Taipingchun

"Xu Xiu, Guannan Zhili, Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, a craftsman. A student in the county. Cultivate...Mr., what classics should I treat?"

Xu Xiu was writing a resume for herself, and she paused when she wrote about classics, and asked.

"It's none of my business what you treat. Just pick one of the Five Classics." Qian Fu lay on the couch and covered his face with a round fan, and said in a muffled voice.

Ancient scholars had to choose a classic as the direction of their lifelong research, which is a bit like choosing a career direction in a game...

"Snapped!"

Xu Xiu, who was stimulated by Qian Fu's attitude, couldn't help but patted the table, and sarcastically said: "What kind of round fan does a big man hold, you are not ashamed!"

Qian Fu has already gotten used to this doll's habit of patting tables. He moved the fan slightly away, revealing only a pair of eyes, and said mockingly, "It's popular now, you know nothing."

"Ah!" Xu Xiu rushed over and shook him crazily, and said, "It's business, it's business! It's time for the county test. You, a gentleman, don't care about me at all."

"I don't care what you do. You have a good background, and your views are a bit deviant, but they suit my taste. If you can't get a scholar, you can only say that you are a rotten wood, not good enough to carve."

Qian Fu taught Xu Xiu one way to write contemporary essays. He packaged the Hetan official collection he wrote for him to read, then wrote the topics for him to write, and then sent them back for rewriting for review, and each topic could not be the same after being sent back for rewriting. , is purely a brainwashing test-taking method that wins by quantity.

Xu Xiu squatted on the ground with her head covered in pain, and said in pain: "I've always had treacherous views, and I hoped to find a good gentleman to teach me Neo Confucianism, but who knows that the gentleman is also unreliable, woohoo! I am also dead."

Qian Fu turned over and put the round fan in Xu Xiu's face impartially, and said arrogantly: "I'm like this, you bite me?"

Then he backed away quickly, staring at Xu Xiu's mouth with ferocious eyes, and immediately counterattacked as soon as there was any movement.

"I won't bite you!"

Xu Xiu thought for a while before deciding, let’s treat the Book of Changes. As a scholar, he must read all four books and five classics. The reason for choosing Book of Changes is that he has the least number of words.

"...to treat the "Book of Changes", the word...the word is not yet available, the only son Xingda, 13 years old, born on the fifth day of May. Great-grandfather Gui, ancestor Heyong. Father Cailin. Mother Wang. Yongganxia. "The eternal feeling is that the parents are dead.

"Well, sir, how do you describe my appearance?" Xu Xiu pointed to her little face that hadn't grown up yet, and said to Qian Fu.

Qian Fu snorted lightly and said casually: "Small body, sickly white face, beardless, yellow-mouthed child."

"Snapped!"

Xu Xiu said angrily: "What do you mean by being petty? Speak well!" How can a cute teenage girl know how to be petty, old man.

Qian Fu turned sideways to face him, but didn't answer.

"Well, Ruzi is fair-skinned and kind-hearted. That's it." Xu Xiu put down the brush and blew on it, and finally nodded at her own handwriting. After Lu Shen spent this period of time, this style of calligraphy has begun to take shape. shape.

"You are still kind. You look kind, but how about your behavior? The way you pat the table with your husband? Hahaha." Qian Fu couldn't help laughing when he heard him write Shan Rongzhi.

Many of the descriptions of appearance in this kind of roster in ancient times can be summed up in a few words. The body is white and beardless. It is the most simple description among scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Few people will write other things for themselves. Only others will write about your beauty. Such praise words, so Qian Fu couldn't help it.

Xu Xiu raised her eyebrows and said coolly: "After a few years, I will still write about being handsome and slender, haha, hahaha."

Xiao Yang went into the room to add more water, looked at Xu Xiu and said, "I think Ah Niu will be Mei Ziyi."

"Looking for a fight!" Xu Xiu was upset when he heard it. This is a more feminine way of speaking. How can the elders rush to grab the little mutton's face and rub it for a while. Needless to say, it was infected by Tao Ji. Who let his face be brutally raped by Tao Ji all the time.

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At dawn, Xu Xiu bowed to Qian Fu and said, "The students have gone."

Qian Fu picked his nose and said, "It's just the county test, if you can't pass it, don't come back to see me."

Xu Xiu, who was turning around to leave, smiled slightly. Although the husband said that he didn't care much, he still cared about himself. The lectures after that were also very serious. He focused on the types of questions that would appear in the county examination quizzes. a warm.

Before dawn, the pedestrians on the road were already bustling with each other. They were all Confucian students rushing for the exam, relatives sending the exam, and traffickers.

The lamb tugged at Xu Xiu's sleeve and said, "Aniu, I'm waiting for your good news." Passed over the basket, which contained pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and food. If there were no accidents, this would be an exam until sunset , Rich people can go to the yamen servants to buy food, most of which are meat and eggs, and the asking price is expensive. This is also one of the ways yamen servants make money.

Those from ordinary families can only bring their own dry food.

At the gate of the county yamen, hundreds of Confucian scholars had already arrived. Before the yamen opened, Xu Xiu walked to the agreed place and met Tao Ji and Xu Hui. Tao Ji didn't need to take the exam, he had already passed the county and government exams , only the final test.

He is here as a guarantor. Every candidate needs a guarantor to ensure that the candidate has no false identity, no mourning, a false name, and a clean net worth. approach.

There are more than a dozen Confucian scholars around him who need him to be a guarantor. Seeing Xu Xiu coming, he bowed slightly, rubbed Xu Xiu's face and said with a smile: "It's the first time for elementary school students to refer to, are you nervous or not?" ?”

Breaking free from his grasp, Xu Xiu snorted lightly, nervous? "No." Xu Xiu raised her eyebrows. As a modern person who has been taking exams since childhood, this is just pediatrics.

Xu Xiudao: "Where is Brother Lu?"

Tao Ji said to him, "Lu Er is from Shanghai County, and he wants to go back as a security guard."

"Boom!" The gong sounded.

"Silence, silence!" a petty official in a black official uniform said at the top of his voice.

Mr. Li Songli of Xinzhi County, who just arrived in the county just before the first month, shook his folding fan with slightly sweaty palms, and said to the teacher next to him: "Huating County is really a big county, and there are so many Confucian students in this county who take the exam. "

The Jiaoyu was a local, and he couldn't help saying proudly: "Su Song's prosperity is rare in the world."

Li Song was born in Binzhou, Shandong, and the concept of northern and southern regions was very strong in the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't bear his complacency, so he frowned and said perfunctorily: "Jiangxi may still win."

The teaching instruction had no choice but to smile in embarrassment and not to talk too much. This was a saying in the early years of the dynasty, "Duoji water in the Hanlin, half of the scholars in Jiangxi."

He turned his head and ordered the guards to start checking the entry.

There are more than a dozen yamen servants on the left and right.

called:

"Roll by roll."

"Lianbao recognizes each other."

After the examination is called, the test paper will be awarded and the seat number slip will be given, and the examinee will carry the basket and enter.

Although he came late, Tao Ji has experience and took the front seat very early. When Xu Xiu finished checking, Tao Ji quickly said to them: "Go in and find a seat in the second and third row, don't worry about the seat No, don’t let anyone come looking for you, it’s fine!”

It caught the yamen servant's attention for a while.

Xu Xiu didn't have time to react, Xu Hui took his hand and ran in. The lobby of the county government office is the first hall after entering the gate. There are mostly five halls, two volumes and ten halls. It is extremely spacious. It is generally used for trial of major cases and the implementation of government examinations, which can fully accommodate hundreds of candidates.

Sure enough, many people ran to the second and third rows of seats, Xu Hui pulled Xu Xiu to sit down, panting slightly.Although the front row has excellent light, it cannot keep out the rain, and it is very hot under the sun. Although the rear rows cannot get the sun, the light is not enough. Only the second and third rows are the best.

Speaking of quizzes like the county exam, there is a sad but interesting story.

In relatively affluent places like Jiangnan, the county government can prepare desks and chairs for exams, but in poorer counties in other border provinces, they have to prepare their own desks and chairs. Most candidates come from rural areas to the county and can only borrow , decent desks and chairs are expensive and cannot be rented, so many students often move a few chopping blocks and use the board of the stove as a writing desk.

Poems as proof:

"Zhuzhi Ci"

The national examination is too grand, so many scholars sit in the lobby.The oil board was carried as a test case, and the clothes were shiny after the test.

Very sad.

Xu Xiu closed her eyes and rested her mind, waiting for the moment to open the book.