Fan Zhijin didn't know that the heroine his mother liked had made people sleep with her belly, and he never thought that Ximen Qing would get along with others - how could this be possible? Although Ximen Qing had been walking outside, it was absolutely impossible to meet a man who was even better than Fan Zhijin!

Even if there is such a man, he will definitely look down on Ximen Qing, a woman in the martial arts world. Even if he looks down on him, Ximen Qing can only be someone else's concubine.

Of course, Fan Zhijin, who is 27 years old this year, is not a handsome guy. Not only is he not handsome, he is also a little ugly, with dark skin, small eyes, protruding forehead, and a goatee's beard. He is always messy. Moreover, because he has been studying behind closed doors, lacks exercise, and eats a lot, he is still a fat man.

In addition, this fat man has no money yet. The Fan family is indeed the largest landlord in Yanggu County, but it is the clan field and school field, not Fan Zhijin's private property. But because he has been through three consecutive times and is the key training target of the family, he can not participate in labor (farming) and get a lot of money for the family. He, his son and my mother can also eat big pot rice openly (the Yimen both eat big pot rice)... By the way, he still has my mother above and young children below.

Such a man who is ugly, fat, and has no money, has an old lady and a child, seems to have no job, basically belongs to the category of scumbags in later generations. It is definitely something that people can boo on blind dates on TV stations.

But in Yanggu County of the Song Dynasty, he was the top diamond princess. Even a young and beautiful little rich woman like Ximen Qing should pay thousands of dowries to marry him!

This is not that Fan Zhijin feels too good, but that he really has this value. He is a scholar! A true scholar is not the kind of scholar who can't even pass the trial after reading a few broken books. What kind of scholar is considered to be a scholar who can't pass the trial after passing the trial?

Even a lowly businessman like Wu Dalang has read many books. He has written well in his brush and left half of the good words to pass on the world! But except for Cai Jing, a treacherous minister who always encouraged him to take the imperial examination, who thinks he is a scholar?

Isn’t the Song Dynasty known as a paradise for scholars? Those who can go to heaven must be scholars like Fan Zhijin! He has tried three times in a row. As long as he passes two more times, he will be qualified to be "free". That is, he can take the Ministry of Rites exam every three years in the future! The qualification of this "recruitment" is no longer a temporary qualification, but an identity.

When the grand court meeting was held, the "free" candidates were qualified to attend Kaifeng Prefecture. What a glory!

Moreover, once you are "free from the answer", it is a matter of time to become an official. As long as you can live to the age of 40 or 50 and fail the examination for more than ten times of the Ministry of Rites, you can go to a special report and a famous Jinshi, and then get a small civil servant from the ninth rank - immediately, you will be a member of the glorious civil servant of the Song Dynasty.

Is such an excellent man worthy of the female hero Ximen who is a businessman?

Moreover, Fan Zhijin didn't think he would be so unlucky. He failed to pass the formal exam for the rest of his life. He felt that his articles were already great. It would be time for Yuanfu to be called outside Donghua Gate in three years! But by then, Ximen Qing would not be able to match him...

This is not his dazedness, but the national conditions of the Song Dynasty. He was named on the gold list and captured his son-in-law under the list... He didn't have a hundred thousand yuan worth of marriage, but he still wanted to marry his daughter to a high school Jinshi? The Ximen family is not a prime minister!

Moreover, in many years, the Ximen family in Yanggu has not been able to produce an official position? Without an official position, will the Ximen family's huge family business be swallowed up sooner or later?

If Siemens can use spoiling, they can only deal with the thieves in Liangshan. If they really encounter big things, they will dare to rebel?

So Fan Zhijin, who knew his worth, didn't care about Ximen Qing's reply at all. He just turned a blind eye to the outside world and only read the books of sages - Yunzhou's trial of the Explanation of Explanation is about to begin. Although Fan Zhijin was very sure, he was still preparing carefully.

In addition, the Ministry of Rites Examination for the next year also requires full preparation... The imperial examination is not easy to take! The imperial examination is actually just a stubborn one, just a rough understanding of the classics and knowing that it is probably not possible, and you must be extremely proficient. According to the standards of later generations, you must be a master of Chinese studies, no, you must be a master of Chinese studies.

A businessman like Wu Haogu who is busy making money to save the Song Dynasty all day could not devote enough energy to reading sages. If you want to have a high school life, you can only cheat!

Therefore, in real history, most Jinshi were obtained through hard work. Only a very small number of geniuses could pass the Jinshi while doing other things.

Although Fan Zhijin is known as a "child prodigy", he himself knows that his success depends mainly on hard work! Children prodigy, such as Su Dongpo, Cai Jing, and Zhang Dun, are not magical at all.

In the dilapidated study room with an unpleasant smell of mold, Fan Zhijin was lying in front of the case and was flying quickly, and was doing a "question" about the gains and losses of Chai Rong, the ancestor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the gains and losses of Yanyun's northern expedition.

He was actually "guessing the question", because the Song Dynasty achieved a decisive victory in the battle against the Western Xia this year. Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Xixia entered the court, which can basically be seen as the overall situation in the northwest has been determined. Then the officials will likely turn their attention to the fourteen prefectures of Yanyun in the north.

Therefore, the policy issues of the third year of Yuanfu are very likely to be related to the Northern Expedition. The test questions cannot directly seek the Northern Expedition, as this is too explicit. It will not allow people to analyze the two embarrassing Northern Expeditions of Emperor Taizong - the great Song Dynasty's filial rule in the world, and it is impossible for people to discuss Emperor Taizong. Therefore, Chai Rong is the one who can talk about it.

Wu Zhiwen, who had long been familiar with the classics, knew that his weakness was in strategy, so he had to write a strategy article every day, and the focus of the strategy article was on military strategy.

The article is of course good, and it quotes classics and is well-informed. It not only uses the principles in "The Art of War" to comment on the gains and losses of Chai Rong's Northern Expedition, but also discusses the political, economic and people's livelihood issues of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Finally, it concluded that the national strength of the Later Zhou Dynasty was not enough to support the victory of the Northern Expedition.

Putting down the brush and looking at the article he had just made, Fan Zhijin was quite satisfied. If there was really this problem with this competition, Fan Zhijin should have called the song outside Donghua Gate.

Closed his eyes and seemed to see the scene of himself becoming famous outside Donghua Gate. Fan Zhijin smiled very proudly.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and an old lady with a black face who looked a bit similar to Fan Zhijin walked in with a plate of pancakes. Seeing her son making a piece of articles, she immediately smiled kindly: "Okay, son, is your article done?"

Fan Zhijin immediately stood up and saluted the old lady, then took the plate with both hands: "Mom, I'm troubled you again, I really feel sorry for you."

"What are you sorry for? Isn't it just to get a stack of buns?" the old lady smiled, "As long as you can marry the Qing'er girl from the Ximen family and pass the Jinshi again, you will be satisfied with your mother."

Fan Zhijin's old mother Liu is not as ambitious as his son. If you want to catch a son-in-law below the list, you should marry the heroine Ximen first. Ximen Qing is beautiful, can manage the family, and can also bring at least tens of thousands of dollars of marriage, which can greatly improve the life of Fan Zhijin's family. Although there is a big pot of food within the Fan Family Yimen, the dowry of the married wife is still independent. In the Song Dynasty, a woman's dowry was the woman's own private property, and she can be taken away if she divorced or is a widow.

If there were housewives like Ximen Qing, the Fan family would have a better life.

"Ximen Qing?" Fan Zhijin said, "Why did your mother mention her? The Ximen family agreed?"

"There hasn't been a reply yet, but Ximen Qing has returned to Yanggu." Liu said with a smile. "Many people in the clan saw him. They rode a tall horse and entered the east gate of Yanggu County with seven or eight horses."

The Ximen family is a family that is both Shang and Wu. Although they own a large area of ​​land, the children of the Ximen family do not farm. So a few generations ago, the people of the Ximen family moved from the countryside to Yanggu County. Needless to say, the Ximen family is the well-deserved richest man in Yanggu (more money does not mean high status), and is known as the Ximen half city. The industries in Yanggu County are calculated based on how many streets!

For Kaifeng rich people like Wu Haogu, the Ximen family has no matter how many streets there are in Yanggu, but for the Fan family’s peasant intellectuals, Ximen Qing is the number one white and beautiful girl in Tianzi, and the dream lover of many people!

"A daughter's family shows up all day long," Fan Zhijin shook her head, "The women in the business family just don't know ethics."

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce! Fan Zhijin can barely be a senior scholar, and he is a noble scholar, three levels higher than the merchant heroine Ximen Qing. Even if he can't win the title of Jinshi, he will eventually get a special title of Jinshi, and Ximen Qing will still be able to marry him.

However, Fan Zhijin did not dislike Ximen Qing. As long as Ximen Qing could abide by the wife's decree after passing through the door.

In addition, Ximen Qing's bows, arrows, swords and guns were not allowed to be brought to the Fan family. The Fan family was a family of Yimen who passed down from farming and studied and did not need those things. Moreover, Fan Zhijin's descendants were not allowed to practice martial arts, so as not to delay studying for the imperial examination...

Liu looked at his son as if he was a little reluctant, and immediately gave a stern face and said, "Son, Ximen Qing Wei's mother looks like this. What's wrong with the daughter of a merchant? Wei's mother is not a businessman's daughter? Your father also married? You can teach her slowly. I have decided on this matter for my mother. Tomorrow, I will ask Zhou's matchmaker in the county to discuss the marriage. After the trial, I will take Qing'er to Kaifeng Mansion with her. If she takes care of her on the way, Wei's mother will feel relieved."

Of course Fan Zhijin was a filial son. After hearing what my mother said, he agreed: "What my mother taught me is that the child is all based on her mother."
Chapter completed!