Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 30 Staff
Su Wencheng's expression was calm, but somewhat gloomy. It was only when he mentioned Erlang that his eyes lit up.

After he returned home, Su Tong, in order to make him happy, specially showed him the big characters Erlang wrote these days. Erlang is sensible, and he takes every big character seriously. Compared with the children of our country, even compared with those adults in their 20s who have been immersed in calligraphy for several years, the difference is not far, but the proportion is not enough.

Su Wencheng couldn't be unhappy seeing his son's success, but he also knew that studying was not an easy task. Besides, there was still a big family to support, and someone had to go out to work. He couldn't let his children take care of the family at a young age. burden?

His eyes fell on the stack of large characters that Erlang had written and bound. Su Wencheng gritted his teeth, barely suppressed the desire in his heart, curled the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "The road to the imperial examination is too difficult. Dad doesn't want to take the exam again. Fortunately, I can read it." For so many years, even if you don't take the imperial examination, you will not be useless, and you can always find a job."

Seeing that his father was serious and really didn't want to go down this thorny road, Su Tong frowned.

In fact, according to other people's opinions, this is really not an unwise choice. After all, Su Wencheng is not a teenager, he is already thirty, his children are about to grow up, and the road to the imperial examination is too difficult. If you fail, you will eventually grow old and achieve nothing.

If Su Tong wanted to live a peaceful life, it might be easier for her father not to study, but the problem is, what Su Tong wants is not an ordinary life. She made an agreement with Lin Mu, and she is not willing to betray herself easily Promise of.

If Su Wencheng doesn't study and wants to count on Erlang to be named on the gold list and change the lintel, how many years will it take?Her whole life is also doomed, she must live in a small place like Xixi Town, marry and have children, and waste her life, no matter how capable and capable she is, she dare not challenge the world easily, who made her a daughter?

If you want to achieve the goal of leaving your name in history, you must first go out, deal with those big figures who have left their names in history, and participate in major events that can leave a mark on the history books. These cannot be done in Xixi Town. So, Su Tong wanted to go to the capital.

She is not an unrealistic woman, the idea of ​​running away from home and going to the capital alone has never appeared in her mind.

So I figured it out, the most cost-effective way, the most likely way, is to count on Su Wencheng, let him be named on the gold list, let him be an official, and be a high-ranking official, a high-ranking official who can influence the court situation, and is not so irrelevant.

Although even if Su Wencheng wins the first prize and becomes a high-ranking official, she, Su Tong, may not be able to leave a mark in the history books, but this is a hope in the end. What's more, if she can't even do these things, she will not even be able to do so in Xixi Town. If you can't get out, where can you think of anything else?
Of course, it is impossible for her to tell her cheap father directly what is in her heart. If she pulls her father's arm and tells her father directly that your daughter wants to be famous in history, you should hurry up and come back from the exam for the number one scholar, and hurry up to the court. Hurry up and ask the historian to record even your daughter, her father must think that she has something wrong with her mind!

However, Su Tong was not in a hurry. Obviously, she could tell at a glance that although Su Wencheng was serious at this time, it was only because of guilt that he had the idea of ​​not wanting to study. He didn't think about it in detail at all, let alone other things. If he doesn't read books, those books will not be sold.

Su Tong walked to the stone steps and sat down, stretched out his hand to put away the books in a bookcase, he was not excited, nor did he directly persuade him not to give up, he just shook his head slightly and said: "Father, you want Erlang to study, right now What else does he read when he sells all your books?"

Su Wencheng was stunned, then heard Su Tong say again: "It's not impossible to sell, why don't you and Erlang copy the book once every day, bind it well, sell the old book, then buy a new book, and then copy it, and so on. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to read and practice calligraphy, and also buy new books?”

Hearing what his daughter said, Su Wencheng raised his head suddenly, came back to his senses, and sighed—it seems that he is really a fan of the authorities. Since returning home and seeing the situation at home, he has been greatly stimulated, and he is completely ignorant. That's why he came up with such a crooked trick.

Su Tong smiled and snuggled up to him, took his father's arm, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Father, you want to make money to support us. My daughter understands, but you must never give up studying. You have been studying for all these years. If you give up all of a sudden, you can't do it." Guan Er, isn’t the previous effort in vain? I still hope to become an official daughter in the future, and lead a string of female envoys to show off my power!”

Su Wencheng couldn't laugh or cry, and pinched his daughter's tender face viciously. It was a very sad thing, but when the girl said it, she suddenly became weird: "What are you talking about! Your father studies for reason. , taking the imperial examination, wanting to be an official is to benefit one side, let you say this, it seems that your father and I have worked hard for more than ten years just to let you enjoy the blessing?"

"Not only am I enjoying the blessings, but my brother can also be a yamen." Su Tong joked a few words to ease the atmosphere, and then said seriously, "Although I'm joking, but these are my daughter's desires, and everything is inferior. Only students who study well, Daddy After studying for so many years, why did you just give up so easily when you encountered some setbacks in order to get a title on the gold list one day? Where did you go? You just failed the exam a few times, and you will have to take the exam next time."

"Even if you want to make money, you don't need to give up the imperial examination. Dad can study and do work at the same time, just like now, writing letters to people, copying books for others, whatever. If there is a chance, Dad might as well be an assistant , can not only accumulate personal connections, but also increase knowledge, and it will also be good for future officials."

When Su Tong said this, he really moved his mind and wrote letters and copied books. After all, they are not stable. If they really make money from this, they can't support the family at all, but being an assistant is different.

There are a lot of failed scholars who like to be aides for others. It can make money to support their families without delaying the imperial examination. Moreover, if they meet a good master, it will be very beneficial to the future. If Su Wencheng can enter the Yamen as an aide , not only can gain knowledge, but if you make a name and become famous, it may also be good for the imperial examination.

The more Su Tong thought about it, the more reliable he felt. He clapped his hands and said with a smile, "That's it. Daddy will go to be someone's assistant."

Su Wencheng laughed, and rubbed Su Tong's head: "You think father doesn't want to? Impossible, even a staff member who doesn't receive the imperial salary is not so easy to do, at least father has no connections."

He thought about this way from the very beginning, but most of the people who can be aides are Juren, and there are not no scholars, but most of them are the children of rich and noble families, or they are also famous and well-known talents, or else There must be a way.

He, Su Wencheng, was not a juror, and his family was poor. Although he had a bit of reputation, it was not enough, and he had no connections. With him like this, how could such a good thing happen to him?
I heard that there are several scholars in the direct branch of the Su family who wanted to be friends with the county magistrate, but they went through many channels and spent a lot of money to succeed, even more impossible for Su Wencheng as a descendant of the side branch.

Su Tong didn't think so, and raised his eyebrows and smiled: "As long as Dad wants to do it, he can find a way to get it. It won't be more difficult than being a Jinshi."

(End of this chapter)