The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 10 The Grace of the County Venerable
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People are preconceived, let alone this cognition deduced step by step by themselves.

"This old master Liu is really confused!"

County magistrate Wu rubbed his forehead, and sighed: "But Xiansheng, don't be too discouraged. Your article is one of the best among children in Shaoxing, let alone in Yuyao." After a short pause, Wuxian Ling flicked his fingers and said, "Since you have followed the instructions of Confucius, you naturally don't need to worry about Mrs. Liu's affairs. As for Sun Ruoxu, in my opinion, he is just a mediocre person who is above the top. care."

Xie Shen was overjoyed!This is the face-slapping effect he wanted.After all, Sun Ruoxu came from the Zhuhu Sun family, one of the big families in Yuyao.A family of poets and books like this has a strong influence in the local area, and even County Magistrate Wu dare not directly confront them.But there is one thing that these aristocratic families cannot control, and that is the county test!The examiner of the county examination is the county magistrate, and the examiners and judges are all the magistrates of the county. To put it bluntly, whoever is hired is the magistrate of the county.

Now County Magistrate Wu has developed a feeling of disgust towards Sun Ruoxu, and the disgust is so strong.Xie Shen is already sure that Sun Ruoxu's future is over.

Although a man from a family like Sun Ruoxu has some ink in his stomach, it is typical for a bottle to be less than half full.Once he is despised by County Magistrate Wu, the supreme ruler of the county, he will have no future at all.Even if County Magistrate Wu put Sun Ruoxu in the county examination list for the sake of the Sun family, it would be a very poor ranking.The number of people admitted in the county examination is very large, and it can only be regarded as an entry-level screening examination compared to other examinations.If you can't get a good ranking in this kind of exam, it will be taken for granted that you are not strong enough.

Therefore, even if Sun Ruoxu could participate in the government examination, he would still be beaten.On the contrary, Xie Shen's situation is much better.Now he has left the impression of a child prodigy in the heart of County Magistrate Wu, and he can be said to be proud of himself.As long as you plan carefully and make a surprise attack on Shiwen, it is not impossible to get the head of the county trial case.Once he got the first case in the county trial, he would be recommended to get the honor of a scholar, which was a fate-changing thing for Xie Shen.

For a boy from a humble family like him, obtaining the honor of a scholar is equivalent to stepping into the circle of gentry with one foot. Not only can he be exempted from corvee and tax at home, but he can also enjoy many privileges.

With fame and fame, it will not be so difficult to continue to struggle on the road of imperial examinations, at least there will be relative fairness.

It is not a gentleman not to avenge a grudge, but one has to pay attention to a skill in revenge.Of course, Xie Shen wouldn't be so stupid as to hope that County Magistrate Wu would arrest Sun Ruoxu and beat him up in a fit of anger. Cutting off Sun Ruoxu's career path was obviously more difficult for him to accept than killing him.Isn't this Sun Ruoxu proud of himself? Xie Shen gave him a good education, it's really cool to slap him in the face.

Magistrate Wu said a few more words of persuasion and left in a huff.

Xie Shen sighed and walked out of the lobby.

When he walked out of the county government gate, he found that his elder brother Xie Fang and his sister-in-law Xie Chen had been waiting outside the county government office for a long time.

"Xiao Lang, are you okay!"

Xie Fang hurriedly pulled Xie Shen over, looked up and down, and felt relieved when he saw that there were no obvious physical injuries.

"Let's not rent this house anymore. I found a nice bamboo house in the south of the city. It only costs two pennies a year. Although it's a bit dilapidated, it's big. Let's move there!"

Xie Fang was also angry. In his opinion, Xie Shen was his hope, and he could never tolerate Xie Shen's failure of fame due to such reasons.

Xie Chen who was on the side also said: "Yes, Xiao Lang, the Sun family has a big business, we can't afford to mess with it. Let's move to another house."

Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.The Zhuhu Sun family has produced so many Jinshi, and it is a wealthy family in Yuyao.In Xie Fang's view, fighting against such a big family is courting death.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you don't have to worry. The county magistrate has already punished that evil slave severely, and the old man even praised Shen'er a few times, and he wants to recommend Shen'er to learn from the teachings of Confucius."

Now Xie Fang was a little confused.

Confucian teachings?What kind of official is this?Could it be that he is more knowledgeable than Old Master Yao?

Old Master Yao asks for Shu Xiu, who has a consistent amount of money every year, so the Confucian teachings won’t charge more, right?
Although Xie Fang didn't feel bad no matter how much money he spent for this younger brother, they were not from an aristocratic family after all, so it's better not to spend money wrongly.

"Confucianism is the chief official of the county school."

Xie Shen made his words clearer, now Xie Fang was overjoyed.

The chief officer of the county school, worshiping this master's own Xiaolang's future is guaranteed.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go and pay respects to this Kong County edict."

Xie Shen was helpless for a while, and said with a wry smile: "The county lord hasn't informed Kong Xianyu about this matter, and now I go to Kong Xianyu, and I don't even know who I am."

Xie Fang scratched his head and smiled brightly: "That's true."

"But this house can't be rented anymore, it's not because I'm afraid of the Sun family." After a pause, Xie Shen hesitated and said, "If you move to the bamboo building in the south of the city, it will be much farther away for you to go to the tea shop, brother. "

Originally, the reason Xie Fang rented the Sun family's house must be due to this factor. After all, the tea shop and the residence are separated by a street, which is very convenient.

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as Xiao Lang is convenient for you, your sister-in-law and I will feel at ease."

Moving to a new home is a joyous event, even though the new home looks a bit dilapidated.

The bamboo building has two floors, and its area is indeed much larger than the original cross courtyard.The first floor is reserved for elder brother Xie Fang and his sister-in-law, while the second floor is Xie Shen's study and bedroom.There were two windows facing the street, so there was no problem with lighting. Xie Shen sat on a round stool and watched the bustling people outside the bamboo building, and let out a long sigh.

It turns out that making a living in ancient times was not as easy as I imagined, and even reading books can learn so many ways.

Fortunately, Xie Shen finally got acquainted with County Magistrate Wu by mistake, and left him with a fairly good impression.

As for how far we can go in the future, it depends more on ourselves.

Xie Shen held a copy of "Mencius" and read it dully, but he was thinking about the direction of history in his heart.This year is the fifth year of Hongzhi, and Wang Yangming probably hasn't taken the provincial examination yet, so it is estimated that he will not be able to climb this giant Buddha for the time being.As for Xie Qian, he should be doing preparatory training in Beijing, and he will join the cabinet after a few years of experience.It seems that it is not too late to hug the thigh at this time?
Li Gongmou, Liu Gongduan, Xie Gongyou Kankan.

Mingren's evaluation of these three virtuous ministers was very pertinent. It can be seen that Xie Qian's communication skills are very strong. It wouldn't be too bad to hang out with such a strong person.

Just when Xie Shen was thinking about his mind wandering, a county official shouted from downstairs: "Xie's Xiaolang is upstairs?"

Xie Shen was startled, and hurriedly said: "The boy is upstairs."

The gentleman said: "That's all right. I have been ordered by the county lord to take you to Sanwei Academy to study and meet Kong County's edict."

Xie Shen has been waiting for this matter for a long time, and he is very happy in his heart.

"Please wait a moment, the boy will come down."

Xie Shen hurriedly put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and a few scriptures into the cloth bag, and Xie Shen went downstairs.

It is not a good idea to keep the officials of the yamen waiting for a long time, Xie Shenfang cupped his hands at the yamen servant as soon as he got downstairs: "Please also ask the servants to lead the way."

(End of this chapter)