"Why thank you?"

Lin Xu picked up the tea cup and asked with a smile.

"The first is the soap given by Mr. Xie, and the second is the poem that Mr. Xie gave me last night."

"Haha, Miss Yueyao is so polite!"

After drinking tea, Yue Yao looked at Lin Xu with complicated eyes, lightly opened her red lips, and said: "Yue Yao is very curious about something, but is afraid of being too presumptuous. I really don't know whether I should ask."

"Miss Yueyao has something to ask, but it doesn't hurt to say so."

"I heard from my husband last night that he came to Suzhou this time to do business?"

"That's right."

"Sir, if you are so talented, why don't you take the exams to gain fame instead of becoming a merchant?"

After hearing this question, Lin Xu couldn't help but smile.

As a good young man with a 21st century soul, he certainly would not have any discrimination against doing business, but people of this era are different. Since the founding of Daning, social classes have been divided into "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants".

Although today, the social hierarchy of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" is no longer so strict, but it is still the lifelong ideal of every young scholar to be good at learning and become an official!

For this reason, I don’t know how many scholars study hard in the cold window, hoping that one day they will be able to obtain fame, guide the country, and shine in the family!

In comparison, doing business is the next best thing!

If they don't have to, I'm afraid no scholar would be willing to go into business.

Because once he chooses to do business, it means that he has given up the idea of ​​becoming a scholar in this life, and even his descendants will not be eligible to take the imperial examination!

In addition, businessmen in this era basically have no security guarantee. The bigger the business is, the more money they make, and the more people will covet their wealth!

Under such circumstances, if a businessman wants to preserve his wealth and the safety of his family, he can only cling to high officials and dignitaries to gain their protection!

However, if the high-ranking official he clings to falls, or turns against him, then a wealthy businessman with a huge fortune may lose all the wealth accumulated over decades or even generations in one night.

, and may even end up with the tragic end of a broken family!

Such examples appear endlessly in the long history of history!

Therefore, Yue Yao's direct question seemed a bit too presumptuous. After all, they just met last night.

However, precisely because of this, Yueyao's concern for him became even more prominent.

Otherwise, people wouldn’t care about this!

"To be honest, Miss Yueyao, I have also thought about taking the imperial examination, but I am not strong enough and I have failed in the exam many times!"

Lin Xu laughed at himself.

"Sir, you are too humble! You are so talented. If you are not strong enough and fail the exam many times, I really don't know who else in the world can pass the exam!"

Yueyao obviously didn't believe Lin Xu's explanation.

"I am not modest. I have indeed failed the test many times! Although I can write pretty good poems when I am inspired, the imperial examination does not specifically test poetry! Never mind that I wrote poems

No matter how good the strategy is, it’s useless if it doesn’t catch the examiner’s eye.”

Lin Xu said with a bitter smile.

After hearing these words, Yueyao couldn't help but smile.

That's right, the imperial examination does not only test poetry, nor does it pay special attention to literary talent. The focus is on the meaning of classics and policy theory. No matter how good your talents are, as long as the classics, meaning and policy theory are not up to standard, you will not pass the exam.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless talented people who were able to write splendid articles with just a swipe of their pens, but they just couldn't pass the imperial examination. Many people couldn't pass this hurdle in their hearts, so they were depressed for life.

Thinking of this, Yueyao couldn't help but feel very guilty. She felt that she was too presumptuous to ask this question before she understood the situation!

So, she immediately apologized: "Yue Yao has offended, sir, please forgive me!"

Lin Xu had no interest in the imperial examination, so he didn't think anything of it, and he wouldn't be depressed because of it. He waved his hand gently and said with a smile: "No offense, if you can't pass the exam, you can't pass.

It’s nothing. I think it’s good to be doing business now and being carefree.”


Chapter completed!