Chapter 2378 News (April Monthly Ticket Plus 20)
Liu Huan raised his hand. He first took a look at himself and felt something was wrong, so he rubbed his palm hard on his clothes. After it turned red, he stretched out his hand to show Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, crying, "Look, this is all caused by my grandfather. If I hadn't wanted to write with my right hand, he would have beaten my right hand too."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang carefully examined the palm of the hand, and after a long while they found two or three faint red marks on it. Bai Shan nodded in agreement, "Yes, Minister Liu is too cruel. If we had come a little later, we might not have seen these marks."
Bai Erlang threw his head back and burst into laughter, extremely happy.
Liu Huan couldn't help but shout, "Hey, aren't we still brothers who live and die together?"
Of course, so Bai Shan began to guide his studies with all his heart. He tested him on some of the content and asked about his progress in the past few days. He nodded and said, "The teacher that Minister Liu hired for you is quite good."
Although Minister Liu locked up his grandson to study, he did not let him study alone. He hired a teacher for him.
However, Bai Shan sent an invitation to the Liu family yesterday, stating that he would visit today, so the Liu family gave the gentleman a day off and let him go back to rest.
However, Minister Liu did not think that Bai Shan and others could teach Liu Huan anything. He just felt that Liu Huan had been studying behind closed doors for a long time and had reached the limit of his psychological endurance. If he continued to be locked up, it would be counterproductive.
So today we say that we are giving the teacher a day off so that Bai Shan and others can give Liu Huan some guidance. In fact, we are giving Liu Huan a day off so that he can relax for a while and adjust his mood so that he can study better next time.
However, apart from Old Madam Liu, Bai Shan and the others were unable to grasp this idea, so Bai Shan took out a thick stack of manuscript paper and handed it to Liu Huan. "Here, this is what I have collected for you recently. These are the topics that the teacher and I discussed and came up with."
"Guessing the topic?" Liu Huan exclaimed, then covered his mouth, looked around, and whispered, "Didn't Master Kong say that we should study hard and not guess the topic?"
Bai Shan nodded, "That's true, but aren't you not learning well enough?"
Bai Erlang was also amused. He bumped his shoulder and said, "Are you stupid? If you really follow what Kong Jijiu said, how many people in this world can take the Mingjing exam? Anyone who takes the exam but doesn't pass is not solid. Does that mean they can't take the exam at all?"
Liu Huan lowered his voice and said, "Taking the test and predicting the test questions are two different things."
Bai Shan didn't say anything. Bai Erlang said, "It's obviously the same thing. What's the purpose of taking the exam? Isn't it to gain fame and fortune? What's the purpose of predicting the topic? It's to help you successfully achieve fame and fortune. Isn't that the same thing?"
Bai Shan said: "But what Kong Jijiu said makes sense. If you want to be an official, you must at least have a solid academic record. These papers are still..."
Liu Huan snatched it away and said, "Give it to me."
He said awkwardly, "You all took the trouble to write it. If I don't use it, wouldn't it be a waste of your efforts?"
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang just chuckled.
When Yin Huo arrived, he saw two people looking at Liu Huan with a sly grin. He couldn't help but reach out and knock on the door next to him. After the three of them noticed him, he walked in and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Bai Shan lied with his eyes wide open, "We are teaching him the principles of life and the important knowledge he will need for the Mingjing exam."
So when the servants of the Bai family delivered the letter from Huangzhuang, the four of them were really studying seriously in the study.
Of course, it was Bai Shan and Yin Huo who gave Liu Huan the questions and taught him when he couldn't answer...
That's right, it was a direct question-and-answer format. The exam was just over ten days away, and Liu Huan had already studied the books needed for the Mingjing exam, but he just couldn't remember or understand some of them.
So Bai Shan and Yin Huo asked questions directly. It was not known whether it was because they were asking their friends or because the questions they asked were not very difficult, but Liu Huan answered most of them fluently, and for the remaining small part, he could still answer some key points haltingly.
Lian Yin Huo raised an eyebrow in surprise and asked, "Since you were able to complete the task to this extent, why did Minister Liu still hit you?"
Liu Huan was also a little stunned. "I can answer when I look at you, but when I talk to my grandfather and the teacher, my mind is a mess. I can't make sense of it, let alone answer it."
The three of them looked at Liu Huan together. Liu Huan also looked at them with his eyes wide open. After a while, he showed a sad expression, "Since you are not going to Chongwenguan to study now, why don't you come and accompany me to study every day?"
Bai Shan said slowly, "Please don't say that again. At least change your words when you say it. You asked us to read with you, but don't you care whose reading partners we are?"
Liu Huan immediately said, "Can you teach me how to read?"
Bai Shan was about to agree when a servant from the Liu family came over with a servant from the Bai family and brought the letter up.
They had just exchanged letters in the morning. Bai Shan was afraid that something had happened to Manbao, so he quickly opened the letter.
Yin Huo, sitting at the side, glanced sideways and was stunned for a moment. Liu Huan couldn't help but shout out, "Manbao wants to do purchasing business with Huangzhuang?"
Bai Shan emphasized: "It's not Manbao, it's Zhou Wu."
Aren't they all the same?
However, Liu Huan didn't hesitate and nodded, "Okay, it's Brother Zhou Wu, are they going to do some shopping?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
Liu Huan scratched his head and said, "It's nothing. You came late. My grandfather came back for lunch at noon."
Bai Erlang exclaimed, "Don't officials in the imperial city receive meals?"
Liu Huan said, "My grandfather came back to avoid disaster."
He said, "My grandfather told me that His Majesty was furious this morning for some unknown reason. He ordered the Ministry of Revenue to help the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Palace Affairs to check the accounts. He also lost his temper with Lord Luo, who manages the inner treasury, and even attacked Lord Xin, Luo's subordinate. I heard that even Tong Nei Shi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who had been recuperating, climbed down from his sickbed and came over to apologize."
Liu Huan smacked his lips and said, "My grandfather said this is a thankless job. Even if I do it well, His Majesty won't be happy. Instead, he'll be even angrier. It will also offend the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Palace Affairs, and the people who manage the inner treasury."
Bai Shan pondered for a moment, feeling that Xiao Yuanzheng was too powerful, and asked, "Can you just leave Minister Liu alone if he goes back home?"
"That's not the case. He was just in a bad mood, so he went home to eat something delicious and let out a tantrum." He then lifted up his left hand, which was now completely devoid of marks, and cried, "For example, he suddenly asked me about the I Ching while I was enjoying my meal. How could I possibly answer? He immediately hit me three times with a ruler. In the end, I didn't even eat a few bites of my meal and am still starving."
Bai Shan, Bai Erlang and Yin Huo all lowered their heads to look at the empty plate of snacks beside him.
So sleepy, so sleepy, this time it’s really good night, good night
(End of this chapter)
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