Early in the morning, the scholar put his book basket on his back and stood at the door of Yue Rong's room to say goodbye to her reluctantly.
"You live well, why do you want to leave?" Yue Rong asked.
"Hey -" Jiang Jianxue sighed, "Actually, I don't want to leave either..." In fact, he was really reluctant to leave Yuerong.
"What's wrong, little scholar? You only have so much magnanimity!" Lin Linyou and Zhang Bi stepped forward. The scholar must have frightened them last night and became angry. Why are you pushing a boat in your stomach?"
Lin Long said: "Brother, are you bullying Mr. Jiang again?"
"No way? We are all joking with him, aren't we, little scholar?"
Jiang Jianxue turned around, bowed and said: "Thank you two gentlemen for taking care of me all the time. The main thing is that I sent a letter from home. Xiaosheng wants to go back and take a look."
"Oh, something happened at home? Then I should go back and take a look." Zhang Ben said, "Where is your hometown?"
"Changzhou Mansion." Jiang Jianxue said.
"Oh, that's very close!" Lin Lin said, "The exam won't be until next year. There's no need to come to the capital so early, right?"
"Coming here at this time, the tolls are cheap." Jiang Jianxue said, "I also want to come to Beijing to find a job and supplement my family's income."
It seemed that this scholar also came from a poor family, and Lin Linyou couldn't help but feel sympathy for him.
"When someone goes to take the exam, isn't there an official who will give them money?" Lin Linyou asked, "It seems like there are twelve taels, right?"
"Ah? Is there one?" Jiang Jianxue looked surprised.
"No?" Lin Linyou looked at Zhang Bi. He was not sure whether there was.
"I don't know much about literati." Zhang Bi said, "But if I have a chance, I can help you ask."
"So, thank you very much, Mr. Zhang!" Jiang Jianxue bowed deeply.
"You didn't go to prison to study?" Lin Linyou asked again,
"It was originally possible to enter..."
"Then what?"
"Then, my neighbor asked someone to remove me from the prison list... Sigh -" Jiang Jianxue sighed deeply.
He didn't seem to be lying, and he didn't seem to be a liar himself. He probably really didn't get into the Imperial College, so naturally he didn't get to deal with officials in the DPRK.
"Then, why don't you study in Changzhou?"
"Xiaosheng is already a candidate for the imperial examination. The number of places in the imperial examinations is limited, so of course it will be given to the scholars." Jiang saw the snowman, which was quite good.
"Then you still receive rice, oil and salt every month, right?"
"Xiaosheng has received it for three years, but it is no longer available this year."
"Isn't it said that if one person studies, the whole family will have no worries?" It seems that literati are not easy to get along with!
"Not necessarily." Jiang Jianxue was quite optimistic, "At least our family no longer has to do corvee labor or pay land and grain taxes."
"That's what I'm saying!" Lin Linyou nodded, "Logically speaking, you are already a civil servant, so many people should come to you to establish relationships. After all, you have a bright future! What kind of landowners and squires are looking for you to get a job? Name, tax evasion and so on."
Hey, when I think about it, it turns out that the business of "affiliation" has been around since ancient times!
"You look like you're not doing well?" Lin Linyou added.
"Sigh -" Jiang Jianxue sighed again, "There are a lot of people like me in the world. Besides, no one dares to come to me to have a relationship. I'm afraid I will hurt them."
"Oh, what's the explanation?"
Although the two warriors in front of me looked reckless, they seemed much more open-minded than the scholar friends I had made before, without the selfishness and hypocrisy of pretentiousness.
It’s also a good person to talk to.
Jiang Jianxue hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk with someone for a long time, so she poured out her grievances like a bamboo tube.
It turned out that his next-door neighbor, relying on the fact that he had people in the central government, did not take him as an official seriously at all, and was always in trouble with their family.
A year ago, the neighbor expanded the garden and moved the house three feet towards Jiang Jianxue and his family's land.
Although the allusion of "Six Feet Alley" seems to come from the Kangxi Dynasty hundreds of years later, Jiang Jianxue, who was well-read in the books of sages, also had the magnanimity of Zhang Ying, the Minister of Rites. Let the family members be patient and give in.
"Brother Jiang is so courageous!" Zhang Ben praised, "As the saying goes, building books thousands of miles away is just for a wall, so why not let him build a wall three feet wide? The Great Wall is still there today, but Qin Shihuang did not see it back then!"
Lin Linyou disagreed: "I'm afraid that people's hearts are not enough and they will try to push their limits. Do you think everyone knows how to be content and grateful?"
"Don't think so bad of everyone! After all, there are still many good people in this world." Zhang Ben said.
"Are you a good person?" Lin Linyou retorted.
Zhang Bi: "I'm not."
"That's it. Ask the scholar, is your neighbor a good person?" Lin Linyou turned to Jiang Jianxue, "Is he satisfied? Is this what the family letter said again?"
The Jin Yiwei is the Jin Yiwei, who has a clear eye for fire! Jiang Jianxue couldn't help but admire Lin Linyou, and nodded honestly: "Yes."
"say what?"
"Say...the neighbor expanded the area three feet further." Jiang Jianxue said helplessly.
"Isn't this bullying an honest person?"
"What are you going to do?"
"If he lets it expand again, the windows of my house won't be able to be pushed open." Jiang Jianxue whispered, suddenly raising his head and looking at Lin Lin, You Zhang and Bi, as if he saw hope in his eyes: "Otherwise, these two gentlemen, "Have you arrested that official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs? He seems to be a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Examination Department. What's his name..."
"Okay, stop it." Zhang Ben thought to himself, we are Jin Yiwei! The royal guards who only take orders from the emperor! What do you think we are? Anyone can use it? "You should report this to the official!"
"..."
The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of officials. Will reporting to officials be useful?
"Then what use can you do if you go back?" Zhang Bi asked.
Jiang Jianxue: "Xiaosheng just can't worry about the two elders in the family."
"It's useful." Lin Linyou smiled slightly, "If you commit a capital crime, you can be pardoned according to the law. Brother Jiang, as long as you are brave enough...do you understand what I mean?"
Jiang Jianxue shook his head blankly.
"Aren't you inciting others to commit crimes? They have been living in poverty for ten years and don't want the fame they have earned so hard?" Zhang Ben slapped Lin Linyou hard and said to Jiang Jianxue, "Don't listen to his nonsense!"
"Just kidding." Lin Linyou smiled and patted Jiang Jianxue, "It's a small matter, I can only tolerate it for the time being. When you pass the Jinshi exam, you might be able to become the number one scholar and become the Prince Consort. Dare you be so arrogant?"
"I would like to thank you for your kind words." Jiang Jianxue bowed politely again.
"Come on, if you want to leave, I'll see you off. You're welcome to come back next time!"
After sending him off, he was sent directly out of the city. Originally, Lin Linyou was going out on business. He went to Xin'an County to meet King Xin'an for a while. He happened to be on the way with Jiang Jianxue. It would be good to have someone to keep him company on the way.
Yang Fang and others, who set off first, have now arrived in Hangzhou...
Jiang Jianxue is so happy. She doesn’t have to walk anymore. Not only does she have free carriages, horses and boats, but she also has free food and drinks, as well as free...
Although Lin Linyou didn't have much money in his pocket, he could still afford to hire a scholar.
"Xiao Jiang! Is that book good?" Sitting in the carriage, Lin Linyou asked Jiang Jianxue beside him.
Jiang Jianxue's old face turned red: "It's... nice."
"You're not still a child, are you?"
"The young man has not yet married a wife..." Jiang Jianxue said, "To cultivate one's moral character, to organize one's family, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world, one must first cultivate one's moral character. Besides, there is a beauty like jade in the book."
Lin Linyou was relieved. Originally, he and Yuerong didn't look like anything was wrong.
"Brother, I will take you to a good place tonight." Lin Linyou smiled mischievously, "Let you see the world."
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