Soon, Mrs. You entered the guest room, looking at her not excited expression, Shen Bai's heart sank slightly, and he felt that something was wrong.

"Madame, how's it going?" Shen Jundao asked anxiously.

Mrs. You sat down and Ting drank. Cha, unhurriedly, said: "There are disappointments, but there is also hope, what do you want to hear first?" ”

"Let's talk about the disappointment first!" Shen Bai said a little uneasy.

"The disappointment is that Zhang Liangdi refuses to see the head of the family, I can see that she is unwilling to forgive the Shen family......"

Shen Bai and Shen Jundao glanced at each other, both of them showed disappointed expressions on their faces, Shen Bai couldn't hide the frustration in his heart, he regretted the past, he couldn't have imagined that the stubborn little lady twenty years ago had become the concubine of the King of Chu today, and he might become a concubine in the future, he paid a heavy price today for a little profit in the past.

Shen Jundao hurriedly asked again: "What is that hope?" ”

"I hope that I also met the King of Chu, and the King of Chu is very interested in the Shen family."

Shen Bai's spirits perked, he suddenly realized that he had made a childish mistake, Zhang Liangdi may be haunted by the past, but Yang Yuanqing will not, if Yang Yuanqing wants to take Jiangnan in the future, then the Shen family will be a big help for him, in this case, Zhang Liangdi's attitude is not important, the Shen family is not a lonely family, the Shen family has huge use value, how can Yang Yuanqing easily give up the Shen family.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai's heart became excited again, and he hurriedly asked, "What else does the King of Chu say?" ”

"Later, I didn't say anything for the time being, and then I left, but I told the head of the family that it should be in the next few days, and the king of Chu will definitely meet the head of the house."

Shen Bai's heart was completely open, and the frustration in his heart was swept away at this moment, he stood up and gave a deep salute, "Thank you Brother Xian and younger brother and sister today, Shen Bai is grateful." ”

Shen Jundao smiled and waved his hand, "This is for the Shen family to do something for the family, this is what I should do, the head of the family doesn't have to be polite." ”

Taiyuan Guozi School is located in the south of the city, is an area of about 200 acres of school, there are more than 3,000 scholars studying in this army, it is also the highest school of the Northern Sui Dynasty, is one of the three universities in Hedong area and Pei Xue and Wang Xue.

Due to the implementation of the recommendation system of Guozixue, the children of the poor family have almost no hope of entering the Guozixue, and most of the students in it are officials and the children of the noble families of various counties in Hedong, so that the children of the famous families enjoy the innate educational advantages.

Although the rulers of the Sui and Tang dynasties wanted to use the imperial examination to break the selection of officials monopolized by the gate valve, the Lin Ju system of the Sui and Tang dynasties did not shake to the foundation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, that is, the monopoly of the gate valve on educational resources.

In fact, most of the scholars who passed the imperial examination were still the children of famous families, and the imperial examination only slightly opened a crack in the door for the children of the poor family.

But even this open door crack has also encountered strong opposition from the children of the door valve.

Near noon, the morning class of Guozixue has ended, more than a dozen students are sitting together chatting, this autumn test, nearly thirty percent of the students in Guozixue have to participate, these dozen students are also among the participants, some of these dozen people are the children of officials, and some are from the counties of the children of the wang family, that is, the small name, not as good as Pei, Wang and other counties, but in the hometown and the county is also a big family.

"I heard that more than 20,000 people took the autumn exam, but only 200 people were admitted, and only one out of 100 people was selected, do we have any hope?" A tall, fat student complained.

Another student from Shangdang County also sighed: "In order to enter the country to study, our head of the family worked hard to find the relationship between Taishou and only got two places, I thought that if I entered the country school, I would be able to become an official steadily, but in the end, I still took the exam like those hillbillies with hoes, so what's the point of me studying this country?" ”

"In fact, Guozixue in the Sui Dynasty can also be recommended to be an official, like Du Ruhui, isn't he just studying in Guozixue, and after getting a recommendation, he will enter the Ministry of Officials as an alternative? But now it's good, one size fits all, all of them go to participate in the imperial examination, and it's really not interesting to study in this country. ”

"That can't be said, can those hillbillies with hoes listen to the lectures of the Great Confucianism like you? Is it possible that their understanding of the scriptures is correct? Even if they have been cold for ten years, there is no way, it doesn't matter, and in the end, they still don't fall off the list? ”

"Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter!"

The apprentices from Shangdang County sneered and said: "There are only two hundred places in total, do you think that Guozixue can get a few, there are as many as two thousand disciples of Pei Xue and Wang Xue alone, and they are not enough!" What are we, and what is the difference between us and those poor children, I heard that the main exam this time is Wang Tong, and he has the final review papers, I estimate that half of the admitted people are Wang students. ”

"Impossible! Didn't you say that the examiner was undecided? Yang Yuanqing only came back this morning, how could he set the main exam so quickly, and besides, the Pei family would not agree to let Wang Tong be the main exam. ”

"This is just a rumor, the examiner really hasn't decided, okay, let's not talk about it, let's get together and go to the Shilou to drink.

More than a dozen scholars were full of interest, and one of them scraped together a little money and went to the Jinshi Restaurant.

Jinshi Restaurant has a long reputation in Taiyuan, it is the favorite place for scholars to go to eat and drink, for a while to figure its name, and secondly, you can get some news from here, so the Northern Sui court announced that it would hold the imperial examination for nearly two months, every day here is full of customers, and business is prosperous.

Jinshi Restaurant is not far from Guozixue, walk a few hundred steps out of the gate, but it is closer to Wang's family, at this time it is noon, the wine shop is crowded with scholars who come to eat and drink, almost half of them are the children of Wang's family, the rest are the students of Guozixue, as well as the children of famous families from all over the country, and even more than a dozen children from poor families, it can be seen from the clothing, wearing cloth clothes, wearing kudzu scarves, ordering wine and food is also the cheapest, they hide in a corner, occupy two tables, while drinking, While pricking up his ears to listen to the high-minded talk of the students of Wang, indeed, there are still three days to go before the exam, and it is very important for them to be able to get some news about the test questions.

More than a dozen students from Guozixue walked into the restaurant, they searched around, and finally found a vacant seat in a corner on the second floor, and more than a dozen people sat down one after another, calling for the guys to come forward and order wine and food.

The restaurant is particularly lively, some people are whispering, some people are making loud noises, among the scholars from Hedong and Hebei, Taiyuan Wang's family students are the most active, Wang students are not all Wang's disciples, most of them are not surnamed Wang, they are just studying in Wang's family school, branded with Wang's family study, which is very beneficial to their career or business career in the future, many officials in Hedong County are born in Wang's family school, they will take care of the descendants of the same Wang family, this phenomenon is the same in Pei's family school.

It's just that the imperial examination was held in Taiyuan, the northern capital, and the students of the Wang family had a corresponding psychological advantage.

"I can tell you an inside information, among all the admitted people this time, our Wang Xue must be the number one, at least more than half, it is impossible to achieve fair admission."

A student Wang Xue's voice was particularly loud, attracting the attention of the entire second-floor scholar, perhaps because this topic was too sensitive, and the entire second-floor was quiet all of a sudden

At this time, sitting in front of the window, a Pei disciple 'snort! , sneered, his name is Pei Qingsong, he is Pei Shiqing's nephew, and he is also a hot-blooded young man, he didn't want to do much, but when he heard that Wang Xue's younger brother was more and more arrogant, he even said that Wang Xue's admission number would account for more than half, and he finally couldn't help but say: "Even if you can't do fair admission, it won't be Wang Xue's turn." ”

The wine shop was very quiet, his words were not loud, but everyone heard them clearly, his words were like stabbing a hornet's nest, more than half of the people on the second floor were glaring at him angrily, and the Wang student who had just spoken wildly was a little unbearable on his face, walked up and down with a wine glass, looked him up and down, and asked coldly: "Where is this benevolent brother's surname?" ”

"Don't dare to be, under the surname Pei, Wen is pleasing to the people." Pei Qingsong said proudly.

There was an exclamation in the wine shop, it turned out to be a child of the Pei family, no wonder he dared to refute the people of the Wang family, the student of Wang who spoke wildly just now sneered, "It turned out to be Brother Pei, disrespectful, in Xia Wang Jizhong, my father is Lord Jingzhao Yin." ”

The corners of Pei Qingsong's mouth couldn't help but skimm, it turned out to be the son of Wang Su, no wonder he was so arrogant, he also arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be the son of Wang Jingzhao, it was disrespectful." ”

Many people laughed out loud in the wine shop, the average scholar pays attention to subtlety and self-modesty, and rarely pulls out his family background to show off, and the children of the family are even more low-key and self-disciplined, like this Wang Jizhong actually put his father out, this kind of famous children are indeed rare, and even many Wang students feel ashamed.

In fact, Wang Jizhong's original intention was not to pull his father out to be a tiger skin, he just wanted to prove the inside information he had and prove that his argument was correct, but he unexpectedly spoke carelessly, which attracted the contempt of countless people, and even the ridicule in the tone of the Pei family disciple in front of him was undisguised.

Wang Jizhong was a little annoyed and angry, and said viciously, "It's not that the Wang family takes the first place, is it that your Pei family can't win the first place?" ”

Pei Qingsong sneered, "I just think Brother Wang is a little too naïve, I can tell you that the Wang family can't get the first place, and the Pei family can't get the first place, Yang Yuanqing's next goal is to take Hebei, so the famous family in Hebei is the focus of this imperial examination." ”

More than a dozen Guozi students sat behind Pei Qingsong, they looked at each other, and the scholar from Shangdang County couldn't help but ask: "Brother Pei, according to your statement, this imperial examination can't be fair, and most people are just foils?" ”

Pei Qingsong shook his head, "There is nothing fair in the prosperous world, not to mention the troubled times, this world is still the world of the gate valve family, Yang Yuanqing wants to compete for the world, he must rely on the support of the gate valve family, like the Pei family and the Wang family, he has already been favored, he can't let the children of the two families be in the limelight anymore, the Pei family and the Wang family together can be ten people in the examination, so I said that the Hebei famous family is the focus of this imperial examination." ”

"But the Fengzhou imperial examination is very fair, and most of the people admitted are from poor families, what can you say?" Some of the students of Guozi are still not convinced.

Pei Qingsong smiled disdainfully, "That's because there are no famous families to take the exam in the Fengzhou imperial examination, don't you want to think about it, isn't the first place Jingzhao Wei's?" Is it really fair? Besides, the background of the Fengzhou imperial examination is that Fengzhou is in urgent need of talents, and the background of this Taiyuan imperial examination is on the eve of Yang Yuanqing's Hebei offensive, and he urgently needs the support of the Hebei scholars. ”

Some things can't be broken, and if they are broken, they will cause trouble, and Pei Qingsong couldn't imagine that his leakage of the heavenly opportunity in Jinshi Liquor Store caused an uproar.

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