At the time of this family meeting, there were three key people who did not go, one was the Li family, the second was Shen Mingjun, and the third was the party Shen Xi.

Shen Xi also learned the result of the discussion from the Zhou family after the fact.

“…… It's good to stay, Yun'er is older than Dai'er, she knows the general situation, and she can help you manage this family, even if my father and I are no longer here in the future, she can take care of this family......"

Zhou's expression was a little dazed, but she didn't know if she really wanted to open it, or if she simply wanted her to accept the result and seek self-comfort.

At night, Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er are still in the same room, and the Li family is no longer able to supervise, or Lao Xu Tou's words during the day have an effect, since Xie Yun'er is blessed and can't lay eggs, what do you care about her?

In this way, Xie Yun'er was a little more comfortable, blew out the candles, and lay on the same couch with Shen Xi again, and the two of them were still in a state of respect for each other.

Shen Xi said: "I didn't have a good idea today, don't be surprised." ”

Xie Yun'er smiled and turned her face to look at Shen Xi: "Your idea is very good, if I scold my husband and wife happily in front of my neighbors, no one will be pitiful even if I am divorced." It's me...... I can't make up my mind. ”

After a pause, he said: "Don't worry, when the trend of Xie Yuan in you passes, no one will pay attention, and I will leave." ”

"It doesn't matter if you go or not, as long as you feel good." After Shen Xi finished speaking, he turned his body on his back, "You know I'm still young and can't do anything." ”

Shen Xi also learned to comfort himself.

Xie Yun'er showed a slight wry smile on her face, on the first day she married Shen Xi, she witnessed Shen Xi's transformation from a boy to a teenager, but she couldn't let Shen Xi change from a teenager to a real man.

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Two days later, the Li family left Fucheng and took the three brothers Shen Mingwen, Shen Mingtang and Shen Mingxin away at the same time.

Originally, she wanted to take Shen Xi back to Ninghua and let the neighbors take a look, but she heard Feng Yuqi say that Shen Xi was likely to be selected to study in Taixue as Xie Yuan, and after Taixue, he could become a famous Confucian or be directly appointed as an official. Li Shi moved his mind and let Shen Xi continue to stay in Fucheng instead, waiting for the news of the provincial capital.

The Ming Dynasty set up Guozijian in Nanjing and Beijing, and Guozijian was the central official school. It is the highest university and educational administrative institution in the country. The Ming Dynasty implemented the Shuangjing system, with Guozijian in Nanjing and Jingshi respectively set up Guozijian, the Guozijian in Nanjing was called "Nanjian" or "Nanyong", and the Guozijian in Beijing was called "Beijian" or "Beiyong".

The students of Guozijian are usually those with excellent grades or qualifications from all over the country, and are called Gongsheng. It means to contribute to the imperial court with talents. There are also the children of bureaucrats who rely on the official positions of their fathers and ancestors to obtain imprisonment, and this kind of shadow is called "shadow prison". After the Jingtai year, due to the shortage of the national treasury, you can donate money to the qualification to enter the Guozijian to study, which is called donating to the prison. No matter which one it is, as long as you enter the Guozi Prison, you are called a "prisoner".

In the Guozi Prison, there is also Taixue.

Generally speaking, the prisoners of Guozijian are usually Xiucai, and the Tai students are juren.

Shen Xi once visited Lun Wenxu with Su Tong. It is to enter Taixue as a person, and then become a famous Confucian, in history Lun Wenxu is the 12th year of Hongzhi will be the test of the Yuan, the palace test champion.

At this time, there is only half a year left before this session.

As soon as the Li family left, Shen Xi and Xie Yun'er continued to sleep in separate rooms, although Zhou said that she accepted Xie Yun'er as a daughter-in-law, but she only accepted it in name, and in her heart, she actually felt that Xie Yun'er was insulted, and everything was in accordance with Xie Yun'er's wishes. Not the slightest reluctance.

One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, but he doesn't want to fight, and he has nowhere to suffer.

Xie Yun'er returned to the pharmacy for a consultation. Because she still has to earn money to support her family, she doesn't want to be a person who doesn't work for nothing.

On the second day of October, Su Tong came back from Fuzhou, and before he returned home, he came to visit Shen's house and said that he was congratulating. But it's to climb closer.

In Su Tong's opinion, it is worth it to make friends with Shen Xi.

"Brother Shen, congratulations, there are more than 5,000 candidates in this township examination, and you can be ranked first Xie Yuan, which is really embarrassing for my brother. For his brother, he was only listed fifty-four, and he almost hung the bottom of the list......"

Su Tongzhongju was also a surprise to himself.

Su Tong didn't dare to ask for a single session, just like Shen Xi thought, if you want to be lifted this year, there are many factors on and off the field, not that if you are good at learning, you will definitely be able to win. Su Tong himself also knows that his talent is only among the best among the candidates in Tingzhou Mansion, and it is not enough to put it in the whole province of Fujian, who would have thought that he would be successful.

"Brother Shen, you are in the middle of the Yuan, Wu Gongzi got Yayuan, the two of you are really natural enemies. No one thought that in this township test, Xie Yuan and Yayuan were both in Tingzhou Mansion, and the two of you can be regarded as winning glory for my Tingzhou Mansion scholars. When Su Tong said this, there was a bit of envy and jealousy in his tone.

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, I still don't know how this Xie Yuan came about." ”

Su Tong laughed when he heard this: "Like a brother, I can't ask for it if I try my best." But this matter is also a touch of weirdness, there are a lot of bribes behind this township test, Wu Gongzi Deyayuan can understand, he is the son of the Shanxi political envoy, but Brother Shen, you ...... There is no offense, but Brother Shen is also ...... behind his back"

Although Su Tong didn't finish speaking, Shen Xi knew that Su Tong wanted to know if he had given a gift.

Shen Xi has never accepted a bribe except for the four taels of silver he just paid, and if he wants to "buy" a solution yuan for four taels of silver, the price set by the Fujian Political Envoy and the Inspector General is too low.

Shen Xi also asked Hui Niang afterwards, and Hui Niang regretted it after hearing it, saying that she knew that sending money was effective, and she would definitely spend 1,800 taels, so she wanted to have peace of mind.

Facts have proved that Shen Xizhong Xie Yuan was not done by Hui Niang, he always felt that there was something behind this that he ignored.

Shen Xi spread his hands, and then shook his head with a wry smile, and Su Tong stopped asking.

Su Tong wants to go back to settle his family, especially when his eldest son has just been born, and he comes back from a long trip, just to meet some relatives and friends, and accept congratulations, there are many things.

When Shen Xi sent Su Tong out, Su Tong sighed with emotion: "In this Luming Banquet, only Brother Shen and you and Wu Gongzi did not attend, so it was a little less lively...... Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan were not there at the same time, but the rest of the people were all there, this was the first time since the Fujian Luming Banquet was recorded. ”

Shen Xi was stunned. He immediately laughed dumbly and did not comment.

When Su Tong left, Shen Xi pondered carefully, and there were many questions.

He didn't stay to attend the feast. On the one hand, it is because of the earnest instructions of the Li and Zhou families, and on the other hand, the future is uncertain, and even if they stay, they may not have the opportunity to attend.

Moreover, it is not free to participate in the Luming banquet, nominally it is a government treat. But in fact, the candidates need to pay out of their own pockets, and when they go to the banquet, they have to give gifts to the main exam, the same examination and the external curtain official, and they have to spend a lot of money.

Therefore, those scholars from poor families knew that they couldn't afford to participate in this Luming Banquet, and even if they wanted to know the situation of their exams as soon as possible, they had to go back to their hometowns in advance to wait for news.

The Luming banquet will be held on the second day of the release of the list, and it will not be rescheduled afterwards.

Su Tong said that except for him and Wu Xingyu, the rest of the people in the middle school participated. Could it be that the rest of the scholars in this class of middle lifters expected that they would be able to win the lift, and they all had silver to give gifts to the examiner, and they were swollen and fat to participate in the Luming banquet?

Apparently not!

Then there is only one explanation, all the people in this session are "related households"!

Either they have an official background, or they secretly bribed and opened up the joints, why didn't anyone who was lifted left? Because they had paid the money, they knew that they were likely to be lifted, so they stayed. When it is confirmed, you will give another gift, which is considered a "final payment", and you can't go if you don't go.

Su Tong had discussed with Shen Xi about accepting bribes before, but Shen Xi refused. But Su Tong must have paid the money himself, so Su Tong chose to stay in the provincial capital and wait for news.

Either Su Tong's money was insufficient, or the relationship was not hard, and in the end he only got fifty-four.

Shen Xi muttered in his heart: "Then why didn't I take a bribe, but instead won the lift, and I have to understand the yuan?" It's only because of me that I'm good at learning. The examiner wants to find me as a shield? ”

With such a question, Shen Xi waited for two more days, and news came from the provincial capital.

After the joint promotion of Su Kui of Fujian and the Fujian Political Envoy, Shen Xi of Ninghua County and Wu Xingyu of Qingliu County, as well as the top candidates in this township examination, under the age of 25, were guaranteed to study in Taixue, and there were five people in Fujian.

When Zhou found out, he was very excited.

Shen Xi entered Taixue to study, although he will go north to Beijing and go for many years, but finally Shen Xi has a chance, as the so-called water flows everywhere, people go to high places, even if she is reluctant to be a mother, for the sake of her son's good future, she can only give up.

In front of Shen's house, there were lights and firecrackers, and a series of good news once again made Shen Xi have a good time in Tingzhou Mansion.

After the news spread that Xie Yuan was promoted to Taixue in Shenxi, people with heads and faces from outside the city came one after another, on the one hand, because of the relationship, and on the other hand, some people wanted to put the land under the name of Shen Xi to evade taxes.

The people who came to visit had different thoughts, and there were many people who Shen Mingjun and his wife needed to look up to, even if they carried a sedan chair to invite them before, it was not uncommon for people to come now, and now they came with their heads squeezed, and the Zhou family even moved the idea of repairing the lintel of the Shen family.

Hui Niang said: "Even if you want to cultivate, you have to wait for Xiaolang to become an official before you can cultivate, and now you are just a person, and you will be sent to Taixue to study, and you will not officially become an official...... In the future, when he comes back in his official uniform, this lintel will not be repaired! ”

When Hui Niang said this, she was actually a little envious, but unfortunately she only has a daughter, and no son can go to the test for fame, even if Shen Xi will become an official in the future, the glorious one is also the lintel of the Shen family, which has nothing to do with her. If you want to seal the order, it is also sealed to Shen Xi's biological mother Zhou and his wife Xie Yun'er, and she has no share.

But she was just happy for Shen Xi, as if the glory of the future would also come to herself.

On this day, Su Tong also brought people to congratulate, all of whom were candidates who participated in the children's examination in the same class as Shen Xi, including children like Zheng Qian, who were still worried about the candidates.

The Shen family came to two people from the township examination at the same time, and so many students came to congratulate them, and everyone felt that the Shen family had gone up a notch for a while.

The Zhou family specially arranged a banquet for these scholars in the main hall of the Shen family, Su Tong and others came with generous gifts, they used to participate in the literary meeting, the big guy sat down and debated, after the debate, after eating and drinking, wiped his mouth and left, but not this time, you come to Xinke Xie Yuan's house, don't bring some weighty gifts, you can enter the door this time, but you don't want to come again in the future, right?

Of course, the most eye-catching person present, except for Shen Xi, was Su Tong, who was also lifted.

After three rounds of drinking, Su Tong said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Shen for entering Taixue to study, and then Brother Shen has to set off and rush to the capital, right?" I will try it next year, and I will go to the capital next, why don't you go all the way? ”

Shen Xi said: "The examination will only be held next spring, is Brother Su too eager?" ”

"Haha, let's go early and get ready...... It is said that reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, the capital is the most prosperous place in the world, and I Fujian is located in the southeast corner, so I always have to see it. Besides, from Fujian to Beijing, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the early departure is not afraid of temporary delays, and there is a companion on the way, so it is good to take care of each other. ”

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