Of course, Ning Jiang had to be modest, but Cao Qiding had obviously made up his mind.

On the second day, Cao Qiding summoned all the fathers and elders of Gaosuo County and asked everyone to write together and jointly raise Ningjiang as filial piety.

First, this is a matter personally instructed by the county lord, and second, the so-called "famous fathers" are actually rich families in Gaosuo County, which one does not have an inextricable friendship with the Ning family? What's more, Ning Jiang's father actually said hello in this regard before his death, and that kind of thing happened last year, which also made many people sympathize with Ning Jiang, and he wouldn't hurt himself anyway, so he was naturally happy to be a favor.

In this era, etiquette and religion are more important, and the word "unfilial piety" can be said to be a major crime that can force people to death.

However, to put it mildly, even if the children of poor families are filial piety, it is difficult to become filial piety, basically all the places of filial piety are occupied by the children of rich families, after all, if you want to become "filial piety", you first need the sponsorship of local fathers, but the relationship network is there, a poor child with no money and no power, why should others sponsor you?

At the moment, Gao Suo's father and elder jointly signed a letter, Cao Qiding "visited the people's feelings", and went to the county seat, and the prefect of Linhai County called Dian Hong, and after observing Ningjiang's life experience and experience, and knowing that Ningjiang was the poet of this year's Lantern Festival Poetry Club, he did not have too much embarrassment, but sent the table of Gao Suo people to the capital together with Ningjiang's "Long Song Xing".

Soon, this "Long Song Xing" spread all over the capital, and many families would copy a copy and place it in the school of the children of the clan, so that the children could read it, especially the sentence "The young man does not work hard, and the boss is sad" has almost become an epigram.

It didn't take long for the imperial court's approval to be moved, and Ningjiang became filial piety because of this.

Since he has become a filial piety, Ning Jiang simply gave up the children's examination in February and directly began to prepare for the April government examination.

He knew that since the goal was to seal the Zen of Mount Tai, it was not only as simple as passing all the way and being admitted to the top prize, but also to be among the best in every exam, so that he could have the opportunity to compete with the champions of the previous two sessions.

In addition, in addition to continuing to instruct his sister in swordsmanship, every night, he himself would sit cross-legged on the bed, regard his body as a furnace, regard his life as a fire, and practice on refining his soul.

Slowly, February passed like this, and in March, the weather gradually became warmer, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and spring was everywhere.

The third day of the third month of March, is the Lantern Festival, the most lively day in spring, in folk customs, it is the birthday of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, is the birthday of the Zhenwu Emperor enshrined in Taoism, and the legend is the day when the Queen Mother held the peach meeting worshiped by the people, it can be said that Confucianism, Taoism, and ordinary people all regard this day as an important festival.

Hundreds of years ago, the third day of the third month of March was still a good time for "men and women", and I don't know how many men and women were fornicating in the wild.

Of course, since the exclusive respect for Confucianism and Taoism, Confucianism, which attaches great importance to etiquette, righteousness and honesty, has mastered the right to speak, and this tradition has been slowly abandoned, it should be said...... It's a pity.

In the past, in order to allow everyone to "meet men and women", the imperial court specially gave everyone a holiday on this day.

But for Ningjiang, what really matters is ...... It was my sister's birthday.

On that day, Ning Jiang gave himself a day off, took his sister to the temple fair, and went around to join in the fun...... Although he continues to be an otaku himself, he doesn't want his sister to become an otaku.

In the evening, he threw a feast at home, after all, for a girl, the fourteenth birthday is a very important day, because it means that she has truly changed from a "girl" to a "girl".

The weather is new in March, and the beauties in the lake are shining in spring. The boat is full of flowers and wine, and Yan Ge and Zhao dance stay in the clouds.

Except for the third day of the third month of March, which was a special day for him, in this good season when everyone else spent all day drinking, he continued to stay at home, read books, cultivate his spirit, and instruct his sister in swordsmanship in his spare time, basically never even leaving the gate. And everyone else also knew that the lord of Ning Mansion was preparing for the imperial examination in April, so naturally he didn't come to disturb him.

In this way, as the days passed, it finally entered April......

***

Although they all belong to the children's test, in order to distinguish the two children's tests, ordinary people prefer to call the February one as the township test, and the April one as the government test, and the importance of the two is obviously completely different.

The prefectural exams are held in the county town, and the entrance time is midday, and even in April, when summer has already begun, it is not yet light.

Because Gaosuo County is not far from Linjiang County, if you take a carriage and take the official road, it is just an hour, and Ningjiang did not arrive at the county seat in advance, but set off in the middle of the night.

My sister originally wanted to send him to the county town, but he refused, because this one had to take a total of three days, and according to the rules, after entering the field, he would not be able to leave until at least two days later, and after his sister sent him to the county town, he had to come back, he didn't want her to run around, but just asked an old coachman to send him to the county town venue overnight.

When I arrived at the venue, there were already many children waiting here, some old and some young, including some old children in their fifties and sixties, who had taken the exam all their lives, but they had never been able to pass the government exam.

Before dawn, it is the darkest time, in front of the gate of the house, two beast statues stand on one side, are two negative skulls, dragon head and turtle body, because of "good writing", and often placed outside the gate of the academy and school.

On either side of them, an iron basin was placed on a stand made of three wooden sticks, and the wood was burned inside, which became the only two sources of light in the field, and all the children probably stood in the dark, waiting uneasily.

In the night sky, only the last star remained, moving to the west, dim and dark, with no light in sight.

Clang...... Clang...... Clang...... Clang......

The iron gong struck four times, and the time had come, and more than 200 children from various counties and villages lined up in a long line.

The moment the door of the mansion opened, a powerful momentum rushed out, majestic, solemn, this momentum almost covered the entire county, the first time to participate in the poetry of the palace, how could he have seen such a battle? Frightened and trembling.

Under this powerful momentum, the flames in the braziers on both sides of the gate soared extremely high at this moment, and the wood crackled. The eight guards who were protected by luck were so tall in the eyes of everyone that they looked like eight gods, and they couldn't be forced.

Weinan is the murderer, Weibei is the front! Such a powerful official authority can only be issued by officials who are born in Jinshi, and the release of official authority at the moment when the door of the mansion is opened is naturally to give the candidates a dismount......