Chapter 85 Volume A is shocked

"Ah? Dalang, are you really planning to take the provincial examination?" Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu's voices were full of surprise, while Jia Rong was shocked and envious.

There are many people in the Imperial College who have to take the provincial examination, but they are basically tribute inspectors from various provinces and north and south Zhili. In the past ten years, I have hardly heard of anyone else from the Yin prison who passed the examination. Having said that, you really need to be strong. Who would be willing to take up such a quota and reputation after passing the provincial examination?

"Let's try it. Anyway, I'm still young. I'll give it a try while I've been studying for two years. If I wait another two years and get married like Brother Lian and Brother Rong, I'm afraid I won't have the heart to study. ." Feng Ziying said with a smile and turned around, "Brother Bao, how about we come together? The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock. It's the time when men are studying. Let's encourage each other."

Jia Baoyu's face stiffened. He really couldn't bear the hardship. He couldn't get up in the morning, and he had to have a headache and thorns in his buttocks at night. How could he enjoy playing with his sisters and maids if he couldn't read the Four Books and Five Classics?

But in front of Jia Lian and Jia Rong, he could not lose his ambition, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Brother Feng, I definitely want to study, but you said it is difficult to calm down while studying in prison, but if you go to an academy outside the city I want to study here. I feel that our Jia family is a well-educated family after all, so we can’t lose face by going to the academy, so I still plan to hire two favorite tutors in the mansion to lay a solid foundation, and then go to the academy,..."

Feng Ziying secretly laughed when she heard what Jia Baoyu said so righteously.

This guy is still a bit quick-witted and has not been fooled by his own words. He just wants him to read the book in Rongguo Mansion unless the sun rises from the west.

However, since this guy was so arrogant, I couldn't let him go down the steps easily, so he pretended to be attentive and said: "Yes, Brother Bao is still a little young, so let's make it an agreement. Two years from now How about I wait for you at Qingtan Academy?"

 “Qingtan Academy?!” As soon as the four words Qingtan Academy were spoken, several people present were startled.

Although Jia Lian, Jia Rong and Jia Yun are not scholars, they have already heard of the name of Qingtan Academy.

Within Shuntian Prefecture, there are dozens of academies, large and small, both inside and outside the capital. Among the four most famous academies, Qingtan Academy ranks third or fourth in terms of scale, momentum, and influence. However, in terms of strict discipline and students, Qingtan Academy ranks third or fourth. In terms of quality, Qingtan Academy is undoubtedly ranked first.

However, because of its relatively strict internal requirements, especially the fact that a specific recommendation from relevant personnel is required, and that once discipline is violated, he will be expelled without hesitation, many officials and gentry in the capital are intimidated.

Even many outstanding scholars who are actually good in all aspects do not like their style, so they are unwilling to study at Qingtan Academy.

 So Qingtan Academy has always been the smallest among the major academies, even less than a quarter of the largest Tonghui Academy.

Just a recommendation that must be made by top scholars from all over the country or civil servants and noble officials is enough to turn many people away. These top scholars and civil servants may not value it so much in other aspects, but when it comes to their own feathers, But he is extremely cautious when it comes to his reputation.

“Brother Feng, why did you go to Qingtan Academy to study?” Jia Baoyu stammered.

On the one hand, he was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred that Feng Ziying could go to Qingtan Academy. He knew that there was absolutely no way he could go to Qingtan Academy to study. Not to mention that he couldn't bear the pain, just finding someone to recommend him was a big problem. If you go there, you will be expelled if you can't stand it.

On the other hand, he was shocked as to why Feng Ziying suddenly wanted to study at Qingtan Academy. Could it be that this guy really wanted to take the scientific examination? This made him feel even worse.

“Yes, Dalang (Uncle Keng), why did you go to Qingtan Academy to study?” Jia Lian and Jia Rong also found it incredible.

Jia Lian felt that, regardless of whether Feng Ziying could read it, first of all, who would recommend it to such a martial arts disciple?

In the eyes of the noble civil servants of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Xun was probably the most dismissive group like the father-in-laws in the palace, especially those noble families with no real positions but only empty titles.

In the eyes of civil servants, nobles are like a group of national worms, devouring a large amount of rice every year and occupying a large amount of land. This is an important reason for the country's poor finances, so almost every time it encounters financial difficulties, From time to time, there will be officials and censors who will write to the court to clean up the evil deeds of military heroes who invaded fertile land.

This is often the time when nobles need to behave with their tail between their legs.

Although most of the time these bullets will be missed by the emperor, there will always be one or two nobles who are displeased by the emperor or who dance too happily. They will be pushed out by the emperor and become cannon fodder. They will retreat and accept their punishment. , there is no shortage of people who have been demoted, reduced in salary, confined at home or even thrown into prison.

Such a wave of operations took place in the few years after the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne. As soon as there was a turmoil among officials and censors, four or five noble families were driven into dust.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is still stable. It is probably because the Supreme Emperor is still here. Once the Supreme Emperor is gone, I am afraid that this storm will blow up again.

Thinking of this, Feng Ziying seems to be able to figure out a little bit, that is why these nobles seem to have great power, but they are suppressed by the civil servants, and may even be thrown into jail at any time, because you have too many handles If you fall into the hands of others, they have the initiative and can launch attacks at will. You can only respond passively. It all depends on the emperor's mood and his opinion of you to decide your fate.

Jia Rong was really shocked.

  In the Imperial Academy, the tribute supervisors are basically registered to study in their own hometown. Even if they do not return to their hometown, they basically live in the academy to study. There is nothing to say about this. They just go there for the scientific examination.

As for prison guards like him and Feng Ziying, to put it bluntly, there are only two places to go.

Either you can't read it well, but at least you have to think about it carefully, at least you have to understand the operating rules of the state capital below, and find a suitable place when the time comes.

Of course, don’t think about it inside and outside the capital. Officials in the capital will never have a role as a prisoner. Even outside the capital, they can only serve as assistants and miscellaneous officials. However, this is a way out after all. For those who are not the eldest son in the family, they cannot attack the prince. Even for the noble sons and daughters, this may not be a way out. Of course, this road will not be very good.

The other group just can't bear the hardship of going down to work. They just hang out in prison, wait until the right time to donate an official position, and then live a leisurely life under the wings of their father and brother.

Jia Rong always thought that Feng Ziying was just like him, just hanging around in the Imperial College.

He also felt that Feng Ziying was pretending to be the same thing in prison, as if she wanted to experience it, but it was still too early to go down to experience it. I was afraid that she was doing it for his father, and he probably didn't want to do it again. He went back to Datong with his father.

 After all, there is no place on the frontier where life in the capital is as affluent. Jia Rong estimates that once Feng Tang leaves, Feng Ziying's true colors will be revealed.

I never thought that Feng Ziying and his party from Shandong had achieved such a great reputation, and while everyone was still praising him, he was going to study, and he was going to Qingtan Academy, and he was also going to take the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination and pass the Juren Examination. It’s so incredible, isn’t it?

"Why can't I go to Qingtan Academy to study?" Feng Ziying asked, "Isn't an academy a place for people to study? Qingtan Academy doesn't say who it doesn't accept, it can only accept who it is. The key is whether you are willing or not. I am willing to study. Since I want to study, Qingtan Academy is naturally willing to accept me."

"No, Dalang, I mean, Qingtan Academy needs a letter of recommendation. This is a well-known thing. Where did you get the letter of recommendation?" Jia Lian was most concerned about this.

As the eldest son of Rongguo Mansion, although he is not as favored by the old lady as his second wife Jia Baoyu, his father is the eldest son of Xijue, he is the eldest son, and his wife is the direct descendant of the Wang family, which determines that he will definitely become Xijue, and will be honored in the future. The government must be handed over to him.

Even though he still doesn't fully understand the external operation of Rongguo Mansion, he still knows that Wu Xun and civil servants cannot urinate in the same pot. There will be no noble civil servants in the court who would recommend a Wu Xun disciple to come. It is even more impossible for local scholar leaders to study in Qingtan Academy.

If you want to find other ways, it's easy to talk about other things, but this kind of thing will be poked in the spine by scholars, and no civil servant with a scholar background will do this.

Not to mention that the level of martial arts like the Feng family is relatively low, it is almost impossible for even the fourth prince to get such a letter of recommendation. These civil servants are so "hard" on certain issues, and it seems that through This can show that they and Wu Xun are not in harmony.

Go ahead and get some tickets. Brothers can also go to the character circle to give likes and accumulate some popularity.

　　

 (End of this chapter)