Cutting 1719

Chapter 267
In a very strange atmosphere, the Fuhan army kicked off the financial reform this time. At the same time, the first spring ceremony held by the Fuhan army was also in progress.

According to the usual practice, there should be an autumn examination before Chunwei, that is, the provincial examinations, which are generally held in August and presided over by various states and governments to test local people.Only those who pass the provincial examination can participate in the Chunwei in February of the following year, which is the general examination held by the capital.

But the problem is that for the Fuhan army, they were still fighting in Huguang and Jiangxi last August, so they had no time to think about these things. Therefore, there was no such an autumn test, but a spring test in April, so as to select talents .

For this kind of behavior, the Qing court naturally felt that its orthodoxy had been greatly humiliated, so there were endless requests from the Qing court to send troops to fight again, but the Qing army had just returned in a disastrous defeat, so how could there be such leisure to worry about these things? Even Yongzheng lost his temper severely.

"A group of rotten Confucians, I really can't stand it anymore, take a knife and go to Huguang to fight against Chu Ni!"

It has to be said that Yongzheng was much more straightforward than Kangxi, and he was even more ruthless. Where did the Confucian scholars who only played with pens find the courage to go to the battlefield, and this matter was left alone.

However, because of this incident, many people in the world know that the Fuhan Army is conducting imperial examinations, and there is no so-called rural examination. As long as you go to Wuchang, you can directly participate in the examination. There is no problem with being an official, and there is no Jinshi, and there is a chance to be a Juren, and there is nothing wrong with being a petty official.

This is going to be a disaster all of a sudden. Many unsatisfied scholars began to find ways to go to Huguang. Their reasons are also very solid. You are an elite official in the Qing Dynasty, but you really can’t pass the exam!But now the officials of the Fuhan Army are easy to test, even if they are rebels, they are still officials!

This group of people, Haoshou, has been poor for half his life, and what they want is not to be an official. Don't you see that even Ning Yu's seventh uncle, Ning Zhongquan, a half-scholar scholar, took a long time to get an official of the county magistrate? , Only when the family pays for it can we get the real shortage of a county magistrate.

This shows a very serious problem, that is, when the Qing Dynasty used imperial examinations as a net to recruit talents from all over the world, it opened the net too large. The average number of people who passed the exams in each subject was only more than 200, but there were more than two scholars in the world. Hundred?Although this move took away all the top talents, most of the remaining mid-level talents were still eliminated under the curtain of the imperial examination.

Under such circumstances, the Fuhan army set up an official store, although it was not from the Qing Dynasty, but it was a real official store. Scholars who could not get an official in the Qing Dynasty naturally flocked there.

For the first imperial examination held by the Fuhan Army, the chief examiner was Cui Wancai, the left counselor of the Fuhan Army. If Li Fu was in Wuchang, it would not be a big problem to be a deputy examiner.It's just that with Cui Wancai, a scholarly scholar like Cui Wancai, there really are a lot of talents here.

On the eighth day of April in the 61st year of Kangxi, the first imperial examination of the Fuhan Army officially began. More than 500 people came to take the exam, which greatly exceeded the capacity of the original Wuchang Gongyuan. In desperation, Ning Zhongjing ordered A large area of ​​sheds was built in the east of the city, and these sheds were arranged in imitation of the layout of the Gongyuan as a supplementary examination room.

For this kind of thing, it is natural that the former [-]st garrison division is in charge of the garrison. Of course, the current [-]st garrison division has changed its name and is called the imperial guard, but it is very prestigious.Thousands of soldiers built simple sheds in just four days. They were short, narrow and damp, and the branches on many sheds were still blue.

But after all, having such a thing is better than nothing.Although the scholars occasionally complained, they didn't dare to make mistakes easily when they saw the soldiers of the Fuhan Army holding bright bayonets. It was obvious that those soldiers were not comparable to those trash from the Green Camp. The master who has really gone to the battlefield and killed people.

As the saying goes, the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound is in the ears.But right now, Cui Wancai is hoping for some face from God, at least it won't rain in these few days, otherwise the shed may not be able to withstand it, and it will be a joke when it really collapses.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that in such a rainy April weather, God really gave face. During the six-day exam process, there was only a little bit of rain, which did not affect the exam at all. It was not until the end of the last strategy question test that there was a torrential rain on this day.

The weather in April, in Wuchang, the rain comes as soon as it is said, and everyone is used to the rain in Jiangcheng.However, there were many people eager to hide from the rain on the street. One of the young people ignored the heavy rain and lifted up his robe, walking in the rain all the way, chanting poems from time to time.

"Brother Tai is very elegant. Writing poems in the rain is really a joy in life!"

An oil caravan stopped in front of the young man, a voice came from the carriage, and then the man who spoke opened the curtain of the car. It was a young man with an extremely heroic appearance, but he just quietly returned to Wuchang Ning Yu.

Ning Yu was worried that the financial reform would be frustrated this time, so he wanted to come back to promote this matter, but now that the Eastern Expedition is about to happen, he will inevitably be gossiped by rushing out of the army, so Ning Yu chose to travel low-key and returned to Wuchang by boat all the way .

But it was a coincidence that when Ning Yu first entered Wuchang, he just caught up with the end of the imperial examination and also caught up with this heavy rain.Therefore, when Ning Yu was on his way back to Chu Palace in an oil van, he met such a young man who recited poems in the rain, so he sighed.

But the young man laughed loudly, and then saluted with fists: "I can't be my brother's absurd praise. God is going to rain, so let him rain. The rain has become inevitable, so why worry about it?"

These words made Ning Yu feel a lot of good feelings in an instant. He bowed his hands and said: "Writing poems in the rain will inevitably lead to the risk of getting sick. Brother, how about drinking and composing poems with me?"

"If you can get drenched in the rain, you can also drink this wine. It's better to be respectful than obey your orders."

Ning Yu then winked at Ning Si, and Ning Si understood, then the oil caravan changed direction and headed towards Chunxiang Building in Wuchang City, which has now become the largest restaurant in Wuchang City.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Ning Yu observed the young man's actions, and saw that although the young man was dressed plainly, he did not behave like a poor scholar at all. He could take everything he saw and heard indifferently. It made Ning Yu think of the son of an official family.

In this world, Ning Yu, who has been a second-generation playboy since birth, still does not have that elegance and calmness, so he quickly determined the identity of the other party in his heart, and when he thought of the other party's plain attire, Ning Yu It is basically certain that this young man must have fallen in the bottom of his family.

Although the two just met for the first time, when the good wine and food came, they started talking. Although the young man was young, he was full of knowledge, which made Ning Yu even more Curious about the identity of the other party.

But for Ning Yu, a modern soul who has been educated by a famous teacher, everything he talked about was a bit sharp, but it made the young man look at him with admiration, and he also had a bit of respect for Ning Yu.

Ning Yu didn't ask the young man's name, and the young man didn't ask Ning Yu's identity either. The two only focused on drinking and talking, but before they knew it, they had drunk three rounds, and both of them were a little fuzzy.

The young man was carrying the jug, but he stood up with difficulty. He walked to the railing of the restaurant with three steps, and watched the pouring rain outside, ignoring the cold wind blowing in, and chanted loudly.

"Fame and wealth have no proof. I spend all my energy and time, and I always miss the time. Get drunk with three cups of dirty wine. Where do the water and flowers fade?"

Hearing the poems chanted by the young man, Ning Yu felt a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember them, but the poems were really good, so he said loudly: "Good poems! Good poems! Get drunk with three cups of turbid wine, and the water flows and the flowers thank you." It's really wonderful!"

The young man chuckled, and then walked in with the jug in his hand, and said with a wry smile, "This poem is the work of the student's enthusiasm, and it doesn't deserve the praise of brother Taiwan. It's just that the student thought of the past, but Meng Lang is a little bit more."

Ning Yu poured himself a glass of wine. For some reason, he felt that getting drunk was a very good thing today, "This life is really hard. If there is an opportunity to have fun, naturally don't let it go. Just look at it and you will know If you are an official family, how can you suffer so much?"

The young man smiled, "The student is indeed a family of officials, but now that his father died of illness, the student was bullied by his clan, so he had to leave his hometown and come to Huguang to take the imperial examination, just to get a chance."

A few numbers, but it outlines a bleak picture. There is nothing more sinister than this.

However, when Ning Yu heard that he was taking part in the Huguang imperial examination, he smiled in his heart. In this case, there is no need to ask for the name. This person with real talents and practical learning is naturally like a cone in his pocket. As long as he shows his edge, he will naturally stand out.

With a smile on his face, Ning Yu raised his wine glass and said, "Since Xiongtai came to Fuhan Army to participate in the imperial examination, this time it will be a great show!" After drinking a glass, he turned and left.

The young man's eyes were a little clearer. He looked at Ning Yu's back with a bit of doubt on his face.

After returning to Prince Chu's mansion, Ning Yu went to take a bath and change clothes first. He had to wait for the smell of wine to dissipate before he kowtowed to the old lady. Cui Si sent all the maids away and stood outside alone, waiting Ning Yu came out.

Originally, Cui Si was quite pleasantly surprised by Ning Yu's return, but unexpectedly, this person smelled of alcohol, and coupled with the white lotus witch that the maids talked about before, her heart was sour.

"Husband smells so much of alcohol, where did you drink the flower wine?"

If Cui Si was placed a year ago, she would never have said such a thing. She has always been such a shrewd and strong character, why has she ever thought of fighting for others to be jealous?But for Ning Yu, her heart was already full.

Because of Chen Caiwei's matter, Ning Yu felt a little sorry for Cui Si, so when she saw Cui Si's petty temper, she had no choice but to coax her: "Don't blame my lady, it's really my husband's fault this time. But I also brought a lot of fragments to my wife, which were collected."

When Cui Si heard this, the jealousy in her heart gradually dissipated. She naturally understood that this person is not an ordinary person. If she just revolved around her, her father Cui Wancai would be the first to come to scold others. After all, if such a large foundation has no heirs, that would be a big deal.

Now that Ning Yu came back and still remembered to bring gifts, Cui Si felt much better, at least when her husband got better, it would be really good, and it would seem a little ignorant to care about other things.

After a good deal of tenderness, the two went to kowtow to the old lady, and stayed at the old lady's place for dinner, while Cui Si sat beside her with a smile on her face.

The old lady looked at the dark and thin grandson in front of her, and her eyes were a little red, "Look at my good grandson. He has suffered a lot this year, and it was your father who was cruel. Seeing you outside really broke my heart, the number of times I prayed to Buddha was much more than before."

He said this, but it made Ning Yu feel that something was wrong. He didn't want to explain to the old lady what it means to lead troops to fight, so he had to wink with Cui Si.

Cui Si quickly comforted the old lady. Since they had been together for a long time, the old lady was quite satisfied with Cui Si, the granddaughter-in-law. Not only was she well educated and reasonable, but she also had a gentle and virtuous personality. She was indeed a good candidate to be a housewife.Therefore, she also paid a lot of attention to her thoughts.

After a while, Ning Yu and Cui Si got away and went to visit Ning Zhongyuan and his wife. After seeing Ning Yu came back, Mrs. Ning's performance was worse than that of the old lady. Her tears It flowed out in a patter, and I looked at my son carefully, for fear that something was missing.

"God bless, Yu'er can come back safely, but it really made me worry for my mother for a long time, but my mother heard that there are one or two hundred cannons in Kangxi. If this happens, it will be okay?"

Seeing his mother like this, Ning Yu had no choice but to smile wryly, and Ning Zhongyuan also felt a little embarrassed. He also got out of the battlefield, so he naturally understands that there must be dangers, but if he doesn't go to the battlefield because of danger, then he will only put yourself in a more dangerous situation.

Ning Yu then repeated the same trick, and gave his wife Cui Si to Mrs. Ning, and asked her to persuade her, while she followed Ning Zhongyuan into the study, and the time since the last secret talk was basically over. It's been more than half a year.

After entering the study, Ning Yu quickly noticed that Ning Zhongyuan's hair was much whiter than last time, and his mental state had also become much worse, which made Ning Yu feel a little faint. disturbed.

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