On this day of the ceremony, the guests and the host and the host will have fun.

Chu Ci officially became an adult. This time he couldn't drink the wine mixed with water, so he could only drink drunk again and was sent back to the room by Chu Guang.

Chu Xiaoyuan and Zhong Liyu were stuck on Chu Ci and refused to leave, for fear that they would be taken away by Master Qin when they left Chu Ci.

It is said that since Chu Ci went to take the exam, there have been many fewer students in the area where they lived. Before Chu Ci set out, he was worried about his two children. He originally wanted to stuff them into the school hall of Mengtong Pavilion to live for a while, but

Chu Xiaoyuan and Zhong Liyu both firmly disagreed, saying that it was noisy and chaotic, and that many people would cry at night.

Chu Ci couldn't, so he had to go and ask his wife to see if they could take care of her. After hearing this, Master Qin cleaned up an empty room at home that day, saying that he was living there too far and it was difficult to take care of her.

It would be better to live here directly and be her companion.

Chu Ci naturally couldn't ask for it, so he lifted the two little ones up that day. Chu Xiaoyuan and Zhong Liyu were not unfamiliar with Master Qin, so naturally they would not resist. With their cute big eyes, they told Chu Ci to come back early to pick them up.

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When Chu Ci left, their suffering came. After the first two days, no one strictly supervised them to study and practice. They were everywhere in the yard. Even a seven or eight-year-old dog was disgusted with the age of flowers and grass in the yard.

It was almost tiring. A big cat in the yard was chased and she lost her hair.

Master Qin likes two little naughty guys, so he naturally doesn't say anything. He also helps the evil people prepare fresh snacks every day to feed them, so that they can raise their energy to cause trouble.

Master Qin was invited to study in the next county for two days. When he came back, he almost cried when he saw the garden. He was furious and carried the two little ones to the corner and stood there, and twitched them in the palm of his hand.

The two of them started crying in sobs, but when they saw Master Qin still sitting there with a dark face, they realized that they had made a mistake and their voices became smaller.

When they stopped crying and lowered their heads to reflect, Master Qin called them in front of them and said, "Everything has spirituality. When you see flowers, plants, cats, and dogs, you bully them at will. Then you two are in front of me.

Weak, if I bully you like you climbing and breaking flowers and plants, chasing cats and dogs, will you feel good?"

The two shook their heads.

Master Qin also said: "When you are young, it is a great time to study. Both of you and your elders are young and smart, dedicated to learning, and never waste any time. I found out from your husband that you are already two of you.

God hasn't memorized the book yet, is there any such thing?"

They did not dare to lie and nodded depressedly, and they had a lot of complaints about Mr. Shen who complained.

"When your uncle handed you over to me, he told me to strictly control you. If I allow you to act willfully, I will be breaking my trust. So from today on, I will strictly control you.

Now I go back to my room and copy what I have learned in the past few days ten times before I can have supper. Can you both convince me?"

The two of them looked at each other and saw the four words "I can't bear to live" in each other's eyes. I have learned the thousand-character text these days and learned a total of twelve sentences. There are many strokes of the words, and each sentence has to be written for a long time, so many times.

, When will I finish writing?

After this battle, Master Qin officially settled on the list that the two of them feared the most. Even if Master Qin never punished them in the future, they would be respectful as soon as they saw him.

Chu Xiaoyuan secretly told Zhong Liyu that his uncle was coming back soon and would live with him when he came back.

Who knew that after his uncle came back, he would not go to the county school to study again! When they heard the news, both of them felt like they were thundering in their hearts, which made it happen that Chu Ci refused to leave.

They were playing tricks with Chu Guang when they suddenly heard a cough at the door.

"Ahem, it's getting late. I'll only ask for a day off for you and you guys. You must go to school tomorrow. Go back with me quickly to avoid delaying your time."

The two looked at Chu Ci who was dreaming on the bed, and then looked at Chu Guang with respect on his face. Finally, they felt ashamed, and followed Master Qin with his head down and walked heavily.

Master Qin's mouth raised slightly, his big wings were hard, and he had to listen to him for the time being. Can he still deal with the two little kids?

He had already told Chu Ci that they had placed them in the past few years they had studied in Mengtong Pavilion. Otherwise, without the supervision of the elders, they would have changed their temperament and delayed the good seedlings.

Chu Ci, the rest of the Chu family and the housekeeper Xu were naturally grateful for this. Master Qin was very good at teaching people. Even if they could not achieve much success in the future, at least their character was definitely upright and upright.

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Two or three days passed in a blink of an eye. Chu Ci felt that the time was right, so he discussed with his family about going to Beijing to take the exam.

Xijiang Province is located in the south, thousands of miles away from the capital. They have to go to Wuchang Prefecture first, then board the boat from the port of Wuchang Prefecture, and head north. It takes seven or eight days to get to Wuchang Prefecture, and then take a boat north.

It will take more than a month, and after heading north, it will take another three or four days to rush from the port city to the capital. Therefore, it will take about one and a half months on the way.

The test time is on the ninth day of the second month, which means that he must set out in December to get the test, but it is cold in December, and the water surface in the north is probably frozen, so the port may be evaporated.

Closed.

If you set out again at that time, it may delay time, and you may not be able to get the test. To be honest, you don’t have much energy to read books while you are on the way, so you will inevitably be dizzy when you stay in the cabin.

And there is another point, that is, the difference between the north and the south. The habit of using words and sentences in the south must be somewhat different from that in the north. If the time comes, he will not understand anything and will inevitably be a little uncomfortable.

To sum up, Chu Ci wanted to set off in October and arrive in the capital in mid-November. The weather was not that cold at that time, so the port should not be closed.

At that time, he would rent a yard or buy a house, stay in the capital and study hard for two or three months, and he would be more confident.

The Chu family could not say anything after hearing his analysis. They didn't understand this at all. After Chu Ci said this, he knew that he had made up his mind. It's a pity that during the Chinese New Year this year, they would be separated from each other.

Chu's mother wiped her tears, and Chu Ci comforted her, "Mom, don't be sad. This time, the child goes to the exam. If it is a question on the gold list and becomes an official, I will take you and the elder brother to the capital. From now on,

We can also be a city man, and we may even see the emperor."

Chu's mother was amused by him and said, "You are used to making my mother happy. Where can we go to the capital? Then we will cause trouble for you! I am here to guard the family.

I also know that your elder brother is not used to it. If you can stand up in the future, don’t forget to bring Xiaoyuan. Since this child has been studying, I think

There are more and more shadows of your childhood.”

Chu Ci quickly agreed, but he thought in his heart that if he spoke to pick them up to Beijing, there must be a way to protect them.

...

After making a reservation on the first day of October, Chu Ci will take care of the trivial matters at home these days.

The guests who were honored last time had their own gift book records, and they were in the name of the entire Chu family, so Chu Ci did not need to come forward to repay favors.

But those officials, Master and classmates asked Chu Ci to take care of themselves. There were also uninvited gentry. Chu Ci read their posts and inquire about traditions before he realized that they were planning for the land.

After becoming a juren, the number of corvee workers can be exempted from dozens of people, and there is no limit on the land under his name. No matter how many, there is no need to pay taxes.

Generally speaking, after passing the imperial examination, many wealthy businessmen and gentry will come to make friends and please, in order to hang the fields under their own name in Chuci. Sometimes, a juren can hang thousands of acres of fertile land under their name. The fields will be hanged in the name of a juren.

Of course, it is not a waste of time for him. They can get all the houses and shops, as long as you want.

But Chu Ci didn't want to do such a deal with them. The court would have problems in the later period, and a certain reason was the tax payment problem. The court's finances were supported by tax revenue. If there was no sufficient tax, what would it take to provide relief to the disaster victims?

, What should I use to rebuild the disaster area as military expenditure and raise hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers?

Naturally, the court could not attack the aristocratic families or scholars, so the people paid more and more taxes, from the original ten to three taxes to four, five or even higher. After working hard for a year, the end of the

Or it is still falling to the state of selling children and women, how can people not be rebellious?

Chu Ci is a modern person, and he can't watch himself become such a pusher, so he threw the posts of the gentry aside after reading them. All the things they sent were returned.

Chu Ci's family has not many relatives. He has investigated the number of fields in each household and included them in his name. But he will not raise their minds. He told Chu Guang that each family would be

Relatives’ tax-free land is within 20 acres. If the land exceeds this number, the excess will still have to be paid normally.

As for the fields in the village, Chu Ci did not include them under his name, but instead spent money to purchase 200 acres of fertile land to fill them into the fields of the Chu family.

The Chu family's fields are handed over to the villagers. Every year, one-quarter of the income needs to be taken out and handed over to the village chief. If someone in the village is in trouble or poor students cannot afford to study, they will all

It provides money to support it. Moreover, the young and old in the village can go to the village chief to collect regular food every month.

This measure can not only help the villagers reduce the burden, but also help them develop a lazy and vulnerable temperament. It can be said that they can kill two birds with one stone.

In addition, Chu Ci also donated fifty taels of silver to improve the teaching environment in the village. A scholarship system was established to encourage the children in the village to go to school, and the money was allocated from the tribe's fields every month.

On the day the money was allocated, Mr. Zhang came to the Chu family.

Chu Ci was a little strange. Didn’t this old man always look down on him? His words often reveal the meaning of “not bowing for five dou of rice”. Why did he come for fifty taels of silver?

Thinking of this, he still respectfully invited the person into the door. After all, this old man was his Master Meng, and he couldn't escape.

"I came to my house today to thank you for your kindness to the school in the village. Over the years, the number of children of appropriate age in the village has been decreasing. They are all suffering from their livelihoods, and we have no choice. Today you go to the village chief's place.

As I said, I believe that more children will be admitted to school next year than in previous years!”

"I am upset about these things all day long, and I have no choice but to go to the villagers' homes to persuade them, it will be useless. Maybe you just say something casually, but what you change is the fate of our descendants of Changxi Village. So, no matter what, I will also want to do today.

Let go of the previous rift and thank you."

Chu Ci was speechless for a moment. It seemed that this time he was judging a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

This old man is old-fashioned and gloomy, speaks sarcastic and acts pedantic, but he is worthy of the word "teacher".

Chu Ci was a scholar, but he did not come to the door. Chu Ci got the plaque, but he did not come to the door. Chu Ci was a Juren and became a master Yuanlang, but he still did not come to the door! However, at this moment, he was just fifty taels of silver for only 50 taels of silver.

, take down your face, give up your dignity in front of your students, and thank Chu Ci.

Thinking of this, Chu Ci stood up and bowed deeply to Mr. Zhang.

"I can't stand Jie Yuanlang's worship!" Mr. Zhang still looked unpleasant, but Chu Ci's heart changed a lot about him.

"If you insist on doing this, it's better to go to the village to study tomorrow and teach some things to those ignorant children."

"I really want to ask for it."

On the second day, Chu Ci came to the village school and said in front of his eyes that were either ignorant or firm:

"Today I will teach you a poem, and everyone will follow me to read it. The emperor values ​​heroes and the articles are taught to you!"

"The emperor values ​​heroes, and his articles teach you."

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high and chanting!"

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high!"

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