In the Song Dynasty, the state examination was presided over by the state general judge, and the state record was used to join the army to preside over other sections.

As long as he can pass the assessment, he will become a juzi or a tribute student, and he will participate in the provincial examination hosted by Shangshu Province and the Ministry of Rites.

The so-called provincial examination does not refer to the provincial examination, but refers to the Shangshu Province. Because when the Sui and Tang dynasties opened the imperial examination, it was presided over by Shangshu Province.

Of course, unlike the local state test, the state test in Bianliang City is the first in the world in terms of scale and attention.

No way, after all, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Under all kinds of connections, students from Taixue, people from the New Deal, children of nobles who need grace, and so on.

Countless factors have come together, and the result is that the solution of Bianliang City has attracted much attention from the beginning, and many places have been determined.

As the foot of the Son of Heaven, the solution of Bianliang City is still very preferential to the locals.

At least the questions are not as difficult as they might see.

Wang Xiao entered the examination room after a body search, found his place and sat down, and prepared to participate in the large-scale examination event again after many years.

The body search in the Northern Song Dynasty was still more face-saving, unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, which were directly stripped off for investigation. After all, the scholars and doctors of this era still have a face, and they can't do that kind of thing.

The scholars of the Ming and Qing dynasties can no longer be called scholars, and they don't know what their faces are at all.

The steps of the imperial examination, the things that need to be prepared, and even what format to use and what font to write, Wang Xiao has already been clear.

With Huang Tingjian, a few outstanding people who have participated in the imperial examination, to help review, Wang Xiao has no problem coping with this exam.

There are three exams in three days.

The first is the scriptures, and a question is commented on from the Analects.

The second session was a poem.

The third is a sub-history essay in the subset of economic history, and a current policy.

To put it simply, the first day is a question and answer. The second day is to write an essay, and the third day is to write an argumentative essay.

Wang Xiao successfully passed the examination and became a glorious interpreter. The ranking is not very high, but it is enough for him to qualify for the provincial examination next spring.

After the results came out, Wang Xiao found time to invite Huang Tingjian and others to have a good rub as a thank you for their help.

"Qin Jushi." Wang Xiao personally poured wine for the drunken Qin Guan, "I wonder if the bachelor and the university are familiar with each other?" ”

Although Wang Xiao has passed the test, his identity is still far from Qin Guan.

Qin Guan admired Wang Xiao's ability and was willing to meet him. Of course, it is impossible for bachelors to come all day, and bachelors go to highlight the difference in identity. So when we talk, we are all called aliases.

The literati and doctors of the Song Dynasty wanted faces, and they only talked about the size of the characters regardless of their identities when they intersected with talented and learned juniors.

Not after that, I just talked about etiquette. When the younger generation sees the elders, no matter how talented you are, no matter how much you are appreciated, you can only talk about it as a big gift.

"University is right?" As soon as he drank, he went crazy, and Qin Guan, who would never give up until he was drunk, thought in a daze, "Uncle Li Wen? ”

"Yes." Wang Xiao nodded, "It's him." ”

Qin Guan didn't think much about it, and waved his hand with a smile, "Of course I know, I am also a disciple of Su Bachelor, he and Mingluo and Xiangsheng are known as the four bachelors after Su Sect." ”

Huang Tingjian, who was on the side, came over with a wine glass and said, "Do you want to take the right path in college?" Impossible. Uncle Wen is honest and upright, not this kind of person. And this time he is at most a marker, and it's useless for you to look for him. ”

"That's not what I meant."

Wang Xiao waved his hand lightly, "I am confident about the imperial examination, and I don't need to find someone to go to the door." The previous test was just practicing his hands, and he didn't play at full strength. I just admire the university. ”

He was half right.

When he was solving the test before, Wang Xiao really didn't go all out. I just took it as my first test of practice. To really exert power, it is still necessary to wait until the official spring season.

And admiring the university or something, this is.

What he really admires is other people's daughters, Li Qingzhao, who wrote the famous 'Dream Order'.

Li Qingzhao's wish is to appreciate the elegance of the Great Song Dynasty, as the executor of her wishes, Wang Xiao naturally wants to take her to feel it in person.

And in a few years, the university will marry her daughter, Wang Xiao has to hurry up.

"You little friend, you have a pretty big tone."

Zhang Lei nodded at him with a smile, "I read your answer, although it is not how brilliant, but it is not difficult to be famous outside the Donghua Gate." ”

"If you enter the court one day as an official, you can't get drunk all day long like now."

Qin Guan, who was drunk himself, was still putting on a face to educate Wang Xiao to take his official duties seriously, and not to just think about drinking and having fun all day long.

For these words, Wang Xiao could only laugh.

Da Song treats doctors preferentially, this is not just talking.

Every year, they have more than 100 days of rest and bath, plus all kinds of rich rewards and blessings. That little day is called a comfortable one.

Not to mention that these people skip work at every turn, and no one cares.

Now they are skipping work to go to Wang Xiao's banquet, and they are still persuading Wang Xiao to devote himself to public service.

This kind of example of leading by example really makes people want to laugh.

"If you really have this heart, then I will take you over to visit Uncle Wen when I am resting in two days."

Qin Guan is the editor of the National Academy of History, and although Li Gefei is doing university work in Taixue, the scholars of the Northern Song Dynasty usually wear many hats and hold many shares. He also has a place in the National Academy of History, although only in name.

They are all Su Shi's subordinates, Qin Guan is familiar with him, and it is not a matter to take people to visit.

The next day, Wang Xiao went to the shop on the street that sold pen, ink, paper and inkstone to buy gifts.

Wang Xiao was definitely not short of money, not to mention the income from selling those green teas, just by giving the roasted tea method to the imperial court, he received a large reward. He can afford to give expensive gifts.

But Li Gefei pays attention to honesty, and if he brings any gold, silver, jewelry, and precious calligraphy and painting as a gift, he will be thrown out immediately.

Of course, it is impossible to destroy the reputation that people have built up with great difficulty.

And Wang Xiao has plans to shout Mount Tai, so it is naturally impossible to leave a bad impression on the first side.

Other gifts can't be given, but pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and all kinds of books are no problem.

A day later, when Qin saw the cart of gifts following Wang Xiao, his eyes were about to pop out.

"We've known each other for a short time, and you haven't given us so many gifts."

Qin Guan was obviously a little apprehensive about this.

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, and it is not interesting to talk about gifts. I have time to invite you to drink. ”

When I came to the Li family's mansion, I saw that this house was so big, and the cost of maintaining such a big house was a lot of money.

The ancestors of Li Gefei's family are all from the famous Han Qi, and they are considered to be the queen of the famous family. In order to maintain face, even if it is rent, it is necessary to rent a large mansion.

When they entered the door, they saw a large number of servants. When I entered Li Gefei's study, I saw a cabinet full of all kinds of books.

Wang Xiao immediately understood why Li Gefei's family was poor.

The Song Dynasty was endowed with a city.

This includes house tax, land tax, city deed tax, etc.

Li Gefei's house is so big, so he naturally pays more taxes.

The servants in the family are also old servants, and they are not willing to leave their homes to fend for themselves for generations, and would rather stay in the Li family to ensure their income in drought and flood. It's about the same as the major families in the Dream of Red Mansions world.

When there are many people, not only do they have to pay their wages, but they also have to take care of their birth, old age, sickness and death, as well as food and clothing, and so on. This overhead grows over time and as the population increases.

And then there's the book.

In the modern world, reading e-books is very cheap, and they are all calculated at the price of points that no one picks up when they fall on the ground.

But here in the Great Song Dynasty, the price of books is very expensive. Almost inseparable, it is based on coherence.

Li Gefei's shelves full of books naturally cost a lot of money, and if you like to exchange rare books or something, it will be even more ridiculous.

Before, Li Gefei learned that Qin Guan was going to bring a young talent from Queqiao Immortal to visit, and he was still looking forward to it.

However, when he saw the cart gift brought by Wang Xiao, his face immediately darkened.

"After the end of school, I entered Wang Xiao, the prince is thick, and I have seen the university." Wang Xiao bowed and said, "Since I saw it some time ago, I was extremely shocked, and I specially invited Huaihai monks to introduce it on my behalf." ”

Hearing Wang Xiao's admiration for his works, Li Gefei's face looked better.

Stretching out his finger and pointing to the gifts brought by Wang Xiao, "I don't want these." ”

Wang Xiao smiled, got up and came to the side of the cart, and reached out to uncover the cloth covering it.

"Late students are the kind of ignorant people who don't know how to advance and retreat, and who damage the reputation of the university. Later students admired the main literature of the university and wanted to learn from the teacher, these are just apprenticeship ceremonies. ”

The most gift Wang Xiao brought was paper, not a precious rice paper, but the most ordinary kind of writing paper.

In addition, there are also consumables, such as pen and inkstone, etc. Plus some books on the road.

It looks like it's piled up, but it's not really worth much.

Li Gefei glanced at the gift, and his face finally calmed down, "Let's talk about the apprenticeship, let's drink tea first." ”

Confucianism pays attention to the prince of heaven and earth, and this kind of thing is not something that can be done by talking about it.

At the very least, Li Ge had to understand Wang Xiao before he could make a plan.

Qin Guan smiled and gave Wang Xiao a look, and followed Li Gefei into the study together.

After a few small talks, the servants at home brought tea.

It's also a coincidence, what was sent was actually Wang Xiao's green tea.

"Recently, the wind of fried tea has risen in Bianliang City. Yu deliberately purchased some. After tasting it, the artistic conception is extraordinary, and the fragrance strikes people. It's just that the price is too expensive, and the price of a pound is several times, which is really a profiteer. Taste it too. ”

Li Gefei took out the green tea that he bought very distressed to entertain the guests, and there was a little show off and love between his words.

'Poof! ’

Qin Guan directly laughed and sprayed, "Hahahaha~"

Li Gefei looked at him suspiciously, "Why is Shaoyou laughing like this?" ”

Qin Guan wiped his mouth with one hand, and pointed at Wang Xiao, who was a little embarrassed, with the other, "Uncle Wen, the profiteer you are talking about is this kid." The green tea you bought at home was made by this kid himself. ”

What else can Wang Xiao do, he can only explain with a wry smile, "When I sell it, I don't have more than a catty per catty, it's all those second-way dealers who increase the price in the middle, it's really none of my business." ”

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the custom of gentlemen not talking about money was not so serious.

Wang Xiao makes green tea to sell by himself, but it will not make people blame anything.

Li Gefei didn't say anything, but laughter came from outside the door.

The university's face is "Come in!" ”

The door was pushed open, and a little girl walked in timidly.

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