Legacy of the old dynasty

Wu Xie entered the children's examination when he was 14 years old. He passed the county examination in February and the government examination in April.Since then, I have been studying in Pan, and I still have monthly money.

The county school is just like that, but in fact, I can't learn much.The family built a garden, his father and third uncle took office, and the second uncle had various affairs, and Zhang Qiling had a business, so he couldn't take care of him every day.In the past few years, Wu Xie's spirit of studying has decreased a lot, but he has to work harder before the annual exam.Even so, he was selected in the provincial examination three years later.

Now there was a lot of discussion, and everyone said that Wu Xie was a child prodigy.Some people also said that it was the origin of family education. Both the uncle of the Wu family and the third master were born as Jinshi, and the third master was selected as a scholar. Now he is an editor of the Imperial Academy. He is on the rise and has a bright future.From this point of view, Wu Xie is still far from his uncle.

Wu Xie was young and energetic, and after hearing such words, Chunwei in the second year wanted to go no matter what.

Now, her mother was the first to refuse.How can a teenage child, whose body bones have not grown yet, pass the examination?Immediately, he ordered someone to write a handwritten letter and send it to his father, and then persuaded him earnestly: "This exam is hosted by the Ministry of Rites, and it only takes three years. If you have traveled a long distance, all the scholars in the world will also go. First of all, you can’t bear the crowd. Do you know where the examination room is? It’s a small room, like being in a prison! You have to search your body when you enter. I’m afraid you won’t be able to straighten your legs. It's just three days. You can't bear that pickle..." Wu Xie felt that her mother's words were exaggerated.I thought that no matter how difficult it was, my father and uncle would have survived.

His mother almost shed tears when she heard that, how could a woman know these things, Wu Xie's father didn't say how much suffering and hardship he had.Now that the son is going to follow his father's path, besides being distressed, it is also distressing.But becoming an official is on the right track, and in the end, I can only say: "Nowadays the Ming Dynasty is dominated by scholars, so don't be in a hurry. You will have time to take the exam when you are older."

The second uncle just smiled when he knew it, and didn't say much, but secretly told Zhang Qiling that if Wu Xie asked for money, he must not give it to him.Anyway, the family won't let him spend money together.

At this time, the two were sitting in the garden drinking tea, the lake breeze was blowing, mixed with some kind of medicinal fragrance, a bit bitter, twice sweet.

Zhang Qiling cupped his hands and said: "Without my uncle's consent, I dare not make a claim."

The second uncle nodded: "Xiaoxie has really troubled you these years. Now this child is disciplined very well. Back then when he was elected in three provinces, he made a sensation in the neighbors. Now Xiaoxie is one year younger than him at that time. He can I can see such promise. Thanks to you..." Zhang Qiling didn't dare to say anything, but was stopped by the second uncle's wave, "I mean the same as his father, and we don't want him to take the test. What do you think?"

"Of course I listen to my uncles."

The second uncle took a sip of tea and said, "What do you think, but it doesn't matter."

Zhang Qiling pondered for a while, and replied: "Wu Xie is naturally very intelligent, but he is too young, and he has been awarded one after another, so it is inevitable that he is arrogant. He is now in full swing, but he is childish inside. Now he is going to enter the spring palace. Well, if I hit it, I'm always worried..."

"Oh?" The second uncle laughed, "Why don't you get hit but you're fine, but you should worry if you get hit?"

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. I'm afraid that once he wins the first place, he thinks he is a master, talented, and he is proud of being famous at a young age, and he destroys himself. In the end, he only becomes a mediocre official who thinks he is a romantic talent." , that's what worries me the most."

The second uncle nodded: "Brother also sent me a letter, but he didn't want Wu Xie to take the official career. The words are inevitably negative. But what the elder brother said is the truth. He himself suffered in the officialdom, saying that the only official in the world is the best." The most boring. I hate this way. My elder brother said, if I knew that studying would end in such a boring end, why did I bother to study hard for fame?"

"But this..."

"I know, of course you can't tell Xiaoxie this. Big brother is eager to love his son, so he is inevitably a little impatient. In my opinion, reading is not as good as an official career. Only when you have fun."

Zhang Qiling nodded, he understood what Second Uncle meant.If you don't read, you don't understand everything in this world. Every flower and grass, every mountain and river, all have love.He has seen many old children living a boring life and dying of fame all their lives.He didn't want Wu Xie to live that kind of life from the bottom of his heart.He hopes that he is smart and has his own life besides studying.It's funny, even if it's absurd.He remembered seeing Tang Ziwei's paintings once. Those trees, those grasses, those mountains and rivers, and those people in the paintings were all free and easy.He looked at it and felt as if he had just finished his life.

At that time, he thought of Wu Xie, how short a person's life is, and the sages said, "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening."However, on that day, he hoped that Wu Xie could live that kind of life, just like the people in the painting, living in the vast mountains and rivers, like flowers, grass, and cypresses among stones.

Live the most free life.