In the previous generation, the village's great hope was the eldest son, Zhuang Shaoguang's father, Zhuang Jin. He stopped at the xiucai degree, earning it just one year before his eldest son, and so gave up the civil service exams to raise and educate his children and grandchildren.
In this generation, the village's great hope is Zhuang Shaoguang. He passed the metropolitan examination at the age of twenty-five, placing in the third tier. With incredible luck, he was selected for the Hanlin Academy and became a high-ranking official.
The cleverest of the three brothers, Zhuang Shaoyao, had hoped to use his eldest brother's influence to throw his weight around in their hometown. But his brother urged him to pass the examinations and take his place, while planning to resign and return home to care for their parents.
Zhuang Shaoyao was horrified. "Big Brother, what's gotten into you? I haven't even started living off you, and now you're planning to live off me?"
Zhuang Shaoguang gritted his teeth. "Shaoyao, I'm returning to care for our parents and fulfill my filial duty!"
Zhuang Shaoyao wasn't sure he believed him, but with his older brothers nagging him, all he could do was bury himself in his books and take the civil service exams. But help, why can't I pass, no matter how many times I try?
Note:
1. This is not a typical civil service examination novel.
2. No transmigration. It draws on novels and history from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Please check out my completed works, "[Eastern Han] I Have a Mother Empress" and "[Great Tang] My Imperial Cousin"~
1. "[Eastern Han] I Have a Mother Empress," blurb:
Liu Long woke up to find himself a tiny baby, his arms and legs limp as he was carried toward the emperor's throne.
Liu Long had already foreseen his fate: would he be overthrown, or would he be overthrown? He decided to lie flat and let the world burn.
Wait, wasn't his mother Empress Deng, the Empress He who "restored fallen states and continued extinguished lineages"?!
Liu Long sat bolt upright, abandoning his lie-flat attitude. Clutching Empress Deng's leg, he wailed, "Mother Empress, food! I'm hungry!"
2. "[Great Tang] My Imperial Cousin," blurb:
Wu Jing'er transmigrated to the early years of the Great Tang.
One day, her fourth uncle's second daughter was taken into the palace as a concubine by Emperor Taizong of Tang because of her beauty.
The surname Wu? A concubine?
Wasn't this the only female emperor in Chinese history?!
Dear cousin, when you become rich, don't forget me.
As soon as her cousin became empress, Wu Jing'er brought her son to Chang'an.
Time to sponge off her!
Years later, Wu Jing'er looked up from her paperwork and suddenly realized what she'd overlooked.
She'd come to sponge off her cousin, not to work!
Wu Zetian smiled and encouraged her. "Work hard, and one day I'll have you buried with me in the imperial mausoleum."
Theme: United, brothers can break even metal
A treacherous person is like a businessman, even if he tricks others, it's okay to talk things over in private or ask a matchmaker to come to the door. Otherwise, Mr. Zhuang will find that he has been tricked when he sobers up. And judging from the appearance of Miss A Bao, she probably won't want to live in the village to serve her parents-in-law. It will not be a good idea to have conflicts or separate.
I feel that if Miss Abao really comes in, the second child will probably be in a dilemma. After the separation, the relationship with his parents and brothers will gradually become distant, and he will become closer to his wife and in-laws. The above is just a personal guess.
Second brother: I must let my younger brothers walk the same path I have walked!
The monk was hired by the Cao family and must have spoken for them, and he probably set up a trap with the village chief and the others.
Is this true in the history books? There was an explosion in Beijing, killing many people
Currently, Father Zhuang and Mother Zhuang don't have a very good impression on people. They only talk nice words, but in fact they are hypocrites who put their profit before anything else.
Because the Cao family gave less in the past, other families will definitely give more in the future, so the banker cannot do this loss-making business.
That Abao doesn't seem to be very good at it. He feels that he dislikes bankers.
Okay, okay, all humane authors and readers will pity the woman who has fallen into the dust of ancient times. Do you know this TV series with unhealthy views? It's a hook-and-loop style, it's joking and ridiculing, it's so disgusting
[Three Kingdoms] the Queen in Cao Wei
The Little Lady Is Priceless
[Northern Wei Dynasty] Empress Dowager Wenming Feng
The Empress Goes to Cultivate Immortality
The Tang Dynasty's Female City God [Mythology Crossover]
A Beloved Consort Again After the Fall of My Kingdom
[Great Tang] Princess Anle
[Eastern Han] I Have a Mother
[Great Tang] My Imperial Cousin
It's clear that it's Cao who is behind the plan.
A treacherous person is like a businessman, even if he tricks others, it's okay to talk things over in private or ask a matchmaker to come to the door. Otherwise, Mr. Zhuang will find that he has been tricked when he sobers up. And judging from the appearance of Miss A Bao, she probably won't want to live in the village to serve her parents-in-law. It will not be a good idea to have conflicts or separate.
I feel that if Miss Abao really comes in, the second child will probably be in a dilemma. After the separation, the relationship with his parents and brothers will gradually become distant, and he will become closer to his wife and in-laws. The above is just a personal guess.
Second brother: I must let my younger brothers walk the same path I have walked!
The monk was hired by the Cao family and must have spoken for them, and he probably set up a trap with the village chief and the others.
Is this true in the history books? There was an explosion in Beijing, killing many people
Currently, Father Zhuang and Mother Zhuang don't have a very good impression on people. They only talk nice words, but in fact they are hypocrites who put their profit before anything else. Because the Cao family gave less in the past, other families will definitely give more in the future, so the banker cannot do this loss-making business.
That Abao doesn't seem to be very good at it. He feels that he dislikes bankers.
Okay, okay, all humane authors and readers will pity the woman who has fallen into the dust of ancient times. Do you know this TV series with unhealthy views? It's a hook-and-loop style, it's joking and ridiculing, it's so disgusting
Come and take someone for granted.