Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 99 Rising to Fame
  "Mom, she is Lord Tongpan's daughter. You can't say this nonsense, and you just met her once, and you seem to be able to figure it out." Li An said quickly.

To be honest, Minglan's abilities in all aspects are indeed good, but that has a lot to do with Mrs. Sheng's teachings.

Of course, Minglan's intelligence is also crucial. Hualan was also taught by Mrs. Sheng. Her character is good, but her ability is not as good as Minglan's.

Now that Aunt Wei is still alive, I don't know if Minglan can still get the guidance of Mrs. Sheng.

"Aniu, although I haven't read a book and don't understand many things, I still know how to read people. Not only did the sixth girl behave politely, but when she entered our yard, the servants who came with her couldn't help but frown. She But she didn't show the slightest hint of disgust, and she even drank the hot soup you poured before she left. This girl doesn't dislike our family at all like some young ladies from our family. Such girls are hard to find," Mrs. Liu said.

The hot soup in Liu's mouth is actually boiled water.

When doing business in Yangzhou, Ms. Liu would chat with some shopkeepers nearby when there was nothing else to do.

These shopkeepers all belong to the families of some squire officials, and they know something about the conditions of some wealthy families.

Mrs. Liu often heard them talk about the behavior of some wealthy ladies.

Of course, the so-called wealthy families are all relative. For the Li family, those families of officials and gentry are wealthy families.

Mrs. Liu knew that her son would become a minor official even if he failed to pass the imperial examination.

When Li An gets married, he will definitely marry someone from a 'rich family'.

And she didn't want her son to marry an ancestor.

"Mom, we can just talk about this at home. That sixth girl is the daughter of Mr. Tongpan. If others hear about it, they will laugh at her, and it will also be bad for her reputation." Li An warned. .

He didn't expect Liu to observe so carefully. He didn't pay attention to these details.

"You think your mother is stupid, how can you talk about such things outside. And I also know the gap between our family and the Sheng family. I just asked you to find someone like Miss Liu." Ms. Liu said angrily.

Although she had a very good impression of Minglan, she thought it would be great if Minglan could be her daughter-in-law.

But she also understood that the gap between the two families was so great that it was basically impossible.

"Mom, all marriage matters are ordered by my parents. It's not you and dad who make the decision. It's not like I can marry whoever I want." Li An said.

"Alas." Mr. Liu sighed and said, "Your father and I are incompetent. You cannot marry an ordinary farmer's wife in the future, so your father and I can't help you much. You have to study hard." , It would be great if Liu Xuezheng could help you organize something."

"Mom, stop talking, I'm going to help dad with work."

Li An's head was a little big, so he ran away and ran to the yard to help work.

……

For the next period of time, life was very ordinary. Li An went to the academy to study every day, and when he came back after school, he either read books or wrote articles.

After constant practice, Li An's article was praised a few times by Liu Xuewen.

In the final analysis, the article is actually similar to the compositions of later generations.

There was no eight-legged essay in the Song Dynasty, and there was no rigid text for writing articles.

As the saying goes, what you learn in civil and martial arts is sold to the emperor's family.

In the final analysis, studying is to take the imperial examination and become an official. The policy propositions Liu Xuewen usually gives him are about politics, economy and culture.

The so-called policy argument is somewhat similar to debate. It means to argue and demonstrate based on the topic, quoting classics, and adding some of your own understanding and opinions.

Li An was a person in two generations, and his many cognitions and views were unmatched by the ancients.

However, Li An also knew that many things were not suitable to be proposed in the Song Dynasty. He tried his best to change many good views of later generations to be more in line with the current situation of the Song Dynasty.

As the saying goes, half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.

Li An did not dare to propose any too advanced ideas for fear of being ostracized as a heretic.

Even so, many of Ang Lee's articles made Liu Xuewen's eyes light up.

Although Ang Lee is limited by the knowledge he has learned, the wording in his article is very immature, but his views on many things are thought-provoking.

On weekdays, when chatting with people at gatherings, Liu Xuewen would discuss some of the points in the articles written by Ang Lee, and would even show the articles to everyone, which attracted everyone's praise.

Liu Xuewen came into contact with the upper class people in Yangzhou. Li An was praised by these people, and with the two poems he had written before, he accumulated some fame and became famous in Yangzhou.

Called a ‘prodigy’ by many.

Li An was also called a child prodigy at Qingfeng Academy before, but that was only what the people at Qingfeng Academy called him. No one outside had even heard of his name. Of course, many of Ang Lee’s articles involve some sensitive topics. Liu Xuewen pointed out the problems and did not publish these articles.

In addition, Li An would also read the military books given to him by his master Shi Lin in his spare time.

Li An had always thought that the handwritten military experience was from Shi Lin's ancestor.

However, after taking a closer look, he felt it was unlikely.

Many of the military experience and methods mentioned in that book are not simple. If it was really written by the ancestor of Shi Lin, it is impossible for the ancestor of Shi Lin to be unknown.

Since Li An learned about the deeds of the ancestors of the Shi family from Shi Lin, he specifically searched for some historical books about the late Tang and early Song Dynasty in Liu Xuewen's collection, but did not see any famous generals named Shi in the later Tang Dynasty.

Yangzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiangnan was originally the scope of the Later Tang Dynasty.

However, Li An checked many local county annals in Jiangnan, but there was no record of the famous military general named Shi.

The reason why Li An looked for these was to find out the identity of Shilin's ancestors, to find out if there were any hidden dangers, and to find ways to solve them.

Although he was a little disappointed that he was not found, it also showed that the ancestor of the Shi family was not of high status at the time and was just trying to scare himself.

But when I think about the Shi family's situation, it's normal.

If the ancestors of the Shi family were really high-status, they would still have some family property left behind. Even if they lived in seclusion, they would not be able to become a hunter. If they bought some land, they would still be able to become rich.

There is no way to verify who left the book on the use of military skills.

Li An also asked Shi Lin, but he didn't know anything about it. These books were given to him by his father before his death, and he only said that they were handed down from his ancestors.

In early March, Sheng Changbai returned from Bianjing.

When a few people got together, Sheng Changbai also told some stories about what he had experienced in Bianjing.

Among them is the matter of establishing a prince. The official family is now nearly fifty years old. There were several princes in the early years, but they all died young.

Civil and military officials proposed to let the official family adopt a clan child. After the official family rejected it, because the official family was in their prime, the official's reaction was not intense.

Seeing that the official family was over forty and still had no heirs, the officials finally couldn't sit still and raised the issue of adoption again.

However, at this moment, a concubine in the harem found out that she was pregnant.

The official family promised to all officials that if the child was not a prince, he would be adopted into the clan.

In the end, the concubine did give birth to a prince. The official family was overjoyed and thought it was God's blessing, so they changed the name of God.

As a result, last year, in the summer of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign, the prince died again.

It is said that the official family could not bear the blow and did not go to court for more than a month.

When the official family went to court again, the officials proposed to let the official family adopt the clan. The official family was furious and got very angry.

Considering that the prince had just died, the officials did not press too hard. By the end of last year, more and more people were petitioning to adopt the clan, including local officials from various states.

The officials were so angry that they immediately quit the court and did not go to court for several months.

"Alas, in these troubled times, it is a disaster rather than a blessing that your father and Liu Xuezheng are promoted to Bianjing." Gu Tingye sighed.

As the legitimate son of the Hou family, he knew the dangers of establishing a crown prince.

Even though Sheng Hong and Liu Xuewen had low official positions and seemed unable to blend in, as civil servants, they must follow the good deeds.

If the official is angry, he may become a chicken that respects the monkey.

"There's nothing we can do about it. There's less than a month until the deadline for taking office, and we'll be leaving in a few days. No matter how muddy the water in Bianjing is, we can't avoid it." Li An shook his head.

Ang Lee knew the plot, but Sheng Hong was not involved.

But he was a little worried about Liu Xuewen. Liu Xuewen's official position was Shi Yushi, which was also known as Yanguan.

There is definitely no way to avoid this kind of thing. If you are not careful, you will be sent into exile.

Although he was not involved as a student, Liu Xuewen treated him so well, and Li An didn't want anything to happen to him.

But now we can only take one step at a time.

(End of this chapter)