inspire-indiana Chapter 330 New Talent: Probably Able To Pass The Provincial Examination? Certainty, But Not Much!
Chapter 330 New Talent: Probably Able To Pass The Provincial Examination? Certainty, But Not Much!
Chapter 330 New Scholars: Probably able to pass the Provincial Examination? Sure, but not much!
Ming Dynasty, Ministry of Rites.
Ye Xuan was sitting on a chair, looking at some official documents on the table that he needed to deal with.
He picked up the official document and read it slowly.
Sip tea from time to time.
In the Ministry of Rites, he had no job.
Ren Ang, the Minister of Rites, did not dare to give him any work.
Therefore, he would take time out from time to time to come to the gift department to sign in, pretending to do some easy and minimal work.
"This tea tastes better if I bring it from home."
Ye Xuan was thinking while sipping the tea.
Then, he belatedly remembered that in the recent days, he had taken care of his children from time to time, signed in at the Ministry of Etiquette, taught the Pope and his grandson, or made suggestions and design ideas for the Divine Creation Bureau.
Very relaxed and laid back.
Didn’t you enter retirement life ahead of schedule?
"Tsk, am I having an easy life?" "Three-three-zero"
"You are not old yet."
"It's a good way to live a retirement life ahead of schedule."
Ye Xuan complained to himself.
But he doesn't hate this kind of relaxed, comfortable and leisurely life.
Boom boom.
There was a knock at the door.
Ye Xuan looked up and saw Yang Huzhi in official robes standing at the open door.
"Brother Ye."
"I'm here to send you some official documents that need to be processed.
Yang Qianzhi raised the sealed official document in his hand.
A+$:....
Really some.
The official document in Yang Qianzhi's hand was very thin and didn't look like much.
Ye Xuan estimated his workload.
It can be processed in about ten minutes.
Yang Qianzhi sent the official document and did not leave. Instead, he chatted with Ye Xuan.
He sniffed and stared at the tea.
"..."
Seeing him like this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but said: "If you want to drink, just pour it yourself."
Yang Qianzhi was not polite and poured himself a glass.
Steam rises straight up.
He took a small sip and felt it carefully.
The taste is aromatic and mellow.
“What a tea!”
"Brother Ye, what kind of tea is this?"
"Yangxian tea."
"My father-in-law specially purchased it from Jiangsu and sent it to me."
Ye Xuan replied.
"hiss---!"
"Brother Ye really knows how to enjoy it."
"It's actually Yangxian tea."
"Is it produced in Tanggong Mountain?"
Yang Qianzhi took a deep breath and asked.
Ye Xuan said:
"I don't know about that."
"But it should be."
Yixing's Yangxian purple bamboo shoot tea has always been as famous as Suzhou Biluochun and Hangzhou Longjing tea, and has been listed as a tribute.
It was deeply loved by the emperor's relatives and literati.
Even literati praised Yangxian tea, saying: "The emperor must taste Yangxian tea, and the grass will not dare to bloom first."
In the Ming Dynasty, Yangxian tea was still a tribute.
In order to study the planting, picking, roasting and tasting of tea, Lu Yu, the "Tea Saint" of the Tang Dynasty, visited Nanshan Mountain in Yangxian, which is today's Yixing, for a long time, and then wrote the "Tea Classic"
He recorded in "The Book of Tea, The Origin of One": In the shaded forest on the cliff, the purple ones are on top, the green ones are next, the bamboo shoots are on top, and the slaughter ones are next.
After Lu Yu tasted the Yangxian tea offered by fellow monks, he also said: "The fragrance is the most fragrant in the world. It is recommended as High Grade and can be used above."
After that, Yangxian tea became famous all over the country.
It is even listed as tribute tea.
Therefore, it is known as "Yangxian tribute tea".
Yang Qianzhi suddenly took a step back and looked Ye Xuan up and down, as if he was getting to know Ye Xuan again.
Finally, he slowly uttered a few words.
"Brother Ye, Mrs. Ye is indeed very generous."
He knew that Ye Xuan's wife Shen Rong was the daughter of Shen Wansan, the richest man in Jiangnan. However, this was the first time he realized the arrogance of the richest man in Jiangnan today.
This Yixing Yangxian tea is not cheap.
At least with his meager salary, he couldn't afford it.
Ye Xuan rolled his eyes directly at Yang Qianzhi.
Isn't this nonsense?
His wife is the daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan, how can she not be rich?
Yang Qianzhi shamelessly drank tea happily and chatted with Ye Xuan.
"A few days ago, I heard that there was another dispute in the court. Some ministers were dissatisfied with some of the Prime Minister's measures and quarreled for a long time. If the emperor hadn't stopped them, I'm afraid they would have continued to quarrel.
Xiangguo refers to Hu Weiyong.
At present, he is the only prime minister in the court.
"Tell me, what's the point of fighting?"
"Not as cool as you, Brother Ye."
"I have a lovely wife and beautiful family at home."
"Backed by my father-in-law who has a huge family fortune."
"Life is so beautiful."
"Tell me why I didn't marry a rich man then, so that I could be as handsome as Brother Ye."
Yang Qianzhi said this.
Of course, he was just talking.
The Ming Dynasty focused on agriculture and suppressed commerce.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
The status of businessmen is at the bottom of society.
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang had slightly changed his views on merchants under Ye Xuan's brainwashing and supported merchants in doing business, the Ming Dynasty still despises merchants...
If you marry a merchant's daughter, you will be scorned.
The world will poke you in the back.
Yang Qianzhi would not dare to marry a businessman's daughter like Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan didn't give way to Yang Qianzhi. He glanced at him directly and said, "If you want to marry, no one else can stop you."
Yang Qianzhi choked.
He waved his hands repeatedly.
"The one in my family is not a jobber."
"If I really bring back a businessman's daughter, my wife will definitely not be able to spare me."
"The provincial examination is coming soon."
"Brother Ye, are you prepared?"
Yang Qianzhi abruptly changed the topic.
Ye Xuan paused while drinking tea.
The weather has turned hotter.
The provincial examination is also approaching.
It’s really time to prepare questions.
Ye Xuan said: "Brother Yang reminded me."
Yang Qianzhi did not stay at Ye Xuan's side for long. After having a cup of tea, he continued to go back and roll the papers.
It is different from county examination, government examination and hospital examination.
The provincial examination is very important.
This is a key step for those talented people to become candidates.
If becoming a scholar is just a bit of fame, then becoming a scholar is a preparatory official.
That's the master of Juren.
Therefore, even though the students of Ming Dynasty knew that it was extremely difficult to pass the examination under Ye Xuan's torture, they still could not restrain their excitement.
In various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the group of scholars had begun to stir up commotion.
Inside the teahouse and restaurant.
Some newly promoted scholars and those who had repeatedly failed the exams for many years gathered together. 3.4 “I heard that this year’s examiner is Na Ye Xuan, and Na Ye Xuan’s exam questions are extremely difficult.”
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to pass this provincial examination."
"Those new talents probably have a deep understanding of this."
"Ye Xuan's test questions are not difficult."
"It's very difficult."
Said this to a scholar who had been exposed to Ye Xuan examination questions since the county examination.
“How difficult can it be?”
"I have read poetry and books for decades."
“I’m sure I’ll be on the list this time!”
The scholar who failed the exam once said this.
"For more than half a year, I have been studying Ye Xuan's question-setting rules and working hard almost day and night. I should definitely be able to pass this provincial examination.
A scholar who had been exposed to Ye Xuan examination questions since the county examination became less and less confident the more he talked about it.
Many emerging talents are sure of it.
But not much.
On the other side, Ye Xuan was thinking about what questions to ask in the provincial examination.