Chapter 924: Zhou Zhongying in Crisis
Unlike this year's 'spring' in the imperial court, the civil service examination in Yangzhou Town did not go smoothly from the beginning. --
In the past six months, because Ma Shiying and others have offended Donglin and the so-called southeast gentlemen, the four big characters of "white-faced 'traitor' minister" have long been engraved on their heads
。 Scholars control public opinion, and it is easy to ruin a person's reputation. In the rumors, Ma Yaocao has become Pan Renmei, who persecuted Zhongliang in "Yang Family General".
As the most reliable force of the Ma Party, Sun Yuan's reputation was even more ruined. compares him to Uncle Ma who eats children raw, and now, Sun Yuan is even more incarnated as a hungry tiger in the 'color' who must control ten 'women' every night. Legend has it that this person likes to go shopping the most on weekdays, and once he sees a slightly passable 'girl', he will directly grab it. There are even 300 beauties in the house, and they are not the same in a month.
Such a 'bastard' thing has now been 'exposed', and it is natural that it will be resisted by all loyal and upright people if it opens its own imperial examination.
It is said that in the end, there were only about 100 Shilin scum who went to register for the so-called civil service examination in Yangzhou Town.
In a big exam, the number of applicants is so miserable that people feel happy when they think about it.
yes, don't talk about the big test in a town. In the peaceful years, even in remote provinces such as Gansu and Ningxia, a fairly passable county, those who studied in Confucianism, those who were ashamed to sit in the museum for many years, and the showmen who were big eaters in the shogunate, there were two or three hundred people. In this exam, as long as there are scholars with talents or above in Yangzhou Town, they can refer to it, but there are only more than 100 people, and it can be said that they are lost home.
In fact, Sun Yuan was still very sincere in this big exam in Yangzhou Town, and the invigilator Huang You started four activities as early as a few months ago, convening readers from all over the world to meet and persuade them.
Moreover, ten days before the official examination, the official seal officials of the prefectures and counties under the rule of Yangzhou Town also held a grand "Yuelong 'Gate'" meeting for the candidates, and sent the candidates off with red colors. Considering that the students who wiped their faces this time and did not come to Yangzhou Town to take the official position were all poor scholars who were so poor that they had no place to go, and some of them couldn't even come up with the travel expenses for reference. Therefore, the invigilator Huang You specially approved a sum of money, as long as he came to the test, every candidate could go to the Yuelong 'Gate' to receive ten yuan for the day. 、
After the New Year, Yangzhou Town has officially abolished the two yuan. Ten yuan, even if it is melted into a silver ingot, there are seven taels. Moreover, Yingyang has excellent credit in the market, not only does it have seventy percent of the silver content, but Yangzhou Town also uses the annual income of the water division as a guarantee, and the purchasing power is really high, and one yuan is even higher than one or two silver. Therefore, no one is stupid enough to melt the eagle into a silver ingot.
Not only that, but there are even a number of fake eagles on the market. Of course, the Ningxiang Army was not polite, and the crackdown on counterfeit currency was extremely strong. Moreover, there are intricate 'flower' edges on the eagle ocean, which are very easy to identify. Moreover, because the silver content is 70% of the standard, you can hear a clear trill when you blow it hard with your mouth. This process is not something that ordinary people can achieve
。
In order to prevent someone from deliberately frustrating the money and taking the silver, Yangzhou Town deliberately made a 'flower' edge for Yingyang.
Under several means, Eagle Ocean has been purely circulated among merchants in the past, and now it is gradually accepted by ordinary citizens and has become a mainstream currency.
As soon as he thought of the ten yuan, Zhou Zhongying's heart dripped. On the way from Xiting to Nantong, after walking a few miles, he began to sigh and sigh, and couldn't help but want to 'pump' one of his ears: die to save face and suffer crimes! If I really take this face off and put it in my arms, relying on this ten yuan, how can I buy a yelling donkey and go to Nantong to take the exam leisurely, why do I walk with blistering feet like now?
After buying a donkey to travel, you can find a clean inn in Nantong to rest. If there are still some left, you can still go to the Qinglou Wind to 'flower' Xueyue.
……
Thinking of this, and thinking of Lian Qinian's newly married concubine, Zhou Zhongying's heart was hot: It's good to be rich, you can't do anything if you have money. If we also have the scenery of Lian Qi New Year, why do we have to marry a small room...... But will the tigress in the family agree?
The face of the Hun family Gao's full of horizontal 'meat' suddenly appeared in front of him, making Zhou Zhongying couldn't help but shiver.
It seems that I still don't want to marry a small thing.
However, if I win the formula this time and am selected as that civil servant, I will have a dozen taels of silver at worst a month, and I am a serious official of the imperial court, and I am an adult. Readers, isn't it the title of the gold list, the 'hole' room 'flowers' candle night. If you don't marry a child because of fear of guilt, won't you be laughed to death by the people in the officialdom?
What a problem!
"Damn, Lao Tzu has been in the pocket all his life, and now he will be developed in the future, if he doesn't engage in a few 'women', he will come to this world in vain, and he can't manage so much!" Zhou Zhongying clenched his fists fiercely and made this determination.
In this way, Zhou Zhongying suddenly found his ideal in life. But I don't want to, I should first pass the exam, so I can talk about other things.
That's right, he went out today to go to Tongzhou to take the Yangzhou Town Civil Service Examination.
The exam was scheduled to be held at dawn the day after tomorrow, because Xiting was not a few steps away from Nantong, so he waited until today to officially set off
。
It's just that unlike others who were sent on the road by the county with great fanfare, Zhou Zhongying did a very good job of keeping secrets, not only did not tell anyone, but even the Hun family did not say anything. For no other reason---- I can't afford to lose this person.
After all, he thought that he still had a bit of a reputation in the Xiting Shilin circle, so he could be regarded as a gentleman anyway. Obviously, he scolded Sun Yuan for being a living Cao '' on weekdays, but as soon as he heard that he could be an official, he ran over to refer to it and spread it, how will he see people in the future?
Of course, if you pass the test, that's it. Anyway, Lao Tzu deserves to be free, so many jingles sound every month and put them into his arms, and he gets benefits, and he is not afraid of others. I'm afraid, I bear this bad reputation, but I don't pass the exam, then it's troublesome.
Therefore, early this morning, after the Hun family went to work in the factory, Zhou Zhongying pried open his wife's box, rolled up a few coins of silver and two hairpins for his wife's marriage, and then brought the four treasures of the study and two books, and carried the examination basket, so he hurried all the way to Nantong.
When he got out of the West Pavilion, he was suddenly a little scared. If you can't hit it this time, when you get home, you won't be killed by the Hun family...... In fact, by this time, there was no way back.
After walking on the road all day, I finally arrived in Nantong City, and fortunately arrived in time for the dark city 'gate' to close. Otherwise, I would really have to sleep in the wilderness today and be bitten by wild dogs.
After entering the city, Zhou Zhongying first went to find a clean hostel, and when he asked, he asked for three dollars of silver. This is already an astronomical amount for him at this moment. The money on his body, plus his wife's hairpin, is only to deal with one night, what should I do tomorrow?
So, he changed to an inn, and when he asked, it was still this number, and it was already full. When I asked the store how expensive it was, Xiao'er replied that Xiang Gong was about to come for reference, and I won't tell you that the city is full of students these days, and if he wants to come to Yangzhou Town to win a future, he has already occupied the guest room. Originally, on weekdays, only one penny of silver was needed for a room and meal, but these days, there is a shortage of three dollars, so don't talk about it. Moreover, there is still one room left in the store, so don't bargain, no matter how late.
Hearing this, he stretched out his head and looked inside, and sure enough, the seat was full of green people. Looking at the shirts on their bodies, Huo Ran is famous for showing off their talents.
Zhou Zhongying was surprised at the same time, and shouted again in his heart: Bitter, I originally thought that there were not many candidates, but I didn't want to come so much, it seems that the exam is not so easy.
I came over excitedly, but I didn't want it to end like this, like a basin of cold water poured on my head
。 scolded in his heart: These 'bastard' things, one by one, are sanctimonious on weekdays, and they scold Sun Yuanlai louder than the other. It can be seen that there is an opportunity to be an official, but it is like a fly that has seen blood and pounced on it.
At this time, two more showmen came over and occupied the last room.
I also saw that the sky was gradually darkening, Tongzhou was the seat of Yangzhou Town, and there was a curfew every night, and the management was strict. If you can't find a house by dark, you will definitely be caught by the Ning Xiangjun and thrown into prison. By that time, it's really all over.
Zhou Zhongying panicked at this time, hurriedly ran back to the previous inn, gave money, and stayed.
Because he was afraid of meeting acquaintances in the city and being ridiculed, Zhou Zhongying hid in the inn room for a day on the second day and read the two anthologies of the current literature very well.
At three o'clock on February 9, the civil service examination of the first year of Hongguang in Yangzhou Town officially began.
On the arrow tower of the Nantong Gongyuan, with the order of Huang You, the deputy chief military supervisor of Yangzhou Town, the arrow landed, more than ten Napoleon's four-pounder bronze cannons that were not loaded with cannonballs rang out at the same time, and the bright cannon sound echoed in the sky that had not yet been lit up, and the row of red lanterns hanging in front of the Gongyuan trembled.
Zhou Zhongying also came to the small square in front of the Gongyuan at this time, and when he arrived at the ground, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, there were too many people, the whole square was full of black pressure and surging heads, not one thousand but eight hundred. This time, Yangzhou Town only chose more than 100 students, and there were so many of them, which were all one out of ten.
He knows his own affairs best, in fact, his Zhou Zhongying's academic articles are not good at all in Yangzhou Mansion, so why should he compete with so many 'elite' heroes. /
Is it possible to run for nothing this time?
But I, Zhou Zhongying, have no way out!
Zhou Zhongying's heart was cold, and he asked Cangtian speechlessly: "Why are they all here to boycott this exam, Sven scum, Sven scum!" ”
……
The examiner, Qu Shiyun, who had been standing on the city tower with a tense face, looked at the heads of the people jumping below, and finally 'revealed' a smile of relief.
Fortunately, there are so many candidates, if there are only one or two hundred cats and dogs, their reputation will really be ruined.
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