Practical Life in the Red Mansion

After the Lantern Festival, the atmosphere in the Lin family became tense, and the servants became more vigilant, for fear of saying something unlucky in front of the master. Jia Min also went to the temple to burn incense. They are all replaced with the styles of Xidelianke, Toad Palace Zhegui, Sanyuan Jidi.Lin Yun and Daiyu also followed Jia Min to the small Buddhist hall in good looks, and they didn't dare to play with Lin Yang on weekdays for fear of delaying Lin Yang's homework.Lin Hai was also worried about whether to test Lin Yang's homework. He wanted to make up for Lin Yang, but he was afraid that Lin Yang would be self-defeating because of his anxiety.Lin Yang has become the most relaxed one in the family. He wants to study and prepare for the exam at home with peace of mind like preparing for the rural exam in the past.

Although the test is in spring, the weather in Beijing has not yet warmed up. In order to prevent entrainment, K is not allowed to wear cotton clothes, so he can only put on single clothes layer by layer, and because the inspection is stricter, Lin Yang waited outside for a while After a while, I felt that my nose was red and I sneezed several times. Sanqi and Ai Cao were already nervous. Hearing these sneezes felt like the sky was falling.

Fortunately, Lin Yang insisted on punching to strengthen his body, but it was a false alarm, but the rest of the people were not like this. Lin Yang saw with his own eyes that the person on the opposite side was dragged out because of the cold.But he didn't have the heart to care about others anymore. In spring, it was dark, morning and night, so he had to hurry up to answer the paper.

Unlike the rural examination, the general examination is not allowed to come out for nine consecutive days.That is to say, Lin Yang had to write articles, eat and drink in this small room. Fortunately, the weather was still cold and the smell of the examination room was not so unpleasant.Nine days later, with the sound of a gong, the hand-rolling began. Lin Yang saw that the bamboo tube containing his test paper was placed in the cart, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and packed up his things.

Nine days can suffocate Lin Yang, especially because he still has a slight obsession with cleanliness. Not to mention that he can't sleep well on the cold and hard wooden bed in the narrow test house, coupled with the pungent smell from the toilet, it is almost overwhelming. Lin Yang was too much tossing, if he did it again, he would definitely go crazy.

As soon as Lin Yang got into his family's carriage, he felt as if he had come to life. He lay comfortably in it, and fell asleep soundly after not walking far.

Over there, the Gong Yuan is also in full swing. This time, there is still one chief examiner and two deputy chief examiners, but the chief examiner is Cheng Shiwei, a newly promoted university student, and there are 18 other examiners, and 100 book office responsible for proofreading and copying. many people.Eighteen examiners were divided into two groups, with two assistant examiners in charge. After reviewing the test papers, circled and crossed, they were handed over to another group for review. If there were too many discrepancies, they were handed over to the chief examiner for review.In the end, each of the two groups selected ten test papers, a total of twenty test papers, and selected the top ten test papers from them.

Lin Yang naturally didn't know what was going on in the Gongyuan. He was taught a lesson by Lin Hai because he was worried about his grades and was impatient. He had to play chess and draw with Daiyu to calm himself down. Currently, there is only Daiyu at home If Lin Yang can be calmed down, if Daiyu is replaced by Lin Yun, it will be completely different.

After a few days, the apricot list was posted, and Lin Yang was No.4. When the news reached the Lin family, Jia Min hurriedly asked the housekeeper to take out the firecrackers that he had prepared early in the morning and put them at the door, and warned the servants to serve him carefully. Good Lin Yang, let's give a reward together after Lin Yang's palace test is over.

When Lin Yang came back with Lin Yun, the red firecracker paper at the door of the house hadn't arrived yet and was cleaned in a hurry.As soon as he entered the second gate, he saw Daiyu leading the servants to welcome Lin Yang with joy. When Lin Yang had just said a few words to Daiyu, Lin Yun squeezed towards Daiyu and Lin Yang without a wink. In the middle, he happily talked about what he had seen and heard when the list was released.

"It's lively, it's all people, and then someone reads the name from the back to the front. My brother's name is in the front. I waited and waited but I didn't hear my brother's name. I was so worried that I couldn't eat." Lin Yun couldn't help it. Sighing, Daiyu on the side couldn't help laughing: "You coax me, don't you still post the list and send the boy to look at it, or you will know." Lin Yun said anxiously: "Really, sister, I didn't coax you you."

Lin Yang on the side saw that Lin Yun was about to cry, and then he opened his mouth and said: "There are many people watching the list. By the time Sanqi squeezes in and sees my name, the listening list is over."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Have you seen any other interesting things?" Lin Yun thought for a while, patted his chest with his small hands and said, "Someone knew he had been hit and went crazy. My brother said it was called ....." Lin Yun scratched the back of his head, and Daiyu added, "Is it because phlegm is obsessed?"

Lin Yun said pleasantly: "Yes, my sister is really smart." Daiyu smiled and said: "Then what should I do? Can it always drive that person crazy?" "Someone slapped that person, and that person woke up and bought Yes, that person even thanked the person who beat him."

"It's natural, and." Lin Yang frowned and said, "Where did you learn to slap your chest?" Lin Yun stuck out his tongue and said, "I just learned it because I saw it for fun." He looked at Lin Yang His eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and he quickly stated: "I will definitely not study indiscriminately in the future."

Only then did Lin Yang let Lin Yun go.

The palace examination did not give Lin Yang time to breathe, and it was followed by the release of the results of the general examination.Although the palace examination sounds sacred, it is actually just because the emperor is the chief examiner.But it is impossible for the emperor to spend a whole day on the palace examination, but he showed his face at the beginning and the end, but for many people, it may be the only time in his life to see the emperor's face.

At dawn, a group of tributes, led by the young eunuch, came to the gate of the majestic Hall of Supreme Harmony, quietly waiting for the start of the palace examination.Seeing the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Lin Yang thought of visiting the Forbidden City in his previous life, and felt a little dazed, as if the previous life was just a dream, and this life was his real life.

At dusk, some officials stepped forward to call out their names, verified the tributes' identities one by one, and after searching, the eunuchs led the tributes into the main hall to their seats.Lin Yang looked around, it was open and clear, and he could see everything from the top to the bottom. Lin Yang also took a special look at the floor, um, it's not made of gold.

After everyone had arrived, the emperor appeared. Under the guidance of the eunuchs, the tributes bowed respectfully. The emperor said a few words on it, to the effect that he encouraged all the students to take the exam seriously in order to serve the country.After everyone saluted again, they sat down and the eunuch began to distribute the test papers.

Because Lin Yang had already seen the appearance of the emperor, he was neither curious nor wanted to peep.He lowered his eyes and took a few deep breaths, then calmly opened his test paper.

The first scriptural question in the palace examination: It is easy for a gentleman but hard to say.If you don't talk about it, you don't talk about it.... Rich in the world.Lin Yang was thinking about the topic while grinding his ink. The first sentence came from "The Analects of Confucius", which chose the gentleman between the gentleman and the villain, and the latter sentence came from "The Doctrine of the Mean", which talked about the virtues of Yao and Shun.The whole title is nothing more than an emphasis on personal virtue.The emperor asked such a question after the fraud case, it really has...a personality.

The topic of the second policy discussion is also about morality. I govern the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and then the scholar-bureaucrats have misbehavior. How can I make the scholar-bureaucrats clean and honest?That is how to make officials have both ability and political integrity.Lin Yang couldn't help complaining when he saw the topic. The corruption problem has not been solved for thousands of years. What can a small policy theory write?

However, Lin Yang was only distracted for a moment. After thinking about it, he took out the draft paper and began to write quickly.Lin Yang knew that the examination papers of the palace examination would not be copied, that is to say, the font was related to the results of the palace examination, so Lin Yang never dared to stop practicing calligraphy for so many years.Lin Yang was concentrating on typing the draft, and he didn't know how long it had passed, when he suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps, which was very clear in the hall.

The only one who can make such a sound is the emperor. Lin Yang listened to the sound from far to near, and then stopped beside him. Lin Yang paused, remembering that the invigilator was looking at his test paper, so he resisted it. Make small moves like covering up the test papers in front of the emperor.

Lin Yang read the draft, revised a few places, and thought to wait for the emperor to leave before copying, but the emperor kept standing beside him and refused to leave. Lin Yang had no choice but to copy the first question, the emperor chuckled, this time Leaving Lin Yang's side, he continued to turn around in the hall.

At noon, when Lin Yang was about to rest, he moved his neck secretly, and found that the emperor was still sitting on the dragon chair with his jaw on his hands, looking down.Lin Yang was a little puzzled. According to what Yang Xi said, the emperor was just going through the motions. Why was the emperor so interested?

Lin Yang continued to copy the test paper, checked it carefully, and found that there were no typos or typos, and then he felt relaxed.As soon as he relaxed, Lin Yang began to lose his mind, thinking about the emperor's intentions for asking these two questions. It seems that the new emperor will not have a low tolerance for corrupt officials, and he doesn't know what he will do in the future .

The emperor on the dragon chair has been paying attention to Lin Yang. After watching him flip through the test paper several times, he stops still and just stares at one place, knowing that he has finished answering the questions and started to desert.The emperor thought it was a little funny, but he didn't expect Lin Yang to be kind-hearted.

After an hour, some tributes began to hand in the papers. Seeing this, Lin Yang also handed in the papers.Just as he was about to leave with the eunuch, he suddenly heard a majestic voice: "Show me his test paper." Lin Yang's body tensed up suddenly, but then relaxed again. He was hanging in front of the emperor. The person who has passed the number, the emperor will give him a good ranking no matter what, the emperor's move is nothing more than telling others that he will use Lin Yang again.

Lin Yang walked out of the main hall on the steps, and some strong winds blew his robe, looking down at the front of the hall, Lin Yang only felt a sense of heroism rising in his heart.