Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 27, Qin Zhihe's invitation

"I'm also not confident enough for next year's provincial examination, but I just hope that I won't be named as a mentor by then."

Speaking of next year's autumn, Liu Jin couldn't help but said with a wry smile.

As a person who traveled from later generations to take the imperial examination stereotype essay, Liu Jin felt that he would find an excuse to deliberately miss the exam time, at least he missed the exam and would not be ashamed because he handed in a blank paper.

"If you haven't fought, you can't say you're defeated. My reputation doesn't matter. Your own future is the big thing. Your family is poor. It's not easy for your mother to support you. You should know that the imperial examination is the only way to change your destiny. The best way of your mother's nurturing grace."

"I don't want to hear such words from you again, otherwise you will never enter my door again. My doormen can be mediocre and worthless, but they must not be disloyal or filial."

Contrary to Liu Jin's expectation, Mrs. Sun reprimanded Liu Jin very seriously, and even labeled Liu Jin as disloyal and unfilial.

Think about it carefully, if I fail in the imperial examination, I am sorry for my mother Wang, and it is not too much to be unfilial, but this disloyalty is not counted anyway. Still have high expectations.

"Yes, the students will keep in mind the teacher's words, and must work hard to prepare, to live up to the teacher's teaching, and not to forget the mother's upbringing."

There is no way, Liu Jin expressed his attitude very wittily. In this era, loyalty and filial piety come first. If you are labeled as disloyal and unfilial, then basically you don't want to pretend to be a human being.

"Hmm~"

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Master Sun nodded in satisfaction.

Looking at Liu Jin in front of him, Mrs. Sun felt more and more like himself. Mrs. Sun actually came from a poor family. In order to change the fate of the family, his parents tried every means to send him to study.

He is quite competitive, he got the fame of Juren, although he did not continue to be named on the gold list, but with the fame of Juren, his family can be regarded as a turnaround.

Don't look at him as a teacher, but his status is very high. Anyone in Changli County who sees him will respectfully call Master and Sir, even the county magistrate must treat him with courtesy.

A local ruffian and bully like Tang Huhu who can't get on the stage will never dare to provoke Mrs. Sun, because Mrs. Sun is full of peaches and plums, and only a two-finger-wide note is enough to make Tang There is no place for a tiger to die.

Because he has a similar life experience with Liu Jin, Mrs. Sun hopes that Liu Jin can go further, and he also clearly knows the difficulty of raising a scholar from a poor family, not to mention that Liu Jin lost his father when he was young. It is conceivable that Liu Jin Mother Wang's life is difficult.

"Master, there are students visiting."

At this moment, Master Sun's servant came in and said.

"who is it?"

Upon hearing this, Master Sun stroked his goatee and asked.

"Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui."

the servant replied.

"Well, I see, take them to the living room, I'll come here."

Master Sun nodded, thought for a while and said.

"Since the teacher has something to do, the student will leave first."

Liu Jin on the side is naturally very savvy and ready to leave first. Anyway, those who should ask for advice have already asked for advice, and they have long wanted to run away.

"Don't worry, these three people are all your contemporaries and classmates. They just happened to go over to chat and get to know each other better. In the past, you were too withdrawn. This is not good for your future path."

"You are young and have a bright future. Don't offend people for no reason because of your talent and arrogance. Make more friends. Maybe it will help you in the future."

Mrs. Sun looked at Liu Jin, but he didn't know why. The more he looked at Liu Jin today, the more he liked him. Maybe the gift from Liu Jin really worked, or maybe Liu Jin was different from before. It took a lot of trouble.

"Yes, students must keep in mind the teacher's teachings."

Naturally, Liu Jin quickly nodded in agreement.

Liu Jin from later generations is naturally not the original Liu Jin. Of course, the role of this network is very clear. In layman's terms, it is easy to travel when there are many friends, but nowhere to go when there are many enemies.

Soon, Liu Jin also followed Mrs. Sun to the living room of his house, and saw Qin Zhihe, Li Xiting, and Xie Kui. The three of them were also slightly taken aback when they saw Liu Jin there.

"Students met their teacher~"

After being slightly taken aback, the three of them quickly recovered and saluted Mrs. Sun very respectfully.

"Well, sit down, Liu Jin, sit down too."

Mrs. Sun nodded in satisfaction, signaling to everyone that there is no need to be too polite.

"I didn't expect brother Liu to come to visit my mentor, what a coincidence."

Qin Zhihe greeted Liu Jin with a smile on his face. He was completely different from the indiscriminate treatment of Liu Jin just now. On the surface, he did a good job, but he was very scholarly.

"It's a coincidence. I didn't expect Brother Qin, Brother Li, and Brother Xie to come to visit my mentor. Otherwise, we could just come together."

Liu Jin also smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, if we know that Brother Liu will come, the three of us will definitely invite Brother Liu. The four of you and I are also destined. We are both at the same time and classmates. We will participate in Qiu Wei together next year. If we can get together In high school, if we get on the gold list together..."

Qin Zhihe was full of smiles. He was very good-looking, with delicate features and a well-proportioned handsome man. From the surface work, it was also refreshing. Those who didn't know thought that he and Liu Jin had a very good relationship.

"If the four of you can go to high school at the same time and be named on the gold list at the same time, I will die without regret."

Master Sun stroked his mustache and said very happily, if he could teach four disciples of the Emperor, his Master Sun's name would spread far and wide.

"Students are ashamed, I'm afraid I will disappoint my husband."

Xie Kui, who lacked confidence, said without confidence.

"Just try your best. In this imperial examination, strength is very important, and luck also accounts for three points."

Mrs. Sun nodded. He still knew the level of Xie Kui and Li Xiting. It is already very good to be admitted as a scholar. If you want to pass the exam, you may need to hone it for a few years.

"The three of you are here this time, do you know what's going on?"

After thinking about it, Master Sun also asked.

"We came here this time, because the weather has been cold, icy and snowy recently, so we specially came to see our teacher. My family also got a wild ginseng plant from Changbai Mountain recently, and I sent it to my teacher for nourishment. Brother Wen Da wove a fur at home. Clothes for my mentor to keep out the cold, Brother Yinglin also got a nice Langhao brush for my mentor to practice calligraphy."

Qin Zhihe smiled and said respectfully, this Changbai Mountain wild ginseng is naturally very precious in later generations. It was not too precious in the Ming Dynasty, but it was definitely not cheap. As for the gifts from Li Xiting and Xie Kui, they were naturally expensive. Thought, spent money.

"You have a heart."

Master Sun stroked his beard, nodded and said.

"Secondly, the three of us also came here to ask the master about the township examination. Although it is still early before Qiu Wei, but after all, the time is running out. If we prepare early, we can be more confident."

Qin Zhihe smiled, and continued to talk about the real purpose of coming this time. Seeing Mr. Sun was just an excuse, and it was really for the township examination.

Mr. Sun also passed the provincial examination many times before, and finally got lucky in high school, but he failed many times in the subsequent general examinations. Mr. Sun also passed the exam many times every three years, which can be regarded as accumulating extremely rich examination experience.

"About the rural examination, I have already taught you everything that can be taught. With your talent, there should be no problems in the rural examination. However, during the examination, you must pay attention to the big taboos and minor taboos. You must avoid things that are taboo in the imperial examination. Otherwise, no matter how well written the article is, it will be in vain.”

"After all, we belong to Beizhili, which can be said to be at the foot of the emperor. Compared with other provinces, the imperial court will pay more attention to every rural examination, and receive more attention. You must keep this in mind."

Master Sun thought for a while, then pondered for a while and said.

The big and small taboos mentioned here refer to some taboos in the imperial examinations. There are many taboos. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the word "pig" was more taboo, because pigs are homophonic with Zhu, and the Ming Dynasty emperor's surname Zhu, there are also the names of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and so on. In short, there are still many taboo things, and sometimes even the content that the examiner is taboo should pay special attention to.

"Yes, students must keep it in mind."

When the four of Liu Jin heard this, they immediately replied respectfully.

"Hmm~"

Mrs. Sun nodded in satisfaction, and then stopped talking. He himself passed the provincial examination many times with luck. To be honest, his level is actually limited. Talking too much will only reveal his own level. , might as well not say.

Qin Zhihe looked at Mrs. Sun and knew that this trip was in vain, but when he saw Liu Jin, he smiled and said, "Brother Liu, I received an invitation from Qiu Wencheng, the head of the case in Shuntian Mansion, a few days ago. He invited talented scholars from several prefectures around us to Beijing to participate in the autumn and winter poetry meeting, and at the same time discuss the matter of next year's autumn, I wonder if Brother Liu is interested in going together?"

"Go to Beijing to participate in the autumn and winter poetry fair?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but feel hot. It has been a few months since he traveled here, and he hasn't been to a big place so far. Now that he has the opportunity to visit Beijing, he is naturally very excited.

"I don't know when it is?"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin asked.

"It will be held in the capital on the tenth day of October. If Brother Liu wants to go, we can set off together the day after tomorrow."

Qin Zhihe's eyebrows moved slightly, he just invited Liu Jin out of habit, he didn't expect Liu Jin to go.

"On the tenth day of October, we will leave the day after tomorrow."

"Well, yes, this time there will be Brother Lao Qin."

Liu Jin thought about it and nodded. It would be good to go to Beijing to see it. As for any poetry fair, Liu Jin has no interest at all.

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