On the way, he joked with Ximen Qing about the Fan family's Wu Haogu, who thought the sword was too heavy, suddenly found that he had a Fan Kaishan... No, this old scholar in the Wu family is not as good as Fan Kaishan!

Fan Kaishan was not eligible for the examination when he was less than 40 years old. At the age of 54, he won the special imperial examination and the ninth-rank official. He is also a famous gentry and wise man in Yunzhou. Even now that the Fan family in Yanggu has broken up, Fan Kaishan himself has not lost the price, and he still maintains the aura of a township official and a landlord. He has a salary of 144 yuan every year, and there are two or three hundred acres of hidden land (he can still keep some hidden land) to collect rent, and the family is also an official household.

This old scholar from Baibo from Luoyang looks like an old birthday star. He should be sixty-five years old before he was seventy years old. He has a black beard and hair, all of which are gray and gray. He looks thin and small, wearing a newly made blue Confucian shirt. When he smiles, he can see that there are not a few teeth left.

In this way, I ran from Luoyang to Kaifeng Prefecture to take the Jinshi exam regardless of the long journey... This is so commendable!

When Wu Haogu met this old scholar in the hall of his home, he had already had a beautiful dinner. He was holding a bowl of Yunwu tea and Wu Chengzhi, who came home early in the competition with Wu Haogu, and Wu Haowen, the younger brother who rarely appeared, was boasting about his friendship with Zhang Dun.

"I and Zhang Zihou are old friends in the imperial examination. We took the Ministry of Rites exams twice. The first time was in the second year of Jiayou. He had already won that year, but his nephew Zhang Ziping won the top scorer. He felt that he was amazing and should be able to win the top scorer, so he refused to accept the imperial edict.

The second time was in the fourth year of Jiayou. This time, Zhang Zihou won the fifth place in the first place again, and he is still not the top scorer. Several of our friends in the imperial examination advised him not to refuse to accept the imperial edict. If the official family is unhappy, it will be ruined for the rest of his life. After hearing what we said, he went to become an official. It has been forty years in a flash..."

Forty years!

Zhang Dun was an official for 40 years and is now the prime minister. However, Wu Zhongyi took the imperial examination for 40 years and went from being a young talent to an old man.

All my life has been spent on the imperial examinations.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu sighed. Only then did the few people in the main hall realize that Wu Haogu was back.

Wu Chengzhi asked: "Dalang, are you back? Have you eaten?"

"Eat it." Wu Haogu answered, as he walked into the main hall, bowed to his father, and then asked the white-haired old man Wu Zhongyi, "Old man, since you are friends with Xianggong Zhang, why not ask for a job? Now you have become an official today."

The old man smiled when he heard this: "Zihou asked me to come and serve as a curtain call for him, but I was young and energetic at that time, and always thought that I could win the next subject."

This sounds like bragging! What is Zhang Dun's origin? There are many people in his own clan who cannot win the Jinshi and want to be the slander. How can they be the turn of people from other surnames?

Wu Haogu didn't point it out, and asked again with a smile: "I think the old man is not young anymore. Why not seek a special title in this subject? If you don't have enough qualifications, go and find Mr. Zhang to be friendly?"

In fact, Wu Haogu was joking with the old man. It was just a worthless special title, and each subject was several hundred (the number of special titles of Jinshi in the Song Dynasty was a little less than the regular titles, but the average number was more than 300 per subject). Wu Haogu could ask the old man for his own request, so how could he do Zhang Dun's way?

"Brother!"

The old scholar was not doing anything, but Wu Haogu's younger brother Wu Haowen spoke first and said a little unhappily: "This is the eldest father of Baiboyi Sect, how can you talk to the eldest father?"

Wu Haogu looked at his younger brother who lacked a sense of humor and bowed to the old man: "Haogu has seen his eldest father, and he just joked with him, please forgive me. If Dad really wants to ask for a special commemoration and famous Jinshi, Haogu can submit it to the official and ask for grace for you."

"You are Wu Haogu!" The old scholar touched the white beard, "Okay, okay, although he is a military officer, he has the deputy envoy of the Dongshanghe Sect at such an age, and he will always have a bright future in the future." He paused, "Although the old man is not satisfied for the rest of his life, he still has a strong sense of a high school subject. Therefore, I don't want the special report to be a Jinshi."

High school is in sight? But you are so old, what else can you do if you win?

Wu Haoguxin said: There is no age limit for the imperial examination? For example, if you are 30 years old, if you cannot win, go to other things and don’t hang yourself on a tree.

The scene was a little awkward at this time, so Wu Chengzhi had to speak up and said, "Brother, your eldest father has arrived so early this time. In addition to preparing for the Ministry of Rites, he is here to drink your wedding banquet. In addition, he also wants to discuss with you the matter of the Wu family in Baibo Yimen."

"Is that true?" Wu Haogu found a chair and sat down, and asked Wu Zhongyi with a smile, "Dad, have you agreed to split up?"

The old man stroked his beard and looked at Wu Haogu for a while before nodding, "My Baibo Yimen Wu is a Yimen conferred by the emperor. Although he is a little declining now, his family is still of high status. It is not impossible to divide some of his children to Haizhou, but he just has to agree to three conditions."

The fact that family status is still useful in the Song Dynasty, which is to say it when you get married. The so-called family status is mainly about family status (it can also improve family status by becoming a Jinshi), rather than how much money the family has or how many houses it has.

As a businessman who is considered inferior to many people in later generations, Wu Haogu is qualified to marry the Zhao family and marry a general like Pan Qiaolian because his family is actually not low.

He is also a descendant of Wu of Baibo Yimen and is a direct descendant of the Wuzhou royal family. He also has this in the "Clanography" compiled by the Tang Dynasty.

The family of Baibo Wu family is also very beneficial to Wu Haogu's management in Haizhou. Because of the higher family, the family of Haizhou Wu family can easily marry local merchant landlords in Haizhou, thus forming a huge in-law group.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Please tell me."

"First, the children of the Wu family in Haizhou cannot lose the foundation of the family-running study to become businessmen."

Wu Haogu smiled faintly, Wu Chengzhi, Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen, the Wu family, were probably lost in the eyes of Bai Bo Yimen Wu, and he became a businessman, right?

However, the Kaifeng Wu family, who was doing business, was in Wu Haogu, and Wu Haowen, had a job in this generation, and there was great hope for Jinshi.

But he devoted himself to farming and studying and inheriting his family, Bai Bo Benzong, but he didn't even have a special musical title and a famous Jinshi!

"Second, the private schools of the Wu family in Haizhou must be taught by the great scholars."

What is a great Confucian scholar? Wu Haogu thought: Confucian scholars who passed the Jinshi should be great enough, but they cannot teach in a private school, and Confucian scholars who can teach in private schools cannot pass the exam themselves... How can this be considered a great Confucian scholar?

"Third, the Martial Family in Haizhou must maintain a clan and cannot be scattered in various places." The old scholar said, "If I agree to these three points, I will agree to divide half of Yimen Wu to Haizhou."

There are quite a lot of requirements, and they are not possible!

However, Wu Haogu still agreed repeatedly, "Okay, okay, everything depends on Daddy."

Seeing that Wu Haogu agreed readily, the old scholar Wu had some questions and said, "Dalang, you can't lie in front of me."

"Where are the words of Dad?" Wu Haogu said seriously, "The younger generation is the most honest and famous on Panlou Street."

What else can a profiteer say to be honest?

The old scholar Wu was not stupid and smiled faintly, saying, "You can't be honest. I have to send Bai Bo's children from the Cheng generation to watch the opening of the Wu family in Haizhou. If it doesn't meet my requirements, I will not allow Bai Bo's Wu family to go to Haizhou."

"Okay, no problem." Wu Haogu agreed again.

Isn’t it just a person to check it out! If you can’t deal with this, why do you become a loyal minister or an honest businessman? The people who came from Bai Bo want money to give money, women to women, and if you want an official, you can buy an official (there are donations to pay officials in the Song Dynasty). If you don’t want anything, you will leave it to Sister Ximen for communication. Sister Ximen is the best female hero who is good at communicating...

"You still need to establish a document." The old scholar Wu still felt uneasy and put forward new requirements.

"Okay!" Wu Haogu still agreed immediately.

What are you afraid of when you have a letter? Wu Haogu is not even afraid of the super fierce Ximen hero. Are you still afraid of the letter?

The old scholar finally felt relieved and smiled and said, "It's good to do so. After this spring exam, I will personally preside over the division of the Baibo Yimen Martial Arts."

"Then it's a matter of determination." Wu Haogu nodded with a smile, and then glanced at his younger brother Wu Haowen, "By then, our Wu family will be a double Jinshi!"

Wu Haogu himself would definitely not take the Jinshi exam for this subject. Not only did he not get the exam, but he also had no time to take it. Zhezong's tyrant monarch would have to take the Long Yubin Tian for a few months. Before that, the overall situation of Jiehe Commercial City had to be decided. Therefore, the Wu family had at most one Jinshi exam for one subject.

After listening to Wu Haogu's good words, Wu Haowen shook his head slightly, "Brother thinks it's simple to pass the Jinshi. That's a competition for talented people all over the world. My younger brother's talent is still a bit shallow. However, the eldest father's articles are sufficient, and this subject will definitely be able to go to high school."

The old scholar Wu also shook his head, looked at the Wu family's young master Wu Haowen, and sighed, "The ones who compete in the field of science are not only articles, but also luck! Talented men who are so good that they can be ranked first are certainly successful, but how many such people can be? Among the hundreds of Jinshi in a subject, most of them are actually similar to other candidates who have been admitted... Especially those scholars who have been through many trials and have studied articles for their lifetime, how can they be worse? But if this luck doesn't come, they can only waste their time in the field of science."
Chapter completed!