"Let's go to the capital, your cultivation base is enough, but you just lack experience, just take this opportunity to go to the human world." Grandma Tiangu added:

"I discussed this matter with your father, and he agreed."

Going to the capital, Lina looked at the wooden box in her hand and found that she was not too resistant to such things.The first thing that came to her mind was No. [-], No. [-], and Daoist Jinlian.

At noon, the warm sunshine hung in the sky, and the Xu Mansion was filled with laughter and laughter.

Tables of banquets were set up in the compound, the tables on the left were members of the Xu clan, and the tables on the right were colleagues and old friends of Xu Pingzhi and Xu Qi'an.

The county magistrate of Changle County and the fast hands of the arresting squad were also among them, and of course, there was Lu Qing, the chief arrester of the government office.

It's a pity that Li Yuchun, Song Tingfeng and others were in Yunzhou and could not attend the banquet.

Xu Pingzhi brought Xu Qi'an to the table to toast. Xu Qi'an was just coping with the matter, but when he heard everyone congratulating and shouting at the Viscount, he suddenly fell in love with this feeling.

Arriving at the table of County Magistrate Zhu, the chubby county magistrate said with emotion: "I have a niece who is twenty-eight years old and quite handsome. She originally wanted to marry Ning Yan, but now it seems that it is not possible. gone."

Zhu County Magistrate's daughter is already married, otherwise she could barely match Xu Qi'an.The niece is not enough, the status is not enough.

Wang Butou smiled and continued: "Ning Yan is now a Viscount, and the only one who can match him is a lady from a wealthy family."

Everyone laughed.

Lu Qing, who was at the next table, heard it, feeling very uncomfortable and feeling melancholy.

Originally, in her capacity as chief arrester of the government office, it was more than enough to have a watchman.And it belongs to the same industry, which can be described as a match made in heaven.

But after Xu Qi'an was ennobled and joined the noble class, he definitely couldn't marry a female catcher as his main wife, because it was not in line with etiquette.

The banquet didn't dissipate until two o'clock in the afternoon (01:30 p.m.), Xu Qi'an and Xu Ershu were in charge of seeing off the guests, and my aunt directed the servants to clean up the mess.

At [-]:[-] pm, Xu Erlang returned with his servants and maid.

As expected of her own mother, the aunt ordered the cook to heat up a table of leftovers for Erlang.

"Erlang should take a good rest after eating, and tomorrow he has to get up early to go to the Gongyuan for the exam." The aunt was solicitous to bring food to her son.

It's not time for meal yet, but Xu Erlang has to get up early tomorrow, so he has to eat early and go to bed early. If he doesn't sleep well, it will affect tomorrow's exam.

Xu Qi'an sat drinking tea, and suddenly said: "Erlang, who will be tested?"

While eating, Xu Erlang briefly introduced: "Policy questions, scriptures, and poems."

After a pause, he said: "Since the first emperor, poetry was removed from the imperial examination. Until the 11th year of Yuanjing, Wang Zhenwen entered the cabinet. Under his promotion, poetry returned to the imperial examination."

During the 200 years of Confucian orthodoxy, the poetry circle has weakened, and it has reached the point where it has withdrawn from the imperial examination stage.

"If elder brother takes part in the imperial examination, among other things, at least he can revive the poetry world." Xu Erlang commented objectively. He took a sip of wine, turned to look at his father, and said quietly:

"Since the end of last year, elder brother has become famous in the poetry circle, and father has also gradually become famous."

Xu Lingyin was sitting on his lap, and Xu Pingzhi, who was teasing his daughter, was taken aback for a moment, then showed joy and laughed loudly:

"Actually, Da Lang himself is very talented, and he didn't cultivate it much as a father. Such a scholar just likes to make a big fuss. How can they praise me?"

The corner of Xu Xinian's mouth twitched: "Praise you for not being a son of man."

"???"

Xu Pingzhi slapped the table angrily: "It's unreasonable, why do they say that?"

Xu Erlang glanced at his elder brother, and laughed: "The more poems your elder brother writes, the more infamy you will get, Dad, maybe you will be famous in history in the future."

That night, Xu Pingzhi was so worried that he couldn't sleep.

The aunt scolded: "You are not dead yet, you are thinking about your reputation hundreds of years later, and worrying about it."

"A woman's opinion." Xu Pingzhi snorted, worried: "Erlang has the resources to be the chief assistant, and Dalang will also leave a mark in Qing History in the future. When future generations evaluate them, they will always praise them. But when they come to me, only four One word: not a son of man."

The aunt murmured: "Well, at least it's the name of Qingshi. Let me tell you something. What will happen if Erlang is sent abroad in the future? Can you find a way to keep him in the capital?"

"Don't even think about it, he is a student of Yunlu Academy, and assignment abroad is inevitable. I hope it won't be too far away." Xu Pingzhi said helplessly.

The students of Yunlu Academy basically have no access to the power center of the capital's officialdom.Most of them will be distributed to various states and places, and even if they stay in the capital, they will only be minor officials.

"Why don't you talk to Ning Yan, he is a watchman and knows the princess, so there must be a solution." Auntie sat on the bed with her legs bent, in the candlelight, her brows slightly frowned.

"This is a matter of the Ministry of Officials. What does it have to do with the watchmen?" Xu Pingzhi lowered his voice:

"Civilian officials are the most hated by the watchmen to monitor all officials. Ning Yan will only backfire if he comes forward."

My aunt lay down on the bed, hugging the pillow, frowning.

"dong dong dong"

Xu Xinian, who was wearing white clothes and was about to fall asleep, heard a knock on the door and opened the door to see Xu Qi'an standing outside.

"Brother, why do you want me?"

Xu Qi'an looked at the handsome little brother with red lips and white teeth, and said with a grin, "Come here and guess the question."

ps: In the next chapter, I have to look up the information of Chunwei. Although I don't focus on describing the exam, I still have to know it well.

For the sake of my rigorous attitude, how about voting for a few monthly tickets? If it doesn’t work, I can show it to you.

Change first and then change, continue to code the next chapter, and then correct the typo later.

Chapter 32 Two Poems

"Guess the question?"

Xu Erlang asked back in confusion, but he was very smart and immediately understood what Xu Qi'an meant.

Unhurriedly pouring a cup of hot water for the eldest brother, and putting on a coat for himself, Xu Xinian sat on the chair and said, "No need, several great scholars in the academy have already helped us to bet on the questions."

After the establishment of the Guozijian, the thoughts of the students were imprisoned in the Four Books and Five Classics, and they no longer had the spirit of their predecessors. One of the sequelae was the lack of poetry.

But there is also an advantage, that is, it is easier to bet.

The so-called betting on questions is actually the same operation as Xu Qi'an's teacher in his previous life tapping the blackboard to draw key points. Due to the limited scope and answering methods, the imperial examination papers can be "predicted" to a certain extent.

In addition to betting questions, there are also show operations to buy questions.

And the more coquettish operation than buying questions is "default".

The so-called internal appointment, this type of people can pass the test smoothly and become a tribute even if they write nonsense.

The specific operation is to bribe the examiner, and discuss in advance how to match the "password", such as "old" at the end of the first line, "iron" at the end of the second line, and "666" at the end of the fourth, fifth and sixth lines.

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