After the New Year, the day of the imperial examination is approaching day by day, the new year is renamed Xuanhe, and the provincial examination of the first year of Xuanhe is set on the first day of February. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, the provincial examination is only the second in the imperial examination, the following is the liberation examination, and there is the palace examination above, to some extent, the provincial examination is only the qualification examination of the palace examination, and the palace examination held immediately after the provincial examination is the beginning of the imperial examination that really determines the fate, and the emperor himself examines the provincial examination of the successful candidates, and the final ranking is discharged.

The results of the palace examination A list and B list, the first list refers to the top three, the one who wins the examination is called the Jinshi and the first, and the number of the B list is uncertain, most of them are about 20 people, these 20 people are given the Jinshi background, and the scholars who fail in the temple examination also have meritorious fame, and they are given the same Jinshi background, and they have the opportunity to serve as officials.

Since November last year, people from all over the world have arrived in the capital one after another, Gongsheng is a unique candidate for this imperial examination, and it is also a kind of compensation given to the local government by the Ministry of Rites because of the deprivation of the right to issue the examination papers, and a number of outstanding scholars from the state school are recommended to come to the capital to participate in the provincial examination, and the number of people is almost half of the quota for the liberation examination.

At this time, the scholars from all over the country who came to Bianjing to prepare for the imperial examination have approached 80,000 people, too students, new promotion people, and tribute students, but the most piece is still the former fallen scholars, aged from fifteen to sixty years old, the major inns in the capital have long been full, the monasteries and houses are also full of scholars, and the business of Bianjing has entered a golden age because of the arrival of scholars from all over the world.

Inns, restaurants, teahouses, green buildings, teaching workshops, brothels and other places can be seen everywhere the figure of the reader, even Bao Yan Zhai has set up a scholar counter in front of the door, every day there are scholars lined up in a long line, it is rare to enter Beijing once, of course, to bring some high-end things in the capital to the lady or mother, Bao Yan Zhai's rouge perfume has naturally become the first choice.

Wealthy scholars buy a few boxes of 20 yuan treasure boxes, and a slightly poorer scholar will also buy two-color rouge, or go to Li's rouge shop to buy some high-quality and cheap fat powder to bring back to their hometowns.

But the best business is the major restaurants, except for some extremely high-grade restaurants, such as alum lou and other restaurants, Bianjing's large, medium and small restaurants and various tile shops are occupied by scholars, everywhere is the accent of the south and the north, but everyone is talking about the same topic, the imperial examination, their faces are full of confident smiles, ten years of cold windows, everyone thinks that they are fully prepared, as long as it is fair competition, they will definitely be admitted to the imperial examination.

After the Midyear Festival, the carriage of time rushing towards the imperial examination accelerated suddenly, and day by day passed like a flip book, and in the blink of an eye, there were only ten days left before the prelude to the imperial examination began.

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing, as usual, sat down in the grove behind the dormitory for a while, which was a habit he had developed, and every afternoon he would take a quarter of an hour to walk here and breathe in the fresh air in the woods.

Li Yanqing likes plum and chrysanthemum the most, he stood in front of a plum tree, looking at the golden plum tree, delicate petals, dark yellow color, he seemed to see the most beautiful work of art in the world, this situation, reminded him of a quatrain: 'The shadow is sparse and the water is shallow, and the dark fragrance floats in the dusk of the moon'.

At this moment, a gong-like shout suddenly came to mind behind him: "Ha! It turned out to be here. ”

All the beauty and mood were destroyed by this shout, Li Yanqing turned around, and saw a fat guy appear next to the woods, with a beckon-like foolish smile on his face, it turned out to be the big fat man Zheng Rongtai.

Li Yanqing said angrily: "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm coming to you for a drink!"

Zheng Rongtai's biggest advantage is that he is thick-skinned, Li Yanqing is not polite to him, he is not angry, he ran up and said with a smile: "I only went back to the capital last night, and I wanted to come to you as soon as I opened my eyes in the morning, but unfortunately I was pulled by the uncle, don't you think I have lost weight again?" ”

Zheng Rongtai turned around in front of Li Yanqing like Zhu Bajie dancing ballet, Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "I can't see where I am thin, I just feel the same as before, but I am much thinner than when I first met you." ”

Li Yanqing is telling the truth, when he first met this big fat man, it was like a mountain of meat, and then he was a little thinner in the capital and became a hippopotamus, and then he taught him to lose weight, so he lost weight again and became a mountain boar, and then he has maintained this body shape.

Li Yanqing couldn't help but smile and said, "It's good to be able to keep it, it's worth encouraging." ”

"Let's go! We drink in the alum building. ”

Zheng Rongtai impatiently pulled Li Yanqing away, Li Yanqing hesitated, "Don't go to Alum Tower!" ”

Zheng Rongtai suddenly reacted, he remembered the group of Western Xia warriors, and his enthusiasm for going to the Alum Tower immediately subsided, so he scratched his head, "Then where do you say to go?" ”

"Go to Sangjiawa!"

Taixue opened the west gate last year, outside the west gate is the Cai River, and the other side of the river is also a very lively place in Bianjing, Sangjiawa is located in it, and then go to the northwest for a mile is the Xingguo Temple.

Zheng Rongtai was still a little hesitant, he thought that the grade of the Sang family was too low, Li Yanqing's eyes widened, "Are you going or not going?" ”

"Go! Go! Go! Zheng Rongtai agreed.

Li Yanqing went back to the dormitory to clean up a little, and then walked towards Sangjiawa with Zheng Rongtai.

Sangjiawa is located in the west of Deyi Nanqiao, this area is a gathering place of foreign population, densely populated, prosperous business, but the grade is relatively low, most of the private houses are mainly rented houses, there are also many official rentals, more than 10,000 auditors who attend classes in Taixue all the year round live here, and half live outside the city, because the rent in this area is cheap, and a large number of scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam also live here.

Sangjia tile shop is far less than the state of Xiwa or Xinmen tile shop, it is characterized by 'big and small', big refers to the tile shop covers a large area, there are hundreds of acres, by more than a dozen alleys and hundreds of buildings.

Miscellaneous refers to the shop is very many, dense, one by one, no planning, all kinds of trades are mixed together, each is not big, this is the meaning of 'small', the shop is small, the number is large, although there are more than 6,000 shops in Bianjing, but it does not include these dense and messy small shops, in addition to the cheapest brothels in Bianjing are also concentrated here, there are more than a dozen Sangjiawa shops, hidden in the depths of the dim alleys.

As Zheng Fatzi's royal relatives, of course, he looks down on these low-grade shops, but Li Yanqing doesn't care, although he is already very rich, he still does not change his true character of being born poor, and the people who open the shop here come from all over the world, and they can taste delicious food from all over the world.

"Find one! I was so hungry that I had cramps and couldn't walk. ”

Zheng Fat Man complained as he walked, he held a folding fan, and looked at all kinds of pedestrians around him with disgust, eating here really made him feel embarrassed.

"This one!"

Li Yanqing pointed to a restaurant next to him with great interest, the other shops were as greasy and shabby, and the signboard on it was vaguely recognizable, 'Xiangzhou crispy bone and meat.' ’

"Although the shop is not very good, the crispy meat is really authentic, and the hot and sour soup is also good, and I go to it every time I come here."

Zheng Rongtai's mouth is almost grinning to the root of his ears, he only came from Xiangzhou yesterday, and he wants him to eat Xiangzhou cuisine, is he greasy!

But he didn't dare to object, seeing that Li Yanqing had entered, he had to follow in listlessly.

The shop is very long and narrow, divided into two rooms, inside and outside, there are only three seats outside, one for two seats and one for single seats, and the inside room is covered by a curtain, so it is not clear to see, and it seems that there are many people.

The guy knew Li Yanqing, bowed down and smiled: "I'm really sorry Li Shaojun, there is no seat inside, just sit outside!" ”

"Okay! Fatty, let's just sit outside. ”

Zheng Rongtai suddenly found an excuse, and hurriedly said: "As soon as I sit on this body, I can't pass the aisle, otherwise, let's change it!" I'll come back next time to eat this. ”

Li Yanqing scratched his head, Zheng Rongtai's body was indeed too wide, as soon as he sat down, most of the narrow aisles were blocked, and it seemed that he could only change the house.

"Oh well! Let's go to someone else's house and have a look. ”

"Great!" As soon as Zheng Rongtai turned around, he walked out impatiently.

Li Yanqing was about to leave, when the curtain opened, and someone asked, "Why hasn't our food been served yet!" ”

This voice seemed a little familiar, as soon as Li Yanqing turned around, the man also saw Li Yanqing, the two were stunned for a moment, and said in unison: "It turned out to be you!" ”

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