Pretending To Be a Holy Place, I Was Signed For a Thousand Years

To be honest, after going down the mountain for so long, Zhang Ming still hasn't had a good look at the prosperity of this world.

He passed by Nanling City in a hurry and didn't stay for long.

Now that the system task has not come, and the outside world is changing, I just need to wait quietly.

Therefore, he has nothing to do.

"Daoist Qing Hui, this wide-sleeved long dress is really pretty!"

Guo Xiang and Yin Xue chatted vigorously while walking around, and from time to time they would say a word of admiration.

Zhang Ming followed the two, and said calmly, "Buy!"

Then, he waved his sleeves and dropped a pile of silver taels, and naturally the merchants happily settled the settlement.

And no matter how many items he bought, he kept them in his sleeves and kept them easily.

This made the two girls very happy.

There is nothing more beautiful in the world than to go shopping and spend enough money without having to carry things in big and small bags.

Even Yin Xue, who never dressed up much, couldn't suppress her inner impulse. She didn't know how much rouge, eyebrow pencil, makeup powder and clothes she bought.

The Li River flows slowly, along the city gate, and across the entire Jicheng.

Painted boats spread all over the two banks, and from time to time, women who were Yingying and Yanyan hid their faces and came out of the boat warehouse, standing gracefully on the bow of the boat, adding a worldly beauty to the city.

"Daoist Qinghui, in front of you is Yulanxuan, a well-known restaurant in the county town. Let's go for a snack?"

After wandering around for a while, Guo Xiang and Yin Xue were also hungry, and asked while rubbing their bellies.

Zhang Ming looked up, and saw a restaurant leaning against the Li River, standing in front of the street.

Yulan Pavilion is not an isolated building. Several pavilions and pavilions are connected one after another, with flying eaves and corners, overlooking the misty Lihe River. The scenery is excellent.

This place has always been the place where the Chinese people in the county, Ya Shideng, drink.

There is also a row of orange lanterns hanging at the door.

"It's a pity that the foodie Qingquan is not here, so I missed a good meal!"

Zhang Ming smiled lightly, and waved his hand, "Go, let's try all the most delicious dishes!"

Guo Xiang and Yin Xue looked at each other, and they cheered together: "Yeah - Daoist Qing Hui is the best!"

The three of them crossed the long street and entered Yulanxuan.

"Xiao Er, come to a private room upstairs!"

Zhang Ming greeted inwardly.

A waiter with a blue scarf on his head and a rag in his hand greeted him, bent over, and yelled, "Come on! Guest officer, please come inside!"

The place with the best view is on the third floor of Yulanxuan, facing the Li River and enjoying the scenery.

Zhang Ming, Guo Xiang, and Yin Xue were seated quickly.

"Liluo vinegar fish, beggar's chicken, oil-fried shrimp, dry-fried bell... these, and these, all of them!"

He opened the menu, without asking the two women's opinions, and directly ordered the dishes that could be named.

Properly, it is the attitude of an upstart.

Xiao Er's eyes lit up, seeing that he was leading the two girls, he probably wasn't the one who had the overlord's meal.

That is to meet a big customer!

"Three guest officers, wait a moment, the younger one will go to the kitchen to urge the dishes!"

He didn't dare to be careless, he quickly responded politely, then turned his head to look at the corner of the third floor, and greeted, "Zeng Xiaoniu, this way! Quickly wipe down the table of the distinguished guest, serve a pot of good tea, and serve melons and fruits." superior!"

After speaking, he hurried downstairs.

At this time, a young man named Zeng Xiaoniu hurried over.

He had a simple face, wore a patched robe, held a rag in his hand, smiled shyly at the three of them, and wiped the table clean with all his might.

"Guest officer, please have some tea."

Zeng Xiaoniu brought out the teapot from the side compartment, filled three teapots, and said politely.

Zhang Ming nodded and said with a smile, "I'm sorry."

He took a sip of the tea, it was fragrant and lingering, it was really good tea.

Guo Xiang and Yin Xue looked out the window and discussed, "Master Qing Hui, what kind of place is there, why are there so many people gathered?"

Zhang Ming glanced over and felt familiar.

"This is Tianxiangyuan, a place where literati and poets like to go. Looking at it like this, is there some kind of poetry meeting going on?"

He recognized that this was exactly the building he had seen through the causal mirror on Xiaohanshan Temple.

And the crowd gathered together,

It was a bit similar to the Chunchao Shihui in Nanling City. At that time, I won the first place, but it was a pity that the oiran was a man.

"Three guest officials, today is the monthly Lihe Poetry Meeting held by Tianxiangyuan. There are many links such as filling in, receiving poems, and debating. I heard that the best-performing talents can be favored by Miss Haitang and stay overnight , A total of music flow."

When Zeng Xiaoniu heard their words, his originally dull temper suddenly uttered a lot of words.

"Oh? Could it be that the little benefactor has participated?"

Zhang Ming became interested and asked.

Looking at his coarse clothes, which are full of patches, he doesn't look like a waiter in a restaurant, but a temporary helper.

"No, I haven't been there."

Zeng Xiaoniu lowered his head in embarrassment, "This Lihe Poetry Club is not for ordinary people to participate in. Just to get started, you have to pay ten taels of silver. How can I afford to participate. I heard this from my classmates in the academy. .”

Zhang Ming looked him up and down, Academy?

Unexpectedly, the helper in front of him turned out to be a Confucianist!

However, Confucianism is a kind of study of governing the world and a way of dealing with the world, and there is no distinction between cliques and high or low.

There are also students from poor families, so we can't generalize them.

This Zeng Xiaoniu should come from a poor family.

"Little benefactor, there is also an academy in the county town of Dongling County? I don't know what it's called, what is its origin?"

Zhang Ming asked curiously.

Zeng Xiaoniu obviously became interested and talked more when talking about reading and academies.

"This Daoist, the county of Tangling County has a vast territory, and the four towns and eighteen counties under its jurisdiction have rural schools, and the west city has the largest school in Tangling County, named Zhaoming Academy."

"The dean, Wang Hongshan, is a high-achieving disciple of Jingdu Dongming Academy. He once served as a Hanlin scholar in the court, and he was an official to the fourth rank. Later, he resigned from office and returned to his hometown, so he worked in this Zhaoming Academy."

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When Zeng Xiaoniu talked about the dean Wang Hongshan, his eyes were full of admiration.

Obviously, such a character is already something that a poor student like him can only look up to.

"Are you a student of Zhaoming Academy?"

Guo Xiang blinked twice and asked directly.

Zeng Xiaoniu bowed his head shyly: "Yes, I passed the county examination last year and entered Zhaoming Academy from Yong'an Town below the county seat. Now I am studying classics, history and policy theory, and plan to take the government examination next year."

Zhang Ming understood the imperial examination system of the Great Jin Dynasty.

If you were born in a town or county, you have to pass the county examination first, then go to the city to study and take the government examination.

If you are born in the city, you can directly take the government test.

After passing the government examination, you can participate in the county examination of the five major counties held by the Jin Dynasty.

Finally, the best 50 people will be selected to participate in the palace examination.

The prefectural examinations are sponsored by the prefects of each county, while the prefectural examinations and palace examinations are both sponsored by the Jin Dynasty.

However, from Zeng Xiaoniu's experience, it can be seen that the so-called imperial examination system is actually in the hands of aristocratic families after all, and it is as difficult as climbing the sky for a poor family to get ahead.

Not to mention that the number of selection places in the county examination is limited, it is said that after entering the city, you have to compete with the children of the aristocratic family in the academy.

And within the academy, the teachers also have relatives.

Just like Yan Wuchang, it was because the Yan family invested a lot of money that they had the opportunity to worship in Bailu Academy and approach the Hall of Rites.

The admission quotas of the two top academies, Dongming and Bailu, are all in the hands of aristocratic families.

And poor students have nowhere to go, so they can only get into some ordinary academies by luck.

This creates a huge gap between nature and nurture.

In a word: difficult difficult difficult!

After listening to Zeng Xiaoniu's introduction, Zhang Ming combined his own knowledge and the wisdom of the previous life, and immediately saw the situation of Confucianism in the Jin Dynasty very clearly.

"I'm afraid most people in this world can't see clearly. They can only stay in the game and hope to achieve some results with their own efforts."

He inexplicably felt a little sad.

There is a saying in the last life that poverty limits our pattern and vision, and pattern and vision also limit our poverty.

He doesn't know if it's right or not.

However, this is like a deadlock that locks the poor firmly inside.

The more developed the civilization, the more the poor will remain poor and the rich will remain rich.

"Hey, isn't this Zeng... Zeng what a cow? Hahaha, why are you doing odd jobs here!"

At this time, three young masters went up to the third floor, saw Zeng Xiaoniu, their eyes lit up, they pointed at him and laughed, and then they sat in the private seat beside them, and said, "Come, come, make a pot for me!" Tea!"

Zeng Xiaoniu, who was looking forward to the poetry meeting outside the window, was taken aback.

When he saw the person coming, he couldn't help but look a little ugly, but he still bowed his body and greeted him with a smile: "Come on! Three young masters, sit down for a while, little one... let's make tea!"

With that said, he hurried into the compartment.

The three of them laughed, looked at his back and spat: "Hey, you are indeed from a poor family, even if you enter the academy, you can't change your low-class status, it's a shame for us scholars!"

Zeng Xiaoniu paused when he brought out the tea.

Immediately, a smile appeared on his face, and he yelled: "The tea is here, three guests, please use it slowly!"

After finishing speaking, he put down the teapot and cup, touched the rag on his shoulder, and wiped the table carefully before standing aside.

"Stop sticking around! Didn't you see that the three of us are in a hurry, hurry up and serve three of the best dishes in your restaurant, and after we finish eating, we have to go to the Lihe Poetry Club!"

The leader was a white-faced scholar, waving a folding fan, and said impatiently.

Zeng Xiaoniu hurriedly bowed his body and responded, "Alright, I'll make arrangements now, little one!"

He turned around and hurried downstairs.

Zeng Xiaoniu was only helping here, and the second Xiao Er was always in charge of passing the dishes, but he didn't dare to offend the three of them, so he went downstairs to find the other party.

Seeing the arrogance of these people, Guo Xiang felt a little dissatisfied, and said in a low voice, "Daoist Qing Hui, why is Zeng Xiaoniu so spineless? Didn't you see that those people deliberately belittled him?"

Zhang Ming shook his head and replied: "Many times, if you have a backbone, you can't survive. If you don't have a backbone, you can live."

Yin Xue was stunned, and asked, "But, with no bones...is he still alive?"

Zhang Ming stood up and looked out the window with his hands behind his back.

"He has no backbone, but I see ambition in his eyes."

He said softly, "A man who does not show Ling Yunzhi is born with a body of eight feet. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, it is worth living with humiliation."

"Even if this is alive... it's not exactly alive!"

Guo Xiang's lips moved, but finally stopped speaking.

The three of them were a little emotional.

Great ambitions are hard to pay, and poor families are not easy. Perhaps, this is a microcosm of today's world.

"He fills the sky with ambition, or fills today's wasted dreams."

Zhang Ming shook his head and stopped talking.

At this time, Zeng Xiaoniu went back and forth with the dishes in his hand, and greeted: "Master, your Liluo vinegar fish and Beggar's chicken are ready!"

A blue-and-white porcelain dish containing a vinegar fish and a beggar's chicken fell on the table.

The aroma is tangy, which makes the index finger move.

"Not bad, it is indeed the number one signature dish in Tangling County!"

Guo Xiang and Yin Xue picked up their chopsticks with a smile.

However, at this moment, there was only a "bang", and the cup fell heavily.

"Zeng what a cow! What do you mean? I didn't explain clearly just now, did I?"

"Didn't I tell you to serve the food quickly? Why did you bring it to the next table? I gave you a face, didn't I!"

The white-faced scholar who was waving a folding fan in his hand had a livid face and shouted cursingly.

The freshly brewed tea fell to the ground together with the cups.

He was the host today, but he didn't expect to be swept away by this awesome guy named Zeng.

Zeng Xiaoniu's face was also a little ugly.

"Brother Liu, Mr. Zeng is the one who neglected you! However, the dishes just now were indeed ordered by the Taoist priest, so we have to talk about first come, first served. Just wait a moment, I will go to the back kitchen to order the dishes!"

He forced a smile and explained.

In fact, these three scholars have just ordered food, even if the cook is a god, there is no time to cook.

Let's talk about serving.

However, some servants in some restaurants are wise and will secretly replace the dishes on other tables, giving priority to serving such people.

As the children of the aristocratic family in Tangling County, the three white-faced scholars naturally knew the unspoken rules.

But this time they didn't enjoy it.

"Hey, guest officer, what are you doing?"

The waiter went upstairs just now, and seeing the stalemate in the scene, he immediately apologized with a smile, "Sorry, sorry, the wrong dish was served just now. Zeng Xiaoniu, how did you do it!"

As he spoke, he walked to Zhang Ming's table, intending to take back the two dishes.

Only then did the white-faced scholar show a satisfied smile.

It's still this junior who is on the road.

However, it's not to blame the little girl for observing his words and demeanor, but Zhang Ming looks like a full-fledged Taoist priest.

In today's world where Buddhism and Taoism are respected, even if it is given to a fool to choose, he still knows which table he should serve first.

Otherwise, even if you give him three guts, he wouldn't dare to offend him.

After all, no one knows which dignitary will suddenly appear in Tangling County.

"you wanna die!"

When Guo Xiang was still in a daze, Yin Xue had already pulled out the saber in a "bass", and put it on Xiao Er's neck.

She can't hold back her violent temper.

Xiao Er immediately froze in fright: "Woman Xia, spare my life!"

The white-faced scholar was unafraid, and shouted at the table: "How courageous! Do you know that this is the county town of Dongling County! You dare to use weapons in the city, is it just a display for the black armored army of the imperial court? !"

The slightly thinner companion beside him laughed and said: "Brother Liu is well said! Besides, the world today worships Buddhism and suppresses Taoism, you little Taoist priest, who gave you the courage to act wildly in Dongling County, is it not life-threatening?"

"Hehe, Brother Su is right! This girl..."

The fatter short scholar took up the conversation.

It was only halfway through his speech, when his eyes lit up, and he realized that Guo Xiang and Yin Xue looked like extremely rare beauties, so he couldn't help but say, "Ah, I got it!"

"Wu Na Taoist! In broad daylight, you dare to hold two women from a good family. Do you really think that there is no one in Dongling County?! Let them go!"

As he spoke, he looked at the two of them, and he had reached a tacit understanding in his heart and had a plan.

"Two girls, don't worry!"

"Shen will definitely take good care of you!"

PS: Thanks to the book friends for "reading and watching" for the reward