Chapter 419 Seeking Advice from Uncle
Since its inception, the imperial examination system has been a channel for the landlord class, both large and small, to rise up and a piece of cake resource distributed by the emperor.
In any place or region where there are many wealthy and powerful people, more positions will be given to them.
To be fair, this cannot be done.
For example, in this era, the level of candidates in the south is generally higher than that in the north.
Even in the early years of the founding of this dynasty, in one year's unified imperial examination, candidates from the south occupied the entire list of tribute students.
None of the northern candidates made the list.
When this incident came to light, Taizu was furious and directly executed a group of examiners.
Is this because the examiner is biased?
That is not the case.
In the context of this era, the South had many educated people with a very solid academic foundation, while the North was plagued by wars and had many assimilated barbarians, so the educational foundation of the North could not compare to that of the South. Therefore, in the unified examination, with the same test paper and the same standards, the Northern candidates could not score higher than the Southern candidates.
But if all candidates from the south were selected for the imperial examinations, the entire north would be dissatisfied and in chaos.
What's more, if this continues year after year, the power of the southern clans will be much stronger than that of the northern clans.
Therefore, even if it is such a fair scientific examination, in the eyes of the people above, they still have to divide the areas to balance the power.
A group of examiners were killed to calm public anger, and then the North-South list was set up to secretly adjust the admission ratio of candidates from the north and the south to achieve a relatively fair and stable level.
The stability and progress that the higher-ups want are never absolutely fair.
Therefore, even in the science examination, there is room for great fuss.
Lu Lingyun is still taking a relatively stable path. Unlike those extremely powerful families, they can directly ask His Majesty for a share.
Just like in Li Wenxun's imperial examination that year, Lu Lingyun was reborn and Liu Shuhui became the first place, but the second place of that imperial examination remained unchanged.
If a child with such great talent as Li Shouye was born into a prosperous and powerful family, and was managed well, he might be even more amazing this year than his uncle was in his youth, and surprise everyone.
Lu Lingyun thought silently in his heart. At this time, Li Shouye was also brought in by the servants.
Lu Lingyun saw a young man of about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing simple plain clothes, walking in with a gentle manner.
His features are 70% similar to his father's. Li Wenxun and Lu Hanyi both look good, and the child is also a handsome young man.
When he came in, the first thing he saw was Tong Nanyi, and then he saw Lu Lingyun sitting next to her. The moment he saw Lu Lingyun, he was slightly startled.
"Shouye, you're here." Tong Nanyi smiled and waved at him, "Your uncle hasn't come back yet, sit here with your aunt and take a rest."
Tong Nanyi didn't have a good impression of Li Shouye's mother Lu Hanyi, but she had a very good impression of her son.
Every time she comes, she is polite and takes the initiative to greet her.
Neither he nor his crazy mother looks like their biological child.
"Yes, aunt." After Li Shouye greeted Tong Nanyi, he looked at Lu Lingyun and said, "Hello, aunt."
"Shouye, you've grown up so much." Lu Lingyun looked at him with a smile.
In the past ten years, she seldom returned to her home in the mainland. Only occasionally during the Chinese New Year would she visit her mother's home and see Li Shouye.
Lu Hanyi was always very defensive against her, not allowing Li Shouye to greet her or talk to her. As time went on, they had little contact even though they were both in the capital.
"Aunt." Li Shouye walked up to Lu Lingyun and bowed respectfully.
"You're such a good kid." Lu Lingyun looked at him lovingly and gave Shuanghong a wink, and Shuanghong handed him a silver purse.
Lu Lingyun pressed the purse into his hand and said, "This is a red envelope from your aunt. I wish you success in the imperial examination this year."
"This......"
"Keep it. You will have an imperial examination in a few days, and it will take several days. You will have to eat and sleep in the examination room. Your mother is careless and probably didn't prepare anything for you. Go buy some for yourself. It's cold at night, so bring a thick coat or knee pads." Lu Lingyun said with a smile.
After hearing this, Li Shouye was silent for a moment and put away the money bag. "Thank you, aunt."
"Shouye, please sit down," Tong Nanyi asked him to sit down. "Your aunt has prepared a kneepad for you. Your uncle told me a lot about you. I'll ask the maid to bring it to you later. You can take it back and prepare it."
"Thank you, aunt." Li Shouye turned around and thanked Tong Nanyi again.
"What are you thanking me for? We are all your aunt and uncle. Why should you be so polite? Just drink your tea and eat some cakes." Tong Nanyi warmly poured him tea and served him snacks.
Maybe it's because she's old enough that she likes children. Even a child this old is pitiful and lovable in Tong Nanying's eyes.
Tong Nanyi sent him gifts one after another, asked him about his well-being and how he was doing recently. When she heard that he stayed up late to study until midnight every day, she felt very distressed.
He asked someone to go back to the storehouse and bring him some ginseng, and to soak one of its whiskers in water every night to nourish his body.
Li Shouye wanted to refuse again and again, but Tong Nanying could not resist her enthusiasm and packed all his things for him. He didn't need to take them later, as she would send someone to deliver them to him!
After a while, Lu Kuan came back.
After Lu Kuan came back, Li Shouye went to the study with him.
Lu Lingyun sat with her for a long time and felt tired. When she saw that they had all left, she said goodbye and went home.
When she was about to leave, Tong Nanying had already prepared the medicine on the stove in the kitchen.
Lu Lingjun frowned as he watched Tong Nanyi drink up the bitter and unpalatable secret medicine without leaving a drop.
Forget it, forget it, let’s talk about this with Lu Kuan as soon as possible.
She went back to the Marquis' Mansion first.
After Lu Lingyun left, before dinner, Li Shouye also said goodbye and went back.
Lu Kuan and Tong Nanyi wanted to invite him to have dinner, but Li Shouye was afraid that he would leave quickly because of the enthusiastic invitation. If he wanted to stay for dinner, Lu Kuan and Tong Nanyi would definitely ask him to eat slowly, help himself to various dishes, and take a rest after eating, because it would be very late if he went back.
His mother is watching him at home!
If he delays his memorization time, Lu Hanyi will nag him to death!
Li Shouye had dinner at their house only once and he didn't dare to stay until the evening. He hurried home before dinner time.
Seeing that he was so persistent, Tong Nanyi stopped forcing him and just asked someone to go home with him and return the things.
At this time, Li Mansion.
In a yard, a woman with several white hairs on her head was staring at the gate of the yard with a fierce look.
As the time approached, Li Shouye came back with his men.
"Why are you so late again tonight? You're about to take the imperial examination, why don't you hurry up and come back to memorize your lessons?"
Li Shouye replied, "My uncle has something to do in the court today, so he will be back later."
When Lu Hanyi heard this, she immediately started to curse, "What the hell is that bastard Lu Kuan doing! He didn't come back earlier and wasted time, affecting my son's exam. I will never forgive him!"