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"Changbai, I have asked your mother to clear out the row of houses in the backyard. I have invited several nephews to live at home. After they move in, if you have time, take care of them more."

When it was time to eat at night, Sheng Hong said to Sheng Changbai.

"Father, the younger sisters in the family are getting older, so it's not good for the outsiders living in the backyard of the house?"

Although Sheng Changbai knew that Sheng Hong let several people live in Sheng's house so that he could observe closely.

It is convenient to pick one, two or three suitable son-in-laws.

Otherwise, the Sheng family moved to the capital, had gone through two imperial examinations, and had the son of an old friend in the same year. After visiting the capital, they would never see Sheng Hong leaving other people to live at home.

But letting these three live in the Sheng family, the risk of being "stolen" is too high.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Just seal the door leading to the backyard and let them come in and out through the back door of the house. They are either young people who are favored by their father, or they are family friends. At this time, we will arrange for them to stay at home. It is also necessary to create a good study environment."

Because of the proximity to Chunwei, many people crowded into the city of Tokyo. Although there were not as many people as there were before the imperial examinations in previous years, the posthouses and hotels in the city should be full or full, and the price should be increased or increased.

In addition, the reception capacity of these places is inherently limited, and they do not have the ability to receive more than 1 people.

This year, because the entertainment venues are closed, the capital's ability to accommodate migrants is even more insufficient.

Therefore, it is indeed a common thing for scholars who come to Beijing to rush for the exam to seek refuge or borrow in the homes of relatives and friends.

These are all old friends of Sheng Hong, the son of the same year, it is indeed the right thing for Sheng Hong to arrange.

Sheng Changbai couldn't refute this reason, so he could only accept the matter of closing the door:
"Then let me arrange this."

Sheng Changbai simply added a lock to the door without preparation. Such a simple measure would not be able to stop "people with a heart".

Although the Sheng family is not considered a wealthy family, their current family status is definitely enough for poor families to worry about.

Sheng Changbai directly ordered someone to nail the door to death, cutting off this way.

It's up to them whether they mind the Sheng family's precautions or not for these borrowing exercises.

The gentleman is open-minded, and the villain is often relative.

People who don't have extravagant thoughts can naturally understand the Sheng family's practice of promoting the reputation of the women in the family.

Separate the yard, these lift gates can also be more comfortable.

Independent and secluded courtyards are now a sought-after item in Bianliang.

The general movers just want to rent, and they can't rent a yard with such conditions.

Most people don't have this kind of financial strength, and many people who do have financial strength don't have such connections and status.

The yard that Sheng Hong left for his disciples was at the back of the Sheng family's garden.

To pack up is to clean up, and then arrange the necessary furniture.

After it was over, Juzi checked out of the inn rooms one after another and moved in.

The first one is Wen Yanjing, Sheng Hong's most promising candidate.

He went back to his hometown in Hebei, took part in the state examination, and once again obtained the qualification for juren, he returned to the capital.

Wen Yanjing's family is indeed the most common farming and studying family from a poor family.

The family's land assets add up to only a few hundred guan.

In normal times, Wen Yanjing still rented a house in the capital, and the imperial examination was approaching, and the rent rose sharply.

For Wen Yanjing, renting a house has become the biggest burden.

The family's economic conditions are very average, belonging to the poor family who can take the imperial examination a few times and go bankrupt.

After receiving Sheng Hong's invitation, he quickly moved here.

There are also three sons of the same year of Sheng Hong's old friends, who also moved here.

Although these people were not the only ones who visited Sheng's house, not all of them had any closer relatives and friends in Bianliang.

For various reasons, these three people came to live in Sheng's house.

The last one is Li Yu, the son of the Sheng family's in-laws and old friends.

Li Yu and Dafang Changwu are cousins, they originally lived in Changwu's house, but after receiving the invitation from Sheng's family, they moved from Changwu's house to Sheng's house.

Compared with the family of a military general like Changwu, it is obviously a family of literati like the Sheng family, which is more suitable for studying for exams.

Not to mention that there are candidates who want to take the imperial examination together to facilitate communication, and there are two seniors in the imperial examination, Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai, who have already passed the imperial examination, so it is convenient to ask for advice.

There are not many private libraries in the city of Bianjing that the Sheng family has a collection of tens of thousands of books.

Li Yu can be regarded as a talented person in the Sheng family's Youyang's hometown. From the perspective of geographical factors, he is naturally suitable for the Sheng family to cultivate and cultivate as his own wings.

The reason why Sheng Changbai didn't see Li Yu when he went back to Youyang was because Li Yu was studying abroad.

Youyang can't be said to be a place of cultural prosperity, and it is still quite difficult to cultivate talents for Jinshi in the local area.

Probably only waiting for Sheng Hong to retire and return to his hometown to live.

Only by devoting himself to education in his hometown can it be possible for You Yang to flourish in culture and education.

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"Bai'er, it's been a while since I've been in contact with a few of them. Among these few exams, who do you think is most likely to win in this subject?"

Sheng Hong let a few people live at home, not out of pure kindness, but mainly to investigate his son-in-law for himself.

Even Wang Ruofu is not a generous person, let a few people live at home, take care of all aspects.

I also think that the son of Sheng Hong's old friend's family is a son of an official from a wealthy family.

As Rulan's candidate, Wang Ruofu entertained these people wholeheartedly.

Not only provide a house to live in, provide servants to serve, provide three meals a day, but even provide winter clothes and carbon stones.

Today was considered free, so Wang Ruofu called Sheng Hong, and Sheng Changbai discussed these issues.

"Mother, I see that the characters and talents of the elder brothers are all top-notch, and they all have a good chance of being listed in this subject. Let my father talk about it first. My father has been in business for more than [-] years, and he is more knowledgeable than my child." gone."

After Sheng Changbai praised the formula, let Sheng Hong speak first.

Confident candidates who came to the scientific examination from other places, of course, have some hopes for the list.

His own ability is not too bad, and it can be said that he is better than Sheng Changfeng in terms of basics.

"Wen Juzi has made the most progress in his studies during this period. If he continues to improve at this rate, there will be a lot of possibilities for him to be ranked in the spring next year."

Even if there are other candidates who are similar to himself and have a good basic impression, Sheng Hong is most optimistic about Wen Yanjing.

Wen Yanjing's article is not the best one, Sheng Hong can also pick out the advantage that Wen Yanjing has improved the most.

Compared with Sheng Hong's three acquaintances, they were born in official families and had experience in the imperial court.

Songshan Academy, where Li Yu was born, has great Confucianism teaching, and it can also teach Jinshi continuously. It also has no shortage of experience in the examination field.

In this case, Wen Yanjing, who lacks experience in imperial examinations, will of course make the fastest and greatest progress after being taught by Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai.

"Changbai, don't use clichés to deal with your mother. If you think which one is better, tell your mother the truth, or let your mother choose the one with more outstanding talents for your fifth sister."

After Sheng Hong finished evaluating Wen Yanjing, he knew that Wang Ruofu didn't like Wen Yanjing. This was Sheng Hong's candidate for Mo Lan, so he continued to say to Sheng Changbai.

"Mother, I'm better than Li Yu. No matter in terms of family background, character, talent and learning, Brother Yu is a reliable person."

Seizing the opportunity, Sheng Changbai strongly recommended Li Yu to Wang Ruofu.

It was also during this period that Minglan and He Hongwen developed very smoothly. It seems that if it wasn't for the old emperor's funeral, they might have agreed to a marriage.

There is really no need to keep Li Yu as a backup, so Sheng Changbai has arranged Li Yu to Ru Lan without hesitation.

"Bai'er, brother Wu and brother Liu are not good at learning and character?"

Wang Ruofu still can't let go of his face, and still wants to marry Rulan into an official's family.

"Mother, Wu Shixiong and Liu Shixiong's talents, learning, and character are naturally good. This imperial examination naturally has the hope of being ranked first. But after all, Wu's family and Liu's family are both official families, and even came from rich families. , there will inevitably be more rules in the family, and Fifth Younger Sister will inevitably be bound by this."

Another reason is that Wu Sanlang and Liu Dalang are unlikely to be willing to marry Rulan if their rankings are good.

If the ranking is poor, Ru Lan will inevitably have no future if she marries this kind of man.

Sheng Changbai didn't mean that he definitely wanted to find a promising man for Rulan.

A man who can pass the Jinshi exam is the best among scholars in this era, and he is good enough.

As long as it is a Jinshi, it can be said that it is more than enough to match Rulan.

But if the ranking in the imperial examination is not good, the man's official career will inevitably be wasted in the selection stage.

All his life, he has served as an official in various places, joined the army, taught Yu, county lieutenant, and county magistrate repeatedly.

After 20 years of exile, it is difficult to return to the capital to be an official like Sheng Hong.

Adapted to Yangzhou, Tokyo's bustling Rulan, where is a person who can endure hardships.

Going to a poor country and staying in a remote area for a few years, where men's status is not high, how can Rulan adapt to such a life for a long time.

Sheng Changbai's personal experience is that marriage can rely on love in a short period of time, and it doesn't matter if it suffers a little bit. For a long time, it is still inseparable from firewood, rice, oil and salt.

"Ma'am, Bai'er is right. I think Brother Yu is also a very good child. He is also from our hometown. Even if Rulan is married, it will be convenient for us to communicate."

Sheng Hong is a bit more sensible, knowing that Rulan lacks education and has a wild temper, and cannot adapt to the strict rules and regulations of a rich and official family.

Although the Li family is also a well-behaved family.

But the Li family is only a local merchant after all, and Li Yu's official career needs the help of the Sheng family.

No matter what, she will be more tolerant towards Rulan, and with the twisted relationship between the two families, Rulan will not be too harsh.

The Li family does not accept Pinlan who has the same personality as Rulan, and it is the Li family who marries Pinlan, which will not bring any benefits to the Li family.

Rulan has a fourth-rank official's father and a seventh-rank official's elder brother. It is not difficult for the Li family to accept Rulan and treat Rulan kindly.

"Brother Li, is he really as good as you say?" Wang Ruofu asked hesitantly.

Although the Li family is just a merchant, they are rich after all, and being rich can also make it easier for Wang Ruofu to accept.

If you marry your daughter, even if you don't have a lot of nobles, it is not difficult to achieve wealth.

"Mom, Brother Yu's every aspect has been approved by the old lady. If you can't believe the vision of our father and son, why don't you trust the old lady?" Sheng Changbai continued.

Whether he likes the old lady or not, Wang Ruofu still approves of the old lady's eyes.

As far as the old lady is concerned, she has missed twice on Sheng Lao Tanhua and Lin Haoshuang.

Once caused the old lady, an unhappy marriage for a lifetime.

Once, there was a estrangement between the old lady, the cheap son, and the daughter-in-law.

The results of the two times of looking at people and looking away were very profound and painful.

After that, the old lady became more cautious when looking at people, and she really had the ability to recognize people.

After Wang Ruofu went to the old lady again to confirm, the three Lan in the family all had a candidate for the time being.

Sheng Lao Si Mo Lan betrothed Wen Yanjing, Sheng Lao Wu Ru Lan betrothed Li Yu, Sheng Lao Six Ming Lan betrothed He Hongwen.

Of course, this is the result of a unilateral agreement by the Sheng family. The three candidates are still in the investigation stage of the Sheng family.

Even between Ming Lan and He Hongwen, who are the fastest growing, there is only a tacit understanding between the two families, and they have not made things clear.

After the selection, of course, is to give the candidates some opportunities to contact.

Although there is no soundtrack and no drinking, there are still more banquets in the Sheng family.

It's hard to say what kind of banquet it is, it's just that the Sheng family will often invite a few people to come and have dinner together.

Some small-scale literary meetings will also be held at home.

The reason why things can't be too explicit is that Wen Yanjing and Li Yu can't be invited alone, or all of them.

After letting these people get in touch, the effect is not very satisfactory.

Because the system of the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker is not perfect.

No matter what era, as long as this system exists, the resistance of children will always exist.

In addition to family background and wealth, Wen Yanjing can already be regarded as excellent in all aspects.

But Mo Lan still looked down on Wen Yanjing.

Sheng Hong had clearly told Mo Lan that it was Wen Yanjing who had been selected.

Mo Lan was still quite indifferent towards Wen Yanjing, on the contrary, she was very enthusiastic towards Brother Wu and Brother Liu who came from a family of officials.

In order to prevent Mo Lan from doing something irrational, Sheng Changbai is still going to do Mo Lan's ideological work.

Of course, when it comes to marriage, men and women are different. Although they are a father, they are not a mother, and the relationship is not considered close. It is still difficult for Sheng Changbai to talk to Mo Lan directly.

Fortunately, Hai Chaoyun had already entered the door, and Sheng Changbai also had someone to entrust with this matter.

Whatever you want to say, just ask Hai Chaoyun to help convey it.

Moreover, Hai Chaoyun is also a wise woman, so she can persuade Mo Lan.

Hai Chaoyun, a woman who is better than Mo Lan in all aspects, can accept marriage, so why does Mo Lan refuse to accept it.

"How is it? How is the attitude of the fourth sister? Doesn't it look very good?"

Seeing that Hai Chaoyun's expression was not very good when he came back from Mo Lan's thoughts, Sheng Changbai asked.