After Xu Zheng talked to his cousin Xu Rong about that time, although he didn't say anything on his face, he was actually a little moved.

He had hardly been out of the capital in his life.

Because the Xu family has been rooted in the capital for decades, even if their original home is not in Beijing, they have gone through the relevant procedures early, so that the children of the family can take the imperial examination in Beijing. Xu Zheng started from the county examination and went to the township examination, all of which were taken in Gyeonggi and had never been to other places. At best, when I was a child, I went back to my hometown with my grandparents and my parents to worship my ancestors. But at that time, he was still young, and he was taken by boat and car all the way, and he was closely protected by his parents, not to mention seeing the customs and customs everywhere, and even the people of his own family were rare, that is, the elders who were close to each other and had a relatively high status in the clan, and they had seen him a few times. Speaking of traveling thousands of miles, Xu Zheng has no experience.

However, it is not good for scholars to work behind closed doors, and they should go out more to see the people's livelihood and people's feelings, so as to be able to write good articles and know how to be officials, but this truth has been said by many predecessors of Shilin. Xu Zheng clearly understood this, and had also heard of Wu Shaoying, a student of Yongjia Hou Qin Bai, who had excellent grades when he was studying in Guozijian, but he never failed the exam, and then he traveled abroad for a year, walked thousands of miles, and then followed his young teacher Qin Bai for a period of time. It can be seen that it is very reasonable for this scholar to go out more and increase his knowledge.

Xu Zheng was born and grew up in the capital, and even the imperial examination was taken in the capital, so he rarely had the opportunity to go out. He studied for a long time, and he also realized his own shortcomings. He never worries about the rhetoric of the article, the words and sentences in the four books and five classics, he is also familiar with the melons, poems and songs, he also has a certain confidence, but he always takes his own articles to ask the seniors to correct the axe, and the evaluation he gets is much the same: the basic skills are solid, the truth is also understood, the writing is outstanding, but there is no outstanding insight, once he encounters the topic of government affairs and people's livelihood, he writes too shallowly, seems immature, the whole article is bookish, clichés, but there is no eye-catching place.

With such a level of essay, if you are lucky, you will encounter a topic that you are good at, and then you will meet an examiner who likes beautiful essays, and you may be able to fight for the second rank in the second grade; if you are unlucky, you will encounter a topic that he is not good at, or you will meet an examiner who prefers practice, not to mention falling into the top three, and it is normal for Sun Shan to fall into the top three.

Xu Zheng has been famous since he was a child, and he thinks very highly of himself, how could he allow himself to fall into such a situation? Even Qin Jian can give up the palace examination because he doesn't want to fall into the top three, and try again, let alone Xu Zheng, who has always been praised by others. In order to ensure that he would not fall into that situation and make countless people laugh, Xu Zheng felt that it was necessary to take advantage of the fact that it was still early before the next science examination to go out to study, increase his knowledge, and make up for his shortcomings.

He sometimes feels sorry, if his grandfather has not resigned from the official position and had a stroke, or if his father has recovered smoothly after his filial piety, even if the two members of the Xu family have not yet separated, he can still follow the elders, go to the official office in person to see it, and listen to those elders who are eunuchs for the official to talk about the principles of officialdom, and everyone will not comment that his articles are too immature. He didn't feel that he had shortcomings in this regard, but since everyone said so, it was naturally not untargeted. He had to find a way to improve his flaws.

However, when he wanted to go out to study, he mentioned it in front of his parents, and it was so bad that his mother, Grandma Xu, opposed it fiercely. Grandma Xu treats her son as a treasure, holding it in her mouth for fear of melting, holding it in her hand for fear of falling, and she can't wait to keep him at home and watch him every day, for fear that he will be bullied outside, or if he bumps into him, how can he be willing to let him go far away? When Uncle Xu took the imperial examination in the past, he didn't go out to study all the way, at most he went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors? Xu Zheng also sacrificed to his ancestors, even if he went out, it was enough. If you want to increase your knowledge, you can ask more seniors in the priest forest, and you can also look through the travelogues of your predecessors or something, and you don't need to work hard.

Grandma Xu persuaded Xu Zheng bitterly: "Do you listen to what Xu Rong is talking about? He knows how to write articles? He is not even a child? Why do you listen to him? If you have the ability, he will first pass the test for his fame, and then give me some guidance! It is really ...... I only went to school for two days, and I didn't know if I had memorized all the "Four Books", so I began to be arrogant. He thought that if he climbed up to the five girls of the Qin family, he wouldn't have to worry about it in this life? You are the one who wants to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and the Wenqu stars in the sky descend to earth. Xu Rongyi, how can I compare with you?"

Xu Zheng reluctantly persuaded his mother: "The child didn't come up with this idea because of Brother Rong's words." There have long been seniors who have pointed out children's articles, saying that children are shallow, and there are still deficiencies in the examination. In order to be more confident in the next examination, the child wants to increase his knowledge. In addition, going out to study is not simply a trip to the mountains and rivers, children can also visit celebrities and scholars from all over the world, ask them for teaching, so that they can also make some progress. The child promised his mother that he would not go to the backwoods and would not walk alone. When the time comes, the child will go with a few people in the same year as the township test, go to a prosperous city, and bring a few more followers, that is. ”

Grandma Xu disagreed: "If you bring two more people with you, will it be enough for someone to accompany you? When you go out, where can you be more comfortable than at home? Your body is not very strong, in case you are not accustomed to the water and soil, and you get sick in the middle of the way, wouldn't it be called the heavens and the earth to be ineffective? You should dispel this idea, don't let your mother worry." When my mother was young and unmarried, there was an uncle who also said that he wanted to go out to study, and there was no shortage of money and retinues. My uncle's family was almost bankrupt, so he salvaged the corpse and transported it back to his hometown for burial. Just because that uncle is an only son, his parents, wife and daughter don't know how bleak their lives were. Brother Zheng, you are your father and my only seedling, and you will be the only one in the future, in case there are three long and two short, how do you tell your parents to live? How do you tell your sisters to live? You should be filial to your parents, don't think about anything to go out of the house. If you really want to see the world and people's livelihood, our Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing has the autumn harvest, how about you go with the housekeepers to enjoy the autumn scenery? Although the Zhuangzi is smaller, it can still live when it is cleaned. If you have anything to ask, call the head of the village to talk, and it will be the same. ”

How can this be the same?

Xu Zheng was helpless, but his mother said this, and his father did not approve of it, so he could only dispel the idea of going out to study.

Originally, this matter was originally just the internal affairs of the Xu family's room, and they discussed it at home, and outsiders would not know about it. However, because Grandma Xu was annoyed in her heart and persuaded Xu Zheng to go far away, she personally ran to the door of the second room of the Xu family and scolded her, and the second room of the Xu family knew about it. Although Second Grandma Xu and Second Grandma Xu felt that their son was too kind, and they knew that they had to persuade the cold-hearted cousin if there were good things, they naturally wanted to protect the cubs in the face of the thorns of Grandma Xu in the long house. The two rooms had a big quarrel again, and Grandma Xu also went to Chengenhou's Mansion to complain, and Qin Jian naturally heard about it.

Qin Jian told Qin Hanzhen: "I don't know some truths when I see that Cousin Xu, but his parents are not understanding people, mixing his feet, and thinking that it is for the good of his son, he thinks of filial piety, and he refuses to disobey his parents, and he doesn't even dare to persuade a few more words." Cousin Xu's results in the next subject exam are just afraid that they will be choked. ”

Qin Hanzhen said funny: "Grandma Xu would actually push things that are obviously beneficial to Xu Zheng outward, is she stupid? What if Xu Zheng really didn't pass the exam because of this reason when Xu Zheng could take the exam?"

Qin Jian sighed: "Grandma Xu has always had a lot of confidence in Cousin Xu, how could she think that he would fail the exam? Probably because Cousin Xu has been praised a lot since he was a child, everyone says that he is very smart and a rare seed of reading, and it is no wonder that Grandma Xu is so optimistic about her son. ”

Qin Hanzhen was a little disapproving: "Who hasn't heard of the story of hurting Zhongyong?" No matter how talented and smart Xu Zheng is, he must have a good teacher to teach him, and no one else will take him down the wrong path. Grandma Xu acted like this, and Uncle Xu didn't say anything, isn't there a more reliable teacher who can persuade Xu Zheng?"

Qin Jian shook his head: "He has consulted many famous teachers since he was a child, but he has not officially apprenticed to a famous master. At that time, the Xu family still had some reputation, and Master Xu's knowledge was also good, presumably the Xu family felt that Cousin Xu had no need to apprentice to others, right?" He paused, "It is also possible that the Xu family's reputation in Shilin was not very good at that time, and the real famous family looked down on his family and was unwilling to formally accept apprentices. ”

Qin Han really spit out: "It's stupid." Is it true that apprenticeship is just for the sake of having a teacher who can guide you in your homework? The teacher's connections are also connections, and if you take the initiative to give up something because your vision is too high, you will only suffer the loss. ”

When the Xu family encounters trouble, they will only ask the Xu family and the Chengenhou Mansion, and they have never thought of relying on other connections, they are really spoiled by the Xu family. Qin Hanzhen recalled his grandfather Qin Bai, accepted a few students, loved and helped each other, and got along well with several of Qin Bai's friends. Isn't this a network? Connections are not something that can only be obtained by in-laws. The Xu family can also be regarded as a generation of scholars?

Qin Jian was also sighing for Xu Zheng. He now feels more and more sorry for Xu Zheng. However, it is a pity that he did not strongly want to pull his cousin. In order to prepare for the exam and prepare for the wedding, he was already too busy to breathe, where is there any leisure to make Grandma Xu unhappy?

He said to Qin Hanzhen: "After hearing Second Grandma Xu mention Grandma Xu's trip, I also asked Grandma Xu. However, Grandma Xu said that at present, Cousin Xu wants to prepare for the exam, and if he wants to travel, he can wait until the end of the examination and the palace examination. He estimated that his grandmother Xu had already guessed that there would be Enke next year, and now there were only a few months left, so Xu did not force it.

Qin Hanzhen really wanted to say that if Xu Zheng failed to make the list, it would be quite appropriate to go out to travel again, but before the words could be spoken, Zhao Mo hurried in from outside the door.

Qin Hanzhen saw that his face had changed drastically, and he couldn't help but get up and ask, "What's wrong?" Qin Jian also stood up and asked with concern.

Zhao Mo frowned and said, "Just now I came back from the palace, and I saw an urgent report from Youbian Town galloping through the street and going to the palace gate. I'm afraid that there will be changes in Liaodong!"

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