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Chapter 3: Chen Zhuo

The sun was high, and Zhang Jiu, who woke up naturally after sleeping, enjoyed a delicious breakfast before leaving the room.After leaving the house, there were scholars reading with books in their hands. Zhang Jiu naturally thought of his high school life like a horse in his previous life, and finally knew what "the past is unbearable to look back on".

The imperial examination is more cruel than the college entrance examination. That is the real squeeze bridge. Very few can pass safely. Most of them fell into the river and drowned. Unfortunately, he also became one of them, but Fortunately, he can swim to avoid the possibility of drowning.

"Why, is Master Jiu moved by their spirit of studying hard?" Jiang Ning, who was walking around outside, saw Zhang Jiu who was in a daze as soon as he entered the inn.

"Why do you think they study so hard?" Some people never pass the exam.

"Naturally, it is to become an official, so that he can make a fortune in the future."

"Superficial" Jiang Ning's words were opposed by others.

"I don't know what advice this brother has?" Jiang Ning asked the scholar beside him with a smile.

"I don't dare to take a high opinion, but I don't agree with your words." The scholar's face was full of arrogance.

"Appreciate further details"

"Being an official is the most important thing. The most important thing for us to study should be to benefit one side and plead for the people."

This has risen to the height of society, Jiang Ning sighed, I am afraid that this scholar is too naive, but it is not easy to have such a naive existence these days, "Have you never heard a saying that the heart is higher than the sky and fate is thinner than paper If you can’t be an official, you can’t even protect yourself, so how can you talk about benefiting one side and pleading for the people?”

"If I am named as Sun Shan, it means that I still have many shortcomings, so I need to continue to study to enrich myself"

"I'm afraid there are some people who can only read books to death." Zhang Jiu is not too cold about this kind of people who are "everything is inferior but books are high".

"Well said," applause sounded, and a luxuriously dressed man said, looking at Zhang Jiu with admiration, "People in my generation not only have to study hard, but also have to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, like this It is absolutely not advisable for the young man to study to death and study to death."

Zhang Jiu and Jiang Ning looked at each other and smiled. Throwing a brick at random in the capital might hit the royal relatives. This person is either rich or noble at first glance. Did they hit one? "I don't know how to call brother?"

The man said, "Chen Zhuo, you can call me Yuan Liang. We are destined to meet each other. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to invite you two to have a drink."

Chen Zhuo, Jiang Ning thought for a while, it seems that he has never heard of this name, but it seems that the most favored lady in the palace is surnamed Chen, do they have any relationship?

"Then Brother Lao Yuanliang will pay for it." Zhang Jiu would never refuse someone to invite him to dinner.

Chen Zhuo took them to the best restaurant in the capital—Huaxia Restaurant. After seeing Zhang Jiu and the two of them coming in, their faces remained unchanged, as if they had never seen the world. Chen Zhuo was very satisfied. He really did not misunderstand the person. .

"I don't know how to call you two?"

Jiangning Road. "My name is Jiang Ning, and my name is Chenhao. He is my good friend who grew up with me. His name is Zhang Jiu, and his name is Puhua. His ancestral home is Xiangzhou."

"Oh, I don't know Jiang Jian, the magistrate of Xiangzhou..."

"It's my father," Jiang Ning continued.Being able to tell his father's name and official position in such a short time, this person definitely knows a lot about the officialdom. Jiang Ning tried hard and hard to figure out who this person was, and finally figured out that the fifth prince's companion is Called Chen Zhuo, he began to regret accepting Chen Zhuo's invitation.

"Brother Chen Hao is so talented, it really is a tiger father without dogs."

"Brother Yuan Liang praised it absurdly." If a tiger can give birth to a dog son, it should be a genetic mutation.

Having found out the details of the other party, Chen Zhuo didn't say any more, "The food in this Huaxia restaurant can be called the most delicious food in my Daqin. It seems that there is also a Huaxia restaurant in Xiangzhou. You two can compare and see where it is. even better”

"Xiangzhou is small and sparsely populated, how can it be as good as the capital? I don't need to compare to guess the result." Jiang Ning is very modest, although he has already determined the result of the appraisal in his heart.

Xiangzhou is the largest province in Daqin except for the capital. If the capital is the political center of Daqin, then Xiangzhou is the economic center of Daqin. Even the capital is slightly inferior to it. Small land and few people.What's more, in recent years, especially after Jiang Jian took office, Xiangzhou has risen to a higher level. Xiangzhou in Daqin is simply a paradise, a place that everyone yearns for.

So Chen Zhuo just laughed at Jiang Ning's statement, "Brother Chen Hao, you are too modest. If Xiangzhou is small and sparsely populated, will there still be a rich place in my Great Qin?"

"He is not humble, he is truly proud." Seeing Chen Zhuo's doubts, Zhang Jiu kindly explained, "Excessive modesty is equal to pride."

Chen Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and then he felt that what Zhang Jiu said was very reasonable. In the short time after they met, Zhang Jiu spoke very little, but every time he spoke sharply, maybe he underestimated Zhang Jiu up.

Changing from the previous indifference, Chen Zhuo began to entertain Zhang Jiu warmly, and introduced them one by one when serving the dishes, which was more thoughtful than the waiters in the restaurant.

"Is the food not to Puhua's liking?" Even the emperor was full of praise for the Huaxia Restaurant, but Zhang Jiu stopped after moving his chopsticks a few times, and Chen Zhuo was very puzzled.

"He just had breakfast when we came, and he's not hungry yet," Jiang Ning said just as Zhang Jiu was about to nod his head.

I don't know that Chen Zhuoxiang didn't believe it, and then said, "Are you here to take the exam in the capital?"

"En." Jiang Ning nodded.

"Brother Chen Hao is really beyond the reach of others, I admire you" The second generation of officials like Jiang Ning don't need to take the imperial examination at all, and can easily enter the officialdom, so Chen Zhuo naturally thinks of Jiang Ning as the kind who doesn't want to rely on his family background The independent and good young man of his generation has a high opinion of him.

Little did he know that Jiang Ning also had troubles that he couldn’t tell. Even if his head was broken, he didn’t want to take the imperial examination. He was threatened. When it came true, he was not only threatened by Zhang Jiu, but also his father, who somehow was persuaded by Zhang Jiu, vowed to hurry him to the examination room.

Jiang Ning had to lament that he himself was the fish in the pond that was affected by the fire at the city gate. Every time there was something wrong with Zhang Jiu, he was always the first person to be implicated.Never superstitious, he began to wonder if he did something outrageous in his previous life, and in this life God sent such an ancestor to torture him.

"Brother Yuan Liang thinks too highly of me," Jiang Ning smiled wryly.

"I've always been very accurate, you two will definitely be able to pass high school this time." Chen Zhuo thought that since the two of them had to rely on themselves and the two of them to study hard regularly and have real talents, it would not be too difficult to go to high school.

Zhang Jiu looked at Jiang Ning and then at Chen Zhuo. If people who can't even memorize the Four Books and Five Classics can go to high school, those who have been studying hard behind closed doors for ten years should choose to jump into the river collectively. "Brother Yuan Liang should hang a signboard of 'Sai Shen Xian' to tell your fortune. If I were in high school, I would definitely send you a pennant."

"Brother Puhua was joking." Chen Zhuo didn't know what Zhang Jiu meant.

He didn't know Jiang Ning, but he understood it very well. Zhang Jiu was sarcastically saying, "Jiuye is praising you for your vision. I think we will be able to go to high school with Brother Yuan Liang's auspicious words."

In fact, Jiang Ning felt that it didn't matter whether he passed the exam or not. As long as Zhang Jiu passed the exam, he would be out of the sea of ​​suffering. It seems that the happiness of the rest of his life was all on Zhang Jiu's body, and Jiang Ning felt sad again in an instant. Yes, he still knows the little water in Zhang Jiu's stomach, and he only hopes that God will take pity on him, even if he is the last one, Zhang Jiu will win.

Chen Zhuo smiled, "Actually, I guessed it too. Look at those people who are going to Beijing to rush for the exam, who is not studying hard now, for fear that if they relax a bit, they will fail, while Brother Chenhao and Brother Puhua are calm and relaxed. If you are calm and composed, you must have the confidence to be able to go to high school."

"Although it will be effective to sharpen the gun in front of the battle, I prefer to play the big test and play the small test and play the small test." Zhang Jiu is not very sure about the imperial examination. If it is said that Zhang Jiu has read a lot of books, he can be said to have read a lot. It’s just that there are very few who can recite it. For the preparation of the imperial examination, Zhang Jiu just followed the habit of the college entrance examination in his previous life, studied the topics of the imperial examination in recent years, predicted the content of the exam, and left the rest to God. .

"It seems that Brother Puhua has his own unique views on the exam." If he is not sure, who would dare to "play" at this critical juncture?

"It's not an opinion, it's just a small summary" This is what they used to say.

"I think brother Puhua's opinion should be listened to by others, and let them know that studying is not enough. What we need in Daqin is not a nerd who can only read." In Chen Zhuo's eyes, Zhang Jiu is already a pillar of talent up.

"Ten years of hard work, no one asked, and they became famous in one fell swoop. They studied hard to be known in the world in the future." The nerds can be formed because of the social conditions formed by nerds. It is the imperial examination that made them like this, and they also need the imperial examination to achieve success. them.

After ten years of hard work, no one asked him, and he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.One sentence expresses how much unknown sadness, even if Chen Zhuo has never experienced the imperial examination, Chen Zhuo can taste a little bit of bitterness in this sentence.As for Zhang Jiu, he no longer knew what to say, this person surprised him again.

Zhang Jiu turned his head to look at Jiang Ning, "Are you full?"

Jiang Ning nodded, not knowing why Zhang Jiu turned the topic to himself.

"Brother Yuan Liang, thank you for your hospitality. I have something to do with Xiao Ning, so I'm leaving first." After watching the food he didn't like for a long time, Zhang Jiu felt that he needed to go out to get some fresh air and cultivate his appetite at noon.

"It's okay, I'm very happy to meet the two of you today, and I hope to have a chance to have a chat in the future."