The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 150 Sackcloth Like Snow ([-])

This time, Liu Han guessed wrong.

The problem between the two is much more troublesome than 'Tong Bao'.

"...What? You never went back to your hometown to participate in the tribute?"

After hearing what the two said, Liu Han was taken aback. He put down his wine cup and turned his deep eyes back and forth on the two of them.

"Yes," Liu Han looked a little uncomfortable, the weak scholar smiled shyly, and argued: "Actually, Brother Junzhi also knows that although the imperial court has made clear orders, they are known in the village as the The county examination', but in fact, it is not easy to fully implement this point, and the number of 'send registers' is increasing year by year, which has long been a tacit secret of Shilin."

This is also true.

Nowadays, transportation is inconvenient. For example, those who go out to be officials or study abroad are basically not in their hometowns. If they strictly follow the court decrees, it will be too troublesome to return to their hometowns to participate in the rural tribute.

If you run a long distance, it will take several months on the light road. If there is an accident on the way, it is very likely that you will not be able to catch up with the exam that year.

Of course, this is the objective reason for the formation of the phenomenon of 'send a membership'.

With the increasing maturity of the imperial examination system, more and more people joined the army of imperial examinations to become officials.The more people there are, the more competition there will be.With competition, some people began to think about finding 'shortcuts' - this is the subjective factor in the formation of 'send citizenship', and it can also be called the ancient version of college entrance examination immigration.

Mucuo, in the Tang Dynasty, there were also regional differences when the township paid tribute to pick scholars.Like later generations, Jingzhao Mansion where Chang'an is located and Tong and Hua prefectures are more likely to be recommended by the township tribute, attracting more and more scholars to apply for the exam in these places.

Although doing so violates the law, the law only says that the test must be returned to the country of origin, and there are no consequences for not returning to the country of origin for the test.

Therefore, in order to increase the chances of passing the exam, more and more people joined the team for the "send registration" exam, which has gradually become an unspoken secret of the Shilin Center.

Under normal circumstances, including the examiner, many people turn a blind eye to such things.

Unless someone offends someone and is deliberately reported.

Obviously, the two scholars who came to Liu Han were forced to suffer a "tragedy".

"Brother Junzhi, I know this is a bit troublesome, but, but..."

The burly scholar became depressed when he mentioned this matter, he picked up the wine cup and drank the wine in one gulp, and put the wine cup heavily on the food table, making a muffled 'dong' sound.

"Hey, it's not that we are trying to take advantage of it, it's just that everyone is doing this now, why did they catch our brother?" Wen Weak Scholar followed with a long sigh, and said extremely aggrieved.

"..." Liu Han didn't know what to say, he could only do the same as the two of them, trying to show that we are brothers, and I'm not happy if you bother me.

Seeing that Liu Han remained silent, the burly scholar continued: "Brother Jun Zhi, Cui Xianggong once served in the Ministry of Rites, and his eldest son is the current state son Si Ye... Can Brother Jun Zhi help introduce Cui Si Ye?"

"Yes, this matter is a matter of great importance to our future, but to Cui Xianggong and Cui Siye, it is just a matter of one sentence." The weak scholar also approached Liu Han and whispered .

"This..." Liu Han fell silent.

The two stared at him closely, eagerly waiting for him to nod.

After a long time, Liu Han slowly shook his head, smiled bitterly, and silently rejected their request.

Upstairs, Cui Wei brothers and sisters all saw this scene.

"Brother, I think this scholar named Li Jing has a good speech and extraordinary appearance, and he will definitely achieve something in the future."

Cui Wei withdrew her gaze, tapped the table with her slender fingers, and said thoughtfully.

"Huh? San Niang, you mean you want to help them?"

To be honest, Cui Liu also had this kind of thinking. He didn't see that Li Jing was superior, but he thought that if he wanted to enter the officialdom in the future, it would be good to have more good karma.

And the two downstairs, who can think of taking advantage of the loophole of 'sending a residence', should not be pedantic people. People like this can get along very well in officialdom.

Besides, just like what the thin Wu Feng said, this kind of thing is just a word to the uncle and brother.

But it is beneficial and harmless to him: if it succeeds, he, Cui Liu, will gain favors; if it fails, he will have nothing to lose.

However, Cui Liu was a little curious about the little girl's ability to 'know people', and asked, "It's just how does San Niang see that Li Jing is good?"

The conversation of the three people downstairs, their brother and sister watched from the beginning to the end, Cui Liu really didn't see any amazing talents in Li Jing and Wu Feng.

Cui Wei stifled, paused for a few seconds, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just have a kind of intuition that although he is begging for help, he can still be neither humble nor overbearing, unlike that Quyi surnamed Wu, he should be a man of integrity .”

In fact, Cui Wei and Cui Liu really deserve to be brothers and sisters, they have similar ideas.

Cui Wei also wanted the Sixth Brother to help a few more scholars. The reason is very simple, "Brother, the charity without asking for anything in return is for the greater benefit. Now we just say one more sentence, or write a few more words , but it is indeed a network with unlimited potential. It will also be of great help to your future career."

Speaking of it, the Cui Family Restaurant was exchanged by Xiao Nan to the Xiaoliu family. At first, Cui Wei wanted to build this house into a tea house, and operate it according to the idea of ​​a "book bar" in later generations. Tea and snacks are charged, but they can be provided for free. The scholars of tea read books and copied books in order to make friends with Cui Liuguang.

However, after discussing with Cui Liu and his wife, they did not adopt Cui Wei's idea.

There are many ways to show kindness, and there is no need to put money aside for the sake of showing kindness. Their Daoxiangyuan is not rich enough to use money to buy scholars.

Moreover, this restaurant is the dowry of the Xiaoliu family in the final analysis, and the specific business operation depends on the opinion of the Liu family, that is, Liu Si'an, the younger brother of the Xiaoliu family.

Liu Si'an is an ordinary person in the market, he doesn't care about buying people's hearts and forming good relationships. He only knows that the purpose of doing business is to make money, and fools don't do business that doesn't make money.

Besides, how much profit can be made from selling tea, even if he takes half of the profit, it is still not enough for him to spend.

Several people researched to the end, Cui Liu made a decision, gave up the tea house and chose a wine shop - the wine shop is ready, and it can also allow scholars to hold poetry meetings.

Subsequent facts proved that the wine shop was indeed very profitable.

Especially after Liu Si'an asked the owner of a restaurant in Pingkangfang for advice, he also added some 'tricks' to the Cui's restaurant, which made the restaurant's business very good, and also gave Cui Liu and his romantics a free meeting place.

After earning money, Cui Liu also gained confidence, and only then began to think about what the younger sister said back then.

It coincided with the autumn day when scholars from all over the world gathered in the capital, and the several squares near the Guozijian were covered with sackcloth like snow and scholars like clouds, and there were not a few scholars who lingered in Cui's restaurant.

Listening to scholars chatting all day long, Cui Liu knew many of their situations and difficulties, and occasionally helped a few people within his ability, such as helping scholars find cheap hostels, and helping scholars looking for "pass insurance" Pull the bridge and so on.

Of course, Cui Liu also made a lot of friends. Just looking at the New Year, the number of people who went to Cui's house to visit him was several percent higher than in previous years, which shows how successful Cui Liu's efforts were in the past few days.

But like today, it is really the first time to use family connections to help scholars.

The effect is also obvious, no, Li Jing and Wu Feng blushed with excitement when they heard that they were Cui Xianggong's nephew and Cui Siye's cousin, and could deliver a sentence for them.

Wu Feng even stammered and said: "Cui, Cui Liulang is indeed benevolent and righteous. I have heard and heard about you from the hostess. They all praised you as 'timely rain' and Sai Mengchang—"

Cui Wei, who was evasive in the next room, heard this, and three black lines slid down her forehead—fuck, who are you scolding?My brother is not that fellow Song Jiang.

Li Jing also said inexplicably gratefully, "Mr. Cui's high righteousness, I will keep it in my heart. In the future, my husband will be useful to me. I will go through fire and water, and I will die without excuse."

Cui Liu waved his hand boldly, "It's just a matter of one sentence, and I can't guarantee that it will be successful. If you can't help the two in the end, please don't blame the two."

Li Jing and Wu Feng hurriedly cupped their hands, saying no in repeated voices.

When Liu Han refused just now, the two of them were almost desperate, and they were already preparing to go back to their hometown to take the exam again.

After sending Liu Han away, when Li Jing was paying the bill, Mr. Cui Liulang took the initiative to strike up a conversation. The three of them talked about poetry for a while. As he spoke, he also mentioned the matter of Chun Wei.

The next thing went smoothly beyond Li Jing's imagination. The troubles that had plagued them for nearly half a month were solved so miraculously that he really didn't know what to say.He could only swear secretly in his heart that if this could happen, he, Li Jing, would definitely repay Mr. Cui Liulang well.

And after Cui Liu saw that Li Jing's conversation was really good, he thought of one more thing—well, Sanniang is already eighteen, if she can marry a Jinshi and a scholar, it would not be considered an insult to the Cui family .

Cui Wei didn't expect that she just wanted to help her brother recruit talents like in the novel, but she attracted an 'enemy' who would entangle her for life.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the early morning, Xiao Nan first went to greet the eldest lady as usual, and then followed the eldest lady to the Rongshou hall to greet the old lady.

In Rongshou Hall, the second old lady Liu led her daughter-in-law Cui Hai's wife Yuan, the eldest granddaughter-in-law Zhao, the second granddaughter-in-law Chai and the youngest granddaughter Cui Li, and a group of several people also came to pay their respects to the old lady.

The old lady sat in the center of the main hall, the female family members of the Rong'an Hall led by the second old lady knelt and sat in the right row, and the female family members of the Rongkang Hall led by the eldest lady knelt and sat in the left row.

Except for Cui Run's family who were released outside, all the female family members of the Cui family gathered here.

The old lady was very relieved when she saw the women in the room. She coughed lightly and said, "Hehe, today is really neat. It just so happens that today is the Lantern Festival, so let's discuss how to celebrate the festival."

According to the rules, the second old lady should speak next, and Mrs. Liu is ready to speak.

Yao, who didn't want to kneel and sit next to the third wife, Xiao Lu, spoke first, with a high voice: "Huh? What are you discussing? Didn't you agree to go to Cuili, Anyi Fang, to enjoy the lanterns?!"

(End of this chapter)