Chapter 33 Ten years of cold window study and hardship The champion and the first family

The young grandmother was running on the spacious stone street under the river, and the young master's excitement she understood that Shen Kun was a gift from God. Kun'er is not only their son, he is the future of the Shen family and all the hopes of the Shen family. As a mother, she knows that she carries the irreplaceable role of others, and Miss Xu, who is full of poetry and books, has become the young grandmother of Shen Mansion today, and she knows that from now on, she must consciously guide her son, so that he can truly become a well-educated person, so as to glorify the family.

Since I was a child, my father told himself that Huai'an is a national historical and cultural city with a long history. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the northwest belonged to Huaiyin County, the southeast belonged to Sheyang County, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty built Shanyang County, which was also the seat of Shanyang County.

Because Huai'an City is located in the south of Bochi Mountain, it is called Shanyang County; In the Sui Dynasty, Shanyang County (County) was changed to Chuzhou, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, Chuzhou was changed to Huai'an Prefecture, Huai'an Army, and Huai'an County; In the Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Huai'an Road; After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Huai'an Road of the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Huai'an Mansion, and the government has been located in Shanyang County, Jiangsu.

Her own in-law's family, the Shen family, has lived in the deep alleys of Zhuxiang Street for generations, and the smith shop is the ancestral business of the Shen family, and the shop maintains all the sources of livelihood of the Shen family. Bamboo Lane is full of carpenter shops, and it is famous for bamboo in Shanyang County. After several generations of changes, now my father-in-law is slowly making this ancestral business bigger, dreaming of one day being able to make people look up to him like a swaggering salt merchant.

A year ago, she married to Hexia Town, married to Young Master Shen of Yushu Linfeng, the two of them are like glue and paint, and how many times the unity of the piano and the seer made her smile brightly. She feels that she is so lucky, lucky to have met her enlightened father, and lucky to have met her true destiny. To paraphrase today's words, Miss Xu met the right person at the right time.

Indeed, Miss Xu was so lucky. You must know that the marriage event of the Ming Dynasty, which family is not the words of the matchmaker of the parents? Many women in the world don't know anything about the man's situation before marriage, but when the man picks off the hijab, the man is deaf or dumb, lame or blind, and can only admit it, and it is a lifetime. You say, how could Miss Xu not be lucky?

Married to the river for more than a year, the young grandmother is now more and more accustomed to the fireworks here, she likes to lead Xiaoling to the clothes street to buy her favorite rouge jewelry, Kun'er's clothes and toys, naturally she also likes to taste the snacks in the streets and alleys of the river......

She couldn't forget the excitement of her father-in-law when he saw Kun'er grab the stationery today, excited like a child, and he knew that he was looking forward to her as a mother. Since ancient times, the parents of the world have been pitied, and the thoughtful young grandmother understands their feelings very well.

The current Shen family is just a businessman on Zhuxiang Street, at best it sounds like a businessman, and at a small level, the Shen family has recently been hooked up with Caoyun under the operation of the master, and it is completely different from the high-walled and deep courtyard on Hexia Street.

Therefore, whether it is the old man or the lady, or the man, they all hope that Kun'er can read the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" to the fullest, and become a talent in the future, and even the champion and the first. Grandma Shen Shao knows that how many families in Hexia Town want their son to become a Chan, for the old scholars, the only real fate to control the fate is the imperial examination, and the scholars who have been children since childhood with Confucianism as a profession do not have to face cruel selections again and again, and are not looking forward to the arrival of that day.

I dreamed of one day galloping fast in the deep alleys, and immediately held the emperor high: "Your Mansion Master High School!" ”

But how easy was that day?

Young Master Shen ran in front with his son, Xiaolong was in hot pursuit, Mrs. Shen and Young Grandma were chasing behind, and Xiaoling kept shouting: "Young Master, wait a minute." ”

couldn't catch up with the father and son, so the young grandmother simply slowed down. The sunshine in August sprinkled on Huzui Street, a gust of alley wind blowing, the strong aroma of osmanthus into the heart, the young grandmother felt particularly warm, unconsciously autumn arrived.

Just because her father had something to do, her father and mother left first in a sedan chair, and before leaving, Mrs. Xu also asked her to remember to go back to her parents' house to have a look. Think about it, all the energy has been consumed by my son this year, but I really have less to go back to my parents' house, no wonder my mother told me.

"Young grandma, hurry up, the little young master is crying for you." The young grandmother was wandering on the bustling streets of the ancient town, and suddenly Xiaolong ran out of breath.

"What's the matter, why did you cry after a while?" When the young grandmother heard this, she hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, I heard from Mrs. that he wants to be milked." Xiaolong scratched his head embarrassedly, and secretly glanced at Xiao Ling beside the young grandmother, he felt that Xiao Ling was dressed very beautifully today.

"Miss, let's go, the little young master has a terrible temper." Xiao Ling listened to the urging.

"Let's go." Young Grandma: "This kid was patronizing and playing just now, and now he's hungry." ”

Besides, Master Shen greeted people all the way, and everyone watched the drunk and hurriedly dodge.

"Master Shen, you're here." Master Shen walked into the clear water pool leisurely, and the boss hurriedly came to help.

The guy helped Master Shen take off his clothes, at this time, Master Shen, who was strong enough to drink, could not control his pace, he stumbled towards the rippling pool, there were also the first ten people in the pool, he took off the wooden drag, stepped over the pool wall, and was immediately surrounded by water.

"Ah, it's so comfortable!" At this moment, Old Man Shen let out a long sigh

But the young grandmother knows that ten years of cold windows are hard, and there are only a handful of people in Shanyang County who have this honor. Song Hongmai's "Rong Zhai Four Strokes: Proud and Frustrated Poems": "A long drought is a sweet rain, and a foreign country meets an old acquaintance; The cave room spends candle night, when the gold list is inscribed. ”

The four major tragedies of life, a long drought and nectar - a drop, a foreign country meets an old acquaintance - creditor, the night of candles in the cave house - next door, when the title of the gold list is inscribed - the name is repeated, and a few words are added to make people sigh......

All officials are inferior, only the Ming imperial examination with high reading is selected layer by layer, and each level corresponds to different status and treatment. The Ming Dynasty has already achieved the perfection of the imperial examination system, which is divided into four levels, namely the county examination, the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination.

The lowest level is called Tongsheng, and some popular people say that anyone who reads the Four Books and Five Classics and has the heart to participate in the imperial examination to seek fame can be called Tongsheng.

Strictly speaking, it is necessary to pass the examinations organized by the county and the government to be called a child. One thing that is special is that there is no age limit for children, they can be teenagers and children, or they can be in their seventies and eighties.

Those who excel in the children can enjoy the treatment of six buckets of rice per month, which is used to encourage the children to study hard and be exempted from livelihood labor, but the number of places is limited, and only 20 people in Shanyang County have this treatment.

The child passed the special examination and officially entered the county school and the state of the school to study, called to enter the school, that is, Xiucai, also called a student. The common people of the Ming Dynasty had to bear the heavy burden of forced labor and taxes, and Xiucai could be exempted.

It is precisely because Xiucai can be exempted from land tax that many commoners with land in Daming will hang their fields under Xiucai's name, thus exempting the government from land tax. The civilians then gave the show a little less than the field tax.

Therefore, becoming a talent can often get a lot of money without labor, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing......

The young grandmother was breastfeeding, but her mind was not idle for a moment: "Kun'er, you have to listen to your father's words, don't listen to things outside the window, and only read sage books." ”

Where could Shen Kun, who was sucking happily with his nipple, hear this, but the young grandmother had already made up her mind that for the sake of the Shen family's glorious lintel, she had to be ruthless.

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.