One.

In the twenty-first year of King Ping, the five-year Zhen Ying exam in Chenguo has arrived again. Two hundred students from all over the country who were selected to participate in the official examination poured into Wucheng.

Two.

I woke up early in the morning, and my wife, who was woken up by me, got up angry and didn't let me go.

"Today, I'm going to go into the palace to take a look at Zhen Ying's exam, and this year is my third brother's main exam, I have to go in and see him."

"What Zhen Ying exam, I remember what exam my brother also took back then." Madame asked in a daze.

"Your brother... Think about it... Dongyuan was the fourth in the sixteenth year of King Ping, and was later transferred to Cangzhou to do the history of assassination. I nodded, "If Chen Guo is an official, he must pass the Zhen Ying exam." ”

"But you haven't taken the test." Madame pointed at me.

"Then I... I'm hereditary my father's... Didn't my third brother take the exam, one year earlier than your brother. ”

"Then how to take the test, Chenguo is so big."

"The country of Chen is divided into five states, with cities and townships under the jurisdiction of the state, and villages under the jurisdiction of the township. A total of 100 people from different villages in a city or township are selected to participate in the city or township examination to participate in the state examination. Two hundred of these 500 people were selected to come to Wucheng to participate in the official examination. The top ten will be selected to participate in the palace examination, and the rest will be assigned to various positions. ”

"After taking the test so many times, my brother really worked hard back then..."Mrs. thoughtfully, "What is the standard?" ”

"The Chenguo exam is divided into three subjects, liberal arts, science, and martial arts, and the content of each subject is different, and there will be special officials in charge, and only Jinglun is required to take the three subjects, but the score requirements are different, the liberal arts are the highest, the science is second, and the martial arts are again. Because Zhen Ying's exam is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the chief examiner has always been the secretary or squire of the Ministry of Rites, so I asked the housekeeper yesterday to buy the third brother's favorite golden bell burn, and planned to enter the palace to give it to him today. I said, "Okay, I see you're awake too, and you're going to change my clothes today?" ”

Madame got out of bed to help me get my clothes, and said, "But Zhen Ying's exam, I don't feel like it has anything to do with you." ”

"The palace examination is the prime minister, the king of Yuwen, and the national teacher, and finally His Majesty will ask questions separately, and the results will be announced three days later. I had to be in the palace for a few days. Today is the first day of the official examination, and I will go in first to find my third brother. ”

"I think it's for the third brother to help you think about how to solve the problem." Mrs. tied my belt and hung my purse, "Jinglun, you can't do it yourself, and you have to take the test for others." ”

I pinched her face: "As far as you know me, I'm really cramming." ”

I walked out the door and heard a commotion outside, so I asked Qiu Ming to see it. The housekeeper replied: "There is a poor beggar at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the people chased him, but he refused to leave, and his mouth was full of nonsense. ”

"Check it out."

There was really a beggar outside the door, his clothes were ragged, and his body exuded a sour smell, I immediately covered my nose, he saw me pounce at my feet at once, Qiu Ming immediately blocked in front of me, and shouted: "Wild people, don't be rude to the prime minister!" ”

"I'm here to take the exam in the capital, but look at the high-walled compound in your house, the corners of the wall are warm, lean on it, why do you come to drive people away?" That's humane.

"With your virtue, you still come to the exam?" I covered my nose.

"With your virtue, you are still a prime minister?"

"Presumptuous!" Qiu Ming raised his hand and was about to fight, but he didn't care about seeing that he was dirty, so he didn't start.

"Well, yes, yes, my virtue is to be the prime minister, what is your opinion?" I became interested in this person, waved my hand to let Qiu Ming retreat behind me, and looked at him with a smile.

He probably didn't expect me to be so brazen, so he was stunned and counterattacked: "I'm just here for the exam, what is your opinion?" ”

"Where are you from? What is your name? How sure are you of the exam? ”

"Cangzhou Dong Wenliang, grasp it, it's hard to say that there are ninety percent, but ten percent are."

"Yours but how to use it, this level is still here to take the Zhen Ying exam, you are actually qualified to take the official exam..."I am deeply worried about the future of Chen Guo, "Qiu Ming, go find a hut for him to live in, and take him to take a bath and eat." ”

"Xiangye, this..."Qiu Ming looked at Dong Wenliang with disgust.

"The law of Chenguo, don't humiliate the scholar, I insulted him just now, so it is counted as compensation, during his exam, he will live in the Prime Minister's Mansion." I got into the carriage and said, "Hurry into the palace." ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Dong Wenliang stood up with a smile, bowed to me, and swaggered into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He must not be an ordinary person, because he has the Tiger Jade on him that can only be rewarded by the first rank of the Wu Kingdom.

When I entered the palace, there were already a lot of people outside, I went directly to the Ministry of Rites, and found that the third brother was sealing the test papers, I leaned over, and the third brother immediately put the test papers away, and said, "Look at what, state secrets." ”

"Third brother, you're too stingy, I'm not a candidate, take a look at what's wrong."

"No, it just doesn't. By the way, what are you doing in the palace, isn't the palace test going to be held half a month later? ”

"I'm coming in to comfort the hard-working examiner." I had a smile on my face.

"Come on, you're eighty percent here to help you with the exam questions." The third brother smiled, "There is still half a month, and it is enough for you to go back and memorize the Analects." ”

"I haven't memorized something for 20 years, how can I memorize it in half a month? I can't come up with a question, it's okay for me to lose face, if I lose the face of our family, it won't be good, don't you say, third brother? ”

The third brother didn't speak, and turned his back to me to sort out the test papers.

"Third brother..."

"If you really can't do it, you just test what you're good at. What will you do, what will you test them, and you must be elegant, not any antique jade, you must be able to test your talent. The third brother said, "By the way, there are fifty-six women in the two hundred people this year, and the policy of the women's Zhenying examination may be relaxed in the future. ”

"Didn't Wu Mo get Tanhua five years ago, and she didn't want to be an official herself, and the household department reserved a seat for her, but she ran away." I played with the things on the third brother's bookcase, "Third brother, do you have a list of 200 people here this year?" ”

"The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the entire Zhenying exam, do you think I have it?"

"Then you check, is there anyone named Dong Wenliang."

The third brother asked a subordinate to fetch several boxes, all of which had different radicals written on them, and the third brother took the box next to the grass and found Dong Wenliang's file for me.

"These are all materials handed over by the Hades team, and they are very credible." Third Brother Road.

"Who knows that there are no other documents in the Hades team that have not been handed in." I muttered, I once wanted to check my father's documents, but was rejected by "the level is not enough to check", I almost vomited blood, the prime minister's rank is not enough, it is clear that there is a problem, and my father's death is definitely strange.

"He's really from the Wu Kingdom." I flipped through it and said, "The Chen Kingdom came from the Three Kingdoms Rebellion, so that Tiger Jade should have been passed down from my father." I said, "Third brother, how about I make a bet with you, he will definitely be able to enter the palace for the test." ”

The third brother raised his eyebrows: "You see that people are always accurate, I don't bet with you." He filled in the science major, and volunteered to be Qin Tianjian. The results of the state exam are very good, and the motivation is a bit low. ”

"Some people like to go high, some people like to go low, I saved him today, he will repay me one day, and he can be used by me." I said, "Third brother, don't underestimate Qin Tianjian. ”

Three.

The official examination lasts for three days, there are written examinations and interviews, the results are released ten days after the official examination, and then the palace examination will be held in two days. Every year, the questions of the exam will be printed in the Di Bao and distributed nationwide, and the sample essays and answers will also be printed in the Di Bao, and the sales of the Di Bao are always the highest in five years.

Chenguo's newspaper is a cooperation between the government and the people, the official is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and the big boss of the people is called Buluo, and all the questions and answers will be issued after he has seen them first. Five years ago, before the results of the Zhenying exam were released, there were good people in the people who spread false news, Bro rubbed hookah at home, came out in the evening and said "It's all fake", and went back to continue rubbing hookah, but the people's hearts were set.

This year's exam paper release day happened to be the day after the Dragon Boat Festival, so King Ping simply invited Quanwucheng to eat zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival, watched the lanterns at night, wrote down the wishes of high school on the lamp, and announced the results at the next hour.

I have seen the appearance of the day the results were announced, two hundred people knelt outside the Beichen Palace, and the results and whereabouts of the two hundred people were read out by the King of Yuwen, and the last ten people were the participants of the palace examination, and this reading lasted all morning, and when ten were read, the King of Yuwen would sit down and drink a cup of tea. The candidates whose names were read were either crying with joy, kowtowing, depressed, or smiling, showing all kinds of life one by one.

Today's Dragon Boat Festival, my wife and I also went to join in the fun.

My wife and I ate two zongzi and planned to eat, I saw Chen Hanshi being surrounded by a group of concubines and went out for a walk, I saw the evening cherry blossom and the soft green watching the lights together, He Yunsheng carrying things in the back, I saw Dong Wenliang stealing food with a smile, and then hooked up with the girl with a smile, and saw Sun Yuji dislike the unpalatable zongzi...

When it is time to unitary, fireworks will be set off, and the entire sky of Wucheng will be filled with fireworks, going up here and falling there.

As I walked, I saw Wu Mo drawing, so I stopped to chat with her.

"Why did you give up being an official in the first place?"

"Because I don't want to do it." Wu Mo is painting fireworks, one stroke at a time, sketching them casually.

"Then why take the test?"

"If there's this exam, why don't you take it? To be honest, he and I both took the exam that year, and that month, he actually had the interest of cooking, although it was not delicious, but we still finished happily, reading together at night, and entering the examination room together during the day, he could also go to be a doctor, but he was different from Sun Yuji. Sun Yuji didn't have to worry about it, so he was willing to enter the palace as a doctor, he had concerns, and I also had them, so I didn't want to enter the palace. Thinking about it now, I don't remember the hard work at that time, the nervousness when waiting for the results, I only remember that he asked me if I was tired after the exam. ”

Chen Yiming, who was sitting on the side and teasing the herbs, coughed twice: "You don't have to talk to him about everything. ”

"Tired or not?" I asked Wu Mo with a grin.

Chen Yiming flew over with a golden needle: "Get out!" ”

My wife and I came out of Zhuxuan. Walking aimlessly, it's time in a blink of an eye, and there are a lot fewer people on the street, my wife and I just arrived at the house, and slept in loose clothes, when we heard the housekeeper shouting outside: "Oh no, Xiangye, it's not good, Hanlin Courtyard is out of the water!" ”