Chapter 39 Brocade Clothes
Chapter 39 Brocade Clothes
The compliments from everyone naturally attracted more and more people's curiosity.
Some candidates from other counties did not know that Xu Qing was also the top scorer in the county examination. However, after everyone spread the news, they all found out.
Little Sanyuan!
Although the list of college entrance examinations has not been released yet.
But the Grand Master had already made the decision himself.
Thus, amid everyone's congratulations, Xu Qing officially got his debut name - Xu Sanyuan.
The first place in the Nanzhili provincial examination was only called Jieyuan, and Xu Qing was directly named Sanyuan, which sounded so domineering and loud.
Nicknames are naturally exaggerated.
Although Xiao Sanyuan is still a scholar after all, his political treatment is essentially no different from that of other scholar students.
What's more, Xu Sanyuan had the great master personally praise him, saying that "he will become a great scholar in the future."
As long as the Grand Master is still the academician of Nanzhili, the title of Xu Qing will have value.
There is no other way. If a big shot writes a piece of calligraphy, as long as he is still in office and has power, he is the reincarnation of the Saint of Calligraphy. If he sells it to you for a hundred taels of silver, you have to be grateful. For a small character like Li Dianshi, a piece of calligraphy by a big shot like the academic official can sometimes be used as a life-saving talisman.
However, if Zhou Tixue fell, the words would become a death warrant, and all traces would have to be destroyed overnight.
Xu Qing walked towards Li's house surrounded by a group of people.
The group of people was huge and enthusiastic.
Naturally, the pace is slow.
Mi San is a man who knows how to handle things.
As the salt industry overlord of Qingshui County Fish Market, he specially asked Xu Qing to give him a name, Mi Qiang, which means that Xu Qing hoped he would become bigger and stronger.
When he heard that Xu Qing had become the top three winners, he hurriedly sent someone to Li's house to announce the good news.
He also brought the ten days' income to Li's house in advance.
This will prevent Uncle Li and Grandma Zhou from being unable to give the wedding money when the time comes.
It has only been a month since the Li family last distributed wedding money.
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The top three candidates from Zhili Prefecture were likely to pass the provincial examination. Not to mention that the provincial examination had a complete set of anti-cheating systems, but in actual operation, there was also a system for searching for failed papers.
This actually gives the chief examiner of the provincial examination an opportunity to exercise discretion.
Because many of the chief examiners are temporary visitors from other places, but the co-examiners are often officials from the province, and when everyone is marking the papers together, there is naturally communication...
So in fact, the probability of passing the provincial examination for students who are famous in the province is high, because their fame and writing style are easily known and recognized by the examiners.
Of course, there were also those who were unlucky enough to be misidentified. For example, Su Dongpo's exam essay was mistaken for Zeng Gong's by Ouyang Xiu, so in order to avoid suspicion, Ouyang Xiu forced his ranking to be lower.
There are also talented people who are so unlucky that they cannot pass the imperial examination in their entire life.
However, this situation is similar to Feng Xifeng's previous one. They were both arrogant because of their talent and insisted on going against the examiner and writing some unorthodox articles.
In the officialdom, people value obedience based on seniority.
If you are a troublemaker, even if you have a good reputation, the examiner will most likely be unwilling to accept you when they see that you are unwilling to even bow your head in the provincial examination.
Because the fate of the examinee is mostly linked to that of the teacher. If the examinee makes a big mistake, the teacher will also be implicated.
Most people in official circles are inclined to seek profit and avoid harm, so naturally they don't like such people to be their students.
Li Dianshi is now also an official, so he naturally understands the value of this little Sanyuan, and can't help but shouting: "First place, little Sanyuan, this time it's really a great honor for our ancestors."
Zhou rolled her eyes at him and said, "Qing'er is from the Xu family. What does it have to do with your Li family's ancestral tomb? Don't flatter yourself."
Li Dianshi rarely showed his toughness: "I am originally an old servant of the Xu family."
Zhou: "..."
Using the toughest attitude to say the softest words. Really.
Why aren't you so tough when you should be? You're just showing off in these places.
Aunt Zhou complained in her heart.
Then she warmly entertained the person who brought the good news, and ordered people to clean up the front yard to prepare for Xu Sanyuan's arrival. She even looked at the open space in front of the door and said, "Old Master Gu didn't erect a Jinshi memorial archway in this house, but he left the space for Qing'er."
Li Dianshi: "This person is not even a juren, so it's not good to have a memorial archway for him, right?"
Aunt Zhou: "A junior third place is rarer than a juren."
"Will that have a bad impact?"
Aunt Zhou stepped on Li Dianshi and said, "The old man is confused. Now that the memorial archway has been erected, even if Qing'er goes to another place to be an official, his roots are still here, and others will not dare to look down on us."
"You are the only one who has many thoughts. Anyway, Qing'er will never forget me." Li Dianshi muttered.
Aunt Zhou: "You have so many dramas. Did you go to the theater recently and see an actor?"
Li Dianshi waved his hands and shook his head, "How can you... slander someone's innocence out of thin air..."
Aunt Zhou had just said it casually, but seeing Li Dianshi's expression, she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Thinking back to the recent days, Li Dianshi seemed to want more pocket money.
Most of his meals and drinks were treated by other merchants, so he didn't have that many favors to spend.
"Really?" Aunt Zhou said suspiciously.
But Xu Sanyuan was so busy with the welcoming ceremony that he had no time to take care of these things.
Aunt Zhou was soon called away.
Li Dianshi breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I'm just listening to a play, what's there to be afraid of?"
When he was young, as Xu's father's follower, he had been to the fireworks place, but at that time he could only watch. Alas, it was a pity that he could not see the glory of the young master today.
Father Xu is essentially a second-generation rich man. How could his previous glory compare to the glory that Xu Qing has worked hard to achieve.
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A group of fellow candidates surrounded Xu Sanyuan and took him home.
On the way, Yan Shan finally managed to fight his way back to Xu Sanyuan with all his strength. He saw that everyone was only concerned with flattering him, and they didn't realize that they had wrinkled and distorted Xu Sanyuan's clothes.
These rude and disrespectful people only know how to flatter.
Yan Shan was, after all, the son of a ruined noble family, and he cared a lot about appearances.
How can you meet people if you are not dressed properly?
On the way, he straightened Xu Sanyuan's hat, tugged at the back of his wrinkled clothes dozens of times, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Brother Xu is really devoted to the study of sage books, content with poverty and happiness, and can't even find a piece of brocade clothes to take the college entrance examination. He is a role model for us!"
Some candidates nearby sneered after hearing this, saying that the man's uncle was a registrar and lived in a fairly large house, which was much better off than your impoverished family, the Yan family.
Xu Qing doesn't have brocade clothes, maybe it's just for show, to establish his character?
Some candidates made further guesses.
A crowd of people escorted Xu Sanyuan to the gate of Li's house. Before anyone came out to greet him, a candidate rushed to the front of Xu Sanyuan before Yan Shan did, and shouted, "Young Master Sanyuan is home!"
One candidate was unwilling to be outdone and shook his head: "The man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young master is unparalleled in the world."
Anyway, just add some drama and make Young Master Sanyuan remember him.
When you meet someone in a high-end occasion in the future, at least you can say hello so that they won’t fail to recognize you.
Think further, if people don't know you, and you go out and say that you are a classmate of Xu Sanyuan, it won't be convincing.
Then there was a burst of gong and drum beating, it was very lively.
Even though Xu Qing had great self-control, he couldn't help but feel elated when he was flattered by the evil followers of the Xingxiu Immortal, just like Xu Zhu.
(End of this chapter)