Chapter 143: Sending the Exam
Sheng's Yixue.
In the lecture hall, Wei Chen was explaining the meaning of the scriptures with a group of readers.
Wei Chen returned to Youyang after the township test, originally wanting to use this time to accompany his family, but since he learned about Yuan, especially after that Qixia Mountain Club gathering, there were more and more scholars who came to visit.
When Wei Chen opened the door, he saw that the Confucian shirts on these scholars were patched, shivering in the cold wind, but their eyes still showed a thirst for knowledge.
Some of them are children, some are Xiucai, most of them are in their teens and twenties, and as soon as they see Wei Chen, they respectfully perform the disciple salute to Wei Chen.
Seeing the reverent gaze of these scholars, Wei Chen couldn't bear to turn them away, so he explained the scriptures to them at home.
Most of these scholars came to ask questions and ask for advice, and Wei Chen patiently answered their questions, sometimes for two or three hours, and everyone listened hungrily, and even forgot to eat.
Of course, there will occasionally be some people who come to find trouble, trying to step on Xie Yuanlang's reputation to get on the throne, Wei Chen also did not refuse, and refuted them one by one, after several times, these people no longer dared to come to the door to argue with Wei Chen.
Let's try it soon, everyone. 】
In addition to the scholars of Jiangning Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and even Zhejiang and Fujian scholars are also famous here.
It is common for more than ten or twenty people to come on weekdays, and even nearly 100 people will swarm in a swarm on some days, and they can't stand in the yard.
At the beginning of December, two scholars from Fujian came to visit Wei Chen, who was not at home when he went out to visit friends, and the two of them had nowhere to go, so they stood outside the door for a day.
It was a snowy day, and when Wei Chen came back, the two scholars were already covered in snow, and their lips were purple from the cold.
This spirit of Chengmen Lixue really frightened Wei Chen, and he hurriedly invited them into his home to ward off the cold for them.
Wei Chen was worried that the daily comings and goings of people at home would affect Wei Ruyi's life, so he found Sheng Wei to discuss it, and vacated a lecture hall in Sheng's Yixue, where he gave lectures to scholars who came to ask for advice.
In the past few months, with the good results of the imperial examination cram school, local scholars in Jiangnan have rushed to join the Jingxi Society, and many scholars from other places have joined the society.
Wei Chen has always been in line with the principle of preferring to lack mothers, and is very cautious about recruiting members. In the previous life, the restoration of the society and the Donglin Party are not far away, and Wei Chen naturally cannot repeat the mistakes of the past.
Therefore, Jingxi Society will not accept those who are not right-hearted, Jingxi Society will not accept those with radical political ideas, Jingxi Society will not accept those who are stupid and rude, and Jingxi Society will not accept those who are stupid and rude.
Jingxi Society only accepts those scholars who are down-to-earth, dedicated to studying, smart and diligent, and eager to change their fate through the imperial examination.
Rao is such a strict condition, under Wei Chen's strong appeal, the members of Jingxi Society still quickly expanded to more than 80 people, plus the seven founding fathers of the society, there are 23 people alone.
Seeing that the Jingxi Society was thriving, Wei Chen gradually let go of the trivial matters he was entangled in, and handed over the social affairs to Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen and others.
In a blink of an eye, it was the first month of the sixth year of Tianyou, and the day when Wei Chen entered Beijing to go to Chunfu was getting closer and closer.
On the eighteenth day of the first month, Wei Chen packed his bags, bid farewell to the Zhang family of three, and went to Jiangning to meet Sheng Changbai and others.
stayed in Jiangning for one night, and on the second day, Wei Chen went to Shen Du to resign, and by the way, he went to the government office to get the road guide and the fire card.
With this fire card, the exam-taking person can exchange a carriage at any post station, and the carriage will also be planted with a yellow flag of "Ministry of Rites will test", which is the so-called bus into Beijing.
Wei Chen and the others are not the owners of the poor money, and they don't need the post station to provide a carriage, but the yellow flag of "the Ministry of Rites will try" is still necessary to get it.
At that time, more than 20 small yellow flags of Jingxi Society were inserted into the bow of the boat, not to mention the tax card of the government, even those water bandits and road tyrants did not dare to come up and provoke them.
On the twentieth day of the first month, it was the day when Wei Chen and others went north, and a group of members of the Jingxi Society gathered at the official ship wharf outside Jiangning City and sent the twenty-three seniors to the passenger ship full of small yellow flags.
This is an auspicious day for the zodiac, not only the day when Wei Chen, the new imperial examiners, went north, but also a number of more former examinees, who went to Beijing to take the exam together.
The wharf was crowded with people, and the carriages and horses that came to see them off lined up from Jiangdong Gate to Bailuzhou.
On the passenger ships with yellow flags, people in high spirits waved goodbye to the relatives and friends of the division commanders with a smile, and the scene of thousands of people sending them off was really beautiful.
But there's more to come.
The people standing on the boat suddenly felt in a daze a team of oil-walled incense carts, struggling through the carriages and horses to see them off, and approached the wharf.
Before the carriage arrived, the scent of all kinds of blue musk deer had already been blown by the river breeze to the tip of the nose of the people.
The people sniffed hard, only to feel that their spirits were greatly lifted, and they patted each other's shoulders vigorously, and said in surprise: "It's Qin Huai's famous prostitute who came to see us off!" ”
People are all excited, the beauty sends the exam, and today will become a good story!
"Dong Lihua, Zhao Yunjiao, and Chen Xiangyun, Gu Xiaohan ......, my God, there are four Oirans over the years alone, and there are thirty or forty beauties with names and surnames!"
Seeing a group of warblers and warblers getting out of the carriage, the lifters on the boat were ecstatic, and many of them saw the Oiran for the first time, and they wanted to get off the boat on the spot to get a closer look.
However, the beauty's gaze passed over them, as if she was looking for someone.
"Xie Yuanlang is there!" Dong Lihua, who was still the leader, pointed to the Jingxi Club passenger ship with the most flags, and reminded his companions loudly.
"What's the situation?"
On the passenger ship, Wei Chen saw a group of female goblins walking towards him, subconsciously covered his waist, and was about to retreat to the cabin.
Tao Dazhi on the side had a narrow smile on his face, and he and Weng Dingfan held Wei Chen on the left and right: "Xingyun, how many times can life be so beautiful?" If others can't ask for it, what are you hiding? ”
Tang Henian also said with a smile: "Yes, Xingyun, life must be happy, don't make the beauty cry." ”
"But I'm only fourteen!"
Wei Chen wanted to cry without tears, so he hurriedly looked at Sheng Changbai and Wang Yaochen, and cast a look at them for help.
Sheng Changbai just wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Wang Yaochen: "Zecheng, you have to get used to this kind of scene, the scene after the family teacher won the champion back then, it was even crazier than this......"
While speaking, the Qin Huai beauties led by Dong Lihua had already arrived at the dock, Dong Lihua bent her knees slightly, lowered her chin, bowed slightly, and said a blessing to Wei Chen.
"The little girl Dong Lihua, thanks to the recommendation of the sisters of Qin Huai, I am here to send Xie Yuanlang a ride."
Wei Chen couldn't help but jump his eyelids at Dong Lihua's pair of peach blossom eyes that were full of affection and wanted to say goodbye, and avoided the other party's gaze with some weakness.
In order to rectify Sun Zhigao, he sent someone to steal Dong Lihua's personal handkerchief, more than two years have passed since this incident, Dong Lihua may not care about the whereabouts of a handkerchief, but Wei Chen will not forget.
Wei Chen's dodging eyes when he saw Dong Lihua were all looked at by Tao Dazhi on the side, and Tao Dazhi's eyes suddenly lit up excitedly.
"There's something wrong with these two people!"
Look at Wei Chen, and then look at Dong Lihua, Tao Dazhi quickly made up a classic drama of Wei Chen's chaos and abandonment, Dong Lihua's deep love, and chasing her lover.
At the moment, he smashed his mouth and sighed: "Tut-tut, I didn't expect Xingyun to be young, but he owes a lot of romantic debts, it's really ......, it's really a model for my generation!" ”