Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millets in the book; There is no need to raise a hall to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book; Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when marrying a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book; If the boy is determined to live his life. The Six Classics read to the window.

The name of this poem is persuasion, and it is an advertising poem. The reason why I say this is because its author's name is Zhao Heng, and his profession is an emperor. The emperor hyped up their family's imperial examination by depicting the naked temptations of getting rich overnight and marrying a wife alone. In order to make the people of the world crazy about their family's imperial examination.

But advertising is advertising after all, and exaggerating the curative effect does not mention how long and painful it is. As a matter of fact, the imperial examination is one out of ten thousand, not to mention the middle jinshi, but to become a preliminary success, it is necessary to pass the third-level children's examination, and the admission rate is 1 in 3,000, and then through the township examination and its preparatory examination, the admission rate is 1 in 250. Of course, because the exam can be repeated, the actual elimination rate is much lower, but the acceptance rate of 'one out of 100,000' is still there.

There is a saying that 'one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither', so isn't this the case in the literary field?

Even those lucky ones who fought their way out of the encirclement, which one didn't pay a heavy price? They went from a small Mengtong to studying hard in the cold window, and then took an exam with an astonishing elimination rate, and it took an average of thirty years to finally pass the Jinshi.

Thirty years is enough to turn a milky childish into a scruffy uncle, the most beautiful and precious teenager and youth in his life, and the price is not heavy.

But it is such a cruel reality, it still can't stop this society from worshiping the imperial examination, almost all people, as long as they have the conditions, will let their children study, participate in this hopeless imperial examination, just because in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to be an official, there is no other way!

In February of the 35th year of Jiajing, after three years of selection. A new batch of lifters was produced, and the previous ones gathered in the capital to prepare to participate in the triennial Ministry of Rites Examination, launching a new round of impact to the last hurdle of the imperial examination...... Although if you are promoted in the examination, you will be among the ruling class, and you can find an official and a half-job, and you can be regarded as a successful person if you have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, be respected, and have support for your old age. But if you want to soar and live the top-level life of 'Golden House, Qianzhongsu, and Yan Ruyu', it is impossible not to take the Jinshi exam.

In order to fully adapt to the cold climate of the capital and prepare for the exam, the provincial lifters will generally rush to the capital around the end of the year, and the test results will come out in March, so they need to stay in the capital for at least three months.

There are 4,500 candidates in two capitals and 13 provinces, and each master has three or five or even a dozen attachés. All of a sudden, 10,000 or 20,000 people flocked to the capital, and accommodation became the primary problem to be solved. The inn is, of course, the main place to live, and savvy businessmen will not miss this golden opportunity. In addition to the original inns, they rented out the properties near the Gongyuan in advance and converted them into temporary inns, which were sure to fill up in a few months, so that the merchants could earn enough money for a year.

Even those inns far away from the examination room, in order to attract candidates, will be temporarily renamed 'Zhuangyuan Shop' or 'Zhuangyuan Ancient Apartment', etc., so that candidates can get a kind of spiritual comfort, and they can also have a good deal, and get five to ten times the harvest.

Correspondingly, the prices in the capital have also risen in recent months, several times higher than usual. According to statistics, the accommodation fee for these three months is at least 40 taels of silver, plus food, clothing, housing, and personal contacts, and you will get 180 taels of silver to save money.

Such a large sum of money is obviously not something that every candidate can come up with, especially the kind of person who has repeatedly failed to pass the test and traveled back and forth between the two places for many years, which is even more unbearable.

Fortunately, the provinces and even some large prefectures have built guild halls in Beijing, which can provide free food and lodging places for the lifters. These guilds were generally built by officials of the same nationality, who donated money or raised funds, and usually provided accommodation for people from their hometowns who came to Beijing, and charged relatively low fees to support themselves. However, in the year of Dabi, all those who have nothing to do with the exam have to move out temporarily to receive candidates and their attachés, and basically they are free of charge to relieve the worries of candidates.

There are more than 200 such guild halls in Beijing, and the most famous one this year is the Shaoxing guild hall. It's not because it's big or luxurious. It's because the people who live in it are too strong.

Just like the township exam, the lifters also have to hold a meeting before the exam, and they will also invite the idle Hanlin to attend the evaluation. These Hanlin students are all top students in the first few subjects, and their knowledge is naturally excellent, and their evaluation is also very valuable for reference.

In addition to tasting the articles, they will also predict whether the candidates will win or not, and what the final ranking will be. Of course, because they are towards their respective hometowns, this kind of topic will always cause a lot of controversy.

This year's controversy is still not small, but there is one thing that the Hanlin community recognizes...... Shaoxing is definitely the one with the largest number of people, and one of them is called Zhu Dashou and the other is Tao Dalin, which is a strong contender for the champion of Bingchenke.

At this moment, the two of them became famous before the exam, and many people came to visit, some to ask for advice, and some to kick the hall, which disturbed people a lot. But fortunately, both of them have good demeanor, not arrogant, not arrogant, not humble or arrogant, patiently receive every visitor, and have won a high reputation.

Many people ask them why they can maintain such a humble attitude, and both of them will take the trouble to repeat this sentence: "I am not as good as Shen Shuyan, and I am not as good as Xu Wenchang, what is there to worry about?" "Translated into popular terms, that is, we can't pass Shen Shuyan's test, and our talent can't compare to Xu Wenchang, so why be proud?

This undoubtedly made everyone very interested in these two, and asked, "Where is the second gentleman?" ”

"None of them have arrived." The two of them had to reply depressedly, and said very anxiously: "If you two don't come again, the daylily will be cold now." ’

Until the registration deadline on the seventh day of the first month, and the eighth day of the first month to receive the exam card, the two have not yet appeared, and the five-person group of the Qionglin Society in the Shaoxing Hall is completely cold, and they spend the night in infinite regrets, and get up when they are ugly the next day, wash their faces, dress and eat, and carefully check the examination tools again, and put them in the examination box one by one, which is already a familiar road.

The test box they used was still given by Miss Yin before the township test. Patting the well-made examination box, Sun Ling said with emotion: "At the beginning, before the seven of us took the township exam, all of us had insomnia, one by one with dark circles under our eyes, and we were still stubborn heroes, I really want to laugh when I think about it." ”

Wu Dui nodded and said, "Yes, I thought the seven of us could take the exam together." ”

The sad look on Sun Yan's face flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "I pray that the two of them are safe, the exam is held once every three years, as long as the person is fine, it doesn't hurt to take the exam a few years late." "They have heard a letter from Zhejiang, saying that Shen Mo has suffered a lawsuit because of Hu Zongxian's affairs and was escorted to the capital for trial, and Xu Wei has also disappeared at the same time, and there has been no news so far.

They had also asked someone to inquire about which yamen Shen Mo was in now, but no one knew, as if he had not been to the capital at all. What does this mean, Sun Yan, the son of an official eunuch, knows best, so he has this to say.

"It's not too early, it's time for us to go." Tao Dalin said softly: "Senior brother must hope that we will get a good score in the exam and win glory for our Qionglin Society!" ”

"Yes," Zhu Dashou finished checking, closed the exam box and said: "Humble Yan has always hoped to make the Qionglin Society famous, but now that he can't come, this task has to be completed by us!" ”

The other three also nodded and said, "This cannon must be fired!" ”

The five of them left the hall, and rushed to the Shuntian Gongyuan in the stars and the moon, but they were less energetic and high-spirited, and they felt a little sluggish and cold...... I have to admit that as the backbone of these people, the silent absence and even the accident have had a great impact on them, and when they arrived at the southeast corner of Chongwen Gate, they saw a big archway of 'Tiankai Wenyun', and looked at the bustling crowd under the archway. Five people know that the examination room will be examined...... Suncheon Gongin has arrived. This most honorable examination room in the country, except for the one that is larger than the one in Hangzhou, is exactly the same in terms of regulations. I saw the ink plaque of "Shuntian Gongyuan" hanging in the middle of the gate, and the plaques of "Ming Jing Scholars" and "Seeking Talents for the Country" stood in the east and west. The candidates gathered outside the gate by province and waited for the roll call to enter, and all the steps were no different from the township test.

This time, the adults who sent the exam in Zhejiang were not ordinarily lucky, and they were the first to enter the venue. As soon as the gate opened, the lifters in Zhejiang were in the admiring eyes of others, carrying things and rushing in, ready to be inspected.

The five Zhu Dashou fell behind intentionally or unintentionally, but they only delayed for a moment, and they still had to enter the market.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, the five of them looked back one last time, and said that this was completely hopeless.

In the urging of the soldiers, a few people were just about to turn around, but they heard a voice in the distance: "Wait a minute......

The five of them looked back, and saw two figures rushing from the streets of Gongyuan, and when they got a little closer, weren't they Shen Mo and Xu Wei?

Miracles really happened......

(To be continued)