"I can't believe that we are sitting on the carriage on the way back!" Until he walked out of Luo'an Fucheng, Anyu was still a little unbelievable, feeling that happiness came so suddenly!
"Then you would never have imagined that I am going to take part in this provincial examination!" Sheng Yuan held her chin and plucked the tassel of her knife in boredom.
"Ah?!" Anyu really didn't know about this matter.
"I-I mean, Brother Sheng and I... do we need to participate?"
Sheng Yuan glanced at the young gentleman who spoke insincerely: "It depends on what you think."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether I take the exam or not, the important thing is to participate. After all, after returning to Beijing, I may have to start preparing to enter the military camp." Lu Sheng was silent for a while, and then spoke? !
"Ah?!" An Yu was shocked again.
He looked at Sheng Yuan on the left and Lu Sheng on the right in confusion: "No, have you two made an appointment? Each decision you made is more shocking than the last! Can't we tell you in advance?!"
"Isn't this what I said in advance?" Sheng Yuan raised her eyelids to look at him, and soon her attention returned to Daosui.
"That's what I said..." Anyu wanted to protest, but unfortunately, the wilted Shengyuan felt more terrifying than the lively Shengyuan.
"Then why don't I apply for the exam too!" An Yu scratched his head and raised his hand without confidence.
To be honest, Brother Xin has been studying for so long. Although his writing skills have improved sharply, his interest in taking exams has dropped off a cliff.
He had no intention of becoming an official. One of his best plans for his future was to live a leisurely life in the Hanlin Academy like Uncle Hou Sheng of Yongxing.
However, as a good friend, it is not impossible to accompany Sheng Yuan to the examination room for the provincial examination. This is the only time.
"However, I remember there is still a practical exam. How should we take it? Can... can we make up for it?!"
When the practical exam was mentioned, Sheng Yuan, who was originally listless, sat up straight: "I heard from my elder brother that the practical exam will be suspended indefinitely!"
"Pause?!" Anyu and Lu Sheng became more energetic instantly, and their curiosity gave them infinite strength. "What did you say?! Come on! Tell us!"
Sheng Yuan chuckled: "It is said that the husband who took the practical examination this time had a conflict with the local villagers. It seemed to be quite big and even alerted the garrison barracks. Hum, this is to restrict girls from taking the rural examination. The initiative was forced to stop because of the recklessness of those gentlemen. Tsk tsk, I have to say, it is quite ironic!"
"Okay, it's a good thing that the exam is suspended, but...Sister Yuan, don't you have more specific information?" Anyu felt that it was not satisfying to hear, and wished that Sheng Yuan could describe it in more detail.
"Oh, don't be anxious. Just listen and tell me slowly..." Sheng Yuan immediately recounted what her brother said vividly.
In fact, the thing is very simple. The local villagers are not willing to work hard and regard social studies as child care. The children who have no labor force are actively sent wherever they can. However, once they can help the family with some work, those children will be sent to the family in various ways. They are held back for this reason and are not allowed to go to social studies again.
According to the words of the village chief and Li Zheng there, social studies only need to retain qualified children. As for children without talent, rather than being unable to learn in the future, it is better to work hard, and there is no chance that they will become good farmers in the future. Even if you are sent out to learn a craft as an apprentice, it is still a craft after all. It's better than not being able to do anything in culture or martial arts in the future, but losing the ability to survive and affecting the family's farm work.
They do not support allowing all children to go to school, let alone allowing girls to go to social schools.
And the reasons for their opposition are simple, ignorant and ridiculous.
The reason is that they don’t want to train someone else’s daughter-in-law.
"Why don't those senior brothers be more ruthless?" Sheng Yuan felt that the way the reference students were just leading the team to bring those rural children back to the imperial court was too polite.
For the villagers who pretend to be ignorant, only by letting them suffer some hardships can they inspire their true simplicity.
"Maybe it's because the local wealthy gentry don't want to cooperate." Lu Sheng saw Anyu echoing Sheng Yuan all the time. At the end of the sentence, he actually wished he could use troops to encircle and suppress him. He suddenly
I had no choice but to ask the question from another angle.
"They? Do they have such courage?" Anyu curled his lips, "What's more, since the beginning of the imperial examination, the official position is no longer under their control!"
"It's not necessarily true." Sheng Yuan listened and agreed with Lu Sheng's statement.
"As my brother said, since the issue of land concealment has been heavily regulated, wealthy gentry from aristocratic families have become much more tactful in their treatment of fellow villagers. If they want to consolidate land use rights, the surroundings must be peaceful. But if all the men and women around are running away for scientific research , I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold on to that land securely.”
Sheng Yuan saw too many examples when she was studying with her brother and Mr. Jiang in Luo'an Prefecture.
Therefore, she knows very well what those wealthy gentry are!
In their view, as long as they can be prepared just in case, it doesn't matter even if what they do harms others and does not benefit themselves.
"What a pity! I have thought of so many ways to study before!" After Sheng Yuan and Anyu scolded those wealthy gentry for a while, they couldn't help but smacked their lips with regret, "If the three of us go there, we can definitely fill up the social studies students." !」
Sheng Yuan sighed, and Anyu immediately joined in and nodded as if something was wrong: "Encourage students to learn, encourage students to learn, the important thing is to persuade them! I thought of many ways to make them listen, but in the end it was useless. Sure enough, What a shame!"
Lu Sheng, who was watching the performance of these two people: "..."
He is often incompatible with these two friends because he is slightly normal.
"It is better to take fewer exams and take more exams. Such practical exams are just difficult questions for the girls who are in the test. They have no effect on the provincial exam results. Since someone has done something good to save us, we are just happy." Lu Sheng couldn't bear it in order to avoid it. , simply not letting Anyu and Shengyuan elaborate on their respective arrangements.
They didn't mention this anymore, but Cen Minzhou, the third assistant, roared at several direct grandchildren in the house.
"What did I tell you before I asked you to take the practical exam? Participation is important! Participation is important! Who told you to achieve good results?"
Cen Minzhou didn't expect that his worried little daughter would finally stop jumping in front of him, and the grandchildren in the house would surprise him again!
"You actually came up with the idea of taking away the villagers' children en masse!" Even sitting in the mansion, Cen Minzhou couldn't help but want to run away when he thought of the scene when he heard the news.
There were nine grandchildren in the family and five in total, but they were all wiped out!
The only one of his Cen family's children and grandchildren who can take part in the provincial examination is that unscrupulous girl!
Simply, simply... simply unreasonable! ! !
