Chapter 13 Entrance to the Examination Room
To be able to let the head of a county, the chief examiner of this exam vouch for himself, in addition to the words he said when he signed up moved the magistrate, after careful consideration, Wu Jie figured out the joints.
What his father in this world committed in Nanjing was wronged, and the imperial court used him as a scapegoat in order to appease the mutinous soldiers. As a member of the Shilin bureaucracy, Xinjin Zhixian may not be unsympathetic. pushes others and himself, and can't help but feel pity for Wu Jie.
The officials in the world are originally a family, and the imperial court can sacrifice a military officer for the Nanjing Mutiny today, and it may not sacrifice a county order for other things tomorrow. Today's Son of Heaven has a monopoly on power, and Emperor Jiajing is the most wise monarch after the Ming Dynasty to Hongwu and Yongle Emperors, and the imperial power has swelled to a new height.
The struggle between the monarch, the chief minister, and the minister is extremely fierce and cruel, and at the beginning of the dispute over the country's capital, I don't know how many righteous people have been implicated.
It is also the duty of a gentleman to let go of Wu Jie.
The date of the exam is after the sixth day, and Wu Jie did not hold the book and read it to death during these six days. Instead, he wandered around the city, and now it is the first half of the second lunar month, and it is the bright and sunny day of spring. Without the industrial pollution of later generations, the scenery of Shu is breathtakingly beautiful. Especially the Minjiang River in the west of the city, under the illumination of the warm spring sun, the blue and the sky are connected, which makes people seem to melt in the blue waves.
Moth was very annoyed by Wu Jie's idleness, and kept complaining in his ear, saying that you were going to participate in the imperial examination before, and I thought you would save trouble from now on, but I don't want to relapse from the old illness now. I'm also empty of joy, I knew it was like this, it was better to die in the first place.
Speaking of sadness, another tear dropped.
Wu Jie replied, "If the old illness recurs, don't you become a fool again, do you think I look like a fool now?" No, my head seems to hurt, and I'm confused.
As he spoke, he held his head and pretended to be in pain. Frightened, the moth hurriedly wrung the wet towel and wanted to cover Wu Jie's forehead.
Wu Jie haha pushed away the moth's hand: "Teasing you, it really scared you." ”
"You ......" The little girl's eyes widened angrily, and tears could still be seen in the corners of her eyes.
Wu Jie pouted: "Isn't it just a county test, making it like burning a house, as for it?" This son is a genius, even if he doesn't read a word, he will pass the exam when the time comes. ”
Actually, I think he was also a playful person back then. When I was in college, because of my wide range of hobbies, I didn't put much effort into studying. Many times, on the first day of the exam, I picked up my books and worked hard all night. He is a liberal arts student, and most of his studies are rote memorization, and he sharpened his gun in battle, and he actually passed the test smoothly.
Compared with the exams of later generations, the difficulty of this prefectural examination is outrageously low. It's just a matter of reciting an eight-strand text, just about 2,000 words, and it can be done in minutes. Life is beautiful, instead of wasting time in the study, it is better to take a walk around and enjoy this antique life in the Ming Dynasty.
Besides, my body is still very weak, and I should move my muscles and bones.
The food at home is still bad, most of them are based on liquid food, but fortunately, in the real world, Wu Jie consciously eats and drinks nonsense, and exercises in the gym every day. Reality reflects dreams, and after a few days, the pale cheeks are also full and rosy.
After looking in the mirror and touching his still thin face with satisfaction, Wu Jie couldn't help but smile: "It's okay, there is still hope for being a handsome guy." ”
After five days, it was time to enter the examination room tomorrow, Wu Jie still didn't read, drank two large bowls of crucian carp porridge, and went to bed early, snoring.
Seeing that Wu Jie was so lazy to do it, and he looked like a son-in-law, the moth was already a little dead-hearted. However, the next day she got up early and burned the stove to the ground.
In ancient times, political axe institutions went to work early, whether it was a local agency or a central decision-making department, they had to open their doors at the end of the day, which was the so-called Dianmao.
Therefore, this year's county test in Xinjin County is also set at this hour.
The early spring dawns late, especially at this dawn time, when it's so dark outside that you can't see your fingers.
Two more cakes were baked, and a plate of spicy chicken offal was fried. Only then did he put a hot towel on Wu Jie's face and wiped it gently.
After wiping his face, before Wu Jie opened his eyes, a mouthful of hot tea was in his mouth, fragrant and sweet, making him completely sober.
"It smells so good." Smelling the fragrance of chicken offal, Wu Jie couldn't help but scream: "Moth, how can you be willing to make something delicious today?" ”
Moth didn't reply, and there was no expression in his eyes. Wu Jie hasn't written a word or read a page of the book these days, which makes her a little dead.
After breakfast, Wu Jie was still a little sleepy, and when he walked to the examination room with the examination basket, his eyes were still red, dry and astringent.
On the surface, it seems that he has been having a good time these days, but in fact, in the real world, he has put a lot of effort into it. Although I have found the questions of this county exam in the materials in advance, although compared to the final exam in the university, this kind of exam is not difficult.
But if the university exam is a failed subject, you can make up the exam, if the county exam is a failure, you can only wait for next year, the life of the Ming Dynasty seems to be beautiful, but the pressure is not less than that of modern society. He had fifty taels of silver in hand, but he didn't know any other means of survival, and becoming an official in the imperial examination was his only way out. Wu Jie suddenly had a feeling that he couldn't afford to lose.
In order to cope with this exam, he printed four sample essays on the computer in advance, and as soon as he arrived at the unit, he sat in the corner and silently memorized them.
The day before the exam, he stayed up until 2 o'clock in the evening before going to bed, and he was still a little sluggish.
The county examination is very irregular, and the examination room is located in the county hall. There are a lot of candidates who come to refer to it today, about thirty-nine people, most of them are twelve or thirteen-year-old children, and Wu Jie is the oldest one, a head taller than the others.
Because most of them are children, and they get up so early, the schoolchildren are escorted by elders in the family.
When the candidates entered the lobby, the parents were standing outside the door and waiting, crowding the yamen.
Seeing Wu Jie coming, some people who knew him whispered: "Isn't this the fool from Lord Wu's family, why did he come over, he didn't come to take the county exam, right?" ”
"It seems that a fool came to take the test, isn't this nonsense?"
Wu Jie heard the fire in his heart, and it was difficult to justify, so he had to carry the basket and walk inside.
The official does not repair the yamen, the yamen of Xinjin County is broken and small, the wall is low, standing outside you can take in the situation inside, and there is no city god temple in the county, entering the court, you can still hear the whispering of the parents outside.
The magistrate and the official gate arrived early, and the lanterns illuminated the entire lobby. Seeing Wu Jie, the magistrate nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "How are you preparing?" ”
"Ambition is bound to win."
"But this official seems to have heard that you have been playing outside these days."
Wu Jie rubbed his eyes: "Wu Jie only came to participate in the children's examination at an old age, if he only took a county examination, he would be scared and trembling like walking on thin ice, and he would not be so shocked that he couldn't even hold the pen steadily." ”
"You're confident." The magistrate laughed: "Let's find a place to sit with the exam number." ”
Xindao: Although this Wu Festival is a little crazy, not all of the scholars and eunuchs are from this family, but this self-confidence is quite likable.
During the Jiajing period of Longqing, social stability was a period of cultural prosperity in the Ming Dynasty, and the four famous works, Kunqu Opera, the four great talents of Jiangnan, and Yang Shennai were the cultural symbols of this period. Among them, the four great talents in Jiangnan are wild and unrestrained, not to mention, Xiao Yang is also a broad and strong person. Reflected in the scholar class, there are many romantic madmen, otherwise Yang Shen and a group of officials would not have made a big fuss about Zuo Shunmen and ambushed Zhang Xuan, which shocked the world. Wu Jie's complacency, but it was in line with the appetite of the magistrate, and he unconsciously glanced at him again.
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