According to the literature, from the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, this 1,300 years, a total of more than 700 champions, according to the statistics of the champions' hometown, the top five provinces are: Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Fujian, Shandong.

In ancient times, when the degree represented the official position, the consequence of this phenomenon was that the officials in the court were all "local accents", so that the authorities set up the north-south list in order to suppress the candidates from the southeast.

This interesting phenomenon has made many bricks in later generations called beasts, and summarized a lot of "exclusive analysis".

The ants summarized for a long time, and finally came up with three most fundamental reasons.

Economic factors, war factors, and learning factors.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, there have been more wars in the north than in the south, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the southern region was greatly developed, and the political, economic and cultural regions all moved southward, which made the southern region explode to prosperity.

At the same time, the north, as well as the desolate, impoverished, and scarcely populated western region, were still in the process of restoring population and developing production, and there were far fewer people who could read than in the south.

In the Song Dynasty, when the whole territory of Henan fell, the first place on the Jinshi list was the Fujian candidate, followed by the Liangzhejiang Road.

There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the people, and if you don't go out, you really don't know how good the talents outside are.

Fortunately, the dog and his party have safely survived the "lost period" and are in the midst of indignation.

Time into the wax moon, in the streets and alleys, some festive activities have been carried out one after another, and the wax sacrifice is the final part of it.

"The Book of Rites: The Order of the Month" records, "In the month of Mengdong, the ancestors of the Gate Lula are worshipped. ”

It means that from the emperor to the common people, they must offer all kinds of sacrifices in front of the sacred tablets offered at home to thank their ancestors and the five family gods of the door, household, skylight, stove, and line (the land within the gate), and pray for good weather in the coming year, abundant crops, prosperity of the six animals, and a healthy family.

A series of sacrificial activities are over, this day will also be Chinese New Year's Eve, and in a blink of an eye it will be the first month of the New Year, so the month of La, is a busy and happy day, the crowd coming and going on the street, regardless of men, women and children are a joyful appearance, unless there is a major emergency at home, will have a worried and annoyed expression, after all, the big guys will have to be auspicious when they are going to celebrate the New Year, and your dead father's obscure appearance will make passers-by disgusted.

Layue catches up with the big set, one by one.

Whether it is in later generations or in ancient times, the market of Layue is like a festival, and it is extremely prosperous.

Burden-bearers, cart-bearers, and wives with little babies on their backs poured into the bazaar, blocking the narrow streets in an instant.

There is no way, you have to buy New Year's goods, and you rush to buy them, because in the era of insufficient supply and demand of goods, going late can really make you go home empty-handed.

In addition to rice, flour, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which are necessary daily necessities, sugar melons, walnuts, dates, and melon seeds for the New Year, such as dried fruits that must be used, must be prepared.

After these are finished, there must be bamboo whips, wooden knives, small toys for children to play, and most importantly, firecrackers.

If you want to be praised by the neighbors for filial piety, the new clothes worn during the New Year must be tailored.

All the panting, and some not panting, so incense candles, paper money, and unusually beautiful gold and silver foil paper framed by the centaurs to buy, since these have been bought, the portrait of the gods, hanging thousands, and the popular couplets are also bought by the way.

I bought a basket of things, looked back, the meat has not been bought, this whole year I am looking forward to this bite to improve the food, if I don't buy it, I will complain about the death of the head of the house, so the hard-working women and ladies came to the meat stall in groups of three or five, and the mutton is not a luxury, so pork, chicken and fish have become the key purchase targets.

A three-finger thick fat pork has just been hung on the hook, and in a blink of an eye, it has become a large and small piece of meat and put it into the women's vegetable baskets, and there is no shortage of people in front of the stall, the stall owner who sells the meat is anxious, urging the butcher who sent the meat to hurry back and carry the meat, and the butcher also knows that the matter is important, so he ran back in a hurry, and when he ran back to the slaughterhouse, he found that the account of the previous pig, the stall owner has not yet settled.

The folk are so lively, the palace compound rich from all over the world, but also the drum music, sheng songs, strange flowers and stones, and pavilions decorated with all kinds of flowers, just like flowers blooming in spring, eagerly looking forward to the queen bee to come to the door.

Someone said, how can there be flowers in this midwinter wax moon? Oh, you underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, the greenhouse has existed since the Han Dynasty.

Flower farmers spread fires in the greenhouses around the clock to keep them warm, cultivate flowers, and even cultivate all kinds of green vegetables in some large greenhouses.

Not only are there conservatories, but some dignitaries also have "cold cellars", where icemen use hammers and chisels to cut down large square-shaped ice blocks in major frozen rivers and lakes, and then wrap them in broken hemp wool and transport them into the city to sell them to wealthy families.

A two-foot-sized ice cube is only a matter of one or two dollars of silver, which is nothing to the wealthy families, who often order 100 yuan to prepare the whole family for the unbearable summer heat.

The capital is not easy to live in, this sentence is applicable in that dynasty, so in order to save money, people choose to stay in Lin'an Mansion in Qianxian County, which is only a few dozen miles away from Lin'an, and can be reached in two days.

In the north forty miles of Qianxian County, there is a cliff that is as high as dozens of zhang, it is a famous place in the locality, the name is Tianmu Mountain, this mountain has two peaks, the peak is a pool each, look down from above, the left and right are relative to each other. The left belongs to Lin'an, and the right belongs to Qianxian.

Guo Pushi said: Tianmu Mountain hangs down two breasts, and the dragon flies and the phoenix dances to Qiantang.

There are two peaks in Tianmu, and there is a pool at the top of each peak, and the left and right sides are relative to each other. The left belongs to Lin'an, the right belongs to the Qianjin said East and West Tianmu Mountain, this mountain, the mountain is extremely high, the cliffs and ridges are stacked, and a strange mountain is also.

Why is it weird? Because there are rumors that the spirit of the southeast earth, the cover bell is in Tianmu, Tianmu Mountain is the mountain of luck in the southeast, this is not accurate, we don't know, but when Mongolia entered Lin'an and died Zhao Song Sheji, Tianmu Mountain had a landslide for no reason, and the classic records occurred in the tenth year of Song Xianchun.

Some people say that it is a sign of the death of the Song Dynasty, anyway, five years after the landslide, Song and Meng carried out a decisive battle on Yashan, failed, Lu Xiufu carried the late Song Emperor Zhao Yu to the sea, and the Great Song Dynasty regime came to an end.

This year is going to be spent in a foreign country, so everyone has a sense of novelty in addition to homesickness.

Especially Wang Lin, this son from Qingchuan, since he hit the boundary of Lin'an Mansion, the whole person suddenly seemed to have eaten excited, running crazy on the street every day, and other people except for the necessary daily necessities that need to go out to buy, the rest of the time is almost all shrunk in the inn, holding books and shaking their heads every day.

"Brother Dog, are you going to see the house?"

The dog, who had been running outside for a day with a huge Lang and a few dumb men, heard someone shouting behind him as soon as he stepped into the door of the inn with his front foot, so he stopped and turned to look, sure enough, it was Wang Lin.

"Yes, Brother Wang, a few of them said that they came to take the exam this time, and they didn't have too much silver in their pockets, and there were still three months before the exam could be opened, so they stayed in the inn every day, and it was not cost-effective, so they discussed finding a courtyard to rent outside."

After saying this, Gou'er asked him with a smile, "When we discussed yesterday, the younger brother saw that Brother Wang didn't say anything, so are you going to continue to live in the inn, or have you already found a place to live?" ”

Everyone is from Longzhou, and they have been on the road for March together, and they are familiar with each other, so it is not rude for the dog to ask him where he is going.

"Oh, Brother Zhao, do you think you look like a rich brother?" Wang Lin touched the back of his head and laughed self-deprecatingly.

"You're right!" The dog laughed with him: "If we have money, we would have gone to live in Lin'an City, I heard that the grand scene is not lively, especially during the New Year, the streets are full of all kinds of celebrations, and the place to play is also a stuffed interesting!" ”

"Isn't it! If there is money, who lives in this place! Alas! Wang Lin shook his head and sighed.

In this world, there are only a few rich people after all, and most of them are living a bitter life, so the dog comforted him a few words.

"Brother Wang, as the saying goes, more than the top, more than the bottom! It's not easy to get to us like this! So be content! ”

Wang Lin nodded, and followed the dog into the inn, chatting casually while going up the stairs, as he spoke, he suddenly patted his head and said, "Brother Zhao, guess who I saw on the street today?" ”

Who to see? The dog looked at him suspiciously, shook his head and asked, "Who?" Can I deny it? ”

"Recognize, recognize!" Wang Linshen is a mysterious secret way.

Knowing a lot of people, the dog didn't have the patience to guess one by one, so he said, "Who is it?" can make Brother Wang pay so much attention! ”

"Is it Lu Duan, how many of them?"

"Lu Duan?" The dog frowned and said, "How could they be in such a small county as Yu Qian?" ”

"I don't know, but I just saw a few of them on horseback, surrounded by a ya, each with a bow and arrow, leading the guards, and seeing that posture seemed to be going hunting."

"Didn't you go to Tianmu Mountain to play, and when you came back, you passed by Yu Qian?"

The dog is looking for a house outside these days, and the local fun and interesting places are naturally known.

"I guess!"

Wang Lin nodded, then said goodbye to the dog and entered his room.

The dog also went back to the house with Da Lang, and was sorting out the situation of several houses that he had found from Yaxing during the day, when he heard a sharp sound on the door of the room.

"Brother Zhao, it's not a big deal, come out quickly!"

"Big things bad?"

What the dog was most afraid of hearing was this, so he took three steps and made two steps, rubbed it and ran to the door, and opened the door with a hard tug of both hands.

I saw that Wang Linzheng, who had just separated, said with a worried look: "Brother Zhao, my money has been stolen!" ”