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But as an "old friend", Su Tong invited Shen Xi to meet after Zheng Qian arrived in the capital, which can be regarded as the proper meaning of the question. Shen Xi is now a high-ranking official and celebrity in Hanyuan, Su Tong invited Shen Xi to come over, not to mention asking Shen Xi to give a gift, Su Tong wanted to prepare a generous gift for Shen Xi.

Due to the occasion, it was inconvenient for Su Tong to send the gift directly to Shenxi Mansion, so as not to provoke gossip, so he could only make up for it later.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Zheng Qian arrived in the capital as scheduled.

Like Su Tong, Zheng Qian also brought his family to the capital this time, and listening to Zheng Qian's meaning, he was going to live in the capital for a while longer.

On this day, Su Tong feasted in his new residence near Desheng Gate, and entered a large mansion with a side courtyard before and after, which was also worthy of the price of eight hundred taels of silver. It's a pity that because Su Tong didn't know many people in Beijing, there was only one table of banquets in the huge hall, and only Zheng Qian was a fellow villager besides Shen Xi who came to congratulate him on the housewarming.

“…… Brother Shen, you should drink a few more glasses. ”

Su Tong kept toasting Shen Xi, "In the spring of the coming year, Brother Shen has a good chance to become the chief examiner, and he may have to rely on ...... when the time comes."

Shen Xi shook his head with a smile: "Brother Su, you are drunk." ”

Shen Xi knew that he was absolutely not qualified to be the chief examiner, but it was possible for him to be the same examiner, because the same examiner who would take the exam was also selected from Hanlin. But Shen Xi's current official position is not high or low, when the examiner is not qualified, when the examiner is not qualified, when he is the same examiner, it will be overkill, so his current official position is very suitable for the main examination of the two Jingxiang examinations, as for the examination, it basically has nothing to do with him.

"Brother Shen, I wonder if you can introduce a few famous scholars from Hanyuan to meet me?" Su Tong hesitated for a long time, and finally made a reluctant request.

Su Tong could probably guess Shen Xi's current status.

Shen Xi has presided over the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and most of the candidates will not participate in the next year's examination, but Shen Xi, as a high-level official of the Hanlin Academy, as long as Shen Xi holds a banquet, gathers his colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, and then invites Su Tong and Zheng Qian together, without even saying anything, the reputation of Su Tong and Zheng Qian will rise when he looks back, which is the best way for candidates to accumulate their talents.

"I remember the last year's problem."

Shen Xi had a little fear on his face, "If it weren't for Scholar Li's discernment, I'm afraid that he would also be involved in the case, and Brother Su and Gongzi Zheng should take it as a warning." ”

During the township examination, you can get the quota by dredging the relationship, and when you get to the examination, you will basically cut off this road. The Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the examination, and no one dares to cheat in the examination, and Cheng Minzheng is the best example.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of disappointment in each other's eyes.

originally thought that having Shen Xi's big tree to enjoy the shade would help them a lot on the way to the test, but they didn't expect that Shen Xi was experienced in life and didn't give them a chance to go through the relationship at all.

Su Tong was sleek, he said with a smile: "Today I only talk about Fengyue, not about learning, although Brother Shen has lived in the capital for a long time, I am afraid that my understanding of Fengyue is not as good as that of Brother Wei, who has only been in the capital for a few months." ”

After Shen Xi arrived in the capital, he had never been to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion or the Jiaofang Division, but Su Tong was a frequent visitor to these places, and people had different pursuits and different things to care about.

When Su Tong talked eloquently about the famous party characters in the capital, as well as the Oiran ladies in various places, Shen Xi had never heard of any of them, and he was not interested in this, but Zheng Qian was envious.

Zheng Qian was in the capital for the first time, and he and Su Tong had the same smell, needless to say, the two would go to those places together.

Shen Xi will not join them, so as not to ruin his reputation.

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At the end of the year, the heavy snow in the capital still does not stop, and it is a heavy snowfall every three or five days.

Shen Xi took his annual leave after the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and it didn't end until the rest after the Shangyuan Festival.

During this time, there were many banquets held by dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and people from the six yamen and the Hanlin Academy sent invitations to Shen Xi, everyone knew that Shen Xi was now a lecturer in the East Palace, a lecturer in the day, and the prince was gradually becoming an adult, and the future was limitless, so they all wanted to get close to him before Shen Xi took power, but Shen Xi was cautious and avoided these banquets.

However, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Shen Xi had to attend, because this was the birthday banquet of the university scholar Xie Qian.

If you want to go to Xie Qianfu to celebrate his birthday, you have to bring a little gift, just after midnight, Shen Xi found out some of the Fujian specialties brought to him by Su Tong, and then took the car to Xie Mansion.

The front of Xie Mansion was deserted, and everyone in the court and China knew that Xie Qian was not hospitable, even if someone knew that today was Xie Qian's birthday, they didn't want to be bored.

"Lord Shen, my lord has not come back yet, please come in." The servant of the Xie Mansion respectfully invited Shen Xi in.

Shen Xi was a little embarrassed, Xie Mansion set up a birthday wine, and the host was actually busy with government affairs in the cabinet, but he, the guest, arrived first, which was a bit noisy.

But before Xie Qian said that Shen Xi could enter and exit the Xie Mansion study freely, so he could only enter the Xie Mansion with a hard head. When he came to the study, Shen Xi found that there was someone, and when he stopped, a man in his thirties was burying his head in reading, and after looking carefully, Shen Xi found that he didn't recognize this person.

"Shen is the same year, polite."

This person has a strained figure, looks very energetic and temperamental, and feels that there is something wrong behind him, he looks back, and quickly gets up and salutes Shen Xi.

Shen Xi saw that the other party was dressed in civilian clothes, and he couldn't tell whether it was an official or a citizen, but it seemed that he was very familiar with Xie Fu, and most of them were Xie family members. At the same time, the other party called himself "Shen Tongnian", and Shen Xi immediately realized that this should be Xie Qian's younger brother, Xie Di, who was with him in the twelfth year of Hongzhi.

Xie Di is now thirty-four years old, and after the end of his previous political observation, he was awarded the post of director of the military department of the military department.

There are people in the court who are good officials, and Xie Di has Xie Qian, a big backer, and it is far easier to be promoted than ordinary Jinshi. If history does not change, Xie Di will be affected when Xie Qian suffered in the early years of Zhengde, and it will not be reinstated until Jiajing succeeds to the throne, and finally the official is the political envoy of Zuobu in Guangdong, and the official reputation is quite good.

Shen Xi respectfully returned the salute and inquired, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, this person was Xie Di.

The two sat opposite each other, and when they didn't talk much, one person came out of the inner courtyard, and it was Xie Pi, who ranked fourth in the Shuntianfu Township Examination.

Compared with Xie Qian and Xie Di's old age, Xie Pi is completely a casual young man, very energetic and energetic. As soon as he came, he was particularly complimented on Shen Xi, constantly praising Shen Xi's knowledge in front of Xie Di, and at the same time asking Shen Xi for advice on some difficult points of mental learning, which made Xie Di have a look of embarrassment on his face.

As a jinshi in the same year, Shen Xi won the top prize at a young age, and now he is a lecturer in the East Palace and a lecturer in Japan, and his official rank is higher than that of him, an official who performs six duties, and he can't help but be a little ashamed of himself. Now the nephew of the family respects Shen Xi very much, and he simply praises Shen Xi as if there is nothing in the sky and on the earth, which makes Xie Di a little unable to raise his head.

"Gongzi Xie has an overreputation, but in fact, he is in the next ...... The knowledge is very shallow. Shen Xi noticed Xie Di's embarrassment, and quickly said something modest.

"Where is it, Shen Tongnian's talent and learning, it is naturally excellent, otherwise Sanyuan and the first will not dominate, and my brother will not invite you to the banquet alone."

Xie Di shook his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Today is a family banquet, Shen doesn't have to be too restrained in the same year, I think my brother will come back soon, I guess I can't get away from my busy business...... Even at the end of the year, the six ministries and the yamen in various places will not stop! ”

At the end of the year, there were a lot of things, Liu Jian took sick leave, Li Dongyang treated his son's funeral at home, and Xie Qian's draft of the imperial court needed Xie Qian's detailed reference and drafting, and Xie Qian's ability to deal with practice was not as good as Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, which made him anxious for a while.

It wasn't until sunset that Xie Qian rushed home from the cabinet, his face dark, and he was holding a wooden box in his hand, needless to say, it was full of notebooks that he hadn't had time to dispose of.

"All here?"

Xie Qian looked around, and finally looked at Shen Xi, with a mysterious smile on his face, which made Shen Xi look a little creepy, and secretly wondered: "Does Xie Lao'er want me to help him refer to the recital and draft the ticket on his behalf?" ”

Xie Qian didn't say anything, put the wooden box on the desk, waved his hand and said: "I already asked when I entered the door, the banquet has been prepared, since it is a family banquet, I won't serve wine, drinking too much wine hurts my body, and I can't concentrate on doing things." ”

This was said inexplicably, and it seemed to mean something, Shen Xi muttered to himself in his heart: "Since it is a birthday banquet, where is there no wine, wine means 'long', usually refers to longevity, so even if you don't drink alcohol, you have to drink two sips at the birthday banquet to show that you live a long life." Why did these conventions not work when it came to Xie Lao'er? ”

followed Xie Qian to the side hall, and the banquet had been arranged.

The people who can really sit at the table in Xie Mansion are only a few in front of him, Xie Qian also has a few sons, but they are all very young, after all, the second son Xie Pi is only nineteen years old now, if it weren't for Xie Pi to get the exam, Xie Qian would not let him go to the wine table at this time.

Yuyao Xie's family is a big family, and Xie Qian is the most famous and high-ranking person in this family, and he has always followed the tradition of etiquette and religion, but this time, he slightly broke the principle and invited Mrs. Xu out of the main room.

In the case of outsiders, even if Mrs. Xu is in charge, she can't participate in the banquet, but since it is a family banquet and the housewife attends, it makes sense in this era.

"Sister-in-law is in good health?"

Xie Di went up to salute Xie Xu.

The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and Mrs. Xu is older than Xie Di, which is particularly obvious.

If it weren't for the fact that the age difference between the uncle and sister-in-law was too far away, and Mrs. Xu was over half a hundred years old, in this era of strict etiquette, even if the uncle and sister-in-law met, they needed to avoid it.

Xie Qian said: "The people have arrived, and they can start the banquet." ”

Mrs. Xu pulled Xie Qian, as if to remind Xie Qian of something, Xie Qian glanced at Mrs. Xu, as if she was dissatisfied.

Shen Xi sat down, looking somewhat embarrassed, this was a family banquet in the Xie Mansion, but he, an outsider surnamed Shen, was mixed in, and he didn't feel very compatible.

"Today is the old man's birthday, but it is not a big birthday, it should be just an ordinary family banquet." Xie Qian said with a smile, then picked up the teapot and poured tea for himself, "Replace the bar with tea today!" ”

"That foolish brother replaces wine with tea, toasts his brother with a cup, and wishes his brother happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." Xie Di stood up to offer tea to Xie Qian and said a birthday greeting. (To be continued.) )