The next day, Zhao Gou slept until he woke up naturally, and the whole person was refreshed, energetic, and full of energy. Please search (product & book ¥ net) to see the most complete! The fastest update is because I slept very early last night, and I didn't practice internal strength, and the first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was to practice martial arts, and I had to exercise when I woke up in the morning, which was something that couldn't be moved.

No matter how busy you are, the first thing you wake up in the morning is to practice martial arts. Even the cultivation of internal strength is also a kind of exercise, as the so-called day without practice is uncomfortable. Since abandoning literature and martial arts, Zhao Gou has never broken off, even if he is an official in the capital.

Now on the surface, he is a weak scholar and has no power to restrain the chicken, but in fact, his martial arts have reached a very high level, not only cultivating both inside and outside, but also learning very miscellaneous. In order to become more familiar, the only way to get a change is to keep repeating boring and generic moves.

Zhao Gou's internal strength has been completed, and it takes a lot of effort to continue to break through, not overnight, but every day. Zhao Gou knows that there has been a bottleneck in his internal strength, and in addition to making a breakthrough, he still has to rely on hard work, and there is still a trace of opportunity.

Nowadays, most of Zhao Gou's energy is focused on cultivating external skills, and internal skills are still cultivating but much less than before. If it weren't for Zhao Gou's constant repetition and evolution of all his moves, he would slowly absorb them into his own martial arts, which would be unique.

"Young Master, it's time to rest!" Steward Wang saw that the hour was almost up, so he ordered Xiao Er to bring a basin of water, towels, etc., already some wine and food, and after Zhao Gou washed, he ate some things, and then prepared to continue on the road.

The two of them galloped all the way, and finally arrived at the territory of Ye County, Xiangzhou Mansion, looking at the stone monument standing, Steward Wang asked respectfully: "Young Master, not far ahead is Xiangzhou Mansion!" Let's go and meet them first, or find an inn to stay in! ”

Zhao thought for a moment and replied, "Let's go to Ye County first and get acquainted with it." It just so happens that I haven't gone to the Gongyuan yet, so it's good to get familiar with it this time. ”

So, Steward Wang followed behind Zhao Gou, and the two of them hurried forward and soon arrived at Ye County.

The name of "Ye County" has always been a long time, since the Spring and Autumn Period Qi Huan Gong began to build Ye City, Ye as the name of the county, after several changes, in the Northern Song Dynasty Ye County called Xiangzhou, the two are called together. There are four districts under the jurisdiction of Ye County, namely Anyang County, Linzhou City, Tangyin County and Linzhang County, which belong to Zhending Mansion on Hebei West Road; Xiangzhou is the right name, and Yejun is the place where the kings are rewarded.

Yejun is an ancient name, now known as Anyang, and is one of the eight ancient capitals of China; There were seven dynasties such as the Shang Dynasty and Cao Wei, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Qianyan, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi to build their capitals here, and they were known as the "ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties". Zhao Gou once came to Anyang City in later generations and also visited, while Ye County in the Northern Song Dynasty came for the first time, so he wanted to look around to see what the difference was.

Zhao Gou and Steward Wang rode horses and galloped for half an hour to arrive at Yejun City, looking at the city wall made of blue bricks, there were rows of soldiers standing on the city tower, and there were eight people guarding the city gate.

"Why are the guards so tight?" Zhao Gou said in surprise.

According to common sense, it is impossible for any state or county to have so many soldiers come to guard it; At first glance, it looks like a war. If the city walls are full of officials, it is reasonable, but I don't know why there are so many people, which makes Zhao Gou a little strange.

Steward Wang replied: "Young master doesn't know, this time the emperor opened Enke, which is a major event of the country, just in case, or someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, not only the local state government officials are dispatched, but even the soldiers are sent over, so it is heavily guarded." ”

"Even so, there shouldn't be so many people!" Zhao Gou still didn't understand in his heart, even if it was a state test, it was to select talents for the Great Song Dynasty, and there would not be so many officers and soldiers, even the soldiers were dispatched, it was really a bit of a labor.

Even the high school entrance examination in later generations is not necessarily so cautious, the college entrance examination is different, and it is not so exaggerated, as if seeing the college entrance examination in later generations, it is not the police who open the way, but special forces or the army coming, such a formation is only afraid that no one dares to move.

If you can try to do this, it is understandable, but the state test is a bit too much.

"The Great Song Dynasty is heavy on literature and military suppression, and civil officials have a very important position in the court, and this is also to give respect to Gongsheng, so that they can play better without any disturbance." Steward Wang then added, "I almost forgot that there are special arrangements for Gongsheng to participate in the state examination and the general examination every year. ”

"And special arrangements?" Zhao Gou looked at Steward Wang in surprise, he didn't expect Da Song to be so good, providing accommodation for free, it was indeed thoughtful, but such a silver two is a lot.

Seeing Zhao Gou's appearance like this, Steward Wang knew that he was thinking crookedly, and explained: "Specially arrange accommodation, or you need to take the exam at your own expense. If everything is arranged by the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be a large amount of expenditure, and there will be tens of thousands of candidates every year, and any one person will not be able to do it. ”

Zhao Gou nodded, what Steward Wang said was also right, if everything was spent by the imperial court, I was afraid that it would be comparable to military expenses. Then, Zhao Gou and Steward Wang entered the city together, but were stopped by the soldiers for inspection, he directly took out the letter of recommendation and released him directly, and also pointed out the candidate's inn in detail.

Zhao Gou nodded in agreement, but he didn't think about living there in his heart. After all, some things are not very convenient. Therefore, after Zhao Gou and Steward Wang happily entered the city, they walked around. At this time, Yecheng gave Zhao Gou the feeling of being prosperous and annoying, and the most sold on the streets and alleys were pen, ink, paper, inkstone, books, etc.

After shopping around, Zhao Gou also went to the place where the imperial court arranged to live, and looked around, the environment was not very good, and the price was higher. So, Zhao Gou politely refused, and just walked to the door to see a poor scholar coming, but the inn's shopkeeper and others ignored it, which made him a little curious, and only after asking did he know that this is a partnership between the county guard and the local people to obtain such qualifications, so the price is higher, and the real reception is not a scholar, but a person with a better family background, or an official position in Beijing to live, which can be regarded as a status symbol.

"What a profit is everywhere! ......" Zhao Gou frowned, turned and left, "Let's go to the Gongyuan again!" ”

Steward Wang followed, and Zhao Gou asked passers-by, and after pointing out, he knew where the Gongyuan was. In later generations, the Gongyuan has long been dilapidated and no longer exists. In addition, Zhao Gou also wants to familiarize himself with the road in advance, as well as the exam environment, which is a must-have for candidates.

When Zhao Gou came to the Gongyuan, he found that the door was full of people, looking at most of the candidates who were from different four counties, everyone looked at the Gongyuan yearningly, but no one took a step forward, and Zhao Gou finally squeezed through only to find that the gate of the Gongyuan was closed and no one was allowed to enter.

In desperation, Zhao Gou could only stand outside and take a look, and could only see the red and white brick walls, and he didn't know anything about the situation inside, and he couldn't see it. However, seeing the yearning eyes of everyone, Zhao Gou also guessed what they thought, as long as they entered the Tribute Academy, they would be qualified to achieve fame, and then rise step by step, but imagination is always much better than reality, and after the results were announced, some people were happy and some were worried.