is about to go to Taiyuan Mansion to participate in the township test, Su Tiancheng is still a little excited, anyway, this is the most important step since he crossed over, with the help of the power of the government, to strengthen himself, change history, is the most convenient path, in his previous life as a civil servant, he deeply understood this truth.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, once you raise people in the examination, you can become an official, of course, lifting people is not valued, that is, the officials are awarded officials, that is, officials such as the nine grades of the main book, and they can do it from the eight grades of the county, which is already very remarkable, and they must be named in the country and wait for vacancies.

In the examination, people are generally required to participate in the spring examination of the next year, the examination is held in the capital, the Ministry of Rites presides, the time is February, also known as the rite or the spring, after the examination, it has become a Chinese-style jinshi, commonly known as the tribute, and then it is to participate in the palace examination.

Before the palace examination, a re-examination is still necessary to prevent someone from indiscriminately filling the number and making a fool of himself during the palace examination.

There were about 300 tributes who participated in the palace examination.

There are no people who fail in the palace test, divided into three first, three first-class people, one of the first is the champion, two are the eyes of the list, three are Tanhua, and the second is sixty-seven people, and the rest are the top three, and they are given the same Jinshi background.

The most noble is of course the first three people, the official department directly awarded the official, generally do the Hanlin official, the champion was awarded the Hanlin Academy to revise, from the six grades of the rank, the list of eyes and Tanhua were awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit, is the seventh grade.

The second and third class also have to go through the hall selection, enter the Hanlin Academy, and be awarded the Shu Jishi, who has no rank for the time being, and studies for three years according to the requirements, and then awarded official positions according to the results.

Of course, this is the rule of the early Ming Dynasty, and by now, it has long been not in accordance with these rules, as long as it is a scholar who participates in the palace examination, he can be directly awarded an official.

This is also based on the actual situation, the tribute students who can pass the township examination and the meeting examination and participate in the palace examination are not many young, and many of them are a lot of age, if you ask them to continue to study in the Hanlin Academy for three years, not to mention the waste of time, they may also lose their earlier ambitions.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the party struggle was very strong, the revision, compilation and Shu Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, all of which were candidates for the co-optation of many officials, entered the Hanlin Academy, and the status was very noble, and the cabinet ministers, including the six Shangshu, the left and right imperial envoys, all came out of the Hanlin Academy, which almost became a common practice.

Su Tiancheng's understanding is still somewhat fixed, with a certain degree of orthodoxy.

Although the township test is not the most difficult goal, it is the most critical step, passing the township test, becoming a lifter, the identity is completely changed, entering the gentry ranks, and being respected by everyone.

Although the students were also scholars, they did not have much status in reality, and in the eyes of the peasants and ordinary people, they seemed to be very remarkable, but in the eyes of the bureaucratic gentry, they were nothing.

Su Tiancheng was very cautious and did not dare to show the slightest arrogance, despite the lessons of hundreds of years of history.

After eating, Su Tiancheng took Wang Dazhi and Su Ertong to the street.

In the middle of summer, you can also cool off when you come out for a walk.

Passing by a teahouse, Su Tiancheng suddenly became interested and wanted to go in and sit down.

The best time to do tea house business is in the morning and at dusk.

At this moment, there are a lot of people in the teahouse, some people are talking about books, nothing more than telling some stories of loyalty, everyone listens and drinks tea, but it also seems comfortable.

found a place, Su Tiancheng sat down, and Su Ertong and Wang Dazhi were standing next to him.

Su Tiancheng frowned and spoke.

"Sit down, come to the teahouse, what are you doing standing next to you, do you think that Young Master Ben is not showy enough."

Su Ertong stuck out his tongue and sat down in a proper manner, Wang Dazhi didn't speak, and sat down with his head down.

The storyteller was telling Qi Jiguang's story with relish, Su Tiancheng was a little curious, wasn't this Qi Jiguang removed from his official position by Emperor Wanli, and it was not a long time ago, and someone specialized in storytelling.

Su Ertong and Wang Dazhi both listened attentively.

At the door of the teahouse, there was a sound of scolding, as if there was some dispute.

Wang Dazhi was the first to be alert, since the last time he traveled and experienced that kind of thing, he has become very careful, even in Pingyang Fucheng, he is always paying attention.

Seeing Su Tiancheng standing up, Wang Dazhi hurriedly stood up.

At the door of the teahouse, a strong man carried an old woman on his back, probably thinking of begging for saliva to drink, but the guy in the teahouse reprimanded the strong man and told him to leave quickly and not affect the business of the teahouse.

The people around looked numb, as if they hadn't seen this scene.

The strong man was dressed in tatters, in the middle of summer, still wearing thick coarse cloth clothes, and the old woman on her back, without a trace of spirit, drooped her head, looking uncomfortable.

The strong man held back his anger, did not attack, and turned around to leave.

"Hmph, I don't know where Ludao came from called Hanako, and I also came to the teahouse, I don't know if Ludao is full of people with status?"

The guy in the teahouse is probably cheap, and everyone is ready to leave, and he still said such things.

When the strong man heard this, he couldn't help but be angry and was ready to attack.

The old woman on her back moved, and patted the strong man hard.

"Don't make trouble."

The old woman's voice was very small, and it seemed that she was reluctant to say it, and when she said this, her originally pale face turned even whiter, and she couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Mother, I know the truth."

Su Tiancheng had already walked to the side of the strong man.

He didn't speak, he reached out and touched the old woman's forehead, this action, after a few hundred years, is nothing, but in this era, it is disrespectful, but he does not know the way.

The strong man looked at Su Tiancheng, his eyes were about to erupt with fire, probably because he saw that there were two people behind Su Tiancheng, especially Wang Dazhi's temperament was not ordinary.

"Childe, we have no grievances with you, what are you doing for this."

Su Tiancheng looked at the strong man, and there was no trace of a smile on his face.

"The old man is sick like this, why don't you go to Lang Zhong to have a look?"

The strong man paused for a moment, thinking that Su Tiancheng was Langzhong.

"I don't have any money."

"If you come with me, whether you have money or not, treat the elderly first, and then delay it, it will be dangerous."

After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, he spoke to the guy at the door.

"Send a pot of hot tea to the hospital next door."

The strong man looked at Su Tiancheng, paused for a moment, and followed silently.

Just as Lang Zhong was checking the old woman's pulse, the guy from the teahouse came in, carrying a pot of hot tea and two teacups.

When Su Ertong took out the money, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Man, pay attention to what you say in the future, trouble comes from the mouth, and you have to be respectful to everyone, understand?"

The guy nodded with a red face, and the strong man on the side frowned.

Lang Zhong quickly finished the examination, said a word about the lack of qi and blood, the weakness of the spleen and stomach, etc., and opened a list, a total of three pairs of Chinese medicine, which required six hundred copper plates.

The strong man took the list, his face turned a little red, there was no money to pay for the expenses in this Langzhong, according to the medical expenses and medicine money, a total of one or two silver.

"Brother, you take this money first, heal the old man's body, and when you have money, just give it back to me."

Handing the strong man an ingot of silver, Su Tiancheng turned around and left, this ingot of silver is enough for ten taels, it is said that there is no problem in curing the old man's illness and solving the temporary life.

After walking for a while, there was the sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

The strong man carried the Chinese medicine in his hand and the old woman on his back and caught up.

In front of Su Tiancheng, the strong man carefully put down the old woman and knelt down on one knee in front of Su Tiancheng.

"Childe's great kindness, my Xiong Zijian can't repay it, if he needs it in the future, he will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not give up."

Su Tiancheng inadvertently looked at the old woman, and found that the old woman's eyes were very profound, he was taken aback, why did this happen, what kind of person is this old woman.

"Xiong Zijian, get up quickly, if grace has a purpose, what is grace, when you go out, there are always difficult times, it's just a gesture, and it's not worth such a big courtesy."

When Su Tiancheng helped Xiong Zijian up, he felt that the muscles in Xiong Zijian's arm were hard.

"Okay, stay with your mother, find a place to rest, and take care of your body."

After speaking, Su Tiancheng left again.

Soon, the footsteps behind him sounded again.

Su Ertong muttered a little, but Wang Dazhi still lowered his head and did not speak.

It's still Xiong Zijian, but this time it's the old woman who speaks.

"Childe is slow, the old body has something to say."

Su Tiancheng's body trembled, it is not simple to be able to call herself an old body, it is a woman with a certain status and status, and the humble name for herself, the old woman in front of her, even if she is down now, but it was not simple before.

"Speak, juniors, listen."

"If the old body is not mistaken, the son must be a scholar."

"The junior Su Tiancheng, a student of Pingyang Mansion, is ready to rush to Taiyuan Mansion to participate in the township test."

"No wonder, Childe's bearing is extraordinary, the old body followed Xiao'er, went to a lot of places, the first time I saw a talent like Childe, who can care about our orphans and widows, Childe will definitely be able to go to high school."

"The junior Xie Lu Xie Aunt has said auspiciously, and the younger generation also wishes the aunt a speedy recovery."

"The bones of the old body, it's been like this for a long time, don't think about it so much, the child meets the son of the son, it can be regarded as a blessing, the child enters the city when he is young, and the grain of rice is not in at the moment, it is all dragged down by the old body."

"Mother, don't say that, I'm not angry."

Su Tiancheng gave Su Ertong a look and signaled him to go to the restaurant to arrange it immediately.

"Since Brother Xiong hasn't eaten, then I'll treat you and go to the restaurant to eat, my aunt is not well, let the shopkeeper of the restaurant prepare some broth porridge to make up for it."