Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 343 Xinzheng Gao Family (Part [-])
No matter what the reason was, Guo Pu finally agreed to Gao Yushi's request to be a teacher, but he refused to return to Beijing immediately, saying that he would wait for Gao Yushi to pass the small test before returning to Beijing together.

In other words, if Gao Yushi fails the small test, then the theory of apprenticeship will come to an end without a problem.

Here is a point that needs to be explained: scholars in the Ming Dynasty had to take the county test first, and then they could take the government test after being admitted.

That is to say, people like Gao Yushi who have never taken the exam are not even Tongsheng, they can only be called Tongzi.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, there were two exams every three years. Gao Wushi could pass the county exam, government exam, and Taoist exam this year—if he passed the exam.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to take the exam even for a child student, and it was even more difficult for a student student.Because scholars take the county examination, there is a quota limit on the number of admissions. If the county examination takes the government examination, the number of admissions is also limited. Therefore, even if there is a mere quota for a child student, it has to go through two checks by the county and the government. To successfully become a student, you have to wait for the last hurdle of the Dao Exam, which also has a quota limit.

Relatively speaking, because the style of study in the north is not as strong as that in the south, the competition for scholars in the north is a little more relaxed than that in the south.In some areas in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Nanzhili, Zhejiang and other places, it is really a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops.Hundreds or even hundreds of people can be recruited in a county test, and thousands of people can be recruited in a prefecture. It is not uncommon for a slightly larger prefecture to get thousands of people in the prefecture test, which shows how difficult it is.

Gao Yushi's native place is Xinzheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province. Kaifeng Prefecture needs no introduction.

Of course, Guo Pu had already read Gao Yushi's article. He insisted on returning to Beijing after Gao Yushi passed the small test. He didn't think that Gao Yushi would fail the small test. He just didn't want to go to the capital alone. It would be too embarrassing.

Guo Pu's family was cramped, so Guo Pu didn't stay high and pragmatic, and told him to go straight to the road the next day, so he didn't have to come back to say goodbye.Gao Wushi knew that Guo Pu was a human being, and since he confessed so much, there was no need to do anything extra, so he returned to Anyang and rested overnight.

Early the next morning, Gao Wushi set off from Yecheng Mayi to the south to Weihui Mansion, then turned to Xinxiang County in the southwest, took Kangcai Mayi to Xingyang, went south, passed Zhengzhou, and then arrived in Xinzheng via Guodian Mayi.

Gao’s ancestral house is not in Xinzheng County, but in Gaolaozhuang in the northeast of the county. The name is very famous, but it is not the Gaolaozhuang in "Journey to the West". Its location is about Xigao Village, Hezhuang Town, Xinzheng City near.

Gao Laozhuang is not far from Xinzheng County, about ten miles away from the city. Because Gao Yushi came from the north, he didn't enter the county at all, and went straight to Gao Laozhuang.

Since entering the border of Xinzheng County, there have been more things on Gao Yushi's carriage: a small triangular flag has been inserted on the left and right shafts of the carriage, and in the middle of the small flag is a character Gao, and on each side of the character Gao there is a figure of a snake with a human face, intersecting left and right , to surround the high characters.

This is the unique logo of the Gao family, which is equivalent to the family logo in Europe.However, this decoration is not uncommon in Xinzheng - the human-faced snake body is the tribal totem of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor recorded in ancient books, and Xinzheng is the hometown of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, so almost all the famous families in Xinzheng have human-faced snake body decorations.

The only difference is the high character in the middle.

Of the Gao family in Xinzheng, only the Gao Laozhuang family can afford these four words.

Now that he has arrived in Xinzheng, Gao Yu doesn't have to stay nervously by Gao Yushi's side all the time. He has been in Gao Laozhuang for many years and almost everyone knows him, so he went to Gao Laozhuang in advance to inform Gao Yushi of his return home.

Of course, Gao Wushi is a junior, the notification is not to let Gao Laozhuang send someone out to pick him up, but to ask all the houses to get ready, and Gao Wushi will definitely meet them one by one.

Since the eldest uncle Gao Jie has passed away, the second uncle Gao Duo is in Nanjing, the third uncle Gao Gong is in the capital, and the fourth uncle Gao Cao died early. Only the fifth uncle Gao died early due to illness and returned to his hometown, but Gao Cai does not live in Gao Laozhuang. , but live in the county seat, so Gao Yushi can go back to his own home, which is Liufang.

Gao Yushi's mother, Mrs. Zhang, originally planned to go to Fengyang to be with her husband this year. It was precisely because Gao Yushi was going back to his hometown for a small test that he deliberately stayed for a few months. Now she is at Gao Laozhuang's home. When people prepare, they also take a bath and change their clothes, and wait for a high-level pragmatic visit.

But when Gao Wushi arrived at Gao Laozhuang, he found that there were still people welcoming him—all brothers of the same generation, and no daughters.

The leader is already in his early thirties, looks talented, but behaves frivolously. He is Gao Wuzi, the only son of the uncle Gao Jie.Gao Wushi knew that the real "eldest young master" of the Gao family had not inherited any of his father's excellent genes, and was completely a playboy.

When Gao Wushi got out of the car, Gao Wuzi was talking to a person beside him with displeasure. The person seemed to be trying to persuade Gao Wuzi, but Gao Wuzi ignored him.

Seeing Gao Wushi get out of the car and walk towards him, all the brothers of the Gao family wanted to greet him, but Gao Wuzi didn't move, and everyone looked embarrassed, so they had to stop.

Gao Wushi acted as if he hadn't seen him, and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Gao Wuzi reluctantly returned the gift, took a look at the cavalier who accompanied Gao Yushi, and said in a neutral manner: "I heard that Yushi made a fortune in the capital, and it seems to be true... Oh, it's really different to be valued by the third uncle. , Zongjiao Boy can also make a lot of money every day."

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Brother, I laughed, but I made some things to cleanse the dirt, and I was lucky enough to be pleased by His Majesty. It is not worth mentioning that it has grown hair today."

"Oh? It's not worth talking about?" Gao Wuzi chuckled, "Since it's not worth talking about, why don't you pass on the method of making this thing to my brothers and sisters, so we can all have a good time?"

Gao Wushi secretly sighed that his uncle had no successors, but he looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.

"Why, can't bear it? Don't you mean it's not worth laughing at?" Gao Wuzi sneered, "At your age, you've learned to be duplicity, what will happen in the future!"

I've been duplicitous too often, you bite me?
Gao Yushi despised him in his heart, but he looked terrified on his face, and explained: "Brother misunderstood, it's not that I'm being stingy, but after this soap was presented to His Majesty, His Majesty was delighted for a while, and once said that this thing can only be made exclusively by my younger brother. , is difficult."

Unexpectedly, Gao Wuzi didn't expect this, so he was at a loss for words, and then became suspicious, and asked, "Your Majesty still cares about this? Are you bullying me?"

Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "If you don't believe me, you might as well write to Uncle San and ask about it."

"This..." Gao Wuzi knew that he was not liked by Gao Gong, so he said angrily, "Forget it, I just said it casually. Could it be that those few copper coins are really missing?"

(End of this chapter)