Chapter 198: Provincial Examination (Part II)

Xing'er and Si'er insisted on going to Wuchengwang Temple. Two little ones are also going.

Song Bo, who had just returned from Zhengzhou, and another villager had to drive two cars to pull them to the Wucheng Temple.

Not alone, many of the family members and people who were ready to see the excitement stood in front of the Wucheng Wang Temple, looking at the bamboo gate of the Gongyuan. It is not visible, and the two gates are tightly closed, unless you climb the wall, and you are expected to be killed by a bow and arrow.

Looking at this gate, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi looked yearning.

Ten years of hard work, why? Isn't it for this day?

Someone recognized it, and a middle-aged woman came over and said, "Excuse me, are you the little lady Jiang and the fourth son of Zheng Jieyuan's family?" ”

"Yes, may I ask you ......?"

"The concubine is the wife of Ding Yuangui in Kunling, and the official and the uncle came to Beijing at the same time for the scientific examination, and the concubine followed."

Jiang Xing'er took a look, this woman was about forty years old, and she could imagine how old she was. It may not all be in their thirties and forties, but it can only be said that the thirties and twenties account for the majority, and there are also many in their forties, and a few are in their fifties, and there are even sixty flowers who come to take the exam. There are also small ones, there are many teenagers, and some are younger than their own little masters, only fourteen or fifteen years old, and they came to the capital.

"I've seen Ding Niangzi."

"The concubine congratulates Little Lady Jiang in advance."

"Don't dare, I won't know until the list is released."

"Zheng Xie Yuan will definitely win, my family official and uncle were lucky enough to meet Uncle Ouyang Yong, and when I talked to him, he said that your eldest man must be in high school, and it is not necessary to be in the top three in the provincial examination." It's not that Ouyang Xiu looks down on Zheng Lang, he has a certain accidental surname, and he can be in the top three, not only talent, but also a certain amount of luck. Very good ranking. After that, the middle-aged woman looked envious.

"Thank you for Mrs. Ding's compliment, your family officials will also go to high school."

"Although my family official is diligent, his qualifications are very poor, and he has failed several times in the previous exams."

"You don't have to worry, Da Lang said that diligence can make up for clumsiness. This time, your family official will definitely go to high school. ”

"God knows, if he has your family's talent for Xie Yuan...... That's good. ”

"Ding Niangzi, you can't say that, you have to be diligent. Others always say that my family is smart, but I don't know how bitter my family is big, over the years, other teenagers are playing in the mountains and rivers, he only occasionally paints a picture, plays a piano, when relaxed. I don't know how I got here.,Grow up Seongren.。 Speaking of which, Jiang Xing'er's eyes were sour, what did she smash a snowball, but what about Zheng Lang? In terms of the concept of time, I am afraid that there are few people in this world who regard time as such a precious person. Then he patted Sima Guang and Wang Anshi and said: "Others also say that they are smart, but the candlelight in my family, from Da Lang to their study, was blown out by the second watch at the earliest. ”

Ding Niangzi and the people on the side couldn't keep quiet, her official name is Ding Zongchen, and her brother-in-law is called Ding Baochen, it's not that her qualifications are very poor, the two brothers are talented, and they usually study hard, but compared to Zheng Jiazi, I'm afraid it's a little worse, and it's not okay not to admit it. For example, when I entered the capital, my officials still exchanged stickers with some people. They stayed in the monastery and didn't come out. If you fail the exam this time, advise the officials to be more diligent.

The people of Zhengjiazhuang also got up.

The eldest lady said to Cui Xian: "Little lady of the Cui family, let's go burn incense today." ”

"Okay, when are you going?"

"Is it okay in the afternoon?"

"Good afternoon, warm afternoon. The eldest lady's body is important. ”

"You, a big ghost," but the eldest lady was very happy when she spoke, and asked again: "Little lady of the Cui family, do you think the provincial test will start?" ”

"Nothing else, about the beginning."

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that something will happen, and I will give up again this year's provincial exam, and I'm afraid that if it ......."

"Auntie, you don't have to worry, if the edict is not issued, there will be problems, and the edict will definitely be held. Zheng Lang doesn't have to worry, he will definitely go to high school. After comforting for a while, he accompanied Erlang to the workshop. But Cui Xian looked very carefully, and even asked how the loom was made.

Huan'er asked puzzledly: "Little lady, what do you ask the loom for?" ”

It's okay to learn embroidery, and you won't want your little lady to make a loom in the future.

"You don't understand, Zheng Lang wants to go to Jiangnan, I don't know what can help him, I just came to Zhengjiazhuang to learn some female red, embroidery, I heard that Jiangnan textile technology is more backward than Hebei Henan, maybe I will bring the process over, which will help Zheng Lang's political achievements."

"Little lady, you are so good to him......"

"What to do? He is loose on the surface, but he is actually very strong, and I can only let it go. ”

Huan'er covered her mouth and was happy.

"Didn't I say that?"

"Yesβ€”little lady."

"But I don't know why, I'm also worried, in case I don't ...... the test" The words behind him didn't dare to go down, and then looked at things, and a round of red said rose higher and higher.

…… All the students started to get up. The daily necessities are prepared by themselves, but the beds are the court's, the court also provides three meals, but it is very simple, if the conditions at home are good, there are patrol soldiers in the tribute courtyard to sell inkstones, snacks, rice, tea and wine, vegetables and meat. The imperial court could not help it, and from this point it can be seen that the commerce of the Song Dynasty was developed.

Start washing.

What made Zheng Lang cry and laugh, he saw that there were at least nine out of ten people using toothbrushes. Not only this, but he rarely goes out, I heard Xing'er say one thing, many students imitated him, bought a piano, and as soon as they had dinner, the inn sounded a messy piano.

How many people play beautiful tunes, which makes people doubtful, but it makes the price of the piano in the capital more expensive, and it is difficult to find a good piano.

Many people kept saying hello to Zheng Lang, they could excuse themselves in the temple, but it was not easy to excuse themselves here, and they returned the salute one by one. A student said: "This time, Xie Yuan is very likely to save Yuan." ”

"Don't, it's good to be able to win, save yuan, I don't dare to think about it."

"Xie Yuan is humble."

"It's not modesty, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, but you usually need to work hard, the water is there, and the canal will be made."

"Yes ......" is very confused, many moves have come in, and there has been a backlog for three or four years, and there are no dozens of hundreds of lifters in that state to take the exam? Some of them are full of confidence, while others have a worried look on their faces. There are also a few, like Chai Keming, who know that they are purely here to make soy sauce, but they do not have any psychological burden. This move is the former, and if you have this kind of expression, the prospects are not optimistic.

The soldiers came to deliver breakfast, a large porcelain bowl of porridge, a few salted radish strips in it, Zheng Lang took the bowl, looked at the porridge, looked at the corridor again, and said, "Brother Bing, bring me two meat buns." ”

"Xie Yuan, it's okay."

"How much?"

"Twenty cents."

Thieves are expensive! However, the old man said: "But Xie Yuan doesn't have to give money, it's a small honor to eat small buns." ”

"That's not going to work, you have to support your family too."

"Xie Yuan, don't mention the money, the small money is not happy, do you remember what you said when you were beaten a few years ago, it warmed our hearts." The old pawn said. That is, Zheng Lang said a few words of justice for the soldiers that day.

"How can this be?"

"You're welcome, really."

Zheng Lang had no choice but to eat it. In fact, he really didn't care about the ten cents and didn't accept them, but he was very uneasy to eat, and it was a big bun with ten cents and an expensive thief.

The sun rose and brought a warmth to the heavens and the earth.

The students flocked to the bamboo gate of the Gongyuan together, where they waited for the release, and then entered the Wucheng Wang Temple, that is, the temple commemorating Jiang Ziya, where most of the provincial examinations were held in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and occasionally borrowed the Taichang Temple and Guozijian as temporary examination rooms. Just like the current tense examination without the quality of the surname, it is the product of the failure to further improve the imperial examination system.

I can't see it when I spread out, but now when I get together, I know how many lifts there are, and I can't count them at a glance, and I don't know if they are thousands or nearly 10,000 moves. When the two uncles saw Zheng Lang, they quickly squeezed over. At least at this moment are equal. The eldest brother is an old fritter, and the third uncle is the second to enter the palace, but the expressions on the faces of the two uncles are still very nervous.

"Big brother, third brother, don't be afraid, remember it well, the more relaxed your mood is, the better you can do in the exam."

"Hmm."

"Also, remember what I said, the more decent the answer sheet, the greater the hope of passing the exam."

"Da Lang, we have also inquired, not only Zhang Zhigong, Zheng Bachelor is a good person, Xu Bachelor is Ouyang Xiu's Taishan, but he does not agree with his son-in-law's political views, and he is conservative and peaceful. Da Song (Song Jiao, that is, Song Itch) was also a loyal person. Only Mr. Li is alert. ”

You can't just ask one person, most of the exam questions are like chapters, but when you read the papers, several examiners read them together, and God knows whose hands your papers will fall into?

Zheng Lang snickered in a low voice.

The third uncle said, "Da Lang, how did you come up with this idea?" ”

"O you, this is inferior. I also thought about it for your sake, and it may not be of much help to me. "It's not like Zhang Dexiang is the chief examiner, and the test paper has to be honest. If you want to be unconventional or radical, it's not too late to play in the future, and you can't try it on the test paper. It seems that Wang An in history was taken out of the champion because of this.

"I see," the two uncles were ashamed. I thought to myself, that is, with the talent of my little brother-in-law, why bother to study these little thieves.

Another group of people came over, brought by Sun Gu, more than a dozen people, and greeted them very politely.

Zheng Lang bowed slightly, but when Sun Gu introduced him, Zheng Lang was still very stunned, some people Zheng Lang didn't know, but there were a few of them, but Zheng Lang was surprised. The first one is Zhang Fangping!

Hearing these three words, Zheng Lang lost his mind slightly, sure enough, there are many talents, it is this session, which is worse than the previous sessions, and this great god is here. His face didn't show it, and he arched his hand and said, "I've seen Brother Antao." ”

"I've seen Zheng Jieyuan."

Returning the salute to each other, Zheng Lang looked at this person again, nearly thirty years old, with a proud face, and then thought of his student outside, I don't know if the two meet at this time, will they look at each other?

Next, another person attracted Zheng Lang's attention again, Cai Ting! This person was very powerful in the northwest in the future, and resisted the invasion of Western Xia many times. There are two other Cai, one is very thin Cai is Cai Xiang's younger brother Cai Gao, who later believed in Christianity and was also very talented, but unfortunately died young. I don't know what caused me to die, but now I look like I'm very malnourished. The other is Cai Kang, another minister who will be very successful in the future. There is another person, Jinjiang student Su Xuan.

Zheng Lang gave a respectful salute again: "I've seen Brother Su." ”

This man was only eighteen years old, but in the future he was a famous martyr of the Northern Song Dynasty, who shouted out a sentence that I would not die at the hands of the enemy, and would rather commit suicide with my family than die at the hands of Vietnamese invaders.

In fact, in addition to these people, there are also Zhang Mo and others, who all graduated from high school in this session, and have made a lot of achievements in the political arena of the Song Dynasty in the future. But overall, this scientific expedition is not as star-studded as the previous and previous ones. The bamboo gate arrived, and another acquaintance came to meet him.

Liu Yong arched his hand and said, "I've seen Xie Yuan." ”

I haven't seen him for a few years, and he is even better at words, and even Zheng Lang often hears people singing his long and short sentences in Zhengzhou.

Thinking of his life, Zheng Lang's heart softened again, and said, "I've seen Brother Sanchang, can you listen to me?" ”

"Please advise."

"Don't dare," Zheng Lang pushed his arched hand away, in a sense, this was the first great god he had ever seen in this world, and he was still a little excited in his heart at that time. It wasn't until later that I saw too many gods and ghosts, and I slowly got used to it. He also said: "Brother Sanchang must go to high school this time." ”

Liu Sanbian shook his head sadly on his face.

"Do you want to endure the fame and change the shallow singing, or do you want to have a political action?"

This sad ghost, who failed in the last provincial test, wrote a poem in a fit of anger, and on the gold list, he occasionally lost the leader's hope. Ming Dynasty temporary relics, how to? Attempt to make a fuss, fight or not? There is no need to talk about mourning. A talented lyricist, he is a white-clothed minister. Fireworks Alley, Yiyo Danqing Barrier. Fortunately, there is a person who can be searched. And the red leaning on the green, the romance, the life is smooth. Youth is paid. Endure the floating name, change the shallow low singing!

It was this song "Crane Rushing to the Sky" that made him even more sad.

In his lyrics, he is not a good word, but his words are widely spread, and even people in the palace are singing. This time, he won the scientific expedition. But when the list was released, the little emperor looked at Liu Yong's name and criticized: Let's go and sing in a low voice, why do you want to be famous?

You can't blame the little emperor, what a big deal the scientific expedition is in this era, you can talk about the gold list, and occasionally lose the leader's hope, it's okay, but you can also say that you are fortunate to be interested in someone, and you can find it. And the red leaning on the green, the romance, the life is smooth. Youth is paid. Endure the floating name and change it to a shallow low singing? Isn't my scientific research as important as one of your memoraries?

So let the little emperor depose him, Liu Yong was angry, and he fought hard, I will not take the scientific examination from now on, I am ordered to fill in the words, and I will fill in the long and short sentences. This is certainly not the life that Yoo Young wants.

"That's just a one-way word......"

"You don't have to think about it so much, after the exam, you can compose a long and short sentence to express regret about what you did before. But in the land of smoke and willows, you can tease it a little, and it is not a long-term solution. Please think twice. ”

After saying that, I didn't say anything more.

It's not that writing a poem can prove anything, if you send someone to ask after the exam, he is still hugging red and green, and there is no cure. Although the lyrics are beautiful, they do not affect being an official, for example, Su Dongpo's words are well written, and the official is also doing well. However, staying on that occasion all day, forgetting the right business, he also did not dare to plead with the little emperor.

As soon as he finished speaking, several door-to-door officials, inspectors of the courtyard, and supervisors of entry and exit arrived, counted and verified the number of people, opened the bamboo gate, and were led by soldiers and officials to the Wucheng Wang Temple. But don't worry, there is still something to do, Zhang Dexiang and a cadre of officials walked out. The ceremony of the provincial examination was very solemn and solemn, and the spectators were like a mountain, but the onlookers were blocked by forbidden soldiers to prevent them from approaching the lifter. Zheng Lang's eyes were sharp, and he saw Jiang Xing'er and Si'er from the crowd, as well as two younger.

Seeing Zheng Lang's eyes looking at them, Jiang Xing'er raised her handkerchief, Zheng Lang smiled, and it was not easy to shout at this time: "Go back, I don't have to worry about you." ”

What did that become?

The ceremony continued, and Zheng Lang whispered to Liu Yong beside him: "Brother Liutai, do you see it, how cautious the imperial court is about the imperial examination, but you changed it to a shallow singing, what will Your Majesty think when he knows?" ”

This sentence was a little humorous, Zhang Fangping stood aside and listened, and couldn't help laughing, almost laughing.

Liu Yong's face was a little red.

Zheng Lang really wanted to ask, I persuaded you last time, have you been kind to your wife Qi? That's who you should care about the most.

Didn't ask.

But it was Zheng Lang who secretly helped. With Liu Yong's surname, it is still difficult to do anything politically. Without him, it is his long and short sentences that cause it. For example, when writing about the love between men and women, Yan Shu wrote it like this, and the threshold was sorrowful and sobbing with Yanlan. The curtain was cold, and the swallows flew away. Mingyue does not know how to leave hatred and suffering. The oblique light came to the dawn and pierced Zhu Hu. Last night the west wind withered the green trees. Go up to the tall building alone and look at the end of the world. I want to send color notes and rulers. The mountains and rivers are long and wide, and they know where.

But in the hands of Liu Yong, it became this: since spring, miserable green and red, the heart is a matter of cocoa. Said on the flowers, the warbler wears a willow belt, and still presses the incense to lie down. Warm and crispy, greasy clouds. None of that. Once the hatred is gone, there is no music book. I knew it earlier. Regret the beginning、Do not lock the carved saddle。 To the chicken window, only with the brute paper elephant tube, restrained teaching and chanting. The town follows, don't hide. Needlework and thread sit with Yi idle. and me. lest you be young and your time will be wasted.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the atmosphere of men and women was not as conservative as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they had to worry about some influences. Therefore, Yan Shu wrote very implicitly, but in the hands of Liu Yong, he was desperate. What do you think of these scholars?

So Cui Xian took Zheng Lang's army, as long as you dare to take me to the carriage and travel together, I will dare to sit on it. Does Zheng Lang dare?

Therefore, as soon as Liu Yong's song "Fixing the Storm" came out, Yan Shu was furious when he saw it, saying that Liu Yong's writing was sweeping and unorthodox. Later, people said that he and Fan Zhongyan were good friends, which was far-fetched, with this innate impression, even if Fan Zhongyan pitied his talent, at most recommended him to be some unpopular petty officials. After thinking about it for a while, the ceremony came to an end, the official brought out the incense case, and the chief examiner bowed to the person. Only then did I officially enter the examination room.

Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping arched their hands and said, "Take care, everyone." ”

When you enter the examination room, you can't go together, you have to be in place, and you have to separate.

"Precious."

Several people dispersed, and the search began. There is no "human rights" practice, and every move is made all over the body, and the forbidden soldiers have touched it all over and over again. He really felt something, and a benevolent brother looked a little flustered when he saw two forbidden soldiers searching his body.

Originally, the two soldiers who searched his body did not find it, and they were about to let him go, but when they saw his expression, they glanced at each other, and searched again, this time it was more detailed, and as a result, they lifted the corner of his trousers and found a good thing. A long cloth was tied to his leg, and it was covered with dense characters.

This man turned pale, fell to the ground, begging for mercy, if he didn't catch it, he was lucky, and if he did, he would take away all his fame. But how does it work? The two officials pounced like wolves and took the man down.

This is a case, even if it is a provincial test, frauds such as coercion, passing on questions, passing on manuscripts, and naming the whole body cannot be completely eliminated. The person who was found out was just an unlucky ghost, and there were many people who got through it in a fool's way. However, in general, the provincial test is far stricter than the solution test, and it is difficult to cheat.

When they arrived at Zheng Lang, the two soldiers were very polite, made a show, searched him, and let him go. Other people are not convinced, with Zheng Lang's current reputation, do you need to cheat.

It took so long to really enter the exam room.

Song Yi looked at the people who entered the Wucheng Wang Temple one after another, and asked Li Shu in a low voice, "Did Zheng Jiazi go in?" ”

"I just watched him go in."

"I wonder if he can do well in the exam?"

"Don't worry, you won the Yuan back then, and then you didn't win the Provincial Yuan, and then you won the champion."

"He's still young."

"Master Yan is smaller."

Song Qi didn't say anything more, saying that he even won the three yuan back then, which was also due to luck, and it couldn't be taken as common sense. Just ask, how many of these moves are there to solve the yuan? Hugh said that it is a provincial yuan, that is, a provincial test, and Xie Yuan may not be able to pass the test.

Li Shu said again: "If he can't even pass the provincial exam, then it also proves that he is an exaggerated person." ”

"You believe it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two carts of donkey carts carrying test papers came slowly under the guard of many soldiers. The arrival of the test paper also means the start of the provincial examination.

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