to stay in the dormitory for nine days."

After He Sheng withdrew, Zhan Feiyu resigned himself to his fate and sat down behind the desk, and began to do his homework with the spirit of Yugong Yishan. change."

This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius Xue Er Pian", which means that Confucius said: "Gentlemen, if you are not dignified, you will not have dignity; learning can make people unobstructed; you must be loyal and trustworthy, and do not make friends with people who are different from you; If you make a mistake, don’t be afraid to correct it.”

This topic is not complicated, and it can even be said to be quite satisfactory, but Zhan Feiyu knows that the more common the topic, the more difficult it is to write a good article.

From the county examination to the government examination to the last hospital examination, there are at least a few hundred candidates and as many as one or two thousand candidates. Each examination must write at least three essays, and the examiners must select the best candidates from thousands of examination papers. To write an article, to solve the problem must be wonderful.

If the examiner's questions are tricky, or weird, they are easy to shine. Ordinary questions test each candidate's essay skills. If the questions are ordinary, the essay may fail.

Zhan Feiyu was thinking while grinding, since there are gentlemen, there are naturally corresponding villains, and the sage Confucius has always distinguished gentlemen and villains based on his cultivation of virtue.

The "gentleman" in "The Analects" is a person of virtue and morality, and it is also the goal of Confucius to teach and educate people and cultivate disciples.

Zhan Feiyu glanced at the topic again. To be a gentleman: first, you must have a dignified attitude; second, you must be good at learning; third, you must be honest and trustworthy;

When the ink research was finished, Zhan Feiyu had already conceived the article, picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink, and quickly wrote a broken sentence on the paper: A gentleman is a scholar, he has his quality and he must do his best.

Perhaps it is because of a thorough understanding of the meaning of a gentleman, writing and thinking are flowing like a spring, and the inscriptions are also written in one stroke: because the quality is not dignified, what you have learned must not be solid.However, the way may not be completed, how can it be successful?
Time passed little by little, He Nuan packed his luggage and planned to ask Zhan Feiyu if he could order something for dinner, but he glanced through the window and left quietly.

When He Nuan walked to the backyard, the bricks and wood used to build the house were piled up on the open space, and the two craftsmen were already busy.

"The foundation has been dug?" He Nuan asked in surprise, and glanced at He Sheng suspiciously. Could it be that the eldest brother took advantage of Gu Xueshi in private, otherwise why would he be so active.

"It's just a house, and it can be built in the evening." He Sheng said in a deep voice, the house is only big, if it is not for the preparation for the township examination three years later, there is no need to dig the foundation, it can be done directly with bricks and wood fix it.

Thinking of the cramped dormitory, He Nuan couldn't help laughing: "Miss will definitely hold grudges."

Gu Xueshi is far away in the capital, and Zhan Feiyu is "out of reach", so this revenge must fall on He Sheng who is in charge of building the house. Who made him so active? The letter received in the morning can be set up when the sun goes down. Summer The sun is strong, and it can be used after two or three days.

He Sheng took a look at He Nuan who was gloating, "Miss likes to read and won't vent her anger."

Miss is really hard at school, He Nuan nodded in agreement, "Scholar Gu has assigned a lot of homework, I will go to the kitchen and make some soup for Miss to replenish her body."

In the study, if Zhan Feiyu knew about the conversation between the two, he would definitely say, unless the brain is flooded, who would like to write articles?

Looking at the green mountains is not a mountain, making a five-character six-rhyme poem, looking at the water is not water, but Zhan Feiyu would not choose the imperial examination if there were human rights in ancient times...

Zhan Feiyu is finishing up at this moment: A gentleman also knows what to do! A sage's theory of learning requires both internal and external, and his merits are indispensable;

Half an hour later, Zhan Feiyu put down his pen, moved his stiff shoulders, put the written article by the window and pressed it with a paperweight. After the ink was dry, he had to revise it and then copy it before sending it Go to the capital.

From the corner of the eye, he glanced at the pile of homework next to him, and Zhan Feiyu continued with a bitter face.

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Far away in Zhongzhou, Chen Mansion.

Different from Zhan Feiyu's small courtyard next to the official road in Shangsi County, the Chen Mansion occupies a huge area, occupying half a street from the East Street side, and Wujin's mansion is hidden among the towering trees.

There is a lake in the garden to the west. Every summer, the female family members of the Chen family love to go boating in the lake, picking lotus leaves and lotus seeds. This is exactly what the saying goes: You can pick lotus in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lotus leaves are in He Tiantian.

"Father, the people from Fengzhou have returned. Chai Yi is dead, and everything has been settled." When Chen Xuezheng thought of Zhan Feiyu, his expression turned ugly.

The Chen family was forced to send dead men to the Fengzhou Prison to kill people and silence them. Although the matter was resolved, the Chen family's face was also lost.

Mr. Chen was wearing a cotton gown, and was currently trimming potted plants with scissors. He was wearing a straw hat. If it weren't for Chen Xuezheng's respectful attitude, outsiders would have thought he was an ordinary old gardener.

"Look at the trunk of this real cypress tree." Mr. Chen trimmed off the overgrown branches with two clicks.

Chen Xuezheng glanced sideways, "It looks like a dragon."

"That's right. At the beginning, there was only a three-part image. I slowly cultivated and repaired it, and now it has a prototype." Mr. Chen said slowly, and handed the scissors to the boy beside him. How are people different?"

Chen Xuezheng followed the old man into the house, and the servant who had been waiting by the side immediately handed over the soap for washing hands.

After a while, Mr. Chen sat on the main seat, picked up the teacup and drank two sips of tea, "The Holy Majesty is an upright man, and the princes are all adults. I have been raising a real cypress for five years. The eldest prince wants to turn into a dragon, but it's a pity." Not enough time, not enough capacity.”

Everyone understands the truth, Chen Xuezheng said with a wry smile: "Father, the eldest prince is in Beijing, even if he wants to hide his strength and bide his time, the other princes are cultivating party members, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on."

This is what the so-called authorities are obsessed with, but the onlookers are clear. It's not that the eldest prince is impatient, but in such an environment, how can it be possible to have no desires?If other princes snatch the opportunity, they will lose everything.

Mr. Chen put down his glass, half-closed his eyes and looked at Chen Xuezheng who was also impatient, "Tell me that the little girl studied under Gu Qingzhou, why does she still study hard?"

With Gu Xueshi as a teacher, Zhan Feiyu can be said to have jumped to the sky. She doesn't need to do anything. After waiting for a while, no matter whether it is a few princes of the right age or children from the aristocratic families in Beijing, the custodians will come to ask for marriage. .

Before Chen Xuezheng could speak, Mr. Chen continued: "Besides, Zhan Feiyu handed over movable type printing to the imperial court. With such achievements that can be recorded in the annals of history, does she need to worry about her future? As long as Gu Qingzhou plays, the Holy Majesty will never A title is stingy."

"Even if we don't talk about this matter, before in Nanxuan Mansion, Zhan Feiyu stepped on Chen Ji rice shop to make a name for himself, and Prince Yu and the military generals of the court will remember this favor." When Mr. Chen talked about this matter, his expression was calm, and he could see that One hundred thousand shi of rice is not even a drop in the bucket to the Chen family.

Mr. Chen leisurely fiddled with the tea leaves in the teacup, "Spy's report: Zhan Feiyu gets up before dawn every day when she is so ugly in her studies. Dadan will also make up for the missed homework, Gu Qingzhou once joked with the Holy Master that Zhan Feiyu is not tall because of studying and staying up late."

How hard is it to read?But any scholar who has passed the exam knows that no one knows about the ten years of the cold window!If it is a child from a poor family, after a lot of hard work, no matter how handsome a scholar is, he will turn into a scruffy man with long hair and thin hair.

In the eyes of Mr. Chen, Zhan Feiyu is someone else's child. At this moment, he can only sigh, "The eldest prince wants to be in the eyes of the Holy One, not to win over courtiers and cultivate party members, but to be like Zhan Feiyu. After he has made great achievements, why worry about not being able to get to that position!"

Mr. Chen did not say a rebellious thing, even if the Holy One did not make the eldest prince the crown prince in the end, as long as he is strong enough and has the military power in his hands, why should he care about the name of a crown prince? After all, the battle for imperial power cannot escape. The eight-character motto of the loser is the bandit.

"Zhan Feiyu and our Chen family have already become enemies." Chen Xuezheng didn't want others to destroy his prestige, and the eldest prince's temper, Zhan Feiyu was far away in the Nanxuan Mansion, so it can be said that they are in peace.

But once Zhan Feiyu entered the capital, Chen Xuezheng knew what would happen without even thinking about it. Instead of doing it at that time, it would be better to take advantage of Zhan Feiyu's fledgling period to eliminate the roots and avoid future troubles.

After a long silence, Mr. Chen finally began to speak, "There is still more than a month until the hospital examination."

Chen Xuezheng was overjoyed, but Mr. Chen had already closed his eyes and rested his mind. Chen Xuezheng knew that he couldn't ask, so he could only get up and leave. With his father's help, Zhan Feiyu was doomed!
In the dark night, a figure quietly sneaked into an ordinary small courtyard. This alley is close to the Gongyuan, so every time the imperial examination comes, the house here is rented out early.

"This handwriting is not difficult to imitate." In the room, with candles on, the young man sitting at the table quickly flipped through the seven or eight pages of paper on the table, comparing them word by word, "standard pavilion The font is the easiest to imitate, and the style of handwriting has just formed, but the pen is not strong enough, and one month is enough."

The man in black standing by the table took out two banknotes and put them on the table, each of which was 500 taels, and a hoarse voice sounded, "There are still 1000 taels after the matter is completed, remember, you must copy it to the point of authenticity." , your benefits will be indispensable in the future."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." The young man replied with a smile, his expression was unprecedentedly relaxed.

Compared with 2000 taels of silver, he cared more about his own future, so what if he became a Qipin county magistrate in the future?As the saying goes, ten years of Qing magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver!The county magistrate is not as good as the magistrate, but at least he can ensure his prosperity and wealth for the rest of his life.

Zhan Feiyu didn't know that the Chen family was planning to do it in the courtyard test, even if they knew, there was nothing they could do.

As a student of Jiangnan Road, officials from the Chen family's faction spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. Not to mention tampering with the college examination, even the rural examination, it is easy for the Chen family to do so.

More than half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the beginning of July seems to be getting hotter and hotter. Coming out of the dormitory built in the backyard, Zhan Feiyu rushed straight to the bedroom, "A Nuan, I want the fragrant soap that only comes out of beauty makeup. It stinks..."

He Nuan pursed her lips and laughed, it was hot enough to sweat in the room in this weather, not to mention the narrow dormitory, it was like a steamer inside.

And Zhan Feiyu has gone in twice since the dormitory was set up. With the idea of ​​being blessed and suffering together, a few days ago, he also recruited students from the county school who were going to take the college entrance examination. Absolutely "Heaven is angry and people are complaining."

After washing up, Zhan Feiyu smelled the faint fragrance of flowers on his body, and then felt himself alive, "I remember that the third son is coming today?"

On the same day, Zhan Feiyu took Wei Daru and Zhu Changyun brothers back to Nanxuan Mansion first, while Ming San stayed in Fengzhou to deal with follow-up matters. The day before yesterday, Zhan Feiyu received a letter from Ming San, saying that he had already returned. The letter stated that he came to Shangsi County after two days of rest.

He Nuan took a cloth towel and wiped Zhan Feiyu's wet hair, "Yes, it's time to arrive in an hour, and Miss is going to the official way to greet her?"

Zhan Feiyu has been a sad reminder for more than ten days, but fortunately, he finally finished all the homework of Master Gu, "Well, I just went out to let the wind go."

(End of this chapter)