The daily life of a talented young husband who travels through a book and suffers from cruelty

Chapter 182 A Long Story
"Okay," Li Xiaodao replied.

After finishing the work in the kitchen, they set up two stools in the yard, lit an incense stick to smoke mosquitoes, and each held a cattail fan to enjoy the cool air and watch the moon and talk.

Li Xiaodao was half lying on the chair, looking up at the moon in the sky, the moon was sixteen on the fifteenth day, but today it is seventeen.

"Sanggong, let's start telling the story," Li Xiaodao turned his head and smiled at Xianggong.

"Well," Pei Zhiqi said slowly to his wife while waving his fan: "Master Shen Ruqian and Anzhou Muchao Caiwang are from the same hometown. They studied in the same private school since they were young, but their family backgrounds are very different. Shen Ruqian read Chao's private school was run by Chao's family, because his parents rented and farmed in Chao's family, and Chao's family gave him a loan to study.

Later, Shen Ruqian and Chao Caiwang both passed the examination as a scholar in the same year.At that time, Shen Ruqian was only nearly twenty years old, and he was full of energy. He felt that his essays were no problem, because all the teachers and classmates at that time praised his essays as the first in the whole school, and no one could match them. They all laughed that he was a bought scholar, and his articles were nonsense. Although everyone was in awe of him, no one really paid attention to his articles. At most, some snobs liked to make friends with him.

But after the first provincial examination, Shen Ruqian failed and Chao Caiwang was selected.At that time, everyone comforted Shen Ruqian, saying that this year was just an accident, the world was unfair, and that the rich and powerful Chao family must have resorted to shady methods, so he also believed that it must be so, so he prepared to wait another three years.At this time, Chao Caiwang was already preparing for the second year's meeting.

In the second year after the first provincial examination, it was rumored among classmates that Chao Caiwang actually won the second class in the general examination in the capital, obtained a Jinshi background, and entered the official career from then on.

Everyone sighed for a while, but Shen Ruqian was firm in his heart. He was helping his parents with farming while studying at home, and he firmly believed that he would be able to pass the provincial examination next time.

However, three years later, the second township examination still failed.

Shen Ruqian's family is poor, pens, inks, papers and inkstones are very expensive. Even though there is a little government subsidy every month, and there are school fields, life is still tight, but he gritted his teeth and persisted. He didn't believe that he had real talents and learning, so he would lose his reputation twice in a row.He also humbly asked his teachers and classmates for advice. Everyone gave him a lot of useful suggestions, and they all expressed that they did not understand why his articles were not selected.

Someone also secretly reminded him that he needs to move around more often, but Shen Ruqian's family is so poor, and there is not much left over from farming after tax and food, only enough for food and clothing, and the little money subsidized by the government is also used to buy books and paper. No money to move around.

But he thought that there was more than one poor student like him, and there were also poor students who passed the exam. In the final analysis, as long as the essay is good, even if no other means are used, there will be a chance to win.So he cheered up and prepared for the third provincial examination.

At this time, Chao Caiwang had already gone to a county near his hometown to become the magistrate.

Another three years have passed, and Shen Ruqian was very cautious in the exam this time. He listened to the opinions of his teachers and classmates, and did not write what should not be written. This time it will definitely win.

But he lost again.

Nine years have passed, and he has lost three elections. Shen Ruqian is nearly thirty years old, but he is still a scholar, while Chao Caiwang has been the county magistrate in his hometown for many years.

Since then, Shen Ruqian has been depressed, and he feels that he will never win, so he only maintains the name of a scholar every year, and then teaches students to supplement his family, trying to dispel the idea of ​​continuing the exam.

Two years passed quickly, and Shen Ruqian, who was in Li Zhinian, still didn't cheer up. He only felt that the determination he made when he was young was to be a good official to make life better for the people in his hometown, and to punish the wicked so that the people would never again Not to be bullied, to judge the case fairly so that the people will not be wronged, all kinds of wishes have become a joke with the difficulty of the township examination.

However, a chance this year changed his fate.

At that time, Chao Caiwang, who was still the county magistrate, suddenly invited many classmates to a gathering one day. During the meeting, he confided in his bitterness that he had been the county magistrate for many years but had no hope of promotion.He said that although he managed the county like a dog, his predecessor was even worse than him, but he was promoted to the county magistrate for three years, and it was useless to take care of his family. I was really worried and wanted to ask Ask the students if there is any good way.

At the banquet, some people said east, some people said west, but the most senior official in the class is Chao Zhixian. The other classmates, like Shen Ruqian, are at most a scholar, and they don't even have a candidate. It's not easy, not everyone has an extraordinary insight into the affairs of the court.

At this time, Shen Ruqian, who always liked to study the new trends of the imperial court, told Chaozhi County that the Supervisory Censor who was in charge of assessing him, as well as the higher levels of the Supervisory Censor and even the Right Capital Censor had gradually been replaced by Prince Rong in recent years. First, Prince Rong not only hates corrupt officials, but also mediocre people who have no achievements. If he does not do some practical things in the position of magistrate, he may not only be unable to be promoted, but also be in danger of being dismissed.

After Chaozhi County heard this, he wanted to ask Shen Ruqian to be his teacher on the spot, and promised that as long as he could continue to be promoted and make a fortune, he would obey Shen Ruqian's words and pay generous rewards.

Shen Ruqian thought about this invitation, thinking that if he became a master, he would be able to continue to participate in the rural examination, and he would have an optimistic income to subsidize his family. He could also take this opportunity to do some good things for the people in the county. It would cost some reputation to help the faint official, and there seemed to be no reason to refuse, so he agreed.

Next, he asked Chao Zhi County to exempt the people from exorbitant taxes, retrial the old unjust cases, let the wronged people clear their grievances, and prohibited officials and government servants from using various names to blackmail the people, doing good deeds One by one, the common people discussed that the county magistrate had changed his temper and became an upright official, and his reputation spread far and wide. After a few years, this magistrate of Chao County became the current Chaozhou Mu.

Master Shen has been continuing to take the Juren examination, but he has not yet passed the exam.Originally, Chaozhou Mu also wanted to do the same to Master Shen, but now that the new emperor ascends the throne, the person in charge of the scientific research has changed again and again. Although it has not been eliminated for the time being, it is no longer as easy to fish in troubled waters as it was back then.

This is the story of Master Shen Ruqian. If it weren't for his help, Anzhou would not have been preserved during the Japanese invasion. Although he failed to win the election with four or two methods, he also realized his young wish. "

After telling this long story, Pei Zhiqi turned to look at the lady, and found that she was not asleep, her eyes were wide open and she was listening attentively.

"Huh? Is it gone? Is this the end?" Li Xiaodao, who was fascinated by the sound, came back to ask the gentleman when he heard the gentleman stop.

Pei Zhiqi smiled and said, "Well, the story is over."

Li Xiaodao heaved a long sigh: "Since the Japanese Rebellion, I have heard many stories about this Prince Rong, that is, the prince Zhucheng of Fuguo Prince's Mansion who was offended by Xianggong's family. From these things, he He should be a good man and a good prince. I don’t know how the Xianggong’s family offended him? I really can’t figure it out!”

Pei Zhiqi smiled and shook his head: "I don't know either, but if Prince Rong is such a good person, then the person he hates to the bone is probably a treacherous person..."

"No! My intuition tells me that Xianggong's biological parents must be good people!" Li Xiaodao looked at Xianggong with a very firm expression.

(End of this chapter)