Taipingchun

Ten days later, the county examination papers of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Hongzhi 13th year were released, surrounded by a dense circle of people, he was a little far away, and only saw two big wheels.

Different from the vertical ranking from left to right in the subsequent exams, the list of the county exam is a circle, and No. 1 is called the head of the county exam in the direction of 12 o'clock in the middle, and then written in order, the fifty people around lap.

The rest of the people will form a circle around the outside. This kind of list has a name called "round list", which means that it has not been confirmed by the government test.

A total of 50 people were taken in this match, a substantial increase from the regular [-] to [-].

After Xu Xiu saw the list, she was a little upset that she was ranked last in the first round. Even though she was ranked fifty, she had no choice but to accept that she hadn't been listed before, and she was a little bit hopeful that she would be the first case, remember I have read a novel before, the protagonist is the number one scholar in six poems, that is a prestige.

He also had such a dream, but unfortunately the reality is cruel, and the divergent thinking of modern people is not so easy to restrain.

When I came back that day, I wrote it silently to Qian Fu. Qian Fu shook his head and said, such a text is not the head of the case, who is qualified to be the head of the case. You know, Gu Qing is the No. 4 in Hongzhi's three-year competition, and he can be said to be a master of literature.

And what he said is that since your parents have officially selected you, your ranking may not be too high.Analyze him from a rational point of view.

Although disappointed, it's not that bad, but the first one on the round list has the word Xu Hui written on it naked, and this is the gap.

Xu Xiu is ruthless, since the county test is no match, then go to the government test again, it is only March, and the government test is in April, so there is no need to go to any provincial capital, the seat of Songjiang Mansion is in Huating, so there will be no waste of time on the way , just changed the place from the magistrate's office to a special test shed. There are such test sheds in every place, and the place is much bigger.

This ruthlessness meant studying all night, with his head hanging from the beam and his buttocks pierced, and his eyes were slightly dark circled, which made Tao Ji scream and feel distressed. He memorized the four books to death, and he would not stop until he brainwashed himself. It’s indeed a lot better, at least I’ll think about it when I start writing.

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Candidates from Shanghai County also rushed over during the government examination. Those with relatives and friends stayed in hotels, and even rented a farmhouse outside the city. Two to three thousand candidates and thousands of family members poured in. It can be said that the Huating County The law and order dropped a level in an instant, and some Confucian scholars relied on the crowd to provoke troubles, and the disturbed market was not peaceful.

Liu Wan, the magistrate, severely punished a group of people, and only then did things get better.

It was different from the county test, Xu Xiu had no choice but to get out of bed in the middle of the night, and entered the venue late at night because there were too many people.

The people are still the same, besides Tao Ji as guarantor, there is also a senior from the county school who is guarantor, two people guarantor one, at the entrance of the examination shed, there are many, many strange-shaped full-length lanterns, people bumping into each other, crowding, one by one. If you don't pay attention, it will disperse, relying on such a big lantern to guide you in front.

The other inspection places are not much different from the county examination. I took the seat number and walked in. Coincidentally, I had the same number as Xu Hui.

When everyone entered the room to start the test, Xu Xiu opened the test paper, and there were questions about "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius". The Analects said: "Wen is not here."

Mencius said: If the king wants to do the king's work, don't destroy it.It is also a truncated question, and there is a question and answer between King Qi and Mencius that was not written.

He thought about it carefully, Wen doesn't care, it shouldn't be Confucius' self-confidence, right?King Wen of Zhou is gone, is the knowledge of the world on me?Obviously self-doubt.

Breaking the title: The value of the text is declining, and the sage also doubts himself.

Reflexively compose with self-understanding.

The understanding of the second question is very formal. This is not to ask the king of Qi to govern himself, but to assist the king of Zhou.

Breaking the title: Wang Zheng can be supplemented, and Wang Ji is regular.

The two opinions are slanted and right, and they come at your fingertips, with a thousand words eloquent.Wait until the sky is near dusk after copying, hand in the paper, and wait for the good news.

This time, even Qian Fu was not very optimistic about Xu Xiu, but the ranking was beyond everyone's expectations. Xu Xiu ranked tenth, a very high ranking, and he couldn't help but wonder, but Qian Fu shook his head and smiled wryly. .

Only then did I realize that the magistrate was at odds with Qian Fu in the past, because Qian Fu was arrogant and disrespectful to him. It stands to reason that as his disciple, it would be good to refer to him and not be dismissed, but the problem The reason is that although Qian Fu is arrogant, he also distinguishes right from wrong, knowing that the magistrate is still doing practical things. After he was taken away by the chief envoy's yamen, he rode alone to Yingtian Mansion to testify for him.

Later, Liu Wan really wanted to establish a good relationship with him to compensate him, but Qian Fu remained the same. This time, it can only be said that Xu Xiu's fate was great, but he was also very helpless. , Is he going to make a small three yuan?

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Lu Shen smiled and said: "In the end, there is only this test left, and the seniors will compete with you."

Xu Xiu looked at the expressionless Xu Hui and said proudly, "Now you have another trial case."

"It's not enough to be senior Lu, but it's more than brother Xiu."

"Stop, stop, stop." Tao Ji grabbed Xu Xiu who was about to rush over to teach Xu Hui a lesson, and said again: "This time you all happened to come to Songjiang Mansion to learn Taoism. This time, Songjiang Mansion has three consecutive exams. Lu and I Second, I have been waiting for more than a year."

The Daoist Examination is conducted by Tixue Dao in Nanzhili in different stages, usually twice every three years, but in the prefectures and prefectures under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, he is the chief examiner alone, so there is no exact time for the Daoist Examination. It is to send someone to report and leave the exact date. This is called "dismounting".

Then from the prefecture to the county, the county school or Lijiali are issuing notices, which is called "playing cards".

Then the county schools or local schools in various places are giving the test papers to the candidates for "ticket closing". With the closing tickets, the Confucian scholars who have passed the two rounds are eligible to take the final Taoist exam.

Tao Ji said mysteriously: "Master Lintang, a student of Nanzhiti, was a supervisory censor before. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, he was transferred to Nanzhili as an academic officer, and he stayed for seven years."

Xu Xiu questioned: "Isn't it a three-year term to mention Xuedao?"

Tao Ji said in a low voice, "Master Lin is an upright person, he speaks very straightforwardly, he is not liked by Shangfeng, and because he is a rigorous examiner, he is still recognized by Nanzhi candidates, so he has stayed on until now."

Tixueguan is also called Tixuedao, no matter whether the students in this province are the scholars he selected or not, they will respectfully call out the master, because the Tixueguan has a very important relationship, and they are all Fengxian officials who dare to speak up and maintain discipline , as well as being excellent in character and articles, although the grade is not high, there is no clear grade and salary in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not lower than the sixth rank, or directly equal to the supervisory censor, seven Taste.

Xu Hui said: "Mr. Hetan, my teacher, attaches great importance to Lin Tixue."

Xu Xiu asked, "Does Master Tixue have any specific preferences?"

Lu Shen said with a smile: "When you learn Taoism, you like to be stable, and your arguments are polite, so Lin Xuedao mostly chooses older Confucian scholars."

Xu Xiu is not too afraid of this, after all, she is not a legitimate 13-year-old boy.Said: "How many times have the two seniors and scholars taken the exam?"

Tao Ji raised his head proudly: "The County Examination Office tried it the year before last, so we're just waiting for this one."

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On the fifth watch day, the examination shed, or the gate of the temporary Xuedao yamen, there are eight big characters on it, recruit talents for the country, and select scholars for justice. Bamboo railings have also been erected, which is not too different from the ticket inspection during the Spring Festival. Two or three people can stand in a row.

Xu Xiu received the white paper with name, age and resume written in advance, and then walked through the gate of the North Courtyard with Lu Shen and others. This gate is commonly known as "Dragon Gate". When you come here, you have the possibility to jump over the Dragon Gate If you can't get past it, it all depends on yourself.

It was still dark, and he hadn't woken up yet, but he didn't intend to doze off, because there were all kinds of hawkers outside, relatives and family members, bustling and noisy, and the energy of drowsiness was dissipated. After entering the Longmen, it would be considered peaceful moment.

a while.

More than a dozen yamen servants walked out holding signs. The signs were rectangular, with candles in the middle. The name of the county was written on the top of each sign, and the names of ten candidates were written on the left and right. It was very clear in the dark.

Coincidentally, the four of Xu Xiu were all on the same sign and walked over together. This step is called "going to the examination room", and the next step is "roll call".

The roll call of the Daoist Examination was performed by the Ti Xueguan himself. He sat in the west room of the north hall. When the door opened, the yamen servant holding a sign led the students in.

It was the first time for Xu Xiu to see Lin Tang, the academic advisor. He was about fifty years old, and he was very dignified. Those who didn't know thought he was the Minister of the Ministry of the Capital, but he was wearing a blue robe, and the prefect of the prefecture was sitting next to him. Liu Wan, he is a fourth-rank official. This is a high-ranking official. He is dressed in a red robe, which is very flattering. But here, he is a promotion officer and cooperates with the promotion officer.

Lin Tang started to call names, and everyone who heard them had to say yes, and Xu Xiu was called after a while.

"Xu Xiu's student from Huating County."

"Have!"

The guards on both sides invited Xu Xiu out, and the two guarantors for Xu Xiu who had arrived earlier also stood up and asked these two people to be guarantors. Except for Uncle Xu Caimu, the other person cost him [-] catties of pork.

There are clerks holding a notebook to record his appearance, which is a little more rigorous than the basic appearance description, such as where is there a mole, where is there a scar and so on.

After the final confirmation, Baoren said: "Xu Caimubao, a student from Huating County."

If it is found that the gunman has passed the exam, he will be driven out of the school without mercy. For example, Qian Fu, who was young and frivolous, has been the gunman for others more than a dozen times, but he has never succeeded.

Seeing Xu Xiu being dragged into a small private room, Tao Ji smiled inexplicably and whispered to the other two, even Xu Hui had a hint of a smile.

This is the inspection, Xu Xiu was stripped naked before he noticed it, wearing a pair of obscene trousers naked, and said angrily: "Sweet sweep the floor!"

The inspectors have long been immune to this sentence, and the probability that a scholar will say this sentence is [-]% if he is treated like this, he touched Xu Xiubai's tender skin and said to the people around him: "This little baby is very tender. "

Xu Xiu panted heavily and glared at him, but there was nothing she could do. This is what all Confucian scholars have to go through, and they really have no human rights.

"Hold him down!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Xu Xiu was pressed down on the table after a while and couldn't move. If he remembered correctly, he had been pressed like this several times, and said angrily.

A yamen servant took an ear spoon and picked out his ears... It was quite comfortable at first, and Xu Xiu squinted his eyes, but it didn't take long for his rough nature to appear, and Xu Xiu spat: "It hurts, let go quickly, After digging so many times, the paper with the answer has already been found, please let go."

The others were checking over and over to see if there were compartments in his clothes, and whether there were interlayers in the basket. There was a lot of movement to prevent cheating.

The tormented Xu Xiu finally came out, his whole body revealed a ripe red apple color, he hated it so much that he even took a peek at his chrysanthemum.

"It just has no human rights."

Seeing that the three of Lu Shen were standing with him at the checked place, he couldn't help wondering, "Why are you so fast?"

Tao Ji said with sympathy and affection on his face: "It's just because we have prepared some loose silver, as long as the clothes are taken off and the silver is seen, that's enough."

"Hehe." Xu Hui said.

Lu Shen also stroked his head helplessly.

If it wasn't for the strict order in the examination room, Xu Xiu would definitely run away, suppressing her voice and saying, "Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"We thought the Crane Beach Guild would tell you."

"..."

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"Ah, I've been tormented more than a dozen times, you should try it too, who told you to be my student?" Qian Fu turned over and continued to sleep, unaware of the dream.