Chapter Seventy-Two
Xia Liansheng followed a large number of people out of the Gongyuan, so tired that Mingtai took someone to hurriedly mix him back into the car: "Uncle seems to be very tired these days?" Get in the car, drink some water, and eat some delicious snacks. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 As soon as Xia Liansheng heard that there was water to drink, he hurriedly asked Mingtai to pour him a glass, and after drinking three glasses in a row, he felt relieved, and he didn't eat, so he hurriedly ordered him to go home and eat directly.
When she arrived at home, Daiyu saw his unshaven beard, and she didn't know what to say in distress, so she told the kitchen to hurry up and bring the hot food to Xia Liansheng to eat. Xia Liansheng sat down and poured another large glass of water, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not hungry, I'm too thirsty." "The spring is relatively dry, and the Tribute Academy has prepared as many things as the previous exams, so a small jar of water is not enough to drink, although the examiners of the Tribute Academy are still very humane and each person has added a small can, but Xia Liansheng feels that it is not enough to drink at all, and most of the people who came out of this exam are thirsty. But when the food came up, Xia Liansheng still ate three bowls in a row, saying that because he was too thirsty, he didn't eat much, and now when he drank water, he could eat again.
Tuya listened pitifully beside her: "Why is it so bitter? If you want me to say, there should be a fight, and whoever wins eats more. ”
"Poof~cough" Xia Liansheng was almost choked to death, but he kept stretching out his thumbs to praise Tuya, this idea is really talented. Daiyu couldn't help but purse her lips and smiled, and said: "Bagu Wenyu is like this, if you can't suffer hardship, how can you be a master?" Fighting, that's a martial arts thing. ”
Xia Liansheng swallowed all the food in his mouth and said to her: "Tuya, although I want to praise you for your ideas, do you want to consider going to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother more?" By the way, let her tell you more about the rules of Daqing. ”
When Tuya heard this, her eyebrows raised: "Do you dislike me for not knowing anything?" ”
Daiyu hurriedly played a round game: "Of course not, Sister Tuya, what my brother means is that if he needs to entertain guests in the future, no matter what you do, others want to talk to you, you just need to say, how am I with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has never said anything about me, so that person naturally doesn't dare to talk about you casually." Brother, this hurts you. ”
Tuya thought about it too, and happily agreed. Xia Liansheng gave Daiyu a thumbs up behind the bowl, and Daiyu was secretly happy.
After dinner, Xia Liansheng went back to the room to sleep, Tuya also said goodbye and prepared to go into the palace to chat with the Queen Mother, Daiyu hurriedly arranged the house of the house, and arranged the carriage of the carriage.
After resting for a few days, Xia Liansheng found friends to play two more laps, and the big shopkeeper finally found someone and insisted that Xia Liansheng expand the soap making workshop. Xia Liansheng gave carte blanche to the big shopkeeper and his daughter-in-law Mama Chen, Mama Chen is very accurate in seeing people, the big shopkeeper is proficient in business, Xia Liansheng is happy to do this, Zhang Xuan has to let the big shopkeeper do more dim sum. In addition to Zhang Xuan's talent in learning, and he also knows more about metaphysics, he is really wasteful in life and business, no wonder his grandmother is not at ease, and wants to leave some people for him, if it weren't for Fan Ning often helping him worry about many things, this person can really sell himself. However, Fan Ning also has a shortcoming, that is, he can always make the place where he lives into a pig's nest, but he is not very good at training people, fortunately, now Mama Chen has helped him train a group of maids and little maids, or wait for Zhang Xuan to go to Beijing in two years, and the wild grass in his yard can grow taller than people.
Xia Liansheng went to the fourth elder brother again, it happened that Thirteen was visiting the door, since Thirteen got the dividends given by the big shopkeeper last month, he immediately bought a gift for his fourth brother and eldest nephew and sent it over, thanking the fourth brother for taking care of him in the past few years, and the fourth elder brother who made trouble nagged him again, asking him to save money well, and he would still use a lot of silver to go out of the palace in the future. Thirteen listened with a smile, and did not refute, and waited for Xia Liansheng to come before he said: "I believe in Lian Sheng's ability, are we afraid that we will have no money to spend in the future?" Xia Liansheng said with a smile, if you don't give it to you in the future, you will give it to the fourth brother, let him manage your expenses, and make Thirteen scream.
This time, Xia Liansheng is still in the middle and upper reaches of the list, and Kong Xiuxian is at the top of the list, and it seems that the one-month recuperation is still good. Soon it didn't take long for the palace exam to arrive, but the weather was also hot, Xia Liansheng begged Daiyu to help him make a few long strips of handkerchiefs with sweat-absorbing cotton cloth, like a Japanese samurai tied on his head with a 'come on' belt, and when the exam was put on his head, the sweat on his head was absorbed, and he didn't have to be like others, busy grinding ink, busy rolling up his sleeves, and busy wiping sweat, he just needed a few straps.
On the day of the palace examination, Xia Liansheng followed the army to the main hall of the examination, and there were many tables neatly placed in the hall, with numbers on them, and they had already been issued a number plate when they entered the palace today, as long as they sat in the corresponding position according to the number and waited for the hair roll.
The emperor did not appear, but the prince came, but he did not speak, I don't know if he had no right to speak or did not want to speak, the examiner announced the rules of the examination room, and at the same time some little eunuchs began to hand out rolling paper to everyone, and after all received the rolling paper, the chief examiner took the question out of a sealed box and hung it in front of everyone.
Xia Liansheng was surprised when he looked at this exam question, he didn't expect to take such a question this time. When the prince saw this subject, his face was extremely ugly, and soon he threw up his sleeves and left. Xia Liansheng read the question twice in detail, and the main content of the question is like this: etiquette is nothing more than human affection, but what if etiquette and human affection conflict? Will you choose etiquette or favors? Why?
At first glance, the question is very big and difficult to answer, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all know what this topic is talking about, that is, Wei Dongting's excerpt made the emperor embarrassed, so during this exam, he couldn't think of other questions, since this is a difficult thing, and no one in the court said about it, so just take it out and let everyone talk about their ideas.
Xia Liansheng understands this matter, and the people in the hall who know a little about current affairs also understand the inside story of this topic, but the more everyone understands, the more difficult it is. For those who don't know the truth, it's just an argumentative essay on this topic. For people like Xia Liansheng, this is an opportunity, but it is also a challenge, if this article is written, it is not impossible to climb to the sky in one step; If the writing is not good, then the feeling of being reduced to a fellow jinshi must be very bad, and the key is that it will be difficult to send officials in the future.