Liu Xu didn't continue to work in the winery today, because he needed to go to the county school for the exam.

Yesterday, Wang Zeng came to tell Liu Xu that today is the day of the monthly exam at the end of the county school.

Thinking of going to the county school exam, Liu Xu really didn't know the bottom in his heart. Liu Xu finally gave the picture of Yan Liben's pavilion looking at the river to Wang Zeng yesterday, and when Wang Zeng walked away with the scroll, he said to Liu Xu with a smile: Although the exam is not assured, it is just a situation, and Liu Xu's talent can be passed with his eyes closed. Although Wang Zeng said it easily to himself, Liu Xu knew his own level, and he was afraid that he would miss the bottom as soon as he took the exam.

However, Liu Xu thought that Wang Zongyuan was teaching at the county school, and he could take care of himself to some extent, and he would not let himself be embarrassed, so he was a little relieved.

Liu Xu changed out of the short outfit he wore when he was busy in the wine shop today, changed into his azure scholarly shirt, and walked to the county school.

Yidu County School is located on Xuewang Street.

Xuewang Street is an important east-west street in Dongyang City, which intersects with Haidai Street, which is accessible from north to south, at the government office of Yidu County. The gate of Yidu County is facing Haidai Street, and the gate of Yidu County School, which is not far from the county government, is open on Xuewang Street.

When Liu Xu came to the county school, there were already many people in the county school, chatting in groups.

Liu Xu said in his heart: I heard Uncle Wang say that the county school is withering, but there are not many people. Although Liu Xu has been a county school student for a while, he has never come to the county school. He didn't know that most of the people he saw in front of him were the same as him, and they didn't usually come to class, but only came to the exam today. Most of them were admitted to the county school by donations, and most of them came to mix up the identity of itchy literati, just like many people in later generations went to the university to get a diploma.

In fact, the students of Yidu County School are not small, and many of them are county schools that are obtained by donations, which means that they have to pay money to the county school, and the operation of the county school can still be maintained, even better than the conditions of other counties in Qingzhou, after all, Qingzhou is a big city, and there are still many rich people. The hardware of Yidu County School is still very good, the Dacheng Hall (also known as the Confucius Palace) to worship Confucius, the lecture hall for teaching, the library as a place to store books, the dining room where the itchy students stay and the kitchen for dining are all well repaired.

You must know that most of the county schools before Renzong Qingli were funded by their own counties, and the imperial court did not have the corresponding establishment and financial support. Generally speaking, the county magistrates of each county are part-time professors, and the scholars and teachers of the county schools are hired by the magistrates to serve as local scholars, and their salaries are also paid by the county. According to later generations, these scholars and teachings are not in the administrative department, and at best they can only be regarded as local career organizations. The teaching staff of the county school had an establishment, which was a matter of the late Renzong Dynasty, but at that time, the official establishment was only one county school professor. It was not until the Chongning period that the county school of Xuezheng, Xuelu, teaching, Zhixue and other academic officials had a formal establishment, and the county school at that time also received great attention, because Chongning three years, the edict of the imperial examination, "take the scholar and promote the tribute by the school." Of course, these are all later words, as far as the comparison of county schools in various places is concerned, the hardware of Yidu County schools is still quite good.

And what Wang Zongyuan said about the withering of county schools actually refers not to the lack of students and poor hardware in county schools, but to the withering of talents.

Yidu County, as the attached Guo County of Qingzhou, is a county school city. In the Song Dynasty, there was no county examination (that is, the children's examination) to test Xiucai, and there were only three levels of the state examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination. Candidates for the state examination are recommended by local selection. The students of the state school can directly participate in the state examination, and the selection and recommendation quota of the county school is very large. Therefore, those capable students in Qingzhou City do not want to waste time in the county school, but most of them are directly admitted to the state school, so that they can participate in the state examination faster. Even the Yunmen Academy, a private institution with a long history of Dwarf Pine Garden and the Cui family, has a lot of recommended state examination places in the county, so few really talented students come to the county to study. Therefore, most of the itchy students in Yidu County are mediocre students and some donor students.

Since the level of students in the county school is limited, the examination of the county school is relatively simple. Of course, in Wang Zeng's eyes, the very simple exam is also helpless in Liu Xu's eyes.

After Liu Xu entered the county school, he was looking around, wanting to find someone to ask where to take the county school exam, but suddenly heard a hearty voice and said to himself with a smile: "Oh, this is not Liu Dacai!" ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but wonder why he still had acquaintances in the county school, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting, and Cao Yun and Cao Dashao, who were in contact with Ning Hao, turned out to be a student of the county school. I also helped Ning Hao slap him in the face that day, I don't know what he meant to himself, but don't come to trouble yourself and want to make a fool of yourself, deal with it carefully at the moment, but he was busy with a smile on his face, and said to Cao Yun with a smile: "Ah, it turned out to be Cao Da Shao, the little brother is a wine seller, Cao Shao don't laugh at the little brother." ”

As soon as Liu Xu said that he was selling wine, Cao Yun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. That day in Yanlailou, it was precisely because Liu Xu claimed to be selling wine that he, Nie Feng and Xu Wei provoked him to compose a poem, and wanted to wait for him to compose a crooked poem, and the three of them laughed at him. As a result, Liu Xu casually made a song "One Cut Plum", which was exquisite and slapped the faces of the three of them fiercely. It wasn't until Liu Xu was imprisoned later, and the students of the four universities in Qingzhou went to petition for him, Cao Yun knew that Liu Xu was really a wine seller, and the "Water Tune Song Head" that amazed the four at the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting was also made by him, and he couldn't help but admire a little, knowing that with his own talent, it could only be the height of his own high admiration. Now the whole Qingzhou City is circulating Liu Xu's song "Fixing the Storm", and he has been recognized as the number one talent in Qingzhou.

Between Cao Yun and Ning Hao, they just look down on each other and respond to each other, and there is no deep hatred for each other, and he has no hatred for Liu Xu. Although Liu Xu helped Ning Hao that day and slapped him in the face, in the heart of Cao Dashao, who had a big heart, it was really nothing, but he was a little proud of hearing the poetry of the first genius in Qingzhou in person. Recently, he has often boasted in front of others that he was the first to hear Liu Xuyin's song "One Cut Plum", of course, he didn't know that Liu Xu had chanted before that. Cao Yun was very happy when he saw that Liu Xu was his classmate in the county school. Talented literati were highly regarded in the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Yun hurriedly bowed his hand and said sincerely: "Cao really admires Brother Liu's talent. That day, in Yanlai Building, there was a little misunderstanding, and I forgave Brother Liu. ”

Liu Xu saw that Cao Yun didn't seem to be a fake, and he didn't mean to trouble himself, so he secretly said in his heart: Could it be that he is so powerful, Wang Ba's qi leaks slightly, and it is convincing. Less hassle, it's always good to have multiple friends. He didn't know that he had been regarded as the first talent in Qingzhou now, and it was nothing more than humiliation to compete with him without any talent. Cao Yun knows by himself that he will not deliberately look for unhappiness. Besides, he was already a gentleman, and he didn't care too much about those literati competitions, but he had some respect for talented literati.

Liu Xu smiled: "Cao Shao is polite, where did there be any misunderstanding between us, the little brother is trying to get close to Cao Shao." ”

Cao Yun hurriedly said: "I can't ask for it." Cao Yun really admired Liu Xu's talent when he arrived, but it was difficult for him to see the height of his back even if he looked up.

Liu Xu saw that although Cao Yun was a gentleman, he was a real person, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of friendship, and there was always no harm in having multiple friends. Liu Xu asked Cao Yun with a smile: "I can't hide it, this is the first time for my junior brother to come to the county school for the exam, and I ask Brother Cao for more advice." ”

Cao Yun said: "Brother Liu, this little exam is not a problem. ”

Liu Xu smiled at Cao Yun and said, "Please also ask Brother Cao for some advice!" ”

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