Under Zhao Yan's tireless study like a madman, the four books were quickly engraved in his mind, and the general idea could be basically understood, and the next thing was to find one of the five classics as the scripture.

The Five Classics are poems, books, rites, Yi, Spring and Autumn, and they do not have to be learned, just like the "elective courses" of later generations, candidates only need to choose one as their own scripture to study, as for which scripture Zhao Yan chooses as the scripture, he has no clue for the time being.

If you look at the examination situation in later generations, Zhao Yan will definitely get nine out of ten if he wants to take the Jinshi exam with the knowledge he has learned, after all, most of the exams in later generations are standard answers. However, in the era of the imperial examination, it was not enough to just memorize and roughly understand, but also to look at the various annotations of the Four Books, and most importantly - to learn how to write Bagu.

Mr. Li has been taking the exam conscientiously for decades, although he was stunned that he was not admitted to the exam, but he naturally has rich and unique experience in how to write eight shares well.

In mid-October, Zhao Yan followed his cheap father back to Taocun to worship his unmasked mother Li, and after returning to Jiuzhou Town, he once again solemnly asked Li Fuzi for advice on how to write eight shares.

Li Fuzi pondered for a long time, and he saw Zhao Yan's efforts, but according to his meaning, he wanted Zhao Yan to study for a few years with peace of mind, and then teach him Bagu composition after laying a solid foundation.

However, this disciple he was quite optimistic about did not appreciate it, and when he saw that he didn't teach, he took care to read some books such as Cheng Wen's model and the art of the eight-strand system, and practiced by comparison, no one gave him hands-on guidance, and it was not so simple to write a good eight-strand job, Zhao Yan also found out about this, so he asked Li Fuzi again how to make eight-strands.

Anyway, some people don't hit the south wall and don't look back, after the county test next year, he must know that it is difficult, and then the old man will guide him step by step, and wait for him to calm down for a few years, the child test will be able to do a good job, and then there should be no problem in the state school to temporarily do a hyperplasia.

Thinking of this, Li Fuzi stroked his gray beard and sighed: "The old man doesn't talk empty today, only that the old man's heart for the imperial examination is not less than yours, if he is not obsessed with the imperial examination, the old man will not waste his years, resulting in the fact that there is no one under his knees to send him to the end of his life." Ten years of cold windows no one asked, in one fell swoop became famous all over the world, although this statement is somewhat utilitarian, but it also exhausts the thoughts of my generation of readers. However, if you insist on learning the eight-strand system as soon as possible, the old man will fulfill you. ”

"Thank you, Master." Zhao Yan was overjoyed, and immediately bowed: "I am a teacher for life, and I am a teacher for life." The students are not unkind, and the students are willing to emulate the stories of the Han Ming Emperor. ”

Hearing this, Li Fuzi smiled noncommittally, the story of Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty has been passed down for thousands of years, as long as people who have read the book generally know, but Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and the matter has been seen for a long time, who can say clearly what will happen in the future.

"If you want to learn the art of making, you need to understand what are the eight strands? Its text slightly imitates the Song Jingyi, the tone of the ancients, the body uses the puppet, the eight strands, the system of Tongwei, the art...... At the beginning, it is necessary to solve the problem, and the following is the topic, the beginning of the lecture, the topic, the starting stock, the middle share, the back share, and the bundle of shares, collectively known as the eight shares ......"

The format of the eight-strand text is rigorous, similar to the pun text, and the views in it must be the same as that of the 'Zhu Sage' Zhu Xi, and the text should be written in the tone of a sage, which is said to be a sage on behalf of the sage.

With Li Fuzi's guidance, Zhao Yan has not only a smart brain, but also mature thinking, coupled with perseverance, it can be said that entering the country is a thousand miles a day, and the occasional few articles written also make Li Fuzi quite pleased.

Time flies, the first snow and the second snow of the year fall one after another, and at the end of the year, every household begins to put up lights, ready to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and have a lively New Year.

At this time, the land annexation was not serious, and this year's harvest was good, and even the tenants of large families had enough money and food to have a good year.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Zhao Yan took gifts to the deserted Li Fuzi's house, accompanied the master and his wife to have lunch, and followed the cheap father back to Taocun in the afternoon.

The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the most important traditional festival of the Han people, the entire Taocun has been busy since the early morning to sweep the courtyard, prepare offerings, and prepare for the evening ancestor worship.

In the middle of the night before Chinese New Year's Eve, the Zhao men came to the brightly lit ancestral hall with their own offerings, and under the leadership of the old patriarch, they bowed down to the ancestral spiritual seat placed on the temple.

The offerings were placed in front of the spiritual seat, including chickens, ducks, fish, pasta, fruits, and all kinds of food, all of which were served in high bowls, representing the meaning of Zhong Mingding's food.

After the ceremony, under the light of the raging fire, the old patriarch stood in front of the people and told the ancestors about the events that happened in the clan one by one, including good things and bad things.

The good thing is nothing more than who married a daughter-in-law, gave birth to a child or something like that, and the bad thing is that the three brothers of Zhao Xin were the first to be separated, but it is not uncommon in the countryside to divide the family, and the old patriarch jumped over after a little mention.

Although the three rooms have been separated, they will still get together when they encounter major festivals.

After worshipping the ancestors, all the people in the big, second, and third rooms of the Zhao family gathered in the old house to start the New Year.

It was recorded as early as the Western Jin Dynasty that the people lit candles or oil lamps, kept vigil all night, gathered to drink, and shared the joy of family.

In ancient times, there were two meanings of keeping the year, the elderly kept the year to say goodbye to the old year, which had the meaning of cherishing time; Young people observe the New Year to prolong the life of their parents and pray for the blessings of their elders.

After a night of vigil and the first rooster crow, the new year begins, men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, first to the elders of the family to celebrate their birthdays, and then to visit relatives and friends to congratulate each other.

After the worship year, it is time to go to the grave to sweep the grave. Ancestor worship is on Chinese New Year's Eve, where the whole clan worships the ancestors together; Tomb sweeping is on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when families go to the graves of their immediate relatives to pay respects.

Zhao Yan and his cousin Zhao Qi, the two of them returned from sweeping the grave behind the three elders, and when they walked to the door of the old house, they saw that they didn't know whose dead child was idle and had nothing to do, so they swept down the Spring Festival couplets posted at the door.

Seeing this, the third uncle Zhao Quan couldn't help but look around, and scolded in his mouth: "Whose dead child did this good thing?" On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I tore up other people's Spring Festival couplets, why don't you tear your own, I will definitely not spare you. ”

Uncle Zhao Zhuang picked up the Spring Festival couplets on the ground and said, "Forget it, the child is messing around, I'll find someone to write a pair later." It's cold outside, let's come in, it is estimated that the fire in the stove is already burning, just wait for us to come back and make dumplings. ”

"Big brother just has a good temper." Third Uncle Zhao Quan muttered, but didn't say anything more.

As the so-called distance produces beauty, since the separation, there is no entanglement of interests between the big house and the third room, and they get along more and more harmoniously, more like a family than before the separation.

When I arrived at home, I saw the Spring Festival couplets curled up in the hands of Uncle Zhao Zhuang, and the eldest lady Wang couldn't help frowning, and said: "It must be a good thing done by the kid of the big rammer family in front of him, their kid is spoiled and boundless, and he travels around the village all day long, and he doesn't know how to do something good." ”

The third aunt on the side, Liu, waited until her daughter Xiao Nier was sent out to burn the fire, and then smiled: "Da Lang followed Chen Xiucai to study, and the time is not short, presumably it is not a problem to write a few words, I see that there is still red paper at home, it is better to cut it and let Da Lang make a new pair of Spring Festival couplets." ”

"Well...... "My family knows their own affairs, and the Wang family really has no confidence in their lazy son, and they hesitate and don't know how to refuse.

Zhao Qi's temperament is similar to that of a crazy person, and he likes to be in the limelight the most, and he didn't wait for his father and mother to speak, so he agreed to come down on his own.

Happily looking for the red paper to cut it, and then turned out the newly bought brush inkstone, Zhao Qi deliberately took the little Nier and Zhao Yan who were burning the fire outside and turned around in front of him, and then came to the hall to start grinding the ink, ready to 'show his skills' in front of several adults.

Xiao Nier, the younger sister of the third uncle's family, was just eight years old after the New Year, and she was told by her mother on weekdays, but she was quite sensible, but she was not very old, and when she saw the novelty of the brush and inkstone in Zhao Qi's hand, she had to do such a 'promising' thing as writing, and she wanted to go into the house to see it, so this thought was naturally not in front of her.

Zhao Yan saw that this little sister was sent to light the fire before, and he was afraid that she would be on a business trip at a young age, so he followed. At this time, seeing her longing on her face, I didn't know what she was thinking, so I sent her into the house, and I sat in front of the stove, filling it with firewood.

Not...... The county examination or state examination is held in February every year, and the Shenzhou state government will issue an announcement one month before the exam, and then the candidates will go to the state government room to register, and they need to fill in the personal confession, mutual agreement, and affidavit.

The pro-confession is the resume, what name, age, place of origin, appearance, and the situation of the three generations of ancestors, etc., this is easy to say.

The knot is to ask the local Xiucai to have insurance, Ye Xiucai is not good, it needs to be a student in the local official school, to ensure that the candidate does not impersonate, does not hide the funeral, does not substitute, does not fake the name, ensures that the net worth is innocent, is not the son and grandson of the prostitute, and has not committed a crime or practiced the profession, and only after completing the above will he be admitted to the examination.

Xiucai students, also known as students, must be attached to the official school of their hometown, and are supervised and assessed by local school officials and school officials.

Local scholars, such as the professors of the prefecture schools, the state scholars, and the county scholars, each have three or four instructors to assist them.

If the academic and political officials are in the north and south, it is to mention the imperial history, and select from the supervision of the imperial history of the two capitals, which is the seventh grade. If it is in other provinces, it is to learn the Tao and do things, and it is selected from the inspection and envoy department, and it is the five products.

It is easy to say that Li Fuzi was a student in the state school a few decades ago, and he was called a 'scholar bully' in the post-secular world, and it is not trivial to guarantee Zhao Yan.

It's just that they are tied to each other, and Zhao Yan is a little difficult. Candidates take five people who take the same test, write five children's mutual tie insurance policies, and cheaters sit five people together, which is mutual knot.

If you find a few random scholars who are preparing to take the county exam, it is not a difficult thing to marry, I am afraid that some of them will not have confidence in their talents, and then cheat and be caught, then they will also be co-sitting, but it will be a disaster.