The next day, the brothers came to the county seat early in the morning, and Zhang Shi went to prepare chickens and ducks, wine and food as a gift, and visited the home of the county lieutenant of Peng. And Zhang Yue planned to go to the bookstore in front of the school palace to find some 'reference books' and the like, and then find Zhang Shi to meet.

Zhang Yue arrived at the school palace first. The school palace is located at the foot of the Huanghua Mountain in the north of the county government, as the imperial examination of the big county Pucheng school style is very prosperous, the county school is also the same, the history of the Daguan period in the school palace more than 1,000 students, and by the Song Huizong praise.

Known as the chessboard street in front of the gate of the county school of Huanghua Pavilion, there are restaurants, tea shops, and ink paper shops, and its liveliness is no less than the cross street in front of the county office.

Although the scholars of the Song Dynasty did not have the same treatment as the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, they were exempt from taxation and even the treatment of rice, but those who could afford to read were poor.

For example, although his family is poor and goes to the big official Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, the story of his young reading is talked about by readers.

However, their backgrounds are not low, Ouyang Xiu's father once served as a magistrate in Mianzhou. Fan Zhongyan's biological father was also the secretary of the Wuning Military Festival.

The Han family of the Song Dynasty refers to the side branch of the big clan, and there are no prominent high-ranking officials in the family for a while. It was only in the Ming and Qing dynasties that the poor class really achieved a class leap through reading.

Zhang Yue looked at it with envy, and there were people reading in green cloth shirts on the street. The scholar followed left and right, while a few scholars talked loudly while walking, pointing out the country, and the eyebrows were full of spirit.

My family was once a middle-class family, but because of the second brother's trouble, I fell into the poor class.

The poor class has almost zero chance of getting ahead in the Song Dynasty, whether it is learning literature or martial arts, it seems that the second brother has such a talent for reading, but it has taken 180 yuan for the family to say less over the years. Now it is Zhang Yue's turn to come up with the only example of counterattack, which is to fall into the grass for Kou and wait for Zhao'an like the Water Margin.

But that's even less reliable.

Zhang Yue thought about it and walked to the bookstore, which was just a façade room at the corner of Qipan Street.

Along the street façade of the bookstore is a hollow-shaped counter, behind which an old man wearing a scarf and a smile sits on both sides, and behind the old man there are bookshelves full of books.

"There are subsets of the history of our store, I don't know which one Xiaolangjun wants to see? Xiao Langjun seems to be a little faceless! The old man seemed to greet him with courtesy, and his eyes looked inquiring.

Zhang Yue sighed in his heart that he really didn't like to read, and he hadn't even come to the bookstore.

I'm not afraid of being embarrassed anyway.

Zhang Yue said: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, what books do you need to read to enter the Shike?" ”

The old man smiled: "Xiao Langjun wants to be admitted to the Shike, he is really ambitious." The so-called thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi, but it is not easy to enter the Shike, difficult, one word is difficult. ”

I like it, how?

Zhang Yue saluted and said, "What the old man said is true. ”

The old man saw that Zhang Yue was like this, so he said in an old-fashioned manner: "If you don't have a perfect grasp, you still take the Zhuke Ming Sutra first, yes, Sanlike is a way out, there are Zhou Rites and Rites, Xiao Langjun can buy a copy for reference first." ”

Zhang Yue kept the old man's words in his heart, took Zhou Li from the other party's hand, and first read a few pages at a glance.

Under the aggressive gaze of the other party, Zhang Yue couldn't sit on the floor in the bookstore and watch for an afternoon like in the previous life.

He asked, "Dare to ask how much does the store cost?" ”

"Two dollars and five hundred wen!"

Zhang Yue gasped, he remembered that a book of about 600,000 words in the Ming Dynasty cost about two taels of silver, which was almost the income of ordinary people in two months.

Although the Song Dynasty also had engraving printing, books were more expensive than those of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yue remembered that in the collection world, the books of the Song Dynasty were all priceless, not only later, but also in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the famous Song characters were not invented in the Song Dynasty, but in the Ming Dynasty. Songti characters are specially designed for the convenience of engraving, and are called skin outline characters, that is, special printing styles.

However, the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty carved books in regular script, which was very beautiful. And Jianben, that is, Jianyangben, is well-known in the world.

Jianzhou has a reader, or it may be because the local books are sold cheaper than other places, but even so, this more than 60,000-word Mencius is worth more than two dollars.

This week's ceremony is the building book, the word is written in willow style, and it is used as a towel box book, that is, a pocket book.

Having said that, it seems that the books used in the imperial examinations of the Song and Ming dynasties are small and small, in addition to saving costs, it must be for the convenience of the readers, not for cheating.

"Well, it's not too expensive."

Zhang Yue looked at a few pages of the exchange of rites again, and asked again: "How many ...... dare to ask?"

The old man smiled and said, "I want money three times." ”

Zhang Yue calculated, just one Sanlike to buy two books will take more than five times. In the Song Dynasty, an ordinary person received 75 to 100 yuan a day, and his monthly income was almost two to three times.

Not to mention the money on my own person, I can't afford half of it.

This cost is like a parent buying a child six or seven thousand yuan to buy a computer to study computers.

Zhang Yue put down the book and said: "Dare to ask if you buy two books together, but it's cheaper?" ”

When the old man heard this, he perked up and said, "This ...... Seeing that Xiao Langjun is so eye-catching, even if it is eight times! ”

Zhang Yue nodded: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, but I don't have that much cash for a while." Come back tomorrow and ask the store to keep it for me! ”

The old man's smile faded: "It's okay." ”

After Zhang Yue left the bookstore, he completely cut off his plan to buy books, and then went to find the restaurant Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi was ready at the moment, but he saw that Zhang Shi had prepared two large food boxes, and carried them one after the other with a burden, which were full of sheep wine snacks, all of which were the best in Pucheng.

And Zhang Yue also helped Zhang Shi carry a sack.

Giving gifts to the door like this really made Zhang Yue feel a little ridiculous.

The county lieutenant Peng has been serving as an official in Pucheng for several years, and he is ready to scatter this old bone here, and a mansion has been built in the city, not far from the county office.

The two knocked on the door to ask for a meeting, and a military academy greeted them.

The military academy informed Lieutenant Peng that he had a guest to accompany him, and asked the two to wait in the concierge first.

The two sat for a while, and a public servant came forward and said, "There are distinguished guests in the county governor's mansion today, and you can follow me to the hall to talk." ”

Zhang Shi was taken aback and said, "How can this be done?" ”

The duke smiled and said: "Don't worry, Da Langjun, you are talking to your nobles." This noble person happens to know you Zhang Erlang. Don't worry, just say anything. Yes, put these water gifts aside, and then tell the county lieutenant later. ”

Zhang Shi saw that the water ceremony he prepared was a little unappreciated and put aside, and then listened to the other party's instructions, and it was not easy to disobey, so he had to agree.

The two brothers followed the duke and went back and forth to a church.

But I saw a man in his thirties talking in the hall with an old man and Lieutenant Peng.

The two of them saluted County Lieutenant Peng first, and County Lieutenant Peng smiled and said, "This Wu Dalangjun, do you still know Dalang?" ”

Zhang Shi saw it and exclaimed: "Wu Dalangjun! Disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

The man in his thirties rose from his chair and smiled faintly: "Zhang Dalang, don't come unharmed." ”

After the two of them saluted, Zhang Shi said to Zhang Yue with a smile on his face: "This is the eldest Langjun of the Wu family in Xiuli, you can meet him quickly, he has the best relationship with the second brother on weekdays." ”

Zhang Yue saluted while wondering who this person was from his memory.

Finally, Zhang Yue remembered the origin of this person. There are four major families in Pucheng County, namely Zhang, Wu, Yang and Huang, which are not much compared to the four major families of Jinling in the Dream of Red Mansions.

The head of the four major A clans is the Zhang clan. After the Song Dynasty, the first prime minister of the Min people, Zhang Dexiang, was from the Pucheng Zhang family. So far, since the opening of the Song Taizong system, only fifteen children of the Pucheng Zhang clan have been listed on the gold list, which can be described as the first family in Pucheng.

Having said that, the Zhang Yue brothers are not Pucheng Zhang's family.

Yes, but it's a sparse tribe.

To what extent? When Zhang Dexiang returned to his hometown, he built a day brocade hall for the Zhang clan to study, and invited famous teachers to study for the children of the clan for free.

But whether it is Zhang Xu or Zhang Yue, they are not due to the Zhang clan studies, so you can know how far they are negligent. This is also no way, there are not tens of thousands of people in the Puchengzhang clan, but there are thousands, and it is not so easy to climb relatives.

There is also one for the Yang family.

The famous minister Yang Yi is from the Yang family in Pucheng, and he is also Zhang Dexiang's father-in-law, the leader of the official career.

Although the Yang clan is not as influential as the Zhang clan in the DPRK now, it is also a big clan in Pucheng. And Zhang Shi's mother Zhang Yue is from the Yang family in Pucheng, and his aunt is also married to the Zhang family, and his uncle-in-law Zhang Yu is from Jinshi, and he is currently the head of Wu County, Suzhou.

But Zhang's father's road to the imperial examination has not been smooth, and the Yang family gradually looked down on Zhangyue's family, and after Zhang's mother died of illness, the two sides broke off. However, the second brother is the first person in the county school, and when Chen Xiang appreciated it, the Yang family sent someone to the door to recognize this relative, but Zhang's father Zhang really had no opinion, but he drove the second brother out of the door, and humiliated the people who came......

If it weren't for this incident, Zhang Shi Zhang Yue would have asked the Yang family to come forward to solve the matter when he was cornered by Zhao Zhisi.

The other is the Huang family, Huang's father and son, Huang Guan, and Huang Xiaoxian, all of whom are famous ministers and famous literati.

The four major Jia clans are married to each other, and the Wu family in this Xiuli is also one of the four major A clans.

The father and son of the Wu family are five jinshi. His father, Wu, was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and his four sons were also Jinshi. The eldest son, Wu Yuguan, visited the governor and was the deputy prime minister, who was not a former minister, but the current governor.

The fourth son, Wu Chong, is a five-year jinshi of Jingyou, and is currently the judge of the Pastoral Division.

And the name of Wu Dalangjun in front of him is Wu Anshi, who is Wu Chong's eldest son, he did not go to Beijing with his father, but studied in his hometown county, and Zhang Yue's second brother is the same classmate. When Zhang's father was still alive, there was a New Year's Festival, and Wu Anshi still came to see him with a ceremony.

In this chapter, Yue couldn't help but sigh again that his second brother has unlimited benefits as a scholar, and even the second generation of such a real official can make friends.

Zhang Yue saluted respectfully.

Everyone sat down in rows, Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue sat down, and the two platoons presented tea and fruit to Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue's brothers.

Wu Anshi smiled when she saw Zhang Yue: "Erlang Feng is handsome, he can be described as a good man, and when I see Sanlang today, he looks a little like his brother, and he really deserves to be a brother." ”

Zhang Yue felt comfortable for a while, a talented person like us just likes the advantages of others to praise talents.

The old man on the side did not speak, and Wu Anzhi did not introduce them to the two. Zhang Yue thought to himself, probably because his two brothers were not worthy of knowing each other.

County Lieutenant Peng smiled and said, "Zhang Sanlang is not only that, he and his little nephew are also classmates and friends. ”

Zhang Shi hurriedly said: "This time, relying on County Lieutenant Peng to help for San Lang's sake, our family is grateful." ”

County Lieutenant Peng smiled: "It's a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning." ”

At this moment, a person came to the hall to whisper a few words to Lieutenant Peng.

County Lieutenant Peng got up and said, "Some business trips, go back when you go, and don't accompany you." ”

Everyone got up to see each other, but the old man sat and nodded.

Zhang Yue, Zhang Shi didn't know what the identity of the old man was, and they were secretly taken aback when they saw him so trusted.

There were only four people left in the hall, and Wu Anshi said with a smile: "Just now, I happened to talk about Brother Ling with Shaofu, and I have been a classmate with Erlang for three years, and the friendship is like a close brother." I still remember when Erlang first entered the county school, although he was the least old, when it came to the scriptures and meanings of poetry and articles, all of them convinced me and my classmates! ”

Zhang Shi said with a smile: "Da Lang Jun praised it falsely, but my brother often said that he was taken care of by Wu Da Lang Jun when he was in the county school, and our family was very grateful." ”

Wu Anshi said with a smile: "How to take care of it or not, it's all a matter between classmates." Although this Zhang Saburojun said that it was the first time they met, he was also splendid in my opinion, and he must have the talent to not let his brother! ”

After Wu Anshi finished speaking, the old man on the side also looked at Zhang Yue.