Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

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"Baoyu, don't talk nonsense! Tsinghua Hall was set up by the Holy Majesty himself, and Prince An is protecting it. How dare you say it's not a good place!" Li Wan, the eldest sister-in-law, was smiling and listening to the excited discussions of the girls. Nonsense, startled, said.

"Sister-in-law, I'm not talking about it. The Tsinghua Hall wants to teach the sisters the tricks of the law, so it will pollute the innocent girls!" Baoyu said seriously.

All the girls thought that Baoyu was going to say something outrageous and immoral, but it turned out that it was just like this. They only thought that Baoyu had messed up again, so they didn't care much. They just laughed and went on talking about other things without mentioning them.

one time

"You said that the emperor really built a school for girls?" A farmer dressed in a coarse cloth bunt with a wrinkled face asked another peddler next to him who was carrying a pole of fruit.

"I don't think it's mysterious. It's true that the emperor wants to give himself a harem." The fruit grower said quite eloquently.

Next to him, a young man wearing a scarf and looking like a scholar chuckled slightly, and said, "This statement is wrong. The opening of Tsinghua Hall is due to the grace of the sage! The sage just disbanded a group of beautiful girls earlier. How can you do such absurd things now, I think His Majesty is just learning more words of saints for the women in this world!"

The two peddlers saw that although the young man looked like a scholar, he didn't look sour, they laughed and laughed, they said that what the scholar said was reasonable, and they praised the emperor.

A group of people here are talking loudly around the imperial list on the city wall, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, so that not even a mosquito can fly in outside. Eggs came from the West Market. Seeing the crowds here, I wanted to take a detour, but unexpectedly heard a few words in it. Although I was worried about the defense between men and women, I also thought of my father's death. Wanting to marry himself to that yellow-teethed, vulgar-spoken Zhou Dawang, he gritted his teeth and walked up to the scholar who had just spoken, and said, "Master, is Tsinghua Hall really recruiting female students? "

The scholar saw that although the peasant girl was dressed in coarse cloth, she was different from the general ones. She had an elegant temperament, and although she was timid, she was not shy, so she couldn't help but feel good about it, and said: "That's the case, this girl is going to take the exam. ?”

The girl nodded a little shyly, and said: "Dare to ask this gentleman, how much is this Tsinghua Hall?"

The scholar smiled when he heard the words, and thought that the girl's family must not be rich, and said: "The emperor's list said that Tsinghua Hall not only does not need to study, but also has a tael of silver per month, and there is no fee for applying for the exam. Please rest assured, girl."

The young girl saw that the scholar had a gentle tone and explained in detail. After all, she was a young girl waiting for a job. She was blessed by the scholar. She glanced at the scholar and walked quickly towards the west market. The aunt asked her to come out to sell eggs. If the sales are not good, you have to go back and get reprimanded!

Zheng Xie saw that although the girl was not running fast, but her pace was a bit fast, for some reason, she felt that she was running away. Thinking of this, Zheng Xie shook his head, and said, He went to the small courtyard where he lived temporarily. It has been more than a month since he came to the capital from Yangzhou to wait for the exam. Because of his eccentric personality, he didn't know many people, so he only rented a quiet small courtyard. There are stones and bamboo in the courtyard, which is quite satisfied.

Finally, on June [-]th, the admissions for the Tsinghua Hall of the Imperial College came under the eager anticipation of all the girls in the capital, and Liu Molin, the previous Tanhua, was the main examiner.

Since this recruitment is limited to the capital and those who have settled in the capital, and the concept of women in the Yongzheng Dynasty is still at the stage of husband and child, and women who have no talent are virtues, so the number of women who come to take the exam this time is only 100. There are many people, but what surprises Shui Zhan and Yucun is that there are as many as [-]% of the women from poor families in the recruitment. From this point of view, the Yongzheng Dynasty's concept of treating women is not as feudal as Yucun thought before. It seems that the difficulty of implementing other policies will be reduced a lot.

The topic of this exam was drafted by Yucun himself. The topic is similar to the imperial examination, except that the number of policy theories has been reduced, and a propositional poem has been added. There are three questions in total. The filial piety of joining the army, the patriotism of Zhaojun when he went out of the fortress, what should a daughter do today?The second title is about Lin Xiangru's return to Zhao after his completion; the third title is "Peach Blossom".

Because most of these women have never learned how to write stereotyped essays, the content of the exam does not limit the style of writing. They are only ordered to write in the style they like, which is similar to today's semi-propositional composition with no style restrictions.

This time, all girls participated in the recruitment, and the purpose of the exam was only for admission, so the exam was not as strict as the imperial examination. Each had a pigeon cage, but another big room was set up in the Imperial College. A desk, each examinee is three feet apart, there are three exams in total, two days in the morning and afternoon, and the exam results are announced at the gate of the Imperial College three days later.

On this day, the girls from Ningrong and Rongfu were pulled by three large carriages, and when they arrived at the gate of the Guozijian, there were long maids from the palace waiting at the gate. Mammy waited inside, checking the girls for cheat sheets.

After entering the examination room, I saw a large room with a big case on top and ten rows of small cases underneath. Ten big court ladies stood in each row of small cases and received their number plates. The girls walked to their desks and sat down one by one. After a while, the chief examiner Liu Molin entered the room and read out the rules and imperial edict of the examination room. Soon after the auspicious time came, Liu Molin announced the start of the exam.

one time

Because Shui Zhan is busy with government affairs, he can't leave the palace easily, but he often misses Yucun's home-cooked dishes. What is the Qianqing Palace?On this day, Shui Zhan pestered Yucun to cook him a full vegetarian banquet, so the meal time was late, and before he could move his chopsticks, the eunuch asked Liu Molin, editor of the Hanlin Academy, to see him at the door .

Hearing this, Shui Zhan only nodded his head to show that he understood, and did not let Liu Molin in.Yucun and Shui Zhan have been together for so many years, so they don't know what Shui Zhan is thinking, so they just told Su Peisheng: "Grandpa Su, order the imperial dining room to bring two more dishes, and another pair of bowls and chopsticks! Let Liu The editor came in and had dinner together."

Su Peisheng heard the words and replied: "How about adding sweet and sour fish and tofu soup?"

Yucun smiled and said kindly.

"It's such an hour, how can he, Liu Molin, not eat? It's unnecessary!" Shui Zhan said angrily, he just couldn't see Yucun being nice to others, and Zhen Yinglian was fine, she was the nominal daughter of Yucun, so he couldn't say anything more. If Yucun hadn't ordered two additional dishes from the imperial dining room, he would never have let Liu Molin serve at the dinner table!He and Yucun discussed for a long time to get this table dish.

Yucun smiled when he heard the words, and said: "There is no shortage of rice for that night in the Qianqing Palace!"

At this time, Liu Molin came in from the door and kowtowed to Shui Zhan and Yucun.

"Forget it, get up!" Shui Zhan ordered reluctantly under Yucun's eyes.

Liu Molin, who was also shot while lying down, only vaguely felt that the emperor was in a somewhat uneasy mood today. He got up from the ground and saw that the emperor and Prince An were eating, and knew that it was not the right time to come. Hungry, I cursed myself in my heart for forgetting the time, I would have just drank a bowl of wontons on the street before entering the palace!

It's all right if you're just hungry, but if you're too hungry, you'll protest. This doesn't mean "grunt—" Liu Molin's stomach growled!

Liu Molin's originally slightly delicate face instantly turned into Guan Gong's, blushing, and he quickly knelt down on the ground, pleading guilty: "Your Majesty atones!"

When Shui Zhan heard Liu Molin's hungry "grunt—" sound, the good mood that was interrupted came back again. It happened that the food from the imperial dining room was delivered at this time, and Shui Zhan ordered Su Peisheng to move a small table for him. Liu Molin settled down, and said: "Get up and sit down, it's a coincidence for you, let's have dinner together!"

Liu Molin is not hypocritical, Xie Xieen ate alone at the small table, thinking that the food in the imperial dining room in the palace tastes different, much better than the food in the tavern outside, but I don’t know why, I always feel that the emperor’s table The dishes are more fragrant than those at my own table.

Seeing this, Yucun gave Shui Zhan an angry look. Although it was said that it was the ancestral system for the monarch and his ministers to sit differently, it was not so strict after all. Shui Zhan, a narrow-minded person, refused to let Liu Molin sit at the table.

Seeing this, Shui Zhan raised his eyebrows, as if to say, I am narrow-minded, what can you do to me?

Here, Shui Zhan and Yu Cun are chatting with eye contact, while Liu Molin over there eats and eats without saying anything, he is a big man, a bowl of rice is not enough to fit his teeth, but he is embarrassed Ask the eunuch next to him to add more, until the two dishes are eaten clean, leaving only fish bones standing alone in the middle of the plate.

Seeing this, Shui Zhan smiled dumbly, and said, "Liu Aiqing, are you here today because of Tsinghua Hall's admissions?"

Liu Molin said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, yes, this recruitment was beyond my expectations. Among these women, there really are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, women who do not give way to men! I selected some outstanding papers from them and presented them to Your Majesty! "

Shui Zhan heard the words and said, "Oh~ bring it up and have a look!"

Hearing this, Liu Molin quickly handed over the paper to Su Peisheng for submission.

After taking the paper, Shui Zhan handed a few copies to Yucun.