He Qi greeted him warmly, and after chatting with the steward for a while, he took a pot of wine and said to him: "A little old wine is not respectful."
The steward glanced at He Qi, nodded calmly, and left.
Zhang Yue saw that He Qi calmly dealt with the steward, and he was a little impressed. Without the steward watching around, he felt much more comfortable copying books there.
He Qi walked up to Zhang Yue and said, "What did Sanlang copy?"
“I am writing a historical policy, so I borrowed historical books to take a look.”
He Qi heard the words and said: "Historical policies? How can you write some historical policies in the classics? They were just tested during the imperial examination. I know, it must be what Li Xuezheng of the state school asked you to submit."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother He is really powerful. That's why. Brother He is one of the best people in the Jinshi Zhai. He also asked me for advice on historical policy. I am very grateful."
He Qi laughed loudly when he heard this.
Zhang Yue said: "Brother He, why are you laughing?"
He Qi smiled and said: "Sanlang, how dare I laugh at you? It's just that you didn't understand what Li Xuezheng meant!"
“Oh? Brother He, please give me some advice?”
He Qidao: "You Jingsheng usually don't examine historical policies, but Li Xuezheng suddenly wants to use them. It can be seen that these three historical policies are just starting from the beginning."
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "I don't understand. Please ask Brother He to give me some pointers."
He Qidao: "Who told you that Sanlang and I fell in love at first sight? Whether the three historical policies are written well or not does not depend on you, Sanlang, but on Li Xuezheng. Li Xuezheng's connections are important, but Sanlang is going in the opposite direction here by looking through historical records.
Even if you can write something as magnificent as "On the Passage of the Qin Dynasty" or "Ode to the Three Capitals", I won't need you."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue nodded and said with a look of admiration: "Brother He is right, I will teach you."
He Qi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You and I are classmates, so that doesn't matter. If Sanlang doesn't have connections, I can recommend him here."
“Then I really want to thank Brother He.”
He Qishuo felt that he had changed a young man's outlook on life, but when he turned around, he saw that Zhang Yue was still copying.
He Qi was slightly startled, his eyes rolled around, and then he laughed. This guy is quite stubborn.
After He Qi went upstairs to get the book, he picked up the book and copied it. He looked even more serious than Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue knew a little about He Qi, who had a bad reputation in the county school. He was the one who was behind the competition between the county school He Da and Huang Qi for the first place in Jinshi.
So that in the end, both of them were angrily rebuked by Hu Xuezheng and refused to be recommended to the state. But this man used some means to get to the top of the throne naturally. What's more, this man is a brother of He Da.
For such a villain, Zhang Yue was of course determined...not to offend him.
All in all, everything you say is right!
The two of them had been copying books together for more than three hours, but the steward didn't even come in to ask. Zhang Yue couldn't help but think that He Qi was still capable.
Looking at the thick stacks of paper copied by the other party, Zhang Yue also admired him. In any case, there was no doubt about this person's attitude towards reading. During the period, the two of them ate some cakes when they were hungry and drank some water when they were thirsty.
He never left his chair.
Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
However, this person frequently stood up and looked out the window, not knowing what he was looking at.
But the man returned to the desk and asked Zhang Yue: "Has Sanlang ever been married?"
Zhang Yue smiled sheepishly: "That's not true."
“Have you ever thought about what kind of family you want to marry?”
“I haven’t thought of this yet, what about you, brother?”
He Qi thought for a while and said, "I have thought about it. I still like women who can read and read well."
Zhang Yue said: "Brother He, don't you hear that it is virtue for a woman to have no talent?"
He Qi sneered and said: "Sanlang is the idea of a foolish man and a foolish woman. He is greedy that such a woman is easy to control and can be manipulated by others. But nowadays, there are no women from official families who are not educated and sensible, and often have ten times more knowledge than men.
, even Jinshi can be passed."
“Isn’t it a beautiful thing to marry such a beautiful woman and go home, to study at night with the fragrance in your red sleeves?”
Zhang Yue sighed: "Brother He is really insightful, and what you say makes perfect sense. In the future, I will marry a woman who is educated and sensible. But I come from a poor family, so I don't want to think of a woman from an official family."
Yes, but in the future it would be nice if I could marry a wife who knows a few words and help her husband and raise children."
He Qi sneered in his heart, "You are quite self-aware."
However, He Qiqi said on his face: "Hey, Sanlang must not say that. You are recommended by the county to the state. If you enter the Imperial College and become a prison student, you will have a good marriage in the future."
Zhang Yue said: "I don't dare to hope."
He Qi said again: "Yes, Sanlang hasn't said yet what kind of woman you want to marry?"
Zhang Yue said: “I have no plan.”
He Qi asked: "As the saying goes, if you are young, you will admire your parents; if you are a lustful person, you will admire Shao Ai. Sanlang, have you really not planned anything important in your life?"
Zhang Yue said seriously: "I have planned this, but I think about it carefully. Every woman has her own advantages. How can I generalize it? The most important thing is that I am a versatile person! So I didn't plan it."
He Qi’s smile froze on his face when he heard this. I just said so much, it turned out that I was playing the piano to a cow.
But He Qi thought for a moment and said with a smile: "My aunt Shen, Mrs. Shen, has a very wide network of contacts in the city. She knows exactly which girl is waiting for a bride. How about I ask her to help me find a few to introduce to Saburo?"
"
Zhang Yuelian said: "Brother He, this is impossible."
He Qi pretended to be angry and said: "Sanlang, do you consider me a friend? Are you not even willing to accept this?"
Zhang Yue had no choice but to say: "Then it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
He Qi smiled and said: "Sanlang, can you tell me truthfully what kind of woman you like?"
Zhang Yue said: "Brother He, didn't I tell you that I am versatile!"
“What about those who have been married?”
Zhang Yue said with a leisurely and yearning look: "I am in the same boat as Cao Mengde!"
He Qi’s smile froze on his face again and he thought to himself, it’s not like this guy has no knowledge at all. He tidied up and said, “The manager will be here later, we might as well leave first.”
Zhang Yue suddenly realized: "That's right, the manager only wants me to be here for three hours."
As he spoke, Zhang Yue hurriedly cleaned up his desk.
He Qi glanced at Zhang Yue and shook his head.
After the two of them left, the steward walked out of a dark room with a few pieces of paper in his hand.
At night.
The steward handed these pieces of paper to Wu Anshi.
At this moment, Wu Anshi was having dinner with Fan and Qi Niang.
A dozen maids on the left and right stood waiting.
Three generations of officials in the Wu family have their own rules: they do not talk or eat when they sleep. The maids on the side also dare not make a sound.
Therefore, the family dining room is extremely quiet except for the sound of clinking porcelain bowls.
After leaving the table and having tea, Wu Anshi handed over a few pieces of paper from the steward, read them, and said with a smile: "What a Zhang Sanlang, he is actually a person who pretends to be stupid and stupid, interesting, interesting!"
“What’s wrong?” Fan asked.
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "I ordered the steward to hide in the dark room and record the words and deeds of the two of them. Take a look..."
Mrs. Fan sneered and said: "As half the head of the Wu family, you actually do such things as cocks crowing and dogs robber. Look at it, Seventeenth Mother."
Seventeen Niang put down the tea cup, took out the paper, and finished reading it in a short time.
When I saw Zhang Yue said that he was "versatile", I couldn't help but smile.
By the time she saw ‘Cao Mengde’, Seventeenth Mother couldn’t help laughing.
“What’s so funny?”
Fan also took it and looked at it, and then said: "I think He Qi's knowledge is better than that of Zhang Sanyi. Why do the officials say he is pretending to be stupid?"
Wu An's poem said: "Seventeenth sister always says that I am not good at studying. Although we, the officials' children, cannot endure hardship, we rarely have bad opinions about others."
Fan Shi said: "Are you really interested in recruiting these two people?"
Wu Anshi said: "Otherwise? How can anyone in my Wu family let anyone enter at will? These two people, one a scholar and the other a Jinshi, are both recommended by the state to enter the Imperial College this year."
"They all come from humble backgrounds and are helpless. They have a friendship with me as fellow villagers. If they are named on the spring examination list in the future, who else can they vote for if they don't vote for our Wu family? Now they have been admitted early.
If we wait until they become officials before recruiting them, it will appear that we are being snobbish."
“In other words, why do they come to borrow books from me when they go to the state to recommend candidates to the Imperial Academy?”
Fan said: "This is nothing more than He Qi, but Zhang San is a member of the Zhang family. Although they are from a distant clan, if they become successful in the future, they may not join our Wu family."
Wu An's poem said: "It has been ten years since Duke Xun (Zhang Dexiang) became prime minister. If the Zhang family no longer has a prime minister, sooner or later it will be like yesterday's flowers."
Fan said: "What do I think? You people from aristocratic families have so many calculations? We, the women of the Han family, are really not worthy of you."
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "Madam, Sima Xiangru and Chen Zi'ang, as soon as they came out of the sword gate, they showed their demeanor for one lifetime. Now, together with Lao Taishan, they are three. I married you because I was blessed through three lifetimes. How can you say that you are the third one?"
Born into a poor family."
Seventeen Niang said to Fan: "Brother means what he says now. Sister-in-law, why don't you just listen to it."
All three of them laughed.
Fan said: "I am a Taoist official who came back to my hometown to be lazy, but I have made so many outstanding disciples without studying. I will be a support to my family in the future."
Wu An wrote in a poem: "As we all know, Li Xuezheng in the state is now informed by his uncle. Now he wrote to me asking me if I have any potential candidates. What do you think I should do?"
Fan said: "That's it. I know why the two of them suddenly came to copy the book. This is the reason."
“Why don’t you get up early if you don’t have any profit?” Wu Anshi said with a smile.
Fan said: "I think these two people are talented, but they should also be virtuous, otherwise it will be bad to raise a few ungrateful people. Although He Qi is knowledgeable, I think he is a person with evil intentions.
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Wu An's poem said: "How can I say this? You can tell the virtuous and the unvirtuous at a glance. It can be said that it is a woman's opinion."
After being scolded, Fan was furious and said: "Seventeen, please tell me a reason."
Seventeen Niang thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law is right. If you can't tell the difference between virtuous and unvirtuous at the moment, why not try to find a way?"
“Oh? Seventeen sisters, do you have any clever ideas?” Wu An said in a poem.
Seventeen Niang nodded and said, "I do have a way."