In fact, such evil things such as lynching and raising female slaves really don't have any too deep feelings for Shen Gui and Qi Yan, two young people who were born between the rivers and lakes. They smashed the demon cave rebuilt by Yan Hunt - Shuangtian Gambling House; I have also visited Yanjing City, a few smoke alleys behind Zhengyan Gate; I also had a nostalgia for the unparalleled flower boat painting boat on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which can be said to have read the beauty of spring flowers and autumn moons, and listened to the story of the hot and cold world.

Since they have fallen into the rivers and lakes, whether they are men or women, they must each have their own difficulties; No matter what way of survival you choose, as long as you can survive in this chaotic year, it is not easy. And whether it is Shen Gui or Qi Yan, and these girls who have fallen into the dust, they are actually the same people in the rivers and lakes, and there is no sympathy or contempt at all.

The difference in the surrounding environment will subtly bring changes to people's temperament. In terms of the ability to distinguish people's eyebrows and observe words and colors, both Shen Gui and Qi Yan are familiar with it. These two people can see at a glance: None of the women in this account man's room today are obviously from fireworks women!

Choosing to fall into the dust in order to survive is not a shame at all, and it does not require the sympathy of others; But these girls' families who are deeply trapped in the mansions of Xicheng have delicate skin and elegant makeup, obviously they can't be forced to fall here for the sake of food and clothing!

Shen Gui felt the numb eyes cast by the girls, as unbearable as a thorn in his back. He immediately raised the thunder sword in his hand, pointed at the tip of the bookkeeper's nose and said:

"Ming told you, I'm going to kill today, and I don't have the heart to grind my teeth with you and tease you! Listen clearly, I want the other half of the flower account that you and Yuan Xiaosan have in their private collection! ”

Mr. Ledger is already old and pale, and he lives a decadent life full of poisons on weekdays, so he can't stand the slightest bit of strength at all. Fang was slapped by Shen Gui in a series of slaps, coupled with the fact that there was still tobacco and poison in his brain, the whole person lay on the ground and felt that the world was spinning, and there was also a flying flower in front of him. Until Shen Gui opened his mouth to speak, he still kept gulping and vomiting yellow water; But after he heard the word "flower account", the sallow old face instantly regained a trace of sickly ruddy!

"Hey, you want half of the old man's account book, right? No problem! Or, you kid cut off his arm now, kneel down and kowtow to the master a hundred times, and then refill me with that bubble of smoke! I may think about it for the sake of your face; Or, you just slaughter Lao Tzu with a knife, and then go out and turn right onto the street, and then think of other ideas! ”

Shen Gui nodded when he heard this, bowed down and straightened the old man's soft left arm, and the tip of the Thunder Sword in his hand was directly placed between the nails of his middle finger, and gently pried upward......

A bloodshot nail bounced into the air, and the bookkeeper was immediately tortured and let out a heart-rending scream, like a pig-in-law tied to the slaughter before Chinese New Year's Eve; Before his aftermath could dissipate, Shen Gui immediately pressed the tip of the sword into the nail of his ring finger again, and said to him softly:

"I said, the bookkeeper, are you more comfortable now? How about a small one waiting for you to have another soak? ”

Those who live in extremely superior conditions naturally have more concerns and considerations in their hearts than those poor ghosts who can't even eat; If it happens to be another ill-gotten gain, then even if he was originally a heroic and generous bloody man, he will be slowly corroded by the power of silver into a forward-looking rich man.

For this bookkeeper who lives a poor and luxurious life, it is a little inappropriate to describe it as "crossing the river to think about life and going ashore to think about wealth". This old man is neither willing to give up his wealth, let alone his life! He knew that as long as he got rid of that half of the account book, his old life would definitely not be saved! ，

Shen Gui was stunned when he saw his straight eyes, and under the movement of his slender fingers, the three dull nails immediately left the other party's fingertips. As the saying goes, ten fingers connect the heart, and the sharpness of this pain is far from comparable to ordinary trauma; In addition, this old accountant is living a comfortable life for an old lady, and his tolerance for pain has already been reduced to the freezing point.

As Shen Gui's iron tongs loosened, the old account room immediately collapsed and rolled on the ground; Shen Gui took advantage of his free moment to enjoy the afterglow of pain, and successively asked a few girls with dexterous facial features; However, the girls never responded to his gentle words......

"Who the hell are you? How can you know the secret between me and Yuan Teamzheng? ”

I don't know if it's because the pain is too strong, or if the poisonous energy of the hibiscus ointment has passed; Now the tone of the old bookkeeper's mouth is much more normal than just now. After Shen Gui heard this nonsense, he bowed forward again and casually picked up two more fingernails from him:

"Now that you're a fish on the board, you still have to be smarter, and you're not qualified to ask questions. Oh yes, it's a pity that you haven't lived to understand it at a great age, so I'll give you a free sentence sir. When a secret is blurted out, it's no longer a secret. Now I'll ask, and you will answer. Of course, you still have a lot of capital to struggle, such as four fingernails, ten toenails, and two hundred and six bones on your body; The chance to be a hero is to grab a handful, it depends on whether you, the old bookkeeper, will settle the account. ”

Sure enough, this bookkeeper is a bad man. After listening to Shen Gui's threat, in order to keep the rest of his nails, he immediately straightened his body honestly and explained carefully. As he confided more and more truths, and after the two account books were combined, the chain of evidence became clearer and clearer, and Shen Gui's face became more and more ugly.

He originally thought that this Xilin City, or the Confucian Academy, was just playing the old rules of the local tyrants and inferior gentry and the scholars; But he didn't expect that this scholar was a scholar, and his thinking and vision were by no means comparable to ordinary local tyrants and inferior gentry! The thousand-year-old tree of the Confucian school has been pulled out by these "erudite Confucians" with new branches!

Regardless of how the academies of the Nankang Dynasty operated; As far as the Northern Yan Dynasty is concerned, if you want the heirs of your family to embark on the right path of scientific examinations, there are two sects to choose from. One is the orthodox Confucian school that people in the world are eager to follow—that is, the Confucian Academy located in Xilin Mansion; The second is a new type of Confucianism that accepts disciples widely, but is wide in and strict in and out--Confucianism Academy.

In fact, there are so many learnings in the world, why not just Confucianism? However, why is it that only the students of these two academies can obtain the qualification to enter the court as officials? The reason is simple and somewhat ridiculous, in the final analysis, it is only due to a test decree in the cabinet of the Northern Yan Imperial Court: all school-age students from all over the country who want to take the examination must first pass the initial examination of the state and county government of their home country, and then go through the re-examination presided over by the Tai Academy; Only those who are on the list twice can be admitted to Beijing.

Looking at this decree alone, it doesn't seem to have much of a drawback; But at present, the root of all the problems in Xilin Mansion lies in the two screening links of the initial examination and the re-examination!

The preliminary examination of the state and county government offices is jointly written by the gentry and celebrities from all over the country, as well as well-educated people. Those who pass the examination can have the status of an orthodox literati who are talented. With this Xiucai status, although he can enjoy the courtesy of not kneeling in the court, he will also be called "Xiucai Master" by Bai Ding in the market, and he is regarded as a reasonable person who reads well, but he cannot significantly improve his social status. But fortunately, with the status of a showman, you can broaden the scope of your career. For example, a series of decent occupations such as lawyers, private school teachers, medical hall langzhong, bookkeepers, etc., must have the status of a showman in order to obtain a license to practice in the local yamen.

What's more worth mentioning is that every time there is a shortage of soldiers and bandits, it is the time for the Northern Yan court to employ people; From time to time, the imperial court will issue one from time to time, which is enough to make Xiucai soar into the sky: filial piety and honesty.

This so-called filial piety and honesty means that the local famous families and gentry leaders jointly recommend a local scholar with both ability and political integrity to the imperial court, and directly enter the court as an official, without having to take the exam. However, as the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures, at least in the Northern Yan Dynasty, whenever the decree of filial piety and honesty is issued, the original election system will become an auction system.

As for the re-examination of Taixue Academy, there are even more doorways!

First of all, the Tai Academy, located in Yanjing City, is only a place to teach the children of the royal family; It is only in very rare cases that some children of important officials of the imperial court will be gifted by His Majesty to enter Taixue and become props for accompanying the prince to study. How can a small Tai Academy, with so many people in the world as many people as a carp crossing the river, and a small Tai Academy, bear the heavy responsibility of screening thousands of students in the world? Even if it is just one Jizhou Road, it can collapse all the four courtyard walls of Tai Academy! In view of this, Tai Academy came up with a method that was not a solution: first the major traditional academies had an additional examination, and the outstanding young talents could enter Beijing to participate in the second re-examination with the permission documents issued by the academies.

However, the Northern Yan Dynasty has suffered from redundant officials for a long time, and the children of those court officials who are related to each other cannot be reasonably distributed; If you recruit a lot of Jinshi masters, won't there be no place to arrange it? Are they all hanging in the waiting list of the officials, waiting to eat the empty salary of the imperial court? As a result, this shackle of current restriction was stuck on the additional test invented by Tai Academy. The operation method is also very simple and crude: every year, depending on the actual vacancy issued by the imperial court, the academy responsible for the additional examination will recommend an appropriate number of students to enter Beijing to take the examination.

As a result, who can take the test and who can't take the test will be decided by the college responsible for the additional test. And this additional test link is a temporary method that Tai Academy came up with, of course, it is impossible to pass through the Northern Yan Dynasty immediately. So Zhu Yue, the president of Tai Academy, and Cai Xi, the right prime minister in charge of the ministry, after some discussion, selected two pilot units:

Ludong Confucianism Academy, Luxi Confucianism Academy.