33. Autumn (3)

There are no other men in the Zheng family, and Zheng Guang has no scholars, the old lady originally wanted Zheng Yong to play the role of a scholar in friendship, but Zheng Guang refused - Ah Yong is my brother, not my scholar, it must not be so. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zheng Guang insisted so much, and the old lady did not continue to ask, but Zheng Jiang stood up and said that everyone has been paying attention to the exam recently, and the business is not busy, and I was the one who accompanied the eldest brother when he took the exam.

Zheng Yong's originally extremely entangled face suddenly became cheerful, Zheng Guang couldn't help but think of the bad habits of North Korea at the same time, North Korea's emphasis on literature and light on military force reached a peak state, a family of two sons and brothers, those who studied sat in the hall, and those who practiced martial arts stood under the hall like slaves and let them drive, treating the warriors as slaves, even the Song Dynasty was not so excessive, so North Korea would quickly collapse under the attack of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

A military general is not a slave, a soldier is not a sinner, these are the two principles that Zheng Guang upholds, since Zheng Yong wants to practice martial arts, he must have dignity, and he must not become the echo of the literati, and a martial artist who has lost his dignity is not even as good as a dog.

Zheng Guang took out the examination certificate and handed it to the guard officer, saying, "Zheng Guang, a candidate from Suzhou Prefecture, has come to take the exam. ”

The official looked at Zheng Guang's examination papers, handed them back, looked at the carriage and the other two, and said, "Only one person can enter by car, and the other person needs to leave." ”

Tang Shun got out of the carriage, looked at Zheng Guang, and nodded slightly: "Don't be nervous, just play normally, according to your level, I believe that you will be able to pass the exam, and I look forward to your good news." ”

Zheng Guang nodded solemnly: "Disciple understands." ”

After speaking, Zheng Jiang drove the carriage into Gongyuan Street in the examination area, and Tang Shunzhi watched outside for a long time, until he could no longer see the carriage, and then slowly left.

Arrived at the large square outside the Gongyuan, there were already a lot of carriages lined up in turn, Zheng Guang looked at it, quite a bit of the feeling of seeing the modern parking lot, Zheng Jiang skillfully drove the carriage to find a place to park, and helped Zheng Guang to move the test basket and test box down, feeling the weight of the test box, and couldn't help but smile: "How many things have to be loaded here!" ”

Zheng Guang smiled helplessly: "I told my grandmother a long time ago, don't pack so many things, otherwise it will be difficult to move in, grandma still doesn't listen, not only the pot, but also rice and meat, and even oil, I almost didn't put the whole kitchen and bedroom into it for me to bring into the examination room, I am going to the exam, not to spend the night, this way, but to let the family see the joke." ”

Zheng Jiang shook his head and said with a smile: "If you want to take the exam for nine days and seven nights, you have to solve it in it, eat, drink, and sleep, don't bring more food, how can you have the strength to take the exam, although there may be people selling food in the Gongyuan, but they are not good things, and they are expensive to death, the family naturally wants to prepare you completely, at least you must have enough energy, so that you can have a good exam, right?" ”

Zheng Guang looked at the solemn Jiangnan Gongyuan and said, "If you don't pass this time, you really don't have the face to see Jiangdong's father, third uncle, you say, can I pass the exam?" ”

Zheng Jiang looked around at the students and scholars with different expressions around him, and said with a smile: "What your father didn't have time to do, I have entrusted it to you, and the third uncle believes that you can definitely do it." ”

Zheng Guang smiled slightly, closed his eyes and stopped speaking, recalling the bits and pieces after he came to the Ming Dynasty, and his heart was infinitely emotional, once upon a time, he was still living a leisurely life in a comfortable family, and he also fought bloody battles with foreign robbers on the scorched earth of the Great Song Dynasty, maintaining the last dignity.

Why did you go to the Great Song Dynasty and why did you come to the Ming Dynasty? Is there really someone guiding all this? What is all this for?

Came to Daming, met many people, experienced a lot of things, I originally planned to be a visitor, see all over the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, see all over the brilliant world, but inadvertently, the visitor also integrated into the world; The more people you know, the deeper the bonds, the more you can't let go.

But what's the use of thinking about it now? Opening his eyes, Zheng Guang calmed his mind for a while, set his eyes on the Gongyuan, and remembered the people he had met before.

Xu Wei, He Xinyin, Zhu Dashou, the people he knew before, two in Zhejiang, one in Jiangxi, did not take the exam with him, Wang Shizhen has passed the township test, and will only meet and fight in the exam, they can't fight directly with themselves, but Xu Wei still resolutely gave himself a challenge book, to compete for the ranking, indeed, according to the level of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, it is comparable, if you really test yourself is not as good as Xu Wei, it is really hard to say.

But so what? Xu Wei is talented, but his personality is paranoid, and his paranoid personality has reached a certain level, so that he is not willing to pay even a little slipper, if you want to change the world, you must pay the same price as changing the world, otherwise it will violate the truth of this world, and you don't want to pay anything, only your own face that has aged with the passage of time can be changed.

Xu Wei must have understood what he meant, so he wrote the challenge letter, does this mean that he has made up some kind of determination, and said that he will definitely do whatever it takes to gain fame and challenge himself? If this is the case, Zheng Guang will really be happy, he was a bad guy for nothing, and he was slapped hard, if he can't get anything, it will be too unfair.

Zheng Jiang knew about this gambling fight, and then said that we mortals can't understand the matter between you scholars.

With the passage of time, the sun gradually rose, the first rays of sunlight brought Nanjing City back to the light from the night, the township test was about to begin, and the bustling sound on the entire large square gradually disappeared, everyone tensed their nerves, and their eyes converged on the gate of the Gongyuan, waiting for the appearance of the examiner, Zheng Guang was about to sit in the carriage to take a rest, and suddenly heard another familiar voice: "Senior brother, is it you?" ”

Zheng Guang turned his head and saw Xiang Qing who had some conversations with him before the government exam, and he also borrowed him a pair of shoes, and later Xiang Qing went to Zheng Mansion to return the washed shoes to Zheng Guang after the exam, Zheng Guang also left him to have a meal, and Xiang Qing had a friendship.

This poor child was born in poverty, his family was poor, his parents worked hard to provide him with study, he was talented, seeing that his parents were frugal and could not eat enough for him to study, he was moved, and had a sense of responsibility, and vowed to be admitted to the Jinshi as an official, so that his parents could live a good life, and since then he has studied hard, and finally won the examination in one fell swoop.

's very simple appeal may be the driving force behind a considerable number of poor children in this era to participate in the imperial examination.

"Oh, it's Zicong, how's it going, how are you preparing?" Zheng Guang said to Xiang Qing with a smile, Xiang Qing smiled and said: "I have to be instructed by my senior brother, I have reviewed the four books at home these days, found some old topics to practice in previous years, and showed them to the teacher, the teacher said that if you can maintain such a level, it is not difficult to get a lifter, but if you want to go further and get a jinshi, it may be slightly insufficient." ”

"Well, you just need to remember the imperial examination weighting the scriptures, the classics and the four books, among the three exams, the first one is the most important, and the remaining two will only have some impact on the ranking, and will not affect the final result, of course, although the five scripture questions and policy questions are not important, but if you can be a high-ranking official in the future, it is inevitable that no one will take these things out and embarrass you, so no matter what, you still have to be prepared, and you can't slack off because the four books are completed well." Zheng Guang said slowly.

Xiang Qing nodded slightly: "Thank you Senior Brother for mentioning it, Senior Brother is very kind, Qing is unforgettable." ”

Zheng Guang shook his head: "You are a filial son, the original intention of gaining fame is to repay the kindness of my parents, which makes me very moved, once upon a time, the purpose of my study is also like this, but the son wants to raise but the parents are not there, and my parents died early, so I don't even have the opportunity to be filial, you still have such a chance, I envy you, so, I hope you can do it, even with my share, work together." ”

Xiang Qing saluted and said: "Ling Zun Lingtang is in the spirit of the sky, and when he learns that his senior brother is so filial and so competitive, he will definitely smile at Jiuquan." ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said with a smile: "If that's the case, then it's the best, get ready to prepare, it's about to start." ”

Xiang Qing said goodbye: "I wish my senior brother to pass the examination and glorify his ancestors!" ”

Zheng Guang replied: "Best wishes!" ”

Come on, village test, the day of fighting with you has come!