The national dynasty has the north and south of the capital of the country, all the meritorious and excellent students can enter the prison to study, and as long as the students of the country are completed or have excellent grades recommended by the academic officials, they are also eligible to participate in the township examination of Yingtian and Shuntian, which is also a virtue of the dynasty.

The imperial examination career is noble, so there have always been many taboos for the reference of guest nationality, not to mention, Yuan Chonghuan was attacked for the examination because he was a guest, and it took a lot of weeks to be named in the Tengxian newspaper. But now that commerce and trade are prosperous, there are many merchants who want to refer to them living in other places, so they are specially given places to take scholars in places such as Linqing. But after all, such good things don't happen everywhere, and Guozijian is an exception.

At the beginning of the country, Taizu set up the Nanjing Guozijian, and Yongle set up the Jingshi Guozijian, but the prisoners of these two prisons can justifiably participate in the township examination of the Zhili Prefecture where they are located, and to enter the Guozijian, they need at least one talent and fame and be recommended by the court officials in the annual examination.

It is not difficult to recommend, Yang Wencong got married, Yang Shikong took leave from office and returned to his hometown to attend his son's wedding, and he has not left Guiyang yet. Master Yang's last official position was Guozi Jian Xuezheng, and the last one was in Changping Prefecture, and he has always been regarded as a scholar in Shuntian Mansion, and he has a wide network in Guozijian and Shuntian Mansion. Yang Shikong was afraid that Yang Shikong would be inconvenient to agree to other things, but after he met Wang Xingping, he praised his character and knowledge, and with Yang Wencong by his side, a letter of recommendation was naturally easy to get.

Zhang Rulin, as the teacher of Wang Xingping in this province, will also help, and Ma Wenqing will also take care of him as a student, plus Xu Guangqi still won the Zhongjieyuan in one fell swoop with Bei Yan (note: Beijing Guozijian alias) referring to the Shuntianfu Township Test, and he has already promised to recommend it to the prison.

The rest is naturally to get a good ranking in the next college exam.

Strictly speaking, it is not entirely in line with the current imperial court style to enter the country by recommending one way, just take the Weng'an Zhi County Lai Daoxing, who is now in a hot fight with Wang Xingping, he is a year-old tribute student, to put it bluntly, he is a year-old tribute student, to put it bluntly, he is promoted to the prison student of the Guozi prison industry from the senior students selected from various prefectures, states, and county schools in one year or two or three years, and they are all promoted in order of seniority, so this year-old tribute has the saying of 'tribute'. If Lai Zhixian knew that Wang Xingping had been recommended by officials from the DPRK and China early on, I am afraid that he would be more unwilling in his heart, but who told Wang Xingping to be so favored.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the hospital exam came as scheduled, this time with experience and preparation, Wang Xingping seemed unhurried. Speaking of which, the academy examination is just the first threshold in the fourth level of the imperial examination, but Rao is so, and it is also a door to open a new world for those old Confucians who are poor and poor. Maybe Wang Xingping doesn't care about the privileges after becoming a student, but for the poor family who only has a few acres of thin fields, a talent and fame is twenty or thirty acres of land tax reduction and exemption and the addition of Qi Li's payment, not to mention the pride of being able to see officials without kneeling.

In fact, the difficulty of the hospital examination is not necessarily stronger than the first two games, after all, there is an element of luck in this question, but the search is much stricter, the clothes must be dismantled and sewn, shoes and socks must be single-layered, leather clothes must not have a face, and felt blankets must be indispensable. In addition, wooden cabinets, wooden boxes, double-decker benches, and cotton bedding cannot be brought into the examination room, even the pen barrel must be hollowed out, and the candlestick must also be through the bottom. Fortunately, now that the weather has warmed up, even the leather clothes and felt blankets are not used at night, and other preparations are simple, only a few kinds of pastries made by Lan Niang were cut early for inspection in the examination room.

The hospital test is not like the government test to enter in the middle of the night, but it is not as late as the county test, and it is always lively on the fifth watch day when the examination shed is already lively, fortunately, Wang Jiaben is close to the city, and Wang Xingping is waiting for Wang Xingping to brave the drizzle and Xiaoliu and Wei Qilan rushed to the dragon gate with lanterns to get together with a few new children.

On the morning of the day of the examination, the city gate was naturally opened, and there were a lot of food stalls around the examination room in the dark, and the children who came to the examination from outside the state and county were full of shadows and shadows, and there were hundreds of people standing outside the examination room, and the rain stopped at this time, and everyone ate some breakfast in the starry sky in the night to fill their bellies.

Three cannons rang out, the dragon gate was wide open, and as the card lantern with the candidate's name was held high, Wang Xingping finally followed the flow of people and walked around the dragon gate behind a sign with his name.

Wang Xingping carried the examination basket and followed up with everyone all the way, and after the master of ceremonies dragged out his voice and invited the promotion officer into the north hall, Zhang Rulin finally began to slowly pick up the book roll call, only Wang Xing's turn He usually smiled and nodded, with a lot of relief. At this time, Liao Bao stepped forward to draw a charge to verify and hand over Wang Xingping's court test ticket, and this set of matters was finally over.

I don't know if I noticed the look of the great grandmaster or something else, the few supervisors in charge of the search saw that Wang Xingping was coming, and they were not embarrassed, and they put them in the examination room after answering the story, which caused the students behind to talk about it.

Without waiting for the examiner to press it, a few people who recognized the young master of the Wang family said half-mockingly and half-mockingly: "That's the head of Lian Jie in this year's county and government exams, and you still need to search and inspect?" ”

'Is that Wang Xiaoqianhu? ’

'So it was him?' No wonder! ’

The other Confucian scholars who were a little angry were also stunned when they heard this, so they stopped talking and honestly lined up.

After testing Wang Xingping's entry into the market, he was full of spirit early, and this time he also brought the newly made fried chicken fir from the jar, and his heart was very peaceful. He kept his eyes closed until the day was bright, and the lantern was removed.

After getting the paper, he took a cursory look at it, and the three exam questions had been retrieved in his mind, the first question was "Respect for Filial Piety", which was a truncated question of the Analects, 'Ji Kangzi asked: How can the people be loyal and persuasive? Zi said: If you are in the village, you will be respected. Filial piety is loyalty. If you can't teach well, you will be persuaded. Ji Kangzi asked Confucius: How can a king lead the people to be respectful and loyal? Confucius replied: You must be dignified and courteous to the people, and the other party will naturally be respectful to you. If you treat the people with sincerity, be kind to them, and treat them like children, the people will be loyal, set a good example and teach the bad ones, and the people will naturally look at each other and persuade them.

It's very similar to what he has done outside the water and in Jierong in the past year, with the big stick in hand, he began to use the means of dividing and being gentle with the young people.

The second question comes from "Mencius", the title is "The gentleman keeps his heart with benevolence and etiquette", but the original text used directly, this paragraph is quite famous even in later generations, Wang Xingping naturally will not be mistaken, "The gentleman is different from others, and his heart is also." A gentleman is benevolent and courteous. The benevolent love others, and the courteous respect others. Those who love others will always love them. Those who respect others will always respect them. ’

It seems to be similar to the meaning of the previous question, but this is indeed Zhang Rulin's political opinion, although he also fights, but Yu Shaomin still feels that it can be edified, this question seems to be a point, this is also his understanding of Zhang Rulin, otherwise it will inevitably be superficial.

The third question is simple, it is a poem title, the title is "Green Spring Deep Good Dyeing Clothes", the requirement is to make a five-word six-rhyme poem in the spring, and the statement of later generations is basically a five-word poem, in addition to the rhyme at the end of the first two sentences, the end word of each even sentence also rhymes, adding up to six rhymes.

For the first two articles, he was already confident, and now he stubbornly wanted to try this poem first, so he took a sip of the tip of the pen and dipped it in thick ink, and wrote it.

Wind and rain send spring back——

Flying snow welcomes spring——

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Seven days later, on the bank of the Yachi River, Wang Xingping and Wang Zhongde walked side by side, while Liao Si and others were far behind, and the two of them let out bursts of hearty laughter on the horses from time to time.

Hesheng Fort, the name is taken from Song Luyou's "Send Xiangyang Zheng Shuai Tang Lao" in the sentence of "the famous Heyi Qintianzi", it is Zhang Heming's handwriting, although it is a place to guard thousands of households after the imperial court approved the west of the town, but this fort is pitifully small even in Guizhou. However, it was precisely because of this fort and the Zhurong army of a bureau stationed in the fort that the native soldiers who were originally flamboyant near this place did not dare to act rashly.

There are no more than 100 soldiers in a bureau, but each fort is a fortress built in accordance with the new city building method explained by Wang Xingping, and it is also equipped with a Poly imitation of the Franc cannon and several tiger squat cannons.

But as long as you look at the military fields around the military fort, you will feel that such a commitment is really deserved, after all, this place is only a river away from Shuixi, and it is not enough to say that it can be controlled by having a field book, and there are so many tun households that have migrated from the surrounding area of the Jierong Station, as well as the Tusi serfs who have recently come over, no matter how you say it, it should be arranged for a good life. Wang Xingping thought of the question of the court exam a few days ago, and now he thinks that this is indeed the truth, those natives in the military camp were just slaves of the Tusi family before, and now if you want to ask them, they must prefer to settle in the military camp, and people's expressions can not be faked, he thinks that this is the class dictate, that is, the meaning of Zhang Rulin's question that day.

"When will the fifth brother leave for Beijing?" Wang Zhongde remembered Wang Xingping's itinerary and became concerned again.

"After inspecting these forts, I will leave, Li Xianggong will go to Guiyang, and besides, I really want to see the appearance of the white pole soldier with my own eyes."

A few months ago, Yang Ying, the left attendant of the military department, hired troops and horses from Huguang, Baojing, Youyang, Shiqi and other departments to aid Liao, and Chen Ce, deputy commander-in-chief of Sichuan, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army to lead the various armies. And there are many famous generals in the team that went north this time, and the two younger brothers of Zunyi General Tong Zhonghua and Shi Yan Xuanfu Si Qin Liangyu Qin Bangping and Qin Minping are also fierce generals who dare to fight.

The white pole soldiers are the private soldiers of the Xuanfu Division of Shiyan, and they are also a few strong troops in the southwest, and they are also rare mountain field troops, and Wang Xingping has always been interested in them. The soldiers of this army are all stone and stone people, and they are neighbors who work together on weekdays, so they can support each other in battle. The white pole guns he holds are all ash poles, equipped with bladed iron hooks on the top, and iron rings such as hammers on the bottom, which can be cut and pulled during battle, and the iron rings can be hammered and struck, and even the heavily armed cavalry can fight after the formation. Back then, Qin Liangyu led the White Pole Army to participate in the Pingbo Campaign, and his achievements were impressive.

Wang Xingping heard news from Sichuan that the Sichuan army had been assembled after several months of preparation, and that it would go north in the next few days, and he was interested in traveling with him for a while.

"It seems that the fifth brother's examination case is a certainty, so my brother will go to Beijing next year to see you." Wang Zhongde said lightly, he already knew that Wang Xingping wanted him to be the commander of the town's western guard, and he was happy in his heart.

Hearing the meaning of Wang Zhongde's words, Wang Xingping said: "How can there be a certain scientific examination, but the gentlemen can only do their best to recommend it, but the fourth brother of the martial arts matter actually doesn't have to worry, I have to pave the road for you in advance when I go to Beijing this time, but the garrison of the Xiwei Fort in this town has to be arranged properly, which is our future capital." ”

Speaking of the last sentence, Wang Xingping deliberately accentuated his tone, he really attached great importance to the army in his hands and the land tied to the army, and he would never allow it to be touched by others.

After inspecting Hesheng Fort, there are still three other walled forts to visit, the Weiwu Fort built in the territory of the Longye Tribe, the Rouyuan Fort built in the territory of the Ago, and the Dingnan Fort to the south of the Yinye Zhal Tribe.

The group was about to leave this place, when they saw a horse coming in a hurry in the distance, and Wang Xiaoliu had heard it before they arrived.

'Victory-report——! Jie - report ——! The first ...... of the young master's high school examination case'

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