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Chapter 7: Benefiting others exclusively and benefiting yourself at the same time

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    Zhao Hao couldn't help but feel a little moved. He divided the duck leg into two halves. He tasted it and said it was too salty, so he forced half of it to Zhao Shouzheng.

    Zhao Shouzheng touched Zhao Hao's head happily and stopped refusing.

    The two of them went head to head to enjoy the meal, and Zhao Shouzheng inevitably said a few sour sentences such as, "The spring cold hides the heavy door with compassion, but the golden duck is fragrant and the fire is still warm."

    Zhao Hao thought it was quite appropriate for the occasion, so he didn¡¯t complain in his heart.  He finished half of the duck leg in his hand in a few strokes, sucking the bone until it was white and without a trace of meat residue, then threw it to the ground with unfinished content, and lay back comfortably on the bed.

    "Why did grandpa offend Gao Gong?" He was puzzled by this.

    Zhao Shouzheng also ate the duck legs clean, then picked up the bones that Zhao Hao had thrown away, carefully wrapped them in oil paper, and stuffed them into his boots, ready to take them out and throw them away tomorrow.

    While destroying the evidence of the crime, he replied casually: "Before that day, I had never heard anything about it. I asked your uncle the day before yesterday, and he said that both sides kept the matter secret. He only told me that Gao Gong once said, 'There is Gao but no Zhao, there is no Zhao.'  "Zhao Wugao." If I pressed further, your uncle would just say, "The world is weak, people are evil, and flowers tend to fall when the rain comes at dusk," which was hard to understand."

    "Shall I ask Grandpa tomorrow?" Zhao Hao rested his arm on his head. The matter was serious and he had to figure it out.

    "Your uncle repeatedly told me not to ask your grandfather. He said that this was a wound that the old man could not expose, and he would become furious if he touched it." Zhao Shouzheng sighed and said, "It's useless to say this now. The so-called 'Shi Guai'  "Yun Jian', now that Gao Gong has gained the upper hand, our old Zhao family will not be able to stand up for a while."

    He wanted to say, ¡®There will never be a day of recovery,¡¯ but he didn¡¯t want his son to be too desperate, so he changed his mind.

    "Oh, okay" Zhao Hao nodded as if he was resigned to his fate, thinking that it seemed that the old man's matter could not be reversed.

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    Next door, the uncle and his son didn¡¯t sleep well either.

    Zhao Shouye suddenly sniffed and reached out to poke Zhao Xian.

    "Son, what do you smell?"

    Zhao Xian also sniffed hard, nodded and said: "It smells salty"

    As he spoke, his expression suddenly changed: "Dad, you didn't wash your feet?"

    "Get out!" Zhao Shouye kicked Zhao Xian out of bed. After saying this, he couldn't help but lift his feet and smell it.

    "vomit" Zhao Shouye couldn't help but retched.

    ??~~

    The room of Zhao Hao and his son.

    The two were silent for a long time. Just when Zhao Shouzheng thought his son had finally fallen asleep, he suddenly heard his son ask quietly:

    "Is Qingliu very poor?"

    "Uh" Zhao Shouzheng was stunned for a while, then suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean my future father-in-law?"

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao responded.

    "Others are poor, but he can't be poor. The Nanjing Imperial College offers wine to the poor! Every year, there are hundreds or even thousands of people who want to donate to the prison. There are also those old prison students who have been waiting for selection for more than ten years. They also have to beg.  If he gives you a top-notch exam, do you think he can live without money?"

    When he mentioned this, Zhao Shouzheng stopped sleeping. He sat up cross-legged and said with joy, "And if Lao Taishan takes one step further, he can be promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Rites. That will be a step into the cabinet! As the saying goes, 'With green hills behind, there is firewood.  Burn', maybe our Zhao family can follow suit and turn over."

    After saying that, he came back to his senses, looked at his son strangely and said, "Why do you ask?"

    "Didn't the old man ask us to give you an answer?" Zhao Hao replied softly: "Should we leave or stay."

    "What do you think? Being a father doesn't matter anyway. If you want to stay, we can stay. If you want to leave, we can leave." Zhao Shouzheng gave the decision-making power to his son in a free and easy, or irresponsible, way.

    "Okay" Zhao Hao nodded with a wry smile. He didn't know whether it was a blessing or a misfortune to have such a father.

    In fact, according to his idea, he would stay in Nanjing like his uncle's family and not return to his hometown in Xiuning.  But after getting along with each other these days, he felt deeply that he and his uncle couldn't urinate in the same pot, and they had to live separately in order to be at peace with each other.  That's why he seriously considered his father's previous proposal to eat both food and drinks.

    "Whether you are leaving or staying, you must have the rules in place. If you mess up the rules, it will be difficult to turn around." Zhao Hao said, sitting up and looking at Zhao Shouzheng steadily.

    "Well, that makes sense!" Zhao Shouzheng's eyes were slightly red with pleasure, and he patted his son on the shoulder and said, "No wonder the sages said, 'The wind knows the strength of the grass'. Even if you don't get into trouble, you still can't tell that my son has grown up.  ." As he spoke, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves and asked Zhao Hao:

    "Tell me, what are the regulations?"

    "This is the year of the provincial examination, right?" After thinking about it in the past few days, Zhao Hao already had a plan in mind.

      "Yes, this is the year of the great competition, and there is autumn." Zhao Shouzheng nodded.

    "Is your father a student of the Nanjing Imperial College?" Zhao Hao asked again.

    "Yes, what do you mean?" Zhao Shouzheng understood somewhat.

    "Why don't we stay and try our luck?" Zhao Hao said lightly, but his tone was firm.

    Everyone knows the story of Fan Jin¡¯s success in the national examination. As long as he succeeds in the national examination, his personal and family¡¯s fate will be turned upside down in one fell swoop!

    If Zhao Shouzheng also passes the examination, wouldn't he be able to enjoy wealth again?

    But I heard Zhao Shouzheng give a wry smile and said faintly: "Oh, son, I'm not boasting about my father, I am very confident about failing."

    After a pause, he said with waning spirits: "Since the 31st year of Jiajing, I have failed to become a father five times I think we should find another way out."

    Zhao Hao insisted: "Feng Shui is changing. Maybe you will win this time."

    He has made up his mind to persuade Zhao Shouzheng to participate in this provincial examination no matter what.

    Unexpectedly, before he could waste any time, Zhao Shouzheng nodded and agreed: "Oh okay."

    "Ah, this is what happened?" Zhao Hao was stunned, once again experiencing the depression of being punched empty.

    "My son is ten times smarter than me, and he is sensible now. As long as he is willing to study hard, it will be easy to get into school." But Zhao Shouzheng said with a serious face: "The sage said, 'Teach by words and deeds.' How can I not give you a good example as a father?"  example?"

    "Uh, II'm afraid it's really not possible" Zhao Hao waved his hands repeatedly.

    "Humility! You are very humble at a young age, and you will definitely be able to be a general or a general in the future" Zhao Shouzheng became more and more boastful.

    "Cough cough cough" Zhao Hao's face turned red and he coughed repeatedly after being praised.

    Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly patted him on the back.  "It seems like the duck legs are really salty."

    Zhao Hao couldn¡¯t laugh or cry for a while.

    He is actually a member of his own family who knows his own affairs.  Needless to say, I don¡¯t need to mention it. Isn¡¯t it just a dream for a modern person with no foundation to take the imperial examination?

    And the original owner, Xiao Zhao Hao, is even more ignorant.  Although Zhao Liben said that he could not read a few Chinese characters, it was an exaggeration.  But it has been seven or eight years since he was enlightened, and he can't even memorize the Analects of Confucius.  Why should I obtain fame?

    Is it really necessary to study hard for twenty years?

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    "As the saying goes, if you are a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist, it is better to let Zhao Shouzheng take the test."

    And Zhao Hao also has a secret weapon in hand - the research object of his graduation thesis in his previous life was the Jinshi of Wuchen Branch in the second year of Longqing!

    Because this is the most prominent subject in the imperial examination history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years - this subject produced seven bachelors, eighteen ministers, and fifty-two people became third-rank officials.  Not only in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the entire history of imperial examinations, it was an unprecedented event.

    He spent more than a year writing that paper and looked up tens of millions of words of information alone. He still remembers the test questions from the Yingtianfu Township Examination that year.

    This is the biggest reason why he can remain calm and confident after coming here!

    It¡¯s a pity that Xiao Zhao Hao himself is uneducated and has no skills. He is not even a child yet and has no possibility of participating in this year¡¯s provincial examination.

    And he has no idea what the next subject will be tested for

    This is a real opportunity that cannot be missed and will never come back.  For the sake of their livelihood for the rest of their lives, they must help Zhao Shouzheng pass the exam!

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