marquis of jingan

Chapter 195 Autumn is approaching!

Previously, when Shen Yi took the examinations, the County Examination Institute took the three children's examinations. Although some of them were taught by Mr. Lu, most of them relied on Shen Yi's rather solid "foundation".

In other words, he himself has not tried hard.

But at the stage of the provincial examination, Shen Yi obviously felt that the foundation that Shen Yi left behind was no longer enough, and he had to work hard to study and study.

But if you really immerse your mind in learning, it will not be so boring. Not only is it not boring, but sometimes it is interesting.

After all, it is possible for the descendants of Zhu Xia to ponder the knowledge for thousands of years, so there is naturally something profound and profound, and it is worth devoting to it wholeheartedly.

Of course, Shen Yi's motivation for studying knowledge is not pure, or the motivation is too pure.

He is not for the knowledge itself, but simply to step on the advanced stage of scientific research, so as to enter the scholar-bureaucrat class, enter the bureaucratic class, and grasp his own right to speak.

Originally, he was studying alone in the capital. Unless the emperor hinted that the main examiner would let him go, the probability of passing the rural examination was not high. But now that Shen Yi met a famous teacher like Old Man Gu, he naturally could not let this rare opportunity live up to him.

Wu Feitu left, and four months passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to September in the sixth year of Hongde. Summer went to autumn, and the heat wave in Jiankang gradually receded, and the weather became cooler.

Since May, in addition to reading books, Shen Yi has basically maintained the intensity of "composition" of a policy theory or essay every day. In addition to writing small essays, Shen Yi either looks for books in Liquan Building or Jiankang's books. In a few months, he basically read all the books that Master Lu wrote to him.

Although he might not know how to recite it, he did read it once.

After reading one of these books, old man Gu would ask Shen Yi some questions about the book. After more than a dozen books in a row, Shen Yi deeply realized the power of this seemingly inconspicuous private school teacher.

He himself has memorized all the books written by old man Gu to Shen Yi, and he knows them by heart.

When he found out about it, he mentioned it to Mr. Gu, and the little old man told Shen Yi proudly that when he was young, he had a nickname of "two-legged bookcase" in his hometown. .

In the past few months, Shen Yi has visited Zhao Shilang several times, and once asked Zhao Shilang about Mr. Gu. According to Changping, this Mr. Gu was originally a local Xie Yuan, a well-known child prodigy , when the Emperor Xianzong went to Beijing to take the Jinshi examination, before he had time to take the examination, he angrily wrote a letter to impeach a certain prime minister for corruption at that time.

Although Juren is qualified to "write letters" to the emperor, it is of course unlikely that there will be any response to the letter from the prime minister. Afterwards, although the old man was fine, he was suspected of cheating for inexplicable reasons during the exam and was banned for life.

Afterwards, the old man felt ashamed to go back to face the elders in his hometown. He had stayed in Jiankang for decades, because he could only study and had no other livelihood. living expenses".

When Lu Anshi and Zhao Changping's group came to Beijing to rush for the exam, old man Gu was still very famous, so the two brothers and sisters both came to ask Mr. Gu for advice, which can be regarded as some mentoring.

Therefore, there is absolutely no problem with Mr. Gu's professional ability.

In addition to writing small essays according to Mr. Gu's request, Shen Yi wrote five manuscripts for the palace newspaper in the past four months.

Although apart from the first issue, the content published in the following four issues is not completely consistent with the manuscript written by Shen Yi, and some things written by others are also included, but in general, the content of these five issues is at least [-]% to [-]% are from the hands of Shen Yi.

Shen is not in the court, but he is actually the "behind-the-scenes writer" of the Dibao Division under the Ministry of Rites.

This identity actually has a lot of power.

Although Shen Yi also knows that there must be a final reviewer inside the Dibao Division, or in the palace, but with his current writing skills, he can already guide the reviewer by changing the tone of the manuscript without changing the content of the manuscript. The point of the reader's emotions.

This is also the basic skill of journalists of later generations.

However, Shen Yi has not entered the imperial court yet, and has no interest demands of his own, so he still writes manuscripts to the emperor honestly, as if it is a monthly review of his presence with the emperor, so as to leave a good impression for future interviews up.

As early as mid-August, the yamen of the Ministry of Rites announced the chief examiner for this year's autumn, as well as the specific examination time. At this time, there was less than half a month left for the specific examination on September 24.

At this time, Shen, who was writing hard in his study, finally finished the manuscript in his hand, and heaved a sigh of relief.

This is the sixth manuscript he has written for the palace.

Most of the content of the manuscript was written from the materials provided by the palace, and some anecdotal parts were folk stories he heard in Jiankang, or some short stories he made up by himself.

And this manuscript was his last manuscript before the provincial examination.

After drying the ink, Shen Yi carefully put the manuscript away, and then muttered in a low voice that no one else could hear: "The palace is urging manuscripts faster and faster. Instead, I want to issue every half a month."

After the fifth issue of the mansion newspaper, the mansion newspaper has been accepted by most of the people.

At least it was accepted by most Jiankang people.

With the growing influence of the Dibao, the palace also paid more and more attention to the Dibao Division. As of last month, the manpower of the Dibao Division has nearly tripled from when it was first built!

With more people, the engraving speed will be much faster, that's why Shen Yi said that the Mansion News Agency is preparing a half-monthly issue.

Not long after Shen Yi put down the brush, a soft female voice came from outside the door: "Young Master, Brother Xu and the others are here, and the food is ready, you can come out to eat."

This is Shen Yi's eldest maid, Qing'er.

After getting along for more than four months, she has become very familiar with Shen Yi, not only with Shen Yi, but also with Xu Fu and other five people.

Shen Yi responded, put the brush in the brush washer to wash off the ink stains, then hung it on the pen stand, got up and stretched a lot.

The scholars next to him pay attention to "red sleeves add fragrance", and Shen Yi now has the capital and conditions to add fragrance to the red sleeves, but he is still not used to having people around him when he is writing, so he is the only one in the study at the moment, and two maids are writing while he writes. When it comes to food, except for bringing in food, you will never come in when you are on the sidelines.

After pushing open the door of the study, Shen Yi's courtyard was already full of people, besides his two maids, there were five people including Xu Fu.

Xu Fu and a few people have established themselves in the Jiankang snack industry and make a lot of money every month, so they often bring some good things to Shen Yi's house and cook them for Shen Yi.

The reason why we are all gathered here today is because today is the ninth day of September, which is Double Ninth Day.

On Chongyang Festival, people worship gods and ancestors, and have dinner together to pray for longevity.

Originally, Shen Yi should have invited his father, Shen Zhang, too, but this festival, Prince Jin's Mansion will only be busier. Shen Zhang has been promoted to the chief steward of Prince Jin's Mansion in the past few months, and he is very busy in Prince Jin's Mansion right now. Yilehu, no time to come.

Seeing Shen Yi walking out of the study, a group of people immediately surrounded him, each saluting to Shen Yi.

"Son..."

Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "You are welcome, just be casual."

Shen Yi is easy-going and has no airs, but the background of this era is that there is a difference in dignity, and these people are all dependent on Shen Yi, so they are still very respectful to Shen Yi.

Qing'er, the maid who had been with Shen Yi day and night for several months, was not so restrained. She looked at Shen Yi's darkened eyes, and there was some complaint in her tone.

"My lord, reading and writing day and night has caused dark circles under my eyes, so I need to be more careful..."

Shen Yi sat down and yawned, not paying much attention.

"In half a month, it will be Qiu Wei. After the provincial examination, I will naturally take a good rest for a while."

(End of this chapter)