Jiangnan Township Examination is mostly held in the autumn, also known as "Autumn Wai", each time the test is three, each test is three days, three three see nine, because there are two changes during the period, the actual examination is nine days and seven nights, which is simply not enough to be humane with outsiders.

In the first test, there are eight essays, three four-book questions, and four five-book questions, and these seven questions, no, are three questions and four book questions, and three articles, which are enough to determine the honor and disgrace of the candidate's life. As for the application of the second officialdom and the strategy of the third, it is irrelevant.

"The imperial examination is the first to pay attention to the scriptures, and the first to the scriptures is the four books!" Tang Yi muttered silently, carrying a small basket, and found his own house. When he got to the front of the house, he almost cried.

All the houses are south-facing, lined up in a row, there are hundreds of long rooms, dozens of short rooms, without exception, all the number houses are only three sides, the south side of the hole opens, the sun is basking on sunny days, and the rainy days are pouring down, it is definitely three exams for nine days, and the wind and frost are strictly pressing!

Even if it lacks a wall, the inside of the house is even smaller, less than six feet long, no more than five feet high, and three or four feet wide.

Tang Yi gestured, and he could barely stand up and lie down inside. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if he didn't pass this time, in another three years, he would be completely tall, and the small number house would definitely not fit. In his mind, he couldn't help but have a picture of a pig farm, each with a fat pig in it, eating, sleeping, sleeping, eating, waiting to be slaughtered and eaten.

Good people were treated as cattle, no wonder there was only one eunuch following Chongzhen when the Ming Dynasty died!

"When I take power, the imperial examination must be changed, and it must be overhauled, so that every candidate has dignity!" Tang Yi gritted his teeth and swore an oath.

It's just that he doesn't have that ability at the moment, so he has to obediently fetch water and sweep the dust away. They were also given two planks. Inserted into the wall, one is a table and one is a chair.

"I finally don't have to lie on the ground to write." Tang Yi was secretly glad that he took out a small stove and put two pieces of silver bamboo charcoal on it, and there was no smoke at all. I put a small pot, pour a handful of millet, fill it with water, and after a while, the aroma of porridge wafted out far away.

The babies in the surrounding houses were gnawing on hard dry food and crying with envy.

Tang Yi didn't care about the envious, jealous and hateful gaze, and waited until the porridge was almost cooked, and then took out a handful of beef cubes and threw them in, although the appearance was not good. But at least it's moderately sweet and salty, nutritious, and with honey steamed buns, it's also a treat.

Tang Yi ate and drank to his heart's content, and then leaned on the house for a while, and after three poles of the sun, he finally woke up, and then slowly opened the test questions. While grinding, there is a pair of questions to review.

Candidates on both sides. And the soldiers on patrol have long noticed this guy, everyone else is racing against time, only he is good, everyone has broken through the glasses, you should be a spring outing, this is a township test. The most important exam of your life, you kid promise to regret it!

They seemed to see Tang Yi's miserable appearance of being off the list, crying and crying, don't you have the heart to cook porridge, I hope you cook it every three years. Be a poor talent for a lifetime! The gang thought viciously, and it seemed that the unpleasantness in their hearts had disappeared, and the dry food was not so difficult to swallow......

People say that they are poor and talented, but no one says that they are poor, because Xiucai can only be regarded as a reserve soldier, except for being able to exempt himself from military service and food, it is of little use, and it costs a lot every time he takes the exam, and there is a possibility of bankruptcy. In fact, many talents who are not good at management have a tight life.

But once you become a lifter, it is completely different, lifters have the qualifications to confer officials, even if they are not officials, there are countless people vying to dedicate the land to the name.

There are also squires and rich people who will take the initiative to marry, all in all, there are many benefits, and they are definitely worry-free. Because of this, scholars are eager to take the township examination, taking Nanzhili as an example, there are five or six thousand people who participated in the township examination this year, while the quota allocated by the imperial court is only one hundred.

In other words, the proportion of admission to the township examination is only less than one-fifth of that of the general examination, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Of course, this difficulty is only for some people, as for Xiao Tang, it is much easier, after the tempering of the children's exam, Tang Yi has already perfectly integrated the examination experience of his previous life with the eight strands, communicated with the two pulses of Ren Du, opened up the bridge between heaven and earth, and washed the marrow of the Book of Changes, which is extraordinary.

In addition, the big guys of the mind are instilled, and it is simply a fight with the virtual bamboo that has absorbed two hundred years of skill, and it is easy to deal with it, and it is calm and chic.

After reviewing the questions, I waved my pen to answer, and in less than an afternoon, I could complete the three questions and four book questions in one stroke. Seeing that the sun was in the west, he didn't waste his eyes, so he simply cooked some porridge again, and the food to be eaten at night was light, and he didn't put beef, but changed it to a preserved egg, drank a pot of porridge, fell asleep, and got up after a while.

The candidates on both sides are still lighting the lamp and boiling oil, their eyes are sore, tears are flowing for a long time, and the baby is bitter and the baby does not say.

Briefly, he said that he had completed the four books in the morning of the next day, solved the Pentateuch questions in the afternoon, and on the third day, he had copied all seven questions so that there would be no flaws.

Don't look at the township test is transcribed, but Tang Yi firmly believes that good habits will be used for life.

He got everything in order and waited for the papers.

Tang Yi is not the only one who is relaxed, but also a candidate sitting at the end of this row, he is young and talented, and he happened to have done all three questions and four book questions, and he was like a fish in water, and it only took two days to answer all the papers.

How to look at how happy, the middle is certain, it depends on whether you can grab Xie Yuan, even if you can't get Xie Yuan, you have to get a Wukui out.

The more he sits, the more bored he becomes, and he happens to be given three candles, don't waste them. The unlucky boy lit the candle and was overjoyed to see the flickering candle flame.

How did you know that a gust of wind blew, and the candle was blown off, and it happened to fall on his roll, and the fire was ignited in an instant, but the unlucky man was frightened, and he fought and beat, and finally put out the fire, and the roll burned to only one corner, and the unlucky child wanted to cry without tears.

Staring at the scroll for a long time, he picked up the pen and wrote eight lines of poetry on the scroll with only one corner left: "Iron Horse Jinge fights thorns, and the article is fateful." Ten years of unsold hearts are still strong, and a wish has been violated. Shao Hao didn't listen to the killing, and Zhu Rong did not hesitate to do anything. There is no news on the side of the flying rainbow bridge, and the heavy curtain swallow flies. ”

It happened that the examiner was passing by this place and saw that the poem was written interestingly. actually posted the list.

The unlucky guy made a sensation in Jiangnan with his poetry in one fell swoop, and after another three years, he was successfully promoted, which can be regarded as a bittersweet one......

After winning the first game, the remaining two games were insignificant, and Tang Yi cheered up. After coping with it, the moment he walked out of the Tribute Academy, Tang Yi only had one thought left: "Sure enough, it's an evil imperial examination!" ”

As sentimental as him, there was also the second son of Wang, a carriage had already taken the two of them back together, Tang Yi arrived at the residence, he didn't even take off his clothes, and fell asleep directly. As for Wang Shimao, he was even more miserable, snoring in the carriage. It was the family who carried him into the bedroom.

slept until the afternoon of the next day, in the sound of chirping in the internal organs, Tang Yi barely got up, and his family sent the cooked eight-treasure porridge, and after drinking enough, Tang Yi finally had the energy and moved the joints of his body. There is still half a month to go before the end of the marking.

What should I do?

"It's not easy. Go to the Qinhuai River! The second prince blurted out, seeing Tang Yi's strange expression. also understood what was going on, and shook his head: "I didn't say it." ”

Tang Yi thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Cousin, I have a fun idea, do you want to try it." ”

"Why don't you want to." Wang Shimao smiled curiously, and Tang Yi got up. Pulling Wang Shimao, he went straight to the weaving bureau.

The little eunuch had known Tang Yi for a long time, and when he saw that Tang Gongzi was coming, he hurriedly invited him inside, don't mention that filial piety. It's no wonder that he is like this, if it weren't for Tang Yi, as early as last year, Huang Jin would have folded on the ticket, how could he be chic now.

Jiajing has made an order, Huang Jin is diligent in his work, and he will be transferred back to the capital to take over as the master of ceremonies and the superintendent. For eunuchs, this is equivalent to entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister and walking to the pinnacle of life, how can Huang Jin not be happy.

Hearing that Tang Yi was coming, he hurriedly ran over, pulled Tang Yi's arm, and smiled so much that his eyes became a slit.

"Our family heard the magpie cry in the morning, and knew that a noble person was visiting, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Tang appreciating the light, happy, happy!"

Tang Yi smiled: "Father-in-law is too polite, I heard that you are going to Beijing?" ”

"Yes, it's not thanks to Brother Tang, the southeast has been in turmoil in the past few years, and our family is stunned that there is no difference in the palace's selection fee, and the emperor is kind and allows our family to enter the ceremonial supervisor. In the future, Brother Tang will have a place for our family, just open his mouth and never give up. ”

"Father-in-law Gao Yi, just say this to you, I have a gift for my father-in-law, please come over with your ear."

Tang Yi muttered a few words in Huang Jin's ear, and Huang Jin's eyes were radiant, so happy that he couldn't even slap them together.

"Hey, if this is done, our family will thank my brother for a lifetime!"

Huang Jin walked back and forth on the ground excitedly, asking the little eunuch to arrange it quickly, and the next day, in the open space in the backyard of the Weaving Bureau, the one-foot square Kong Ming lantern was propped up.

Tang Yi lit the oil of fire, and in an instant, the flames jumped up, the heat rose, and after a while, the Kong Ming lantern was bulging like a steamed bun, and as soon as the little eunuch let go, it was fluttering, and the Kong Ming lantern flew up.

There was also a little black dog hanging under the lampstand, and it didn't know what was going on, so it flew up more than a man's height, and its little hooves kept moving and barking.

Huang Jin stared, watching the little thing fly higher and higher, his heart blossomed, suddenly a gust of wind hit, the flames burned the paper, the little black dog fell from the sky with a wail, Huang Jin's heart flickered.

The monster shouted, "Good boy, this thing is still dangerous!" ”

Tang Yi rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that it was easy for me to get it myself, so why not find you.

"Gonggong Huang, you have also seen the principle, as long as you find a fireproof cloth and make the Kong Ming lantern big enough, your majesty's dream of flying to the nine heavens will be realized in your hands, and at that time...... I don't need to say it! ”

"Hmm!" Huang Jin slapped his thigh hard: "Even if our family works hard, we have to get it out." ”

In the following days, the backyard of the celebrant became a slaughterhouse for small animals, from cats and dogs, all the way to lambs and calves, constantly being sent into the sky, after countless experiments, finally figured out the size needed to make a person fly, and the only remaining problem was the fireproof fabric, Huang Jin has been found all over the world.

At this time, the tense township examination papers are over, and it is time to release the list. (To be continued.) )