Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 620
Not long after Jia Zhu's funeral, the Empress Dowager drove west of Hexi. The whole Jia's mansion was gloomy. It was another national funeral and Jia Zhu's funeral, and the atmosphere was indescribably solemn.

As mentioned earlier, in the first month of this year, the entire capital was deserted, but the empress dowager's national funeral did not affect the scientific examination. In February of the new year (the examination during the Kangxi period was still held in cold February , in the reign of Qianlong, it is said that because too many students were frozen to death over the years, Lord Qianlong couldn't bear it, and this would waste the talents of the country in vain, so he changed the time of the exam to March.) Still take the exam as usual .The general examination is a prelude to the examination of Jinshi.

The general examination process is similar to that of the rural examination, but after the general examination is over, the famous ones on the list are called Gongshi. If you pass the examination, you need to take a re-examination in the Baohe Hall in the palace. Hand it in, and a special person will check your handwriting on this paper and see if there are any taboo characters. These are all fine. It will not be until April 21 that you will officially take the imperial examination in the Palace of Preservation and Harmony. This is the imperial examination. last pass.

In fact, this year, apart from Xue Hong, who had already made a name for himself, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, and Qin Zhong who had just passed the exam the previous year were all qualified to participate in the general examination.

And because of Jia Zhu's death, Jia Baoyu cried every day until his eyes looked like walnuts. Although the two brothers were not very close on weekdays, they were still siblings. Jia Zhu died like this. How can Baoyu not feel uncomfortable?So he didn't have the courage to take the exam. After he told his parents, his parents also forgive him.Baoyu has also been sick several times because of this. It will be cold and they will stay in that room for nine days. If even Baoyu gets sick from the cold, what will happen? Who can their second room rely on?

As for Jia Lian, he was not so sad that he was sick like Baoyu.He knew what kind of weight he was, and the ranking in this exam was very low, and he was at the bottom. At this time, it is impossible to win the national examination.So he also did not take this subject.

So when it came to the test, Xue Hong and Qin Zhong were two companions.Before the exam, Xue Hongyue and Qin Zhong stayed at his house, and when the time came, it was a good idea to go to the Gongyuan.

In the past few years, because Chan'er (Zhier'er was renamed Chan'er after being rescued) worked as a maid beside Lin Daiyu, and Lin Daiyu had a marriage contract with Xue Hong. Those brought to Chan'er, or Chan'er's made shoes and socks, fan covers, purses, etc. should be handed over to Qin Zhong. The exchange of these things is much cheaper, and the relationship between Qin Zhong and Xue Hong is also natural. I got close.

On this day, all the young masters came to Xue's mansion to encourage two friends who were about to take the final exam of the imperial examination, because they were thinking that these two people would go to the exam in a few days, and they used tea instead of wine, and said a lot to encourage them to forge ahead if.While talking about the topic, we talked about Jia Zhu who died young.

Jia Baoyu didn't come that day, only Jia Lian took him to express his feelings to everyone, and everyone forgave Baoyu, but hoped that Baoyu could get out of grief soon.

Xue Pan sighed and said: "Brother Zhu's temper was indeed a bit weird when he was alive, but he is our cousin after all, and we grew up together. Let alone Baoyu, even the Xue family members are in pain. tight."

Xue Hong also said: "No, he is too young, he just left his wife and children behind like this, he is really not a responsible husband and father. But what can be done? Sometimes when people become obsessed, no one will It can't be saved."

Feng Ziying and Jia Lian were the first to befriend Jia Zhu. They had seen Jia Zhu when he was high-spirited, and also when Jia Zhu's name fell to Sun Shan, and his feelings were so deep that they could hardly bear to mention him again.

Feng Ziying said: "What are we here for today? Why are we bringing this up again? Let's not go on like this anymore. People who die can't be brought back to life. The living still have our own things to do."

Li Shaoyou said: "That's right, now that the country is employing people, it's time for us people to think about how to become an official."

Xue Biao and Xue Pan had no interest in being an official, and it was inconvenient for the two of them to participate in this topic, but they also knew that these people would inevitably talk about it when they got together, so they smiled and said they still had something to do, and went to work separately.Only Li Shaoyou, Feng Ziying, Jia Lian, Qin Zhong and Xue Hong were left at the banquet.

Xue Hong smiled and said: "Those of us here are actually qualified to be officials. What are your plans?"

Li Shaoyou frowned: "When I talk about this, I... Hey... I think that Li Shaoyou has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he was admitted as a martial arts scholar. In the end, he just entered the palace and became a third-class guard. Now that XZ is not peaceful, I What I want is to serve in the army and make meritorious deeds. With military merit, I won’t have to worry about being unable to stand firm in the court. It’s a pity that I don’t have this opportunity.”

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Why XZ is not peaceful, I guess this battle should be over. The leader of the Zhungeer tribe, Cewang Allah Butan, went to fight XZ, not because XZ's remaining forces fully supported his late uncle Is it Gerdan? He has already become Zhungar Khan, and the neighbors are still thinking about his dead uncle every day, holding back to get him down, and supporting his uncle's son as a profuse sweat. He disagrees. That's why they sent troops to kill XZ Khan. Allah Butan also knew that it was wrong to do so. Didn't he also send someone to submit to the Shangshu to admit his mistake? What else can be fought? If I ask you, there is no such thing What, after being a bodyguard for a few years, with your martial arts, sooner or later you will be reused by the court, it's just a matter of time."

After Feng Ziying finished speaking, everyone was silent, all of them frowned and remained silent, Xue Hong even laughed lightly.

Xue Hong smiled, and Qin Zhong also laughed, and said: "Brother Ziying, you have been serving as the emperor's bodyguard in the palace with Brother Shaoyou for the past few years. You are too comfortable, and your sensitivity to war has also dropped. Bar?"

Qin Zhong was usually shy and didn't talk much, but once he opened his mouth, what he said was reasonable. Besides, Feng Ziying had noticed everyone's reaction just now, so he had to ask: "Could it be? Whale, do you have another opinion?"

Li Shaoyou rolled his eyes: "It's natural to have a different opinion, right? You are the only one who believes that the people from the Zhungeer Department will sincerely apologize, right?"

After Li Shaoyou said this, the smile on Feng Ziying's face also disappeared, yes, why didn't I think that Zhungeer has always been eyeing the Qing Dynasty?

(End of this chapter)