Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 393

After the three exams in Chunwei, Liu Zishu, Xiao Wenhua and Xiao Wencong relaxed together, and went to meet the candidates of the same class to make friends with literature.Xiao Wencong had the happiest time during this period, because the students came from all over the world, and he could inquire about the humanities, history, geography, and culture of their respective hometowns.Gradually, he discovered that a lot of knowledge cannot be read in books.In the future, does he really have to pass the scientific examination to enter the official career and revitalize Xiao's lintel?
Xiao Wencong had doubts in his heart, so he asked his most trusted mother.

After listening to his words, Xiao's mother knew that he was at a fork in the choice of life goals.She said: He is the legitimate son of the Xiao family, and it is his duty to rejuvenate the family. If he is really not interested in becoming an official in the court, he can concentrate on studying and study, and finally become a famous scholar in history, but the premise is that he There must be a steady source of livelihood.

Xiao's mother told her youngest son without hesitation that when Wen Qing got married, she used nearly two-thirds of the Xiao's family because she was ashamed that she had lost Wen Qing, and in order not to let Wen Qing live too wronged in her noble husband's family. Property; Wen Hua went to the capital to marry a wife and settle down, and she pooled 6000 taels of silver; Wen Feng was about to get married soon, and she had to pool another sum of money. After all, the only thing she could leave to Wen Cong was the ancestors of the Xiao family. The [-] acres of fertile land and an old ancestral house that are left to the descendants of the direct line and are not allowed to be sold, as well as the three shops under her own name that are still profitable every year.

"Wen Cong, if you want to concentrate on research, you must travel for a long time and visit famous teachers and friends. This requires you to have enough money." Xiao's mother said.She is the sixth-rank wife of the imperial court, and she can get a certain amount of Lumi every year, so she has no worries about food and clothing.If Wen Cong has no source of income, and if his wife does not have a generous dowry, Wen Cong's family will struggle in the future.

Xiao Wencong, who has never worried about money, knows this time that his family is not rich.

"Wen Cong, you should first consider how to make a living, how to support them after you marry and have children, and then consider your own ideals." Xiao's mother sighed in her heart. The family left by the Xiao family was not rich enough. Sold a lot.The rest cannot allow Wen Cong to realize his ideal without worrying about food and clothing.

"Mother, the child understands, please give the child three years." Xiao Wencong cupped his hands.He will spend three years studying abroad, and then take part in the next scientific examination, seek a part-time official job to support himself and his family, wait until life is better, and then consider realizing his ideals, or study knowledge while serving as an official, just like Like Mr. Liu Hanlin, he can be an official and study well.

Knowing that Zaohui's son had thought clearly, Xiao's mother sighed and said: "It's not good to be a mother, I can't create a living environment for you without worrying about food and clothing."

If she hadn't adopted Wen Hua and Wen Feng, and if Wen Qing didn't give a large dowry when she came back, Wen Cong would have enough capital to do what he wanted to do.However, she doesn't regret the decisions she made, because every decision she makes is for the revival of the Xiao family. She is worthy of her husband who died young, and the ancestors of the Xiao family.She felt sorry for her own son and pityed him for being so smart, but he had to set foot in the officialdom early to gain fame and fortune, wasting his talent.

"Mother, don't say that. Compared with the vast majority of people in the world who don't even have the opportunity to read and write, you are so lucky." Xiao Wencong said, "Mother, don't worry, even if there are big brothers and second brothers, they will provoke the great task of rejuvenating the Xiao family." It is still the child's inescapable responsibility." He is a direct descendant of the Xiao family village since the establishment of the village, although because the descendants of this line are weak, the head of the clan and the village head has already been held by the elders of the Xiao family's collateral line, but the priest of the Xiao family family only needs to wait until he is an adult. He must be the host 'provided that he still stays in Xiaojiacun'.

Facing the still immature son, Xiao's mother nodded pitifully.

At the beginning of March, the current list of tribute students was announced. Xiao Wenfeng, whom many noble ladies care about, ranked 89th, and the second son of Liu Hanlin ranked 96th; on the eighth day of March, the interview at the Golden Luan Hall, the emperor felt a little cold, and the announcement was presided over by the prince.All the ministers feel that the emperor is constantly delegating power, and the central ruling figures of the court have begun to transfer from the emperor to the prince.

One of the topics in the palace examination is related to the current Daqing dispatch of troops to Beichuan.Daqing has already dispatched troops, and some descendants of the aristocratic families in the capital were transferred into the army by the emperor. Liu Zidan's elder brother was transferred to be the clerk of grain and grass, and Xiao Wenfeng was the brother-in-law who directly led the army. Both of them searched for information related to the war. After finishing the manuscript, I wrote it eloquently, and finally handed in the paper in a happy mood.

Three days later, the emperor convened a palace examination for the tribute students in the Jinluan Hall, announcing the ranking of the current Chunwei Scholars.The No. 20 Scholar No. [-] picks were won by well-known scholars from Hebei, Jiangnan, and Northwest regions in Daqing. Xiao Wenfeng was the No. [-] Jinshi, and Liu Zidan was the [-]th Jinshi.This ranking was much higher than everyone expected. Liu Hanlin, who was standing in the Golden Luan Hall, happily supported his beard, and the officials standing around him congratulated him one after another.

Tanhua, the No. [-] champion, led the Jinshi to put on brand-new official uniforms to parade through the streets to celebrate together, and then went to Xinglin Garden to hold a Tanhua banquet.

All the adults in the Golden Luan Hall were talking about this year's upstarts.The No. 24 Scholar Guigeng is [-] this year. What others know is that he has not married a wife yet, but this person is plain-looking, thick and dark, and not photogenic; the No. [-] is already in his early thirties, no matter whether he has a wife or not, anyway, his own green onions are tender and the flowers are the same His daughter would not give it to him; since ancient times, Tanhua has been appointed by young, handsome and talented middle-ranking scholars. This year's Tanhua is also very good-looking. Recruiting him as a son-in-law needs to be considered.

Because Liu Zidan was the son of Liu Hanlin, and Xiao Wenfeng studied hard at Liu Hanlin's house for more than a month, all the ministers gathered around Liu Hanlin to ask about the situation of the new Jinshi Liu Zidan and Xiao Wenfeng.

(End of this chapter)