Xu was ridiculous and cried. Seeing that Tian was still as old as a silly girl, he had no choice but to say, "Where can others decide this kind of thing for him? It depends on his second uncle's idea."

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However, afterwards, Xu also talked to Master San, and tactfully hoped Master San would handle his relationship with Yue's family well.

The third master was raised by this sister-in-law since he was a child. Because of his poor health, he has always relied on his brother and sister-in-law to support him. Otherwise, he could not afford those expensive drugs at all, so he treated this sister-in-law almost like his own mother.

, he would naturally listen to what his sister-in-law said, and he didn't like the Tian family's actions this time from the bottom of his heart, and felt a little aggressive.

As a result, the Jinyiwei sealed the Qingzun in the past two days, and the Tian family, who had run to the Shen family every day, suddenly disappeared.

It's gone, but this makes people feel even more cold.

The third master was not a good-tempered person, and he almost burst into anger. It was Xu and Shen Rui who persuaded him to keep his temper and did not take his anger on his third wife and quarreled with her.

Xu listened to the advice: "That's the Jinyiwei, who is not afraid of seeing him? Don't blame your in-laws."

The third master couldn't help but say angrily: "How dangerous is the Jingtai Dynasty? My father has never been afraid. He has protected the bloodline for the Censor Jiang's family. The Chenghua Dynasty sent a prison sentence like Zhang Shilang. The eldest brother was not afraid and still gave Zhang silver. The family members can survive. Why can the father and elder brother not be afraid?! These are all just friends!"

Xu also sighed for a moment, not just these two things.

After she got married, her father Xu Youzhen had a bad thing. Everyone in the court was afraid of avoiding it. Only the old master of the Shen family kept his promise and still asked Chen Cang to marry her. Chen Cang never got any part of it because of her father. Be slow to her...

Xu smiled and said, "Our family only asks our descendants to not forget the 'Eight Virtues of Zhu Zi' (filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness, integrity, integrity and shame), and do not fall into the name of our ancestors, and do not need others to be like our family."

The third master was speechless for a moment, and after a while, he glanced at Shen Rui and said childishly: "I must teach Brother Rui and Brother Rui well."

Shen Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Third, my fourth brother and I will definitely not fall into the Shen family's reputation."

Chen Zhou had limited feelings for the Tian family, and this made him even more dissatisfied. But when it comes to in-laws, his previous behavior of Yue and Qiao family was even worse, so how could he be embarrassed to bring the Tian family?

Therefore, I didn’t say much, just said that I would not go to teach in the future, so I would teach my own children at home, helping the bookstore to collect and organize ancient manuscripts.

The third master felt more and more fortunate that he didn't speak with his second brother and asked him to continue to stay in Nancheng Academy. At this time, he also said repeatedly: "I don't have a heavy job, so I will help my second brother."

Xu was very pleased when he saw this.

But after leaving the main courtyard, the third master couldn't help but angrily muttered to Shen Rui: "I have a relationship for several generations and have in-laws, so I'm not as good as a Fujian boy who happened to meet."

But he was talking about Dai Dabin.

That day, there was a dispute in Huanxisha, Xiyuan. Afterwards, the Fujian disciples were led by Lin Fu, a judge from Dali, who was also from Fujian, to apologize to several senior officials who were mentioned that day.

In fact, there are not many Fujian officials in the court, but these scholars said "crazy words" that offended all the top tyrants of the dynasty. Who would be willing to get involved in this matter? In the end, there was only one small one. The seventh-rank Dali judge Lin Fuken helped them one or two.

Lin Fu is also from Putian. He was a Jinshi in the 15th year of Hongzhi, but he was a juren who was in the same degree as Dai Dabin in the 14th year of Hongzhi. There were not many great families in Putian, and the Lin family and the Dai family were considered family friends. Moreover, Dai Dabin was a famous child prodigy since childhood. Lin Fu loved this young fellow villager very much in the same year.

Lin Fu and Dai Dabin's cousin Lin Fuyu are not the same clan, but they are also of the same surname. He is very upright and eager to be righteous, so he takes charge of this matter.

It is not so easy to be a senior official? It is about to be in the spring exam. Many candidates are looking for a way around. Several cabinet members are closed to thank guests in order to avoid suspicion.

The several ministers did not stay closed. No matter how unhappy he felt, they all acted as respectful to the wise and polite. When they saw the Fujian disciples who came to apologize, they only said a few "misunderstandings" and encouraged them, and they were just right. Tea is delivered to guests.

There is really only the Shen family. Because there are no high-ranking officials and the Dali Temple Minister Yang Zhen, he welcomes guests warmly.

After the disciples came down, they also understood some rules of the officialdom. The more they went, the more they became, the more they became, and they all knew Meng Lang.

When he was warmly treated at the Shen family, the contrast between cold and hot was obvious. He thought that he had been so tired before that Shen Rui had also touched the Shen family Huanxisha Teahouse, and felt guilty.

Because of admiring Zhu Yunming, Master Chen San's calligraphy and Shen's paintings, and admired the knowledge of Master Chen Er, the former Imperial College Priest. He also saw Shen Rui, He Taizhi and others young, promising and easy-going, and everyone was really close to the Shen family.

Before the exam, everyone was busy preparing for the exam, so they never invited each other to walk around. After the exam, the Fujian students handed over the articles they wrote to Qingzhuan, and did not take any money. They gathered together to hold a banquet in the restaurant in the middle of Beijing. Shen Rui and others.

This time, just after the news that the Jinyiwei sealed the Qingzun was spread, Dai Dabin and Lin Fuyu came to Chen Mansion.

They only said that they had caused trouble by saying that they had been crazy about the past, and expressed that they would go to the Jinyiwei to reply and would never implicate the Shen family. If there was any dispatch on the Shen family, they would never refuse.

When Shen Rui told them that nothing was wrong and had nothing to do with that day, they were still afraid that Shen Rui would comfort them on purpose, pay close attention to the movements of the Shen family, and come here from time to time to inquire about where they are needed.

Later, when he saw many candidates who came to quietly seek to separate their relationship, Shen Rui felt more and more that Dai Dabin was rare and he was really a friend.

After hearing what the third master said, Shen Rui felt emotional. However, the Tian family was the third master Yue family. The third master said that he couldn't say that the Tian family was not, so he smiled and advised: "The Tian family has great business, and he still has a great business." There is a college, so many teachers and students are also very involved, so I have to be careful. As my mother said, the third uncle doesn’t have to blame his relatives. But this time, the third uncle should not think about that much. The third uncle just teaches me. Are you calm and self-cultivated? My third uncle is now attached to appearances."

The third master sighed at first, and heard the last sentence, and couldn't help laughing, knocked Shen Rui's head, and said, "I think you have learned from Brother Tai (He Taizhi) and your mouth is smooth!" I will not mention this matter.

Because of the Tian family, Shen Rui couldn't discuss the follow-up matters with the third master. After thinking about it, he still invited Chen Zhou to the study room to discuss with him.

Although he no longer hated Chenzhou, and over the past year, he has been relying on Chenzhou's careful teachings. It is said that he can achieve good achievements in Jie Yuan, and most of his merits will be given to Chenzhou. Chenzhou has been worthy of many years. Hanlin also studied outdated literature in the Imperial College and did have great experience in dealing with the imperial examinations.

Shen Rui was grateful to Chen Zhou, but in his heart, he could never be as close to his third uncle as he did.

"I originally expected that there would be a fire in the tribute court if I didn't expect it." Shen Rui sighed.

He really never expected that there would be such an outrageous thing. He always thought that only third-rate film and television dramas would have such a plot. He didn't expect that life was indeed more exciting than movies. After listening to Chenzhou, Zhu Yunming and others talked about ancient times. , he realized that this was not the first time that the tribute court had caught fire since the Ming Dynasty.

But even if there was a fire incident, it doesn't mean that this time it was purely normal.

When there were candidates, it was common to reason that the candidates knocked over the candle and caused a fire, but this time, there were no candidates and it was in the daytime, which was bizarre.

But this was not what he came to "detect".

Now what he wants to think about is how to deal with the next thing.

"I originally thought that after the exam, I would step up the release of one or two collections of writings, which would make Qingzhuan famous and then release a two-part monograph on the second uncle and several adults from the Ministry of Works while it was hot. What a pity, This fire..." Shen Rui sighed and said to Chenzhou, "My nephew has little knowledge and thinks that the truth this time is clear. Qingzhuan may be very popular, but the root cause is that the dereliction of duty by officials of the Gongyuan Academy and the reputation of Qingzhuan is The higher the heavier it will become a thorn nailed into their flesh…”

Chen Zhou nodded with relief and said, "I was afraid that you were young and energetic before, but now I feel relieved. It is indeed a rare opportunity to push the reputation of Qingzhuan. There is nothing to do, just follow the trend. , you can gain reputation in the line of the world. However, taking advantage of the disaster, it is a trick, not a real poem and article that is famous all over the world, and its reputation is also unstable."

Seeing Shen Rui nodding frequently, he said again: "It's great that you can see through the danger behind this. Now, from what Liu Zhong and Eunuch Liu mean, you have won this exam, but there are also palace exams in addition to the exam, although there is an emperor Blessing, but... there are evil villains in the court at any time, so we still have to be careful."

"After this incident, the current article will still be published, but I only mention the Qing seal script and not the Shen family. My miscellaneous notes are only a few, so it's better not to publish them. It's better to find one or two as you thought before. The farming books of the previous dynasty were published, which were both related to the country and did not lead to the disgust of the people in the forest."

Shen Rui smiled bitterly. Although he wanted to promote agricultural books, he wanted to promote engineering books even more. However, in the eyes of orthodox literati like Shen Zhou, engineering technology only uses strange skills and erotic skills and does not do the right job.

Well, agricultural books are also the safest, and it is also a good thing to promote agricultural books. Only when the people are filled can the people be stable. It is easy to cultivate and the yield per mu can they be high, so that labor can be liberated from agriculture and engaged in handicrafts. For other tasks.

Shen Rui nodded and replied, "I will publish a few agricultural books and print some brochures of seasonal formulas to distribute them for free to the villages in the suburbs of Beijing."

He looked at Chenzhou and suddenly asked again: "Can the second uncle fulfill his wish to coach?"

Chen Zhou was silent for a moment and sighed, "What I said in the main courtyard just now is not a false statement. I originally wanted to wait for the palace examination to see the situation before going back to Nancheng Academy, but now this incident happened, but I don't want to go back for the moment. Now.”

He paused, smiled reluctantly, and said, "This matter is actually not a big deal to the Tian family. It's just..." It's hard for him to put his guard against such relatives after experiencing the Qiao family.

Of course, when he went to Nancheng Academy, he didn't go with the attitude of helping his relatives, but he wanted to have his own disciples and his own channels for speaking out. Everyone was so serious that they couldn't blame the Tian family for not being kind enough.

"For now, just teach a few children in the family to sort out the collections of essays to be printed in the bookstore." Chen Zhou finally said.

Shen Rui stared at Chenzhou for a moment and said, "Did Uncle Second Think about Building His Own Academy?"

Chen Zhou couldn't help but be surprised and stunned for a moment. Fang shook his head and said, "Just say you are a young man, and when you speak the child again, how could the academy be built just by saying that?"

Shen Rui said solemnly: "Although it is not possible to be achieved in an instant, if the second uncle is willing to use the green seal east wind, how can we not build a "Dongcheng Academy"? Of course, the second uncle said he did not want to be arrogant, so he would temporarily The 'tribal learning' form is left, but nowadays, most of the students are children of tribesmen. If there are outsiders who want to come, they will call them "attached school". Several clan uncles may not be unwilling to stay in Beijing, and they can also be the helper of the second uncle."

"The second uncle is talented and experienced, but he is easy to teach them?! Last year, the second uncle has already gained a reputation. The boys have been tired every year, and if they get good results in the provincial examination, they will go there by then. The title of clan school was changed directly to academy, and the second uncle was appointed as the chief of the mountain. Wouldn't it be a natural result?"

Chen Zhou was quite moved when he heard this, but there were so many academies in Beijing. Last year, the boy tried it. He really put in his efforts in teaching, but he was lucky enough to meet a good seedling. If it was a elm head, how to carve it would be Can't get into the school.

Because of its reputation for many years, Nancheng Academy naturally has good seedlings to come here to study.

He has established a new mountain here, and the reputation of a boy trying alone is not necessarily willing to come.

It’s hard to say how many of these children in the family can win.

Chen Zhou couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

However, Shen Rui didn't want him to give an answer immediately. These were just ideas. It depends on how to resolve the fire in the Gongyuan this time so that we can discuss the follow-up carefully.

The reason why I said this is to make Chen Zhou know what he thinks about and think about it in advance, and fortunately, the response will be promptly done after the results come out.

"My nephew is just talking about it for a while, but in fact, the academy is in trouble. There is no rush, and he has to make a long-term plan. Second uncle thinks more about it." Shen Rui said.

Chen Zhou nodded and said solemnly: "When I think about it very much, don't just go out first."

It has been seven days since the Gongyuan fire broke out.

It has been four days since Qingzun was seized.

There is still no explanation for the imperial examination, and the entire capital is in a state of anxiety.

It turned out that the exam was released at the end of February, and the palace exam was on March 15th, but there was no movement on March 3rd.

There is also a grand Qushui Liushang Banquet in the West Garden of Shangsi Festival. A group of clans led by Princess Chun'an is the host. They set up a flowing mat, and all the wine and food are served in small cups and the tourists can take them from the water. Food and beverage, there are brush and ink in several viewing pavilions. If literati and poets have good poetry and articles, they can write them down at any time.

The eldest princess Chun'an also laughed and said that she wanted to publish a collection of poems obtained from Shangsi Festival, and at the same time, she solemnly invited some Hanlin Qingliu to come.

It is extremely elegant to write a collection of poems, but what is circulated among the people is that this Shangsi banquet is a disguised "catching a son-in-law under the list", which means that nobles want to select good people for their daughters in their family.

Of course, most literati smiled at him. It was an old story in the Song Dynasty when catching son-in-law under the list, but the Ming Dynasty did not have such rules.

How difficult it was to be an imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty? In the book, I just wrote about the top scorer in my youth. In fact, those who became scholars in their teenage years were praised as child prodigy. It was not easy to be an imperial examination under twenty. Before thirty, I passed the Jinshi Nadu He was a talented man at the moment, and there were very few who had not married yet at this age.

The wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty would not be like those of the Song Dynasty. They would be captured as son-in-law when they were a Jinshi. Even if they were a 70-year-old man, they would only be ridiculed.

A truly wealthy family had already been in the young scholars. The young man chose a potential stock to get married first, for example, the salt merchant Yan family and the then Nanzhili Jie Yuan Chen Jin.

Therefore, the Shouning Marquis Mansion did not look for a son-in-law among the nobles’ children. He wanted to find a Jinshi who had a good background and was unmarried, but it was actually not easy. If you can find the top scholar Chen Jin, you will definitely find a big mistake.

Although "catching a son-in-law under the list" sounds like a joke to literati, the people like this story the most. Therefore, with the news of the Shangsi Banquet, the words of catching a son-in-law under the list have been circulating for a month.

As for whether there are any candidates who take the exam, it is unknown if they really get into trouble.

But if you catch a son-in-law under the "list" and a son-in-law under the "list", you must first have a "list" to succeed. If you don't have the list on March 3, what can you catch?

Most of the students were anxious, and many of them had no intention of having fun and didn't want to join in the fun.
To be continued...