Shen Yixiu stood carefully outside the window, listening to the conversation between his brother and his future husband.
As soon as Feng Ziying came to the door, she got the news.
The marriage contract between the two parties has been concluded, and the betrothal gifts, birthdays, and horoscopes of the parties have been exchanged. Under this situation, there is basically no possibility of breaking the contract. In other words, Feng Ziying is already considered his husband, and there is only one final step to go through.
The Shen family is not someone with no foundation in the capital city. Shen Jue has also worked in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for many years and was also a Jinshi. Therefore, the news inside and outside the capital city cannot be hidden from the Shen family. Even Shen Yixiu is very aware of who he is. It seems that the fiancé never intends to hide it from anyone, just like he is keeping an illegitimate wife.
For a time, Shen Yixiu was still a little sad and disappointed with her fiancé's performance, but soon her father's letter calmed her down.
A tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, so to avoid being destroyed, you must learn to be patient and give in.
Self-destruction should also be a means of self-protection.
He doesn't understand poetry, likes women, keeps a certain distance from martial artists, and is also involved in various businesses. He even becomes jealous of women and competes with the longevity king. These little things slowly come together and will make many jealous and jealous of a sudden rise to fame. The scholar who turned purple and was shrouded in various haloes found out that he was not a spotless saint. He was also imperfect and had some things that were criticized by others.
For example, raising two sisters as wives before they were married was the most despised by many scholars. Moreover, they were Hu girls, which made many people laugh at this matter.
But I have to say that this image of Feng Ziying, which was a little too dazzling at first, has become a little more grounded.
The relationship between the future husband and his younger brother seems to be somewhat unharmonious, probably because his fiancé is from Qingtan Academy, while his younger brother is studying at Chongzheng Academy. The two academies are competitors, but Qingtan Academy is now distancing itself from its rivals. , far ahead.
But judging from today's situation, it seems that the relationship between my fiancé and my brother is not as bad as I feared. Well, maybe it's not too harmonious. This can be felt from my brother's somewhat stiff attitude, but my fiancé's attitude is very calm and generous. , this made my brother gradually become more relaxed.
Neither Feng Ziying nor Shen Zizheng expected that Shen Xiuyi would hide outside and observe their conversation. Their relationship was not as bad as Shen Yixiu imagined. In fact, it was just that Shen Zizheng was not used to it. A change in the relationship, but when he realized that this change was unavoidable, he could only accept it calmly.
"Ziying, I definitely can't compare with you in this regard. You have been running around the court all year round, so you naturally know the affairs of the court very well. However, I still think that the strategy of opening the sea and the changes it brought to the entire Zhou Dynasty should be It can't be avoided, whether it's autumn or spring, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape."
Naturally, Shen Zizheng was not willing to weaken in front of Feng Ziying. Under such circumstances, he also tried to prove his familiarity and understanding of the current political situation.
"Well, Jun Yong, what you said is right, but what are the specifics?" Feng Ziying nodded and encouraged, "I think the strategy of opening up the sea alone has been a hot topic since last year, and there have been many discussions between the DPRK and China. If I were the examiner, There will definitely not be such superficial topics again, there should be some deeper or derived topics..."
Shen Zizheng thought for a while, "Ziying, are you talking about topics such as the positive significance that the sea opening strategy brought to the imperial finance, or the impact of the sea opening strategy on maritime trade-related industries in coastal areas? "
"Yes, but what you said is still a bit rough. It may need to be more detailed. For example, it may be specific to a certain region, such as Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, etc., or it may be specific to a certain industry, such as the shipbuilding industry. , iron smelting industry, etc.,..."
Feng Ziying's point of view made Shen Zizheng thoughtful.
"What else? It's just a strategy to open up the sea. The court can also imagine that this topic is too hot and everyone is watching, so there must be some matters that are actually very important or urgent, but they have not attracted enough attention. Situation, I think this type of proposition may be the easiest to pass the test, Junyong, what do you think?"
Feng Ziying's words made Shen Zizheng a little embarrassed. After all, he was still an academy student. Even if he read a few "Internal Reference" articles, it was impossible to grasp the focus of the imperial affairs at once, and it involved Even the court ministers may not be able to capture all aspects.
"Ziying, what you are talking about is a bit difficult for me, but Wen Ruo, Ruogu and I have also discussed whether the changes in the Liaodong war situation count?" Shen Zizheng hesitated before saying.
"Well, it can be calculated, but the Liaodong war situation is also an old issue for many years. Although it is also a hot topic, it is not attractive enough." Feng Ziying encouraged the other party, "What else? In fact, Jun Yong can consider it from this perspective, such as The main flow of money allocated by the Imperial Household Department this year will be able to identify some problems."
Shen Zizheng's eyes lit up and he said urgently: "Are you talking about river engineering and water transportation? It seems that the imperial court had just allocated 800,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry. I heard Ruogu say that this should be the first time the river has been built since the 40th year of Yuanxi. Dredging and water transportation improvements have gained the largest amount of money..."
"Well, it's true. The Yellow River burst its banks last year and the year before last, which caused quite a shock. But fortunately, the court handled it in a timely manner, or God opened its eyes, and it did not cause a major disaster. However, the court has been aware of the potential crisis, so even if it happens again this year Even if it is difficult, river construction must be built first, and it is even ranked before the Ministry of War's expenditures on the three sides and Liaodong, which is enough to explain a lot."
Feng Ziying's words greatly excited Shen Zizheng. He also realized that this was very likely to be an upset. Now everyone is not talking about the speculation related to sea trade or commercial tax collection, or colonization and route opening, etc. etc., all in all, they are related to the opening of the sea, but no one thought that it would be river engineering and water transportation.
Thinking of this, Shen Zizheng couldn't help but rub his hands in excitement.
If you answer a big question correctly, it means that you can now prepare around this question, collect information from all aspects, and then understand the court's views and opinions on this aspect, and then prepare and discuss the language yourself.
It can be said that there is a huge gap between being prepared and not being prepared, and victory or defeat is often determined in these aspects.
"Yes, Ziying, you are right, the court's tendency in spending can best explain the problem. This cannot be false!" Shen Zizheng was beaming.
"Well, I see you are reading these issues of "Internal Reference", how do you feel?" Feng Ziying asked again with a smile.
This time Shen Zizheng didn't try to be brave anymore and shook his head honestly, "The content of these issues is very complicated. I have also read it. The coverage is too wide. I feel that they are all urgent and important. But obviously the question makers will not all We all came in, so I really don’t have much clue.”
"Well, it's really not easy to see just these few issues, so you have to read them in general in the past six months. You can make a mark like this, based on the last thirty issues of "Internal Reference", and put the related What aspects of content should we make a statistics on? If there are obviously more contents in one aspect than others, it means that the court should pay more attention to it, because in the selection of topics for "Internal Reference", apart from those that the Jinshi themselves are interested in, there are many To a large extent, they also need to figure out the thoughts of the six ministers and ministers, and of course they also need to combine some more forward-looking topics, so to a certain extent, they can represent some trends..."
Shen Zizheng suddenly realized that it turned out that he could also use this statistical comparison method to screen. This was much simpler. As long as he found the overlapping or dense points among them, it meant that the possibility of formulating questions would be much greater.
Seeing Shen Zizheng nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, Feng Ziying put down the "Internal Reference" in her hand, "Of course this is not absolute, I can only say that the probability is higher."
Shen Zizheng laughed, "That's natural, who can guarantee this? However, Ziying, I said you are right, so what do you think are the more likely aspects of Qiu Wei's political issues this time?"
"Well, I don't dare to say this, but didn't you just say it? It's important to spend so much money, and the possibility is naturally greater. In addition, I personally think you can read this article. Read it, it might make some sense."
Feng Ziying picked up another book of "Internal Reference" and turned to the article that was anonymous as usual, but she should have guessed that it might be the article "The Controversy Between the Southwestern Locals Intensifies" written by a certain official in the Chief Envoy Department of Sichuan or Guizhou.
Starting from this year, "Internal Reference" has been open to collecting articles from all Beijing, central and local officials, but it is still anonymous as usual. This has also aroused great interest from officials in various ministries and localities, some of whom like to express political opinions. Officials naturally had to submit articles, and they were all sent to the editorial office of the Hanlin Academy's "Internal Reference" via courier.
Shen Zizheng picked it up and looked at it curiously, then raised his head in confusion, "This one?"
"Well, I remember there was an article analyzing this aspect two months ago. Jun Yong can also find it and take a look. In addition, I remember there should be a similar article last year, so I think although in Qiu Wei It is unlikely that you will be able to get into this aspect in the high school entrance examination, because it is a bit too uncommon after all, but it is possible in the Spring Festival Competition."
Shen Zizheng couldn't believe what Feng Ziying said and immediately wrote it down in notes, although he didn't quite agree with the other person's point of view.
Outside the window, Shen Yixiu saw his brother and his fiancé talking for a long time. The two of them even talked more and more energetically. They almost forgot about other things and didn't ask the maid to bring tea. He couldn't help but shake his head.
He estimated that if he didn't interrupt them, he would have to continue like this, so he said loudly outside the window: "Jun Yong, guests are here, why don't you greet them to drink tea first?"
