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"Changwu, don't be so pessimistic. There is still hope for you in the martial arts exam. It's just that you want to join the army. Uncle Wei, uncle, are you ready to return your horse leather shroud?"

Sheng Changbai still encouraged Sheng Changwu.

Sheng Changwu was eight feet tall, with long arms and legs, and he was born in a wealthy family like Dafang.

Not lacking in nutrition, but also likes to use guns and sticks. He has a good body naturally, and he is indeed a blank for practicing martial arts.

With sufficient strength, the cultivation of skills is relatively much simpler.

The standards for martial arts exams are put there, such as infantry, cavalry and archery, weapons, and strength. Finally, the requirements for the literary exam are not high, that is, a simple martial arts scripture, as long as you can memorize it and understand it.

Without essays, it is subjective and abstract, and meeting the standards means meeting the requirements.

Sheng Changwu can meet the requirements of martial arts, but he can't be called a strong general.

When he grows up to an adult, he may be a little stronger than Yuan Wenshao.

But Yuan Wenshao is a noble son, and he can stay in the ranks of the Imperial Army if he is no longer welcomed by the emperor.

Sheng Changwu was born as a commoner, even if he won the martial arts examination, he would not be assigned any good positions.

Most of them are assigned to warehouses in remote areas, tax supervisors, mine supervisors, and serve as low-level military officers.

Without a backing, without a chance, you will never get ahead in your life.

With Erfang's help, Changwu can be transferred to the Forbidden Army.

As a regular army, the Forbidden Army has a lot more opportunities for meritorious service and promotion.

However, all the forbidden troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty had to take turns to guard the border, and they would go to the battlefield with real swords and guns.

Because of the rise of Xixia, the frontier in the northwest of the Great Zhou was not peaceful.

There are not many large-scale conflicts, but there are many small-scale conflicts.

When the old emperor left, the leaders of the country changed from old to new, and the court was in turmoil.

It is impossible for foreign races to sneak in without taking advantage of it, and a big battle is inevitable.

Changwu was about to take the martial arts exam, just in time for this big battle.

"Changwu, let my father and I think about your martial arts."

Chang Song said to Chang Wu.The two father and son obviously only considered the benefits of changing families, and did not think deeply about the dangers of joining the army.

"Brother Changsong and Uncle Sheng, just think about it. After thinking about it, if you still want Changwu to take the martial arts, my father and I will definitely do our best for Changwu."

Sheng Changbai promised on behalf of Erfang.

Let me talk about the disadvantages of martial arts, I want the big house to think clearly, and it doesn't mean that the second room is not willing to contribute to the big house.

The four siblings chatted and played in the yard, and had dinner together for a while.

After eating some wine, Sheng Changbai went back to rest in the yard arranged by Dafang.

The next day, Sheng Wei went to prepare for the ancestor worship. Sheng Changbai was still fine, waiting in the ancestral house, and all the offshoots came to visit him, Tanhualang.

A lot of people came one after another, including elders and grandchildren.

Except for Sanfang, the clansmen who have the closest relationship with Sheng Changbai are almost out of Wufu.

You have to greet each other with a smile and treat each other warmly. To be honest, it is quite troublesome.

Sheng Changbai wanted to know how the real commoners lived in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was only then that I chatted lively, happily, and willingly with the clansmen.

Wang Ruofu is not interested in these things, no wonder he doesn't want to go back to Youyang to deal with these tribesmen.

Relatively speaking, the members of the Sheng family live a pretty good life, and they still have security in terms of food and clothing.

Even if you have no property or land of your own, you can still find an errand and a job in Dafang's business.

A clan member with good ability can be a shopkeeper or accountant, and it is enough to ensure that the family income exceeds that of most ordinary people.

Even if they don’t have any skills, farmers can at least farm, and they can also be tenants for big houses, and they can pay relatively less land rent.

Sheng Wei can also help those who have no labor force at home.

Generally speaking, Sheng Wei, the patriarch, manages the tribe well, treats the tribe very kindly, and the tribe is willing to listen to Sheng Wei.

Of course, when there are too many people, they must not all be so sensible.

There are always some people who like to get something for nothing, and love leisure and hate work. Looking at the wealth of the Dafang, they think that the autumn wind will always come to the Dafang.

The representative of this group of moths is a big family headed by the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren of Sanfang.

Sheng Changbai had already given Sanfang a gift worth [-] yuan as Sheng Hong ordered.

This big family is still not satisfied, and the third house master still wants to seek benefits from Sheng Changbai as an elder.

Sheng Changbai made a black face and kicked him out.

If it weren't for the same ancestor and the blood of the most important figure in the fortune, Sheng Changbai would have wanted to teach these people a lesson.

The mere Sanfang dared to tarnish Sheng Changbai's reputation, saying that Sheng Changbai treated his tribe harshly.

Sheng Changbai dared to make Sanfang and his gang unable to survive.

"Changbai, the county magistrate Anzhi and Liu Zhubo have come to our house."

A little later, Sheng Changsong notified Sheng Changbai.

"I'll go to meet you."

Sheng Changbai arrived yesterday, and today these two people have arrived at Sheng's house. It doesn't take much thinking to know that these two people are here for Sheng Changbai.

Not to mention the status of the second generation of Sheng Changbai officials, but Sheng Changbai himself has a higher official position than these two people.

After the county magistrate and master book arrived, all the big and squires in the county followed one after another.

Although there are no telephones or telegrams, the speed at which news spreads in this era cannot be underestimated.

The news of Sheng Changbai's visit to his hometown spread quickly.

Ordinary people can't get news, but people with a certain status in the county are better informed than the other.

It took a long time for such a large group of people to come, before dinner, the Sheng family could only kill chickens and goats to set up a banquet.

There are still some pork from the Great Zhou Dynasty that cannot be placed on the table of the big family.

As an important production tool, cattle are not easy to be slaughtered indiscriminately.

Among the domesticated animals, sheep are the most suitable for feasting and eating.

As a successful businessman, Uncle Wei still likes making arrangements.

People, big and small, in the county all came to the Sheng family to attend the banquet, which once again reflected the status of the Sheng family.

I learned from Dafang that the magistrate of Youyang County and the head secretary are considered to be good officials.

There are some cases of corruption, but they are still within the scope of the rules.

This can already be regarded as a good official, Sheng Changbai is also happy to communicate with the two of them more.

We cannot ask everyone to be the same as Sheng Hong, not to take advantage of the power in their hands for corruption.

These officials don't have a brother who knows how to do business. If they want to make money, they can only use the lowest and most direct means.

After all, the salary of the imperial court can only ensure that officials live a middle-class life.

If you are ambitious, in the officialdom, you always have to manage relationships up and down.

If there is no ambition, being an official is just a job. Apart from the status, there is only money.

As long as he is not too greedy, wantonly giving to the people, raising taxes and taxes, and seeking a little filial piety from the squires, Sheng Changbai can understand.

Sheng Changbai still lacks experience in how to govern the local area.

Chatting with the two people, in addition to some poems and songs that literati must talk about, I also learned a lot of real experience in governing the region with the two people.

It was Sheng Changbai who was asking, and it was the two of them who were talking on their own initiative, wanting to show their shrewdness.

I don't expect Sheng Changbai and his son to recommend the two, just to help spread their reputation.

The banquet was held quite successfully, and both the host and the guests had a great time. Both the host and the guests could be regarded as satisfied.

These squires just came to Sheng Changbai to make a familiar face, hoping that something happened to Sheng Changbai, and Sheng Changbai could help him for the sake of his fellow countrymen.

When the imperial court has any policies that are not conducive to You Yang, the father and son can speak out in the court hall.

On the third day, the girls married by the Sheng family, Sheng Wei's direct sister, Sheng Changbai's cousin Sheng Jun, and Sheng Wei's direct daughter, Sheng Changbai's cousin Shulan, all returned to their natal homes one after another.

Tanggu Sheng Jun didn't need to say anything to Sheng Changbai, because the relationship with the old lady of the second room was very close and enthusiastic, and she was a straightforward, enthusiastic and straightforward woman.

One can tell at a glance that life is going well, and only then can people still have this personality in middle age.

Sheng Yun is also one of the few women in this era who engages in free love and achieves marriage.

Married to Hu Erniu, a farmer, and after marriage, lived a peaceful and beautiful life. With the help of his brother Sheng Wei, the husband and wife have earned a lot of money over the years.

In this territory of Youyang, Sheng Yun lived a comfortable life.

The cousin not only returned to her mother's house by herself, but also brought back her own pair of children.

Taisheng, a son in his early teens, and sister Gui, a little girl.

Behind Sheng Changbai, there are two more children.

Shulan didn't go back to her natal family by herself, she also brought back her "child prodigy" son-in-law Sun Zhigao.

"You are Sun Zhigao?"

Sheng Changbai looked at this legendary child prodigy, who was almost the same character as Zhong Yong in "Shang Zhongyong".

Sun Zhihao's facial features can be regarded as Zhou Zheng, he looks like a human being, and he looks like a person.

But this child prodigy was nothing more than that, his face was pale, his eyes were darkened, his limbs were weak, and he looked like a drunkard.

Fortunately, it wasn't Wei Jin, otherwise Sheng Changbai would have thought that the child prodigy had done something and was an addict.

It can be seen that Dafang's desire to change the gate is really urgent.

After Youyang gave birth to a "child prodigy", Dafang didn't go to learn more about his character, so he hurriedly married his daughter.

"I am your brother-in-law."

Sun Zhigao raised his head and replied arrogantly.

Sun Shentong didn't have any fame, that is, at the age of 12, he was admitted to the county school, and he didn't know what he was so proud of.

"I heard that 'brother-in-law' you are a well-known local prodigy in Youyang. Do you think Lai Jingyi's level is very good?"

"It's useless to say that my grandson has learned the Six Classics, and he wants to be the number one scholar in high school, and he will be named outside the Donghua Gate."

Sun Zhigao said confidently, Sheng Changbai could see that Sun Zhigao's self-confidence was not a disguise, it really came from the heart, but he didn't know where the confidence of this prodigy Sun came from.

The six classics are "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", "Book of Music" and "Spring and Autumn", and the imperial examinations only require candidates to be proficient in one subject.

At Sun Shentong's age, when it comes to learning the Six Classics, one must figure out what each passage in each book means to be considered knowledgeable, not just after reading it several times.

It is also a tragedy of losing oneself in the constant praise after becoming famous at a young age.

"Then brother-in-law didn't pass the provincial exam. Look, I forgot. Brother-in-law Sun, you haven't even passed the exam. You are not qualified to take the provincial exam."

Sheng Changbai secretly mocked Sun Shentong.

"You are insulting and hurtful, and you are unreasonable. How can you talk to your brother-in-law like this?"

In a small place like Youyang, he was used to being praised by others, but Sun Shentong had a rather big temper.

"What the hell, I'm not your relative now, I'm talking to you as a senior in the examination room, how dare you let me take you into the examination."

"What qualifications do you have to test me?"

"Just because I am a good enough tester for this science, do I have to go to the county and invite Jiaoyu here, so that I can test you?"

"Just ask!"

Sun Shentong raised his head and replied.His eyes are in the sky, and he can't look down. This prodigy will live in Bianliang, and he has been beaten many times.

"The one who advances sharply, the one who retreats quickly, what is the solution?"

"The body has high and low, and there are big and small. There is no harm to the big with the small, and there is no harm to the noble with the low. Whoever raises the big is a villain, and the person who raises the big is a big man. What's the explanation?"

"The gentleman's defense, cultivate his body and make the world peaceful, what's the solution?"

"Poverty without flattery, rich without arrogance, what is the solution?"

"If you don't suffer from it, you don't know it. If you suffer from it, you don't know it. How can you explain it?"

"You are also a person of sage books, which one of these has been done?"

"Those who want to reunify their families should first cultivate their bodies; those who want to cultivate their bodies should first rectify their hearts; those who want to rectify their hearts should first be sincere in their minds; those who want to be sincere in their minds should first extend their knowledge, what is the solution?"

"It's like a bad smell, like a good sex. This is self-modesty. Therefore, a gentleman must be careful about his independence. A villain is doing bad things in his daily life, and he does everything. When he sees a gentleman, he hates it. He hides his badness and focuses on his goodness. How can it be explained?"

"Book of Rites, you can't even understand it, but you still learn the six classics, you can benefit from humility, and you don't understand all the tricks?"

After some questioning, Sheng Changbai can only say that Sun Shentong's level of scriptures is still far behind.

"The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" Sun Prodigy is considered a first-time master, and many places cannot be explained clearly.

"Book of Rites" was even more difficult for Sun Shentong, and he didn't even understand what it meant.

It is even worse for Sun Shentong to apply what he has learned. Sheng Changbai asked questions about moral cultivation, but Sun Shentong couldn't do it at all.

"Uncle Wei, Sister Shulan, do you know what happened to Brother-in-law Sun?"

Sheng Changbai had such a bad attitude towards Sun Shentong today, so he questioned Sun Shentong in advance.

It is to let the people in the big house know Sun Zhigao's true face as soon as possible.

Regardless of the big house's choice, let Shulan control Sun Zhigao well, let Sun Zhigao calm down, aspire to learn, regain the imperial examination, and save Sun prodigy.

It's still early, disheartened towards Sun Shentong, the two divorced, one difference and two lenient, whatever.

It's better than Shulan staying at the Sun's family all the time, sending money to the Sun's family, and being bullied by her mother-in-law and Sun Zhigao.

The status of women in the Great Zhou Dynasty was actually quite high.

Whether it is a divorce, or the loss of a husband, it is not uncommon for a woman to remarry.

The empress dowagers of the Great Zhou Dynasty all remarried.

After a woman divorces, she can marry the emperor and become a queen or queen mother.

Let alone a commoner's house, with the wealth of the big house and the background of the second house.

Shulan is divorced, and it is really not difficult to find a steady husband.