Shen Xi wanted to take the Taixue entrance exam, and Su Tong insisted on sending it to the exam, because he had not yet been to Guozijian, the highest university in the Ming Dynasty.

In Su Tong's words, there is no chance to enter the country to study in this life, it is always okay to go in and see, or you can be an official here in the future.

Jingshi Guozijian is located in Andingmen, built in Yuan Dade ten years, adjacent to the Confucian Temple and Lama Temple, the left temple and the right school, Shen Xi had been to Beijing Guozijian in his previous life to visit, Guozijian after several dynasties repair, its buildings have increased, but basically maintain the layout of the overhaul during the orthodox years.

Guozijian sits in the north and faces south, enters from the Jixian Gate, the east and west are the well pavilions, and there is the door of holding respect and the Confucian temple communicates. The central axis is in order for Jixian Gate, Taixue Gate, glazed archway, Biyong, Yilun Hall, Jingyi Pavilion, the main building has two halls and six halls, the Imperial Tablet Pavilion, the Bell and Drum Tower, etc., forming a traditional symmetrical pattern.

Since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, it is customary to plant locust trees in Guozixue, and the style of Guozijian in the capital is "ancient acacia, wisteria, and courtyard", among which the most famous locust tree in the courtyard is the "Wenchang Huai" planted in the Yuan Dynasty. Legend has it that Emperor Wenchang is the god in charge of the examination, and candidates must worship Emperor Wenchang before entering the examination, and this locust tree is also believed to be related to the literary luck of candidates in the Guozi Prison, and has been worshiped by students in the past dynasties.

In the Guozi Prison, it is divided into seven schools: Guozi, Taixue, Guangwen, Four Gates, Law, Shu, and Shufan.

In Daming, Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in the country, and officers and soldiers guard the gate on weekdays, but this day is the day of the entrance examination of Guozijian after all, and the access control is relaxed, and even Su Tong, who sent the exam, was able to enter smoothly.

There were not a few ordinary students who came to visit Guozijian that day, especially those who went to Beijing to prepare for the examination, and their status was much higher than that of ordinary Guozijian students, but they regretted that they could not enter the institutions of higher learning. For students all over the world, this Guozijian is a knot in their hearts.

As soon as he arrived at the inscription monument of Jinshi, Su Tong looked at the names of the people on the inscription monument, and he couldn't move his steps for a while.

Those on the list, although most of them are drowned in the long river of history, there are also many extremely human ministers. Thinking of their heroic appearance when they first entered the list, the onlookers couldn't help but be fascinated.

Someone came over at this time. Impatiently said: "It's not a prisoner, go out before noon, this is not a place for ordinary students to stop." ”

Obviously, this man is also new. Because he had a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in his hand, he was obviously going to take the entrance exam. This person regarded Shen Xi as a candidate who came to visit, because Shen Xi's face was childish, and his dress was extremely frugal, not like a person who could obtain the qualification of a prisoner.

Shen Xi just glanced at this person. Su Tong next to him looked a little ashamed.

"Do you know what you need to assess in today's school?" Before the new prisoner had time to show off his might, someone he knew next to him took the initiative to go over to say hello, and he didn't have the heart to deal with Shen Xi and Su Tong.

Shen Xi said: "Brother Su doesn't have to worry about it, a person is better than a prisoner." ”

As I have explained before, the Ming Dynasty Guozi Prison Supervisor, from the right path, can be roughly divided into "Lifting Prison", "Tribute Prison" and "Yin Prison", plus the "regular prison" that began in the Jingtai period.

The inmate is equivalent to Xiucai, regardless of whether he has previous fame or not. As long as you enter the prison, you can obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination, and even if you are still in the national prison, you can also choose an official position.

And the Ming Dynasty used the prison as an official, and the most vigorous one was Yan Song's son Yan Shifan, who did not come out of the formal imperial examination at all, and relied on his father's shadow eunuch, but finally became Shang Baosi Shaoqing, the Ministry of Works, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition.

Because in recent years, the imperial court has used troops in the northwest and increased the number of "routine prisoners" in the national prison. Of the more than 600 new students enrolled in the school this time, more than 100 are "regular supervisors" and more than 100 are "shadow supervisors", which seems to be a small proportion. However, in a country's highest university, there are a small number of prison students who are related households, which still has a great impact on the reputation of the country's highest university.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many people hoped to obtain the qualification to participate in the township examination or confer official status by entering the north and south of Yong, but in the Hongzhi period, the imperial examination returned to the journey. It is the choice of ordinary scholars to go through the hospital examination, the township examination, and the general examination to become an ordinary scholar, and as for entering the prison, it has become the patent of a few privileged people.

Walking around the country with Su Tong, Shen Xi was about to send Su Tong out, and happened to meet an acquaintance, Wu Xingyu, who participated in the same township test with Shen Xi and Su Tong and won the Asian yuan.

Wu Xingyu obviously didn't expect to meet Shen Xi and Su Tong, originally the three of them were both from Tingzhou Mansion, and they should go together when they entered Beijing, but Shen Xi took the Yuan, which made Wu Xingyu, who thought highly of himself, lose face, so he didn't want to have any contact with Su and Shen at all, and even when he got to the capital, he could avoid as far as he could.

When Wu Xingyu saw the two, his face turned a little dark, and he was about to pretend not to see and bow his head, but Su Tong was a warm-hearted person after all, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello:

"Isn't this Wu Gongzi? Fuzhou was in a hurry for a few months, and I heard that Wu Gongzi was preparing to marry a celebrity in the capital, I don't know if I can let you go down to have a glass of water and wine? ”

Wu Xingyu is seventeen years old after the New Year, this year, it is not too early for the young man to marry a wife at the age of seventeen, Wu Xingyu himself is the son of an official eunuch, and he entered Taixue as a Fujian Township test Yayuan, and he can marry any kind of daughter. But he didn't plan to invite his classmates and friends at the wedding banquet, at least he wouldn't invite Su Tong and Shen Xi.

Wu Xingyu was forced by Su Tong to be unable to do so, so he had to make a greeting gift, and then his tone was a little perfunctory: "I am concentrating on learning, and I will ask for the title of the gold list in this year's spring, and as for the marriage, I will talk about it after the spring is over." If you have the opportunity, please come again. ”

Su Tong smiled: "Then say congratulations first." ”

Wu Xingyu's face was not good, he didn't even look at Shen Xi, and hurriedly entered the school building on the grounds that he wanted to take the school examination, Su Tong shook his head: "It's a pity that I'm not Wu Gongzi......"

The implication is that these young ladies from famous families in the capital have no share in me.

Shen Xi sent Su Tong to the door, and was about to say goodbye, when a candidate with a burden, who looked young and had clear eyebrows, walked over and saluted respectfully: "The two of you are polite, I don't know if this is Guozixue?" ”

What annoys Su Tong the most is that the people here repeat over and over again that this is the Guozi Prison, after all, he is not a prisoner himself. Su Channel: "What this official said is interesting, this is not Guozixue, is it the Confucian Temple?" ”

This person didn't know why Su Tong was so angry, he was stunned, and then he saluted: "Student Yan Weizhong, thank you two for your guidance!" ”

Since Su Tong and Shen Xi were not very polite to him, and this person knew each other very well, he went to the gate of Guozijian after thanking him.

Shen Xi sent Su Tong two steps, silently recited the name of "Yan Weizhong" in his heart, his footsteps stopped unconsciously, and looked back at the young man who was looking up at the gate of Guozixue, with a touch of surprise on his side face.

Yan Weizhong, whose real name is Yan Song, is Mian'an, Jiexi, Fenyi, etc., but it is his word. This person entered the county school at the age of nine, passed the county examination at the age of ten, known as a prodigy, Jiangxi Township tried to raise people in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, and entered the Ministry of Shangshu in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi.

When Shen Xi took the county exam at the age of ten, Feng Yuqi said that there was a prodigy in Yuanzhou Mansion, Jiangxi Province who passed the county exam at the age of ten and wanted him to try it.

At this time, Yan Song was already twenty years old, and he was far away, and he even had the words on the table, but he was in the middle ...... Alas!

Thinking of this, Shen Xi couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Su Tong looked at Shen Xi with some surprise and asked, "Brother Shen, what's wrong with you?" ”

Shen Xi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Do you remember the name of that person just now?" ”

"It seems to be...... Yan Weizhong? I have never heard of such a person, why did you mention it, Brother Shen? Oh, could it be that you are also too a student, and you will be a classmate with Brother Shen in the future? Su Tong asked with a smile.

Yan Song is a good person, but whether he came to the capital to prepare for the exam and take it to Guozijian to have a look, or whether he was going to enter Taixue as a student, Shen Xi didn't know at all.

Yan Song in history had no experience in Taixue, and of course, Shen Xi was also killed in an accident climbing a tree when he was five years old.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Xi has been in this world for more than seven years, from his implementation of the method of pox, to participating in the imperial examination, and becoming famous all the way, the butterfly effect he produced is magnifying the changes to this world at a geometric speed, and it is unknown how much impact it has on Yan Song.

Shen Xi sent Su Tong away, and he wanted to go in and find this Yan Weizhong, ready to try his knowledge and cultivation.

Shen Xi's idea is very simple, my appearance, even if it is just a glance contact with you, will have a great change in your future life, now I tell you a few words, your life may have to be rewritten, at least Yan Shifan wants to stand out in a chance of one in a hundred million, that is very small.

It's a pity that Shen Xi went in for a long time, but he didn't find Yan Weizhong's person.

"It's almost time to start the exam, and if you don't go in, what are you waiting for?" A gentleman-like person came out from afar and scolded the prisoners who were still touring and watching outside.

Shen Xi cleaned up his mood and was about to enter the examination room, when a laugh sounded next to him: "It seems that you can't even find the door, but it's right to go north, how can the main gate of this Guozixue be a place for you to enter and exit casually?" ”

The words are round in Beijing, and more than a dozen sons and brothers get together to laugh and laugh and ridicule, indicating that they are the children of the official eunuchs in the capital, who are familiar with each other, and go to Guozijian to enroll together.

Shen Xi didn't want to deal with it, but at this time, a voice came out of the crowd: "Since you are a student, you come to Guozi to learn, if you don't go to the main gate, what door will you go?" ”

Shen Xi didn't expect someone to support him, and when he turned his head, he saw that the person who was supporting him turned out to be Yan Weizhong, who had asked him for directions before.

Yan Weizhong was still carrying a burden, and it seemed that he didn't even find a place to stay after entering the capital, so he went directly to Guozi to study.

Compared with these newly enrolled inmates in the capital, Yan Weizhong is nineteen years old this year, two or three years older than them. But maybe Yan Weizhong gave birth to a "baby face", but he looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, handsome and childish, and he looked two or three years older than Shen Xi. (To be continued.) )