Shen Mingwen thought that there was still a meal of wine in the evening, and suddenly felt that there was nothing more comforting in life, and without even saying a word of farewell, he picked up the pot of wine that the store had just sent to the table and went downstairs.

In Shen Mingwen's eyes, Su Tong is just a junior who has just entered school, and he must be mediocre in terms of knowledge, there is nothing to discuss, at most, he takes the initiative to help settle the bill when he comes out to drink, acting as a big wrongdoer, so that he can eat and drink.

Su Tong sent Shen Mingwen downstairs, but he didn't know whether Shen Mingwen was going out or going home, but after thinking about it, if he was out of court, he shouldn't take the wine jug down......

Could it be that he drank all the wine and used the jug as a night jug? Just thinking about it makes me feel chills!

Su Daodao: "Brother Shen, Ling Shibo is really a little ...... Talkative. ”

Shen Xixin said, what is talkative, he is simply a brazen person! This is all Li's habitual problem, the four bodies are not diligent and the grains are not distinguished, and they are locked up in the attic to study, which looks pitiful, but in fact it is a kind of enjoyment, and they don't even need basic labor, and people are not hungry and lazy?

Of course, Shen Xi can't count down his elders in front of outsiders, this is a matter of etiquette. After that, Shen Xi and Su Tong deliberately stopped mentioning Shen Mingwen, because such a fly-like existence, just thinking about it would be disappointing, let alone talking about it.

After lunch, Su Tong took Shen Xi to the place where he settled to see.

The place where Su Tong lives is relatively far away from the White Horse River where Shen Xi stays. Sutong means that even if you can't live in the same inn, you can move to the neighborhood and take care of each other.

Su channel: "It's only the beginning of June, and there are not many candidates entering the city, if you don't take advantage of it now, in July, the inns in the entire provincial capital will be full, and it will be difficult to find a favorite place." At that time, even the ancestral halls and temples in the city will become the candidates' foothold. ”

Shen Xi nodded.

In Ninghua County alone, there are 200 students, and in 780 counties in Fujian Province, there are 16,700 students. Even if not every student will take the township exam, the number of students for reference must be four or five thousand, plus those who send the exam, and the provincial capital will suddenly pour into one or two hundred thousand people. No wonder it's overcrowded.

Fujian is a relatively advanced province in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the Ming Dynasty, the number of admissions in each township examination in Fujian was second only to the north and south of Zhili and Jiangxi, and was on a par with the two major provinces of Zhejiang and Huguang.

In the first year of Hongxi, it was stipulated that the number of students admitted to the Fujian Township Examination was 45. Jingtai has increased its quota by fifteen places in four years. Up to now, in the 11th year of Hongzhi, in the past 40 or 50 years, Fujian has been recruiting 60 people according to the township examination. In general, the admission rate of the township examination is much lower than that of the college examination, and the Tingzhou government examination has a pass rate of nearly 10 percent, while the admission rate of the township examination is less than 2 percent.

At the same time, there are also regulations in the township test: "There are many talents to go to the place, regardless of the number, if the talent is not prepared, the number is not enough, from the actual tribute." ”

This was an order given by Zhu Yuanzhang. If there are many talents in the township examination, you can appropriately call a few more, if there are few talents, you can't find people who are not as knowledgeable.

But the examiner basically recruits less recruits, because more recruits, and the examiner is responsible for the responsibility of being checked for who is not able to learn, but if he recruits less, even if a student is checked out to be bullshit, he can also say. This year's candidates are so bad, I finally put together a list.

Su Tong introduced several candidates from other prefectures and counties to Shen Xi, and this was only the second day after Su Tong entered the provincial capital, and he met a few new friends in just one day. These people are all in their twenties and belong to the young talents. When they learned that Shen Xi had taken the township test at the age of twelve, they immediately became a little enthusiastic about Shen Xi.

is not a fellow villager, the psychology of comparison will not be too big, and Shen Xi is no longer a "child of someone else's family". With his participation in the township test at such a young age, at least there is no doubt about the prodigy. If you can be lifted, the future is bound to be limitless, if you don't have a little friendship at this time, when will you wait?

"It turns out that what Su Gongzi is looking for in the past two days is this Shen Gongzi. Looking at it now, Shen Gongzi is young and talented, outstanding, and really a great character! A candidate surnamed Lu praised sincerely.

"What Brother Lu said is extremely true, the reason why Zai Xia is in a hurry to find Brother Shen is not only because he is young and knowledgeable, but also because he is also very capable in other aspects, he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the hidden hook and shooting are all pinched and caught, you haven't seen it, you don't know how amazing it is."

Su Tong spared no effort to tout Shen Xi in front of these scholars.

Everyone expressed their amazement and admiration, and some people were full of longing: "If you have the opportunity, you must see and learn!" ”

Su Tong said with a smile: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, today I will hold a banquet in Huaiyang Building, I don't know if you can enjoy the face, go and drink a glass of water and wine together?" ”

These scholars couldn't help but glance at each other, some of them didn't know where Huaiyang Tower was, but some people knew that it was a famous Qin Lou Chu Pavilion in the city, and the main Su cuisine was very famous, and it could be said that it was the place with the highest consumption level in Fuzhou City, and ordinary people could not afford it.

But since Su Tong wants to treat him, in line with the psychology of not eating for nothing, all the scholars have readily agreed. When Su Tong went out to send Shen Xi back to the inn, Shen Xi asked the doubts in his heart: "Brother Su, where is this Huaiyang Tower?" ”

"It's a good place, it's almost the same as the official office of our Tingzhou Mansion, but the decoration is more luxurious, the number of girls in it is more, the posture is better, and the most important thing is ...... Haha, you're young, and you don't understand it when I told you! ”

Su Tong had a secretive smile on his face, "Although it is not an official office, I heard that there is a background of the government, and even the girls of the Fuzhou Teaching Department have to be selected before they can go over to accompany the guests at the banquet, do you say this place is powerful?" ”

Shen Xi thought about it and probably understood.

The private Qin Lou Chu Pavilion can actually let the girls of the Teaching Workshop Division go to the "string field", which is indeed big enough!

You must know that in Fengyue places, there has always been a clear distinction between officials and privates, and it is illegal to let women from official offices go to private Qinglou to serve guests, unless there is a deep official background.

In these years, as long as it is related to the government, everything is possible, maybe the big proprietor behind the Huaiyang Building is a powerful person, just looking for someone to come out as a façade.

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After Shen Xi went back, he read a book for more than an hour, and when it was almost dusk, Su Tong personally sent a carriage to greet him. Although Shen Mingwen didn't know where he was going, he had already packed up, as if he was the guest of honor this time.

Shen Mingwen asked curiously, "Qilang, where is this banquet going tonight?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Su Tong's servant said respectfully: "Back to Master Shen, today my master is inviting the two of you to Huaiyang Tower for a banquet." ”

Shen Mingwen's eyes turned green when he heard this: "Oh? Huaiyang Building? That's the place to be! This Su Gongzi is really generous, I heard that the people who can go there to drink and feast are all dignitaries. ”

Along the way, Shen Mingwen was telling Shen Xi that Huaiyang Building was good and the environment was elegant. The wine was mellow and the dishes were novel, thinking that Shen Xi didn't know that there were women in the Huaiyang Building, so he rubbed his hands from time to time. It seems that I can't help but want to eat it, and I may have to use both my hands and feet when the time comes.

When he arrived at the place, Su Tong was already waiting at the door in person, and said, "I knew that Brother Shen would study hard after you went back, so I didn't bother you personally." The banquet inside is ready, Brother Shen...... Uncle Shen, please inside! ”

Seeing Shen Mingwen, Su Tong was a little embarrassed, but thinking that Shen Mingwen was a veteran who had taken several township exams after all, and he was also a candidate this year, so it was good to ask for experience.

Shen Mingwen didn't say hello to Su Tong, and the person had already walked into Huaiyang Tower, and Su Tong reminded Shen Xi in the back: "Brother Shen, I didn't tell you in detail at noon." In fact, these people I know are all the big favorites of this year's township test to solve the yuan, especially the road boy, he participated in the last township test, I heard that it was originally his solution yuan, but the result was that the article was banned, and this is not on the list. He should be nine out of ten this time. ”

Shen Xi knew that Sutong had a wide range of contacts and learned a lot of "gossip news", but as for the road boy Lu Cheng at noon, the impression left on Shen Xi was not very deep. The appearance is mediocre, the dress is plain, but fortunately, what he says is quite good.

Generally speaking, since the inner curtain official ordered who is Xie Yuan. The article must have been carefully reviewed, and it has long been determined whether the article has violated the ban, and it is impossible to review and find that there is a problem with the article after understanding the yuan, which is not only the candidate's problem, but even the examiner and the examiner have to bear the responsibility.

Shen Xi guessed that if it was really a little bit of understanding, it would still be brushed down. It must have been a case of fraud in the last township test, and Lu Cheng's position of Xie Yuan was replaced by Shengsheng.

Shen Xi had already noticed that Lu Cheng's family background did not seem to be very good.

Shen Xi was a little worried in his heart, to say that the land of Fujian is high and the emperor is far away, and most of the curtain officials are officials of the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Department, and the power in their hands is too great, it is very difficult for such a township to think of fairness and justice, even if his articles are outstanding, if he does not open up the joints, he is likely to fall into the name of Sun Shan.

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At the beginning of the lanterns, the lights in the Huaiyang Building were brilliant, on the second floor, in the banquet hall where the veil was swirling and looked beautiful, more than a dozen people sat cross-legged around a large round table, the table was full of wine and dishes, when Shen Xi entered the door, there were already girls toasting everyone.

Su Tong looked ashamed: "I wanted to wait for Brother Shen to come over later, but I really couldn't hold back their enthusiasm......

Shen Xi nodded in understanding.

These scholars look dignified, but when they go to a place like Qinglou Chu Pavilion and see beautiful people with wine and food, where can they abide by their duties?

Seeing Su Tong enter the door with Shen Xi, everyone hurriedly got up and saluted...... How to say that Su Tong is the proprietor of this banquet, and Shen Xi is the guest of honor, they dare not slack off.

Several of them Shen Xi had met at noon, but some of them were still meeting for the first time and needed to be introduced, but Shen Mingwen was very arrogant, and as soon as he entered the banquet living room, he found an empty place to sit down by himself, and while picking up chopsticks and picking up vegetables, he asked the girl next to him to pour him wine.

Shen Mingwen was so dissatisfied that he took the opportunity to stretch out his salty pig hand and touch the slender jade hand of the girl who accompanied the wine, and take advantage of it first.

Everyone sat down, Shen Xi sat on the left hand side of Su Tong, and the one sitting on the right was Lu Cheng, who was respected by Su Tong, and there was a scholar who attracted Shen Xi's attention during the banquet, this person's surname was Chen Mingchen, the word Sixian, a native of Jinjiang, and he was twenty-one years old this year.

According to the memories of Shen Xi's previous life, Chen Chen was a disciple of Cai Qing, a famous Fujian physicist in the Ming Dynasty.

Cai Qing and the establishment of the year of the Jinshi, tired officials to Nanjing Wenxuan Langzhong, Jiangxi deputy envoy, his life of painstaking efforts, mechanics of the Six Classics, Zhuzi and historical collections and other books, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhu Xi and other works of the study of the works of especially fine. He formed an association at Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou to study the study of Yi, and Chen Chen was one of the most famous disciples. There are 28 people in the society, known as "Qing Yuanzhi "Yi" 28 Su". The people of the time said: "Today's words and "Yi" are all pushed to Jinjiang; Cheng and Hongjian, scholars talk about science, and only Qing is particularly proficient. ”

And Chen Chen is also very good, his life works include six volumes of "Four Books and Brief Explanations", six volumes of "Book of Changes", one volume of "Zhengxue Edition", and twelve volumes of "Zifeng Anthology".

Shen Xi has seen Chen Chen's epitaph, this person is the fifth year of Zhengde, the twelfth year of Zhengde, the director of the Shanxi Division of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the director of the Yunnan Division of the Nanjing Household Department, and the most representative Zhuzi scholar in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Chen Chen is more famous for one thing, that is, in the Fujian Township Examination in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he fell to Sun Shan because of "not paying bribes".

Shen Xi took a deep breath, because he refused to bribe such a talented person, he could only accept the fate of failing the list, how dark should this Fujian's township test be?

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