When Su Jin brought the dejected Zhao Zhibai to Lu Tixue and Bao Zheng to apologize, Bao Zheng and Lu Tixue opened their mouths so wide that they could fit a big pumpkin in, and their eyeballs almost fell to the ground and broke.
Zhao Zhibai sincerely apologized for Shicai's rude behavior. After waiting for a long time, he didn't hear the two adults' reaction. Su Jin looked at the two adults who were confused and coughed quickly to remind them. Then they returned to normal and walked down the slope to comfort them.
He sent Zhao Zhibai away.
Zhao Zhibai had not left twenty steps before Lu Tixue pulled Su Jin and asked: "Su Xiaoguan, why are you doing this? It must have cost a lot of money to mediate this matter before he came to apologize! Why is this?"
Su Jin laughed dumbly and said: "What does it cost? The student was so moved by reasoning with him that he took the initiative to come."
"How is this possible? Zhao Zhibai knows that he is a conceited playboy, so how can he bow his head and admit his mistake?"
Su Jin chuckled and said: "Then it depends on who persuades him. I advise him not only to come and apologize obediently, but also to be grateful to me from the bottom of his heart."
At this moment, Zhao Zhibai, who was about to step out of the hospital, turned around and said loudly, "Thank you, Mr. Su Xiaoguan."
Su Jin laughed and winked at Bao and Lu, then turned to Zhao Zhibai and raised his hand and said, "No need for fate."
Lu Tixue looked at Su Jin and raised his thumb and said: "Young master Su is indeed a talent. Your promotional methods have been refreshing to me. Later, several new lyrics sung in Luzhou City are said to have been written by you. Today I discovered it again.
Your eloquence is truly rare."
Bao Zheng also echoed: "Master Su is indeed the most unique young talent I have ever seen, so I have always been interested in him."
As the three of them talked, they sat down and the boy made Su Jin a cup of tea. Su Jin took a sip and frowned in agony.
Lu Tixue chuckled and said, "How would you like this tea, Mr. Su?"
Su Jin said: "The suffering is unspeakable."
Lu Tixue said: "Pinpin again."
Su Jin clicked his mouth like a fish on the beach, and a hint of sweet fragrance slowly entered his throat and tongue. After a while, his mouth was full of fragrance and he had endless aftertaste. He couldn't help but praise: "It's amazing, it's amazing. I thought it was a willow leaf at first, but I didn't expect it."
There is such a tea that brings joy after suffering."
Bao Zheng smiled and pointed at Su Jin and said, "Are you kidding me about willow leaf tea? How can I bring out willow leaf tea when treating guests?"
Lu Tixue pointed at the dark green tea leaves in the tea cup with his smiling beard and said: "This is the bitter tea produced in Jianghua, Guangnan. Although Guangnan has a mild climate, there are high mountains and ridges in the territory. The snow on the top of the mountain does not melt this bitter tea all year round.
It grows in high mountains and due to the cold climate, it takes until mid-summer to pick it. Speaking of which, this is still a new tea."
Su Jin smacked his tongue and said, "Mr. Lu is really a gentleman who knows how to enjoy life. Such a good tea can be served to the students, but it is a waste. The students almost mistake it for willow leaves and really think it is a cow chewing peonies and they don't know how to taste it."
Mr. Lu looked at Bao Zheng and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Su to be very humble."
Bao Zheng said: "Young men should be more humble. If Mr. Su can be truly humble, it would be because of his strength in cultivation. I'm afraid it's just false humility."
Su Jin was exposed by Bao Zheng in front of her, she looked embarrassed and said: "You old Bao, I treat you as an idol but you are so merciless; it seems that you can only live in this era, just in case you are hit by a book one day.
If I die and travel back to the era I live in, I'm afraid I'll be beaten to the point where I can't take care of myself in less than three days."
Lu Tixue was very generous and said with a smile: "Young people always have a lot of energy. If they are as mature as you were back then, they would look old."
Bao Zheng nodded and said: "That's what my teacher taught me."
Lu Tixue turned to Su Jin and said, "I let you drink this bitter tea for a purpose. Mr. Bao just told me your situation. I'm going to give you two pieces of news here. One is good and the other is bad. Which one do you listen to first?"
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Su Jin cupped his hands and said: "Be bitter first and then sweet. Tea is like life; listen to the bad first."
Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Are you a slow learner and realized that tea is like life so quickly? Don't be sloppy or you will suffer a lot in the future."
Su Jin said respectfully: "Keep in mind your teachings and follow your example. I won't make any mistakes."
Bao Zheng said: "Don't imitate me. You and I have nothing in common. When I have time, I will have a good chat with you. It's better to listen to what my mentor said about your imperial examination first."
Su Jin nodded in agreement but listened to Lu Tixue: "The bad news is that you may not be able to take the college entrance examination this fall."
Su Jin let out a surprised look and said, "But the quota is full or are the students not qualified to take my Huainan West Road exam?"
Lu Tixue said: "That's not to say that the young master has a great reputation in our Luzhou Prefecture and has the qualifications to be recommended by Master Bao. In fact, there are only a few qualified students in our Luzhou who are better than you."
Su Jin said: "Why is that?"
Lu Tixue said: "The imperial court has just issued the authority to suspend the tribute examination. Due to the intense war in the northwest, the imperial court has no time to take into account the accident of the scientific examination. This year's examination has been postponed to August next year. The imperial examination will naturally be postponed to the year after next. This is the imperial court's decision.
Great policy is not limited by quotas and qualifications."
Su Jin was a little annoyed. What does this mean? The imperial examination is related to the fate and future of many students in the world. It is like child's play to stop and push back and forth. The war in the northwest has been going on for more than three years, but there is no time to prepare for the scientific examination this year?
In fact, Su Jinyou didn't know that the imperial court's public interest was not a matter of lack of time, but that the imperial court really did not have the funds to hold this year's major examination. Some people may think that it does not cost a lot of money, but in fact, it was not the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty.
Even the travel expenses were paid throughout the Song Dynasty. Nearly 100,000 yuan were paid for the entire Song Dynasty. The travel expenses alone required hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the carriage and horse expenses for the personnel involved in the examination room, food and beverage subsidies, and the subsequent occurrence of the joint and imperial examinations.
The imperial examination cost at least nearly two million yuan for various expenses such as ceremonial guard, reception and so on.
Such a sum of money was simply not a big deal in the past few years, but after more than three years of border wars, it was a bottomless pit. More than 100,000 soldiers spent hundreds of thousands on the border every day, which had already emptied the Song Dynasty's treasury; this year's taxes
It has not yet been confiscated, and there is really no money to hold the imperial examination. The imperial court wants to save face and suffers, but is unwilling to say it clearly. It can only use the serious war in the northwest as a cover to postpone the imperial examination to next year.
Not many people knew about these things, but they could figure it out secretly. Otherwise, the imperial examination would have such a huge impact and the imperial court would not have just rejected it.
Su Jin was annoyed, but he couldn't think of anything about the affairs of the imperial court that he, a commoner, could control. However, the enthusiasm he had just begun to overflow with was extinguished. When he thought of what Li Chong said about the various tricks of the imperial examination, he felt that it was even more difficult.
To withdraw.
Lu Tixue saw that the look in Su Jin's eyes had dimmed, and he understood clearly what was going on in his heart. He laughed and said, "Life is like tea, but it is easier said than done."
Su Jin was so ashamed that she had boasted so loudly just now and now it was revealed that she was so arrogant.
"Do you want to hear the good news?" Lu Tixue said.
"Why don't you listen?" Su Jinqiang lost his temper.
"Haha, the good news is that I would like to recommend you to go to Yingtian Academy to prepare for the big exam next autumn. What do you think?"
Su Jin shook his head like a rattle and said, "I'm not going!"
Lu Tixue and Bao Zheng both looked at him in surprise, as if they had seen a monster. After a while, Lu Tixue took a breath and said: "Yingtianfu Academy is a prestigious and noble institution in the Song Dynasty. How many students dream of entering the academy to study in it?"
Most of the famous teachers are outstanding figures in our dynasty. In the early years, they included Yang Cui, Qi Tong, Cao Cheng, and more recently, Fan Xi, and nearly 30% of Yan Tongshu's students were promoted to official positions. Talents all over the world are flocking to them. Why don't you go, Mr. Su?"
Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "If it's too far away, I'm afraid I'd have to live on campus which would be boring."
Bao Zheng and Lu Tixue almost fell down. How many students in the world would give up the opportunity to enter Yingtian Academy for this reason? It only takes six or seven days to travel from Luzhou to Yingtian Mansion. How many students come from Guangnan, from Qin Feng, from Chengdu?
Even though it would take three or four months to come all the way to Yingtian College to learn the light path, it was never too far. Fortunately, this guy just said it was too far and dismissed it completely.
Lu Tixue wished he could spit on Su Xiaoguan's face and stamp his feet several times to relieve his anger.dd