Chapter 29 Provincial Examination

Yang Zhengbai Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan as teachers caused a huge sensation in the Shilin circle, especially in the Shilin circle of Kaifeng Prefecture, although Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan are not famous, but the two have studied under Wang Yuyan, and they became famous in the literary world 20 years ago.

The two of them are real scholars, although they did not enter the court as officials, but they have a very high reputation in Shilin, how many people want to worship the two as teachers but can't get it, but they didn't expect to suddenly accept Yang Zheng as an apprentice.

Yang Zheng Kaifeng Mansion is also a celebrity, there is a reputation for ruin, first was passed on to the boiling painting skills, a love of love is known as a strange text through the ages, but Yang Zheng's identity as a horse is rejected by most literati, even if he wrote Ai Lian said such a strange text, it is still not accepted by some people in this circle, and some people even question him plagiarism.

After worshipping the two of them as teachers, this problem will no longer exist, whether these scholars admit it or not, with the gold signboard of the two people, Yang Zheng's identity as a colt is insignificant.

There is really a difference between having a teacher and not having a teacher, Dugu Xun's evaluation of Yang Zheng is that the talent is very good, and the others can only hehe, and the understanding of Jingyi is even more confusing, Jia Siquan is even more blunt that Yang Zheng has been alive for more than ten years is a complete waste of talent.

In order not to waste his talent, Yang Zheng had to spend half of his day listening to their lectures.

Yang Zheng seems to have returned to the years of studying, at two o'clock every day, not only to listen to the lectures of the two teachers, but also to read through two thick books every day after the two discovered his perverted memory.

In later generations, Yang Zheng was also a figure at the level of a scholar, and the acceptance rate of the civil service examination was not much higher than that of the imperial examination, and his excellent comprehension ability and terrifying memory ability made his learning a real cramming education, and began to consolidate Yang Zheng's foundation.

In more than two months, Yang Zheng has completed the course that the two teachers originally took two years to teach, which made Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan miserable and happy.

The pain is to teach a demon, the two have almost used their life's work, and Yang Zheng's growth rate allows them to foresee that as long as they continue to develop towards this momentum, in a few decades, there will be one more great Confucian in the world, and as his teacher, they will also be truly famous in the world.

When there were still three days before the provincial exam, Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan still taught as usual, and they didn't take the upcoming provincial exam to heart at all.

In the eyes of the two, compared with doing scholarship for the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, it is not worth mentioning at all, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and if you want to have a smooth sailing career, you will inevitably slack off in learning, and vice versa.

Besides, Yang Zheng is still young, it is the age of learning, there is no need to step into the court too early.

"Qinghe, why do you care so much about this imperial examination? With your knowledge, it's easy to pass a Jinshi in the evening two years exam,"

Seeing that Yang Zheng was a little absent-minded, Jia Siquan asked suspiciously.

"Teacher, the disciple wants to dissolve the marriage contract with the princess and welcome Cao Min openly, so he wants to participate in the imperial examination and obtain the status of a jinshi," Yang Zheng was helpless, he had already told them several times, but the two did not agree at all.

"Ridiculous! The marriage contract has been decided, how can you go back on it, how can the husband go back on his word! ”

Before Jia Siquan could answer, Dugu Xun next to him slapped his palm on the table, his face was pale, and he scolded in a deep voice.

"Qinghe, apologize quickly!" Jia Siquan glanced at the furious Dugu Xun and whispered to Yang Zheng.

"The teacher is angry, the disciple knows his mistakes, and the teacher must not be angry", Yang Zheng didn't expect Dugu Xun to react so much, and quickly bowed down to apologize.

"Hmph, it's common for a husband to have three wives and four concubines, and treachery must not be done!" Dugu Xun's face was still ugly, and he said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Yang Zheng bowed helplessly and replied, after apprenticing, the teacher and his father are not much different, and the words must be listened to.

"Although the marriage contract cannot be canceled, it is good to have the status of a jinshi, you can take the exam, Brother Dugu, what do you say?" Jia Siquan hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

"Let's go"

Fortunately, the pre-exam registration and other matters have been handled by Cao Min, and Yang Zheng only needs to go to the exam.

The examination was held in the Tribute Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time it was much stricter than the examination examination, and during the three days of the examination, the gate of the Tribute Courtyard was locked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, and there were forbidden guards outside.

After the examiner took the examiners to worship the sage of Confucius, the provincial examination officially began, and the same as the interpretation test, the provincial examination is also a test of scriptures, strategies and poetry, but the questions are more difficult than the solution test, and the number has also increased.

Such a high-intensity exam is not only a mental work, but also an individual work, especially at this time when the weather is still relatively cold, although Cao Min has prepared a warm stove, it is still cold and difficult to sleep at night wrapped in a thick fur.

On the third day, Yang Zheng used great perseverance to keep the words he wrote on the answer sheet at the usual level.

After the exam, carrying things out of the house, an ordinary carriage stopped not far away, looking at Qin'er next to the carriage, Yang Zheng didn't know where Cao Min was in the carriage.

Since worshipping Dugu Xun and Jia Siquan as teachers, Yang Zheng has been busy studying, and the time to accompany Cao Min has become much less, and the two teachers do not agree to break the marriage contract with the princess, Yang Zheng feels that he owes Cao Min a lot.

Cao Min didn't care, he still had a deep affection for Yang Zheng, most of his thoughts were usually on business, and Yang Zheng occasionally mentioned some management and sales methods in later generations to her, just a few months, the scale of Yuchun business was almost doubled, and he had begun to prepare to open a branch in Henan Mansion, Yingtianfu.

"Min'er!" Yang Zheng opened the curtain and called softly.

"Yang Lang!"

Cao Min in the car was wearing a white fur fur, a snow-white mink collar around his neck, and a white hosta on his hair bun, the whole person looked like a snow fairy, although he had known him for a long time, Yang Zheng was still fascinated by it.

The two teachers allowed him to take a five-day break after the exam before continuing, and Yang Zheng accompanied Cao Min except for going back to Yang's mansion to meet Yang Shu and Ruyi.

Five days passed in a flash, and Yang Zheng threw himself into the seemingly endless study again.

It takes nearly a month for the provincial test to be released, and after ten years of hard study, many candidates from other places choose to wait for the list to be issued in Kaifeng Prefecture for the title of the gold list.

Yang Zheng is also waiting for the list to be released, but what he is waiting for is what ranking he can get, and the most important strategy and poetry he believes will definitely admit him.

A month later, the students who still stayed in Kaifeng Mansion gathered at the gate of the Ministry of Rites, waiting for the release of the list, not only the students, but also the wealthy businessmen with big shoulders and round waists are also waiting for the release of the list, they are here to catch their sons-in-law, the goal is the Jinshi in the new examination.

It is a unique marriage custom in the Song Dynasty to catch a son-in-law, although most of the poor students are admitted to the Jinshi, but the net worth is thin, you must know that the commercial economy of the Song Dynasty is developed, which dignitaries and nobles live extremely extravagantly, if you want to integrate into this class, you can't rely on the identity of the Jinshi alone, you have to have money, and the businessman has money but no status, and both sides take what they need to develop such a custom.

Yang Zheng originally wanted to come to see the grand occasion of catching his son-in-law under the list, but he was directly blocked at home by Fu'er, who came to the door early in the morning, with Jianrou.