Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1045 New Juren

God bless you.

When hearing this result, Cao Yong was not surprised.Like Nian Xi, those who passed the examination at the age of 12 are, after all, a minority.

If you win the imperial examination at the age of 12, you may win the Jinshi at the age of 13.If you can pass the exam, it’s okay, there are still three years of excessive study; if you don’t pass the exam, just let it go, the 13-year-old Qipin Zhengyin official, what is it if it’s not a farce?
Zhili is a province with a large provincial examination, and there are many candidates for the examination. It is not uncommon for Tianyou to fail due to his age and experience.

Even so, Tianyou was still very depressed.

He didn't ask for leave, and still went to Qi Xue to study every day, but he couldn't hide his disappointment.

Cao Yong once released him once. Compared with those scholars who had just passed the boy's test in their thirties, he was already too lucky.Now this subject, it is normal to fail.

Others have studied for more than ten years or decades, but he has only studied for seven years.It was already a fluke to be able to pass the boy's test with first-class results before.

If he had a setback once, would he be so depressed, how would a scholar who had studied hard for decades but still failed to pass the exam be so comfortable?In the examination room, most of them were four or 50-year-old Confucian scholars. This is what he saw with his own eyes.

Zuo Zuo will still open Enke next year, and in the year of the provincial examination three years later, even if he wins the exam twice, he will only be 15 years old, younger than his uncles when they won the exam.

After hearing this, Tianyou seemed to be somewhat relieved.

Chuyu knew that her son had a high heart, and was afraid that he would be unhappy because of his failure, so she wanted to ask him for a few days off, so that he could go to Haidian Zhuangzi to relax.Tianyou thanked his mother and said nothing happened, and went to study as usual.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, he passed out in the banner school and was sent back by his classmates...

Kuiyuan, go to the room.

After sending the imperial physician away, Chu Yu looked at the pale-faced and closed-eyed son on the kang, and looked at Le Qing and Bai Lu, the maids beside Tianyou, with a bit of anger on her face.

Le Qing held the boiled Chinese medicine in his hand, and sent it to Chu Yu with some anxiety.

Chu Yu leaned over to call Tianyou, Tianyou opened his eyes, saw his mother's worried face, and said awkwardly, "Mom..."

Seeing his sunken eyes, Chu Yu thought of the imperial doctor saying that he was "depressed and angry", and she couldn't help feeling distressed, and said with tears: "You child, since you are uncomfortable, why are you still holding on? This time I can't listen to you, I have sent someone to Qi Xue to ask for leave for you, so that I can rest for a few days before talking."

Although Tianyou was precocious, he was only 12 years old after all, and when he caught up with illness, he finally couldn't help it and lowered his head.

His tears fell on the quilt drop by drop, and it became wet after a while. Chu Yu's eyes were red when he saw it. Your end..."

Tianyou didn't look up, and in his mother's arms, he cried out "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

He is the eldest son, and he always looks like a little adult in front of his parents, which is rare.

After crying for a while, he felt a little embarrassed, struggled out of Chuyu's arms, lowered his head and wiped his tears with his sleeves, and said in a muffled voice: "My son is unfilial, and mother is worried. My son is fine, so mother will go back first..."

Seeing that he was troubled, Chu Yu was not at ease, and said seriously: "I heard that you have been studying until the fourth watch every night for the past few days, why is that? Your body is hairy and skinny, and you have to suffer from your parents. You have suffered so much. You yourself are the fate of me and your father. And your grandmother, who loves you the most. It is hot now, if you find out that you are sick, you will be in a hurry, have you thought about it?"

Seeing his always loving mother scolding him without any pretense, Tianyou straightened his body, then became serious, and admitted his mistake: "Mother, it's because my son is worthless, his homework is not solid, and he hasn't set a good example for his younger brothers..."

Seeing that he was still at the top of his game, Chu Yu said nothing, shook his head and said, "Who told you that you can only be a role model for your younger brothers if you are on the list? Your father hasn't left the stage yet, so isn't he worthy of your uncles' respect?"

Tianyou heard this, and hurriedly said: "My son has no such intentions! It's because my son is not good... I think I am self-righteous. The teacher once taught that the emperor values ​​people's livelihood. This year's exam questions are mostly related to people's livelihood. But my son only reads dead books and lacks knowledge. , did not make a good article..."

When Chu Yu heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry: "How old are you, why do you have to worry about the country and the people? If you pass the exam, you pass the exam. If you don't let go like this, you will make your younger brothers and sisters laugh at you."

Tianyou said: "But when my father was so old, he was already able to manage the economy and share the worries of my grandfather."

Chu Yu was speechless, not knowing what to say.

After Tianyou finished speaking, the mother didn't answer the conversation, and said embarrassingly: "The son doesn't want to compare with his father, but just thinks that if he can share his worries for his father like he did when he was young..."

Before the words fell, someone at the door snorted coldly: "I don't have any worries for you, as long as you don't let me worry, thank God!"

It is Cao Yong who is back.

The instructors in the flag school were afraid of being responsible, so they sent Tianyou back to Cao's house, and at the same time sent people to the Yamen to send a letter to Cao Yong.

Cao Yong immediately put down his errands and rushed back in a hurry, just in time for his wife to relieve his son.

After listening to his wife's persuasion for a long time, his son was dead-headed, and Cao Yong immediately felt an evil fire in his heart.

While speaking, he picked up the curtain and walked in with a straight face.

Seeing that his expression was not good, Tianyou turned over and got off the kang, but because of his weak body, he could not stand still, so he hurriedly stood leaning against the edge of the kang, lowered his head and dared not speak.

Seeing him showing weakness, Cao Yong felt distressed and annoyed at the same time, and said, "I never thought that my Cao Yong's son would be so delicate and precious. He couldn't bear the blow of a single failure. Why would he take the imperial examination? Burn them all, wait until [-]% and start martial arts directly." At the end, he became more and more annoyed.

But he didn't know whether he was annoyed at his son's dead-headedness, or he was annoyed that he shouldn't have taken chances and let his son pass the exam at such a young age.

His son's hard study is probably not the result of his hope that his son will take the imperial examinations and promote his career.Children as old as others are still innocent and playful.

After hearing this, Tianyou turned pale and said, "Father, my son will never dare again."

Cao Yong glared at him, and said: "A few days ago I advised you, you said you want to understand. So hurting your body and mind, this is what you, a sensible person, do? The Cao family does not lack a nerd, instead of letting you Mother is following you in fear, it doesn't matter if this imperial examination is never taken!"

Tianyou was trained until tears welled up in his eyes, but he didn't dare to tell the difference.

Chu Yu felt sorry for her son, and said in a low voice: "Master, Tianyou just took the medicine and is sweating, let him go for a while?"

Cao Yong was afraid that he would be overwhelmed, so he said harshly: "You care so much about the false name in the imperial examination, but because your fourth uncle and fifth uncle have won Jinshi, you dislike me as a father who came from a prison student?"

This is really a heartbreaking remark, Tianyou felt the sound of "buzzing" in his head, and prayed: "Father, does your son..."

Cao Yong ignored him, turned and left.

Tianyou didn't expect his father to be so angry, he looked at Chuyu in a daze, and couldn't react.

Chu Yu sighed inwardly, and helped him to lie down again.

With a bitter face, Tianyou said, "Mother, in my son's heart, fourth and fifth uncles combined cannot compare to father..."

Chu Yu said: "Your father is just annoyed that you don't take care of yourself. If you get better soon, he won't be annoyed..."

"Really? Father seems to be very annoyed..." Tianyou no longer cared about the matter of failing, and looked at Chuyu with a little caution.

Chu Yu poked his forehead with his finger, and said, "Are you afraid? Then when you recover from illness, your father will punish you to kneel in the ancestral hall for a few days to vent your anger."

"Well, as long as father can calm down." At this moment, Tianyou became obedient.

Seeing that although there was worry in his eyes, Chu Yu was in better spirits than before, she felt relieved, sat on the edge of the kang, coaxed him to sleep, then put down the tent and went outside.

Le Qing and Bai Lu followed out cautiously. Chu Yu was afraid of disturbing Tianyou, so she sat down in the West Room, and said with a frosty face, "I can rest assured that I will leave the uncle to you, and you will wait on him like this? Knowing that he has been studying until the fourth watch, that is to say." If you can’t be persuaded, you can’t take your step and tell me?”

There are two, Le Qing and Bai Lu, one is called from Wutong Garden, the other grew up with Tianyou as a child, and is the eldest maid of Sunflower Garden.

Neither of them dared to argue, they just knelt down on the ground.

Chu Yu was even more annoyed when she saw this, but she thought that her son had a good idea when he was young, if he spoke, even Le Qing and Bai Lu, who were older than him, would just wait to obey.

She looked at Le Qing, feeling a little disappointed, and said: "I've only come from Wutong Garden for a few years, it seems that I can't control you anymore? If you can't handle this job, go back to Wutong Garden!"

Le Qing heard this, and said: "Madam... Please allow the servant to atone for the crime, and the servant will serve the uncle for a lifetime..."

She has been serving you with all her heart in the past few years, Chu Yu frowned and said, "You will be lowered to second class, and you will be replaced by three months of money. If you are still so careless, I will not dare to work for you anymore." After speaking, she turned to Bai Lu and said, "Earlier The few people who waited on the uncle were all let out when they were old. Only you, who was young, stayed and received a second-class monthly order. I only thought you were sensible, but I didn't expect you to be ignorant. Le Qing If you are scared by the uncle, can you also be scared by the uncle? Have you ever thought about what would happen if the uncle fainted not in the school but on a horse?"

In that case, a big accident will happen, and it is not enough to take a few medicines for two days.

Bai Lu is the youngest daughter of the chief housekeeper Cao Yuan, who was an errand in Kui Yuan early on, neither Li Shi nor Chu Yu regarded her as an ordinary servant.

Bai Lu's face turned pale, her eyes were red and she said, "Your servant deserves to die, I should have gone to tell my wife a long time ago."

Chu Yu said: "My lord is my lifeblood, and I won't be able to survive if this happens again. I have punished Le Qing, and I will punish you too. Let's demote to the third class..."

After disposing of Le Qing and Bai Lu, Chu Yu went to the east room to check on her son and saw that he was sleeping peacefully before returning to Wutong Garden.

Cao Yong is already waiting anxiously in Wutongyuan.

"How about that kid, why hasn't he entered Yanjin yet?" Seeing his wife coming back, he asked impatiently.

"The one who was scolded by the master didn't care about the imperial examination. He just thought about how to calm down the master. But he was very tired, and now he is sleeping soundly." Chu Yu said.

Hearing this, Cao Yong felt relieved, sat down and said, "It's all my fault. Since the fourth and fifth younger brothers were awarded Jinshi, I have been talking about the imperial examinations in front of the children for the past few years, which made my son too burdened."

Chu Yu thought for a while, and said, "Master, if Tianyou doesn't want to take the exam, why don't you wait until he's older?"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Of course, although I am talking about the family of the imperial examination, I never thought of forcing the children to take this path. There are too many variables in the road of the imperial examination, and it is not hard work that can achieve what you want. .Tianyou had a smooth life before, and because he was the eldest son and grandson, he received too much praise, but now he failed, so he got stuck in a dead end. When he grows up, he will understand this path..."

*
The scorching sun in the sky makes people's scalp numb...

Tianyou only felt as if his whole body was immersed in water, and his clothes were sticking to his body.The sweat on his forehead left in a meandering way, and a drop slid directly across his cheek and fell into his mouth.

Salty, my mouth was dry at first, but now I feel even thirstier.

Tianyou swallowed hard, only felt his calf spin.He couldn't stand still, and he heard a cold snort behind him.

Shocked, he quickly straightened up again.

Hang Seng, Zuo Zhu, and Zuo Cheng looked at their pocket watches and told him, "Brother, it's been two quarters of an hour, just stand for another six quarters of an hour."

Tianyou was a little helpless, and felt that smoke was coming from his throat.

At this time, he saw his father turn from behind him, and said, "Burn the books!"

Tianyou just felt confused, and saw the servants carrying a lot of books out of the study room and piled them up in front of him.

As the torches were ignited, the books burst into flames, and the tongues of fire rolled over Ben Tianyou's face.

"Fire! Fire!" Tianyou couldn't help but waved his arms and shouted loudly.

"Master, wake up, but I'm sleepy..." Le Qing heard the movement in the back room, and hurried over to check it out.

The newly put on curtains are made of palace-made gauze, which are used as mosquito nets, so they are extremely light.Tianyou didn't sleep honestly, he was next to the curtain, when a light wind came up, the curtain was blown up and slid onto his face.

Tianyou opened his eyes, in a daze, still in a nightmare, and said after a while, "Water, I'm so thirsty..."

*
Compared with Tianyou's loss and depression, Sun Li, who was on the list, had a much more comfortable life.

Sun Wencheng had asked Sun Jin to go to the official school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take a long vacation for Sun Li, and then tidied up a secluded yard at home for Sun Li alone, just to let him prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Some of the old men in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have already got the news that Sun Wencheng's recovery will be imminent.

Sun Li is the grandson of the Sun's family and the nephew of the Cao family. It is inevitable that someone will come to the door and mention Sun Li's marriage, hoping to repair the relationship with the Sun family.

Sun Wencheng was not in a hurry, he knew that the most important thing for his grandson was to prepare for the exam, and nothing else was important.If you can win a few Jinshi, then you have the opportunity to enter the Shujishi examination.

You must know that in addition to paying attention to the knowledge of Jinshi, the examination of Shujishi also selects the age of Jinshi.

Even if Sun Li fails this subject and next year, he will only be 20 years old if he fails the next year, so there is still hope.For his grandson's homework, he once paid a special visit to the teacher of the government school, knowing that his grandson's homework is solid, and the imperial examination is promising.

He will try three times in the next five years, and he believes that his grandson will definitely win.

In that case, the eldest grandson has become a regular official with a professional background, and his future is bright.

Sun Li is neither arrogant nor impetuous. Apart from paying respects to his grandparents and parents every day, he studies in the courtyard...

(End of this chapter)