bayedsolid Chapter 1209 encourages him to take the imperial examination.
Chapter 1209 encourages him to take the imperial examination.
Qiao Ran waved her hand:
"I heard that you have passed the county-level examination and become a scholar, but you did not continue to take the imperial examination because you had to take care of your parents and younger brother and earn money to support your brother's education."
Now that your younger brother has become a prefect, and your parents are well taken care of, don't you want to continue taking the imperial examinations to become a scholar and then an official? I believe you will also become a good official who wholeheartedly serves the people!
During this time, Mo Beihan had already sent people to investigate the background of Cheng Shujin's family. That's why Qiao Ran wanted to help Cheng Shuhuai heal his leg so that he could continue to take the imperial examination and become a good official like Cheng Shujin in the future.
After all, such good officials who are wholeheartedly devoted to the people are rare. If there were more of them, many more ordinary people would benefit.
The Cheng family's upbringing speaks for itself. Cheng Shujin was a good official, and Cheng Shuhuai, who was filial to his parents and loved his younger brother, was not much different.
Cheng Shuhuai is not even thirty-five years old now. There are quite a few people of that age who take the imperial examination. I heard that he was a top scholar in the imperial examination back then. If it weren't for taking care of his parents and younger brother, he might be an official in the imperial court now.
Although he was a businessman, he still retained a refined and scholarly air, without any of the shrewdness or cunning of a typical businessman. His eyes were also clear and upright. Qiao Ran was confident that she had not misjudged him.
Therefore, she encouraged him to take the imperial examination so that Da Yue could have one more honest and upright official.
Upon hearing these words, even this dignified man couldn't help but shed tears.
How could he not want to take the imperial examination and become an official?
Although he did not look down on merchants, they had no social standing, and becoming a good official who served the country and its people had always been his wish.
Now, just when he had long buried this wish deep in his heart and was prepared to spend his life in business, struggling and calculating for money, someone encouraged him to set off again toward his dream.
"But I'm already over thirty..."
Mo Beihan, unusually nosy, interrupted his hesitation:
"In your thirties, you haven't even lived half your life yet; it's the prime of your life. Many people spend their entire lives trying to pass the imperial examinations and never even become a scholar or a provincial graduate. You're no less intelligent than others, so what's wrong with passing the provincial examinations in your forties?"
Cheng Shuhuai was greatly encouraged that even this rumored ruthless and cold-hearted "King of Hell" in the capital had such high hopes for him. A fire seemed to burn brighter and brighter within him, and he was filled with boundless pride. He puffed out his chest and confidently guaranteed:
"Very well! I will definitely resume my studies, study diligently, and pass the imperial examinations as soon as possible, so as not to let down the Princess and the Prince!"
Upon hearing this, the Cheng family members were overjoyed and deeply grateful to these two benefactors.
As affairs in Laiyang Prefecture gradually returned to normal, Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan, following the Ghost Doctor, went to a steep mountainside more than a hundred miles from the prefectural city to collect the unique Divine Needle Grass of Laiyang, based on the information they had gathered during this period.
April arrived, a warm and blossoming month, and with only a month left until their wedding, they had to set off back to Beijing.
Cheng Shujin, who had become the prefect of Laiyang, led his family and knelt down with tears in his eyes to bid farewell to the two benefactors who had saved their family's fate.
After his leg was healed, Cheng Shuhuai followed Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan's advice and handed over the family shop to his eldest son, who didn't want to take the imperial examinations and only liked doing business.
He then worked hard with his second son, whom he had found, to study for the imperial examinations. Several years later, they both passed the provincial examination and became Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations), thus gaining the appreciation of Emperor Jingwu.
They all managed to secure local official positions, and together with Cheng Shujin, they became known as the "Three Honest Officials of the Cheng Family" in Dayue. The Cheng family also prospered and gradually became a famous clan.
Of course, this is a story.