Although their Liang family was a noble family.
However, ever since his father, Liang Wenshan, died of illness, the Liang family was left with only an orphan and a widow.
Liang Shanbo was still underage and could not determine the grade.
Although his mother, Lady Liang, had the title of 'An Ren', who in the aristocratic families didn't have the title of' An Ren'?
It was not worth mentioning at all.
In other words, their Liang family was very weak now.
At the beginning of October, if the Liang family was removed from the ranking of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's gentry clan, although such things rarely happened, there was no absolute.
It was better to be safe than sorry!
No one in the Liang family was an official in the court, but they had the title of an aristocrat and occupied so many resources in Shanyin County.
Don't the other aristocratic families in Shanyin County want to take over the Liang Family's assets?
Don't the commoners of Shanyin County want to go further?
It was just a greeting.
The risk wasn't high.
After all, who would speak up for a Livingstone family that had no power and was left with only an orphan and a widow?
Compared to the risks, the benefits were too great!
In order to obtain the status of an aristocrat, those poor commoners were willing to take any great risk, let alone this?
Liang Shanbo believed him.
If this opportunity was placed in front of them, no one would easily miss it!
As his thoughts spun, Liang Shanbo came back to his senses.
He looked at his mother's distressed expression and said seriously,""The ninth day of the ninth month is the annual ranking day. Mother, don't worry. I will definitely work hard to win the favor of the official on that day and obtain a high rank!”
"That's good, that's good!"
Hearing Liang Shanbo's words, Mrs. Liang said,""I'm relieved that my son has such ambitions…It's just that my son has suffered.”
"Back then, your father passed away early. He didn't wait for you to set your grade before he passed away.”
" You left us alone. You should be carefree, but now you have to take on the responsibility of a family…"
As she spoke, Madam Liang lowered her head and wiped her tears.
Naturally, Liang Shanbo comforted his mother. He tried his best to calm her down.
The mother and son chatted for a while, and soon it was night.
Liang Shanbo saw that his mother looked tired and wanted to go back.
However, before she left, her mother thought of something and reminded her," My son, around the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, there will be a grand gathering in Kuaiji Prefecture. All the officials who were selected in the past would go there often. If my son wants to get a rank on the Ranking Day, he could join it. With my son's grace, he would definitely leave a good impression in front of the officials..."
Liang Shanbo naturally agreed.
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He returned to his residence.
Cai Wei poured the bath water and Liang Shanbo sat in the wooden tub. The steam rose and soaked his skin, causing him to heave a sigh of relief.
Behind him, Cai Wei was wiping his body with a gauze in her hand.
In his memory, this was the first time Cai Wei had helped him bathe.
It was also his mother's intention.
Perhaps it was because he was about to be ranked and was about to reach adulthood that he should have a personal maid by his side to serve him, that was why Cai Wei had come.
This was also the first time Cai Wei helped Liang Shanbo wipe his body.
However, she had already mentally predicted that she would be Liang Shanbo's maid since she entered the Liang Residence.
Therefore, he did not resist.
Moreover, after spending so many years with Liang Shanbo, he had developed feelings for him. In addition to Liang Shanbo's outstanding bearing and extraordinary bearing, he felt happy in his heart.
However, at this moment, her cheeks were red and she looked quite pleasant.
However, Liang Shanbo didn't notice it.
At this moment, his mind was filled with thoughts.
Although he had agreed readily in front of his mother, Madam Liang, he was still very happy.
However, in reality, it was not that easy to enter the ranks of the ninth-grade.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty implemented the nine-grade official system, which was a method of selecting officials created by Chen Qun, the Shangshu Ling of the Wei Kingdom. It was also known as the nine-grade official system.
Later, the Eastern Jin Dynasty inherited it and used it as the main channel to select officials.
The method of implementation was to select knowledgeable, famous, and talented officials or celebrities from each state and county to serve as "middle officials."
The middle-ranking official was responsible for investigating and evaluating the young children in the state and county.
There were three main criteria for selection: family background, morality, and knowledge.
According to these three points, they were divided into nine grades: upper, upper, middle, upper, middle, middle, lower, upper, lower, lower, and lower.
The highest level was the first level, which was the Saint Realm.
Because no one in the world dared to call themselves saints, the highest level was second-grade.
The family mainly depends on the county reputation and the inspection.
The county reputation was also the local reputation of the family-this was mainly because the nobles flattered each other and said good things to each other.
As for reading, it generally referred to family status and aristocratic families. It mainly referred to prestigious families that had been officials for generations.
Since the Han Dynasty, the Liang family's ancestors did not have any famous people worth bragging about. The only one who could be related was Liang Song, but they were already considered distant relatives. Moreover, their branch was not the main branch.
Within three generations, other than his father Liang Wenshan, who was a sixth-grade prefect, the rest were all low-grade officials. They had no power or influence, and could not be considered famous families.
Back then, Liang Shanbo's father, Liang Wenshan, was talented and moral, but it was because he suffered from Junwang and Zhiyue.
Therefore, he could only be ranked sixth among the nine official ranks--and even this, he was still basking in the glory of the third-class gentry.
If not for the addition of the gentry clan, he would at most be a seventh-grade!
Morality depended on the student's reputation in the local area, whether he was praised by everyone and had a good reputation.
The main reason why this had been passed down until now was to see if the student had a wide range of friends.
If you make many scholarly friends, they will help you become famous.
This was also the reason why the scholars of the Eastern Jin Dynasty liked to gather together.
The third point was knowledge.
There was nothing else to say.
The Confucian classics, the six arts of a gentleman, the four arts of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting were the basics.
Only by mastering these could one enter the ranks of the ninth-grade.
However, if he wanted to make it a high-grade, he had to learn the mystic realm!
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Confucianism was the foundation. Only by mastering one or two Confucian classics could one be considered a scholar.
However, only those who could grasp the profound would have the qualifications to become a celebrity.
Confucianism was the study of Confucius and Mencius.
And Xuan is the Tao of Lao Tzu and Zhuang Tzu.
The so-called discussion of Dao and Xuan referred to the theories of Lao Tzu and Zhuang Tzu.
If you don't know Lao Tzu and Zhuang Tzu, when celebrities gather to talk about metaphysics, you don't say a word. How can this be?
As he recalled this, Liang Shanbo pondered.
The Liang Family was at a disadvantage in terms of family background.
However, there was a solution.
Liang Shanbo had studied history and ancient Chinese in school, so he had learned about the methods of many aristocratic families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to accumulate family background.
Many of the great clans had not been very illustrious throughout their generations, so how did they do it?
They invited noble celebrities to write biographies for their families.
They recorded the methods of governing the country and the way of governing the country, or recorded some elegant things, and wrote books to spread widely.
As time passed, the news spread and his family background improved.
This was the most classic story of Wang Ziyou visiting Dai on a snowy night and returning with great pleasure.
The Liang family naturally did not have such leisure and elegant things.
Even if there was, it might not have been recorded.
However, Liang Shanbo came from the later generations and had heard and seen many elegant things. He could completely fabricate them.
Then, he would place it on his father or ancestors.
When these deeds were widely spread, the reputation of the family would naturally be there.
As for morality, he would participate in a Mid-Autumn Festival gathering in a few days. He would probably be able to gain some reputation.
Lastly, the most important thing was knowledge!
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