marquis of jingan

Chapter 213 Zhao Shilang's Ambition
Although Old Man Gu didn't explain clearly, Shen Yi understood.

What the old man meant was that if Shen Yi went to take the Chunwei exam next year, he might pass, but even if he passed, he would probably be a top three Jinshi, and his ranking would not be very high.

You must know that the second-class Jinshi has the opportunity to enter the Imperial Academy and become the so-called "prime minister" in the Imperial Academy, but it is absolutely impossible for the third-class Jinshi to enter the Imperial Academy.

Although there are many officials with Jinshi background who have worked hard for decades to climb to high positions, after all, they have some "congenital deficiencies", and they have worked harder than others for no reason.

If Shen Yi has reached the age of 30 or even 40 years old, no matter whether he is a Jinshi or a fellow Jinshi, he will have to fight for it, but now Shen Yi is still very young, and he will wait until three years later, which is the year of the weak crown Just, still young.

Generally, the teacher will give a delay in the exam for young people, or two subjects later. On the one hand, it is to study for a few more years to get a good rank, and on the other hand, the young people are still immature and enter the court to do things too early. , easy to do stupid things, easy to "die".

One mistake or omission, and a career is over.

After serious consideration, Shen Yi bowed his head to Mr. Gu, and said sternly: "The students have written down what you said, sir. The students will go to see Master Zhao later, and after returning to Jiangdu, they will seriously consider whether to take the Chunwei exam next year or Take the exam after four years."

Of course, Shen Yi wanted to take the exam next year.

Because he has the pressure of survival and the motivation to climb up.

His motivation was that he wanted to kill Fan Dongcheng to avenge his death last year.

The pressure was that Fan Dongcheng also didn't like him, and the two of them had already met in Jiankang. With the virtue of Mr. Fan, maybe it would be bad to hold back in the dark now.

After thanking Mr. Gu, Shen Yi stayed in the private school for nearly an hour. In addition to talking with Mr. Gu, Shen Yi also sat down with the children in the private school and listened to a class. He happily pulled Shen Yi up and told the children that the young man in front of him was Yayuan Gong, No. 7 in the Jiankang Provincial Examination.

Although the children were not very old, but they grew up in Jiankang, they naturally knew what the No. 7 level of the provincial examination was, so they all gathered around and gave Shen Yi a good chance.

Shen Yi also had a smiling face, and played with these children for a long time, and waited until it was almost evening, before he said goodbye and left.

After leaving Dayifang, Shen Yi went to the green pastry shop to buy some of Zhao Shilang's favorite pastries, and carrying these pastries, he went to Zhao Shilang's mansion.

He arrived at Zhao Shilang's house in time, and met Zhao Changping in the study smoothly.

After Zhao Shilang saw Shen Yi, he was also very happy. He pointed to the chair and asked Shen Yi to sit down. Then he smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Today at the Ministry of Household Affairs, I specially asked someone to find a list for the Jiankang Township Examination."

He walked up to Shen Yi, patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and was very pleased: "Jiankang Township Examination seventh, the exam is very good."

"Just a fluke."

Zhao Changping shook his head and said with a smile: "A good test is a good test. You don't have to be modest. You have the highest rank among the candidates in the academy for this subject of the provincial test."

"I carefully read the list of candidates for the provincial examination. There are thirteen candidates for the mid-term examination in our academy, including you."

Zhao Shilang was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "It's pretty good. I remember that there were no more than ten applicants in our college in the Jiankang provincial examination. Even some of them passed the examination in other provinces. The total number of applicants is only ten."

Ganquan Academy not only accepts students from Jiangdu Prefecture and Gyeonggi Province, but some scholars from other provinces come to Ganquan Academy to study.

When these students from other provinces take the exam, some of them need to go to the capital of the original province to take the exam. That is to say, Ganquan Academy has some "sub-examination halls" in addition to the main exam hall of the Jiankang Township Examination Hall.

"It's the teachers who taught us well."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "Your nephew was lucky enough to get the exam, the uncle's contribution is very great."

Zhao Changping was rarely modest, but still had a smile on his face, obviously very happy.

"I am a very emotional person. After I walked out of the academy, I still miss my juniors very much. Every autumn and spring, I will be very happy to see the juniors of the academy jumping into the dragon's gate."

Zhao Changping is indeed a warm-hearted person, at least he is very warm-hearted to Shen Yi.

But he wasn't entirely warm-hearted.

There are also interests involved.

Although no one has made it clear, Zhao Changping and Lu Anshi are the two heads of Ganquan Academy, but one is in the court and the other is in the court. The two watch and help each other and walk hand in hand.

The more promising the younger generation of the academy, the more secure Zhao Changping's position in the imperial court will be. One day, the Ganquan faction in the imperial court will even be able to carry him into Zhongshu Province!

This is Zhao Shilang's ambition.

Every scholar wants to pay homage to his prime minister, and he, Zhao Zhi, is no exception.

You know, although the two sons of the Zhao family are worthless, Minister Zhao still has a daughter and a son-in-law!
The son cannot be chosen, what he will look like when he is born, and what he will look like when he grows up is given by God, there is no way to decide, but... the son-in-law can be chosen.

The Zhao family's son-in-law is the top two in a certain subject, and now he is a fifth-rank official in Beijing, and his future is boundless.

The prime minister's son does not worship the prime minister many times, but the prime minister's son-in-law does not. This is the reason.

Zhao Changping is now the Minister of the Household Department. If he can go further when the court is renewed this time, he will be able to enter the Zhongshu smoothly, and at the end of the day he will be able to correct his position as the Minister of the Household Department and become the official Minister of the Household Department. .

And after he climbed to a high position, it was easier to support his son-in-law.

As the son-in-law climbs higher in the future, he will naturally take care of the Zhao family and his two sons who are not very successful.

For this reason, Zhao Shilang is of course very happy to see the "talents coming out in large numbers" in Ganquan Academy.

After Shen Yi said a few polite words to Zhao Shilang, he finally remembered the topic. He lowered his head slightly and asked, "Master, my nephew went to see Mr. Gu in the afternoon. Mr. Gu said that I am too young." , and then consider taking the next subject..."

He looked up at Zhao Shilang, and said in a low voice, "What do you think, Master?"

"Take the test or not, the decision is still yours."

The smile on Zhao Shilang's face subsided a little, he frowned slightly, and said slowly: "But since you call me uncle, I will give you some advice as uncle."

Shen Yi bowed his head: "Please enlighten me, Master."

Zhao Shilang sat back in his seat, looked up at Shen Yi, and said lightly: "You are not in court, you may not be clear about some things."

"According to His Majesty's current thoughts and the situation in the court, the court will definitely usher in a major renewal at the beginning of next year soon, or the end of next year, and the carrot pit in the court will be vacant by then."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said lightly: "Especially the pit of the Beijing official."

"Qilang, you are smart and intelligent, you should be able to understand what I mean."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, bowed and cupped his hands: "My nephew understands what the uncle said."

"My nephew is going back to Jiangdu for the New Year this year. After I go back, I must seriously consider this matter."

"Ah."

Zhao Shilang nodded and said with a smile: "You are a proud young man. If you don't return home with a good clothes, you will waste everything there. You should go back to Jiangdu."

(End of this chapter)