Chapter 183: Three more years
Seeing off all the guests, Su Shen and Yan Zhenwu returned to the big mansion under Meng Zhen's name with Meng Zhen and others with a full body of alcohol.
Now Su Shen still lives with Meng Zhen and them, but at the beginning of winter, Su Shenke will have to move to his house in Mingzhang Hutong.
Because, he and Meng Zhen are about to get married on the sixteenth day of the winter month.
After the autumn exam before, Su Shen had already asked Mr. Bai whether he wanted to continue to participate in the spring festival.
As a result, Mr. Bai's advice to him and Qi Yu'an was to study for another three years.
Mr. Bai said very directly, he said: "With the current level of knowledge of the few of you, it is indeed not a problem for you to be on the list, but I am worried that you will accidentally fall into the top three list for a while." ”
The top three are the same jinshi.
Since ancient times, there has always been a saying in the officialdom and among the famous scholars - the same as the Jinshi is different from the Jinshi, such as the lady is not as good as the lady.
The second half of the sentence is placed between the wives and concubines of non-official eunuchs, although its authenticity is still to be discussed, but the first half of the sentence is really a true portrayal of the embarrassing situation of the fellow jinshi.
Except, of course, those who have strong family power.
Mr. Bai himself is also a poor student, and he can't help his apprentices and future sons-in-law much in his career, so Mr. Bai wants to let them not have congenital disadvantages as much as possible.
Anyway, Qi Yu'an and Su Shen are still very young, even if they wait for another three years, with their age, they can still be impressive.
If they didn't go, Shen Feng suddenly didn't want to go.
Master Shen really wanted his son to step into the officialdom as soon as possible, and then pressed Su Shen hard, but Shen Feng insisted that he was not knowledgeable enough, and scared Master Shen, saying that if he went, it would be okay to fall off the list, in case he came back from the exam, then Master Shen would not want to raise his eyebrows and raise his head in Ninghai County in his life.
In fact, if it is placed in other counties, a Tongjinshi can already be regarded as a small figure, and even if Tongjinshi's father will not be respectfully held, he will definitely not be able to raise his head.
But the problem is that Ninghai County is not another county, Ninghai County is a large education county with many students, and there is Bailu Academy, which is a holy place for education, and the most important thing in Ninghai County is to have meritorious scholars.
Let's not talk about the distance, let's just talk about the past 30 years.
Due to force majeure such as wars and natural disasters, in the past 30 years, the previous and new dynasties have only held a total of six autumn and spring examinations.
In these six exams, a total of five students in Ninghai County ranked first in the three tripods; A total of 198 students were born in Jinshi, ranking second class.
As for the same Jinshi, they are the largest in number, a total of 216, but the problem is that there are more than 200 Jinshi and Jinshi masters who are from the first and first Jinshi backgrounds, and are very popular.
There is such a large place in Ninghai County, and there are more than 200 guys from Jinshi on their heads, and these people from the same Jinshi can only make a slight concession.
This is also why Shen Feng said that if he came out of the same jinshi exam, his father Shen would no longer be able to raise his head and raise his eyebrows.
As for Li Zhengshan and Chen Jiabao.
Li Zhengshan is the current branch of the Yuan, if he goes to take the Chunqiu exam, not to mention being ranked in the top three, at least this person should be able to be among the top two.
But Li Zhengshan chose to stay in Bailu Academy.
His choice surprised many people, but Li Zhengshan did not explain anything to others other than his teachers and friends.
If he doesn't go, Qi Yu'an and Su Shen don't go, and Shen Feng doesn't go, then Chen Jiabao will be even more impossible.
He didn't have to worry about taking the same jinshi exam, but he was worried that he would run in vain.
It is rare that Su Shen and others, who have better grades than him and rank higher than him, have all given up this Spring Festival, and Chen Jiabao will certainly not let go of the great opportunity to go to Beijing with them three years later.
So the kid started to study harder, seeing him so diligent and conscious, Master Chen's family was so happy that they wanted to treat Su Shen as a fairy.
Although Master Chen and the others have always been concerned about Chen Jiabao's mood and have not found out his embarrassing situation in the academy, how can they not ask what kind of life their baby Dumiao Er is living in Bailu Academy?
After this inquiry, Master Chen almost didn't have an impulse and took his son home directly.
At that time, he had only one thought - he couldn't let his son continue to live this life of being ridiculed, neglected, and excluded.
Anyway, their Chen family has no shortage of food and clothing, and his son will eat and drink well at home for a lifetime, and he, who is a father, will never let him lack food and clothing.
Although he is a small landlord and a small squire, he may not be able to bring Chen Jiabao any wealth and wealth, but he can at least use his wings to support Chen Jiabao in the sky, so that he no longer has to suffer mental bullying and injury.
As Chen Jiabao's situation got worse and worse, Master Chen was already about to despair.
However, at this time, Su Shen and Li Zhengshan moved into the school building where Chen Jiabao was.
Su Shen took the initiative to extend a hand of friendship to Chen Jiabao, and Li Zhengshan was also very kind to Chen Jiabao, and the three miraculously became friends.
In addition, Su Shen has always taken Chen Jiabao to practice martial arts, and he never hides his selfishness in his schoolwork, Chen Jiabao's days in Bailu Academy are becoming more fulfilling and happier day by day.
He's changed.
This change may not be obvious at first, but after a long time, Chen Jiabao's change can no longer be ignored.
He began to work hard, and in this process of getting stronger, his whole person's physical fitness and mental outlook have all undergone tremendous changes, and he has also taken the test in one go.
There is nothing like lifting people, even if he is the last one, he is also a real lifting man.
His son can have today, in the eyes of Master Chen, it is completely because of Su Shen.
It was he who was the first to express his kindness to Chen Jiabao, and he also took Chen Jiabao to study and practice martial arts, and he can be said to be a reinvention of Chen Jiabao.
Therefore, when Chen Jiabao proposed that he wanted to go to Beijing with Su Shen in three years, Master Chen agreed directly without thinking about it.
And he was also very practical, preparing a medium-sized Zhuangzi for Su Shen as a wedding gift, this Zhuangzi has 100 acres of upper fields, 100 acres of middle fields, a hill full of fruit trees, and a pond with fish, shrimp and lotus roots.
Of course, that's for later.
The current Master Chen is still in the stage of looking for suitable congratulatory gifts.