Chapter 39: The Tribute House

Jeju belongs to Jingxi Road and has jurisdiction over four counties. Juye County is Juye County, Yuncheng County, Rencheng County, and Jinxiang County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOn this day, Jeju students took the state exam, and more than 300 talents from the four counties gathered in Jeju City.

As early as a few days ago, there were many shows that came to Jeju, and Wang Lun's Zuixianlou also entertained many guests. In order to encourage these talents in the same department, Wang Lun also specially presented some snacks and a set of four treasures for each person.

For this state test, Wang Lun must go all out. I slept very early last night, and I woke up just after dawn this morning. After a punch with Wang Xin, I had breakfast with everyone. Since Su Xiuxiu arrived home, she has made breakfast these days.

I saw two side dishes on the table, as well as rice porridge, steamed buns, eggs and fried dough sticks. Seeing the last two kinds of food, Wang Lun thought to himself that the meaning of this percentage was not in the Northern Song Dynasty. Shaking his head, Wang Lun quickly finished breakfast and said goodbye to his mother.

Su Xiuxiu helped Xiao Lingguan prepare bedding, blankets, food boxes, snacks, spare clothes, kettles, candles, oil lamps and other things. After carefully inspecting them, they were all packed in a large examination basket with a shoulder and loaded into the carriage. On this day, only Zhu Gui took care of the Drunken Immortal Building, and Du Qian and Wang Xin Xiaolingguan sent Wang Lun to the examination room.

Everything was ready to stop, Su Xiuxiu walked up to Wang Lun shyly and handed Wang Lun a lucky charm. "Brother Wang, this is the lucky charm I asked for in the Land Temple, bless you with success once you go." As if feeling everyone's smiling expressions, Su Xiuxiu also ran back to the room.

Wang Lun received the lucky charm, did not dare to delay, and went directly to the Jeju Tribute Hospital. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were a total of four exams, all of which required candidates to take the exam in advance and stay until the end of the exam.

The state government of the Song Dynasty released the examination, inherited the system of five generations, and the Jinshi Department was poor in the judge examination, if the judge did not know the article, that is, he was selected in the middle of the work. If the records are not in the army, they will be selected from the state and county officials, and the judges will supervise the examination. After Zhenzong, he was sentenced by the state government to be the invigilator. The current state and county officials who have a background are examiners, but they are not allowed to send county orders, so as not to affect government affairs.

At this time, the Zhuzhou Tribute Courtyard was also quite large-scale, with dozens of rooms, three or five hundred, or even thousands. Unlike in the early years of the founding of the country, there were sometimes exams in monastic schools. The shape of the Gongyuan is generally divided into places such as invigilation, examination, sealing, transcription, patrol shop, and prison door, which is quite complete.

Generally, on the sixth day of the first month of August in the state examination, the examiners enter the state examination and first hold a banquet on the curtain, and all the officials inside and outside the curtain must go to the banquet. After the banquet, the inner curtain officer enters the inner curtain of the back hall, the invigilator seals the door, the inner and outer curtain officials do not interact with each other, and the inner curtain official cannot have anything to do with him except for reviewing the test papers.

Wang Lun came to Jeju Gongyuan and saw a sea of people here. This is not surprising, although there are not many people who take the exam, there are many people who can't stop them from seeing them off. In addition, there was a group of soldiers who maintained order in front of the Gongyuan, and the scene was also very chaotic.

In order to avoid crowding with everyone, Wang Lun stood far away from the Gongyuan Courtyard, and it was still a long time before the Gongyuan opened anyway. At the same time, he also sent Wang Xin and the three of them to find a circle of old master Liu, as well as Shen Xiucai and Liang Xiucai, who were with him.

The so-called guarantee is that three Xiucai in the same county who take the exam at the same time guarantee each other, and if the identity of one of them is false, the other two will be implicated.

There are seven things to be protected: first, concealment of worries; 2. Having committed criminal responsibility; 3. Unfilial piety and unkindness, and the traces are clear; Fourth, the violation of the constitution, two redemption or no redemption for harming the township; 5. Non-local, fake household impersonation; 6. Ancestors and fathers have committed crimes of the fourth degree or more; 7. Those who are miscellaneous industrial and commercial and have been monks and Taoists are not allowed to respond. Violators, I will be sent in accordance with the regulations, and the same as the Guarantor Palace. In addition to these seven things, the Ministry of Rites and Tribute Institute was re-deleted.

After a while, Du Qian and Wang Xin came back one after another, in addition to Liu Fuzi and Shen Xiucai and Liang Xiucai, who were jointly protected by Wang Lun, what Wang Lun didn't expect was that Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian also came. Wang Lun thanked everyone separately, and several people also returned the salute.

Old Master Liu had high hopes for Wang Lun's exam, and said earnestly: "You must go all out in this state exam, and you can be successful in your level." ”

Xiao Rang also said on the side: "I wish Brother Wang Guibang High School success immediately." ”

Everyone's auspicious words, Wang Lun listened to it a lot, and he was numb for a long time, and accepted it calmly.

Seeing that the time is not early, the Gongyuan is about to open. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting Wang Lun's name, "Brother Wang Lun...... Wang Lun Brothers......"

At this time, although the Gongyuan was noisy, this shout overwhelmed everyone, and the surroundings were silent. The guards over there were also alarmed, and a few of them stepped forward to intercept them.

Wang Lun heard someone shouting, looking for prestige, only to see a majestic man riding on a horse, it was the Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai.

Before several soldiers arrived, Wang Lun hurriedly beckoned Chao Gai over. "Brother Chao, I'm here ......"

Chao Gai came to Wang Lun and got off the horse, and said, "When I learned about today's state test, I rushed over early in the morning. I thought that you would have come to the Tribute Temple a long time ago, so I waited here. ”

At this time, it was already autumn, the weather was slightly cool, and I looked at Chao Gai covered in sweat, which must have been caused by hurrying. Wang Lun was also very happy to have such a true temperament and true heroism as Chao Gai.

After thanking Chao Gai, Wang Lun introduced everyone around him to Chao Gai one by one. At this time, he and Chao Gai had a sincere relationship, and he had no scruples.

Shen Liang and the two scholars just nodded at Chao Gai, indicating that they had seen it. Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian had heard of Chao Gai's reputation and bowed deeply. At the same time, the two of them looked at Wang Lun even more, and it was really rare for a scholar to be so respected by King Chao.

A few people chatted a few more words, and as soon as the hour arrived, the gate of the originally closed tribute courtyard opened with a bang. A group of soldiers surrounded the two examiners and walked out of the Gongyuan Shi Shiran, and a group of Xiucai unconsciously rushed up, but they were stopped by the soldiers.

As soon as he saw that he was about to enter the tribute courtyard, Wang Lun said goodbye to Liu Fuzi and Chao Gai Xiao and asked a few people, and asked Du Qian Wang Xin to entertain him instead of himself, and he and Shen Xiucai and Liang Xiucai also came to the gate of the tribute courtyard.

One of the examiners had big ears and a thick black beard under his chin, frowned when he saw the chaos of the scene, and shouted loudly: "Come on, maintain order!" ”

A man who looked like a general stepped forward to promise, and led a group of soldiers and officials to push and shove at the talents. Several thin Xiucai were almost pushed to the ground, but Wang Lun and the three of them were far away and were not affected. Wang Lun frowned, no wonder the Great Song Dynasty valued literature over military force, and many military attachΓ©s bullied civilian officials. Don't these soldiers also bully the scholars during the exams? It took a while for everyone to stand in line and get ready to enter.

The two examiners seemed to have seen Wang Lun in the Zuixianlou, but at this time, there were many candidates, and Wang Lun recognized them, but they couldn't recognize Wang Lun. Seeing that the hour had come, one of them commanded, "You can begin." ”

The talents lined up in a long line and entered the Gongyuan one after another. The soldiers of the Gongyuan are very strict with each Xiucai, and they have to look through the things they bring one by one. Wang Lun saw with his own eyes that several old brothers were found to be pocket cheat sheets, and they were forked out by the soldiers on the spot, and their fame was removed.

Finally, it was Wang Lun's turn to enter the arena, and a former official searched Wang Lun's whole body, and checked the things in Wang Lun's basket one by one. The official was about to let Wang Lun in, but was unexpectedly stopped by Yang Dutou, who was present. "Wait!"

was stopped at this time, Wang Lun was not surprised, but just looked at Yang Dutou coldly.

Yang Du looked at Wang Lun and sneered, waved his hand and ordered; "Fork out!"

Wang Lun knew that Yang Dutou was pretending to be public and private, his brows jumped, and he shouted: "You dare!" ”

"Shout, it's quite horizontal!" Seeing Wang Lun's tough attitude, Yang Dutou pointed to the jade pendant on Wang Lun's body and said, "There are words on it, and there is a suspicion of cheating." ”

Wang Lun was wearing nothing more than an ordinary jade pendant, and immediately scolded: "Nonsense! ”

Yang Dutou relied on his official body, this time he had a command, and said triumphantly: "This jade pendant is a dragon character, the chief examiner has ordered, and everything with handwriting will be punished!" ”

Wang Lun's jade pendant is in the shape of a dragon, which resembles the word dragon, so Yang Dutou took advantage of this to make a living.

The two were arguing here, and the show behind them was blocked, and there was a commotion, and the two prison guards over there were also alarmed. "What's going on?"

Over there, Yang Du finished his report with oil and vinegar, and squeezed his eyes to demonstrate to Wang Lun.

Wang Lun was so angry that he looked at Yang Dutou like a dead man. But he knew that he couldn't afford to lose a big deal at this time, so he explained: "It's right to check to prevent entrainment, but you can't overdo everything." ”

"If the jade pendant is like a dragon, it is cheating, then everyone present is cheating."

Wang Lun argued with reason and said to the two prison officers. "When a person's hands are placed vertically on both sides, it is a "person" character, and when his arms are open, it is a "big" character. According to Yang Dutou, isn't this cheating? ”

At this time, the talents who were waiting outside to be bullied by the soldiers and officials stopped doing it, stood with Wang Lun, and said one after another: "How can this be reasonable, this is a blatant framing? ”

"That's it, my bookcase is still a mouthpiece!"

"It's too unreasonable, I still have a birthmark like a word on my body, how can I count it?"

The noise came and went, and the two prison officials were afraid that the matter would be big, so they immediately made the decision. "Release!"

The two also glared at Yang Du fiercely, and there were extraneous branches. If the talents make trouble and there is a problem in the state test, the two of them will definitely be implicated.

After Wang Lun strode into the Tribute Courtyard, he looked back at Yang Dutou and did not hide his killing intent.