Chapter 404: What Do You Ask For?
After a long winter, the warm breeze of early spring slowly blew into the capital, and after the baptism of winter, the branches of the bare willow trees sprouted new shoots, and greenery spread on the streets. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
People also put away their thick winter coats, and the refreshing spring shirts occupied the capital.
Also occupying the capital is not only the spring shirts all over the street, but also many scholars from all over the country who enter Beijing to participate in the spring festival, and many of the scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam begin to prepare for the Beijing exam one or two months in advance.
After experiencing the wind and snow on the way, we finally met the dawn of the capital. Spring is the national examination of the scientific examination, held every three years, because in the spring, so also the first test, respectively in February 9th, 12th, 15th scientific examination, a total of three, each three days, in fact, last year has been held in the spring.
But because it was the new monarch who ascended the throne, he opened a special department, and there was this scientific expedition.
On the other hand, the autumn festival is on the 9th, 12th, and 15th days of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and there are also three sessions, each of which is three days, but the difference is that the autumn festival is the time for the students of the township examination.
In our impression, it seems that most of the people who come to the capital to take the test are poor scholars, as the so-called saying is called "Chao is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is Tianzitang".
This sentence is not bad, but what is said is not just about the examination, but about the entire imperial examination system, not only to win the jinshi, but also to be able to soar in the first department.
After passing the township examination and becoming a lifter, it can already be called a Tianzi Hall, because at this time, the lifter not only obtained the qualification for the examination, but also regarded as having the right path to be an official.
It can be seen from the "History of Confucianism" that Fan Jin's relatives and neighbors flattered him after the middle lift, and even the squire went to make friends with him, just because he had the qualifications to be an official.
Therefore, the poor scholars we saw in film and television dramas going to Beijing to take the exam can really only exist in everyone's imagination, not to mention that Chen Shimei, who has already won the promotion, will be a poor boy and a family that can't afford to eat.
In the spring, the snow has melted on the canals near the capital, so the candidates not only come by horse-drawn carts, but also by large boats.
However, compared to the candidates who are confident and arrogant, the hotels in the capital are not so face-saving, and those who come early can find a place to live, and those who come late can only add money to live in expensive places or find temples and Taoist temples to live in, which is no different from the college entrance examination economy in the previous life.
There is a temple in the southeast of the capital, it is very famous, it is called Qiyun Temple, this Qiyun Temple has a beautiful environment, it is a good place to read books.
Therefore, many candidates for the imperial examination did not choose a hotel near the examination room before the examination, but chose to come to Qiyun Temple, one is to take a fancy to the environment here, and the other is that many candidates here have won the imperial examination, as if they are blessed by gods and Buddhas.
As a result, the combination of the two conditions makes candidates who want to stay here even more flocking.
At this time, Qiyun Mountain is a rare clear sky, in such good weather, there are more people in Qiyun Temple, some are people who go up the mountain to pray for blessings, and some are candidates who want to stay.
At this time, halfway up the mountain, there is a man and a woman walking up the mountain, the man is carrying a slow burden on his back, walking lazily, taking one step and resting two steps, always seems to be sleeping but not sleeping, if it is seen by the gentleman of the school, it must be punished well.
The woman in front of her was bouncing, as if she had endless energy, but whenever the woman looked back at the man behind her, she was always angry.
"Humph! Mo Qian, why do you always walk so slowly, like an old man. ”
"My lord of the county, don't you feel tired after we have climbed the mountain for so long? Why don't we find a place to sit down and drink some water? Mo Qian said and found a place to sit down.
"Mo Qian, after all, you are still a martial arts practitioner, are you tired after walking such a little way?" Lord Liyun said proudly.
Mo Qian touched his nose and climbed up from the foot of the mountain, looking not very high, but the mountain is not gentle, and everyone will be tired, but today the county lord doesn't know why, he has been jumping up and down since he came out with himself, just like inexhaustible strength.
But it's also to think about it, after all, it's been a winter in the palace, and the rare spring is coming, so it's understandable to be excited.
But Mo Qian is different, he, the master of the Dragon Guardian Villa, should be the same as a national civil servant, not only has to manage the affairs of the villa, but also has to manage the displaced people who were taken in in the villa last year, and there is also the matter of preparing for the terraced sowing of the terraces in the near future, and the strength to climb the mountain is only to follow the county lord to ask for rest.
But after all, the county lord still sat down beside Mo Qian with a smile, and I have to say that she was still in a very good mood today.
"County Lord, Your Majesty has sent our mountain villa to be responsible for the safety and cheating of this Spring Mansion, what are you bringing me to this Qiyun Temple for?"
Mo Qian asked puzzledly, could it be that it is really the same as the college entrance examination in the previous life, and you have to worship a Buddha before this exam?
Lord Liyun tilted his head and thought about it, and only after a long time did he say: "Candidates who have always lived in Qiyun Temple will have Dengke and rank, and the proportion is not small, I am a little curious, so I want to see if the Bodhisattva here is really so spiritual." ”
"Maybe it's a psychological effect, maybe it's just a coincidence, but since everyone thinks so, and the candidate himself thinks so, then he has the confidence to take the exam, and naturally there are more people who are in the first place."
Mo Qian said with a smile, although this bodhisattva is an ethereal thing, but to a certain extent, it can help people pick up faith.
Just like the psychology that has now been proven to be unscientific, "unreasonableness outside the heart" and "nothing outside the heart" sound ridiculous now, but it is not without merit, and the thoughts in the heart play a major role in a person's behavior.
Seeing Mo Qian naturally associate, the county lord of Liyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, of course he couldn't say it, it's all you who are stupid, you know how to run around all day long, and you don't know that the county lord is flustered in the palace, right?
"You have also heard, the Bodhisattva on this mountain is too spiritual, my neighbor's son, last year was to live here before the exam, I didn't expect that the original not very spiritual brain suddenly opened, and also entered the top three, this year my son imperial examination, I also came to the Bodhisattva on the pillar incense, ask the Bodhisattva to bless."
The woman who was passing by heard Mo Qian and Liyun County Lord talking, and also interjected by the way.
"Yes, yes, I just think that the Bodhisattva imperial examination on this mountain is very spiritual, so I came to take a look, and by the way, I also worship the Bodhisattva." The county lord of Liyun thought of something else in his heart, and only responded with nonsense.
"Well, then you're also here to help people ask for the imperial examination?"
"No, I'm asking for marriage." Lord Liyun blurted out.