Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Although Cui Senyi took away all the cash in the account when he left, without the constraints between him and Mrs. Xu, it was much easier for Cui Xie to live in this family. He returned home with his aunt and younger siblings, first changed his clothes to see his grandfather and grandmother, and told them about the farewell.

The old lady Song stared at him without blinking, and asked someone to serve him apricot and cheese, and eat the small and white steamed cake with nuts, and didn't care much about how his son went.

Cui Xie sighed when Cui Que said that she was "satisfied with the two elders, so choked and unable to speak." She sighed: "He will not be able to come back for a few years since he left. I don't know if the two elders of us will still be able to come back. "

Cui Xie once experienced the death of his relatives, and he felt a little uncomfortable listening to this, and comforted: "Grandfather and grandmother are blessed people, and they must be able to see their father...promoted to the ministry."

The old lady shook her head and smiled reluctantly: "It's enough for your father and I to see you making progress in your studies in this life, and you don't have to count on anything else."

Although the old lady of the Cui family was paralyzed on the bed, people still understood it, but he was not very clear when speaking. Only people like the old lady who were really close could understand. His eyes turned around, watching Cui Xie say a few words, Mrs. Song slowly nodded, and asked Mother Zhang to get the right card and key, nodded and greeted Cui Xie over, and stuffed them all to him. Said: "From now on, this family will be yours. If you are the eldest son and grandson, you will work harder. Let's support this family."

Cui Xie didn't mind the old couple trusting him so much. Compared with his previous thoughts of changing the shop, he felt a little ashamed. He took it and said, "Grandma, rest assured, I will let everyone live a good life."

The old lady said logically: "You are uneasy, and you have spent all the money in your account. It will be hard for you. You should be abolished. If anyone is dissatisfied with them, they just come to me. I think there is something in this house. Who is the demon?"

She ignored family affairs for many years and didn't have much money in her private house, so she simply moved the coffin and took out two hundred taels for Cui Xie's turnover. She pointed out that Zhang's mother helped Cui Xie manage the things in the treasury, asked the steward of the outer courtyard and the store housekeeper to check the accounts, and told Cui Xie to let go of his hands and rectify it.

Cui Xie agreed softly and held his grandfather's hand for a while, telling him to take a good rest and health.

After coming out of the room, Mrs. Zhang asked him: "My eldest and young master, where do we look first?"

Let's take a look at what we have for lunch. There are still two old couples, four concubines, three children, and a dozen or so subordinates in the family, so we have to take care of the meals these days.

Mother Zhang nodded and led him to the large kitchen. The chef was cooking at this time. The two of them went in and took a look. There were still a few stones of rice, noodles, beams, millet, and beans left in the tank. They prepared ham, bacon, and marinades that were not finished a year ago. Fish and the like. There are also some fresh meat, fish, radishes, bamboo shoots, and fresh vegetables that Cui Que bought when he didn't leave, and they were enough to eat for a while.

The money of the old lady and the old lady is for funeral affairs and cannot be moved easily. But the big money in the family was spent long ago because of Cui Senyi, and the cash in the shop book was also told him to take away, and the money will not come in until next month. Now that it’s time to make summer clothes, I have to issue monthly regulations, and Cui Xie is going to study in Guozi again...

Now that the master of the eldest master has been changed, should he use the old lady's silver to put it on first, or should he buckle their monthly rules and clothes?

The whole family stared at Cui Xie nervously.

He was not polite with the family either. First, he asked someone for the family account and the land deed list, starting with the dowry of the two wives Liu and Xu.

Mrs. Liu’s dowry has made up for those who have arrived in Dangdang over the years, and the remaining bookstore and a little jewelry have also been taught to him by the old lady. The married girl and the whole family were called by Mrs. Xu to send them away. Some of them were on Zhuangzi, and some were sold out. Now there is no one with the surname Liu in the family.

And Mrs. Xu has taken care of her all these years, and she hasn't left any benefits: as soon as the case was filed, all the members of the Xu family were sent out by Cui Que. Now the Cui family’s shops and Zhuangzi are currently employed by people from outside, and the family surnamed Xu has also been emptied, and the companion houses of the Liu family have turned upside down and turned into Zhuangzi’s work.

But Mrs. Xu still has a whole house of furniture and a few large boxes of clothes that were delivered in the past in Cui's house. In addition, there is a small house outside Nanguan and a farm of ten acres in the south of the city. A few days ago, the Xu family's uncle came to make a noise, and he came to ask Cui Que for these dowries.

Master Cui was reluctant to give it, but Master Cui did not feel distressed. He immediately took the two land deeds and prepared to clear Mrs. Xu's dowry and return them to the family.

Mother Zhang persuaded him: "These dowries should normally be left to Brother Heng. What they ask for is not taken care of by the Xu family. The eldest brother will just send them to them. I am afraid that Brother Heng and Master will be unhappy when they come back. When the furniture is gone in this yard, the house is empty, how can the lord live?"

The master can't come back, no matter how he lives.

His thoughts are straightforward, and he still has to speak tactfully: "I heard about the Xu family coming to ask for the dowry a few days ago. The Xu lady has called Shuntian Mansion to be separated from the master. We are holding things and not returning them. People only say that we are Cui The family is greedy for Xu's dowry. Who cares that Xu still has a biological son? If the Xu family really cares about my brother, when he grows up, he will naturally give him things."

After all, Mother Zhang was a little bit reluctant, and hesitated and said, "Or I will ask the old lady again?"

Cui Xie nodded: "You go and ask your grandmother, do the Cui family want to keep a dowry for a wife, or do you want to fight the Xu family for a lifetime?"

Mother Zhang left nervously. When the old lady heard about it, she didn’t even ask, and directly told her: "My grandson is the chief case of the little three yuan. He understands a lot more than our back-house women. Just listen to him. It’s his fate!"

With the support of the old lady, Cui Xie was even more rude, and immediately asked Mama Zhang to count the dowry. Chief manager Cui Liangdong arranged for someone to hire a cart and a lifu, and when they were cleaned up, they brought the dowry list along with the jewelry and silver lists for Jin Yiwei. Xujia.

Without these complete sets of dowry, there are only a few pieces of solitary and unset furniture in Cui Langzhong's room, which is not pleasing to the eye. Mother Zhang wanted to say something and stopped. Thinking about the fact that there was no money in the account, she simply suggested to him: "Should the young master seal the main courtyard and settle down when the master comes back?"

How could a filial son like Choi Xie see his father's house vacant!

He resolutely said: "Although my room is not the kind of snail-inlaid Su-like goods that the Xu family accompanies, but it is also a whole room of fine mahogany and fine-carved furniture. When we turn around, we will send it to my father's room for emergency. It doesn't matter what the junior uses." He saw that Curry still had some elm furniture, so he could make do with it for two days. When I call back a carpenter, he will be paid for these furniture and make a modern set of furniture for him.

When counting Mrs. Xu's dowry, they also found out the old materials accumulated for several years in the library. Most of them were silk and satin, a few pieces of Songjiang three woven cloth, and a lot of fine fur. Cui Xie asked Mama Zhang to pick enough for making clothes and bedding at home this year, and all the rest was taken to the **** shop familiar with Cui’s family for evaluation. He estimated two to two silks, five to two leathers, and one hundred. Lots of silver.

With these living money, it can be paid for in a few days.

He finally felt relieved and told Mama Zhang to arrange monthly routines and clothes. He went back to the small courtyard and asked a little book boy who had only kept his head, Song Yan, to wait on him, rubbing ink and spreading paper, and continuing to write petitions.

Last time, I asked the emperor to pardon his stepmother. This time I asked Qiu Jun to give him permission to study.

He couldn't help sighing as he wrote it himself-a student who asked for leave before going to university and had to go to school, which teacher would be troublesome in his eyes?

However, the Imperial College is a fully enclosed residential school, and it is only closed on the 15th day of each month. The Cui family is now poor and chaotic. The stewards and shopkeepers are in a state of panic, wishing to escape with burdens; grandfather and grandmother are sick for many years, their concubines are not enough, and the younger sister is only twelve years old...

Once he lives in the Imperial College, he can study at ease. How can he live this family?

No man with a bit of responsibility can do this!

He didn't realize that he had missed Master Cui again, and the next morning he sleeved the letter and carried his schoolbag to the Imperial College to report.

Supervisor Lin Dayou already recognized him, and when he saw him come to find him, he thought he was here to sell off the leave, so he said: "You just came here. These days, there are food clerks from other provinces who have paid for him. I have helped you pick a few The room of the same number in Zhili province saves the accent."

Cui Xie said apologetically, "I have troubled you, adults, but the students came here to ask the adults to forward a letter to Master Jijiu on my behalf, requesting to stay at home and study daily."

Lin Dayou said in surprise: "What's wrong with your family?"

Cui Xie said with shame: "My father went to Yunnan yesterday, and there are only old and sick grandparents, a seven-year-old brother and a little girl who has not been out of the cabinet. If students live in prison, I am afraid that the life of the young and the children in the family will be sad."

Lin Jiancheng couldn't help but cried out: "You are only sixteen, why are your father..."

According to the Sixteenth Law, he is already a child, and he can be regarded as a man who can support his grandparents. It is indeed reasonable for Master Cui to go out as an official. This is another family affair, and it does not interfere with the laws of the country. Lin Dayou is not good to say anything. He can only say: "I will talk to Master Jijiu for you. You have to serve your grandparents and take care of the weaker brothers and sisters. This is also a human relationship festival. If you want to come to Master Qiu, you will also be considerate. But your studies must not be delayed, otherwise I will spare you, and the instructor will not be able to spare you."

Cui Xie breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Thank you for your care, and the students must work hard to learn."

Lin Jiancheng went to apply for a day school for him, and pointed out a Zaifu who took him to the Piyong exam.

The Ming Dynasty Guozijian extended the order of the Yuan dynasty sub-teaching setting, and the classroom was divided into six classes according to the level of students. Freshmen entering the prison must take an exam first, and they will be divided into classes according to their level: those who have passed the "Four Books" but not the "Jing" will be divided into three classes: "Justice", "Chongzhi", and "Guangye"; The smooth ones will be assigned to the two classes of "cultivation" and "sincerity"; those who have a good knowledge of history, art and science can study in the "straightforward" class.

During the Hongwu period, the Imperial College also had a sign-in system, and only those who signed in for 700 days were allowed to be promoted to the "reckless" hall. Nowadays, the imperial examination is the most important thing to be an official, and the national students can’t get a good job from the ministries and colleges, and the requirements for attendance and points are not so strict. .

Cui Xie followed the sentient beings to the East Lecture Hall for exams. He silently wrote a few Tiejing, Moyi, and Imperial Exams, tried a verdict, made a four-book question, and a sutra question, and he was assigned to the second-class Chengxintang. .

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When he was experiencing life on the Daming campus, the servants of the family also packed up Mrs. Xu's things and sent them back to Xu's house.

Several large vehicles rushed through the small half of the capital, pulling large beds, furniture and boxes, and sending them outside the Xujiamen. People from several streets ran out to watch the excitement.

In the past, the Cui family members had to laugh in a low voice to the Xu family who came to the door. Now, although they are here to deliver things, their waists are standing up, and they knock on the door loudly and shout loudly. : "Our family's small three yuan case chief, Cui Xianggong, ordered that all the dowry left by Xu Niangzi at home be sent back to your house!"

Because of the Xu family's affairs in the Xu Mansion, they were not able to raise their heads to see people at the door of the house, and they were almost unable to do business at home, so they sacrificed their face to ask for dowry. But when someone sent it to the door with such a big fanfare, and then turned over the Xu family's affairs, the Xu family's face became even more unbearable.

Master Xu was about to go out. He was afraid of criticism. When he couldn't go out, the Cui family shouted again: "There is also Xu Niangzi's dowry list, and when she was escorted out of Beijing by Jin Yiwei, our husband gave her the silver and jewelry. Please check the list, Master Xu!"

Neighbors and people outside listening to the excitement all talked about the story of "Xu Wanniang bullying her stepson and Cui case chief cheating to save her mother". The voice was almost uncompressed and could be heard clearly across the courtyard.

The Xu family dared to quarrel with Cui Que because neither party was innocent. If the quarrel was broken, Cui Que had to hide his thoughts for fear of hindering his official career. But Cui Xie was a pure victim: the Xu family confessed to the son who hated the anterior chamber and wanted to take his biological mother's dowry; however, he made a petition to save his mother, occupying the festival of loyalty and filial piety. But there is discord between the two families, it must be their Xu family.

If he was asked to return his dowry in this way, the Xu family would not mention whether or not to marry a daughter. The whole family would never want to live in Beijing!

Master Xu had to ask someone to open the door, and said, "My daughter is married to the Cui family, and she belongs to the Cui family for life and death. The Cui family retired her, and she is not my daughter, nor are these things belonging to the Xu family. This one. Brother took the things back and told the chief of Cui that I am not strict with Xu's goddess. I can't help him. These are only a small compensation, we can't ask for it!"

He finished expressing his attitude and wanted to close the door to enter, but Cui Liangdong stretched his neck outside the door and cried out, "Master Xu, don't say that. Could it be that some of the masters of the Xu family came to our Cui family to dowry a few days ago? We Cui The family is not greedy for your dowry. The eldest son would rather pay for the sellers and make up the Xu Mansion's stuff. Master Xu can do a good job of counting. Don't go back to the door of our Cui family to make trouble!"

He asked Lifu to move the house down and pile it up outside the Xu's house. He asked his son to post the written list on the wall and leave Xu's house with his chest up and his head up.

These days, the Xu family is called to quarrel and ask for a dowry. Their Cui family always looks like a man, and they have to see if there are neighbors to watch the excitement. Now the eldest son has paid back the dowry, and even the waists of their servants have been straightened by three points.

Master is not here, there is nothing wrong with this day.