Three hundred and seventeen chapters Laozi and son
After talking to Liu Mianhua, Fang Yingwu's doubts were not eliminated, but became even greater. After chatting with Liu Mianhua about the recent court news, such as the recent ceremony of offering prisoners to the temple, etc., he planned to say goodbye and leave.
I am planning to visit Master Xu Pu tomorrow.
At this time, a servant woman said outside the door: "The old lady asked the servant to deliver a message. I would like to invite Mr. Fang to have dinner with me." Liu Ji raised his head and looked at the sky. The other party responded: "Unknowingly, it's getting late. After dinner,
It’s okay to leave again.”
Fang Yingwu naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to stay. However, he remembered his unmarried fiancée, whom he had met several times, but every time it was just a glimpse, and he didn't even have a chance to take a closer look tonight.
If it's on the table, then you can look left, right, and up, right?
However, although the dream was beautiful, the reality still disappointed Fang Yingwu. At this family banquet, Liu Mianhua and his wife were at the table, and there were also two daughters-in-law of the Liu family accompanying them, including the one they saw last time.
That slightly mean sister-in-law, Mrs. Jiang
Does Ai Zhen, the great guard against all evil etiquette, have to wait until the wedding day to see Nirvana carefully? Fang Yingwu sneered.
Of course, the slander is just a slander. As a newcomer to this family, Fang Yingwu behaved very well. He spent most of his time listening to other people's chats and occasionally chimed in with Liu Mianhua.
Mrs. Liu obviously also noticed Fang Yingwu's deliberate low-key. Fang Yingwu smiled and said: "It seems that you can't go with us old and weak women and children, but it doesn't matter. I got the letter yesterday. Your two brothers
I'm about to come back from my hometown, and I'll probably arrive in a few days. You younger generations can always talk about it together."
Fang Yingwu replied humbly: "Sooner or later, I will ask my two brothers for advice."
At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, said to Liu Mianhua: "When my husband comes back, my father will let him sit in the Imperial College. He is also from the same background."
"Which Imperial College are you going to? If you continue with the imperial examination, everything will be in vain if you fail to pass the provincial examination!" Although Liu Mianmian is a needle-hiding type outside, at home he is very domineering as the head of the family.
The old lady also advised: "Why bother? The two of them have achieved nothing after many years. They might as well go to the Imperial Academy to study. In the future, with you taking care of them, they can still be elected officials."
Liu Mianhua waved his hand, "What do you women know? If you are a supervisor and become an official, you are considered to be the best in the fifth grade. This is true at the age of twenty, and it is also true at the age of forty. What is the difference between a few years earlier and a few years later? etc.
The two of them will consider going to prison after they are forty years old. Now they will continue the imperial examination while they are not too old."
Jiang glanced at Fang Yingwu and muttered in a low voice: "In the imperial examination, my father gave all his strength to outsiders, but his own son didn't take any care of it."
Fang Yingwu turned a deaf ear, lowered his head and gnawed on a chicken leg, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him, but he was not worried about it in his heart. Could it be that his imperial examination results stimulated her?
Liu Mianmian lightly knocked on the table, "What nonsense is this! Don't say it again!" The old lady advised again: "Don't worry about that. You should think of something for your son next time he takes the provincial examination."
Liu Mianhua ignored his wife, but looked at Fang Yingwu, "Do you think I should think of this method?"
Fang Yingwu didn't expect Liu Mianhua to suddenly ask something else. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied concisely: "Everyone has the feeling of licking a baby."
Liu Mianhua reprimanded him rudely: "You have the wrong idea!" Fang Yingwu felt that he had been hit by an arrow while lying down. He put down the drumstick helplessly, cupped his hands and said, "My son-in-law is willing to listen to the teachings of Lao Taishan."
Liu Mianhua asked back: "Do you think that as a bachelor, my son takes part in the imperial examination, is it noticeable?"
"If a son from Zaifu's family enters the Super League, it will naturally attract everyone's attention."
Liu Mianhua nodded, "Yes, under the spotlight, there will be waves even if there is no wind, let alone if there is wind. If I move my fingers even slightly, all kinds of suspicions will come out. Should I be cautious?"
Fang Yingwu replied: "Of course there is no airtight wall in the world, but even if others notice it, nothing can be decided? Who can do anything to defeat Lao Taishan?"
He still had something to say. You, old man, are already despised by public opinion. Do you still care about your reputation for manipulating imperial examinations?
"Your idea is very dangerous. After all, officialdom is not my place! If a person is stigmatized from the moment he enters the examination room, even if others dare to be angry and dare not speak out, even if others can't do anything to him, let him successfully do his job in high school.
If he is an official, then he is destined to have no future! Is it possible for a person who is recognized to have passed the imperial examination through fraud to become a high-ranking official?"
Fang Yingwu thought for a while and said firmly: "No."
The imperial examination is the biggest basis for becoming an official, and it is also something sanctified by public opinion. Anyone who is publicly determined by public opinion to have cheated in the imperial examination will almost certainly be ostracized by the mainstream, and the shady story will never be exposed to the light.
Not to mention anything else, people like Mr. Sange, whose character is despised, also came out of the imperial examination step by step. They became prime ministers all the way. Their procedures are unquestionable and impeccable. Everyone can despise them.
Although they are good people, they cannot despise their test scores and knowledge.
"Then you still don't understand? If I were to think of something, even if these two useless things could pass the provincial examination and pass the provincial examination, they would end up being just ordinary officials disappearing from the crowd. What's the point?
Meaning? What is its use?
Fang Yingwu finally understood what Liu Mianmian meant. The old man had already become a bachelor. At that level, it was meaningless and useless to him to use fraud to make his two sons become ordinary officials with no future.
There is no need to do useless things!
Therefore, Liu Mianmian would rather continue to let his son take the imperial examination in an upright manner. Even if he fails, at least his integrity will be lost, he will be qualified to pursue higher pursuits, and his greatest potential will be lost. Once the integrity is lost, it will be difficult to get it back.
Of course, if you are unlucky, you may not be able to use this kind of integrity and qualifications in your life, and you will always have "unlimited potential"
This is a choice that reaches the extreme level of pragmatism. It cannot be made without great wisdom and courage. Only then can one be enlightened and thoughtful.
But from the perspective of family ties, it is extremely unfortunate for a son to have a father like Liu Mianmian who disowns all his relatives in order to achieve great things.
Fang Yingwu suddenly felt that his father Fang Qingzhi was actually quite good. He was much more upright than Liu Miantian. In order to secretly collect the examiner's Chapter 388 materials for himself before the exam.
While he was thinking wildly, Fang Yingwu heard Liu Mianmian sigh again: "It's not easy to be the descendants of the Prime Minister's family. Let's just say that in recent decades, from Mr. Sanyang to Mr. Li Xian, and then to your Mr. Shang in Chun'an.
, and whose descendants are really promising? Mr. Shang has a son who entered the Imperial Academy, and is considered the most promising, but he can only stop there."
Fang Yingwu couldn't help but think of a negative example again, Zhang Juzheng. Regarding the issue of his son's fame, Zhang Juzheng and Liu Mianhua had almost completely opposite attitudes, but facts also proved that Zhang Juzheng finally tricked his son.
It’s really hard to say what’s right or wrong here. To be continued. You are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward,
