The next morning, when Qin Dewei was feeling uneasy, the Feng family's servant came over and reported, "Yesterday, the Xu siblings came again."
He hurried out from the side yard to greet them, and sure enough he saw Xu Miaoxuan and Xu Miaojing's siblings standing in the front yard.
I haven't seen Xu Miaoxuan for a whole year, and Xu Miaoxuan has not changed at all. She is still a commoner, wearing a jade hairpin, and is very simple.
It's just that the clothes are a little looser, probably because they were newly made after arriving in Beijing, and they are not as tight as before.
So Qin Dewei took a quick look and couldn't tell whether there was any change in size.
There were other people present, so I was too embarrassed to throw myself into my arms to test the size, so I could only say hello: "Sister Xuan, please come inside!"
Xu Miaoxuan stretched out her hand habitually to touch Qin Dewei's head, but found that the size was no longer suitable, so she sighed: "You have grown taller."
The front yard was not a place to talk, so Qin Dewei took Xu Miaoxuan and walked to the side yard where he lived.
Xu Miaojing was carrying a heavy coarse cloth package and shouted from behind: "And me!"
Qin Dewei shouted to the main courtyard: "Feng Xingke!"
Feng Xingke appeared in the middle hall and asked, "Aren't you having a rest these two days?"
Qin Dewei pointed at Xu Miaojing and said to Feng Xingke: "Help me accompany the guest while you young people talk."
Xu Miaojing: ""
If I remember correctly, I'm only one year younger than you, okay?
Xu Miaoxuan took the coarse cloth package and said to her younger brother: "This should be the young master of Feng Zhixian's family. You have also received favor from Lord Feng, so you must not lose your etiquette."
Then Xu Miaojing and Feng Xingke were left talking in the hall, while Xu Miaoxuan and Qin Dewei entered the side courtyard.
There are only two rooms in this courtyard, one is larger for Qin Dewei's own use, and the other is for his followers Ma Er and Duan Qing.
Xu Miaoxuan entered the room again, looked around and said: "There are not even books in the living room. It seems that you have stopped reading recently."
This feeling made Qin Dewei very warm, and he was transported back to the time when he was studying at home two years ago.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "You are still you, you haven't changed at all. Since I arrived in the capital, you are the first one to care about whether I study or not.
But since I arrived in the capital, I often leave early and come back late, so I don’t have time to study for the time being."
Xu Miaoxuan put the coarse cloth package in her hand on the Eight Immortals table, not knowing what it contained, and made a heavy sound.
Then he said: "Places like the capital, especially inside and outside the imperial city, are the most impetuous places in the world and are not the place to meditate and study.
And this is also the most snobbish place. Others will only want to take advantage of you, who cares about your long-term future?"
Qin Dewei stared at the coarse cloth package and said curiously: "What on earth do you have in this? Are you and I still so polite and bring gifts?"
Xu Miaoxuan opened the package and saw a bunch of irregular books of different sizes inside.
Qin Dewei picked up a book and read it, only to find that it was an explanation of the Spring and Autumn Annals, or a hand-copied one. He was looking at other books, including the Spring and Autumn Annals, and some of the Four Books.
As he watched, Qin Dewei couldn't help but feel in a trance, as if he had turned into a primary and secondary school student who was given a bunch of problem sets during summer vacation.
Xu Miaoxuan pointed to the notebook and explained: "There was a Hanlin scholar who was saved by his father and borrowed some recent lecture notes from him one after another over the past year.
Then I copied them one by one, which should be of great use to you."
Qin Dewei immediately felt that the notebook in his hand suddenly became full of weight.
Not only because of Xu Miaoxuan's intention, but also because these learning materials themselves are too precious and practical.
What are the Hanlin Academy's lecture notes for? They were used to give lectures to the emperor at the Sutra Banquet. They are definitely the most elite academic materials within the Hanlin Academy and are generally not spread outside the country.
Why do we say practical again? As a rule, the chief examiners of the Nanzhili Township Examination are selected from the Hanlin Academy, and many of the examiners for the General Examination are also selected from the Hanlin Academy.
Therefore, can the review materials issued by the Hanlin Academy not be practical for the scholars of Nanzhili?
At least in the provincial examination, you can try to figure out the academic thinking of the examiner when answering questions, and the probability of passing the exam will always be much higher.
Qin Dewei didn't know what to say, so he asked: "Which bachelor is so enlightened?"
Xu Miaoxuan replied: "Scholar Zhang Chao, have you heard of it?"
Qin Dewei nodded, "I heard others talk about it, and I have a slight impression that he is an old Hanlin."
Xu Miaoxuan briefly explained: "After Zhang was dismissed from the imperial court, he still stayed in the Hanlin Academy, but there was no hope of promotion.
He is a senior man and has been in charge of affairs in the Hanlin Academy for a long time. He doesn't care whether he is punished or not, so he lent me these lecture notes."
Qin Dewei suddenly understood what was going on.
During the Zuoshunmen Incident in the third year of Jiajing, more than 200 ministers came to cry and cause trouble. A group of people also went to the Hanlin Academy, and even superstar Yang Shen was the leader.
Then the Hanlin figures who caused the most trouble, such as the three top picks Yang Shen, Shu Fen, and Yang Weicong were all sent to other places after being beaten.
Although Zhang Chao also went, he was seriously ill at the time and did not have the energy to make a fuss, so he was not so eye-catching.
When he was beaten by the imperial staff, Xu Miaoxuan and his father felt pity and gently let the sick Zhang Chao go.
Then Zhang Chao was kept in the Hanlin Academy to stabilize the situation because of his "mild attitude towards making trouble".
However, Zhang Xueshi was a person who participated in the Zuo Shunmen Incident after all. In the eyes of the emperor, he was politically tainted, so it was impossible for him to join the cabinet, so he stayed in the Hanlin Academy.
Now he is also the most senior steward, Lao Hanlin, who has been working in the Hanlin Academy for twenty-two years from the sixth year of Zhengde to the present.
It's a bit like what Qin Dewei saw five hundred years later, the kind of executive deputy in each unit who was very senior in the industry but couldn't be promoted.
Such people are the least afraid of making small mistakes. Leaking some lecture notes is nothing.
Feeling Xu Miaoxuan's feelings, Qin Dewei couldn't help but laugh.
Xu’s father let go of today’s academic officials in Nanzhili, and Xu’s father also let Zhang Hanlin’s scholar go.
So Qin Dewei couldn't help but secretly wonder, when Xu's father was punished, did he specifically select the clear-minded or talented people to let him go?
Isn’t it a bit mean-spirited to think like this?
Bang! Qin Dewei's hand was slapped by Xu Miaoxuan. Qin Dewei said in surprise: "What are you doing?"
Xu Miaoxuan said with great certainty: "Looking at the way you smile, it's extremely unseemly. You must have no good intentions."
Qin Dewei put away these notebooks carefully, and then asked about serious matters: "I heard about you and the Zhang family, what's going on now?"
Xu Miaoxuan sighed softly and asked a little worriedly: "Has anyone looked for you? Do you blame me?"
Qin Dewei said boldly: "How could I blame you? I don't even care about the Zhang family!"
Xu Miaoxuan asked deliberately: "Then what do you want to do?"
Qin Dewei said confidently: "I predict that the Zhang family will definitely lose this year!"
Then he took the opportunity to grab Xu Miaoxuan's hand: "How about we hide out of the capital together, stay together and travel around, and everything will be fine in a few months."
"Bah!" Xu Miaoxuan blushed and said, "There's no need to hide. The matter can be solved. I don't have to worry about it, Mr. Qin, otherwise I wouldn't dare to come see you."