Chapter 22 The Road to the Exam
During this time, the Lewen brothers slept later than the 'chicken' every day, got up earlier than the chicken, and soon left the hospital for only three days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On this day, Lewen and Long Chao still got up earlier than the chicken, and the sun on the horizon was only slightly exposed, showing a faint flush, so the two packed their luggage and rushed to Dingzhou Gongyuan with their coils.
Out of Tang County, there are donkey riders on the road, carriage rides, and bull rides, only these two brothers rely on two legs, so they can walk for two days, and they can almost get there, if they can have a donkey, they can be faster, and the most important thing is not to be so tired.
"Brother Wen, do you still have the baked cakes on you?"
Just walked for a few hours, before noon, the five biscuits that Long Chao brought in his arms had already eaten, but he still felt a little hungry, and looked at the biscuits in Lewen's hand, and the seeds were about to flow out.
Lewen hasn't eaten all the time, but he was just a little hungry, so he took out one and took two bites, because the baked cakes were made last night, they were already a little dry and hard, and his teeth hurt, I really don't know how Long Chao ate so fast.
"Well, you can eat so fast without drinking water."
Le Wen took out two baked cakes from his arms and handed them to Long Chao, while chewing the dry baked cakes, he forgot to bring the kettle when he came out, and now he has to take a bite and chew for a long time before he can hold back his blushing face and swallow it, how is this good, it seems that he can only pass by the river and stream and drink two sips.
"Hey, little mosquito, why do you walk to Dingzhou Gongyuan and take the exam."
When Le Wen heard someone behind him calling his familiar nickname, he knew that the person who came must be Zheng Liangcai, and when he looked back, Zheng Liangcai was sitting in the carriage, poking his head out and waving his hand with a smile.
The Lewen brothers are worried about waiting for the baked cakes to be eaten, and there is no shop in front of the village on the road, so they will sleep in the wilderness hungry.
Who knew that as soon as I thought of this, Zheng Liangcai this guy came, could it be that this guy couldn't be 'timely rain'?
"Parking ......"
"Appeal ......"
When the groom heard the little master's command, he hurriedly stopped the black horse that was pulling the carriage and galloping.
"Come up."
The carriage stopped beside the two brothers, and Zheng Liangcai hurriedly greeted.
The Lewen brothers got into the carriage with joy on their faces, it was originally quite a spacious carriage, but after the Lewen brothers came up, they became tighter and narrower, and Zheng Liangcai was about to be squeezed out.
Lewen got into the carriage and squeezed Zheng Liangcai again and said disdainfully: "Do you think we are the same as you, there is a carriage to sit on, our brothers are useless to even ride a donkey, don't rely on their legs to walk, can they take a plane and fly to Baoding Mansion." ”
"Oops...... Don't squeeze! Fly? …… Chicken? What is a flying chicken? Is it a flying chicken? ”
It was the first time Zheng Liangcai had heard such a term, scratched his ears, and looked at Lewen a little strangely and asked.
Lewen rolled his eyes, speechless, how did he tell the plane, but he didn't know what it was when he told him, so he pouted and said casually: "Yes...... It's a flying machine. ”
"Brother Wen, fly...... Is chicken delicious? At this time, Long Chao, who was chewing the dry baked cakes, heard that the chickens were still chickens that could fly, and Harazi had almost invaded the dry baked cakes into wet cakes.
Le Wen glanced at Long Chao's longing look, smiled disdainfully, and said disdainfully: "Delicious? Try to eat the wings of the plane, and don't knock your teeth out. ”
"A little? Is the flying chicken huge? Could it be that the flying chicken you are talking about is a Kunpeng? Zheng Liangcai was even more curious, blinked his eyelids, and said in confusion.
Le Wen was also confused by the two guys around him, and said in his heart: "Talking so much to these two ancient people is the same as talking to two primitive people." ”
Zheng Liangcai still pulled Lewen's clothes reluctantly, wanting to ask clearly: "Is it Kunpeng?" ”
"Kun...... Kun, you're the first one. ”
Le Wen saw that Zheng Liangcai beside him was still chattering, and rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Amphibious aircraft...... It's barely a Kunpeng. ”
“…… That's right...... Do you know where you can see this flying chicken? After Zheng Liangcai finished speaking, he poked his head out of the car window, looked up at the blue sky, and a row of geese lined up to skim the white clouds.
The blue clouds, the yellow leaves, the autumn colors are waves, and the waves are cold and smoky.
The mountains reflect the slanting sun and the sky receives water, and the grass is ruthless, and it is outside the slanting sun.
The carriage sped quickly, looking at the rows of red maple leaves that quickly swept behind him.
"Oops......"
Zheng Liangcai was sighing, it was autumn again, and when the geese were about to move again, a drop of bird droppings fell on his face from the sky, he quickly retracted his head into the car, touched it with his hand, and his face changed: "Huh...... How do these geese defecate in the open? ”
"Hahaha......"
Le Wen saw the bird feces on Zheng Liangcai's face, which was wiped off by Zheng Liangcai, and smeared it on his face whitely, feeling very funny, and laughed.
"What's so funny about ......, little mosquito, are you sure you will pass the college exam this time?" Zheng Liangcai took out a handkerchief, wiped the bird feces off his face, and asked with some hesitation.
After Lewen passed the previous county test and the government test, he didn't get the head of the case, and he felt that there were not many talents in the Ming Dynasty, and even he, the second person, only got the top five.
Because the county test is mainly examined by the county order, the degree of freedom is relatively large, and the county order decides whether to take five or four exams, and the content of the exam is mainly to test two texts, that is, eight strands, and the county order can also be based on the actual situation with a test poem, instead of one of the texts, in this level of the exam, the eight-strand essay can be a small question, and the government test is examined by the prefect, and the form is like the county test.
Although the county examination and the government examination are relatively easy, the college examination is mainly examined by the provincial school, and from this level, it is no longer possible to write test poems, which will be relatively difficult to write, and there are many more questions.
Not only small questions, big questions, but also according to the poetry questions of the academy, a few poems with five words and eight rhymes, so it will be a lot more difficult.
There are many children, who can only be an old boy for the rest of their lives, and they have no chance with Xiucai until they die, and some people are less than ten years old and are admitted to Xiucai in one fell swoop, so that those old children can only look at them, but they can't reach them.
The imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that only the propositions from the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics were proposed, and candidates were not allowed to exert their personal opinions in order to achieve the purpose of strictly controlling the thoughts of scholars, so this was also a big drawback, so that people only knew how to read, and did not know anything except the Four Books and Five Classics.
Just like Lewen's father, his mind is very rigid when he reads, and he doesn't think about anything else at all, but this also greatly stabilizes the imperial power, gives the reader a date, so that you have hope, and you won't gather to make trouble because life is hopeless.
The hospital examination is different from the previous county test and the government test, you don't need to bring your own dry food, nor do you need to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and in order to prevent cheating, you have to undress and be checked before entering the venue, unless you encounter a careless examiner, in fact, it is really not easy to bring the "cheat sheet" into the examination room smoothly.
After the test paper is completed, the candidate's name must be sealed, so that even the examiner does not know whose test paper it is.