Shen Sanlang and Shen Ling have always been interested in Shen Yi's scientific examination.
Not entirely because they are brothers and sisters, but more because of family interests.
Because the trend of the Shen family is very bad.
The previous generation of the Shen family, Shen Yi's father, had four brothers in total. Among the four brothers, the eldest, Shen Hui, took the scientific examination for decades before he barely passed the imperial examination. After passing the imperial examination, he stayed idle at home for several years. In the end, he spent a lot of money to get a county magistrate. After working hard in the officialdom for many years, he sat in the position of county magistrate a few years ago.
However, due to his inherent inadequacy as a judge and Shen Hui's age, the official position of the county magistrate has come to an end.
In the early years, the Shen family was also a big family in Jiangdu. Their ancestors once produced two or three Jinshi, but by Shen Hui's generation, they were in decline.
In this era, most of the family's property will be distributed to the eldest son. Shen Yi's uncle Shen Hui inherited almost all the property of the Shen family's ancestors. If Shen Hui can safely hold on to these family properties, then even if he does not go out to become an official, at least Shen Ling will In this life, I can guard my family's land and have no worries about food and clothing.
But Shen Hui was an official fanatic. In his early years, in order to fill his official position, he spent money to hire people to establish connections. He wanted to fill the vacancy of the county magistrate. Because he was too "official fanatic", Shen Hui took many detours and was also criticized. Many people have been tricked, and in the end they only made up for the county magistrate, but they have already spent seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars of the Shen family's property.
This deal is obviously inappropriate.
Because Shen Hui is still only a county magistrate, and a magistrate of a small county at that, it will be difficult to get the money back unless he desperately searches for it.
However, in fact, the kind of plundering that is seen in movies and TV dramas is difficult to exist in reality. Unless your relationship in the court is extremely tough and you are not afraid of being reported by others, you can be such a greedy person.
But people who really have important connections in the court would not bother looking for money in a county town.
Judging from the "cost" Shen Hui has invested so far, he will definitely lose money by becoming a county magistrate.
Among the first generation of the Shen family, Shen Yi's second uncle fell ill and passed away early. The old man had one daughter and two sons. After his death, the two sons went to join his married eldest sister and had not been in Jiangdu for many years.
Uncle San went to Beiqi to do business in his early years. Later, his business seemed to have grown so big that he came back and secretly took his whole family to Beiqi. He did not come back for more than ten years.
Because of this incident, the eldest brother Shen Hui was furious, saying that the third child was a rebellious person who had forgotten his ancestors, and even wanted to erase the third child from the family tree. However, this was not done in the end. After all, brothers were not cruel.
In the past ten years, when Shen Hui mentioned his brothers to the outside world, he always claimed that the second and third brothers had died of illness.
Leaving aside the family of the second and third eldest children, the eldest son Shen Hui had two sons. The third son Shen Ling stayed in Jiangdu, and the eldest son was called Shen Si and was always with Shen Hui, working in the county where Shen Hui worked.
However, Shen Hui's two sons, Shen Si and Shen Ling, had no talent for reading. Shen Ling had taken the scientific examination several times, but had not even passed the examination for children. Now he has simply given up on the scientific examination.
Looking at the second generation of the Shen family, currently only two brothers, Shen Yi and Shen Heng, have the hope of completing the class jump through scientific examinations. The others basically have no potential.
In other words, if the Shen Yi brothers cannot take the scientific examination path, according to the logic of this era, the Shen family will fall into decline in Shen Ling's generation.
By the time the next generation comes, the Shen family may not even be considered a poor family, and will be kicked out of the "gentry" class.
Shen Ling was naturally anxious about this situation, but he really had no intention of studying. Later, Shen Yi showed some talent for reading, so he placed all his family's hopes on Shen Yi.
After all, if Shen Yi's scientific examination goes well, let alone being a Jinshi, even if he is a candidate, the Shen family can maintain their status as a noble family and avoid rapid decline.
After hearing Shen Ling's call at the door, Shen Yi lazily climbed out of bed and slowly got dressed.
Today is the day for the government test, but for Shen Yi, it is not that important. After all, he has already learned the results of the government test about ten days in advance.
In the government examination, as long as you are not at the top of the list, other rankings do not matter. After all, they are just the qualifications for the college examination.
As for the eucalyptus…
Shen Yi knew that with his current knowledge, it was not difficult to pass the imperial examination, but it was too difficult to pass the imperial examination.
If I had known, Jiangdu is one of the most prosperous places in Dachen, and it is also an important city in Gyeonggi Province. It can be seen from the fact that Ganquan Academy can produce seven Jinshi in one session, Jiangdu's scientific examination is very "volume".
Generally speaking, it is not a problem for those who can get the first prize in Jiangdu Prefecture, and most of them can get the Jinshi.
Shen Yi's current knowledge is not yet up to this point. Moreover, if he really gets hit, he doesn't have to wait until today. Master Lu will tell him clearly that day.
After getting up, Shen Yi cleaned his teeth with salt, then swallowed the coarse salt in his mouth and washed his face well with water.
"When we get to Jiankang, we have to find a few craftsmen to make the toothbrush out. It doesn't matter whether we make money or not..."
Thinking of toothbrushes, Shen Yi rolled his eyes, and then thought of toothpaste.
However, the toothbrush was easy to get, but he really didn't know what the ingredients of toothpaste were. Even if he tried it bit by bit, it would probably be difficult to come up with it within a few years.
He shook his head slightly, wiped the water on his face with a towel, and strode towards the door of his courtyard. After opening the door, he grinned at Shen Ling standing outside: "Third brother, is it so early?"
Shen Ling glared at Shen Yi and said angrily: "Why did you bolt the door? I knocked at the door for a long time and no one answered."
"If you don't lock the door, you're afraid someone will steal it."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "I live here alone and I am not at ease."
Shen Ling did not sell it to Shen Yi's house. Instead, he pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said, "Okay, okay, I'm too lazy to tell you more. The government is going to test the hair. Come with me to the gate of the government office to see the hair. "
Shen Yi smiled, nodded, and asked, "Third brother, didn't you buy a group ticket today?"
"too expensive!"
Shen Ling snorted: "This year's government examination group will cost seventy or eighty cents, which is enough to buy a bag of grain. Those people in the yamen are really evil-minded."
"After I bought the county trial group last time, my sister-in-law told me a lot. Now the money is all with her and won't be used by me. There's nothing I can do about it."
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely.
The last time Shen Ling spent money on a group purchase, it was indeed a bit irrational.
After all, it wasn't him, Shen Sanlang, who was taking the exam, nor was it the people from their big house who were taking the exam. Of course, his wife would complain if he spent dozens of pennies so generously.
In this way, the two brothers walked in tandem and arrived at the gate of the government office not long after. It had been waiting for a while, but the gate of the government office was still very crowded, and some people were stolen in the crowd. Qian, yelling angrily.
Shen Ling took Shen Yi with him. After all the hard work, the two brothers finally squeezed to a position where they could barely see the group. Shen Ling stood in front, looked back at Shen Yi with some difficulty, and asked: "Old Qi, What's your seat number?"
Shen Yi was behind him, unable to see the group, and immediately replied: "The eleventh day of the month."
Shen Sanlang looked up and saw the number 3 on the head of the regiment.
And the second one…
It's the eleventh day of the month!
