Chapter 42 Wei Taifu

Hanlin Academy is located at the foot of the mountain several miles outside Jiangnan City. The environment here is quiet and surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is most suitable for devoted reading of sages. It is also the most famous academy in the Jiangnan area.

Although the faculty is not as good as the capital, it is one of the few in the country. Over the years, there have been many people with Jinshi, and such academies are rare in the country.

Su Niang, let's go.

Looking at the magnificent and elegant building in front of her, Ji Moshu was a little excited. Although she had not been studying in the academy for a long time, the Henan businessmen are now facing difficulties and the Su family is getting married. Whether it is the heir of the Ji family or the Su family's Sn in Law, she needs herself more urgently than ever. The imperial examination is undoubtedly the most suitable way to prove herself. She cannot embarrass Su Niang.

Su Niang nodded. Unlike Ji Moshu who was dedicated to learning, she just came to inquire about the situation.

The group first found the school supervisor and gave some silver to a three-bedroom residence beside the mountain, and the four of them could live in the same yard.

The dormitory has all the facilities. It is better to say that it is a house that is rented, and there are many noble children who bring their families to study. Therefore, the academy has also prepared some good elegant residences to rent for these noble people. If you live well, you will naturally be more attentive to study.

Chunhua and Su Ying quickly moved the things into the room one by one, cleaning and tidying them up, while Ji Moshu stood aside a little awkwardly, looking at Su Niang very embarrassed.

Su Niang, come in.When he opened Yaju's master bedroom, Ji Moshu turned sideways and greeted embarrassedly.

This is a three-bedroom elegant residence with a kitchen, Chunhua and Su Ying each live in a lower room, and she and Su Niang naturally live in the master bedroom. There are only four of them here, all of whom are from her room. This inexplicably gives her a feeling of being separated. Unlike the royal family members like the Ji family, it is a small family that truly belongs to her, Ji Moshu's home.

From today on, she lives with Su Niang, studying and preparing for the exam. Without her parents and servants, wouldn’t she be able to do anything without scrupulous?

I stood there and sent this mountain ginseng to Master to see if I could get a letter of recommendation and try to take the exam next year. Su Niang looked at Ji Moshu helplessly, then took out a brocade box. There was a mountain ginseng tree in the brocade box, which looked like it was hundreds of years old.

You need to register for the imperial examination, and the registration requires a famous master to give a recommendation guarantee. Therefore, Shu Xiu comes from this. Whoever gives more gifts will have to pay more attention to, and who often has a better chance to participate in the exam, otherwise you will have to wait in line.

Life is only tens of years and I can’t wait at all. This imperial examination system is destined to make it difficult for poor families to turn over.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for poor families to have noble children. In fact, it is not just about poverty, or poverty does not refer to wealth alone.

Poverty also has a distinction between academic vision. If poor students want to make a name for themselves, it is difficult to enter a good academy just because they can reach the sky. Once they enter a college, they will fall into a dilemma of vision.

Just like Hanlin Academy, although Hanlin Academy is not the best in the country, it has gathered people from all over the world, from noble families to common people.

In order to study in Hanlin Academy, the high-ranking officials and nobles have tried their best. Under this competitive pressure, if poor students want to make a name for themselves, they are not only knowledge, but even luck.

With multiple constraints, even poor families find it difficult to turn over, while poor and lower-middle peasants often stop at the scholars and are already smoke from the ancestral grave.

The farmer's top scholar described in the market storybook is just a beautiful fantasy of the general public.

Okay, I'll go and send Shu Xiu first, and we will have a meal together in the evening.Ji Moshu is very considerate and has always been very positive about pampering his wife.

Go quickly, come back immediately after delivery, and do not stay outside and hook up with people who are indiscriminate.Su Niang again reminded her again.

Uh-huh.Ji Moshu's face turned weirdly, so she would not hook up with others.However, she was very helpful to ask Su Niang to give this advice.

While it was still early, she hurried to the room where the Master lived.

She hasn't taken the exam for a long time. Although she has reviewed it intermittently, she is not as good as other people's hard study.

But she has confidence that she has been able to see and hear the contents of the exam and what is covered by her parents since she was a child, especially the recent incidents of the business gang have also caused a lot of controversy. The checks and balances between merchants, powerful groups and ordinary people have given her a new understanding of the operation of the country.

It's strange that the children of rich families have been more sensitive to power since childhood. Even though she has been on sick for decades, she still knows more political knowledge than ordinary people.

In a sense, is she too smart, or is this world too sticking to the rules, so that the environment has not changed at all for more than ten years?

As a Henan Businessman, keeping pace with the times is almost a belief engraved in her bones. She lamented the eternal selection system.

We clearly select capable people who govern the country, but why don’t we keep pace with the times?

As the saying goes, born from distress and dying from happiness, I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but for now, this conservative rule has given her the opportunity to catch up with the foundation of the world.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Moshu came to a Qingzhu Yaju beside the water at the foot of the mountain. She walked in and knocked on the door.

Who is it?

The voice of an elderly woman came from the door immediately, and she hurriedly said respectfully.

Master Wei, it’s me, Mo Shu.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened and saw a woman in her seventies standing inside the door. Although the woman was already very old, she was slender and not hunched. She wore a blue shirt and robe, and her every gesture showed a gentle and elegant spirit.

This is the master who taught Ji Moshu, Master Wei, and the former Grand Tutor.

A few years ago, Taifu Wei retired and returned home, so he stayed at Hanlin Academy to be a teacher. Given that the title of Taifu has become the storefront of Hanlin Academy, many people want to become Wei Fuzi's students when they visit him, but not everyone accepted Wei Fuzi. Over the years, the number of students admitted has been maintained. Only if some of them pass the Jinshi exam or give up the imperial examination will they accept students again.

Because Ji Moshu is often sick, it is equivalent to occupying a quota for many years. This makes people gossip that Ji Moshu has occupied the pit and will not shit.

Master Wei looked at Ji Moshu standing outside the door in surprise, almost recognizing it.

The girl who was shriveled and thin in the past was about to pant after walking a few steps, she changed her body. She grew taller, her lips and white teeth. Although she was dressed as a scholar at this time, she was tall and graceful. She patted Ji Moshu on the shoulder, and it was really strong.

Mo Shu is back?But I almost couldn't recognize the changed Master. Is your illness cured?

Well, my illness is fine, but is the Master healthy recently?Ji Moshu bowed.

Health is healthy, and half of the people are buried in the soil, so there are still some minor problems.But you, now you have to concentrate on your studies?

Well, this time I am going back to take the tribute exam next year. I wonder if the Master can recommend it to me one or two?Ji Moshu took out the brocade box and handed it to Master Wei.

This, you haven’t studied for a long time, so you have to take the tribute exam next year?Master Wei took the brocade box and opened it and found that it was a good wild ginseng inside. This kind of thing is priceless. The Ji family made such a big deal this time. Logically speaking, Ji Moshu was not old and had just married the Su family. Why was he suddenly so anxious to get a fame and fortune?

Yes, what are the difficulties of Master?Although he had not done business, as a child of Henan businessmen, his ability to observe words and expressions was almost innate. Ji Moshu instantly captured Wei Fuzi's entanglement.

Alas, this is a long way to say it, come in first.

Master Wei gave in and asked Ji Moshu to enter the house.

There was a charcoal basin burning in the house. Master Wei was old and his waist and legs were always sore. Although he was only early November, he still needed to keep warm.

Looking at Master Wei's slightly staggering steps, Ji Moshu felt uncomfortable. People who have suffered serious illnesses will cherish their lives more. She has cured the disease, but Master Wei has aged day by day, so he doesn't walk smoothly.

Master, be careful.She helped the Master to sit on the soft couch, and then poured water on the side. After a while, she brewed a cup of tea.

You have the heart.Master Wei took the teacup and took a sip, looking at Ji Moshu with relief.Ji Moshu is a good person, and she is relieved that she has cured her illness.

I wonder what is the difficulty of letting me take the exam just now?

Alas, I'm going to say that a new list of imperial examinations will be drawn up this year, and the quota will be reduced next year's tribute and palace examinations, so I only have five quotas here. If I give you one, I wonder what your knowledge is?Master Wei was actually quite embarrassed. Logically, she could report all ten places, but now she has shrunk half of them. Ji Moshu has a family behind her and is married to the Su family again. Ji Moshu is young and promising and can wait for the next time, and some people under her who have no power and no business need opportunities.

Reduce the quota?Ji Moshu was shocked, why is the decisions made today always so suddenly?Now that the court officials have changed, isn’t it just a time when Your Majesty is in a stable position in the court?Reducing the quota is fair, so won’t the court officials persuade you?

This is also something that I have troubled, but what can we guess about the order of the present? By the way, the girl from the Su family said she had gone to the capital, but when did she tell you when would she come back?It’s almost time to take the exam, so why are you going to take the exam if you don’t come back to review?Master Wei asked again.

Sister Su hasn’t contacted me yet, and she should have returned before the New Year.Ji Moshu knew that Master Wei was asking Sister Su.

Sister Su and she are from the same academy. She even held a wedding banquet with her sister Su. According to Mr. Su, she went to Beijing to clear the businessmen, but she still didn't hear any news after so long.

This girl is still playing the exam soon, and she really doesn't take the exam seriously.Let's do this, let's study for a while, and then I will make a decision after I have studied your knowledge.As for the mountain ginseng, you should take it back first. If I have half of it in the soil, don’t waste it. Keep it yourself. If you are weak, you can replenish it. Don’t always get sick.Master Wei patted Ji Moshu on the shoulder. It was actually obvious that the Ji family was targeted by Jin Shang. When Jin Shang was not in the fight with the Su family, it was a pity that Ji Moshu's knowledge was.

No, Master Xiu took this bush.This year, I look at it may be the cold winter. Drinking this ginseng and these red ginseng soup can also replenish qi and blood and warm the body.Ji Moshu stubbornly gave the gift to the Master.

you.

Master, this is regarded as Mo Shu's filial piety, and I will study it seriously in the future.It was getting late, so I went back first.

Without waiting for Master Wei to refuse, Ji Moshu put down Shu Xiu and left, leaving Master Wei sighing with relief and helplessness.

However, after Ji Moshu left, a young girl who had not yet reached the end of her hair walked behind Wei Fuzi and pulled Wei Fuzi's sleeve in dissatisfaction.

Grandma, why don’t you give her a place? The little girl was very unhappy, and her eyebrows were full of dissatisfaction with her grandmother.

Oh my little Xiaoyi, how could my grandmother say she wouldn't give her a quota.Master Wei pampered the little girl and liked her so much.

Is this her grandson? She has been spoiled since she was a child. She has to take her to the academy. It is precisely because of this that Wei Xiaoyi has seen Ji Moshu several times and has gradually developed a favorable impression and has protected her sister Moshu everywhere.

Still said no, grandmother, you have always said that she has a good knowledge. Since she is so naturally, she has to take the exam. Maybe she will pass the Jinshi next year.Wei Xiaoyi pouted, unhappy.

Do you think it was my grandmother who didn’t want to give it?That is also the obstruction of the current emperor. How did your mother tell you last time when she came back? What decisions might have been made against the Su family? Now it’s a coincidence that the Ji family is involved with the Su family again. It’s a problem that nothing happened. Grandma, my former grand tutor, did not have such great power?Master Wei was in a dilemma. In fact, she did not agree with Emperor Taihe's various measures, and the methods were too arbitrary.

In the past, a dynasty carried out tyranny and unified the six countries with strong force, but the country was destroyed in just a few years.

If Emperor Taihe continued to do so, he would only lose people's hearts faster. Governing the country could not be the same as war.

Grandma, can’t you persuade Brother Taihe?You are his master, aren’t you?

In the past, I was his grand tutor, but now I have retired and returned to my hometown. In his eyes, he is just a wild woman in the village. He can even order me, the grand tutor, to not invite me to return to the palace. If I don’t know how to polite the Wei family, it will cause trouble.

grandmother……

Seeing that Master Wei was invincible, the little girl was so anxious that her eyes were red, and the golden beans kept spinning inside, and she was even about to make a fuss on the ground.

OK OK OK, grandmother promised you that at least she can let her take the tribute exam. Anyway, there will be a palace exam in the end, so let me decide it myself.Master Wei, who really couldn't stand his granddaughter acting cute, had to agree. Anyway, the palace examination was held by the emperor himself, and the emperor had the final say whether he could pass the Jinshi.

Even though she is no longer a tutor, she will still instinctively maintain the fairness of the imperial examinations. Whoever has the ability will be qualified to take the exam.

Grandma, you are so good. It happened that my mother sent someone to send two reed chickens today. The red ginseng that Sister Mo Shu just gave is also good. Xiaoyi will take it to simmer chicken soup for his grandmother.Wei Xiaoyi was satisfied and immediately went to make soup for Master Wei excitedly.

Watching Wei Xiaoyi run away, Master Wei shook his head helplessly.

Xiaoyi is now like Taihe and Zhaoyang in his childhood. Before she retired and returned home, she taught Prince Taihe and Princess Zhaoyang. At that time, both of them were smart, studious, simple and cute.

However, three years ago, when the emperor passed away and Taihe ascended the throne, he almost kept changing his government orders, acting arbitrary and ruthless. She was shocked, and even suspected that Taihe, who was taught in the past, was not the same person as Taihe who sat in the Golden Palace.

People in the world say that Emperor Taihe changed his temperament because of the death of the late emperor, but as the Taifu, she is one of the few people who can get close to the royal family, and she knows some inside stories.

I heard that Princess Zhaoyang disappeared a year ago, and from a time perspective, it coincided with the Taihe Emperor's great reform of the government, and even the change in the attitude of the Su family has been since then.

The Su family in Jiangnan is the princess's mother's home. The princess disappeared in the palace and the Taihe Emperor did not explain, so she naturally did not deal with each other.

But she didn't understand why a dignified princess of a country could evaporate and die?

Who killed the princess?

If you are not dead, where can you go?

No one knows it.