From reading and literacy, a Confucian boy is expected to become a talent after ten years of hard study and at the age of sixteen or seventeen. Those with good qualifications have to be a few years in advance, and those with poor qualifications can't pass the hospital exam until they are thirty years old.

However, even if you can't pass the courtyard style, as long as you can pass the county and government examinations, you are a literary child, and you can be called a "child", which is different from the "people" and "people". Not only is the face decent, but the butt has also become golden, even if he commits a crime, he will give a little more face in the court, and he will not easily hit the board.

In the best place in the capital, there are many noble officials, and the people are more solid than the local ones, and there are more Confucian children who sign up for the county.

Shen Rui's Chūn Mountain Academy, where the gentlemen advocated an early exit, so the candidates of the Wuban Beijing nationality registered for the children's examination in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.

Because the candidates are from various counties in Beijing and the places where they take the test are different, there are more students who leave the academy on leave. It is not easy to ask for leave in the Ping Rì of Chūn Mountain Academy, but it is very lenient during the examination period.

Shen Rui is originally from Daxing County, Yiguo, and the county government is in the southeast of the capital, so he doesn't need to go out of the city, but Shen San still suggested that he ask for leave and accept the "small stove" of the third master at home.

Shen Rui naturally had no objections, so he also followed the trend to take a long vacation in the academy.

Because this year is the year of the examination, the Beijing scholars gathered, and the examination atmosphere was very strong.

Compared with the examination, the county examination is inconspicuous.

However, this is the first step of the imperial examination, and Shen Rui is the hope of the Shen family, and the elders are still very concerned about this matter.

As for why the third master stared at Shen Rui's exam, not Wang Shouren, the teacher, it was because after February 2, Wang Shouren took his stepwife He Yingzhi back to his hometown to "recuperate".

Shen Rui's previous schoolwork, Wang Shouren always stared at it, and knew the level of the students, the county and government exams were all unhindered, and the college exams could be passed without accidents, and he didn't worry about anything.

It was Shen Rui himself, because the people around him were too tall, he didn't dare to think about crossing the line like in the past, and he was getting more and more strict with himself.

The third master accompanied Shen Rui to study, and when he saw that he was strong, he also had the heart to help his nephew.

It's just that Shen Rui's homework is acceptable, and the county exam is not the main exam for academic politics, and there are questions from the county government room, so it's not easy to bet on the questions. As for making the means to buy the problem from the county government, it is not and disdainful of it.

After thinking about it, he was not worried about his nephew's writing level, but worried that he would not adapt to the rhythm of the exam.

Therefore, according to the level of the county examination, he came up with a set of exam questions by himself, and planned to set up a small examination room for Shen Rui to pretend to take the exam once.

Shen Rui listened, inexplicably melancholy, isn't this a mock exam? In my last life, when I took the college entrance examination, I took the exam once a month, and everyone was familiar with it.

Because the county test was called before dawn, the candidates entered the venue with baskets, and the third master also informed the Xu family and prepared a basket for Shen Rui, which contained stationery supplies, as well as food and water.

On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Shen Rui got up, dressed neatly, had breakfast, and then carried the basket to the East Courtyard for a mock exam.

The third master here, in full accordance with the procedures of the county examination, entered the venue without a bright spot.

There are a total of five county exams, one every day, the key is the first "main field", and the other four are soy sauce.

In addition to the fill-in-the-blank questions in the Four Books and Five Classics, the content of the main exam paper is two current texts. The ranking of the prefectural test depends on the performance of the main field.

Whether it is rote memorization of scripture titles or current texts, they are Shen Rui's strengths, but there is no need to bear them

Shen Rui is a fast hand again, starting to answer questions at the beginning of the morning (seven o'clock in the morning), it took less than two hours to finish the questions and finish two flowery essays.

It's just a county examination room, even if you finish answering the questions, you can't directly send out the candidates, and you can't put them once until the candidates who have handed in the papers are ten years old.

The third master accepted the exam papers to judge the papers, and let Shen Rui continue to adapt in the "examination room", and let him persist until Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon).

During this period, Shen Ruike also brought his own food, and he could also "buy water" in the examination room, but he couldn't go out for convenience.

For this, Shen Rui didn't eat liquid food in the morning, but he didn't feel difficult.

When it was time for Shen, the third master took the finished paper and said with a smile: "With such an article, it doesn't hurt to take the college exam......

It has been four and a half years since Shen Rui came to the Ming Dynasty, except for studying, for the imperial examination.

After listening to the words of the third master, he also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Third uncle, the head of the case ......"

The practice of the court examination, the head of the county trial and the capital of the government will be selected, in order to take care of the face of the county and the prefect, which is also the practice of Confucianism.

Master Shen San thought for a while and said: "If you want to say that Brother Rui's heat is about the same, but in different places in Jingxian County, there are many scholars, and you know that your preferences are different, this ranking is not easy to say, but it should be among the top ten......"

In the hundreds of years since the imperial examination, there has only been one person who has even won the sixth song. As for those who have won the small three yuan, there are many people who have repeatedly failed in the township test.

Shen Rui just hopes that the ranking will look better, but he is not demanding about the head of the case, and the reason why he asks here is that he is a little worried about the hospital test, and he is just looking forward to taking advantage of it. According to the third master, the county examination questions are the easiest, and the hospital examination is almost the same as the township examination.

In this way, if the county test is the "case head", it is also a good thing not to worry about the hospital test.

From the fourth year of junior high school to the eighth year of junior high school, after five mock county exams, the third old man had a lack of sè on his face, and Shen Rui was still full of spirit. This is the benefit of practicing boxing and practicing Tuna Kung Fu every time, and he is full of physical strength.

Seeing this, the third master was only envious.

The third master doesn't like to move, he is an authentic housemate, Shen Rui persuaded him twice, and wanted to pull him to practice boxing together, but let the third master push him.

Now that the third master has the heart to continue the scientific examination, he is most worried about his own body. Now that he has a son, he doesn't dare to risk his body.

This time, seeing the benefits of Shen Rui's exercise, the third master took the initiative to mention practicing boxing with Shen Rui.

However, he was not interested in Shen Rui's practice of Xingyi Boxing, and practiced a set of "inner boxing" that was widely spread by Taoism.

Shen Rui looked a little familiar, and there was a shadow of Taijiquan in it. After asking the source, it came from Wudang Zhang Daoren, and he knew that this was the original form of Taijiquan in later generations.

Seeing this, Shen Rui regretted it in his heart. This Tai Chi developed from Wudang Tai Chi to Chen's Tai Chi and then to Yang's Tai Chi, and became the most widely circulated and respected fitness boxing method in later generations.

Because the elders he knew practiced Xingyiquan, he didn't think much of Taijiquan, and even he only knew a little about Taijiquan. Otherwise, the drill is the most suitable for a frail person like the third master to practice.

Now that it is too late to regret it, Shen Rui passed on the method of vomiting taught by Wang Shouren to the third master, as well as the Taoist small methods such as "Bigu" and "Convincing", and also told the third master.

The third master has read the whole book, and he has dabbled in both Buddhism and Taoism, but he didn't pay attention to it in the past.

Now, for the sake of physical health, he began to pay attention to Taoist health preservation techniques.

In the blink of an eye, on February 15, the county examination began.

Shen Rui was used to going to bed late and getting up early because of the mock exam at the beginning of the month, and his work and rest time was reversed, so he went to the county government exam in high spirits.

He arrived in a horse-drawn carriage, carrying with him a set of tables and chairs in addition to a basket.

The county examination is not comparable to the prefectural and hospital examinations, and there is a special examination room, but it is temporarily set up in the county government hall, and the seats need to be prepared by the candidates.

The set of tables and stools that Shen Rui brought was newly made two months ago, using southern elm, which was relatively lightweight, and the table and stool could also be set together, making it easier to hold. The size of the table and stool is also in accordance with the regulations, and it is not allowed to exceed three feet.

Outside the county office, all the officials and officials were dispatched.

In front of the county office, the lights are bright.

The candidates who arrived first were already in four columns, and the candidates were being checked by the people arranged by the county government. In the Ming Dynasty, where there are no photos, if you want to check the candidates, you have to distinguish them according to the physical characteristics indicated in the ceremonial room when they apply for the exam, what "black face, mole under the chin", and "broad face and shallow eyebrows" and so on. When he arrived at Shen Rui, he was "slender, white-skinned, phoenix-eyed, and beardless".

This check of physiognomy is nothing, but "body search" can make people uncomfortable.

In order to prevent cheating in the exam, candidates are not allowed to wear clothes with sandwiches, and are required to wear single clothes, single pants, and single shoes, but there is no limit to how many pieces can be worn.

After checking the appearance, the clerk will check the basket, and then check the candidate.

Clothes and pants must be untied, and there is no need to be shirtless, but in addition to the middle clothes on the body, the outer clothes must also be checked. The shoes on your feet are also gone, check the soles. If he wears a scarf on his head, he must also remove his hat and scarf.

No wonder Yin Zheng here (four o'clock in the morning) began to release people into the field, which is really troublesome to check

However, due to the fact that the county examination is held every year, the number of applicants is not crowded, otherwise the county government will not be able to sit away from these candidates. Despite this, the number of people is also more than the number of local candidates, and Shen Rui visually measured that there are more than 200 people

The proportion of admission to the county examination is determined according to the number of local household registrations, Daxing County is a Beijing County, and the number of admissions is more than that of other counties, but the number of admissions is only a dozen every year.

When he entered the county office, led by the officials, Shen Rui carried the tables and chairs himself.

In the hall of the county government, most of the tables and chairs have been arranged, and his position is a little backward.

Shen Rui put the things away, and the people behind him came in one after another.

The county hall is five rooms wide, and after the room is full of tables and chairs, the others are placed under the corridor.

Shen Rui glanced back and couldn't help but rejoice.

It's early February, and it's warm and cold in the capital, and it's really hard to endure under the corridor.

For example, today's sè has just been brightened, and the room is still foggy, and it is nearly an hour before the exam starts.

After the candidates entered, they couldn't walk around, so Shen Rui closed his eyes and rested.

When the candidates finished entering the hall, the originally noisy lobby began to be quiet.

As the bell rang outside, the county magistrate of Daxing County wore official uniforms and brought a few officials to the court.

There is a slang saying in officialdom, if you are not good in the past life, you will know the county in this life; In the previous life, he did evil, and the county was attached to Guo; The evil is full of evil, attached to the provincial city of Guo.

The provincial capital of Fuguo is so hated, let alone the capital of Fuguo.

The parents of Daxing County were in their forties, and they sat in the hall with a sense of depression, looking down at the candidates, and their eyes shimmered as if they were staring at thieves.

Shen Rui glanced up and lowered his head.

The powerful people in the capital gathered, and this county tried to be a good opportunity to show grace, but the Daxing county order put on this posture and would not be a man.

No wonder this errand was arranged, it seems that it will not last long......