Seven days later, Cheng Jingzhou came to go out with Xie Rongzhao.
They planned to set off tomorrow. Before that, Cheng Jingzhou decided to take Guobao back to Xie's house. He only said that he was going to Fucheng, so he could bring something to Xie Xiuwen.
Cheng Jingzhou's original intention was to let Xie Rongzhao show his face in the Xie family, so as to save the Xie family from further complications.
As for Mr. Xie's question about Mrs. Liu's condition, Xie Rongzhao only said that she was still taking medicine. The doctor said that she fell ill because she was too tired and couldn't bear it.
Such remarks made Mr. Xie think that it would be okay to let his daughter-in-law take care of him for a few more days. Xie Xiuwen was not at home either, so the mother and daughter went to live at their parents' house for a while, so they could live more peacefully in the inner house.
Gaoxian County is not too far from Fucheng. We set out before dawn and arrived in a day's journey by carriage.
Cheng Jingzhou and Liu Sanlang were riding in the same carriage with Xie Rongzhao along the way. Fortunately, Xie Rongzhao was young now, otherwise, he would definitely be criticized again.
When they arrived in Fucheng, after Cheng's father took them to settle down, he called Cheng Jingzhou out to talk.
About a quarter of an hour later, Cheng Jingzhou returned with a smile on his face.
"My dear, let's go to Mingshan Academy tomorrow."
Xie Rongzhao jumped up happily: "Really? But aren't you going to follow your uncle to visit the elders?"
"It doesn't matter. Father said I don't have to go. Have a good rest tonight. My third cousin and I will take you to Mingshan Academy tomorrow."
While Xie Rongzhao was happy, he also thought that not everyone could get into Mingshan Academy.
Cheng Jingzhou smiled and touched her head: "We can be considered the student's family members. After the admission, we should be able to see our uncle."
In Mingshan Academy, the students are a little nervous because of the exams that have been going on for several days.
Although the gentlemen did not say it clearly, they generally knew that this was Chief Xu Shan selecting disciples for himself.
Now I have taken the exam twice, and the results of each time have been posted. To this day, there are only about ten people who have been included in the first list.
There are more than 300 students in the entire Mingshan Academy. Now after two exams, there are only about ten people who can barely be regarded as the ones who have caught the attention of Xu Shanchang.
Wang Jin didn't make it to the top list, but he didn't look discouraged.
"I'm self-aware. I didn't get to this point by relying on my talent. Secondly, I also know my shortcomings. It's because my brain is slower to react than others. But it's your fault this time. The results are really good, it’s already good to have four people from our Class A on the list this time.”
Not that Class A is necessarily the best.
Because some of the students who come to study are still young and have only a short time to study, we cannot look at them in the same way as a scholar.
Nowadays, there are students from all classes on this A list. This is obviously a fairer selection for the students.
Xie Xiuwen was able to enter the Class A list and ranked third, which was enough to make the entire Class A excited.
Some people are happy, some people are angry.
Fan Xing was naturally dissatisfied when he failed to make it to the A-list in this exam.
But this time the test questions were created by Xu Shan, and even if he was unwilling to do so, he would not dare to make it public.
"Everyone, please be quiet. A message has just been sent from Zhiyuan Pavilion, asking the twelve people on the A list to go to Zhiyuan Pavilion. Chief Xu Shanzhang is already tasting tea there."
Zhiyuan Pavilion has always been the place where the academy chief and other officials discuss matters.
Now the meaning of letting these twelve students go is obviously obvious.
Xie Xiuwen didn't dare to delay. He finally got such an opportunity, so naturally he couldn't miss it in vain.
Fan Xing had the intention of stumbling him again, but he thought of the behavior of Chief Xu Shan and suppressed his plan secretly. However, the anger in his eyes was like fire, and he almost broke his silver teeth: "Xie Zicheng , we have a long way to go!”
In the Zhiyuan Pavilion, in addition to Mr. Xu Shanchang and several respected gentlemen, there was also a middle-aged man with an eye-opening look.
The middle-aged man was dressed as a scholar, but he was sitting there with great momentum. Even though he didn't make any unnecessary movements, he still felt oppressive.
Xie Xiuwen just raised his head for a quick glance, then quickly lowered his head.
Today's opportunity is so precious that nothing can go wrong.
Chief Xu Shanzhang first praised them here, and then came up with temporary questions to test their talents and learning, from the Four Books and Five Classics to the national economy and people's livelihood. It can be said that these students were tested in all aspects.
At this time, Xie Xiuwen was extremely glad that he had made preparations early, otherwise, he might not be able to answer some questions about how to solve local officials' problems.
After about an hour, Chief Xu Shanzhang let them all disperse.
"Yunping, what do you think?"
The middle-aged man Rong Kuo, who was called Yunping, was Xu Yuanqing's favorite disciple. He was a Jinshi ten years ago and is now a fourth-rank official.
Rong Kuo lowered his head slightly, his attitude was very respectful.
"The teacher's vision is naturally the best. These twelve people are indeed very talented. When it comes to being well-read, the student thinks that Mr. Li is very good; when it comes to quick thinking, the scholar named Song is also very good. "
Xu Shanchang smiled and waited for his next words.
Sure enough, Rong Kuo said again: "But the student secretly feels that the scholar named Xie is someone who can be cultivated."
"Oh? Why?"
Rong Kuo thought for a while: "Xie Xiucai has read more books than Song Xiucai, and his thinking is more agile than Li Xuexi. Moreover, when it comes to people's livelihood issues, he is not just a puppet who simply follows government orders. He is obviously more inclined to look at issues from the perspective of the common people."
After hearing this, Chief Xu Shan laughed several times.
"Yun Ping is right. This Xie Xiucai is indeed interesting. Whether it is talent or knowledge, he is not top-notch in any one of them, but he is good in both. Such a person will not easily get into trouble when doing things."
Rong Kuo smiled and said nothing, but he obviously agreed with the teacher's statement.
"However, since I want to be admitted as a disciple, I still have to take a closer look. At the very least, he must pass the test of character. Furthermore, there should be many people like Xie Xiucai in the academy. I will accept him this time. Disciple, I also hope that I can be of help to you now in the future. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is always the first priority at all times."
"That's what you said."
That was the end of the matter. After the first test at Zhiyuan Pavilion, no results were posted, and there was no news about who would be accepted as a disciple.
Xie Rongzhao was carried up the mountain by Cheng Jingzhou, walking slowly step by step. Liu Sanlang on the side wanted to take the baby several times, but Cheng Jingzhou refused.
Just kidding, this is his wife, how could she be held by another man?
Even if it's a cousin, that won't work!
"Hey, Mr. Xu, what are you doing?"
Xu Yuanqing was chatting with a bamboo shoot with his book boy, but he didn't expect to be caught in the eye.
