Fantasy: Starting out as a gigolo, born a Confucian sage

As soon as Shen Wuming stepped out of the tribute courtyard, he was immediately surrounded by a large group of people, who looked like they were watching gorillas.

Chu Pingshan, Chu Youyi, Song Nanzhu, Cao Zhuyu, Pei Zian... and Su Yuee who hurried over.

Pei Mao, Pei Yuan, Tan Qingzhi, Wang Xiu, Lu Yuansheng... these officials also surrounded him.

Everyone is asking one thing, that is, did he climb to the fifth floor just now?

In fact, Pei Mao and the others had already heard the news, but they still wanted to hear an accurate answer from Shen Wuming.

Shen Wuming was a little surprised. This Confucian Temple was designed with five floors in total. Is climbing to the fifth floor worth such a big deal?

Those candidates were all competing in the same field, so it was understandable that they were enthusiastic about him. After all, it was the admiration of a bad student to a top student.

But for big figures like my father-in-law and Pei Mao, it’s not so unusual, right?

Does it have such a high gold content?

"Wu Ming, what's going on? Have you really climbed to the fifth floor?"

Chu Pingshan still had reservations and did not ask him if he had passed the fifth floor, but only asked if he had gone up.

Shen Wuming nodded, but did not deny it. After all, so many candidates were watching helplessly.

The fifth floor was brightly lit, so there was no way he could say he didn't go up?

Seeing him nodding, Chu Pingshan suddenly showed excitement, and Su Yue'e even exclaimed on the spot.

On the contrary, Chu Youyi did have the demeanor of a lady, with a calm face, but Song Nanzhu's face was distorted.

She put her head to Chu Youyi's ear, "Can you scratch me gently? It hurts me to death."

Only then did Chu Youyi react. She quickly let go of Song Nanzhu's hand and apologized to her in a low voice.

Song Nanzhu looked down and saw two deep red marks on his fair arms.

"If you weren't my best friend, I would really want to kick you away." Song Nanzhu whispered through gritted teeth.

"I knew that the eldest brother was the most powerful."

Pei Zian chuckled, took out the braised chicken feet wrapped in oil paper from his sleeve pocket, and stuffed it into Shen Wuming's hand.

"A reward for you!"

Cao Juyu didn't say anything, but looked at Shen Wuming with bright eyes, but he had some concerns in his heart.

I originally thought that Shen Wuming was the innate Mohist holy body, so I had to drag him over.

But now it seems that he was wrong... Shen Wuming is not good at the Mohist school, but good at everything.

After all, the business I told her before was indeed very imaginative and feasible.

At first glance, he is also good at business.

Under the crowd's pursuit, Shen Wuming explained for a long time before finally getting away. When he returned home, he had a lot of invitations in his arms.

"Do you want to go with all of these?"

Shen Wuming threw down the invitation and slumped down on the chair, one head and two big. He didn't expect the matter to be so troublesome.

Chu Pingshan then stepped into the room and took out his treasured Dahongpao from the tea cabinet.

This was a tea given by the late emperor more than 20 years ago. He himself was reluctant to drink it and kept offering it.

At this moment, he opened it without hesitation, made Shen Wuming a cup of tea, and handed it over, "Choose some."

"Some people can go or not, but some people should still go. After all, you will also be an official in the future!"

Shen Wuming, who was enjoying Chu Youyi's massage, was slightly startled when he heard this, "Do I need to be an official?"

The most fundamental reason why he took the imperial examination in the first place was just that he didn't want to eat soft food, but now it seems that he doesn't need to eat dinner.

Just the last time I went out with Cao Juyu, I earned tens of thousands of taels of gold tickets, enough to feed myself for a long time.

There was also a lot of profit from beet sugar.

The most important thing is that he is not willing to deal with these people in the officialdom, because he is too narrow-minded.

Just being Pei Mao allowed him to see the minds of those in the officialdom, which was really annoying.

"Excellence in learning leads to an official position. You are now a confirmed Jieyuan official. I'm afraid you won't be able to become an official anymore."

Cao Juyu sat next to him, smelling the aroma of tea, rubbing his hands with a smile, and looking at Chu Pingshan flatteringly.

Chu Pingshan gave her a glass of heartache.

After taking a sip, Cao Juyu narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.

This was an extraordinary royal reward. Even with her financial resources, she rarely drank such good tea.

The main reason is that the tea trees are under the control of the emperor and are not sold to the outside world at all.

After hearing Shen Wuming's words, Cao Zhuyu looked serious and told him about the relationship.

"You can dominate the gold list, and you have also passed the assessment on the fifth floor. You are a reading seed recognized by everyone."

Cao Zhuyu looked at him seriously, "If you don't become an official, what will the court think? What will the emperor think?"

Shen Wuming shrugged, "What can you think? Can't I be a hermit? Can't I do business?"

"Of course not." Cao Zhuyu asked, "Then do you know what the imperial examination is?"

Isn’t it just the civil service examination?

Shen Wuming was a little confused, but Cao Zhuyu would definitely not ask such a simple question, so he still thought about it.

"Selecting talents? Opening up channels for promotion from poor families?" This was what he memorized before the college entrance examination.

"Wrong." Cao Zhuyu shook his head, "The real purpose is to control all the best scholars in the world."

"Only in this way will the world be stable!"

"However, even if ordinary people are promoted or promoted, even if they are not officials, even if they are not won over, the court will not care."

"But you are different now. You are already Dingzhou Jieyuan, and it is very possible to even become the number one scholar in Jinke."

"If such a person wants to escape from the control of the imperial court, you are the Minister of Rites and His Majesty the Emperor, what will you do?"

"Kill him." Shen Wuming replied subconsciously, and then realized that they would also want to kill him.

"So that means it's not enough for me to be inappropriate."

Shen Wuming didn't expect that he would be picked up.

"It won't kill you, but you will definitely have some ideas, you know..."

Cao Juyu smiled bitterly, and then looked at Chu Pingshan again, "And the Marquis of Chu is now an official in the court."

"Wouldn't it be a good thing if the court could have one more helping hand? It's also a good story for a father and son to live together."

"Oh, let's just take it!" Although Shen Wuming didn't really think about it, he wasn't actually very repulsive either, and he sighed silently in his heart.

"Becoming a civil servant can be regarded as fulfilling the expectations of the dean in my previous life."

Song Nanzhu came over again at this moment, "You are so awesome, have you really remembered it?"

She has been feeling guilty in her heart. She was the one who caused Shen Wuming's fault and made him unable to think of anything.

Even in the past two days, I have been worrying about whether Shen Wuming will fail the exam. It will be his own fault.

But now, Shen Wuming revealed surprises one after another, making Song Nanzhu feel much less guilty.

The most important thing is that she suspected that this guy had recovered, but he deliberately didn't say it.

Shen Wuming rolled his eyes.

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