The Chinese New Year is coming in a few days, but a piece of news is reported in Qinghe County. Wu Lao'er, a slave shop owner, and her former daughter-in-law, Ms. Cui, who later became a prostitute, are suing Qinghe County's old Qianpo Wang Po and Taohuage.
's boss.
They were accused of seducing women from good families into prostitution and ended up in tragic circumstances.
The county magistrate was furious and ordered someone to be interrogated. Wang Po confessed on the spot. The county magistrate ordered her to be imprisoned. Although the owner of Taohua Pavilion claimed that he had no knowledge, he was still imprisoned.
Don't think about having a good time this year.
certainly,
Before the peddler and his wife sued the court, Lin Yi visited Magistrate Liu's home and gave him a New Year gift. He casually told the rumors he had heard. The county magistrate looked at the several loads of gifts and naturally knew what was going on.
"The provincial examination will be held in the spring after the new year. Can Dongyang be sure?" County Magistrate Liu asked. After all, there is only Lin Yi as an examinee this year, and officials also have to take assessments. If culture and education are not good, he, as the county magistrate, is also responsible.
"Since the student failed the imperial examination last time, he has been studying hard at home for six years, and he still feels very promising." Lin Yi said.
County Magistrate Liu said in his heart,
Have you devoted yourself to studying for six years?
How come I heard that you have been a playboy and a prostitute in the past few years, hanging out in Goulan brothels every day? If you can pass the exam by studying like you, then the exam will be too easy.
"By the way, I heard rumors about you on the street. It's the story of your trip to Enzhou to perform three operas. It is said that your poetry and calligraphy are rare in the world. Can you let me see them today?" County Magistrate Liu
road.
In fact, he was just curious. He didn't really believe the rumors about how good Lin Yi's calligraphy was.
He is also a scholar,
I know how difficult calligraphy is to practice.
no talent,
Without guidance from famous teachers,
It is very difficult for everyone to practice calligraphy.
Lin Yi did not refuse, and the two went to the county magistrate's study. The servant helped spread the rice paper and grind the ink. Lin Yi thought for a while, picked up the pen and started writing.
"Although the divine tortoise has a long life, there is still a time when it will end. A snake rides on the mist, but in the end it will be ashes. The old man is helpless, but his ambition is thousands of miles."
Running script written by Lin Yi.
The calligraphy is smooth and elegant. After writing just one sentence, County Magistrate Liu was astonished. The more one immerses himself in this art, the more he can see the quality of Lin Yi's calligraphy. He has been studying for more than ten years and has been an official for more than ten years.
In 2000, calligraphy was also one of his hobbies. Naturally, you can tell at a glance how good Lin Yi's handwriting is.
It's like an ordinary person who has been eating for a lifetime. Although he is not a chef, he can still tell whether a dish is delicious.
"In the old age of the martyrs, their ambitions are endless. The period of growth and contraction is not only in heaven; the blessing of nourishing happiness can lead to eternal life. Fortunately, it is even better to sing to celebrate the ambition."
Lin Yi finished it in one go and it ended successfully.
"Good words, good words!"
Seeing Lin Yi stop writing, Magistrate Liu immediately shouted.
After Lin Yi retreated, Magistrate Liu quickly stepped forward and almost lay on it, reading word by word. The more he read, the more he liked it.
Suddenly thinking that the real owner was still here, he immediately stood up and looked at Lin Yi.
When he communicated with Lin Yi before, he had the attitude of a senior official looking superior to his juniors, but now the look in his eyes revealed love, admiration and excitement, but there was no trace of superiority at all.
"Dongyang, why don't you stay for dinner? Let's continue chatting. I'll tell you about my imperial examination, which may be of some help to you." County Magistrate Liu took Lin Yi's hand and said.
Before seeing Lin Yi's name, the county magistrate would never have had this idea.
Lin Yi actually wanted to know more about the imperial examination and officialdom, so he smiled and said, "Then I will be a troublemaker if I am a late student."
"It's my honor not to bother you, not to bother you. Regardless of how the imperial examination will go in the future, Dongyang's calligraphy will be famous all over the world in the future." County Magistrate Liu held Lin Yi's hand and did not let go for a long time.
The two continued to chat,
calligraphy,
imperial examination,
Even officialdom,
The provincial examination is very important, because once you pass the examination, it is equivalent to becoming an official directly. After all, the palace examination does not recruit candidates, so the emperor attaches great importance to it and will send six ministers, Hanlin bachelors and other ministers to supervise the examination, so it is also important to understand the situation of the examiners.
Magistrate Liu once again told about his exams that year, how he was in the provincial and palace exams. He only got a third-class imperial examination, and his ability to be a magistrate and minister in this life was already the limit.
Lin Yi benefited a lot from chatting with Magistrate Liu. Before, things were only passed down by word of mouth through books and classmates. Now, listening to the stories of people who have experienced them, it feels different.
"By the way, Dongyang, do you know how to paint?" Magistrate Liu suddenly asked.
"I know some painting." Of course Lin Yi couldn't draw, but he knew that Magistrate Liu's question must have a profound meaning, so his mind raced, so he answered that he knew painting.
Magistrate Liu nodded and said with a smile: "It's good to know painting. If you really pass the exam, it will save you trouble. When the time comes, you will take the imperial examination, but you have to take the painting test. You also know that our officials love painting. I did that back then. Alas, no
said".
Lin Yi remembered that he had seen such a paragraph.
Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, loved painting. Because the questions for the palace examination were set by the emperor, sometimes there would be some content involving painting in the questions he asked. This was also his first initiative. The first one or two batches of Jinshi candidates were not used to it, and many of them could not write.
Good answers can only be reduced to poor quality.
Magistrate Liu could be one of the unlucky ones.
"By the way, you'd better know some music. It seems that the question of music appeared in the last exam." Magistrate Liu reminded again.
Lin Yi could only say that Song Huizong was really capable of twisting things.
Moreover, it is too trivial to deal with national affairs. If you don’t perish, who will perish? Li Yu in the Southern Dynasty, Zhao Ji in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix in history.
Say goodbye to the county magistrate and return home,
Lin Yi thought for a while in the study room and opened the system panel.
He felt that before the provincial examination, he should add two skills to himself. He clicked on the art package and ordered the purchase of two skills.
"Ding~ The player purchased the 'Chinese Painting' skill and spent 2 million taels."
"Ding~ The player spent 1.88 million taels to purchase the 'Chinese Musical Instrument' skill."
Expensive enough.
Two million taels is equivalent to 2 billion yuan.
But after Lin Yi saw it, he felt it was very worth it.
After acquiring the skills of traditional Chinese painting, Lin Yi immediately transformed into a master of traditional Chinese painting. Whether it was the techniques of fine brushwork, realism, freehand brushwork, or the subject matter of landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, he was masterful in every aspect.
As for Chinese musical instrument skills, whether it is blowing, playing, or percussion, Lin Yi is now versatile, and he also has the ability to write lyrics and compose music.
After passing the provincial examination and then the palace examination, these two skills will probably come into play.
The complaint occurred the next day.
Lin Yi ignored these and lived his own nourishing life every day.
He is very regular every day now.
Get up in the morning to practice martial arts, and practice breathing and exhalation at the same time. After breakfast, go back to the room and read a book. When you are tired, you will sit cross-legged and meditate to practice internal skills. In the evening, you will continue to practice martial arts.
Occasionally practicing calligraphy and painting, he now has the skills. He tried to draw a few paintings, using the four girls Golden Lotus and Anemone and Chunmei Xiuer as models. The paintings were very beautiful, and he also used a slightly three-dimensional visual method.
, making the characters more prominent, each of the women has their own exclusive paintings, which they cherish very much.
In the study, Jin Lian asked Lin Yi, "Master, when did you learn to draw? Why haven't I seen you draw before?"
Lin Yi smiled: "Your master is very talented, he can do it just by looking at it."
These words,
The woman really believed it.
"Jinlian, put on your gauze bellyband in a moment and draw you a beautiful picture of spring with red candles." Lin Yi said with a chuckle.
Pan Jinlian was shy, but she still obeyed.
After the painting was finished, I found that the person in the painting was three parts charming, three parts coquettish and three parts dignified.
"Sir, is this what the slave family is? I like it even after seeing it." Pan Jinlian looked at the painting and admired it.
Lin Yi chuckled and added a beauty filter. How could it not be beautiful?
Painting and music are just entertainment, Lin Yi's main occupation is reading.
Nowadays, there are many more books in Lin Yi's study than before. It is not easy to take the imperial examination. The Nine Classics, Five Classics, Three Histories, Three Rites, and Three Biography are just the introduction. You also need to read the annotations of various sages and the previous ones.
Articles about the imperial examinations, especially the examination questions for the reigning emperor and the examination papers for admission to Jinshi, are a must-read.
It also depends on the knowledge of farming and water conservancy, astronomy and geography, history and humanities, military arts and warfare, etc. Otherwise, when the time comes to make a policy and ask how to manage and deal with the Yellow River floods that seriously threaten the safety of Bianjing, you don’t know anything about how to answer.
.
Two days later,
Earl Ying and Xie Xi came to Lin Yi excitedly, "Sir, the owner of Taohua Pavilion is willing to sell."
Incidents of seducing girls into prostitution broke out.
Wang Po and the owner of Taohua Pavilion were arrested. The evidence was conclusive. The owner of Taohua Pavilion was worried about being sentenced and exiled, so he hurriedly found someone.
Naturally, you have to spend money on things.
And it can’t be small money.
In addition, I heard some gossip and knew that Taohua Pavilion could not be saved. I sent a message to my family in prison and took the initiative to contact Earl Ying and Xie Xida to sell Taohua Pavilion.
"How much does it cost?" Lin Yi asked.
"One hundred and fifty thousand guan."
The price quoted by the other party was similar to Lin Yi's analysis. Taohua Pavilion was indeed worth 150,000 yuan.
"Tell them, I'll take the hundred thousand guan." Lin Yi said.
the next day,
Earl Ying and Xie Xida brought the contract over. Lin Yi had another property in his hands and went to Taohua Pavilion in the evening.
Li Jiaoer was overjoyed when she found out that Taohua Pavilion was owned by Lin Daguan and would be managed by her from now on, and she did her best to serve him that night.
In the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve is coming.
Lin Yi bought a lot of fireworks before. On New Year's Eve, he took his daughters and servants to the open space outside the courtyard and set them off for a full hour, attracting many neighbors to come out to watch.
When people saw Lin Yi, they almost came up to greet him.
Now his identity is not only a Lin official, but also a Lin Juren who passed the imperial examination.
Just after the third day of junior high school, Lin Yi made preparations for him to leave for Jeju to participate in this year's Spring Provincial Examination.
The family gets busy.
"Sir, isn't the exam in mid-February? There's still more than a month left, why are you leaving so early?" Pan Jinlian asked while packing her things.
"We need to gather in Jeju City first, and then set off to Bianjing together. It will take seven or eight days to go back and forth. When we arrive in Bianjing, we have to report and the literati have to meet and make friends. The time is not too abundant.
"
night,
Lin Yi favored two daughters, Golden Lotus and Anemone.
The next day,
Hit the road on horseback.
Without a book boy, those scholars in ancient times had poor living skills and needed someone to take care of them and carry their luggage, but Lin Yi didn't need to. Instead, he found it more convenient to be alone.
Qinghe is about three hundred miles from Jeju City, and Lin Yi arrived in two days.
Jeju, also known as Jinan City, found a high-end hotel to stay at on the shore of Daming Lake. Lin Yi never wronged himself in this regard, and then went to the transfer office to report.
The current rule is that the candidates who participate in the provincial examinations must report to the transfer office in their respective provincial capitals, and then the transfer office will send them to the capital to take the provincial exam. Not only does it send people away, but it also determines the authenticity of the candidates and other matters.
To prevent someone from pretending to be someone else.
When reporting to the transfer office, Lin Yi met Shang Mian, who was the second placer in the last state examination. "Brother Shi Wen, we meet again."
Lin Yi smiled and said hello. This Shang Mian is in his forties this year, much older than Lin Yi. However, being over forty is not too old for the imperial examination. Thirty-year-old Ming Jing, fifty-year-old Jinshi, and seventy-year-old passed the exam.
There are all Jinshi scholars.
"Brother Dongyang, you are here too, come over and sign up together." Shang Mian smiled and pulled Lin Yi to chat.
Only after chatting did I know,
It turned out that he was quite late, and more than half of Enzhou undergraduate candidates had already arrived, and the two of them agreed to get together after registering.
Signing up is not complicated. You just need to hand in the documents to verify your identity, and get another document issued by the provincial government. When the time comes, just follow along and set off, and you will be escorted by officers and soldiers.
Next, of course, is meeting friends.
Needless to say, they exchanged drinks and sang songs. Naturally, most of the conversation during the dinner was about the imperial examination. On the contrary, there were not many arty poems and essays. After all, the imperial examination was about to take place.
After two days like this,
The team officially set off, with a total of hundreds of people. Lin Yi asked other people that the number of candidates who took the exam every year in the Song Dynasty was four or five thousand in the smallest year, seven or eight thousand in the most years, once every three years. At this time, the capital is the most lively.
.
After traveling by land for one day, he took a boat, and then passed through the Grand Canal in two days until he arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo. On the bow of the boat, Lin Yi looked at the big city in front of him, and his heart was full of passion.