"It is precisely because of the glory and nobility of the Jinshi Branch that there are many people staring at it, at least seventy percent of the scholars in the world gather on this subject, and the imperial court takes no more than thirty new Jinshi in the Jinshi Branch every year, the road is a good road, but this road is too difficult to walk", just thinking of this admission ratio, Tang Que shuddered a little, compared with the single-plank bridge of the Tang Dynasty Jinshike, the college entrance examination in later generations is simply wider than the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, "Besides, the colonel of the Ministry of Rites of this dynasty is not confused when he reads the papers, Every high school person has to make a name for himself before the exam, and the water in the middle is too deep."

In the face of what Tang Que said, Lin Xuezheng, who was also a scholar, could only sigh speechlessly, Shilin Huaxuan, it sounds good, but it is really ...... It's too hard.

"Not to mention that it is very difficult to go to high school after taking the Ministry of Rites exam, for me, it is even more difficult to obtain a tribute qualification, there is a state school on the county school, and there is Taoism on the state school, even when you go to the Tao, you are not all qualified to go to Chang'an. According to my family's situation, I can't afford to spend three or five years, or even eight or ten years, on taking the exam. On the contrary, it is more suitable for the Ming Classics", Tang Que did not hide his thoughts in front of Lin Xuezheng, "It is naturally good if I can have the opportunity to go to the state to study in the future, if I really don't have this opportunity, I should come out to work and support my family after studying in the county for more than a year."

The situation of Tang Que's family, Lin Xuezheng, also heard Liu Lizheng say something on the same day, in the face of this really heart-wrenching words, he couldn't persuade anything, he spent money on studying, and if he really wanted to go all the way to participate in the imperial examination in the future, it would cost even more, without a solid family background, this road would not go on at all, or the scholars in the county school would not be many of the children of the gentry.

Although the truth is understood, Lin Xuezheng thinks about Tang Que's performance again, and he can't help but feel that it is a pity.

There was a look of regret on his face, but Tang Que was calm and calm, "In this dynasty, in addition to the imperial examination, there is no way to 'do officials', and you may not have to hang yourself on a tree."

"I'm sorry for you, you yourself are open-minded", Lin Xuezheng was amused by Tang Que's attitude, "There is a role to be promoted as an official, but this road may not be easy to walk, it is extremely difficult to go from an official to an official, even if you can enter the stream, it will be extremely difficult to be promoted in the future." Far from it, the county Yao and Zhao County Lieutenant are the best examples, both of them are considered top-notch, Rao is so from the outside of the flow to the flow of the flow also took more than ten years, from the county to the present nearly 30 years, just from the eighth grade. Honshu Ma Bei is the same age as them, and the time of entry is about the same, and now he is already from the fifth grade. How big of a gap is that? Between success and failure, they are actually inferior to one fame."

The state of the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to the prefecture-level city of the later generations, and it was similar to the deputy mayor of the later generations, and at the same time served the imperial court, and now one is the deputy county magistrate and the other is the deputy mayor, which is not a big difference.

"Ma Beijia is also a jinshi of the Ming Classics, right?" , Lin Xuezheng couldn't help but smile again after hearing this, "Listening to what you just said, I thought you were really open-minded, and now it seems that you are no different from other people, the Ming Jing is the Ming Jing, but I can remind you that this road is also very difficult, and you must not be careless."

"Thank you for the reminder."

After Lin Xuezheng finished speaking, he didn't go any longer, got into the carriage that followed behind and went home, and after his carriage left, Lancao, who had been following the two of them from a distance, walked to Tang Que's side, "He is the Xuezheng of the county school?" ”。

"Yes, he is a good teacher like the old master Yan in the village school!" , Tang Que withdrew his gaze from the distant carriage, "What are you hiding?" Lin Xuezheng is also a human being, so he may not be able to eat you? ”。

"You scholars talk, how awkward I follow, Lin Xuezheng's long-term entourage also follows", at that time, it was getting dark, Lancao glanced left and right, and held Tang Que's hand between his bows, "Let's go, let's go home."

The two arrived home hand in hand, Lancao's mood was very good, Zhang Luo made some supper for Tang Que, and then took the ribbon cutting to the study, except for occasionally pinching Tang Que's shoulders and adding tea to Tang Que, who was warming the book, the two of them guarded a tree and three lamp stands and were busy with their own things, and the whole scene was quiet and warm.

That night, Tang Que slept in the study, and the next day Sister Lan called him to get up at six o'clock in the morning, and after serving and eating the "morning food", the tender sun had risen.

"If you feel bored at home, go to the street", Tang Que, who was wearing a moon-white regimental collar shirt, reached out and pinched Sister Lan'er's nose, smiled and picked up the burden wrapped in books and went out.

Yunxi County School is built on a hill in the northwest corner of the city, covering an area of about 20 acres. Compared with the humble village school, the environment here is much better, along the steps of more than 100 steps all the way up, both sides are planted with graceful weeping willows, as soon as you enter the gate, you can see the two neat rows of school buildings on the left and right.

Tang Que was taken by the concierge to the superintendent's room, thinking that Lin Xuezheng had already greeted him, so this Superintendent Liu was very kind to him. Then there is a rather cumbersome admission procedure, and the terms of its enrollment registration are not much different from those of later generations, nothing more than age, place of origin, etc., the only difference is that there is an exclusive record of whether there is a business in the three generations of the direct line.

After Tang Que's admission procedures were completed, when the superintendent was instructing the handyman to take him to the Ming Jingke school building, Lin Xuezheng walked in leisurely from outside the door.

As soon as Master Xuezheng arrived, Superintendent Liu and the miscellaneous servants who were busy in the room hurriedly got up to salute.

"That's it", Lin Xuezheng waved his hand casually, "Everything is done?" ”。

Without waiting for Tang Que to speak, Superintendent Liu on the side had already replied first: "It's done, I'm about to send someone to take him to the school building."

"En", after Lin Xuezheng nodded, he smiled and said to Tang Que: "You came up from the village school, enlightenment is late, the foundation is inevitably not strong, and you should work harder than other students." People do not suffer from placelessness, but stand when they suffer. Don't suffer from self-knowledge, seek to know! ”。

The first paragraph of these words is also not enough, but the sentences "do not suffer from no position" are from the "Analects", which means that we should not worry about not having a position, and we should worry about not having the ability to be qualified for a position; Don't be afraid that no one will know about you, but go for what you can do to make others know. Lin Xuezheng said these words to Tang Que, obviously with a purpose.