After Chen Xi settled Li Jin, he took some scattered silver for the maid and the old mother to prepare for the New Year. Then he gave Li Jin ten taels of silver for daily expenses. At this point, he no longer had to worry about it at all times.

With Chen Xi's current wealth, it is not difficult to maintain a foreign house. Although the official salary of the Hanlin official from the fifth year is not much, if you add the usual firewood, silver, silver, etc., you should not live too much in your life.

Because of the change of identity, Li Jin wore a relatively clean and simple cloth dress and a coarse cloth trouser hairpin, which made Chen Xi feel a kind of beauty without makeup.

"You need to handle the things here yourself," Chen Xi reminded, "But if you walk out of this door, it is equivalent to insulting yourself. I don't care about any friendship, so I will do whatever you should do."

Chen Xi said it very resolutely, mainly to let Li Jin understand that the current situation is your cage, and you can be as a bird in the cage as you can. Even if you want to go out, you have to wait for the Li family case to be completely concluded.

As for whether Li Jin would do what he said, Chen Xi didn't care much. He tried to let the old mother and maid take care of the good people and send them out of the capital when appropriate, so the matter would come to an end.

The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, on New Year's Eve.

This is the first Spring Festival that Chen Xi spent in the capital after becoming an official. There are really a lot of things to prepare.

First of all, I have to prepare gifts, not to give gifts to the bosses of the Hanlin Academy, the Zhanshi Mansion and the Sixth Ministry officials. He was not so interested, and his colleagues did not intend to give gifts. It was too tiring to send them over to send them. It was not as easy as a gentleman's friendship, and he would have a good idea.

These gifts are mainly for relatives and friends.

When my father and mother brought their younger brothers to the capital, they had to send some New Year’s goods to express their feelings. Hui Niang took her daughter to the capital. She was not familiar with the place and needed to give some.

Xie Duo also wanted to give gifts. When giving gifts, he was preparing to come to the door in person and ask for a few books from Xie Duo to read.

Since I went to the border, Chen Xi felt that being a minister is good. He went to and from get off work on time every day, and was leisurely and leisurely, and didn't have to worry about him all the time like on the battlefield.

"My husband, the gift list is ready. Do you think there are any mistakes?" Xie Yuner is worthy of being a good wife. She can do some things without Chen Xi reminding her.

Chen Xi nodded after seeing it: "It's pretty good, thank you for your hard work, madam."

"What do you say to my husband? These are my duty, so how can I say hard work?" Hearing Chen Xi's concern, Xie Yuner showed a satisfied smile on her face. The most rare thing for a woman is to be appreciated by her own man.

In this era of rebirth, Chen Xi's big man's mind became increasingly serious, but he believed that he would not treat any woman who gave him all his body and mind.

The gifts from Chenxi have not been delivered yet, and the New Year gifts from the Imperial Palace and the Shouning Marquis Mansion have arrived in advance. Silk, cloth, tea, and porcelain are all exquisite and luxurious things, which combined are enough to match Chenxi's annual salary.

Xie Yuner was very happy. She didn't know that Chen Xi would have so many rewards.

"It's really not old or young."

Xie Yuner smiled and said, "But the rewards from the palace have not been used up yet."

"Then I'll send some cloth to my parents, and some of them, and I'll give her some to the shopkeeper. I've never seen her after I returned to the capital."

Chen Xi felt a little disappointed. He asked himself that after coming to this world, the woman who cares the most was not the cheap mother Zhou, nor Lin Dai and Xie Yuner, but the one who thought about the most was Hui Niang, which was an extremely complex and difficult to understand emotion.

Xie Yuner didn't know that Chen Xi had an intention to Hui Niang in her heart, and smiled and said, "I have only seen the shopkeeper once. Why don't I go there with my husband in the afternoon and just look at Xi'er's girl. I heard that she is now graceful." After that, Xie Yuner blinked at Chen Xi. She knew very well about the relationship between Chen Xi and Lu Xi'er.

Although Chen Xi always regarded Lu Xier as her sister, Lu Xier did not regard Chen Xi as her elder brother. Lu Xier had said she wanted to marry Chen Xi very early. At that time, it might have been a joke from childhood. However, as she grew older, Lu Xier's feelings for Chen Xi did not change at all. In this way, some things will inevitably be mentioned on the surface.

Unfortunately, Hui Niang seems to have no intention of marrying her daughter into the Shen family as a concubine of Chenxi.

"You go." Chen Xi thought for a while, but finally refused. "I will go to the Imperial College to visit Mr. Xie in the afternoon. It should be very late to come back."

"Um."

Xie Yuner nodded, "I heard that the shopkeeper has integrated the Chamber of Commerce's business in the capital these days and has started to be busy again. I admire her very much. She can be considered a powerful person, and I am afraid that even many men can't match her."

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

If anyone in the world is the most mean to her, Hui Niang can be considered the number one person.

People who have a lot of money at hand are not too mean to themselves. They usually spend money to be a landlord. As long as they don’t have conflicts with the powerful, they will have no problems in their life. But Hui Niang is like the person who is born to torture herself. This may be related to Hui Niang’s identity as a widow. She wants to numb herself with her career, so she shows off her skills when she goes to a place.

Chen Xi was helpless about this.

After lunch, Chen Xi took a carriage to the Imperial College in the north of the city to meet Xie Duo.

The outside door of Xie Duo’s apartment is deserted. It’s not that no one wants to visit him, but the guests can’t even enter the door when they come. They are always turned away and will stop visiting over time.

Only Chen Xi regards Xie Duo’s residence as his back garden, and he can come whenever he wants, and he will receive Xie Duo’s kind hospitality every time.

Today, Xie Duo seemed to guess that Chen Xi would come, so he prepared West Lake Longjing at home. After Chen Xi arrived, Xie Duo even asked Chen Xi to comment on his newly drawn landscape paintings.

Chen Xi looked carefully.

The main body of the painting is a vast lake with a vast wave, and there is a pavilion by the lake. An old man is sitting under the red pine trees beside the pavilion and fishing leisurely. There is a poem written by Xie Duo on it:

There is no boat at the height of Yan Lake. I saw that the heavens are above. There must be Qiongtai not the world, and there are no flowers and trees. I also remember the three lives of the sky. Who will stop when the flying tin comes? I don’t know how many people have traveled with Chisong outside Peng Island in Langgong?

"Mr. Xie's paintings are good and his handwriting is good. It is a perfect match and is amazing." Chen Xi exclaimed.

"You will pick up something nice, no one knows that you have fought with Tang Yin in poetry and paintings. Now your paintings are still hanging in Minsheng Teahouse. I have seen them. The paintings are indeed very good, but unfortunately there is less artistic conception."

Chen Xixin said that this is an expert in appreciating paintings.

At that time, he was just trying to fight against Tang Yin, and he wanted to "reward the other person with his own way", so how could he care about anything other than the painting?

After talking about poetry and painting for a while, the two sat down, and Xie Duo suddenly sighed: "Time flies so fast, next year will be the provincial examination year."

"Hmm!" Chen Xi looked at Xie Duo, not understanding why he mentioned this.

"Actually, you should understand some things. In the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, the most important things are the imperial examination and the palace examination, but the provincial examinations of the two capitals should not be underestimated. There are many talented men and famous masters. I learned that in this provincial examination, many of them will participate, and many of them are not inferior to you. Of course, they cannot surpass you in fame and fortune."

Chen Xi thought to himself, isn’t this nonsense? I’ve already reached the three yuan and won three yuan in a row. Even if I can tie the game with me, I can’t surpass me.

"Students don't understand what Master Xie said." Chen Xi said frankly.

"Why do you have to be too straightforward?" Xie Duo glanced at Chen Xi, but saw that Chen Xi's eyes were clear and there was no distracting thoughts, and said, "Okay, sooner or later, you must know that the Shuntian Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture provincial examinations have always been Hanlin officials, and officials who work in the Zhanshi Mansion serve as chief examiners. This means that you have a good chance to become the attendant of the Shuntian Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture students."

Chen Xi shook his head in surprise: "The student qualifications are too shallow, so it's not my turn to queue up?"

"This is not certain. If it were the provincial examinations in the past year, there were indeed some seniority issues. However, in the past two years, Your Majesty would value young people, you are one of them. Judging from the reputation of scholars in the two capitals, you are no less than those veteran Hanlin officials. Even I don't know when you made a great reputation."

Chen Xi thought about it and was probably the main reason why he won the three yuan at the age of thirteen. In addition, Xie Pi and others promoted his studies on his mind and helped Xie Duo to come out with a Chinese Studio. But the most important thing was that he had a prosperous official career and was now a lecturer in the East Palace. Once the prince ascended the throne, he had great hope of entering the cabinet, so many people wanted to curry favor with him and made him famous in disguise.

"So according to Master Xie's meaning, is it because I have the chance to take the provincial examination in the two capitals?" Chen Xi was still a little unbelievable

"Basically speaking, this is true. At least if I ask me to recommend it, you are the first person. As for what others think, I don't know very well, but Shangshu Fu has a high opinion of you. When I talk to him, he has a lot of praise for you."

In the provincial examinations of Shuntian Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture, who will be the inner curtain officer is not the emperor's one-man show, but the Ministry of Rites screens personnel and handed over to the cabinet, and the cabinet approves the emperor. Usually the emperor will not make things difficult for his ministers on this issue. It can be said that the Ministry of Rites has great power.

As the Imperial College Priest, Xie Duo was also the Minister of Rites and had a good relationship with the Minister of Shang Fu Han. In addition, Chen Xi left a wonderful impression on Fu Han when welcoming the envoys of Folangji, and Fu Han highly praised him.

In this way, a minister of the Ministry of Rites and a minister of the Ministry of Rites felt that he was the best candidate for the provincial examinations of the two capitals, and he was really likely to take over this job.

The provincial examination will be held until early August, and the imperial court usually takes about half a year to prepare. The main reason is that Yingtian Mansion is far away. After arranging people, it must set off two or three months in advance. After the matter is arranged, the exam will be started.

Chen Xi shrugged and said indifferently: "Whether or not, the students think it's nothing great. Now the students just want to do a good job in the Zhan Shi Mansion and teach the prince well."

"Whatever you think."

Xie Duo waved his hand, "Sometimes I think you are young and energetic and impulsive. Even the dignified Quanzhou prefect also said that you would take it. But sometimes I think you are too worldly and mature and have a very indifferent view of fame and fortune. All of this happened to you at the same time, which is really an alien."

"But, who told you that you are an alien in the Ming Dynasty officialdom?" To be continued.
Chapter completed!