Enke, that is, a special examination for the imperial court celebrations.
It is no different from Zhengke, but it is not limited by the three-year trial. The news was brought back by Lin Miao from the Hanlin Academy. Although the imperial edict has not been promulgated, the news should be correct. In this case, it is worth considering whether to go back now.
From the capital to Shanxi, it takes one and a half months to walk the fastest, and it will be July when we return to Shanxi. The township examination was in August, and when Li Datian returned home, he took a detour to Taiyuan to take the township examination, which was too late.
Not to mention Xue Tingxiang, who will try it in February next year, which means that he will leave for the capital early in the twelfth lunar month, and he will not be able to stay at home for many days.
Xue Tingxiang and Li Datian discussed it and decided to stay in the capital.
In Shuntian Prefecture, scholars from all provinces can come to take the exam, so Li Datian can stay in Beijing to take the exam. The only thing is that, because the township examination in Shuntian Prefecture does not depend on the place of origin, there are many more scholars who come to take the examination than other places, and the competition is extremely fierce.
To use the simplest analogy, if Li Datian can pass the test in Shanxi, he may not be able to pass the test when he arrives in Shuntian Prefecture.
However, Li Datian has always been an optimistic temperament, and he doesn't care about it. If he doesn't pass the test this time, it's a big deal to catch up with the township test next August. Anyway, the subject test has been going on for the past two years, so it's time to practice.
When the matter is settled, the two calm down to read and wait.
They didn't make them wait too long. After a few days, the imperial edict was issued, and Enke was opened.
Every time when Enke is opened, it is a day of celebration for scholars across the country. Speaking of the three-year trial period, it is not long, but for the scholars who have survived year by year, adding one more Enke is one more chance.
Even places like the capital were shaken, as you can imagine everywhere.
However, the Mao family still had to go back, and there was still business to take care of at home, and Zhou Chen had come here as a escort this time, and he still had his parents at home, so he couldn't stay outside for more. Both Xue Tingxiang and Li Datian wrote letters and dragged Zhou Chen to take them back. Zhao'er also wrote several letters, some for her sister Zhaodi, and some for Xue Qinghuai and Gao Sheng.
Without mentioning these trivial matters, Xue Tingxiang and the others stayed there.
Reading books, writing articles, practicing calligraphy every day, and having a beautiful woman by my side, the life is naturally passed to the gods without changing.
While the three men were busy working hard, the three little women, Zhao'er, Xue Tao'er and Lin Yanran, were also busy. This was still suggested by Zhao'er. She wanted to do some small business to supplement her livelihood.
In this regard, although Xue Tao'er and Lin Yanran were a little helpless, they were willing. Only when I became a home did I realize that firewood, rice, oil, and salt were expensive. Neither of the two families were very wealthy, so I naturally wanted to make some allowances for the family.
Zhao'er's idea was to open an opening on the wall of her house facing the small garden by the street, and then build a house there as a small shop. At that time, if you do a small business or something, it will always be a sum of money.
This idea was there when she bought the house, and that was the main reason why she was willing to pay 50 taels more.
When the matter was settled, Zhao'er went to find someone to tear down the courtyard wall. It was not enough to just point at her, and Mao Badou had to help. Mao Badou helped find a craftsman. There is a small shop at the corner of Handkerchief Hutong on the south side of Xihuaer Street.
The door face is not big, only more than two meters wide, and the inside is much larger than the door face.
A large room with direct access to the small garden at the back.
Even the small garden, which was originally small, is even smaller, but there is still a place the size of a house, which is enough to bask in the sun and enjoy the coolness.
Of course, in the capital city, it is not something you can get through if you want to get through the shop. For this reason, the tricker once again found the squatter who sold their house before, and asked him to help him to clear the one or two, and then made a contract.
For this, she spent another hundred taels of silver.
But it's worth it, even the fangs sighed why he didn't think of this in the first place. A house and a shop are two different things. Don't look at the shop as small, but because it is adjacent to the flower market, it can also top the price of this house.
This shop Zhao'er intends to open an embroidery workshop. After all, it is different now, she has no helper, and she is not familiar with the place. And Tao'er and Yanran are both girls' families, and they are not suitable for those high-profile businesses.
The embroidery work for the two of them is not bad. Selling some fabrics and ready-to-wear, and then buying some head flower jewelry or something, is enough to subsidize the family. And she planned to get another big vat next to it, to sell the vinegar that Xue Tingxiang had brewed for her recipe before.
She had tasted that vinegar, but it was only half a year old, and she was able to top those old vinegars that had been stored for more than five years. The reason why vinegar is more expensive is because the cycle is long and the production is small, but if the cycle can be shortened, the cost, manpower and material resources will naturally be greatly reduced.
But this is just a plan. There is no vinegar in the capital, so the vinegar has to be shipped from Shanxi. Fortunately, the vinegar that the local people in Beijing eat is shipped from other places, so it is not a big deal.
While this side was busy with the heat, the DPRK also made a lot of noise because of the Kaienke incident.
In fact, every time when a department is opened to take a scholar, there will be such a scene in the DPRK and China.
Without him, it is because the main and deputy examinations of the provinces are all released by Beijing officials, and this errand may seem inconspicuous, but it is related to the foundation of various factions in the DPRK.
Just like the previous Shanxi township exam, this chief examiner made several factions fight to the death.
As the base camp of the Shen family, Shanxi naturally does not want other forces to get involved, and other factions want to get involved for various reasons.
The opening of scholars every three years is not only a day for scholars across the country to celebrate, but also a day for senior officials in the DPRK and China to compete for talents. These Juren and Jinshi are the cornerstones of the future imperial court, and they belong to the imperial court.
So at this time, some senior officers who usually seem to be extraordinarily reserved will also be eager to fight, and these more than ten main and deputy examiners alone can make them suffer for a month.
Emperor Jiacheng was also accustomed to this situation. The old monk was still there and let them talk. When the talk was about the same, he would hit each of the 50 major boards with the elimination band. In the end, the situation would always be evenly matched.
In this way, no one can say anything, so it is natural to do so.
It seems easy to say, but in fact it contains the blood and tears of Emperor Jiacheng and these courtiers fighting their wits and courage. But at this time, he didn't have the energy to care about this. The son he valued the most, also Prince He, was suffering from a serious illness.
Emperor Jiacheng ascended the throne at the age of 30, and he has been in the dynasty for eight years. When he took over this position from Taizu, he knew that his future road would be very difficult.
Taizu was born as a military general. At that time, when the land of the Central Plains was shaking, it was at stake. The reason why he was able to sit on the position of the honor of the Ninety-five is that in addition to his wise martial arts, bravery and good combat, he was also a combination of various forces.
These forces have become the poisonous gangrene of the imperial court when everything is peaceful. Even if Taizu tried his best to criticize and praise, he still couldn't solve it completely, leaving only a peaceful and prosperous world on the surface, but in reality a country full of holes.
Prince Qi Pu was the first son of Emperor Jiacheng and his most beloved son. He was brought by his side and raised carefully since he was a child. This child is also smart and clever since he was a child, but Emperor Jiacheng never imagined that it would be, but in recent years, he was busy with government affairs and neglected the teaching of the prince, so the prince was infected with that kind of sickness.
The entire East Palace has been put under martial law. The servants around the prince have been beaten to death, and even the prince's three teachers have been angered.
Among them are the young master Youde of the prince, and the two lecturers. In particular, Fu Youde, as the young master of the prince, had always been favored by Emperor Jiacheng, so he would put him beside the prince, but he never thought that he was so negligent.
In fact, Fu Youde blamed Fu Youde for this, and he was really wronged. Although he was the young master of the prince, he was not always with the prince every day. And the reason why the prince contracted that kind of disease was because the evil slaves around him deliberately lured the prince to go to that kind of place in order to flatter the master, so this kind of thing happened.
But the emperor's anger has always been unreasonable, and he really has to pay for such a thing, and he can only admit that he is unlucky.
For this reason, not only was the East Palace agitated, but even the Empress was angered and banned in Kunning Palace.
Just when there was a lot of uproar in the court because of the poor selection of examiners, the palace was full of mountains and rain.
Someone sent news to Lin Miao, and he stayed up all night after getting the news. The next day, he went to the Hanlin Academy to order Mao. When he came back that night, he called Xue Tingxiang, Chen Jian and the others.
He didn't go into details, he just told a few people to walk outside, not to disclose his relationship with Beilu Academy. Several people were puzzled and asked questions one after another, but Xue Tingxiang's eyes flashed and he fell silent again.
"I hope this is just a matter of worrying too much about the teacher. I have just arrived here, and I don't have much communication with others. It's okay to be a teacher. You are just small fish and shrimp, and your time in Beilu Academy is short, and the outsiders who know Very few, I hope not to be implicated. It’s just that the affairs of the DPRK have always affected the whole body, things haven’t happened, no one knows what will happen in the end, saying this for the teacher is just a precaution.”
Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Lin Miao revealed some words, but he didn't elaborate, only that something happened to the masters of a few people.
Mao Badou and the others were still confused, but Xue Tingxiang suddenly realized.
In addition to Lu Huanqing, a great scholar in the world, the reason why the Beilu clan was able to detach themselves in the court was that there was another person who held the main line. That was Lu Huanqing's first student, Lin Miao's senior brother, Xue Tingxiang and others' master Bo Fu Youde.
This Fu Youde is not a high-ranking person, he only holds the title of the Imperial College Prison Sacrificial Wine, but he has another identity, that is, the young master of the prince.
Based on this, all factions in the DPRK and China are reluctant to offend Beilu Academy. The teacher of the prince, if the prince ascends the throne one day, at least he will be in the position of the third prince. If such a person can not be offended, he will not offend, and maybe he will make good friends.
Now it seems that something has happened to Fu Youde
It should be correct to say that something happened to the prince.
In Xue Tingxiang's dream, Prince He did not exist, but only existed in people's memories. Since he entered the dynasty as an official, Prince Pu was the first prince, but Prince Pu was well-received in people's mouths, and even Emperor Jiacheng was very embarrassed when he mentioned Prince Pu.
If it wasn't for the early death of Prince He, the position of the future prince, or even the position of the ninety-five prince, would not have been held by Prince Hui.
But these are exactly what the ministers want to see. Prince Hui is a mediocre person, but he has a small temper and is indecisive. Having suffered enough of the dictatorship of the Holy Master, some of the following ministers certainly hope to see that the 'Jin Shang' is easy to deal with.
The ruler is weak and the subject is strong, and the ruler is strong and the subject is weak. These have always been complementary to each other.
Could it be that they have already started? Will there be a situation after that
Thinking of this, even with Xue Tingxiang's mind, he couldn't help but feel a cold sweat pouring down, and he was horrified by the actions of those daring people. But he didn't think so anymore. If it was him, he might do the same.
This security is decades old, and it's worth taking the risk.
But it is obvious that this kind of adventure involves Xue Tingxiang and the others, who have eggs under the nest, and now they are the existence of these eggs.
Xue Tingyan smiled bitterly, finally realizing the bitterness of the fight between gods and mortals.
It was also because he had been peaceful for so long that he had neglected these things.
In fact, even if he is not negligent, he is not an immortal, and he cannot be a prophet at all. When these things happened, he was only studying in the Shen family school, and he couldn't spy on these upper-level things. When he finally passed the examination and entered the court as an official, it was time for everything to be calm.
In Xue Tingxiang's memory, Fu Youde resigned and returned to his hometown, and he has been hiding in Beilu Academy since then. As for how many people in the Beilu family were implicated, and even when several forces were fighting each other, it was unknown whether anyone was sacrificed.
That is to say, the Beilu family will bow their heads and be human, hoping that as Lin Miao said, this matter will not be too involved.
In fact, after thinking about it, this matter should not be too involved. Even if Emperor Jiacheng was in the name of the royal family, he wouldn't make a rash attack, and those factions in the court, based on their own thoughts, naturally wanted to hide from people's eyes and ears, and they would also pretend to be ignorant.
Only the Beilu family was involved for no reason. In these days when the situation in the DPRK and China was not clear, I am afraid that the life will be a bit difficult.
Thinking of this, Xue Tingxiang calmed down.
Small fish and small shrimp have such a little advantage, that is, they are not noticed. There are times when it is safe to be unnoticed.
Mao Badou and Li Datian didn't matter, Chen Jian was considered to have entered the dynasty after all, and he seemed a little worried when he knew the relationship.
Xue Tingxiang was not good at speaking clearly, so he could only say some useless words of consolation, and then went home separately without going into details.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the results of the selection of the provincial examiners have finally come out. The main and deputy examiners from all over the world did not mention it, but the one from Shuntian Palace kept it a secret.
This is also to prevent people from colluding and cheating. The township examination in Shuntian Prefecture has always been the focus of the imperial court, and the decree will not be announced until the township examination.
As for the chief and deputy examiners in other places, they must set off immediately after receiving the imperial decree. On the way, they are not allowed to wander freely, and they are not allowed to be received by local officials. When they arrive in the province they are dispatched from, they will be greeted by the transfer officer immediately into the mansion, and they are not allowed to receive local officials until they enter the Gongyuan.
In this way, Jiacheng's eighth-year rural examination finally began in full swing.