The two brothers Song Chu and Song Qi walked out of Lu Mansion, but Lu Yijian did not stay with them to eat in the manor.
The two brothers had no objections to this.
It was an unimaginable honor for Xianggong Lu to be able to receive them alone for half an hour.
How dare they expect to stay and dine in Lu Mansion?
After leaving Lu Mansion, the two brothers did not stay outside. Instead, they called a carriage and headed towards the outer city.
Although the Song family was a family of high officials, the Second Song Dynasty did not have much money.
After entering Beijing, the two brothers brought only enough money to rent in an outer city.
Of course, with their talent and knowledge, invitations to various banquets are bound to be inevitable, especially after Song Chujie came first in the examination, the invitations from all parties were even more numerous.
Among them, many gave them money.
However, the two brothers Song Chu and Song Qi did not accept these 'gifts'.
Just eat and drink, that's all.
They don't take any money.
"Second brother, after today, we won't go out anymore and stay in the courtyard to study hard. How about that?"
On the way back to the city, Song Qi made a suggestion to his brother.
Although the place where Lu Yijian lives now is not the Lu family's ancestral home, the luxury of the mansion still shocked Song Qi, who came from a poor family.
In view of what he saw today, he couldn't help but think of the late emperor's poem to encourage learning.
There is a golden house in the book, and the imperial examination is the only way out for these poor children.
The fate of the two brothers Song Qi and Song Chu was actually quite rough. When they were in their teens, their mother died, and before they were twenty, their father also died.
Later, the two lived with their stepmother Zhu at their uncle's house.
Although the stepmother and stepmother's brothers were very kind to the Song brothers, it was just like Fan Zhongyan remarried with his mother and lived in the Zhu family.
Living in someone else's home always gives you a different feeling.
(PS: Logically speaking, brothers Song Qi and Song Chu should not have been living in their stepmother and brother's home. Although the Song family is not a wealthy family, supporting their brothers is not a problem.
Xiao Xingxing checked a lot of information but couldn't find the reason. Maybe it was because the relationship within the Song clan was tense.
In addition, Song Qi and Song Chu should have a very good relationship with their stepmother. Stepmother Zhu has raised them for more than ten years. They are not mother and son, but they are better than mother and son.)
Precisely because of their family background, although the two brothers Song Chu and Song Qi were well-known in the local area, they had no plans to apply for the examination.
After all, the imperial examination is a very expensive thing.
Before that, their main focus was on life. As people in their twenties, they can't always count on their uncle to make a living, right?
Therefore, the two brothers had been busy making a living, studying and making money to support their families.
In order to make money, his younger brother Song Qi even worked as a gunman for others.
It was not until last year that the two brothers paid a visit to Xia Song, who was then the governor of Anlu.
Then, the two of them were appreciated by Xia Song and received high praise.
"The Great Song Dynasty will be the number one scholar and will be the prime minister the next day. Although the Xiao Song Dynasty is not as good as it is, it will be close to the top."
Although Xia Song was only the magistrate of the state at this time and was not considered an important minister in the court, his reputation in the literary world was not small.
Being recognized by Xia Song greatly inspired the Song brothers.
Later, the two brothers thought it would be a good idea to take part in the imperial examination.
Although the two brothers were not well-off financially, they were still able to scrape together the expenses to take the exam.
What if you win?
As luck would have it, just when the two brothers decided to participate in the next Jinshi examination, the imperial court ordered the tribute examination to be reopened.
As a result, you don’t know if you don’t take the test, so you were shocked by relying on it. Not only did the two brothers pass the test, but the elder brother Song Chu even won the first place in Kaifeng Prefecture.
(PS: Although the two brothers have always lived in Anlu, their place of origin is still Kaifeng, so according to regulations, the brothers are candidates in Kaifeng Prefecture.)
"Um."
Hearing his brother's suggestion, Song Chi nodded. He was not fascinated by the false fame in front of him. So what if he was ranked first in the Kaifeng Mansion test?
If you don't pass the imperial examination, you will still be a commoner after all.
"By the way, second brother."
Song Qi opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate to ask directly, and then he lost his voice.
Seeing his brother's hesitation in speaking, Song Chu couldn't help but ask.
"how?"
"What do you want to say?"
After hesitating for a moment, Song Qi said bluntly.
"If you could choose where to go, where would my second brother choose to go?"
"Have you thought about that again?"
Hearing this, Song Chi immediately frowned. He knew exactly what Song Qi really wanted to ask.
According to widely circulated news in Beijing, the main purpose of Jinshi going to local governments to observe government affairs is to speak out, similar to local supervisors.
This assignment may seem like a lowly position, but it is actually very important.
It seems that my brother is still very worried about what happened in his early years.
Song Qi mentioned this, probably because he wanted to take the opportunity to cause some trouble for the other party.
After a while, seeing Song Qi being silent, Song Chi couldn't help but sigh.
"This matter has passed. Aren't you and I living well now?"
"Xuanlang, it's time to let go."
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Funing Hall.
In the evening, Li Jie was looking through the secret reports of the Imperial City Department and saw the record of the Song brothers' visit to Lu Yijian.
This is somewhat interesting.
Since he noticed Lu Yijian's "abnormality" last time, Li Jie asked the Imperial City Department to secretly send personnel to carry out corresponding control of Lu Mansion and Ding Mansion.
Unexpectedly, I got an unexpected result today.
Although the two brothers Song Chi and Song Qi were not famous enough in later generations, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the reputation of the two brothers was not inferior to that of Chen Yaozuo, Su Shi and others.
After all, there are not many examples of brother Zydenko.
Moreover, Song Chu was the number one scholar in Tiansheng's second year.
As for his younger brother Song Qi, it is rumored that the number one scholar in this subject was originally Song Qi, while his older brother Song Chu ranked third.
(PS: The top pick in the Song Dynasty is the youngest one in the same ranking, not specifically the third one. The correct arrangement is the first one, the second one, and the third one are the second one.
When the list is released, the second and third names are located around the number one, so they are called second.)
But in history, the person in charge was Liu E. Seeing the two brothers occupying the top three seats was too high-profile, and it was not very polite for the younger brother to be ranked after the elder brother.
Therefore, Liu E ranked his elder brother Song Chu first, and his younger brother Song Qi ranked tenth.
From this, there is a saying that there were two champions in the Second Song Dynasty.
However, what Li Jie really cares about is not the imperial examination results of the Second Song Dynasty, but the relationship between Lu Yijian and the Second Song Dynasty.
During the Qingli period, Song Chu participated in politics, and Song Qi was appointed to the Tianzhang Pavilion. Their friends Ye Qingchen and Zheng Jian were respectively the third envoy and deputy privy envoy.
At that time, they were known as the "Four Friends", which made Lu Yijian, the prime minister at the time, feel threatened.
Therefore, Lu Yijian took the opportunity to accuse them of being "clique". Later, under the operation of Lu Yijian, several people were demoted from the capital one after another.
In addition, Song Qi was also one of the old parties that opposed the Qingli New Deal in history.
However, the future fate of the brothers of the Second Song Dynasty will definitely not be like the original history.
The Second Song Dynasty is indeed a talented person and deserves attention, especially his younger brother Song Qi, who is a rare supporter of Legalism.