MTL - A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination-Chapter 10 Imperial Examination

Xiao Jingduo naturally won't let Xiao Ying succeed, but Kaimeng really can't be delayed. Xiao Jingduo is very aware of the gap between reading and not reading. He has to find a way by himself to find a way out under Xiao Ying's blockade.

He thought for a moment, and finally set his eyes on Xiao Jinghu.

Xiao Jingduo paused for a while, then walked directly towards Xiao Jinghu: "Grandma is still inside, you are yelling in the yard, what is it like?"

"You control me, my grandmother let me play here!" Xiao Jinghu heard some rumors from Second Aunt Xiao, knowing that Xiao Jingduo's status is not as good as himself, so he is also bold When I got up, I was not afraid of this eldest brother.

Master, I made a special trip to discipline you!"

"You..." Xiao Jinghu was angry, he hated going to school the most, when he was in the village, he walked around the school, and now Xiao Jingduo actually said that the Master would teach him alone, which made the little overlord Xiao Jinghu Out of breath. He angrily ran over and pushed Xiao Jingduo, and then ran away.

Although Xiao Jinghu is small, he is very powerful. If a maid is pushed by him without any precautions, he will inevitably be pushed out of Ziqing, but Xiao Jingduo looks at the old god. Yes, unscathed. The maid couldn't understand what was going on, so she gave Xiao Jingduo a salute and was about to chase Xiao Jinghu, but when she was leaving, Xiao Jingduo called out: "Second brother is making a fuss, and he still has a wooden sword in his hand, if he accidentally hurts him When it comes to yourselves, you have to be blamed by your grandmother. In my opinion, you might as well take him to a wide place and let him make a lot of trouble himself."

Speaking, Xiao Jingduo pointed to an open space and gave advice to the maid: "I think that place is good."

The maid looked up and saw that it was surrounded by trees and there was an open space in the middle. It was indeed an excellent place to see children. The maid saluted Xiao Jingduo gratefully: "Xie Langjun for your guidance."

After Xiao Jingduo watched the maid go out, he smiled lightly, turned and walked into the room.

The old lady is doing accounting in the house. She is used to being the master of the house and giving orders. Aunt Xiao and Aunt Xiao will not have any objections, just kidding, only if the old lady is in charge, they can deduct money from their mother-in-law and then go to support their own small family.

Seeing Xiao Jingduo coming in, the dizzy old lady Xiao, surrounded by the ledger, waved to him: "Duoer, why are you here today?"

You must know that Xiao Jingduo spends most of the time in Qing Zeyuan and rarely comes to the old lady to walk around. Seeing Xiao Jingduo suddenly, Mrs. Xiao still felt unaccustomed.

Like a little tiger."

"Yes!" As soon as she mentioned her precious grandson, the old lady's face immediately opened with a smile. She subconsciously looked out and looked for Xiao Jinghu in the yard. Jumping, "Where's Hu'er? He was outside just now!"

Xiao Jingduo raised his hand and pointed to the back window: "Grandma, look, where is it."

"Didn't I let him play in the yard, why did he run so far!" The old lady shouted unhappily, "What's the matter with these maids, what are you doing with the tiger in the garden? I I can't see it, what if I bump into it!"

"Maybe it's to avoid disturbing you." Xiao Jingduo said lightly, then he frowned slightly, showing a hesitant look, "Grandmother, there is a sentence my grandson doesn't know whether to say or not. ."

"If you have something to say, be polite with your grandmother," said the old lady.

"I was just about to meet the second brother when I entered the door. I saw that his wooden sword was going to stab me several times, so I persuaded him, but the second brother not only did not listen, but also pushed I gave a hand. But when the maids around me persuaded, the second brother listened. Look, grandmother." Xiao Jingduo pointed to the rear window, and through the wide open window, he could just see a clearing surrounded by trees, "Second My brother has lost his sword now and is playing hide-and-seek with the maid."

The old lady watched Xiao Jinghu and the maid chasing and making trouble, and she raised her eyebrows unconsciously. Female elders have a peculiar desire to monopolize their own blood. This is true for their sons and grandsons. They hope that their children and grandchildren will be close to themselves and rely on themselves, but they do not want to see them close to other women.

The old lady never thought that everything she saw was done by Xiao Jingduo, and after Xiao Jingduo subtly reversed the cause and effect, the old lady presented a completely different result.

Xiao Jingduo continued to say: "The second brother is lively and clever, but after spending a long time in the inner house, I am afraid it is not appropriate. Especially when the second room is a female family, Yufang and Yuli are both counting on him to go out. Outside, he is surrounded by maids, and these female relatives are always there for him, and the grandson is worried that if things go on like this, they will soften the ears of the second brother, which will ruin his masculinity."

"You're right, I can't let these people harm my tiger again." The old lady nodded in agreement, racking her brains to find a solution, "Then what should I do? Find some male playmates for him to come back?"

"Grandmother, why did you forget." Xiao Jingduo saw that the old lady still hadn't mentioned the point, so he attacked from the side, "There are people of the same age in the school, wouldn't it be enough to let the second brother go to the school? Moreover, there is a master in the school, and the second brother will follow the master to read and break words, and he will be more motivated than being trapped at home."

"Yes, yes, I didn't think of it." The old lady muttered, even though her identity was turned upside down, but the old lady's thoughts could not change for a while, she subconsciously felt that her family was poor in the village Household, how can there be spare money for children to study. After Xiao Jingduo's reminder, the old lady realized that their family's status has changed from what it used to be, and it's just for grandchildren to study, how difficult it is.

However, just as the old lady made up her mind, Xiao Jingduo's next sentence made the old lady retreat. "Although the children in the school love to fight, the second brother is strong and strong, and he can't suffer even if he fights with others. Just be careful not to be targeted by a group of people."

"This..." The old lady was terrified, "They still fight?"

"Children, it's inevitable. Grandmother, you know, even in our village, seven or eight-year-old boys have to fight at every turn. There are adults watching, but the school masters can't take care of them. , there are so many men together, and it is normal to fight often."

"No." The old lady flatly refused, "We tigers are delicate, we can't even touch them, how can we put them there to be bullied by commoner children, it's inappropriate."

Not long ago, the Xiao family was a commoner, so soon they began to despise the children of commoners. Xiao Jingduo was ironic in his heart, but his face seemed to be persuaded by the old lady: "Grandmother is right, it is really inappropriate to let the second brother go to the school outside. I heard that high-ranking officials and noble families in Chang'an always invite learned masters. Come home and teach the family’s children and grandchildren alone, grandma, why don’t we invite a master for the second brother to come back?”

"How much does it cost!" When the old lady thought of this expense, she refused without thinking about it, but just now Xiao Jingduo said that this is the case in noble families, which made the old lady guilty Difficult, I don't know what to do.

Xiao Jingduo showed a puzzled look: "Does it cost a lot of money? I thought it was easy to read. I heard that there lived a desolate scholar in Tongshanfang two streets away from us. A few years ago, after the imperial court issued the official document for the scientific examination, he excitedly went to Beijing to take the examination, but before he passed the examination, war broke out. The previous dynasty was in a precarious situation, and naturally could not accommodate these examination students, so he stayed in Chang'an. , I heard that the current life is quite poor, and I can't eat enough. It is so difficult for scholars to make a living, I thought it was very cheap to hire a master. "

The founding emperor of the previous dynasty had a whimsical idea and set up the imperial examination. This system attracted a lot of attention as soon as it came out. The family resisted it, and the court officials scolded it. Later, the founding emperor died of illness, and the succeeding emperor Chen Wang was very ambitious. Afterwards, when the wars were everywhere, the country would not be able to keep it, and who still had the mind to take the examination for the officials, so the imperial examination disappeared like this, and the candidates who were rushing for the examination were also delayed.

For example, this scholar Chu Shuxin is one of the thousands of candidates who are delayed.

The old lady listened, her heart moved slightly, she asked: "Duoer, who is this scholar you are talking about? What is the situation in their family?"

"His name is Chu Shuxin. I heard that he almost passed the imperial examinations that year. Books can be replaced by family supplements, but in these troubled times, who else has the heart to buy books? So Chushu students can’t make a lot of money, and now they can only rent a house to live in.” After speaking, Xiao Jingduo still sighed, “It’s a pity, he has knowledge Good, good character, but life is so down."

The old lady thought of a brilliant idea, patted her knee in surprise, and said to Xiao Jingduo excitedly: "Duoer, how about inviting him to come to our house to teach Hu'er? Scholars can subsidize some households, and we tigers can study well without going to school to get angry, killing two birds with one stone, what do you think?"

Xiao Jingduo smiled, as if he had just come up with the idea: "Grandmother said so much, grandson is ashamed."

"This is a good way." The old lady muttered to herself, the more she thought about it, the more excited she became. She simply raised her voice and instructed the maid outside, "Quick, call me Hu'er back!"

When Xiao Jinghu came back, when he heard that the old lady asked him to study, and she really invited him to come back with a strict master, Xiao Jinghu gave Xiao Jingduo a hateful look, and immediately began to cry. : "I don't want to go, I don't want to go to the school! I want to play with the maid sister, I don't go to study!"

How did the old lady know that Xiao Jinghu's resistance to reading was all because he was threatened by Xiao Jingduo just now, and at this time the old lady was so angry that she stabbed Xiao Jinghu in the forehead: "This matter is settled like this, I will deal with it in a while. Send someone to invite the scholar from the Chu family to come over, take care of yourself and don't play with the maid every day."

"I'm not going!" Xiao Jinghu also became ruthless, rolling on the ground, crying at his throat.

"You..." The old lady was so enraged that Xiao Jingduo quickly leaned over to support her. When the old lady saw Xiao Jingduo, she felt a little more at ease: "This disobedient debt collector is really mad at me! If you are half as sensible as your eldest brother, that's enough."

Fortunately, the old lady didn't know that today's events were all done by her sensible eldest grandson. It was clearly Xiao Jingduo who instructed the maid to take Xiao Jinghu out, but he said that Xiao Jinghu was taken away because of the maid. He clearly frightened Xiao Jinghu in advance to make Xiao Jinghu resist like this, but now he can act as a persuader calmly.

Xiao Jinghu is annoyed when he hears Xiao Jingduo's name. Just now, Xiao Jingduo was threatening him outside to ask him to have a master. Now it's alright. Grandma actually listened. Xiao Jinghu trembled all over when he thought of the methods of the stern master in the village, he gave Xiao Jingduo an annoyed look, got up and ran away.

"Tiger!" The old lady shouted several times, but Xiao Jinghu didn't look back. The old lady was so angry that her heart was hurting, and the hand holding Xiao Jingduo was shaking. She looked back at Xiao Jingduo and suddenly had an idea: "Duo'er, you are the eldest brother, you should take more care of your younger brother. Otherwise, you can go with Hu'er. Going to the school? It won't take too much time for you, just watch him by the side and don't let him bump into it."

However, from an angle that others can't see, he smiled lightly.

Goal achieved.

Xiao Jingduo has thought many times why Xiao Ying dares to be so presumptuous. On the surface, this is because Zhao Xiulan is the only daughter, Zhao Langzhong has passed away, and there are no brothers in the family, so she is arbitrarily manipulated by Xiao Ying, and she is deprived of the position of the wife and dare not speak. But in the end, the root of all this is because Xiao Ying is an official, and the Zhao family is a citizen.

The poor do not fight against the rich, and the rich do not fight against the officials. This principle has been applied since ancient times.

If you want to be able to resist under Xiao Ying, even at the same height as him, you can only become an official.

Being an official now not only depends on the family, but also on the shadow of the ancestors. Grandfathers and uncles are officials in the court, so they can get their sons and nephews into the court. But the Xiao family is not an aristocratic family, and Xiao Jingduo doesn't want to rely on Xiao Ying, so he can only take another, more difficult path.

Although the imperial examinations of the previous dynasty were not held for a few years, it was an earth-shattering first for thousands of civilians. For thousands of years, officials have always been officials, and the ancestors of the people have been people for generations, and there is absolutely no possibility of exchanging identities. However, the whimsical method of the previous emperor opened a path to the sky for thousands of children of the poor family. Even if there is little hope, there is no one in a thousand miles, but there is finally a chance to change the fate.

Now the throne has changed and a new dynasty has renamed the land. Although the imperial examination system has not yet been mentioned, Xiao Jingduo has an almost certain intuition that the new royal family, who is beautiful and skilled in battle, will not abandon the imperial examination road.

The power of the aristocratic family is really too great. For hundreds of years, it has been firmly occupying a high position. While grabbing power and wealth unscrupulously, it does not allow others to climb up. The aristocratic family has single-handedly implemented the selection system of assigning official positions according to rank, which is undoubtedly a great disadvantage to the poor. The commoners have almost no chance to change their fate. Except for speculation in troubled times, there is almost no possibility of becoming an official. This is a great danger to the country and society, and it is equally dangerous to the monarch.

That's why Xiao Jingduo dares to be sure that the imperial examination will be held again. And what he needs to do is to prepare in advance, read and write, and sign up when the course starts, and then enter the dynasty as an official. He played tricks to get the old lady to ask Chu Shuxin to teach in the house, just because he took a fancy to Chu Shuxin's status as a student. For this reason, Xiao Jingduo also deliberately provoked Xiao Jinghu, so that he could justifiably go to the audition.

Sometimes Xiao Jingduo himself thinks that he is a terrible person. His mother was dying several times. Although Xiao Ying was the mastermind, but the old lady was also an accomplice, he was able to sit with the old lady and maintain A close relationship. He knew that the old lady had guilt towards him, so he deliberately hanged her lukewarmly, making the old lady feel that if she worked harder, the estrangement in Xiao Jingduo's heart could be melted, and then he followed him continuously.

However, the strange thing is that he is willing to maintain a false appearance with the old lady who helped Zhou, but he is not willing to compromise with Xiao Ying at all. In fact, he doesn't need to be so troublesome. As long as he brings it up, someone will naturally arrange a master for him, and even arrange a future official position, provided that he bows his head and Xiao Ying is soft.

But Xiao Jingduo was unwilling.

So he can only do his best to achieve his goals with various sideways.

The road to the official career has just begun.

The author has something to say: Small Theater:

Old lady: These maids are really worrying, they know how to coax my grandson to play all day.

The Maid: ?

Old lady: What's more annoying is that I said Hu'er didn't listen. When they said Hu'er, they put down their wooden swords and followed them to play outside. Really **** me off!

The Maid: ? ? ?

The Maid: What happened?