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The sound of firecrackers sounded in the Suzhou Hall, and this time they won a big victory, not only 20 people, but also the top two! In the history of the Ming Imperial Examination, it is definitely the top three, and the top two are Shaoxing in Xijiang and Ji'an in Jiangxi.

In any case, this is a great honor for the people of Suzhou, and I believe that the good news will be transmitted to Suzhou, and the whole city will celebrate. Of course, at this moment in the capital of Suzhou, can enjoy this pride first, the president of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, the owner of Beijing Huilian, Chai Shouli, is even more generous, invited the most popular Kunqu opera team, found the best restaurant, in the Suzhou Hall to sing on stage, swing the water seat, for a while, the hall is crowded. There was a lot of joy, and the ears were full of "congratulations and congratulations", which made people mistakenly think that Suzhou Mansion was the end of February for the New Year.

In the second-floor teahouse opposite the hall, the guests couldn't drink tea quietly, and they all tilted their heads to look out to see the excitement......

On the second floor, facing the private room of the hall, a middle-aged white fat man stood by the window and watched for a long time before closing the window, turning around and sitting back at the table, picking up the teacup, "Hey, drink one, and said to a man who is much younger and more handsome than him: "Hehe, the chai boss you are looking for is really generous." Twenty tables of flowing water abalone wings, this day I am afraid to eat seven or eight hundred taels of silver. ”

The two are a pair of idle people, Shen Mo and Xu Wei.

"You don't understand this" Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "This silver should be paid, it not only shows its strength, but also brings the relationship closer, and it also raises its value, so why not?" ”

"Hehe, aren't you very proud?" Xu Wei looked at Shen Mo and said.

"Of course I'm proud." Shen Mo smiled as a matter of course: "My own students have poisoned good grades, which old man is not happy?" ”

"I don't mean this, Xu Wei shook his head and smiled. Then he looked at Shen Mo's eternally gentle face and said, "I feel that your realm has improved again." ”

"How?" Shen Mo took a sip of tea and asked.

"In the past, although you were also quite powerful, and you were never ambiguous, but every time you had to go to great lengths, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred." Xu Wei smiled: "It's all tired for you to watch." ”

Shen Mo touched his chin and smiled awkwardly: "Is this praising me or hurting me?" ”

"Of course it's praising you" Xu Wei gave a thumbs up and said: "Your realm has also improved too fast, and now you are silently killing people invisibly." Tossed so many people back to life, but none of them thought you did it. Saying a fake sigh, he said: "It seems that I also have to give birth to Lao Tzu!" ”

"You know too much," Shen Mo smiled faintly: Be careful when I kill my mouth. ”

"I'm so scared," Xu Wei gasped and laughed: "But you are also really ruthless, those candidates who use the word joint, many of them are okay themselves." This time you made a move to "knock the mountain and shock the tiger", then Sister Yuan actually knocked down all of her brains. He shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's really lifting a stone to hit your own feet,"

"You can't say that," Shen Mo shook his head and said, "Although they fall into place for a while, in the long run, it will be of great benefit." "Pause. sighed and said: "If people don't know what to do unless they do it, not to mention that the fall of the Yan Party is not far away, if they are lucky enough to win this time, they will only be some petty officials of six or seven grades at that time. What's even more terrifying is the word "joint" today. It will be dug up. Those who have used those nine words will not only have their careers ruined, but also have no dignity to live. As he spoke, he picked up the teapot, slowly poured bright yellow tea into the cup, and said, "Although I am silent and merciless, I will not attack those scholars who are not very wrong."

"Then what do you do to that Zhijian" Xu Wei felt a little broken after speaking, and hurriedly laughed: "When I didn't say it, I was actually quite relieved, looking at the way he looked at Su and everyone, I couldn't wait to smoke him." ”

"You mean, I asked people to design to expose those nine words to Su Zhijian?" There was no slightest entanglement on his silent face, and he still said unhurriedly: "Yes, I don't want to let his brother go further." As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and blew lightly: "As long as I am in one day, he will never think about it."

"Just punish a little." is just the opposite of Shen Mo, Xu Wei is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted guy, and he actually helped Su Zhijian to speak: "He is the younger brother of the Su family after all, don't look at the face of the monk and see the face of the Buddha, don't do too much, don't forget how much the Su family has paid?" You beat him to death with a stick. It also negates the efforts of the Su family all the time," he said, and said: "It's better to take the middle of the low next time." ”

"This. I can't listen to you. Shen Mo shook his head and said: "You should know that with Su Zhijian's level, he can't be promoted in Jiangnan at all, but I helped him get to Shaanxi and get the light of the district admission." to become a lifter. As he spoke, he looked at Xu Wei and said in a deep voice: "In my original thoughts, he was successful enough to be a lifter, and it was not in vain for Su Xue to pay, no matter how high it was, it would be too much." ”

"Then you shouldn't stop him?" Xu Wei said: "At most, don't care about him, let him pass the test based on his ability." It was his fate to fail the exam. ”

Shen Mo was silent for a moment when he heard this, and said softly: "I don't believe in his character, of course this is not the main reason, the main reason is that I don't want to make trouble for myself." He said in a low voice: "The matter of letting him settle in Shaanxi is legal in the order but untenable in reasonableness, and it is said that public opinion will not be cut... It's hard to step down. ”

In economically developed areas, there are often humanities and tea, and there are many scholars, such as the students who tried to be named in Xijiang Township, and when they arrived in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi, they may be able to top the high school list. The conditions in these places are harsh, the number of Han Chinese is already small, and the number of scholars is much smaller than that of the coastal areas, and the outstanding talents cannot be compared with the coastal areas. However, in order to unite and stabilize the imperial examination, which is an artifact for alleviating contradictions, can play the greatest role, the imperial court deliberately took care of the backward areas and gave these provinces stable quotas. Although the number is smaller than that of developed regions, the proportion of readers, especially excellent readers, can be greatly exceeded.

Therefore, the imperial court stipulated that you must return to your hometown to take the exam. That is to say, it is necessary to be human, and the Ming Dynasty does not bring a household registration, where your ancestors are, you can only take the exam there.

But Su Zhijian was not called this at that time, and obviously he couldn't take the exam in Jiangnan. Because the people in his hometown know the roots, his sister has been a lowly person. It is inevitable that it will be poked out, and it will be really a chicken and egg fight when the time comes.

At that time, the boy was completely depressed. Su Xue was afraid that he would sink completely, so she was cheeky to beg for silence; No matter how great Shen Mo's ability is, he doesn't dare to change his household registration directly, that is really impatient.

But he still got it done, because through inquiry, he learned that Su Xue's ancestors had a nationality in addition to their hometown.

The so-called Rong nationality is the meaning of military nationality, the children of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, except for the one who must inherit their father's business, the rest can also study and study, and they can take the exam at the location of the health center, and enjoy the same treatment as the township. At this time, in order to facilitate the soldiers to fight on the border, it is beneficial to the country and the place, so it is naturally very popular.

It's just that like any system, it goes on day by day. Passed down from generation to generation, it will accumulate evil. For example, in this Su family, the ancestors were ordered to leave Suzhou and border Shaanxi. Later, when Su Xue's grandfather's generation came to study, he studied hard to succeed in the entrance examination for Dewei Rong, and while moving his family back to Jiangnan and settling in his hometown, he also used his relationship in the officialdom to secretly keep his own drug registration in case of emergency, so their family has both township and adult nationality This is not Su Xue's grandfather's initiative, in fact, many people in similar situations, for the sake of their children and grandchildren, will do this.

But this pair of real guards are children. But it's not fair, didn't your family move back? You were not born or raised here. How can it be regarded as a Rong nationality? How could they allow an irrelevant outsider to squeeze out their rightful place?

Of course, if the children and grandchildren should take the exam. The parents are still on the stage, and they can say hello to the inspectors of Weixue. Naturally, everything went well, and all wishes came true. But like the Su family, the relationship between decades ago has long been gone, and the tea is cool, how can Wei Xue offend an outsider?

Therefore, although the Su family has a nationality, but without the help of Shen Mo, the local health school must not accept it, "Just like if you don't enter the county school and the government school, you can't participate in the township examination, and you can't do it if you don't enter the health school." At that time, in the same year as Silence, he was doing the imperial history patrol in Shaanxi, which naturally did not bother him, so Su Xue's younger brother changed his name to Zhijian and became a member of Suide Weixue.

is still the same sentence, although this matter is not illegal at all, but in the Ming Dynasty, love has always been greater than the law, if it provokes the envy and hatred of the soldiers of Suidewei, and they attack it in groups, it is really yellow mud falling into the crotch of the pants, not is.

So from the very beginning, Shen Mo planned to let Su Zhijian participate in the big challenge as a lifter, and then stay away from Shaanxi to be a petty official, and live comfortably for the rest of his life, Su Xue's humiliation just gave him an excuse to kill Su Zhijian.

"Do you really care about Su Xue's feelings?" Xu Wei didn't give up yet.

"No one's feelings are as important as my safety." Shen Mo smiled and said: "I still have a lot of things to do, and there are still three, and my baby son has not been raised as a *person, so I can't let any danger go away."

Xu Wei said a little angrily: "Then you also abolish Xu Shixing, isn't he also sorry for you?" ”

He was different and shook his head slowly: "Whether it is true or false, he calls me a teacher, and it is also appropriate for the teacher to take some risks for his children." said with a smile: "I don't like Xu Ge's shrinking style, so I can't learn from him."

"Typical double worship" Xu Wei pouted: "For those you like, you will protect and care for those you like, and you won't even give a chance to those you don't like."

"Hehe, even if you saw through it, you smiled silently;" Although I admired Xu Shixing, I didn't protect and care for him as you said, I also tested him and punished him, what else do you want? ”

Shen Mo himself doesn't have such a strong concept of the door, but when he heard that Xu Shixing went to hug Tang Song's thigh, he was still a little angry, you don't come to hug Lao Tzu's thick hairy legs, but you go to hug that little thin leg, what kind of account do you have? However, out of his understanding of Xu Shixing's consistent conduct, Shen Mo was willing to believe that he was just bent over by a heavy burden, so he was cowardly for a while and chose to entrust himself with the Yan party members, and finally decided to forgive him this time.

Shen Mo actually didn't realize that it was his own human touch that led this decision, and he couldn't forget Xu Shixing kneeling in front of his door. the look of crying blood and pleading; I can't forget that every New Year's holiday, Xu Shixing used that exquisite bamboo basket to send to his home with various fruits he grew to express his gratitude.

The bits and pieces of the past, although not much, exist in the silent memory, so that he is ruthless at the critical time He originally planned to let Xu Shixing fail in this subject, so that he could reflect and reflect, but he was worried that he would go to a dead end, and finally put the basket on limestone, his own creation" But such an obvious hint, what is the difference between a talent like Xu Shixing and Ming?

However, Shen Mo didn't let him go so easily, if he was allowed to pass the test so easily, he wouldn't meet thicker legs in the future. Just throw Lao Tzu aside? So when Wang Xijue and Xu Shixing came to visit, he invited the two to move in very warmly.

At that time, Xu Shixing had concerns, would that make Tang Song unhappy? But the teacher's enthusiasm was difficult, and besides, the exam had passed, and he didn't use that word, so he didn't take care of Tang Song anymore, but the guy he provoked was annoyed and angry, and he actually exposed his deeds in public, making him lose face, and he almost couldn't get by.

Xu Shixing would not have thought that he was actually calculated by his respected teacher, and if it continued to develop normally, Xu Shixing and Tang Song would be perfunctory for a few more days. As soon as the results of the test came out, Tang Song did not win. If he is among the best, Tang Song is likely to choose to keep silent because of his sudden wealth, at least he will never show his ugliness in public.

But now that Shen Mo was warmly invited, Xu Shixing had to move out in advance, and as a result, he immediately provoked Tang Song, at that time, Tang Song didn't think that he would be worse than Xu Shixing, so he had no scruples about him, so he went crazy on the spot and poured a basin of dirty water on his head for the rest of his life. Xu Shixing really got hit, and in the ridicule of everyone, he was half-dead in the house all day long, and he didn't even have the courage to go out.

At this time, Shen Mo came forward and took the responsibility on himself, saying that Xu Shixing acted on his orders, "Although he has more debts and more lice, he will not bite, and he is not afraid of offending many strict party members." But it is not to completely whitewash Xu Shixing, and Shen Mo will no longer be involved in this matter.

Silence is clearly beneficial. First of all, Xu Shixing completely broke with Tang Song, and he will no longer fall to the Yan Party Oh no, it should be said that it is. will no longer be implicated by the strict party; Secondly. After this torture that was worse than death, Xu Shixing acted in the future. There shouldn't be any more Meng Lang; Third, Shen Mo also gained Xu Shixing's gratitude in the fifth place, and since then there have been more good students who bow their heads and ears.

Kill three birds with one stone, it's worth it.

However, he was stopped by Xu Wei's next words: "If you hadn't reminded him, would Xu Shixing give up this time?" Seeing that Shen was silent and didn't speak, Xu Wei further said: "After all, he turned back under your hint, don't you feel that this kind of repentance is not convincing?" How do you conclude that he has really changed for the better and will never be like this again?

Shen Mo was asked by him, and he really couldn't say it, so he had to laugh and say: "Ma Zi once said: "Young people make mistakes, God will forgive" You don't keep worrying about that little thing, and said in a deep voice: "The days are still long, and there is time to test him again, if you dare to be two-faced, you will never forgive."

"If you know what to expect, that's what I said." Xu Wei smiled: "By the way, which sage are you a sage who is a horse and a horse all day long?" Listen to him, not rough

"This. Mo Shen said with a strange expression: "It's Xizhe."

"The philosophers of the Western Regions?". Xu Wei asked.

"I have to go west and say silently.

"Persia, Great Food?"

I had to go west silently and not sell Guanzi, and said leisurely: "In Europa in the extreme west, a brilliant civilization was born, and sages such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were no worse than my Chinese Confucius and Mencius Lao Zhuang Mo Han Xun

"Then what are the writings of this Suzi, Paizi, and Yazi? Xu Wei was very interested, he was bored and only read, but the more erudite he was, the more he felt that the literati in China were stuck in the madness of Confucius and Mencius, and there were few things that lifted his spirits, and he had long wanted to see books written without the constraints of Confucius and Mencius.

"I'm just hearsay." Shen Mo remembered something and said, "I went to Beijing with my family." There are also a few Western missionaries, so I'll ask you if they have any of those books. ”

"Missionary?. Xu Wei said strangely.

The foreign monk scratched his head silently and said, "But people believe in God, not Rulai."

"Is that the God who Ma Zi said will forgive young people?" Xu Wei said: "That's quite kind."

It was he who smiled silently, "All the red-haired ghosts believe in that thing."

"That's over. Xu Wei pouted and said, "There are so many red-haired devils who are pirates, I think their god is a big bad wolf in sheep's clothing." ”

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