With the beating of the drum of handing in the papers, the four-day provincial examination was finally over, and the scholars handed in the papers one after another, Li Yanqing put several rolled test papers into the box, inserted the sealing board, and handed them to the examiner who came to collect the papers, he also breathed a long sigh of relief, although there was a palace examination later, but it was at least half a month later. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He walked out of the examination room where he had stayed for four days, and just as the scholar next door also came out, Li Yanqing was startled, it turned out to be a white-haired old man, but if he looked closely, he was more than fifty years old, but his back was already a little hunched, no wonder he didn't say a word for four days.

The old man smiled and bowed his hand to Li Yanqing, "My brother should do well in the exam!" I can feel it. ”

"Each other, each other!"

Li Yanqing also returned the salute and smiled: "Brother Tai should also be on the topic." ”

"I bet on two questions, Song-Liao relations and poems, but I guess many people have bet."

At this time, someone beckoned the old man from a distance, and the old man smiled and said, "My fellow townsman called me, we will meet later!" ”

"Zhu Getai High School!"

The old man saluted Li Yanqing, "I also wish my brother Jinbang High School!" ”

He turned around and walked quickly, Li Yanqing also followed the flow of people to the outside of the tribute courtyard, and as soon as he walked out of the backyard gate, he heard someone behind him calling him, and the voice should be Zhou Chun.

Li Yanqing turned around, only to see Zhou Chun squeezed out of the crowd, Li Yanqing greeted him with a smile, "How did my brother do in the exam?" ”

"So-so, there are a lot of people here, let's go and talk."

The two walked out of the Gongyuan Square and found a place with a slightly less crowd, Zhou Chun said with a smile: "Brother Xian is right, according to Brother Xian's judgment, I bet on three of the five countermeasure questions, and I even bet on the thesis questions." ”

"Even the punishment for killing my brother was also imprisoned?"

Zhou Chun was in a very good mood, "This is a professor of our academy, this issue was discussed in the imperial court for a long time last year, and the court meeting was held for three days in a row, which had a great impact, and he judged based on experience that the punishment of prudent killing is likely to appear in the imperial examination, and the result is really right for him." ”

Li Yanqing sighed secretly, it is worthy of the four major academies, it does have a level, although Taixue is the highest university, but it is not as good as the four major academies academically, he has been listening to classes for a year, and the professors of Taixue only teach, and they don't care about the topic at all.

"Let's go! Let's have a drink and go, I'm in for a treat. ”

Zhou Chun couldn't help but say, pulled Li Yanqing and rushed towards Yinan Bridge.

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The two sat in the Xiangzhou crispy meat shop for a while, and Hong Dazhi hurried over, and as soon as they met, he shouted sadly: "I'll pack up and go back to my hometown tonight!" ”

Zhou Chun sat him down and asked with concern, "Did you not do well in the exam?" ”

Hong Dazhi grabbed the wine jug on the table, poured himself half a pot of wine in one go, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "The concurrent scripture questions have not been completed, and there are four countermeasures that have not been done, and they will not be at all, it is too difficult, those things are usually unheard of." ”

If the scripture questions are not completed, they will definitely be eliminated, not to mention the countermeasure questions, Hong Dazhi will definitely fall to Sun Shan this time, Li Yanqing understands in his heart that without the study of Taixue and the four major academies to broaden his horizons, his thinking is still to stay in a narrow small place like a state and county, how can he do the world's articles.

Li Yanqing comforted him and said: "One hundred and thirty people are admitted, not only Brother Hong, we may all fail the list, like my poem title is a bit extreme, there is dissatisfaction with the imperial court, it is likely that the first round will not pass." ”

"Not necessarily!"

Zhou Chun said to Li Yanqing: "It is the professor I told the virtuous brother just now, called Guo Ying, the chief professor of Yuelu Academy, he told us before that if the Son of Heaven decides to go on the Northern Expedition, he will definitely criticize the appeasement policy of the past, shift the responsibility to the past, and occupy the moral high ground, so he asked us to bring some criticism of the past appeasement of Liao in the countermeasures, which will be in line with the direction of the imperial court." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, it did make some sense, he didn't expect this, but he stumbled into it by mistake.

"So what should I do? Hong Dazhi hugged his head in pain.

Li Yanqing was quite sympathetic to him, so he thought about it and said to him: "There are more than 10,000 auditors in Taixue, and they are all the same as Brother Hong, they feel that the state and county are too closed to hear the voice of the imperial court. ”

After a pause, Li Yanqing asked again: "I don't know if Brother Hong has a family." ”

"I didn't have a family, I just ..... It's just that the cost of living in the capital is too great, and the family can't afford it. ”

"Unless it is a wealthy family, the children of ordinary middle-sized families have to find something to do in the capital to make money to subsidize food and lodging, and it is impossible for the family to afford it."

"Where do I go to find things to do? I'm not familiar with the capital at all. ”

"This my father can help, he is the president of the Tangyin Fellow Association, he can introduce some copywriting work to his brother, of course, the people my father knows are businessmen, not powerful families, they may work in the store, I wonder if Brother Hong can accept it?"

Hong Dazhi was extremely tempted by the suggestion of being an auditor in Taixue, as long as he had the opportunity to learn the real talent, he was willing to endure more hardships, and he was also born in a poor peasant family, where did he care about doing anything, he hurriedly got up and saluted Li Yanqing, "I am willing to accept it, and beg the virtuous brother to help." “

"Alright! Later, you come with me, and I'll take you to my father, and I'll see if he needs manpower. ”

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After the three of them finished eating, it was Li Yanqing who settled the bill first, he knew that Zhou Chun only had a few dollars, and he couldn't bear to let him break the bank, but when they came out of the examination room, they were all penniless, Li Yanqing and the shopkeeper were very familiar, so he signed the deposit and settled the bill together in the future.

Li Yanqing called another ox cart, and the three of them got on the ox cart and headed towards Yujie.

The ox cart stopped in front of Bao Yan Zhai's shop, and the coachman turned around and smiled: "Three petty officials, fifteen yuan!" ”

"Wait a minute."

Li Yanqing shouted to the door of the store: "Aunt Sun! ”

Mrs. Sun, who was greeting and sending off customers in front of the store, saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile: "How did you do in the exam?" ”

"Let's talk about this later, help me pay for the car first."

Mrs. Sun covered her mouth and chuckled, "Is the little one so poor that he can't even take out a few pennies?" ”

"I can't bring money with me in the exam room."

"That's right!"

Mrs. Sun took out a piece of silver and handed it to the coachman, who was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand, "I can't find it!"

"Then wait a minute, I'll go to the store and get the money."

Mrs. Sun turned around and went back to the store, and at this time, Zhou Chun and Hong Dazhi pointed at Li Yanqing with wide eyes and said, "It turns out ..... It turns out that Baoyan Zhai was opened by your family? ”

"It was my father who drove it, and it has nothing to do with me."

Both of them were extremely shocked, the famous Baoyan Zhai turned out to be the property of Li Yanqing's family, so how rich his family should be, both of them coincidentally had a kind of worship of the mountains.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I'll take two treasure boxes to you when I go back and bring them back to my family." ”

"Thank you very much!"

The two of them were overjoyed, the treasure box cost twenty times, they couldn't afford it, Zhou Chun thought about giving it to his aunt, he went to Yuelu Academy to study because his uncle funded it, Hong Dazhi did not get married, and planned to give it to his mother.

At this time, Mrs. Sun hurriedly walked out, followed by Li Yanqing's father, Li Daqi, who heard Mrs. Sun say that her son was back, and hurriedly rushed out.

"Yanqing, how did you do in the exam?" Li Daqi stepped forward and asked impatiently.

"It's okay! I played my level, but I don't know if I can get in. ”

"That's good, as long as there are no regrets, it is success."

Li Daqi looked at Zhou Chun and Hong Dazhi again, and felt that they were a little familiar, "You are ......"

The two hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Junior, please say hello to Uncle Shi!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "Did Daddy forget?" I met in Anyang County, two friends from Linzhang County, who also came to participate in the imperial examination this year. ”

"That's right! Right! Right! I remembered that you all live in Tang Kee Inn, it's not convenient here, let's go to the backyard to sit. “

Li Daqi took the three of them to the backyard, sat down in his room, and let an errand boy serve tea.

"You both should do well this year!"

Zhou Chun said with a smile: "The younger generation is not playing very well, I'm afraid I have to wait for the next session, and after the list is released, I will return to Yuelu Academy to continue studying." ”

Hong Dazhi said ashamedly: "The juniors are too far behind, and they must be famous in Sun Shan." ”

Li Daqi nodded and sighed: "The provincial examination is a thousand troops squeezing a single-plank bridge, and only one person can be admitted among more than a hundred people, this is only a provincial examination, if you want to get ahead, you have to take the palace examination again, I also felt that I did well in the exam back then, but in the end I still failed the list, where is it so easy to pass the imperial examination." ”

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly remembered that the old family master had said that his father was almost admitted to the imperial examination, and the examiner comforted him and asked him to come again next time, and he would definitely be able to pass the examination.

Li Yanqing thought about it now, and realized that this kind of thing could not happen at all, how could the candidates meet the examiner? Even if the examiner returns home after locking up the hospital, he will avoid suspicion and not be able to see any candidates, which must be his father's self-boasting of saving face after failing in the imperial examination.

Li Yanqing smiled and said nothing, and did not reveal his father, he took a sip of tea and said to his father: "Dazhi wants to listen to Taixue's lectures in the capital, but his family is poor and cannot afford his food and lodging in the capital, he wants to find something to do, can his father help him." ”

Li Daqi himself was poor back then, and he was deeply touched by the poor scholars, so he said to Hong Dazhi: "The account office in my store is often running outside, and I can't be busy, so why don't you help him!" Take an hour every day to sort out the account books, and I will give you five taels of silver a month, which is enough for you to live in Bianjing. ”

Hong Dazhi was very moved, and stood up again to salute, "Uncle Shi is virtuous, and Dazhi is remembered in his heart." ”

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Zhou Chun and Hong Dazhi left, and Li Daqi said to Li Yanqing: "Our fellow villagers have already donated a sum of money to help the children of the poor families in Tangyin County to study outside, and I plan to donate another 10,000 yuan to expand the scope, not only in Tangyin County, but also in Xiangzhou, as long as the children of the poor families in Xiangzhou are willing to study hard, they can be funded by me." ”

Li Yanqing gave a thumbs up and smiled and praised: "Daddy is worthy of Wu Delang, and he has thought about the state chronicles in a hundred years." ”

Li Daqi's face flushed, and he smacked him on the head, "How can I be as scheming as you think, and then talk nonsense, I will donate all the money and leave not a penny for you, a stinky boy." ”

"Did Daddy go to Hangzhou to buy land?"

"I went, your Uncle Yin also went with me, and he said that you taught him to go to Hangzhou to buy a house."

"I taught him, how much did he buy?"

"He bought an old house of seven acres near Nancheng and spent 800 yuan, and I bought more than 30 small houses and more than 150 acres of land, all of which were by the main road, but there was no street and cost more than 9,000 yuan, which should be about the same."

Speaking of buying land, Li Daqi thought of something again, "Li Gouer found an old house for me, there is a private wharf by the Bianhe River outside the city, about ten acres, the other party asked for 6,000 yuan, I think it's good, you accompany me to see it tomorrow morning." ”

"Does Daddy still want to buy a house in the capital?"

"It's not about buying a house, it's about hiring more and more people, and the warehouse is also very inconvenient, Bao Yanzhai has to set up a trading house, and also build its own fleet, so I have to find a place."

Li Yanqing also knew that his father was right, the backyard of the Yujie store was too small to be the headquarters of Baoyanzhai at all, and they had reached the level of establishing a business house, and they wanted to find a larger place to use as an office space.

"Alright! Tomorrow morning, I'll go with my father! ”

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[There have been some things at home in the past two days, and Lao Gao will resume the third watch after these two days! ] 】