Waiting to send people away, the East is still unknown.

It is too early to say that it is too early, and there are already cars and horses.

Riding the fire high and low shadows, the street drums are jagged.

Pity the early dynasty, look at each other with high spirits.

The dust flies at sunrise, and the group moves to camp with each other.

What do you want in the camp, it is nothing but profit and fame.

……

On the seventh day of the second month of the fifth year of Tianbao, the sky was only exposed to the white belly of the fish, and Li Ang, Tang Yu, Di Yuan, Wei Ruliang, Wu Ziqing, Qian Shi and others made an appointment and rushed to the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites in Shangshu Province.

On the streets, there is a lot of traffic, bright lights, and noisy people. At the same time, the officials who rushed to the court, looking at Li Ang's moves to catch the exam with nervousness, an obvious sense of superiority arose, and the horse's hooves passed briskly by the side of the lift.

The funniest thing is that Qian Shi sat in the car and kept muttering "Don't be nervous...... "Don't be nervous..."

Why not be nervous, this hasn't arrived in the exam room yet, and he is already faintly sweating on his forehead. Tang Yu's performance was slightly better, but it wasn't much better.

When each child comes to participate in the Ministry of Rites examination, whether or not he can be named on the gold list is not only related to the success or failure of his life, but also bears the expectations of the entire family, relatives and friends, and even the township.

Many people enter Beijing to take the exam, relatives and friends, neighbors and old neighbors, most of them give away the road money, give ardent expectations, some people after the list, because the pressure is too great, they dare not go back to face the parents of their hometown, so they stay in Chang'an for a long time.

There is such a story recorded in the eighth volume of "Tang Jiayan", there is a person named Gong Chengyi, who has been stranded in the capital after falling to the top, and has repeatedly taken the imperial examination. I haven't been home for more than a decade. For such a long time, the entanglement brought by it has long been used up. In the capital, there is poverty and sickness;

There were rumors in his hometown that he had died of illness, and his wife traveled long distances to mourn. Just met him. He saw a coarse woman riding on the back of a donkey, a little familiar, and the woman was looking at him, but they had been separated from each other for too long, and they couldn't recognize each other.

Such an example is definitely not an isolated case. Don't talk about it, let's talk about Du Fu, who has been stranded in Chang'an for many years, and he is also having a miserable time. He wrote a good poem, and he was able to enter the door of several powerful people, but it was so miserable, and the situation of other ordinary people can be imagined.

Therefore, most of the lifters, at this moment, are carrying individuals. The deep pressure of family, relatives, and township, everyone's steps are a little heavy.

Among the several people, Li Ang was the most relaxed, looking around. Among the thousands of lifters, there are really not many who look as relaxed as him.

He also had the leisure to joke to Tang Yu and the others: "Brothers, wait for the time for the subordinate Xu to roll call." Remember to wait and clamp the gluteal cleft in case it gets too tight. The top mouth hasn't answered yet, but the next one has spoken first. That's miserable! ”

"Hahaha......"

Tang Yu and the others were so amused by him that they burst out laughing, and the other people on the street couldn't help but look sideways, Li Ang hung down his whip sleeves and had a leisurely attitude, who cared about the sideways eyes of others. While Tang Yu and the others were laughing, their mood was also much more relaxed.

Wei Ruliang said with a smile: "As the saying goes, I am fortunate to have gained, and I have lost my life, this time we will let go of our mood, and good students will take the exam." Thank you, Brother Day. ”

"Thank you for what I did? I've got to clamp my gluteal cleft myself, hahaha......."

A few people talked and laughed, with the army of thousands of people, came to the south courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, the fire outside the courtyard was blazing, and a large number of brightly armored guards lined up outside the door, eyeing the tiger.

When they arrived here, the subordinates had no choice but to take the pre-prepared pen and ink, grease candles, charcoal, and the dining utensils of the court, etc., or put them on their shoulders or on the seat, and wait for the officials of the Ministry of Rites to call out their names loudly, so they squeezed out of the crowd, lined up, and waited for those indifferent officials and soldiers to search their bodies.

This scene can really be described as thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, and now except for the ridicule and reprimand of the officials, everyone held their breath, for fear of calling their names and not hearing them clearly.

Under the shaking firelight, the lifters looked grim and uneasy. One by one, their necks stretched out, their ears pricked up, and some of the old and infirm people were still shivering, looking like a group of lonely ghosts squeezed out of the ghost gate during Halloween.

Really, it's not an exaggeration at all, Li Ang unconsciously touched his nose and wanted to laugh.

But when you get here, if you laugh out loud, the consequences will be very serious, even if those vicious soldiers don't come up to get people, it is estimated that the people around you will trample you to death because they are worried that they will not be able to hear the singing.

"Leon!"

"Tang Yu!"

“……”

finally called Li Ang and a few people, he and Tang Yu and the four of them were jointly bailed, and they were also called together during the roll call. Li Ang replied, squeezed forward, and looked at his family, and then looked at Li Ang's figure and appearance;

At this time, although there are no photos or portraits, the physical characteristics of each person are recorded in detail in the family form, and they should be carefully compared when entering;

If someone has suddenly gained too much weight and lost too much weight in the past few months, or has more scars on their face after a fall, then congratulations, stay where you are cool.

"Open your mouth!" The official suddenly shouted.

Li Ang is unhappy now, isn't this going to the market to buy livestock, and he still can't see if he can't do it?

He replied in a muffled voice: "I can't open my mouth, I have bad breath!" ”

The officer was a little thundered, well, since he has bad breath, forget it. "Get out of here!"

Li Ang smiled secretly, after passing the pass of the officer, he had to go through the search of the soldiers, and he did not let go of the clothes and hats on his body and the items he carried.

This spring is cold, everyone else brings charcoal, and even bedding and the like, Li Ang is good, in addition to the pen and ink, it is all the delicious pastries carefully prepared for him by Nineteen Niang, and there is even a pot of Jiannan Roasted Spring.

Those soldiers watched, this is too much, don't do it, take some and talk about it.

"Alas, alas! Don't take so many big brothers, I'm going to enter the market for a day and a night......"

"What the hell, we're checking to see if there's any entrainment in your pastry. What's wrong? You still don't let the check? ”

The soldiers were speechless, well, check with their mouths, which made Leon completely speechless.

Fortunately, those soldiers saw that he was dressed extraordinarily, as if he was from a powerful background, so they didn't dare to embarrass him too much, so they changed into ordinary clothes, I am afraid that he will not even be able to leave a single hair of his food.

After layers of inspection, I finally entered the Tribute Courtyard smoothly.

In this regard, Li Ang only wants to describe it in one word, take off his pants and fart - this is an extra move.

What do you think, in Datang's Jinshi examination, the number of Jinshi admitted in each session is only twenty or thirty, and this quota is actually basically divided before the exam.

The so-called exam is just a formality, which is not an exaggeration, such as Shen Xuan's main Chunqiu, his mother said: "Recently, Cui and Li Shilang have been with the Zongmeng, who do you plan to put in the leaves?" ”

Shen Xuan respectfully asked his mother for advice: "It's better than Shen Xian and Shen Zheng." ”

His mother said: "The second son has already had a good price, and the name of the family does not have to be in you." Shen Dan is lonely and cold, and few people know. ”

Xuan didn't dare to disobey her mother's order, so she let Shen Dan and the first.

From this incident, it can be seen that Shen Xuan, as the chief examiner of Chunqiu, intends to admit a well-known clan relative, but his mother said that another member of the clan named Shen Dan has a relatively lonely family background, so he should take care of Shen Dan first.

In this way, Shen Dan's title on the gold list is not because he is talented, but because he is relatively lonely. Taking the famous weapons of the imperial court as the private favor of the clan is innumerable in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty.

Before the exam, the magnates in Beijing had to intervene and recommend their own people to the examiner, and the examiner did not dare to offend these magnates, so he could only admit them, and the number of places admitted in each session was so small that it was not enough for the magnates to divide up. Therefore, when the exam is held, there will be no admission places left at all, and even if there are few left.

In such a situation, is it necessary to search the door so strictly?

Perhaps, without a background, it may be the remaining three or two places to fight, from this point of view, although the number of places is small, but it is still necessary to retain the last bit of fairness in the unfairness. Let's search for it, let's not bother with them.

Outside, there are constantly people who have been searched, and Tang Yu and several people have also successfully passed the customs, at this time the morning sun has risen on the horizon, and a touch of Chen light shines in the golden and brilliant palace, and the golden light jumps, and it is a grand view.

The Tang Dynasty is magnificent, even the imperial examination is in such a magnificent and gorgeous palace;

Where is it like the Ming and Qing dynasties, each candidate was only given a small pigeon cage made of wooden planks, a few feet square, people can't stretch their legs in it, it is said that eating, drinking and Lazar are in it, and after a few days, the whole examination room stinks. The lifters went in like people, and when they came out, they looked like ghosts.

Just as Li Ang was secretly praising the prosperous atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty and wanted to see which palace he was in for the exam, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, only to see that under the shouts of the officials, each lifter sat in turn under the palace corridor, and there was only a broken straw mat on the ground for kneeling.

No way! I am brilliant in the Tang Dynasty, is it not as good as the Ming and Qing Dynasties? People can at least get a pigeon cage, let's take the test in this corridor? Just get such a broken straw mat?

It's still cold in early spring and February, kneeling under this corridor, snow and rain, and you can still pour yourself.

I'm magnificent! White praises you.

Li Ang had no choice but to accept this reality and run to sit on the straw mat that belonged to him...... Well, why does this feel so awkward, it looks like a street show of betraying his father.

Well, this is still beneficial, at least the air is fresher, and you can enjoy the splendid palace when you are tired...... Death is also the first death of those guys who are seventy or eighty.

is the so-called fifty young jinshi, thirty old Ming Jing, it is really true. Li Ang looked around, most of the people who took the Jinshi examination were relatively old, and some even had gray hair.

Like him, showing a weak crown, young, only a third.

The Jinshi examination has always been the most important, and the chief examiner, Da Xixun, personally came over to read out the discipline of the examination room. He walked down with his hands behind his back and read the discipline out loud.

When he walked up to Li Ang, Da Xixun glanced at Li Ang, his eyes seemed to convey something, but Li Ang couldn't guess it for a while, and he was a little puzzled.

(To be continued.) )