My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 162

"I remember you read books, right?" Xu Jingchang asked with his hands behind his back.

Xu Qin on the opposite side said with a sullen face: "I have read it. Let's go to the Imperial College together. You always have a stomachache, so I will read it by myself."

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, it seems that this happened, but I forgot.

"Then how are you doing in your studies? Are you sure you can get into Enke?"

Xu Qin's complexion was even worse. He was obviously two years older than Xu Jingchang, but he was questioned by this kid like a teacher. ?It is the righteous god of Xuwang Temple!

You let me take the imperial examination, are you kidding me!
When my grandfather went to Jinling with Emperor Taizu, he finished the work of several lifetimes.

Let me fight with those people?

What are you thinking?

Look at the Tongtian lines on the young master's forehead!
Xu Jingchang saw that he was 1 unconvinced, so he smiled and said: "I said cousin, last year, there was no one in the Xu residence, where are you?"

Xu Qin was questioned. Last year, his father was arrested and imprisoned in the prison.At that time, he was scared and anxious, so he hid with his sister-in-law and prayed for shelter.

He didn't return to the mansion until his father was released.

It's just that even if he came back, he didn't dare to make trouble, so he could only stay out of the door.

Until Xu Huizu went to the Golden Palace once, Zhu Di recovered his title, Xu Qin revived again, and your Duke Xu Shaoguo came back again.

Things are good, but the only problem is that during his dormant period, his cousin, that old follower, who ran behind with two barrels of snot, has become Dingguo Duke, and he is with him. Dad sat down on an equal footing.

Facing him, I couldn't lift my head.

"What do you want to say? I admit that I was scared at the time, but I really have no way not to be afraid..."

Xu Jingchang stopped him, "It's useless to say any more. You'd better make it clear that this honorable status can't really protect you from any worries. The Xu family's family is not so unbreakable. You can't always think about how your family will give you peace of mind." What are you, think about how much you have contributed to this family!"

Xu Jingchang really seemed to be lecturing elementary school students, "Enke this time is the best opportunity. You go to take an examination of merit and then become an official in the court... With my current example, it will not delay your succession to the title. On the contrary, you do If you make some achievements and impress everyone in the world, it is only natural to inherit the title at that time. Even if you can't make achievements, you can learn more in the officialdom, master some real skills, and understand the minds of courtiers. In the future, you will not As for the black eyes, you don’t understand anything, don’t you think?”

Xu Qin said with a dark face: "What you said makes sense, but why don't you go to the exam? Why do you make things difficult for me?"

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, and then sighed softly: "I will probably be the examiner and review the examination papers for you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qin was even more dumbfounded, "I won't go, I will definitely not go!"

He shook his head desperately, but Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, I'm afraid you can't help it!
Sure enough, when the two of them were discussing, Xu Huizu suddenly slapped the table, Xu Qin closed his mouth in fright, turned his head to look at his father, his eyes were full of fear and awe.

"Listen to your brother, you must take the exam for this subject!"

Finished!

Xu Qin was about to cry immediately, "Father, it's not that I don't want to go, it's just that my knowledge is really not good, I'm afraid I will embarrass you, old man."

"If you are afraid of shame, go to study! Go now!" Xu Huizu said angrily: "As the eldest grandson of the Xu family, you are looking at twenty, and you are really so worthless. If one day, your father dies, can you Support the gate of the Xu family?"

Can?

It seems impossible.

It's just that the Xu family still has Xu Jingchang!
Xu Qin subconsciously looked at Xu Jingchang, and then his face turned red.

Do I really have to rely on my cousin?
It's really embarrassing.

"Father, my son is willing to take the exam, but my son is not good at learning, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pass it if I go."

Xu Huizu snorted, "You useless trash! You didn't know how to work hard when you were asked to study in the early years. Look at your cousin, he quoted scriptures in the golden palace, and confronted courtiers. He never suffered a disadvantage. You are bigger than others You turned out to be two years old, but you turned out to be such a waste, you couldn't even pass the Enke exam, what use would I have you for?"

As he said that, Xu Huizu picked up a wooden stick and shouted angrily: "Kneel down!"

Xu Qin was so frightened that his legs went limp, "Father, please forgive me!"

Xu Qin was at a loss and didn't even have the guts to run away, so he could only stand helpless and stupid.

Xu Jingchang looked a little pitiful. He walked over and took over the family law from Xu Huizu.

"Uncle, give it to me. I'll supervise him to study later. If he's not honest and obedient, I'll beat him. Don't worry, I won't show mercy."

Xu Huizu frowned, hesitantly said: "Are you sure?"

"There should be a [-]% chance, unless he is too disappointing."

"That's good!" Xu Huizu resolutely agreed, "Go and teach him, how many beatings this kid has received from you, I will double him when he comes back!"

In this way, Xu Qin fell into the hands of the evil spirits of the eighteenth floor of hell.

Xu Jingchang first took stock of the basic situation of this kid.

If you can't even write words, that's not enough.

But after Xu Jingchang's preliminary test, he was surprised to find that Xu Qin's calligraphy is very good, at least better than him... a lot.

"Handwriting is the facade. I have also practiced calligraphy since I was a child, but you, when you were young, you only thought about climbing trees and picking birds, and you didn't pay attention at all."

Xu Jingchang unceremoniously raised the wooden stick in his hand.

"If you dare to mention things about your childhood, I'll take care of you!"

Xu Qin stuck out his tongue in fright, not daring to talk nonsense.

"I don't count on your ability to study Confucian classics, Four Books and Five Classics, you definitely can't."

Xu Qin blinked his eyes, he is really not good, but you may not be better than me, why don't we compare?
Xu Jingchang ignored him, "Da Ming Law, do you understand?"

Xu Qin was startled, "Understood, I have recited it."

"really?"

"Well, when Emperor Taizu was around, we went to the palace to celebrate the birthday together. Emperor Taizu asked me Daming Law, and I answered it. I got a gold ingot. You..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Jingchang raised the stick, and Xu Qin shut up in fright.

"Apart from the law of Ming Dynasty, do you know anything else? For example, Jiuzhang arithmetic?"

"Understand."

"You understand this too?" Xu Jingchang was curious.

Xu Qin said: "Since my father took over the throne, some family affairs have been entrusted to me. I always have to understand the accounts of the palace, so as not to be deceived."

"That's right...then what else do you want? For example, do you understand the current political situation?"

Xu Qin rolled his eyelids, suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Is publishing an article in the residence newspaper counted?"

"Have you written an article in the mansion newspaper? What article?" Xu Jingchang turned pale with shock.

Xu Qin said triumphantly: "It's about the Nishan Hongru Association. I edited a lot, and I got a manuscript fee! Although it's not much, it's the first time I've made money. It feels pretty good."

"Wait a minute..." Xu Jingchang hastily stopped him. Everyone else is a poor scholar and needs to earn some living expenses. You are the eldest son of a state duke, why are you joining in the fun?

Xu Qin said seriously: "What's wrong with this? I want to be a literati too?"

Xu Jingchang looked at him seriously for a while, then nodded, "It's easy for a young man in his twenties who has accomplished nothing to fantasize that he is a writer!"

"You!" Xu Qin was furious, "Xu Jingchang, don't go too far! I'll write you in later."

Xu Jingchang snorted, "It's no use threatening me, don't forget what I do, Jin Yiwei is still in my hands, be careful I will throw you to prison!"

This frightened Xu Qin, so he shut up.

Xu Jingchang was quite curious, "You write articles, do you have a pen name, tell me."

Xu Qin was stunned, even if he didn't say anything, Xu Jingchang could find out, so he could only helplessly say: "I am planning to inherit the title, so I named it Cheng En."

"Cheng En?"

"Well, it's called Wu (Wu) Cheng'en."

Xu Jingchang was shocked, suddenly his whole body was not well.

"Well, cousin... do you know Sun Wukong?"

"It's the perverted monkey in the drama. I've read it, but I think the book is a bit vulgar and not interesting."

Xu Jingchang pondered for a while, "Then are you interested in writing a new story about learning Buddhist scriptures from the West?"

Xu Qin thought for a while, "It's hard to say, I still plan to write a book about the true and false descendants of Confucius, maybe I will write it in the future."

Xu Jingchang nodded, "Okay, let's talk about the future, you should study hard for me first, and deal with Enke this time."

I don't know if it was an illusion, Xu Qin suddenly found that his cousin was more polite and stopped speaking harshly, just kept moving books in front of him.

First of all, the imperial edict, which is the foundation of Enke this time, must be thoroughly read and understood.

Followed by arithmetic, this is also a key assessment item.

Finally, there are views on the current situation.

The specific questions of the exam are still up to Zhu Di, but Xu Jingchang can guess some of the general categories... This is the biggest problem of the imperial examination.

In fact, those who have a deep relationship can know the general scope of the examiner in advance, and then they can also collect the articles written by these examiners when they were young, and then they can review them.

And at the end, even if the article is dethroned, there is still a chance to be resurrected... In short, the children of those aristocratic families have more chances than ordinary people.

Xu Jingchang didn't know whether it was a violation of the rules for him to tutor Xu Qin like this.But one thing, if the people who come out of Enke this time don't have a deep foundation, it is very likely that the bones and scum of being bullied will be gone.

no way!
Just suffer a little bit!

From morning to night, even the time to go to the bathroom is fixed, and I can only sleep for an hour and a half at night.

His head hangs from the beam, and his buttocks are pierced... Xu Qin has never suffered this kind of pain since he was so old.

I fucking don't want to learn anymore, if I fail the exam, I will fail!
Whenever he played badly, Xu Jingchang's stick would fall down without hesitation.

He didn't know how many days had passed, when suddenly Xu Jingchang told him to go to bed early today.

Xu Qin was taken aback, thinking that this kid had finally become a human being!

Unexpectedly, the next sentence made him dumbfounded again, and it will be Enke the day after tomorrow.

Xu Qin was instantly stressed!

In a blink of an eye, it was Enke's day, before dawn, Xu Qin came to the Gongyuan with a basket and practical things.

At this time, the lanterns on the street are like a string of fireflies.

Under the light of the lanterns, there are vicissitudes of life.

This is the master scribe who came to rush for the exam!

They have been manipulated by others for most of their lives, and they thought that they had already lost their edges and corners, and they had already resigned to their fate.Who would have thought that there would be a chance for Xianyu to turn around.

Whether you can sit on an equal footing with your chief depends on this time!

Xu Qin felt the flames in the eyes of these people!
He was shaken all over, he couldn't help pulling the skirt of his clothes, lowered his head, followed the crowd, and quickly entered the Gongyuan...

(End of this chapter)