Ye Zhenzhen was very busy today. After Zhang San and Yuxiu left, she summoned Mrs. Wu and told her about the future kitchen arrangements. Only then did she finally end the busy personnel work.
When Cui Weizhen came back from visiting his friends, what he saw was her slumped motionless from exhaustion. He walked to her and sat down, took her into his arms, smelled her faint fragrance, and his voice was soothing unconsciously.
He came down and said, "Are you tired today? If you are too busy, let the maids below share the burden. Don't tire yourself."
"Yu Xiu is about to get married. I gave her a vacation. There are indeed more things to deal with."
Because the Hong family's mother and son had to rush back to Linxi County, and Yuxiu's marriage was scheduled in a hurry. As a newlywed, she had many things to prepare. As a generous master, Ye Zhenzhen naturally wanted to give her a vacation.
She told Cui Weizhen what she was dealing with today, especially the arrangements for the Hong family's mother and son. Cui Weizhen nodded and expressed her knowledge: "Hong Zhiyuan has no problem taking the scholar examination, but the examination... is still a little short of success. Let him go to Yunnan in the future.
A few years of studying at Shan Academy is enough."
Ye Zhenzhen was confused: "Didn't you tell me that Hong Zhiyuan will stay in Linxi County to prepare for the exam in the future?"
"Linxi County is a small place after all, and there are not many knowledgeable people. It is not beneficial to improving knowledge. Instead of concentrating on studying, it is better to go to Yunshan Academy to continue improving."
Cui Weizhen said: "Zhiyuan had concerns before, but I persuaded him today and he has figured it out."
I see.
Ye Zhenzhen could probably guess the reason. After all, Hong Zhiyuan was born as a servant of Uncle Jing Ning. He was worried that staying at Yunshan Academy would cause criticism, so he wanted to stay in Linxi County.
However, this is an established fact. Hong Zhiyuan will be branded as Jingning Bofu in the future. Criticism is inevitable. He might as well face it earlier. When he enters Yunshan Academy with his strength, no one will make irresponsible remarks.
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As for where Hong family mother and son will settle down in the future, Ye Zhenzhen is not very worried. After all, Hong Zhiyuan has been with Cui Weizhen for so many years, so he must be capable. No matter how bad things are, he still has Zhang San as his uncle.
However, Ye Zhenzhen also secretly kept this moment in mind, and would just help the other party if he had any difficulties in the future.
"By the way, how is Zhang Yun's review? Are you sure about next year's spring?"
Cui Weizhen went out today and went to the house of his old friend Zhang Yun. He has been studying at Yunshan Academy for the past year, and his knowledge has improved by leaps and bounds. He occasionally visits Cui Weizhen's house and can get guidance from Cui Weizhen, which is no longer the same as in the past.
Regarding this good friend, Cui Weizhen had a smile on his face: "I can't guarantee that I will be ranked first, but it is still possible to be ranked second."
It is enough as long as he is not a fellow Jinshi.
Ye Zhenzhen also felt relieved. After all, they were friends for many years, and she also hoped that the other party would get what he wanted.
Because of the Spring Festival, the already prosperous capital city became more lively and lively. There were numerous banquets and gatherings of various scholars. Even if Ye Zhenzhen was in the inner house, she could hear what a certain scholar had done recently.
Stunningly talented work.
Even in ancient times, these scholars were well versed in the art of hype. Participating in various poetry gatherings and banquets was the fastest way to become famous. In previous years, Princess Ningyang’s banquet was the most popular. It’s a pity that she was pregnant this year and did not attend again.
After all, hosting a banquet lacks a bit of flavor.
However, although there was no banquet held in Jingning's Mansion, it was still very lively. The reason was that Cui Weizhen was well-known. As a famous person in the imperial court who won three yuan in succession and the founder of four Yunshan academies, he enjoyed a very high position among scholars.
Because of his prestige, all the scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam had to pay a visit to Jingning Bo's Mansion.
Of course, Jingningbo Mansion is not a tourist attraction, and the door is opened to welcome anyone who comes. However, this does not stop the scholars from coming to check in. Before coming, you must prepare a copy of your favorite works to submit, and look forward to it.
His works were fortunate enough to be noticed by Jing Ningbo, and then he received a little bit of praise, thereby becoming famous among the scribes.
After all, the success of Chunwei is not only determined by the score on the examination paper, but also based on the reputation of the candidate in society, a "help sticker", also known as a "Tongbang sticker", is made for the examiner's reference.
Sometimes candidates are selected before the exam. This is why candidates who go to Beijing to take the exam are so eager to submit papers to celebrities, dignitaries and literary giants, because the list on the general list is based on the evaluation of these people.
formulated.
When Cui Weizhen came to Beijing to take the exam, he also submitted papers to celebrities. He felt the same way. When he had some free time, he and Ye Zhenzhen changed their reading activities to reading papers submitted by scholars.
Regardless of the fact that the concierge receives baskets of submissions every day, in fact few of them have anything to say. Although Ye Zhenzhen is not capable of writing good articles, she has not read books in her past life and this life in vain. Her appreciation ability is better than
Most readers are good, and you can tell what level they are by reading the article.
"Hey, this scholar is a thoughtful person."
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes lit up, and she handed the article in her hand to Cui Weizhen: "Look, this Tao Yuning also advocates land reform, and he has a bit of your style."
Cui Weizhen's land reform has been carried out quietly. The reason why it has not caused any turmoil is because the current pilot reform falls on aristocratic families, and they are also those aristocratic families led by Cui Weizhen and divided into clans. This was also part of the original agreement.
One - they cooperated with the reform, and the court gave their descendants a way out.
This scholar Tao Yuning didn't know whether he was following his own preferences or whether he really had this ambition. He boldly pointed out the situation in the article and comprehensively implemented land reform. His words were so passionate and his emotions were so full that Ye Zhenzhen was emotionally moved.
Got mobilized.
Cui Weizhen read it at a glance and commented: "It's a little too adventurous."
Even so, he still had a smile on his face and read the article carefully. Although many of his ideas were immature and rash, his political acumen was still very powerful. After all, many courtiers now realize that
Before the land reform was carried out, I thought it was the emperor's way of weakening the family's strength.
After reading it, Cui Weizhen put away Tao Yuning's article and said to Ye Zhenzhen: "If Zhen'er is free, please ask my servant to send some pen, ink, paper and inkstones to this Tao Shizi."
Ye Zhenzhen was puzzled at first, but soon realized that it was inconvenient for Cui Weizhen to come forward. After all, Tao Yuning's ideas were too aggressive and violated the interests of the powerful to a large extent. If Cui Weizhen came forward and praised him, others would
It is inevitable that there will be bad connections, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of resistance to the reforms at that time.
But Cui Weizhen admired this person and hoped that he could pass the exam, so he chose a compromise method and asked her to step forward to make him famous.
Ye Zhenzhen understood what he meant and said very cheerfully: "Tao Shizi also wrote a poem. I really like it, so let's use it as a guide. By the way, there are also these scholars who wrote well.
, you should also send some over, it won’t be conspicuous this way.”
Cui Weizhen smiled and placed a kiss on her forehead: "Zhen'er is really a virtuous wife."
Ye Zhenzhen raised her head arrogantly and glanced at him: "Humph, you just know?"
"I've known it for a long time..."
Cui Weizhen murmured in a low voice, and the warm kiss gradually went downstream. Ye Zhenzhen's eyes gradually blurred, and she put her arms around his shoulders...
