"Come and sit down and memorize the Three-Character Sutra assigned to you yesterday."
"Yes, father."
Xie Ronlang and Xie Rongzhao are the same age, but younger in months.
As both six-year-old boys, Xie Xiuwen was obviously much stricter with Xie Ronlang, mainly because men and women were different, so they still had to be taught strictly.
The imperial examination system of the Dazhi Dynasty has been followed for a hundred years, and the rural examination is a watershed. Only when you win the examination can you truly move towards an official career.
However, for a real official, being elected is the lowest threshold.
The tax-free land under the name of the juren is only about 600 acres, but once you win the Jinshi, it will be a qualitative leap. The tax-free land alone will increase to 1,200 acres.
Just think about the output of more than a thousand acres of land, it is enough to understand why so many people these days are looking forward to their children and grandchildren becoming famous.
If you are awarded an official position by the imperial court, the amount of tax-free land you enjoy will be different depending on your grade.
Generally speaking, if you are awarded the second-level Jinshi and want to pass the Shujishi test, you can only enjoy the treatment of a Jinshi.
But if you win the first grade, you will usually be awarded a seventh-grade official at least, and the tax-free land for a seventh-grade official can be as high as 3,000 acres!
Listen, just this number makes people's hearts flutter.
Xie Xiuwen has just begun to feel the benefits of fame, so he naturally wants to teach his son Xie Ronlang well.
Even though Xie Ronghui is his eldest son, when it comes to understanding, he is more willing to invest in Xie Ronlang.
The elders of the Xie clan also know what the Gao clan has done, and naturally they will not force Xie Xiuwen to be nice to Xie Ronghui. They just think that having a father with a high status like him is enough for Xie Ronghui to enjoy a lot of preferential treatment. So in private, I don't push too much.
Xie Xiuwen happened to be going to Beijing to take the exam, and Xie Ronghui was going to take the county exam, college exam, etc. in a few years, so it was naturally best to stay in his hometown.
In this way, Xie Xiuwen made a rough estimate that the father and son would not see each other for at least three to five years.
Good.
To save him from getting bored again.
Just treat him as a nephew for the time being.
Xie Rongzhao was reluctant to leave Gaoyang County, mainly because she was reluctant to leave her brother Jingzhou.
She even thought about letting Cheng Jingzhou go with her, but the Cheng family didn't agree, and Cheng Jingzhou himself didn't want to either.
But Xie Rongzhao's departure still made Cheng Jingzhou realize that if he wanted to stay with his little darling, he would have to work harder and strive to pass the examination as a scholar as soon as possible, so that he would at least have some confidence to continue to maintain this in-law relationship with his little darling. .
Along the way, Zhao Yue and Cao Xin's understanding of Xie Xiuwen became deeper and clearer.
Especially Cao Xin, he always felt that people like Xie Xiuwen were born to be officials. He looked very polite, but sometimes the words he said could make people think deeply and get chills all over.
Zhao Yue is becoming more and more fond of Xie Rongzhao. As long as it is daytime, he will basically be with her. If he goes to the pier to sit and stop for a while, he will not forget to hold her down to taste delicious food and various snacks. It's even more like taking it on board for free.
After Liu Ruolan got on the ship, considering that there were mostly men on the ship, she usually stayed in the cabin and did not come out. If there was anything important, she would send Sister-in-law Wang to take care of it.
Fang Hu's wife and children all came with them, but Liu Ruolan is not very familiar with Fang's family yet, so he is not willing to use them.
Because Xie Rongzhao was young, she actually had a good time. There was no place on the whole ship that she couldn't go to, and she didn't know what Zhao Yue told her. Now, anyone who follows Zhao Yue calls her: Miss!
Xie Xiuwen sometimes felt sour when he saw Zhao Yue showing off his little baby everywhere. Why did he feel like his daughter was raised by someone else?
For those who didn’t know, I really thought this was Zhao Yue’s daughter.
After drifting on the water for more than ten days, we changed to a carriage.
Zhao Yue tried to abduct Xie Rongzhao into his carriage, but failed and was forcibly taken away by Xie Xiuwen.
Zhao Yue curled up his lips and said, "Oh, let me let you be proud for a while and see if the little darling will come over obediently."
At noon, they chose to rest temporarily at the foot of the mountain. Zhao Yue had already sent people to prepare meals. As soon as the carriage and horses stopped, his men came back with a lot of prey.
Xie Xiuwen's family of four rode in a carriage, and Wang's sister-in-law and Fang Hu's family squeezed into one. It was not that comfortable to walk all the way.
But it's not obvious in children.
Xie Rongzhao and Xie Ronglang got off the carriage and were stunned for a moment, then started jumping around and playing around again.
When the aroma came, Xie Rongzhao ran to Zhao Yue unconsciously.
Xie Ronlang didn't dare to get too close, and was about seven or eight feet away from them.
"My dear, come here, give this to you."
Xie Rongzhao took it, but didn't rush to eat it: "Uncle, can I take it back and give it to my mother-in-law?"
Zhao Yue seemed to have expected this reaction from her and said with a smile: "Eat yours."
After finishing speaking, he waved to Xie Ronlang, and then handed a whole roast rabbit over: "Send it to your parents, and bring over some of the cakes your father bought earlier."
"Yes, sir."
Xie Ronlang didn't dare to call this adult uncle. Even though he was so kind to Guobao, why don't you try someone else?
His face sank and his eyes widened, as if he wanted to eat people!
Xie Xiuwen glanced at the roasted rabbit and asked Liu Ruolan to take out the cakes he bought in the previous town. Fortunately, he bought more, otherwise, there wouldn't be enough to share with Zhao Yue.
"Did you stay there, my dear?"
Xie Ronlang nodded: "Sister Guabao wanted to send meat back, but Mr. Zhao didn't let me."
Xie Xiuwen sighed helplessly and raised his hand to stroke his forehead. This girl really didn't know what to say to her.
Being pampered by someone like Zhao Yue is also a blessing for Guobao, but I don't know if he will get into trouble again because of this pampering after entering the capital.
"You sit here and eat with your mother, I will send it over."
When Xie Xiuwen came over, Zhao Yue had already ordered someone to bring out the wine, and although the seat opposite him was empty, there was a set of bowls and chopsticks prepared, and a glass of wine was poured seventy percent full, which was obviously specially given to Xie Xiuwen. Prepared for revision.
"Dad, I ate rabbit meat. It was so delicious, and Uncle Changfeng's roasted it was not bad at all."
Changfeng is a personal guard around Zhao Yue. He has grown up with Zhao Yue since he was a child. His status is not comparable to that of ordinary guards.
Xie Xiuwen just glanced at it lightly, nodded slightly to Changfeng, and then sat down.
"That's right, come on, have a drink."
Xie Xiuwen didn't show any pretense and raised his glass to clink with him. Cao Xin on the side hissed: "I can rest now. This carriage makes all the bones in my body fall apart."
Zhao Yue raised his eyebrows: "We can enter Beijing in two days at most. Brother Xie, have you decided where to stay?"
(End of chapter)
