Xie Yun'er suddenly said at this time: "Mother-in-law, shopkeeper, it's better to ...... Let me go. I grew up in the capital since I was a child, and I am familiar with it, and if there is anything wrong with the minister, I can help more. ”

As the pillar of Lu's Pharmacy, Xie Yuner will have a great impact on the business of the pharmacy after leaving, and is an indispensable figure. But in the eyes of several families, Shen Xi's future is the most important, and no one cares too much about how much the pharmacy earns.

The Shen and Lu families have basically never traveled far, so it is naturally impossible to go to such a far place in the capital, but after all, the Xie family was once a prominent family in the capital, and they are very familiar with it.

But Xie Yun'er wanted to go to such a far place in the capital alone, and Hui Niang and Zhou were not very relieved. Xie Yun'er said: "The princess goes to the exam more than everything, if the concubine can help him, she still wants to do her best for her mother-in-law and the shopkeeper......"

Hui Niang and Zhou both heard it, and Xie Yun'er entered Beijing to repay her kindness.

It is the kindness of the Shen and Lu families!

After a little discussion, Hui Niang Zhou couldn't screw her, but Hui Niang still reminded: "Yun'er wants to go, let's discuss with the family first." ”

The family that Hui Niang said is the Xie family, and Xie Yun'er is also the pillar of the Xie family, even if she lives on the Shen family's side now, no matter how big or small the Xie family is, she needs to come forward.

When Xie Bolian and his wife were invited over, the three families sat down and talked about the matter, and even the Zhou family didn't expect that the father-in-law and mother-in-law would talk so well, and they agreed to let Xie Yun'er enter Beijing without much thought.

Xie Bolian said: "The little girl is familiar with the capital, she is on the road this time, the old man will write with her, and when she arrives in the capital, she will have someone to help ......."

Zhou and Hui Niang glanced at each other, and they both saw the doubt in each other's eyes.

The Xie family wants to send their daughter to the capital thousands of miles away, why is it still so calm and even supportive? It should be a taboo for my daughter's family to travel a long way!

Only Xie Yun'er understood what her parents meant, in fact, after Shen Xi went to the capital to catch the exam, her mother said it. She should go to the capital together.

The Xie family knew that Shen Xi had brought a female dependent to Beijing this time, and the female dependents also included Lin Dai, the young child daughter-in-law of the Shen family. In this way, the daughter has a lifelong reliance, and even the Xie family will follow.

At the beginning, when Shen Xi was a showman, they were happy to accept Shen Xi as a son-in-law, but now that Shen Xi is Xie Yuangong, they don't have to choose. If Shen Xi wins the Jinshi in the future, and Xie Yun'er has no further relationship with Shen Xi, maybe no matter how much they force it, the Shen family will also make the matter clear and forcibly withdraw from the marriage.

What kind of place is the capital, there are so many dignitaries, and there are always several daughters in powerful families, if you hear that Shen Xi is young and promising and has not yet married a wife, who doesn't want to marry his daughter? Now Shen Xi also has Xie Yun'er's marriage ties, if not. Shen Xi is definitely a sought-after golden bean in the capital.

Hui Niang said: "Since the two elders agree, let Yun'er prepare." The concubine will let the maid take care of her along the way......"

Hui Niang is a careful person, she can understand the Xie family's thoughts better than the Zhou family, in fact, she herself is also worried about Shen Xi, afraid that Shen Xi will have something to do in the capital, and Lin Dai, Zhu Shan and Ning Er are not assertive people, and they can't help Shen Xi when things come to an end.

But Xie Yun'er is different, she has experienced a lot of things, and she is also smart, and more importantly, the Xie family has some connections in the capital. It can come in handy when it matters.

Once things are agreed, the preparations begin.

After all, Ning Er and Zhu Shan accompanied Shen Xi to the capital, and Xie Yun'er wanted to go, and they also needed female relatives to accompany them. Hui Niang originally wanted to let the girls in the family go a few more, but Xie Yun'er only needed Xiu'er in the end, mainly because Xiu'er had the strength to help carry and lift along the way, and as for the needlework of sewing and repairing, she was completely capable of doing it herself.

The third day of February. A few days before the entrance examination in Shenxi, Xie Yun'er followed the caravan north.

This time, the caravan was led by Song Xiaocheng, the big boss of the chariot and horse gang, the imperial court had a call, Hui Niang couldn't go in person, there was always a need for someone who could take the lead, and Song Xiaocheng was the most suitable.

This time, Song Xiaocheng brought sixty or seventy people with him, on the one hand, because there was a need in the capital, and at the same time, it was also to facilitate the protection of Xie Yun'er, the young housewife, along the way.

Su Lian wanted to go along, but she had to take care of the children and couldn't follow, so she had to stay at home.

It will depart in February and will not arrive in Beijing until the end of March at the earliest. At that time, not to mention the examination, even the temple examination was over. What Xie Yun'er could help Shen Xi when she went to the capital, even Xie Yun'er herself didn't know, but she still stubbornly went, just like a little wife looking for a husband for thousands of miles, and she was determined to make a decision.

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At the same time, Shen Xi had reached a critical moment of intense preparation.

On the seventh day of the second lunar month, there was still one day before the entrance examination, and Shen Xi was ready to take the exam on the second day. On this day, he met with Su Tong and exchanged ideas.

Su Tong informed Shen Xi of the news he had heard, and the number of participants in this session was about 3,500, and the final number of students was 300.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was no fixed number of admissions for the HKCEE, with a minimum of 32 people admitted at one time and a maximum of 472 admissions. The specific number was determined by the officials at their discretion, and it was not until the 11th year of Chenghua that the rule of admitting 300 people for each session was determined. But it is also possible to increase the number of 300 by 50 or 100, but it is not constant.

With an acceptance rate of nearly 10 percent, it seems high, but it is limited by geographical divisions.

After the occurrence of the North and South List Cases in the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court generally recruited scholars according to the region.

In the first year of Renzong Hongxi, at the suggestion of Yang Shiqi, a scholar, the imperial court officially established the system of the north and south volumes, with six-tenths of the scholars in the south and four-tenths of the scholars in the north.

In the second year of Xuande after Xuanzong ascended the throne, the imperial court added the "middle volume" between the north and the south, mainly to separate some regions that are not easy to divide the north and south, and the southern volume and the northern volume each let 5% of the middle volume.

The last three volumes are divided into: 35 percent for the northern volume, 10 percent for the middle volume, and 55 percent for the southern volume.

Shen Xi in this examination, the competitor is all the candidates of the southern paper, although the southern paper occupies a share of fifty percent of the total admission, but in the examination, the southern candidates account for about seventy percent of the total number of candidates. In particular, Jiangnan Shizi, both in quantity and quality, is the highest in the country.

The north has always had a disadvantage in the imperial examination, and even if the admission ratio is only 30 out of 5, it is still a great protective measure for the northern people.

Because of the theory of talent alone, there are very few people in the north who can enter the Jinshi.

Even when dividing the candidates' number room. Candidates for the southern paper are also divided into adjacent areas, and after the examination is completed, the southern, middle and northern papers will be separated separately, and the jinshi will be selected from them.

If you will be able to pass the list. When it comes to the temple examination, there is no regional distinction.

"Brother Shen, you didn't come out, I don't know that there has been a commotion in the city in the past few days, saying that the exam questions were leaked. I don't know if it's true or not...... There are all kinds of legends, and the topics that are spread privately are also various, and I can't tell the truth from the false, so I've sorted them out, you can take them first and see if they can come in handy. ”

Su Tong said that he was going to hand over the "questions" he had sorted out in the past few days to Shen Xi to see.

Shen Xi directly sent back the paper with the title written on it, shook his head and said: "This kind of thing is mostly made out of nothing, even if it is true, we should rely on our own strength to be on the list." ”

Su Tongtong looked at Shen Xi with a surprised gaze and asked incredulously, "How did you say this?" There are exam questions leaked out. Everyone knows about it, but we don't know it, is it too unfair? ”

Shen Xi shook his head, there is nothing completely fair in this world!

Shen Xi didn't know whether there was really a problem in this exam, but he knew very well that the question case of this session must have been brewing in secret, and Tang Bohu, Xu Jing, and Cheng Minzheng were likely to be involved in this case.

The only variable is probably the birth of his Shen Xi, depending on the butterfly effect he brings. Can it indirectly affect this case?

Shen Xi didn't want to discuss anything with Su Tong about the issue, which was taboo for him.

Because some people outside began to rumor, he Shen Xi was likely to have secretly bribed Cheng Minzheng, mainly because. He's been in the limelight these days.

The thirteen-year-old Xie Yuangong was already very eye-catching, but he also compared Ying Tianfu Xie Yuan and the famous Tang Bohu, these years the scholar doesn't need to talk about evidence at all, and everything that is false can be said as true, as for whether Shen Xi went to see Cheng Minzheng. It doesn't seem to matter.

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On the seventh day of the second month, Emperor Hongzhi officially issued an order to preside over the examination with Li Dongyang, the secretary of the Rite Department and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Both of them are the chief examiners, and 20 examiners are appointed at the same time...... It was not until the Qing Dynasty that the rules of eighteen examiners and eighteen rooms were set.

Which candidate comes from which room, the owner of the house is the candidate's mentor.

On the morning of the eighth day of the second lunar month, Emperor Hongzhi ordered the young master and the crown prince to be the prince, the head of the household, and the scholar of the Jinshen Palace, Liu Jian, to release the master of Confucius.

This is a necessary process for the Ministry of Rites examination, and when the Liberation is over, the Ministry of Rites examination is equivalent to the official start, and the Guozijian Tribute Institute is open and begins to accept candidates for admission.

Shen Xi had entered the Guozijian and had lived in it for ten days before, so he had a general understanding of the environment inside.

Even if it is the first time for him to take the Ministry of Rites examination, he can be calm and calm, because compared to others, he is young and has capital, and he does not have to force what results can be obtained in this examination.

While waiting to enter the venue, the candidates waiting outside were talking about the questions they had heard about the exam.

Among them, the title of the first Analect is the most discussed.

The examination is the same as the township examination, it is also a three-day examination, and the ninth day of the first month officially starts the examination, but it needs to be admitted on the eighth day of the first month of March, but it is not allowed to leave the tribute courtyard in the middle, and it is necessary to leave after all three examinations are completed.

For such a long exam, I still give three candles, and I need to prepare myself for food.

Because you have to take the test for nine days in a row, if you bring all the cooked rice in, it is likely to spoil, so you must bring food that is easy to preserve, or make it yourself.

As for the water, you don't need to bring too much, during the examination, the people in the prison will use a bamboo tube to send water to the candidates every day, but not too much, so the candidates should avoid eating salty things during these days, so as not to be thirsty.

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PS: Tenth Update!

The nervous test is coming, and the Son of Heaven asks for a monthly pass and a reward for encouragement! Thank you! (To be continued.) )