Prime Minister

Chapter 53 Challenge
The bell rang from the eaves of the car.

The Nanpu River is rushing fast beside it.

Every time Zhang Yue entered the city from this way, he was very greedy for the scenery of the stream and the mountains, so he couldn't stop watching.On the other hand, Guo Lin was sitting in the swaying car, trying to stay still and reading a book while leaning on the car.

In his last life, Zhang Yue couldn't even read his mobile phone on a smooth highway, but now, on this bumpy road, my brother can read books, which is really amazing.

"Senior brother is going to take the county exam. Let's not worry about it for a while, and we won't be able to get anywhere after two days of study?"

Zhang Yue thought Guo Lin would say that reading a day is a day's work,
I don't know Guo Lindao: "It's nothing to do anyway, just read."

Zhang Yue couldn't see his brother reading in his heart, and he didn't read, so he said, "Brother, think about Sanniang, then there is something to do."

Guo Lin glanced at Zhang Yue, really put down the book, and then let out a long sigh.

Zhang Yue burst into tears, brother, I was wrong.

But seeing Guo Lin pick up the book again, he silently said, "Although I know I won't be able to marry Sanniang in this life, but... I still have to read it."

Guo Lin smiled bitterly.

I know exactly what 996 is, what is Houlang, and what is leek, but we are not just like migrant workers without feelings, but...forget it, we are all tears.

But if you look at seniors and others take six of ten, you have to be right, but you still have to go to the county school for recruitment, and you still have to read the book.

My brother's hope is actually more elusive than my wait.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue bent over and lay down on the cart, Guo Lin was already chanting in a low voice, while the donkey cart was still bumping up and down.With nothing in his heart, Zhang Yue fell asleep.

Zhang Yue was awakened by Guo Lin soon after, and the two wanted to leave their car and cross the river from the official.

Zhang Yue gave money to the villagers who pulled the cart, but he didn't ask for it as usual, but simply said, "Two gentlemen are high...high school".

"Thank you Ji Yan!"

The villagers drove their cars to say goodbye. Zhang Yue and Guo Lin boarded the ferry, surrounded by farmers carrying chickens and ducks. When they saw that there were two scholars on the same boat, they were full of freshness.

The two men's scholar shirts on the bow of the boat fluttered in the wind, looking at this great country, they were quite bookish and had a sense of pointing out the country.

Zhang Yue suddenly pointed into the distance: "Senior brother, you see that is Mengbi Mountain!"

Guo Lin followed Zhang Yue's finger to look, but when he saw a solitary peak standing tall, he couldn't help saying: "Yes, Mengbi Mountain, Jiang Yan Mengbi! At this time, this scene is really ecstasy, it's just another."

Zhang Yue knew that this was the first sentence of Jiang Yan's "Bie Fu".

Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, there is another sentence in the poem, Spring water and green waves, send Jun Nanpu, how is the injury?"

Guo Lin said with a smile: "This Nanpu comes from Chu Ci, the son is going eastward when he fights, and Nanpu is sent to the beauties. The farewell words are often used, and they do not refer to the Nanpu River under our feet."

Zhang Yue said: "I think it is, when Jiang Yan was the county magistrate here, he met a woman who fell in love at first sight, and then parted at the Nanpu River in this spring season."

"The name of this stream is Nanpu, not to the south of Pucheng, but because of the special poem of Jiangyan."

Guo Lin smiled and said, "Maybe. But people are different."

The breeze on the stream, blowing the scholar's shirt on his body, made Zhang Yue's heart rise and fall.As the ferryman propped up at a penny, the boat gradually sailed away from the river bank.

Zhang Yue looked back towards the shore, but saw that he was getting farther and farther from Wuxi, but he was getting closer and closer to the county seat.

The two walked another distance to the county seat, first to Shuinan Xinjie, Zhang Yue's home.

Guo Lin couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Zhang Yue's house outside the city: "I also told you that your family lives in the city, but it turned out to be in the city."

Zhang Yue said: "Where is it? City households can be exempted from servitude, and my family is still a rural household, but in the past, all households were first-class households, and this year, they will be changed to third-class households."

Guo Lin sighed, "It's hard to be a junior brother, how could this be?"

Zhang Yue sighed, "It's all my second brother's fault!"

"It's because of the escape from the marriage..."

In the Song Dynasty, the households of Qimin were inherited from the Five Dynasties, and the urban households were divided into ten grades, and the rural households were divided into five grades.

Different from today's urban household registration, Fang Guo households were not allowed to be officials in the Han Dynasty, and business children were not allowed to be officials in the early Song Dynasty.Although this regulation has now been relaxed to allow the sons of businessmen to hold office, there is still discrimination against the sons of merchants in the officialdom.Therefore, although Zhang Yue's family has a business shop, it has always remained a rural household.

Zhang Yue knocked on the door at home, and Zhang Shi came to open the door in person.

Zhang Yue introduced: "Brother, this is my Senior Brother Guo."

Zhang Shi said with a hearty smile: "Haha, I have long admired the name, and you take care of Zhang Yue on weekdays. I really don't know how to thank you as a big brother."

Guo Lin smiled shyly: "I don't dare to do it, and I will invite Zhang Dalang-jun to be a guest in Wuxi another day."

"That's for sure," Zhang Shi reprimanded Zhang Yue, "They said you'll be back in the next two days, but there's no letter of approval, and there's no preparation for a while. You bring your senior brother in and sit, and I'll buy food and drink for you and come back. ."

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin quickly persuaded him.

Zhang Yue knew his eldest brother's temper. In the past, Zhang Shi was sure to go, but now he has no confidence in being held by the Yu family, but he is generous in front of the two.

The two took Zhang Shi into the house, when Yu's cooked the food and said apologetically, "Uncle, don't say a word, and the family didn't prepare any food."

"Don't take it, it's me who disturbs you."

Zhang really thought to himself, the third brother is a good-natured brother, and he is blessed by the heavens, so that the third brother will meet good people along the way.

When the family was eating, Zhang Shi put all the dishes in front of Guo Lin and tried to persuade him to eat, but Guo Lin didn't move his chopsticks.

Zhang Shi asked again and again: "Why doesn't your senior brother, Saburo, eat vegetables? Don't be polite, just take this as your own home, we are all your brothers and sisters-in-law."

Guo Lin smiled and just picked up the bowl and cooked the rice. After everyone had finished eating, he ate some leftovers.

Going out, Guo Lin said to Zhang Yue, "Junior brother, your family's life is better than my family's holiday on weekdays, at least... at least you have enough to eat."

Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin and said, "Senior brother is also very good, you are full of poetry and books, and you are so proud of yourself!"

Guo Lin looked at his stomach and smiled.

At this time, Zhang Shi had gone to Cao Baozheng's house for a long time, and Zhang Yue was impatient and went with him immediately.

When he arrived at Cao Baozheng's house, he saw Zhang Shi standing beside the door with his chest crossed. As for Cao Baozheng, he rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and said while looking for it, "Hey, where is the Baoshu? Where is Saburo's Baoshu? Why can't I find it?"

"I just put it here, Dalang, wait for me for a while, and let me look for it again. Have you ever eaten, Dalang Saburo?"

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin looked at each other.

Zhang Shi also saw Zhang Yue, and Guo Lin said, "I've eaten it a long time ago, keep it right, you're just confused on weekdays, how come it's the same today?"

Zhang Shi said to Zhang Yue, "Wait, Baozheng doesn't know where to put your guarantee letter?"

Zhang Yue said: "Brother, I'm going to register tomorrow. If I don't have the right security, I won't be able to take the exam."

When Cao Baozheng heard this, he continued: "Where's Baoshu? Look at my memory, how come I can't find it for a while."

Zhang Yue said: "There is no way to wait any longer. Please be sure to write me another letter! It doesn't take much effort anyway."

Cao Baozheng hesitated: "It's too late, I can't see clearly for a while, and can't write! Besides, I already wrote the Baoshu, but I don't know where to put it?"

"You brothers give me some more time, and I will send it to you when I find it."

"Protect righteousness, safeguard righteousness, this matter is related to the future of my third brother, the first generation of my family, why do you say that?" Zhang Shi was a little anxious.

Cao Baozheng stopped what he was doing and whispered, "If you don't take the exam this year, you can take the exam next year."

Zhang Yue said directly: "Brother, you don't have to guess, Cao Baozheng doesn't want to give us a guarantee!"

Zhang Shi heard the words in disbelief: "Is this true?"

Cao Baozheng let out a long sigh, sat down on the chair and said, "Two sages, I will treat you well on weekdays! But please forgive me, but I can't give you any clarifications!"

"Why is this?"

Cao Baozheng said with a bitter face: "The imperial court should look at the eight elements of filial piety, Ti, Mu, Yu, Ren, Tie, Loyalty, and Harmony. There is something wrong with the character of the Zhang family!"

Yi means marriage, husband and wife harmony.

"My third brother isn't married yet?"

"It's your third brother who didn't get married, but his second brother... the second brother ran away from the marriage? How do you let me settle the knot? The yamen will blame me." Cao Baozheng said with his hands open.

"So it is." Zhang Yue gritted his teeth.

Zhang Shi squatted down and said, "It's not like this is true. That's right. Our Zhang family is not authentic about my second brother. But this matter can be big or small. Please let my third brother go, okay?"

Cao Baozheng said, "I let him go, but the yamen won't let me go."

"Protecting..." Zhang Shi couldn't help roaring.

Zhang Yue had already stopped Zhang Shi and said, "Brother, forget it, since Baozheng is unwilling to settle, we don't need to be embarrassed about it."

Zhang Shi said angrily: "How to be embarrassed? Baozheng, don't deceive me not to study on weekdays. I also have friends in the yamen, these eight lines are filial piety, tidy, loyalty, and harmony are the most important, and the rest are negotiable. Words say things, not to mention my third brother escaped from marriage."

But see Zhang Shi shouting: "If you don't give me an explanation today, I won't leave. I'll see how you raise your head in front of your neighbors in the future."

Cao Baozheng glanced at Zhang Shi, and suddenly knelt down and said: "Zhangjia Dalang, Saburo, I kowtowed to you, no, really no, please don't make it difficult for me to protect my integrity."

Saying that, Cao Baozheng was about to kowtow, but Zhang Yue was already supporting him.

"Brother, that's all, let's go back and find a way. Cao Baozheng, you don't need to do this. Although you have your reasons, I will remember this matter!"

After Zhang Yue helped Cao Baozheng up, he stood up.Zhang Shi was already in a hurry at the moment, but seeing that Cao Baozheng would rather kowtow than have a letter of guarantee, was helpless.

After a few people left Cao Baozheng's door, Guo Lin said, "Senior brother, I'll go to Daddy's place and ask the county school to ask if there is any other way."

Zhang Shi said: "Alright, I'll find Xu Dutou to find a way."

Zhang Yue nodded and let them go, but he knew that the two of them would not have any results.Because someone is doing everything possible to prevent him from taking the exam, pressing him to prevent him from getting ahead.From his first step into the county seat, his exam has already begun.

Because his biggest difficulty in the county entrance examination this time was not in the examination room, but outside the examination room!

(End of this chapter)