Wen Dengke heard someone talking outside the door, so he went out of the courtyard and saw that it was Wang Erbao of the neighbor's house.

Wendenko said: "Is it the county order to hold an exam? What does this mean, our county has never held an exam before? ”

Wang Erbao said with a smile: "Isn't this a change of county order, this county order seems to have a lot of origin, and what you do is different from the previous county order." He said that it is a good thing to give you scholars the exam, so don't you know, can you go to the state in the future, if you want to be admitted to the imperial examination in the state, you must first be admitted in the county! ”

Wang Erbao didn't know much about the imperial examination, he thought that Yanzhou was already the largest city in the world, it was already so big that he couldn't imagine it, as for what Chang'an was like, it was too far away from him, he couldn't even imagine it.

So in Wang Erbao's feelings, he thinks that the imperial examination is to go to the state to take an exam, and then return to the county to be an official, at least to be an official like the lieutenant chief, and to manage the people of their village, of course, for Wang Erbao, the lieutenant chief is already quite a great existence.

Wen Dengke didn't explain to Wang Erbao what the imperial examination was all about, he just said: "I don't know what this notice means, have you read it completely?" ”

Wang Erbao said with a smile: "Brother Wen, what are you kidding with me, I can't read, how do I know what is written on the notice, I just heard the people in the city pass it on to each other, and after listening to it, I came back to report to you, if there is anything too specific, when your father and mother come back, you can ask them, they should be very concerned about this matter!" ”

Wen Dengke nodded, he thanked Wang Erbao, and went back to the house, but this time after he came back, his mood was not calm.

If the county can give them a test first, and then use the test ranking to select who should be promoted to the state, then this practice is undoubtedly fair.

Although Wen Dengke is a scholar, he has never left Qianfeng County, and he is not very clear about whether other counties outside are exams or not, but he is very excited that Qianfeng County will hold an exam, because he thinks that his opportunity has come.

Each county must recommend readers to the state, and then the state will select and screen them, and send the winning readers to Chang'an to take the exam.

If the county sends whoever goes, it is the county order that has the final say, so there are too many sayings in this, some people make money to buy places, and some people go through the officials in the county, except for a very small number of places that are obtained by reading and writing articles, most people are not relying on the ability to read and write articles, of course, this has to be called ability, what ability is not necessarily.

Although Wen Dengke is still quite confident in his level, after all, he has not really been in the examination room, so he must bear the burden of worrying, but after all, this is an opportunity, and he can get a place without spending money or relying on favors.

For him, an ordinary farmer's child, this is the best news.

Wen Dengke was very excited, he hadn't read much of the book all day, and when his parents Wen Laohan and Aunt Wen came back in the evening, he took the initiative to ask about it.

Wen Laohan said with a smile: "Son, you actually knew about this matter at home, and I was about to tell you, this matter is true, and it is known all over the county, and they all say that if the county order holds such an exam, it means that he really wants to select people who can read well and recommend it to Yanzhou!" ”

Aunt Wen also smiled and said: "Son, you have to take the exam well, this time your chance is really here, if you are like before, with spending money and relying on favors, our family is really not as good as those rich people in the county, but you are really better than them, then you are really better than them, I think your teacher at the beginning also praised you, saying that you are better at reading than him, and you will definitely be a person with great prospects in the future!" ”

Wen Laohan said: "The teacher he used to have, let's not mention it, it's not a good idea to be better than him in reading!" ”

Aunt Wen nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes, then let's not mention him!" ”

Wendenko said: "After all, he is my teacher, and when he enlightened me, he really tried his best, the teacher was just unlucky, but I am very grateful to him!" ”

Wen Laohan and Aunt Wen nodded again and again, saying that their son has a conscience and is knowledgeable, and the county magistrate will definitely like it.

Wen Laohan said: "Son, I heard that this exam is to be registered, tomorrow you will go to the city and report this name, so as not to go late and have no place, then you will not be able to pass the test." ”

Wen Dengke smiled: "How can there be no place, do you mean a place for the exam?" I think this registration is the county order to know how many students are in the county, and those who take this kind of exam can only be from their own county, and those from other counties will definitely not be able to! ”

Old Man Wen and Aunt Wen nodded together, they were very happy to hear the news, so happy that their son was right in everything, they just needed to nod their heads again and again.

The next morning, Wen Dengke got up early, washed up and had some breakfast, and then he went into the city, and after entering the city, he came to the gate of the county government, and sure enough, he saw a notice about the examination on the wall next to the gate of the county government.

The notice of this exam is actually very simple, and it does not say any specific situation, even the time of the exam is not clearly written.

But Wen Dengke asked the errand officer next to the notice, and the errand officer told him that as long as he entered the county office to register, he would get a specific time, and each candidate who signed up could also directly get a set of four treasures of the study home.

Wen Dengke entered the county office and found a place to register, the registration process was very simple, he just reported his name and household registration, and the registration was successful.

The official in charge of registration told him that the examination will be held on the first day of the next month, and the students who take the examination can enter the city one day in advance.

After the exam, the students go home directly, and wait until the fifth day of the junior high school, the county will invite all the students who participated in the exam, and set up a banquet in the Mandarin Duck Lake.

After the official told Wen Dengke about this, he took a small cloth bag and said to Wen Dengke: "This set of four treasures of the study room is ordered by the county magistrate, and the county will pay for you scholars, and I hope you can get good results in the exam." ”

Of course, this is what the official says to everyone who comes to sign up.

Wen Dengke took over the four treasures of the study, and after thanking him, he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask how many people came to register for this exam, are the students in the county school also coming to register?" ”

The official smiled and said: "That's natural, they must all come to sign up, but they didn't come in person, they all sent their families to sign up for them, anyway, they are not bad at this set of four treasures of the study!" ”

Wen Dengke smiled, he put the four treasures of the study under his armpit, and went out of the county office.

He looked at the people coming and going on the street, and thought to himself: "Those rich people don't necessarily study harder than me, they just have a good family background, if it seems like in the past everyone had to rely on their family background to decide the winner, then I can only admit defeat, but if I want to compete through articles now, then I am not afraid of them at all!" ”