The Prince of the Historian of the Red Chamber

In February of that year, it was the year of the general examination. Since the golden autumn of last year, scholars from all over the country rushed to the capital to prepare for the spring in February of the next year.This winter and spring, the capital was extremely lively, teahouses and restaurants often saw literati and scholars talking, and the prices in the capital also soared, making Shi Mo's shop a small profit.

Chai Guan made fun of him for not even letting go of the money of the future pillars of the country, Shi Mo snorted, these talents who went to Beijing for the test have already achieved fame in their bodies. As long as they don't have elm heads, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and their small days are nourishing, let alone these juren, haven't you seen that the temples outside the city are all empty?In times of war, even juren can fill in the gaps and become officials.

Besides, these people are all his competitors. There are so many people participating in Chunwei, and there are only a few dozen people who can win. Why should he save money for his competitors? If he saves money, others may not be grateful to him.

What Chai Guan said was just a joke to tease him. Shi Mo is tired these days, and their seniors are naturally worried. After all, this kid is still young, and he has always been smooth sailing. How much can there be, but I don't know what the master and Master Yuan think, and they even let him take part in the test.

It’s okay if you don’t pass the exam, anyway, you still have to pass the exam... You can always pass the exam with the talent of a junior junior; have eaten!The difference between the background of a Jinshi and the background of a fellow Jinshi is a word of difference!

With backgrounds like theirs, if their children and grandchildren want to take the imperial examination, they must be stable Jinshi; if they don’t have that talent and learning, the family will stop thinking early. Enyin’s official position is serious, anyway, as long as the children strive , The family is strong, so you don't have to worry about not being able to rise.

But if the stubborn ones have to go to the imperial examinations, squeeze the single-plank bridge, and end up with a fellow Jinshi, it would be ridiculous-they are no different than poor family candidates, and they can be a seventh-rank county magistrate. The core of Zhongqingliu is extremely difficult. The road ahead is blocked, so we can only find another way.It's easy to say, even if you are from a Jinshi background, even if you move around, you are a small magistrate far away from the political core. Waiting for an outside magistrate to be promoted is enough time for the family to train more qualified juniors. Why spend so much effort to support a Little Tong Jinshi?And this is still an indelible imprint of being a Jinshi.

There is a very famous couplet in later generations that says this: "Wash Mrs. Ru's feet, and grant Tong Jinshi's background." It shows the embarrassment of Tong Jinshi's status.

Chai Guan and others didn't dare to say these things directly, for fear that the younger brother would suffer from the root cause of his illness, and if it was self-defeating, it would be unsightly.

The Shi Xiaomo in front of them is not bad, at least they can see and feel it, and there is Jia Xiaohuan, that monkey, who has not been out since returning to Rongguo Mansion that time, but their respective families and Rongguo Mansion They are not close, Rongguo Mansion is in troubled times, and it is not convenient to visit.If it weren't for Jia Huan's messengers to send out messages from time to time, the senior brothers might not be able to sit still -- they really owed these two brats in their previous life.

Shi Mo knew that his brothers were worried, but he just couldn't cheer up, and he didn't know when he started, he and Jia Xiaohuan were inseparable, and he didn't notice anything when he was tired of being together before, why did he feel uncomfortable when he left that person Woolen cloth?

It's over, it's over, isn't the young master really bent?Did he really hang himself on that crooked neck tree of Kid Huan? ——Shi Mo wants to cry but has no tears, what is this called, fall!

Jia Huan was also tossing and reflecting in his small courtyard in the corner of Rongguo Mansion. He hadn’t seen Brother Mo for so long. He was unwilling to open his eyes at first, yearning for a little warmth in the dream, but for the future, he had to be hard-hearted.

That time at Sister Lin's house, Prince Yu's rare closeness to Brother Mo was seen in his eyes, and he was even more concerned about it. Only then did he realize that he couldn't bear the slightest yearning for the child from others. Being distorted by jealousy, he was afraid of wronging Brother Mo because of it, and also afraid that Brother Mo would notice Zhu Xiu because of something wrong with him, so he wanted to hide from him for three to five days by taking advantage of the Jia Lin family. , Wait until you calm down before going out to see him.

He didn't do anything in those few days, sitting and standing all day long, recalling every detail of growing up with Shi Mo, from the first time he hid and cried when he was discovered by that man, to when he was beaten by the master and the man rushed in From rescuing him, to rectifying Shi Gui and Xue Pan together... It seems that all the memories carry the shadow of that person—to the extent that Jia Huan never wants to recall the years before he met him.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan suddenly realized one day that Shi Mo is a person who is easy to "submissive", to put it bluntly, he is lazy, you are always by his side, and while he is used to it, he no longer thinks deeply about why I would like to be with this person, why do I like to be tired of being with this person...

Jia Huan felt that, if things go on like this, not to mention so many obstacles outside, even if there are only two of them left in the world, when Shi Mo understands the friendship between the two and understands his own thoughts, he may have to wait until he is seventy or eighty, and maybe he will let that person live in this life The inertia of the past fooled the past.Pian Shi Mo should be shrewd and shrewd in his affairs, and he should work hard, only in this area, he will only move when others poke him, and he is slow and lazy.

Thinking about it this way, Jia Huan gritted his teeth and decided not to see that person before Chungui!Give him time and place to think about it.

Of course, Jia Xiaohuan also secretly arranged for him to prevent people from being abducted by others without thinking clearly.Another thing that reassures him the most is that Zhu Xiu, who has malicious intentions, went to patrol the border according to the order, and the senior brothers are watching, so he can't ask others to pay attention to the child.

Although the pair of youngsters have shared some emotions in this child's personal relationship, most of their energy is still spent on studying. For them, Chungui is not only the same as their personal future, but also related to the grievances of the Yuan family. It is related to Uncle Su Wang's confidant's serious trouble.

Not only did they not delay their studies, one of these two people was trying to escape the uncomfortable feeling of being missing something, and the other was afraid that if he thought too much, he couldn't help rushing out to find someone. He expressed his satisfaction, and let go of the past for the crooked ideas of these two little enemies.

Of course, uncle Zhu is a real person, and what he said is reasonable: his uncle himself is like that, so he has the nerve to take care of his young couple?

Because of this truth, Uncle Zhu, Prince Su, was unable to enter through the gate of Yuan Mansion for half a month, and could only climb the wall when the moon was dark and the wind was high. Alas, I really can’t mention it. If I say too much, it will be bitter tears——Uncle Yuan It's a hundred times more difficult than Shi Xiaomo!

Since his ascension to the throne, the Holy Majesty has attached great importance to the matter of the imperial examination.Compared with the Taishanghuang, the structure of the court and China has also undergone significant changes.

When the emperor was in the dynasty, most of the important officials in the court came from aristocratic families, and some relied on their ancestors and families to rise to the top and were directly given important responsibilities. There were also many frauds in the imperial examinations. However, family background and master-student relationship are more important.In all fairness, thanks to the fact that the emperor was middle-aged when he came to the throne, his reign was short, and the late emperor Sejong was a good emperor who was diligent in governing and caring for the people.Even so, in the last few years of the Supreme Emperor's reign, there was a tendency for the family to divide the imperial power, and the tail would not be lost; if not, the dispute between the princes of the court would not have been so fierce, and countless families and ministers were involved in it—the darkest and sharpest At that time, it has reached the point of 'either stand in line, or the family will die'.

If it weren't for the turmoil that affected the foundation of the Daqing Dynasty, why did the Supreme Emperor abdicate early?It is really forced by the situation, otherwise who would not love to hold the throne of the world?

Even if he inherits the great rule today, it is still a tragic victory. He lost his beloved woman, lost his most heartfelt minister and teacher, and has absolutely no relationship with the emperor and his son. He almost couldn't even keep his beloved child.

Fortunately, the present has always been the most kind and tolerant, planning and arranging little by little in the gap between the Supreme Emperor and the family, who would have thought that it would take more than ten years for an emperor to arrange sincere and capable courtiers in the middle and important positions—— Because of the subtle and silent method of the Holy One, the most precious time was won under the contempt of the Supreme Emperor and the family. Looking at it today, those important officials in the court and 20 years ago have almost no familiar faces, and the family is horrified. Only when they woke up did they realize that the emperor on the throne was no longer the weak and cowardly prince who they let them handle, but a decisive, vicious and vicious emperor.

The court has also changed from the "gathering place" of the children of the aristocratic family to the current situation where the aristocratic family and the poor family are divided into families. Not only that, the aristocratic family is not the domineering and powerful family headed by the four kings and eight princes at the time of the Supreme Emperor, but most of them are like the Lin family. Zhongding scholarly home.The emperor's mentality can be seen.

However, the power of the four princes and eight princes was very prosperous back then, and the relationship was intricate and luxuriant. Although it has declined in recent years, it still cannot be underestimated.Especially in the prosperous area around Jinling, it is not an exaggeration to call it the "Emperor of Earth". Jinling was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and its location in the southern half of the Daqing Dynasty was no less than that of the capital.Jinling cannot be chaotic, and it is responsible for the instability of the Qing Dynasty. This situation is well known to the emperor and the cabinet ministers. Therefore, the former giants headed by the four kings and eight princes can only suppress and cut off their branches, but they have nothing to announce. The reasons of the world were detained and thoroughly investigated, and they were uprooted.

The case of the Yuan family that shocked the government and the public was an opportunity.

The Yuan family was destroyed too easily, and people died too quickly and cleanly. There was no time for interrogation and investigation.

And the elder Yuan respected the emperor and his teacher, his disciples and old friends were all over the world, and the Yuan family was a noble family who did good deeds and accumulated virtue. It was definitely an excellent gap to overthrow the power of the old emperor.

Today's holy majesty has exhausted his mind, has the past smoldering in his heart, and his body is not as good as before. He wants to get rid of this poisonous sac for his beloved son, and give his beloved son a grand celebration of rivers and seas. He can't wait.Duansu Prince Zhu Yong'an wanted to find out the cause of his mother's death and avenge his father, mother and concubine's death, and he couldn't wait.Yuan Che stole the humiliation to survive, and returned to Minglu for the revenge of his Yuan family's death, which he had already waited for.

That's why Shi Mo and Jia Huan went to the test impatiently.

Because of this, Shi Mo and Jia Huan are about to usher in the biggest turning point in their lifetimes, and the first flower in their lives that is stained red with blood is about to bloom.

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