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

The time for the government examination was around April [-]th. After Lin Fangxu and the others received some relatives and friends who came to congratulate him one after another, it was the beginning of April after only a few days of reading.

It is not far from Wuyi County to Jinhua Mansion, but in order to avoid unnecessary accidents, on the eighth day of April, Lin Fangxu and his five set off early in two carriages provided by the family of Grandpa and Grandpa Six.

This time, besides Lin Fangqin who was going to take the exam, Lin Fangshao's younger brother Lin Fangwu, who had just turned 14, also went to run errands.

Just after the county examination, the sixth grandfather had already written a letter to Fucheng, asking Lin Chenggui to help arrange the basic necessities of the children.

When Lin Fangxu and the others arrived at Jinhua Mansion on the afternoon of the ninth day of the ninth day, Lin Fangmao, brother of Uncle Chenggui's lobby, was already waiting there, which directly brought Lin Fangxu and his party home.

Uncle Cheng Gui's house is a three-entry house. As soon as he entered the door, the auntie pulled Lin Fangxu, the youngest, and said with concern: "Oh...! It can be considered that we are here. I can't eat well or sleep well on the way. The child is tired. My aunt has already let me go. The kitchen prepares the banquet and welcomes you."

Uncle Cheng Gui was on the side, patted Lin Fangqin on the shoulder with a smile, waited for the juniors to greet each other, and then called the brothers to the table, while Aunt Tang led the female relatives and children to sit behind the screen. Went to the guest house to rest.

Although Lin Fangxu and the others didn't rush on the road, they were also a little tired. They washed up casually and fell asleep soon.

Lin Fangmao went back to the room after settling down the guests. His wife, An Shi, had coaxed the child and was waiting for him in the room. When he saw him come in, he smiled and asked, "But I've all rested. I didn't expect Brother Xu to be admitted to the county case. Speaking of which, my younger brother seems to be the same age as Brother Xu, when I first received the news, my mother said that my younger brother should also be let go."

Lin Fangmao didn't make a sound. Although his mother was more partial to the younger brother who could study and had high hopes for the younger brother, it was hard for him to say much as a son and elder brother.

Seeing that her husband didn't respond, An felt depressed for a while, and her mother-in-law's family had two more juren, so she regarded herself as a scholarly family, and looked down on him, a daughter-in-law from a businessman background.

My brother-in-law can read and was sent to Chongwen Academy in Hangzhou to study since he was a child. My mother-in-law puts all her heart on him, and doesn't let me touch the family property, as if she wanted my brother-in-law to take charge of the house.

No matter how unwilling An Shi is, she has her in-laws and her husband doesn't seem to fight, so she can only be anxious.

The next day, after Lin Fangxu and the others had breakfast, Lin Chenggui told them to return their books at home and rest, and to try to avoid going out as much as possible.

Lin Chenggui was also afraid of any accidents. During this period of time, there were many people rushing for the exam, and the city was in chaos. If there was any collision and the government exam was delayed, the old father would have to rush over from Linjiacun to beat him up.

Jinhua Mansion is there, you can visit it anytime, Lin Fangxu and the others are not ignorant three-year-olds.

Lin Fangxu and the others stayed at home honestly for a few days, and Lin Fangqin took Lin Fangwu out to prepare everything they needed.

On April [-]th, Lin Fangqin woke up several people early and set off for the Fuxue Palace.

Jinhua prefecture covers 8 counties including Jinhua, Lanxi, Dongyang, Yiwu, Yongkang, Wuyi, Pujiang and Tangxi, so it is called "Eight Wu".

There are about 4000 candidates in the eight counties this year. In addition, there are at least [-] candidates who have passed the county test but not the government test. Therefore, the roll call of the government test cannot be called separately. Candidates must first find the county instruction before entering the venue.

When Lin Fangxu and the others arrived, the examination room was already bustling with people. In the dark, they saw two high-hanging lanterns with the word Wuyi written on them.

When it was dawn, the first county started roll call, and Wuyi County was at the bottom of the list. After Lin Fangxu went in, he found a seat according to the number on the roll, and sat down.

After Lin Fangxu ate the breakfast that Aunt Tang ordered to prepare early in the morning, all the candidates arrived and sat down, and the door of the examination room was slowly closed.

A guard shouted loudly: "Master Zhifu is here!"

Candidates who were still holding fire and steamed buns got up one after another and saluted: "Students pay homage to the magistrate."

"Excuse me, please sit down." The magistrate's voice was very calm.

Lin Fangxu looked up, and saw the magistrate Su wearing plain gold and black sand on his head, wearing a crimson official robe, with a gray beard and a stern face.

Su Zhifu glanced at the examination room, expressionlessly ordered a pair of officials to ask questions, and then sat on the high-backed chair.

Lin Fangxu looked at the questions on the paper, one big question and two smaller ones, the big one was about policy theory, and the small one was about scriptures and essays.

The topic is very in line with Su Zhifu's habitual moderation style, but based on what Lin Fangxu heard in his previous life, if he really wrote according to the moderation, he may be able to win today, but the ranking may not be very good.

Since Lin Fangxu won the first case in the county examination, he has regarded Xiao Sanyuan as his goal, and naturally he is not satisfied with just passing.

Lin Fangxu recalled that in his previous life, he had heard people say that the prefect Su’s family was not well-off when he was young, and he studied late. After being a Jinshi, he was too upright. He is a person who can't rub the sand.

Thinking of this, Lin Fangxu already had a plan, and began to write on the manuscript paper.

It was almost noon when Lin Fangxu finished writing the topic of policy theory, and there were only two small questions left on the scriptures and essays. Lin Fangxu put away the papers and prepared to write after lunch.

Perhaps in the eyes of most candidates, the questions of this government test are too simple. Lin Fangxu saw that most of the people were already like him, and they had already taken out the dry food kettle and started eating.

After wiping off the water marks and residue on the table with a rag, Lin Fangxu began to answer two small questions. The small questions were really not difficult, and he quickly answered them.

There is still a little before noon, and the candidates have basically finished their answers and are waiting to hand in the papers.

At noon, when the clapper sounded, the examinees stood up one after another, handed in the papers one by one, and left the examination room. When the gate was closed again, there were less than 5000 of the more than 500 people in the examination room who were still answering the questions.

Lin Fangxu's five cousins ​​all handed in their test papers, and they took the carriage back to Uncle Cheng Gui's house together, waiting to see the results the day after tomorrow.

Lin Fangming also felt that the question was not too difficult, and felt that he answered it well, sitting in the carriage with a relaxed look on his face.

Ai Xiaoya was not at all easy during this time. After the county test, she didn't want to go back to Linjiacun. When her elder brother returned, she left her living expenses, so she stayed in the county alone.

After Lin Fangxu went to Fucheng, she has been rushing about the story book. First, she took it to the study. She thought it would be like other time-travel novels. The owner of the study would spend a lot of money to buy the manuscript from herself, and she would sell the copyright to him when the time came. That's fine.

It's a pity that this is not the case at all. The mainstream of the Wei Dynasty was the Four Books and Five Classics, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and the most popular books in the study were the Chengwen of each imperial examination and the reading notes and experience of some great Confucians.

If you want to find a study to sell the script, you have to find a craftsman to print the script, and the study also charges a consignment fee. As for how much you charge, it depends on how familiar you are with the owner of the study.

Ai Xiaoya is naturally not familiar with the boss, and she hasn't even found someone to print it. The shopkeeper said that she would charge at least [-]% profit before selling it. How could she agree to such an overbearing clause.

Just when Ai Xiaoya was in a state of desperation and had nothing to do, Su Zhifu's confidant master was also worried about Dong Weng.

After the examination by the government, the prefect Su will start to check the papers himself. Although cheating is strictly prohibited in the imperial examination, there is no first place in the essay, so we can still think of ways to rank.

Shen Jing, the chief case in Jinhua County, came from the Shen family in Jinhua Prefecture, a family of officials, and even the old line of Dong Ge. Before the government examination, he asked the master to speak to him, so that he must be selected as the chief case this time.

The master knew Dong Weng's nature very well, and he didn't dare to go find it to be unhappy, thinking that since he was able to get the county chief, he must have outstanding talents and learning, and maybe he could also get the government chief with his own ability.

But how did he know that Lin Fangxu would appear, not to mention his outstanding talents, and every sentence in his articles scratched Dong Weng's itch.

The master saw that Dong Weng had selected Lin Fangxu as the head of the case, and Shen Jing was in the second place. Thinking of the powerful and powerful Mr. Dong Ge, he still told the prefect Su about his words.

After hearing this, the prefect Su sneered and said, "Hmph...! It's the grandson of Mr. Dong Xi, who should be picked, I will still pick someone, not to mention that he is the Shen family who married the concubine daughter of the Dong family."

The master was sweating coldly: "But Jiangsu and Zhejiang are Dong Ge's ancestral home, and Dong Weng is still working in Jinhua. This... In short, it is better not to offend."

Su Zhifu said disapprovingly: "Sir, you know that Lin Fangxu is Lin Boli, a descendant of Lin Yushi. The late emperor said that Lin Boli is a model for us scholars."

Seeing that the master was still a little hesitant, the magistrate Su said with an inexplicable expression: "At the beginning of the year, Guan Zizhong entered the cabinet. He was neither a member of the Dong party nor a member of the Kong party. Why did the sage let him enter the cabinet? The Xu family in Suzhou has a very close relationship with the elder Guan Ge."

The master suddenly realized: "Lin Fangxu's teacher seems to be named Xu."

Of course, Prefect Su didn't choose him because of Lin Fangxu's teacher, but seeing the master's expression of "the student understands", Prefect Su didn't say anything else.

On April [-]th, the government will try to release the list

Before the gate of the government office was opened, Lin Chenggui ordered two literate servants to guard it, and Lin Fangxu and others were waiting for news at home.

Lin Fangqi has been walking up and down the hall since dawn, thinking that he shouldn't listen to Uncle Gui, he should go by himself. There are so many people crowded to watch the list, maybe he won't be as nervous as he is now.

When Lin Fangqi was about to level the floor tiles in the hall, the servant A ran in and shouted: "I've been hit... I've been hit! Master Xu has hit the top spot!"

Lin Fangxu didn't respond yet, but Lin Fangqin standing next to him stood up suddenly. The serious person didn't know how to express his joy. He just took a deep breath, patted Lin Fangxu and said, "Brother Xu, congratulations."

Lin Fangwei and the others didn't care to congratulate him, and quickly asked if they saw anyone else.

The boy was also tactful, seeing that the case was Lin Fangxu, he naturally came back to announce the good news and received the reward first, and of course he didn't know that the others were not selected.

Another half an hour later, another boy B came back. This boy carefully read the list twice, and said after coming back: "There are too many people who read the list, and the young ones just barely read the outline. A total of about 32 candidates were selected, Young Master Xu won the top spot, Young Master Qi was ranked 48nd, Young Master Shao was ranked [-]th, and the names of Young Master Ming and Young Master Wei were not noticed."

Lin Fangmao issued the same reward, so he asked the two to retire, and later promoted the servant B to work by his side, of course, this is a later story.

At this moment, no matter how nervous Lin Fangqi was, seeing Brother Ming and Brother Wei looking depressed, he comforted the others: "Maybe I didn't see it. Let's wait for less people at night and go take a look."

It's a pity that the two went to see it in person in the afternoon, and they did not have their own names.

Su Zhifu and Li Zhixian have completely different personalities, but they have one thing that is strikingly similar, that is, they do not entertain the students who have passed the exam.

So Lin Fangqin took his younger brother to bid farewell to Uncle Cheng Gui on the second day after publishing the list, and the group returned to Wuyi County.