Chapter 172: The Insider's Secret of the Academy Examination
Chapter 172 The inside story of the college examination is revealed
Zhang Sanye and Li Siye, the two giants in the slave world of the Li family, couldn't sleep after all the trouble, so they went to the concierge to have a drink and chat, waiting for dawn.
"What do you mean by three pillars?" Li Si asked.
Zhang San took a bite of dried meat and said proudly: "I have grown a lot these days as I have been running around here and there... In the words of the master, I have grown a lot."
"Bah!" Li Si spat: "Aside from the kindness of the master and the luck of shit, you got a flower-like concubine, I don't think you have any more brains."
Zhang San chuckled and said, "Listen to me. Speaking of the general trend of the world, there are divisions within the unity, and unity within the division. In this backyard of the master, today, the right location, people and people stand in perfect harmony."
"Ms. Liu is the head of the main house, the head of the backyard, and has the best family background. Although she has no children, she has no bad virtue. Her official position is from the Liu family, and her kindness cannot be broken. This can be compared to the timing of heaven."
"Aunt Jin contacted the eldest sister of the Li family next door. They are like sisters and can be regarded as living in the same house. This house is of the lowest origin and has difficulty in childbirth, but it has a good appearance, is good at catering, and has fun. At present, it is the most popular with the master. This can be compared with the geographical location.
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"Aunt Guan is the favorite of the great mistress and the great master. She is treated as a daughter. Now the Li family has settled on her. This can be compared to human harmony."
"In the end, as the saying goes, the right time is not as good as the right location, and the right location is not as good as the people." Zhang San shook his head and ended his argument.
"Then?" Li Si continued to ask: "What's the use of the long paragraphs you said?"
The question made Zhang San a little speechless, "This... seems useless. It doesn't matter which room you and I have anything to do with, we just listen to the master."
"So it's just empty talk. You'd better stop thinking so much and just eat wine!" Li Si said sarcastically.
When Guan Xiuxiu learned that she was diagnosed with pregnancy, her depressed mood was swept away. Suddenly, the sky became clear and the sea became clear. She was seen sitting firmly on the bedside, her face reddish, her mind wandering, her hands gently touching her belly, her eyes bright.
All kinds of joy are reflected in the candlelight.
The scene is beautiful, the people are beautiful, and the atmosphere is beautiful, but watching it for half an hour becomes a bit difficult.
It was already the middle of the night. Li You sat on the armchair and couldn't help but yawn. He stretched his stiff body and asked, "Sister Xiu, do you want to rest?"
Guan Xiuxiu nodded obediently and lay down with her clothes on.
There was nothing to say all night, but on the second day the news spread. The house was full of women, from Madam Liu to the servants and maids. They all gathered in Aunt Guan's room to congratulate her. After all, this would be the master's first child (only Li You himself knew that this should be the case).
It was the second one). Even Li’s mother, Mrs. Zhu, rushed back from her brother’s house.
Mei Zhi touched his belly secretly and sighed, why is his belly not as useful as others'.
She saw Madam Liu sitting next to Aunt Guan, writing congratulations, and suddenly an idea came to her mind. If Guan Xiuxiu gave birth to a son, should she persuade Madam Liu to take him back to the big house to raise him? She immediately suppressed this idea.
If you go on, you must be a human being without conscience, you will be punished.
Li You found it too noisy, so he went to the front to make arrangements for the move. In fact, what he needed to do most was just borrow a boat. For this matter, there were servants running errands with name cards.
There is no shortage of manpower to move this time. The Liu family of the in-law family has been neglected a lot since Lao Taishan became a monk. Some servants have switched to work here. The mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, did not object, and the wealth will not go to outsiders. As for Li Youlai
Said, these people are more reliable than those bought from outside.
Due to the fierce fight with Sister Li Mei last night, Mr. Li really had no interest in this aspect today, so he stayed at Mrs. Liu's place in the eldest room with no desire.
Lady Liu wrote a few words to her husband, "I am afraid of leaving my hometown..."
Li You couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. This was too exaggerated. It was just a move from the county seat to the capital. Is it really necessary to describe it as leaving home? It was written as if it was going to the ends of the world.
Mrs. Liu wrote some more words, "I can't bear to leave my parents-in-law, my parents, my uncles and aunts, my best friends..."
Li You was stunned. He had somewhat ignored the idea that one's hometown is hard to leave in this era. A place other than one's hometown would make people feel a little lonely no matter how prosperous it is. Then he comforted him with a gentle word: "It doesn't matter, the house here is here, and it will stay."
The servants will keep an eye on the cleaning. The city over there is not far away, and you can return to Xujiang anytime you want. Besides, one day when my husband stops serving as an official, we have to come back together."
After two days of this, the three wives and concubines of the Li family, as well as the male and female servants and maids, a total of more than 20 people, took with them some fine clothing and some boxes and cages, and set out on the fourth watch, taking six ships of various colors to go to the city.
Unfortunately, we encountered another waterway blockage at Changmen. There are eight traditional gates in Suzhou City, and currently six are open. The others are okay. They only connect to the canal. The Changmen in the direction of Huqiu is often blocked. Regarding this, Qipin Master also said
I lost my temper and didn't enter my new home until the sun set in the afternoon.
Everyone was looking for their own rooms, and everyone was settling into their own homes. For a while, the whole house was extremely busy. Mr. Li sat down happily in the main room to drink tea, and by the way, he admired the paintings and couplets hanging on the wall. They were painted by Yang Congjian, a famous contemporary artist, and they cost eighty taels of silver.
After drinking tea, Li You thought, it's time to go have a drink with Mr. Huang. The day after tomorrow is the re-examination of the college, don't let Chen Xundao accidentally hit him and ruin this important event.
However, when Cao Cao arrived, he saw Zhang San leading Master Huang in.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. Mr. Li is still as charming as ever. How are you doing?" Mr. Huang bowed his hands in greeting.
Hearing his strange tone, Li You secretly laughed. He didn't say anything that night. It was Mr. Huang, and Huang Juren made a grand gesture as if he didn't want any money. He bowed several times, but now he can't stand it anymore. Who's to blame?
He returned the courtesy and said, "Mr. Sir, I am here to visit you. I am not welcoming you from afar, and I am disrespectful and disrespectful."
Master Huang had doubts in his mind and was impatient to talk nonsense with Li You, so he asked directly: "How did you get in touch with the Grand Master? As far as I know, you two have nothing to do with each other."
When Li You was in Xujiang, he already knew that the five people he arranged, including his nephew and grandson, were all Chinese, and he also understood that Master Huang would definitely ask about the situation. He had never wanted to hide it from Master Huang and Chen Xundao from the beginning
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"Actually, I was lucky because Mr. Cui came forward to do it right." Li You wrote lightly.
Master Huang's first reaction was, doesn't Cui Jiansheng have a grudge against you? But he is also sophisticated, and after thinking about it for a while, he roughly figured it out. Maybe Cui Jiansheng asked Li You for something.
The key point is that Cui Jiansheng is just a temporary academic official hired by the boss of the Tixueguan. He can leave after a year at most. What ability can he have to convince the Tixueguan to list five people in one go? Also
, the academic officer was locked up in the Gongyuan, how did he communicate with the inside and outside in full view of the public?
Li You was incomprehensible and said: "Actually, it was not Cui Jiansheng who begged me, but the Grand Master who begged me. This, haha, is not enough for outsiders."
Mr. Huang snorted coldly, "Chen Xundao will preside over the re-examination in the future. Do you think Chen Xundao will ask you for help?"
"It's just a joke. Please listen to me, old man, and tell me in detail. After the Grand Master completes his term of study, that is, he will take the Jiangnan Provincial Examination in August and become an official. Therefore, the mere name will be useless from now on; so,
I just wanted to get some benefits; however, Shi Shenzheng has a reputation of being too upright, so he was a little worried about this. So, Mr. Cui found me to take care of my worries."
Master Huang was suddenly enlightened and suddenly slapped the table and said: "That's it!"
At this point, many days of doubts have been cleared away, and he has finally figured out the key point - the Xuetai boss is about to retire, intending to make some money in his last appointment, but Shi Shenzheng suddenly appeared for the supervisory examination, and still
The general is about to take the rural examination.
Having such a high-ranking official who has always been upright is responsible for invigilating the exams, grinding the test papers and re-exams, which makes it very difficult for the elders of Xuetai. They are afraid that mistakes will be discovered, for example, those who were paid to be admitted will not be good enough during the re-examination and will be brushed off.
Then somehow the master of Xuetai got in touch with Master Li... As for the details that followed, Mr. Huang felt that it didn't matter whether he knew about it or not. If Li You couldn't even figure out this trick, then he was not Li You.
To put it in detail, Cui Jiansheng, who was a subordinate, was actually eager to perform meritorious services. He was aware of the Xuetai boss's thoughts and took the initiative to act as a middleman to collude with Li You while he was outside (his mission was to solicit business outside).
At that time, Li Tuiguan had just been slapped in the face by Shi Dacan, and he was exempted from the promotion officer job. Cui Jiansheng heard about this, and he also had a deep understanding of Li You's broad-mindedness, loyalty and honesty, and then came out.
Because of their trust in Mr. Li's ability, they approached Li You to conspire.
Why did Cui Jiansheng dare to come after being punished twice by Mr. Li? Are you not afraid that Mr. Li has old grudges in his heart?
First of all, he thought that Li You defeated him twice. As a winner, there is no reason to hate a loser?
Secondly, the first time was that there was no fight or acquaintance, so there was not much hatred; the second time, it was each his own, there was no personal grudge involved, and he didn't do anything to offend anyone.
Thirdly, the interests were aligned this time, and everyone disliked Shi Shenzheng. Li You was so nervous that he left Shi Shenzheng alone and targeted Mr. Cui, a harmless person like him.
On the other hand, doesn't Cui Jiansheng hate Li You? It can only be said that the poor supervisor who is still looking for a job is very self-aware. He really has no right to hate Mr. Li who has climbed to the seventh level of real power.
This is also the tragedy of a small person who is aspiring to make progress. Even if he is insulted, he still has to laugh. Just like when Li You, a small government official, was beaten fifteen times by Chen Zhixian, he still had to ask the big boss to do well. At that time, he had the right to hate
Is Chen Zhixian?
Regardless of gossip, Mr. Cui's proactive overture was as good as a big pie falling from the sky to Mr. Li. In the end, the Xuetai boss promised that as long as Li You could drive Shi Shenzheng out of the examination room,
This department can specially admit five places for him. If Shi Shenzheng can be kicked out of the provincial examination venue in the future, the benefits will be calculated separately.
As for the secret communication between inside and outside Gongyuan... Don't forget that Li You's father led a group of Xujiang County handymen and was sent to serve in Gongyuan.
Therefore, Mr. Li's stomping on Shi Shenzheng's face to the ground was not entirely a way to vent his personal anger. In other words, he took both public and private considerations into account, so why not do it.
After telling Mr. Huang the inside story, Li You begged Master Huang: "This matter is a very important secret. I dare not disclose it lightly. I have kept it secret for a long time. I also ask Mr. Huang and Chen Xundao for their understanding. I did not do it behind their backs. I will show off in the re-examination in the future."
Don’t be too harsh on the investigation, just relax a little. Those people are not completely unlearned, so you can rest assured.”
"Where are you..." Mr. Huang sighed and left.
When Mr. Huang reported back to Chen Xundao, Mr. Chen could only hear Mr. Chen say sadly: "Li Tuiguan is really hard-wired. He is very good at taking advantage of situations. He often takes risks and makes trouble. I asked him to study more but he didn't. He still has to think about it."
There is a way to force him to study and cultivate his character."
Master Huang thought, this is nature, and it may not be useful if you read the saint's classics badly, but it would be good if you can sharpen it a little.
