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Zou Bingchu was a Fujian Chinese hero, and he wrote the "Study College" in a secluded place, focusing on the role of cultivating specialized scholars, which had a great influence in the Central Plains, and it was for this reason that he was appointed by the imperial court as the chief official of the five products of the Quanzhou Prefecture official school.

He was now receiving an urgent letter from home, and his mother, who was eighty years old, had suddenly fallen ill and was lying in bed, so his wife sent a housekeeper to inform him to return home quickly.

"Brother Wen Zhong, something happened in the family! I have to rush back, and you will take care of everything in the official school! I'll be back before the real big exam. Zou Bingchu walked into another study hall and said to a middle-aged official sitting behind the desk with a sad face holding the letter in his hand.

"Brother Bingchu, what's wrong? Look at your face so anxious? Zhou Wenzhong saw that it was his chief officer Zou Bingchu who came in, and quickly stood up and asked.

"It was my mother's sudden illness, and someone from the family urged me to return quickly!" Zou Bingchu sighed and said after hearing this.

"It turned out that the old lady was ill, so of course I had to go back quickly, and I would do all the official and academic affairs, and I would do it, and I must not waste time." Zhou Wenzhong immediately stood up and said.

"That's good, but there is still one thing to do, Brother Wen Zhong, the county lord came this time to select some talented people to enter the city division, and later you can pick up some eye-catching articles and send them to the county lord, and it is good to hand over errands, but you must not hand over the best exam papers to the county lord!" After Zou Bingchu heard Zhou Wenzhong's words, he admonished before leaving.

"It turns out that the county lord is here for this? That's easy to do, but why not hand over the best exam papers to the county lord? Why is that? "Although in terms of grade, Zhou Wenzhong is also a five-grade official, but in terms of position, he is a deputy position, and many aspects are not as thorough as Zou Bingchu.

"Brother Wen Zhong, our Quanzhou Mansion official school is known as the epicenter of the Central Plains, and the students who come to study are all elites from all over the world, and now most of the three national schools in the capital seem to have signs of wanting to compete with my Quanzhou official school, and most of the people recommended by Quanzhou Mansion for decades have won the top three in the palace examination, this time we must not let the county lord take away my internal candidates, otherwise tomorrow's palace examination will inevitably damage my reputation of Quanzhou official school, this matter must be cautious!" When Zou Bingchu said this, a trace of worry appeared in his eyes.

"Brother Bingchu, I will deal with this matter at my own discretion! Please feel free to return home and visit Reido. Zhou Wenzhong immediately saluted Zou Bingchu and said.

Min Chinese people are officials, and if they are not in front of other officials, they are not called official positions, but brothers and brothers, in order to show cordiality and easy-goingness, and these two people will be so commensurate.

"Then there will be Brother Lao Wenzhong, and I will go here." While speaking, Zou Bingchu also bowed his hand and went outside.

"Brother Bingchu, I'll send you out!" Zhou Wenzhong immediately walked a few steps and followed Zou Bingchu outward.

After sending Zou Bingchu away, Zhou Wenzhongfang returned to the study hall, and before he could sit down, he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" He asked with a slight frown.

"Lord Zhou, I am one of the inspectors of Shangshutang, there are currently more than a dozen candidates to hand in the papers, Lord Zou instructed before leaving, if there are candidates who complete the test papers and gather more than ten sheets, they must be sent over and handed over to Lord Zhou first!"

"Okay, come in!" After hearing this, Zhou Wenzhong immediately let someone in.

An official wearing an official uniform from the Qipin family walked in with a dossier box containing test papers and placed it on the table.

"Get out! This test is not a big test, if there is another test paper later, it will be sent together. Zhou Wenzhong motioned for the person to leave as he spoke.

The seventh-rank official immediately gave a salute and left on his own.

Picking up the test papers, Zhou Wenzhong reviewed them.

"Bullshit, how can there be such a gift! The sentences in the "University" are far-fetched and match the articles in the Book of Songs. After a few breaths, Zhou Wenzhong threw the first exam paper aside.

"There is nothing new in this article, most of the articles are copied according to the predecessors, although the sentences are somewhat flexible, but there is no opinion! This kind of article can only be considered mediocre. He tossed the exam paper aside.

After reading it like this, none of the more than ten exam papers could satisfy him, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Most of the people in this Shangshu Pavilion are the children of rich gentry, and these dozen or so exam papers are so unbearable, and there is also my distant cousin's eldest son Zeng Ziyi, how can these wasted talents achieve good fame? It's really annoying, if it weren't for the silver taels sent by their elders, I'm afraid these people wouldn't be qualified to enter the ordinary study hall! ”

Zhou Wenzhong muttered this, shaking his head in disappointment, but the corner of his eye happened to be on the last exam paper.

He didn't want to look at the last scroll again, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a line of fluent font in the scroll.

"Good smooth font!" As he spoke, he took the exam paper out of the file box.

"This person's answer is the most difficult of the three test questions today, and he actually drew this one to see what is written!"

"Throughout history, virtue is the foundation, in order to educate the people and conform to the will of heaven, but the trend of the people is to live in peace and peace, and only after peace and settlement can we educate and educate morality...... Cover the coffin conclusion, seek profit to make the people have enough food and clothing, and tend to virtue to make the people return to their hearts, both of which are based on this, and there is no way to be the end, but it is the way to take the balance of the mean! ”

"Great article! This kind of thinking is really unheard of before, a good one to seek profit so that all the people have enough food and clothing, and a good one to seek virtue to make all the people return to their hearts! This article adds the truth of the mean, if it can be practiced in the world, it will surely bring all the people to their hearts! It's a pity that it is not the previous dynasty, the current Great Yuan Mongolian people, color eyes, and Han people are divided, how can we balance morality and interests, this is just a fool's dream! As he spoke, he seemed to remember something, raised his head and looked at the door, there was no sound nearby, and then he was relieved, he accidentally said the difference between the previous dynasty and the current Dayuan, fortunately, there is no one nearby at present.

"But if this son can have such insight, he will definitely be able to achieve good results in the court! If this son follows Brother Wen Bing's words, this examination paper must not be sent to the county lord for review, lest she keep him in the Quanzhou City Bo Division. After Zhou Wenzhong looked at the exam paper again, he couldn't help but smile and said.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Zhou Wenzhong hurriedly received the exam paper in his hand along with the remaining dozen or so, put it back in the file box, and then said, "Who knocked on the door?" In. ”

The door was slowly pushed open, and a slightly chubby man walked into the room.

"Uncle Cousin! Nephew greets you! The young man saluted Zhou Zhongwen.

"Ziyi, you should leave the official school after you hand in the test papers and go home to study on your own, what is the matter with coming here?" Looking at this distant nephew, Zhou Wenzhong asked with some displeasure.

"Uncle Cousin! What do you think of my exam papers this time? Can you pass the big exam? After the man came in, he asked immediately after saluting Zhou Wenzhong.

"This big exam will be personally invigilated by the governors of the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, and there will also be a supervisor sent by the imperial court when reading the papers. Zhou Wenzhong sighed and said.

"Uncle Cousin! That's not going to work, I have to make a name for myself this year! Otherwise, my father will break my leg, and the family business will be handed over to my second brother, who has been studying in the government school for five years, so you can't watch me stay here all the time! It can be done as much as you want, as long as you can make me famous! ”

Zeng Ziyi hurriedly handed in the papers, originally wanting to unite several rich students who often messed with him to intercept Shen Fu and Shang Yu, and prepare to retaliate, but he never expected that Shen Fu and Shang Yu had already handed in the papers and left Shang Shutang, so they reluctantly rushed to this cousin to ask about the results.

When Zhou Wenzhong heard this, he originally felt a little angry, but he lowered his head but suddenly saw the file box, thinking of what Zou Bingchu said when he was leaving, and said in his heart: "Since this student's land paper does not have to be handed over to the county lord, and this paper is not an official big exam paper, why not steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, and have the nephew copy a copy and send it to the county lord. ”

Thinking of this, Zhou Wenzhong had a smug smile on his face, raised his head and said, "Ziyi, you turn around and latch the door, my cousin has something to talk to you!" ”

"Shang Yu! If we leave first this time, Zeng Ziyi's gang will be so angry that he will be like thunder! I didn't expect you to be so young and able to come up with such a truth, no wonder the first saint Confucius asked at the age of seven, although you are only a person under your name, you are only by my side for half a day, but you are my lucky star! Young master, I'm happy! At noon today, I invite you to the Wanguo Tower for dinner, what do you think? Sitting on the open-top carriage hired in the city, Shen Fu said happily to Shang Yu.

"Young Master! You're so embarrassed, I'm just your scholar! How can I eat at the same table with you? Shang Yu couldn't help but say anxiously, he was sitting on the carriage halfway, but he didn't dare to sit side by side with Shen Fu.

"You're welcome? Find an opportunity, I will discuss with my uncle, I will bring you over, and I will take you back to Suzhou Zhouzhuang after the big exam in the new year, and I will train you to become the youngest deacon of my Shen family! Shen Fu sat on the seat in the carriage and looked at Shang Yu with admiration on his face and said.

After Shang Yu heard this, he immediately became a little anxious, he was not a house slave in the Lu Mansion, and his ambition was not to become someone's housekeeper or house slave, but to become an independent businessman with status, that was his ideal.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw the driver who was driving in front of him and turned around and said, "This son, Wanguolou has arrived, and the fare is thirty yuan!" ”

Shang Yu looked up and saw that a six-story building was standing next to the carriage, and the sound coming from the building was simply surprising to him, because from there came several Fanbang languages, obviously this was a place to entertain the merchants of Fanguo, and the cost of eating a meal here must be extremely expensive.

Shen Fu jumped out of the car with a smile, took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, threw it into the coachman's hand, and said, "If you can wait here, after half an hour, we will take your car back home, and all these silver taels will be yours!" ”

The driver immediately said in surprise: "Thank you so much, this son!" That's too much, I'm willing to wait! "Although the broken silver is small, there are nearly one or two or so, if it is exchanged, it can be exchanged for nearly a thousand copper coins, of course, the coachman is surprised.

Shang Yu said at this time: "Young Master! I'm not going to go in, am I? I'll be waiting for you outside, so you can dine inside! In his heart, he wanted to wait for Shen Fu to explain that he was not a slave of the Lu Mansion after he had a meal.

"How can that be? Young Master Ben is in a good mood today, you can't be disappointed! Come on, the dishes here are very famous, and you can eat the famous dishes of the Central Plains and various states! Shen Fu took Shang Yu's hand and walked towards the building.

The driver behind him couldn't help but say in the car: "This son is not only generous, but also so polite to the scholar!" There is still such a polite boy in this world! It's amazing! ”