Zhao Doumi is one of this group of candidates, and he is also a rare person among these people, but he became famous at a young age, but he didn't know the darkness of officialdom, and he was clearly a high school jinshi, but he was impersonated by the Donglin Party.

Zhao Doumi's family is very poor, and his mother sold the dowry to barely make up the coils for the exam, and there is no more coiling to go home, even if he does, he doesn't dare to go back.

I think when I left my hometown, I had already boasted about Haikou, and I would never go back if I didn't get admitted to the Jinshi, but the result was that I fell behind, where would I have the face to go back.

He has no money and no power, although he doesn't want to admit it in his heart, but this is the case, in today's dark officialdom, he has no background and offended himself in the Donglin Party, and no matter how talented he is, he can't get in.

Later, I heard that Zhang Tao of Beijing Normal University invented a pressure well, which can earn 100,000 snowflakes in ten years, Zhao Doumi wanted to give it a try, and he couldn't do Qingzhi County, and he could return to his hometown as a rich man.

It's a pity that on the day the results were announced, Zhao Doumi still fell off the list, by one point, but this time he didn't have any complaints.

At the same time as the Jingshi University Hall released the list, it also put the test questions aside, and read and checked it casually, Zhao Doumi compared the correct answers, and he was indeed one point behind.

There is no hope for the official career, if this road is broken again, Zhao Doumi has only one way to commit suicide, and he is unwilling to think about trying again.

After entering the hall of Beijing Normal University, there are two statues opposite, one is the science saint Zhang Heng holding the armillary sphere, and the other is the calculation saint Liu Hong holding the abacus.

Walking past the marble statue, flanked by rows of pine trees, and a vast flat field.

At the end of the flat ground is a lecturer's ear room, in the middle of the main room sat Zhu Shun and Zhang Tao, Zhu Shun held a list in his hand, with a smile on his face: "Yes, this time a total of eight talents and two geniuses have been recruited. ”

"That's a total of ten people, and the numbers are quite auspicious."

Zhang Tao also didn't expect that there were so many missing pearls among the people, but if you think about it carefully, Daming took the name with eight strands of literature, which also led to the burial of many arithmetic talents.

In this way, the entire Ming Dynasty is equivalent to a treasure trove of talents, waiting for them to pick it up, and there is no one to compete for.

Zhang Tao thought of one thing and asked: "Mountain Chief, I really don't accept a penny, there are still very few people now, but I don't have to care." ”

"When there are more people, it will cost a lot of money just to buy food every year, as well as various research funds, and I am afraid that the Jingshi University Hall will become a gold-swallowing monster by then."

Zhu Shun was about to speak, when he saw that the sunlight at the door was blocked, and a young man stood hesitantly at the door, wanting to come in, but he was afraid that it would be too abrupt and rude.

Zhu Shun had seen this young man during the test, and he also took out his test questions and read them for himself, because he was the only one in this group of students: "Zhao Doumi, what do you have to say." ”

Zhao Doumi walked in and first saluted solemnly, first gave Zhu Shun a salute, and then gave Zhang Tao a salute, but the etiquette was not leaky.

The ability to observe words and colors is also good, and I know that Zhu Shun is the main one here, not Zhang Tao, who looks older.

Zhao Doumi finished saluting and said respectfully: "This gentleman, the student wants to do it again, I don't know if I can tolerate it again." ”

"Goo-"

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhao Doumi, who hadn't eaten for two days, had an inopportune rumbling in his stomach, and his face turned red instantly.

Zhu Shun casually drew a test question on the carved bookcase, stood up and said with a smile: "It's time to eat now, let's go to the dining house to eat together, and chat while eating." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zhao Doumi to refuse, Zhu Shun pulled him out of the main house, followed the blue brick path to the west of the vast flat land, and came to the vast flat land in the west.

There is a large dining house here, as well as an empty restaurant, and in the future, students will open a teahouse, incense house, poetry society and other vassal elegant houses.

The steward of the canteen is Li Jiuniang, the wife of the Sun steward of the Beiping Firearms Bureau, who used to work in the Zhu's spinning factory, and now she takes a few spinning women with good cooking skills to cook for the students here.

In the future, the Beijing Normal University Hall will be a school with a strong literary style, and Zhu Shun doesn't want to let too many flies and dogs be mixed here, stipulating that anyone is two dishes and one soup, and the staple food tube is enough.

Zhu Shun, as the chief of the mountain, did not engage in privileges, and lined up honestly, but fortunately, the Beijing Normal University Hall had not officially opened, and only the three of them quickly received a wooden pallet.

The wooden tray contained a meat and a vegetable, as well as a bowl of clearing, Zhu Shun took two more steamed buns, sat on the long table and began to eat.

The people of Daming have been working hard to eat a full meal, and the Jingshi University Hall does not charge any restraints, and also allows students to eat for free, which is enough to surprise Zhao Doumi, but he didn't expect there to be meat dishes.

Zhao Doumi decided to eat here, and he didn't twist and pinch like a little daughter, so he took five steamed buns, and Li Jiuniang saw that he was so good at eating, so she gave him an extra meat dish.

Zhao Doumi glanced at Li Jiuniang gratefully, took the wooden tray, sat diagonally opposite Zhu Shun and began to eat.

Today's meat dish is chicken, and the amount of meat is also very sufficient, Zhao Doumi ate six steamed buns and finally ate enough, and he didn't feel embarrassed, and said generously: "Thank you, sir." ”

Zhu Shun looked at Zhao Doumi, who was neither humble nor arrogant despite the poverty of his family, and understood how Xu Guangqi felt when he saw him in the second year of Chongzhen.

Confident people always make people pay attention to it involuntarily.

Zhu Shun took out the test question and handed it to Zhao Doumi: "Do it well this time, as long as you pass, you will be able to eat and live here for free in the future." ”

Zhao Doumi solemnly took the test questions, but from the tattered blanket on his shoulder, a bald brush, a stone inkstone, and half an ink, ran to the place where he was given food to ask for a little water, and began to grind.

At the end of the grinding, Zhao Doumi took a deep breath and answered the questions seriously, although Zhu Shun did not stipulate the time for a stick of incense, it was almost a stick of incense, and Zhao Doumi still had a few questions to do, so he still put down the brush.

Zhao Doumi respectfully handed over the test questions: "Sir, please take a look." ”

Zhu Shun corrected the test questions, which were exactly sixty points, and said with a smile: "After passing the test, you can stay here in the future." ”

Zhao Doumi took the corrected test questions, stunned, and waited until Zhu Shun left, then remembered that he hadn't saluted Mr. yet.

A few months later, Zhu Shun got an unimaginable harvest because of his kindness.

On the first day of the ninth lunar month, the Beijing Normal University Hall opened without any ceremony.

Zhao Doumi showed unimaginable diligence, sleeping only two hours a day, getting up at the end of each day to study, and not going to bed until the end of the night.

Every month, I went to Zhu Shun to ask for a test question and redo it.

Until the beginning of winter, Zhu Shun took the test questions in his hand and was in a good mood: "I didn't expect to be a world-class genius again." ”

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