Wei Lingxiu couldn't help but tell Yanjing the benefits of studying and taking the exam.
As long as you become a scholar, you can have some privileges, and you can also accept students to support your family. It is even more amazing after being admitted to the university. Although there are more and more scholars now, and they have a prosperous literary style in the south of the Yangtze River, there are even more scholars, but There is no problem in asking people to go to a remote place to be a master book or something, and you can also teach and so on.
If you can be admitted to the jinshi, it is definitely a step to the sky.
Wei Lingxiu didn't listen to these before, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, this road is really difficult to walk, but now that it was Yan Jingze's turn, he felt that Yan Jing must try it.
After Wei Lingxiu finished speaking, Yan Jing looked at Wei Lingxiu: "What you said makes sense, so you must study hard."
Wei Lingxiu: "???"
Yan Jing said again: "I will keep an eye on you to read. From today onwards, you should read carefully, and find a teacher in a few days, so that you can take the exam in the future!"
Wei Lingxiu was stunned. He had taken the Tongsheng exam before, but he couldn't pass the exam at all. Now Yanjing wants him to take the exam? The most important thing is... "Brother Yan, the imperial examination requires both ability and political integrity, I can't."
"Why?" Yan Jing asked.
"I was kicked out of the house." Wei Lingxiu said.
He became more and more sober these days, and realized that his father really did not like him.
In fact, when a man is with a man, it is shameful to say that it is serious, but in fact, if it is a little cover up, it is just an affair.
But this matter was deliberately designed by his family, how could he cover it up
"Then I can?" Yan Jing asked back, Wei Lingxiu really didn't do anything, but he had a lot of black history.
"Why not?" Wei Lingxiu asked, talking about some situations where he couldn't take the exam, such as the son of an actor, he couldn't take the exam.
And this mainly depends on the father. For example, someone's mother was an actor, but his father was not, and he had never been a low-ranking member, so it didn't hinder him.
On the other hand, like Wei Lingxiu, if he is considered unfilial by his father, he basically misses the imperial examination.
Yanjing only had the memory of the original owner. The original owner could only eat, drink, and have fun. He really didn't know this. Now, after listening to Wei Lingxiu's explanation, he knew the reason.
Then think about it carefully... He found that he could actually participate in the imperial examination.
His family was a farmer. Although his father was a bastard, he mainly drank and gambled money by himself, and did not leave a criminal record.
to the original owner...
The original owner had fought a lot over the years, but the people who found fault were really owed money to the casino, and there was the Li family behind the casino. Those people would not report to the officials, so the original owner had no criminal record.
So in terms of identity, he is an innocent farmer.
Yan Jing was speechless for a while.
There are some regulations in this place that he really can't understand.
"So, Brother Yan, you can try it." Wei Lingxiu was full of confidence.
When he just came out of Wei's house, he felt like the sky was falling.
But there were so many things that he encountered in the past two days that he didn't have time to think about it.
Yan Jing looked at Wei Lingxiu, saw Wei Lingxiu's eager eyes, and immediately said, "Ling Xiu, do you know how much it costs to study?"
Wei Lingxiu was taken aback.
Yan Jing said: "We have no money now."
So keep copying!
They bought a lot of paper and pens from the county seat, and Wei Lingxiu had the most basic four books and five classics.
Yan Jing followed Wei Lingxiu to read the book, and watched Wei Lingxiu write it again if he didn't know the words. After copying a few "Three Character Classics", he started copying other books.
Wei Lingxiu: "..." He has been studying these few books for ten years, but he didn't memorize them because of his inattentiveness, but Yanjing managed to memorize them in a few days!
There are such smart people in this world!
If a scholar wants to write well, he must practice his arm strength. Some people will write on the wall specially, but no matter how much they practice, they can't compare to Yan Jingze!
Yan Jing can lift a hundred kilograms of things with one hand, and he can shake it for a few laps. The most important thing he lacks is arm strength!
As for writing, it's boring... Thinking about the pension money you need, you can bear it.
Wei Lingxiu can only write about 3,000 words a day, but Yanjing can write 20,000 to 30,000 words a day.
When he copied a new book for the first time, he had to read the book a few times, but after copying it once, he could write it directly, which was even more trouble-free.
So, within a few days, Yan Jing copied all the thick stack of paper that he bought home last time.
He even took advantage of the time when he was copying books to repair his house.
Weave the bamboo pieces together, add wooden strips, etc., and then you can build the wall, and then put a layer of mud on the inside, so that it will not be ventilated. On thatch, it won't leak.
After finishing the work, Yan Jing went to the village chief's house to return the tools.
The village chief's family was very pleasantly surprised to see him coming to return the things... I guess they thought he had borrowed something and couldn't pay it back.
When he got home, Yan Jing took Wei Lingxiu to the county town again to sell books.
When he went back to the bookstore last time, Yan Jing found that people in the bookstore didn't like him very much, and he didn't want to go in this time: "Ling Xiu, you go to the bookstore to sell books, and I'll buy something to eat."
"Okay." Wei Lingxiu agreed.
Yanjing went to buy food and meat, and planned to buy a few chickens to raise.
Although Wei Lingxiu has been talking about letting him take the imperial examination these days, he still feels that it is too far away from him.
And... don't look at the four books and five classics that he can recite now, he doesn't understand the meaning of the above words!
Yan Jing is now thinking about making more money and saving more pension money.
Thinking that he could make money too, Yan Jing felt confident when he spent money, and when he was shopping, Wei Lingxiu had already entered the bookstore.
As soon as he entered the bookstore, Wei Lingxiu's heart skipped a beat - his younger brother was also there.
The Wei family is of the Ling generation. Wei Lingxiu's two younger brothers are called Wei Lingyuan, who is fourteen this year, and Wei Lingqi, the youngest, who is eleven this year.
Wei Lingqi was young, so he seldom came out to socialize. He was detained and studied all day long, but Wei Lingyuan passed the Tongsheng exam last year and would go out with his classmates from time to time. Now it is not unusual to meet him in a bookstore.
Wei Lingxiu has been not dealing with this younger brother.
His younger brother envied him being free from restraint, but he envied that his younger brother was disciplined.
Fortunately, after he entered the bookstore, his brother turned a blind eye to him.
Wei Lingxiu breathed a sigh of relief, and when he found the shopkeeper, he said he had copied some books and asked the shopkeeper to help him read it.
"How much did you copy? Show me." the shopkeeper said.
Wei Lingxiu took out a large stack.
The shopkeeper: "… "
Printing of books is very expensive. These days, all readers will basically copy books.
However, it is difficult for ordinary people to copy a word well, and they have to spend more time on reading, so they generally do not make money by copying books. They mostly copy a good book to keep for themselves, or give it as a gift. people.
Of course, the bookstore would hire some old tongsheng who never passed the exam as a scholar, or someone who didn't even pass the tongsheng exam to help copy books, and some people make a living from it.
But those old boys who copied books couldn't copy as much as Wei Lingxiu!
More importantly, Wei Lingxiu's handwriting is still very good.
The "Three Character Classic" that Wei Lingxiu put on his place before was sold quickly because of its good characters.
At this time, some peasants were studying, and it was difficult to find a good teacher, let alone how to practice calligraphy. Although Wei Lingxiu's calligraphy was not good, it actually surpassed the calligraphy of many scholars. Naturally, some people were willing to buy them and copy them. .
It's just that Wei Lingxiu has written so much in just a few days
Shouldn't he be writing around the clock
The shopkeeper of the bookstore couldn't help but said, "Young Master Wei, don't think I'm talking too much... That's a big deal, so don't take your heart out."
How can a normal person write so much in a few days? This is forced by others!
"He treats me very well." Wei Lingxiu said.
The shopkeeper didn't believe it, but he looked carefully - Wei Lingxiu was clearly kicked out of the Wei family, but his face was ruddy, and he didn't look like he was wronged at all.
Could it be that Yan Jing did not force Wei Lingxiu
But if so, where did these books come from
People in their shop who are used to copying books, if they go to copy books with low requirements, they will not be able to copy as much as Wei Lingxiu in a few days.
"Brother Wei, isn't that your brother?" A voice suddenly came from beside him.
Wei Lingxiu turned his head and saw someone talking to Wei Lingyuan.
Wei Lingyuan's face was full of disdain: "I don't have such a condescending brother!"
Wei Lingxiu clenched his fist secretly.
Wei Lingyuan was young and arrogant, but raised his chin again and said to Wei Lingxiu: "Wei Lingxiu, Dad is going to open an ancestral hall to remove you from your name, you know? Don't call the Wei family's name outside in the future."
When Wei Lingxiu saw the appearance of his family members that day, he knew that they would not make him feel better, but he never thought that his father would actually open an ancestral hall to remove him from his name.
"No one cares about calling the Wei family's name!" As soon as Yan Jing came in, he saw this scene, and his anger came up all of a sudden, and he wanted to go up and fight with people.
But the original owner's memory told him that he couldn't afford to offend someone like Wei Lingyuan.
When he was able to take Wei Lingxiu away from the Wei family, it was mainly because the Wei family wanted to drive away Wei Lingxiu, but Wei Lingyuan was different.
Yan Jing suddenly remembered the experience of the original owner after Wei Lingxiu's death.
After Wei Lingxiu was beaten to death by the original owner, the original owner ate, drank and played as usual, while the Wei family... Wei Lingyuan was admitted as a scholar at a young age, and it was very beautiful for a while.
And Wei Lingxiu's father, Master Wei, also donated an official to take office elsewhere.
Such an official master, the original owner will kneel down and salute when he sees it!
The original owner doesn’t know what happened after that—probably because there were too many people offended, someone invited the original owner to drink one day, and the original owner came home from the county town drunk, and then someone came out from the roadside and beat the original owner to death.
The original owner had a lot to die for, but Yan Jing was too lazy to think about him, but that Mr. Wei became an official later, and this Wei Lingyuan, who could be admitted to a scholar at a young age, might even become an official later!
In the future, will he bring Wei Lingxiu to kowtow to these people
This doesn't work!
Yan Jing had previously thought that the imperial examination was too far away, but at this moment, he suddenly had the urge to take the imperial examination.
He also wanted to pass the test of Wei Lingxiu's father!
After this, let Wei Lingxiu's father salute him when he sees him!
Yan Jing thought about it a lot, but Wei Lingyuan ignored him at all, turned around and left.
Seeing this, Yanjing suddenly looked at Wei Lingxiu: "Ling Xiu, I've decided, I'm going to take the imperial examination!"
Wei Lingxiu's eyes lit up.
The bookstore shopkeeper was stunned. He heard right, Yan Da, this guy is going to take the imperial examination? Is he stupid or crazy
He is afraid that he can't even write his own name!