Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the county examination. Even the busiest family, if there were candidates in the family, other things had to be put aside first, because the top priority was the imperial examination.

In previous years, the Lin family had fewer candidates, but relatives gave congratulatory gifts. The day before the exam this year, Lin Fangqin personally went to the academy to bring the three Lin Fangxu brothers back to Wutong Lane.

It turned out that at the beginning of February, the uncle asked the uncle: "How are the grandchildren preparing for the county test?"

The uncle then said: "Brother Xu is likely to be a scholar this time. If Brother Qi performs well, he is somewhat sure. Brother Ming is hard to say."

Lin Bingguang heard that two grandchildren might pass, and he paid out of his own pocket when he was happy, and set up eight tables of noodles in the house on Wutong Lane. He said that there were three people in the long house who participated in the county examination this time, and they had to hold a banquet to celebrate Let's practice it for candidates.

The grandpa drank two more glasses at the banquet, and recalled proudly: "My Lin family moved here from the end of the Han Dynasty. Although there is a family tree that can be checked only from the previous dynasty, it can be regarded as a family of farming and education. There have been three scholars in the previous dynasty. There is even someone who was ranked second in high school." Lin Fangxu thought to himself: "It's a pity that after the second place, even the gate of the examination room can't be entered..."

After the grandpa finished speaking, relatives and friends raised their glasses one after another, wishing the three of Lin Fangxu good grades, Ermu took his own small bowl of sweet soup, ran to Lin Fangxu and said loudly: "Little uncle, Ermu respects you. I wish you a name on the list." Everyone at the table was amused and laughed.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was still only dawn, the three of Lin Fangxu were surrounded by relatives and rushed to the examination room. Not only the Lin family, but the entire Wuyi County, the streets were full of long or short examination teams.

A group of people came to Xueqian Street in the county, but the relatives who saw them off were stopped by the heavily guarded soldiers at the street entrance.When Lin Fangxu crossed the cordon with the test card and the test basket, he could still hear his elder brother telling him not to be nervous.

Lin Fangxu felt a warm feeling in his heart, thinking: 'I am about to take the first step to rewrite my destiny, so I am not nervous at all. '

If you say nervous, Lin Fangming is really nervous. He secretly finished writing Liang Zhu two days before the exam, and wrote an essay assigned by the teacher. Although the teacher didn't say anything, but now he is very uncertain.

The examination shed was set up in the county school compound. After Lin Fangxu and other candidates arrived, they stood in front of the county school gate. They saw a man wearing a crown of two beams on his head, a red dress with a green edge, and a white face with a short beard. The majestic young man stood on the stone steps, presumably he was County Magistrate Li.

Seeing that all the candidates had arrived, County Magistrate Li began to speak. Although he talked a lot, what really needed attention was the time and number of exams. This time there were four county exams, and the end of the exam would be around the end of the month.

After the county magistrate Li finished speaking, the clerks began to roll the names. Candidates entered the central hall to accept the papers and sang a certain linshengbao loudly.

If the guarantors have doubts about the candidates, the county magistrate will immediately check or hold the exams. Lin Fangxu and others are guarantors by Xu Zhongkang, so he is also present at this time.

After going forward to verify their identity, and after a simple search, the candidates took the answer sheets and sat down according to the serial number. By the time more than 800 candidates sat behind the desks, it was already daylight.

County magistrate Li is a vigorous and resolute person. After ordering the yamen servant to lock the door, he wrote down the questions of the main examination on a horizontal axis.

Generally speaking, two essays in four scriptures and one poem in five characters and six rhymes are required to be tested in the main field. County magistrate Li is an unreasonable person and only asks to write a contemporary essay, but the title is extremely tricky. There was a gasp.

County magistrate Li looked at the sad faces of the examinees, and he was very proud. He thought: "During the Chinese New Year, the lame Xie Yuan of the Xu family boasted about his disciples everywhere. If I didn't want to ask a difficult question, I would be sorry for him." '

Li County Magistrate looked at Lin Fangxu grinding ink and conceiving, and thought: "I can hold my breath." 'Actually, it is indeed a bit difficult for Lin Fangxu, but that's it. After all, it is only a county exam, and it is impossible to take it as a general exam.

Lin Fangxu didn't care about the others, he pondered for a moment, then picked up the pen and began to write on the manuscript paper. It might be a little exaggerated to write like a fly, but it didn't take an hour, and an article full of flowers and flowers appeared vividly on the paper.

The next inspection will take more time, and the format must be correct, and the imperial taboos and holy taboos cannot be included.It is even more necessary to adjust and revise word by word to make the article more meaningful, and it must be profound and pleasing to read.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and Lin Fangxu ate some food prepared by his brother-in-law, and checked it again for the last time. After confirming that it was completely correct, he copied it on the answer sheet stroke by stroke.

For the imperial examination, one must uniformly use Guantao script for answering papers, but the same font is also written well by some people, and badly written by others. Lin Fangxu's Guantao script is the kind that is so good that it can make people's eyes shine.

It is not difficult to post poem titles, it seems that parents are also afraid of being scolded behind their backs.

Lin Fangxu's ability to recite poems is average, but only the county test is available for test posting poems, and the requirements are not high, as long as they rhyme and conform to the format.

Lin Fangxu finished writing very quickly. At this time, there was still a while before the first card release, so Lin Fangxu simply sat on his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

He closed his eyes, but Li Zhixian was a little surprised, "This kid is pretty fast, but I don't know how to answer." '

With the sound of a clapper, the door of the examination room opened slowly. Lin Fangxu, who was sitting in the front, was the first to hand in the paper, packed his things and walked out of the examination room.

For the sake of the fairness of the imperial examination, the names of the test papers must be sealed, and then the papers will be graded uniformly. Li Zhixian didn’t care so much. After receiving Lin Fangxu’s test paper, he read it. The more he read it, the more frightened he was. Well, it seems that the Wuyi Lin family is about to produce a great character again. '

When Lin Fangxu came out, all the elders had already gone back, only the elder brother was still waiting at the door, seeing him coming out, he stepped forward and asked, "Why did you come out so quickly, what was your answer?"

"I've finished all the answers, and I think it's okay. I won't know the details until the case is revealed." After Lin Fangxu finished speaking, he waited for the second brother and the others to come out together with his elder brother.

An hour later, other people came out one after another. Most of the candidates turned pale, and a few candidates were crying bitterly, while their relatives and friends were there to comfort them.

After Lin Fangqi came out, he said to Lin Fangxu with a mournful face, "Brother Xu, why are the exam questions so difficult this time!"

Lin Fangxu saw that his eyes were red, and comforted him: "It's not just you who are in trouble, everyone is in trouble."

Lin Fangqi thought about it too, as long as he answered better than most people, the county lord must always get enough places.

Lin Fangming came out relatively late, mainly because the writing was too difficult, and his own writing was messy, so he worked hard on posting poems.

Lin Fangming felt that his posting of poems was very brilliant, and he was not necessarily hopeless. When he came out and saw Lin Fangxu, he smiled and said: "Brother Xu, did you hand it in before you finished writing it? Didn't I tell you before the exam that the first time you let the card go?" If you don’t have to hand it in, can you write for another hour?”

Lin Fangxu didn't say much, just said: "I've finished it." Turning around, Lin Fangqi followed his eldest brother home.

Lin Fangming didn't care, he just took it as the first time he took the test, and he didn't have much experience, so he didn't know how to check it several times.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the third day to commit the crime. Some candidates were waiting at the gate of the county government office before dawn. When Lin Fangxu and the others arrived, the pattern had already been pasted up. , can only wait behind.

After a while, some people retreated, and among them were the two brothers Lin Fangshao and Lin Fangwei from the side branch. The three brothers went up to meet them. Lin Fangming was about the same age as the two, and they were usually closer, so they asked directly: " Brother Shao, how did you and Xiaowei do in the exam, have you seen us?"

The two brothers smiled, and Lin Fangwei excitedly said to Lin Fangxu: "Brother Xu, you don't know, you are trying to get No.1!"

Lin Fangqi knew his level, so he was not too surprised, but asked anxiously: "What about me? Have I been admitted?"

Lin Fangwei replied: "All five of us are on the list. Except Brother Xu, you and Brother Shao are both in the inner circle. Brother Shao is 36, you are eleven, and Brother Ming and I are in the outer circle."

Generally, the admission for the main field is relatively wide, and those who can write fluently can be admitted, but the group cases are divided into inner and outer circles, and the inner circle takes the top [-] in the main field, of which the top [-] are directly selected, and the remaining three are not required to participate.

Except for the top [-], the rest of the team will have to participate in the second round of recruitment, and then select the best candidates.

The same is true for the third round of repeated rounds and the fourth round of repeated rounds. How many people can be selected in the end depends on the total number of candidates participating, the difficulty of the questions, the wishes of the county officials, etc...

Although Lin Fangxu and the three brothers knew the result, they squeezed in to check when there were fewer people before going home.

Lin Fangming knew that the possibility of being selected in the first round was very slim, and he was ready to participate in the second round, but now that his younger brother, who is more than ten years younger than himself, won the first place, he felt very uncomfortable.

Lin Fangxu and Lin Fangqi sat at home and waited for the next three exams to be over. Lin Fangming and Lin Fangshao passed the time for the second round, but Lin Fangwei participated in the fourth round.

After the fourth round of the exam, all the candidates who have been selected since the first round will be opened and sealed, and the case will be issued with their names, which is called "long case".

Everyone crowded in front of the county government's screen wall, only to see that on the long case, the top position of the list was written with the five characters of "the head of the case Lin Fangxu" alone, and the candidates who passed the county examination in this session were listed in order of rank.

Lin Fangqi was still eleventh, Lin Fangshao moved up a bit, ranking 28th, Lin Fangming and Lin Fangwei were 37th and 43rd, and the five members of the Lin family had all passed the county examination.

From the mere 55 people on the list, it can be seen that Lizhi County is not only difficult to answer the questions, but also has the fewest number of winners ever.

Although Lin Family Village had won five people, the county examination was nothing in the whole imperial examination process, and the government examination in early April was about to begin, so it was too early to relax and celebrate.