At the beginning of the lunar month, this edict spread all over the world, and the scholars began to get busy, ready to recommend talents.

The southeast of the school is very difficult, this Fengcheng is the Yu Dynasty Longxing land, the nobles are countless, after receiving the edict, people continue to come to him to intercede, I hope that this school is able to recommend his children to go up, fight a green cloud road.

It's really difficult to learn it, no one can offend this, but you have to choose one.

He thought in his heart, these people are all probationary, and they may not be in a hurry at this time, will the court still treat them badly?

Xuezheng was in a dilemma, and went to Shenmu Mountain to meet Liang Fayao, hoping that Liang Fayao could help him.

Xuezheng arrived at the academy, the academy built several elegant, no earth and stone, all built with bamboo, near the academy, high and low trees, contrasting with each other, this bamboo academy, no less than the famous garden on the left side of the river.

When Xuezheng arrived, Liang Fayao was teaching, and Xuezheng did not let the servants disturb him, but sat in the living room.

When Liang Fayao had lunch, the servant told Liang Fayao about it, and Liang Fayao knew Xuezheng's intention, so he asked Zhou Shuitian and Li Changji to accompany him to the living room.

After the two sides finished saluting, Xuezheng and Liang Fayao exchanged a few words, and then got to the point: "Mr. Xiao Liang, the sage's recent edict to raise talents, you must have heard of it, in this city, if there is talent, it must be you." ”

"It's a pity that the old man has passed the age of establishment, and he made the wrong call-up this time."

Liang Fayao joked with a smile, and then said: "Xuezheng is here, I am in a dilemma, who is to choose this time, presumably these days, before school, this house is busy, and Xuezheng is already unbearable." ”

Xuezheng nodded, Liang Fayao continued: "Actually, you can't blame those lords for this matter, the dynasty has been in Dingding for almost a hundred years, and this lord has passed three generations. ”

There are only so many positions of officials in the Yu Dynasty, but there are more and more Xun clans, and the Yu Dynasty has always been stingy in rewarding Juelu, and often takes the title for some reasons.

Some of them cannot be hereditary, so they naturally hope that their children can become officials, so that they are not afraid of the decline of the family at that time.

"So Mr. Xiao Liang, who do you think should be recommended this time?"

"Today's cousin Chen Shihong, the cousin of Xiangguo Gong, is also admired by his inferior scholars."

When Xuezheng heard this, he was a little embarrassed, and he also considered this Chen Shihong, but he had a concern: "Mr. Xiao Liang, this Young Master Chen, is dissolute, reckless and natural, slandering famous religions, and Shilin is ashamed." ”

Liang Fayao said that he was a celebrity and gentleman, but Chen Shihong was a person who knew the general situation, if he was recommended by Xuezheng, he would naturally understand the rules and go to the capital to meet the saint.

"If that's the case, then wouldn't it make people look down on him?"

"Chen Shihong actually cares about the people others talk to, you can rest assured of this, although I haven't had a deep relationship with him, I know who he is."

Xuezheng looked at it, then looked at Liang Fayao and said, "Mr. Xiao Liang, these two disciples of yours, I see that they are also talents, why do you choose talents and avoid relatives?" ”

Liang Fayao looked at Zhou Shuitian, Zhou Shuitian respectfully said that he was a shallow learner, and he didn't dare to call himself talented, and now if he went to the capital, it would be a trivial matter to lose face, and if he was involved in learning, it would be bad.

Li Changji said arrogantly: "This is naturally to go to the imperial examination, to take the lead, Honglu roll call, to the banquet Luming This is a great glory, there is a talent name, with a few crooked poems, fill in a few green words, even if it is a talent, wouldn't it make people laugh to death." ”

Xuezheng saw the two of them like this, and thought that he didn't know the roots of these two people, so he didn't mention it.

He thought about it, Chen Shihong is indeed a good candidate, but just in case, he asked Mr. Xiaoliang to invite Chen Shihong to explore Chen Shihong's tone, if Chen Shihong has this thought, then he will visit the door at that time.

If you don't talk about it, you will come to visit by yourself and be scolded by Chen Shihong, and you won't be able to get over your face.

Liang Fayao is willing to become a jade in this matter, Lin Quan is Chen Shixing's disciple, Chen Shihong is Chen Shixing's grandson, according to his generation, he can be regarded as his own younger brother.

Chen Shihong's knowledge is also good, he can be regarded as one of the best in Fengcheng, and his appearance is also good.

The most important thing is that Chen Shihong has also heard about it, this time the selection is also for the lord of Hongwen County, Liang Fayao naturally hopes that his teacher's daughter will have a good husband.

After Xuezheng left, Liang Fayao repaired a letter and asked a disciple to go and inform Chen Shihong.

This week, Shuitian didn't speak, and when Li Changji saw this situation, he smiled and said, "Leave this matter to me." ”

"Changji, don't quarrel with him this time."

"Sir, don't worry, Chen Yuan is not confused about his big things, isn't the disciple as good as him?"

Li Changji said, took the letter, went down the mountain, and went to find Chen Shihong somewhere outside the city.

This Chen Shihong did not live in the city, but outside the city, when the old Xiangguo Gong was martyred, and the new Xiangguo Gong was canonized, Chen Xuanshuang moved out.

Many people also moved here to protect Chen Xuanshuang.

The surrounding peasants, seeing the bustle, gathered together to form a small town with two streets.

The center is naturally the Chen family, Li Changji came in to the street, saw a large stone in a house, and couldn't help but sit down to rest.

He naturally looked around when he sat down, but he didn't expect that the doors and windows on the second floor of this family happened to open, revealing a flower-like appearance.

The woman Qiubo was worried, and when she saw Li Changji, she couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly closed the window.

Li Changji didn't retract his gaze, and looked there stupidly.

"What are you looking at, boy?"

When the people in the village saw Li Changji, a stranger looking at the house, they thought it was a sinner who came to step on it.

Li Changji came to his senses, and he hurriedly explained: "This eldest brother, I'm really sorry, I'm a student of Shenmu Mountain Academy, and today I came to invite Young Master Chen on the order of Mr. Xiaoliang. So I couldn't help but look up. ”

When the villagers saw that Li Changji was speaking politely and wearing a green shirt, they couldn't help but believe it a little, and told Li Changji: "This is Master Wu's house, not Master Chen's house, and Master Chen's house is there." ”

After Li Changji thanked him, he hurriedly went to Chen's mansion, and after he entered Chen's mansion, he handed over the letter to Chen Shihong.

After Chen Shihong saw Li Changji come in, he was quiet, and looked at Li Changji strangely, Li Changji didn't know him for the first day, this Li Changji's temperament is a little familiar with him, they are all eyes above the top, and anyone who has the slightest dissatisfaction will say it.

"Changji, this is when the sun comes out of the west, how can you be a stuffy gourd like a paddy field."

"This is what the master has taught, you Chen Yuanren can understand the general situation, can't I?" Li Changji immediately retorted, and then said: "Chen Yuanren, you are also a scholar, and you are too grinding to do things, you should write a reply now, I am so good at Shenmu Mountain, or wait until it gets dark, this mountain road is not easy to walk." ”

Chen Shihong smiled and said: "There is no need to reply to the letter, if you can stay with me for one night, we will meet together tomorrow." ”

"I haven't done it today, I'll go first."

Li Changji said this, and then said goodbye and left.

After finishing dinner, Chen Shihong and his parents said goodbye, and went to the Buddhist hall to greet Chen Xuanshuang.

"I heard from the next person, Liang Fayao will look for you tomorrow."

"Yes."

"What's the matter?"

"Sun Er thought it was for the sake of the saint's talent, Xuezheng found Mr. Xiao Liang, and Mr. Xiao Liang recommended Sun Er."

Chen Xuanshuang's eyes, which were originally closed, slowly opened them, looked at Chen Shihong and said, "Yuan Ren, are you preparing to apply, or are you thanking." ”

"The grandson is not clear now, but the grandson wants to go to the capital to meet the world's talents for a while and see the meteorology of the Beijing Division."

Chen Xuanshuang nodded and said to Chen Shihong: "If you go to the capital and go to Lin Wenzheng's mansion, he is a disciple of his grandfather and your uncle." ”

Chen Shihong nodded and said that he did have this idea, and he must go and see it when the time comes.

Chen Xuanshuang didn't say anything, closed his eyes, knocked on the wooden fish, and chanted again.

The next day, when Chen Shihong was leaving, he happened to meet a villager, and the villager said to Chen Shihong: "Young Master Chen, someone from the academy came to look for you yesterday, I don't know if I saw you." ”

"I've seen it, thank you for your concern."

"It's good that it's someone from the academy, that person was sitting in front of Master Wu's door yesterday, looking at Master Wu's home, and I'm worried that he was the strong man who came to explore the wind."

Hearing this news, Chen Shihong thought for a while and said, "I heard that Master Wu went to the city, and now the girl of the Wu family is at home." ”

"That's right, so everyone helps Master Wu take care of it, Master Wu and your family are good people, and everyone remembers your kindness to everyone."

Chen Shihong thanked him, then smiled, thinking that this was the case, no wonder Li Changji, who has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, would behave like this.

However, this marriage is difficult, although this Master Wu, although he is just a showman, but his ancestors have accumulated for generations, and he has some family business.

Li Changji is now just a poor boy, with no property and no land, and if he hadn't studied in the academy, he would have starved to death.

If you really want to fulfill this wish, you can only be moved, and at that time, Wu Xiucai may give Li Changji a chance.

It's just that if this time passes too long, and when Li Changji is admitted to the promotion, then he can really only think about the past.

Chen Shihong thought about this, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the academy.

Chen Shihong didn't need to tell him, he went straight to the back hall, asked the servant to bring a small red clay stove, and began to cook tea by himself.

The miscellaneous servants of the academy had long been accustomed to it, so they didn't pay attention to it, and after giving the goods, they went to rest on the side.