The tranquil outline of the village, with its white smoke and gray twilight, seemed to cover the walls, roofs, tree tops, and street entrances with a thin veil.

The cuckoo was in the woods by the river, whining in a dumb voice, and not knowing what it was alarmed, dragging its voice and flying away into the distance.

On the willow tree next to the backyard wall of Huang Siniang's house, the golden light of the sunset fell on a tree. In the pavilion, Huang Siniang's eyes stared at Li Ang quietly, trying to distinguish his true thoughts from his expression.

Under the transparent light veil on her fragrant shoulders, her collarbones are clear, the snow is greasy, the bulging chezi fluctuates with her breathing, and the two peonies on the cherub seem to tremble slightly in the wind.

"Siniang, I really didn't lie to you, although there has been a lot of turmoil for a while, I have generally coped with it. I'm different from you, I didn't have anything before, so when I make money, I inevitably want to hold it in my hands, and you may not understand this feeling;

There is another thing, if you want to become a township tribute, you have to go the way of the county order, which costs money. Siniang, when you take the state exam in Yizhou Mansion in the future, I'm afraid you will have to ask your sister-in-law and brother-in-law for help. So, how could I hide these things from you, I just didn't have time to say it. ”

"You're going to pay tribute?" Huang Siniang was shocked by his sudden thought, and even forgot to be angry with him again.

There are two main sources of candidates who are eligible to participate in the imperial examination in Datang: one is the apprentice, and the other is the township tribute.

Apprentices are those who are selected to take the examination in Shangshu Province after passing the prescribed academic examinations by the central or local government schools.

Township tribute is not learned by the official school, and is called by the township, and the county is entrusted with the examination. The governor repeats and takes it as qualified. Tribute is paid in October every year. Such a person is called a Xianggong, also called a Juren.

It's not easy to be a lifter. Usually his knowledge must be famous in the township and recognized by everyone before he has the opportunity to participate in the county exam, Li Ang has only been naturalized in Xipu County for a few months, and he has not been known for anything before, and now he suddenly said that he wants to pay tribute to the township, how can Huang Siniang not be surprised.

"Siniang, this is the idea I had last time in Huojing, when I went to the county school. You don't know. At that time, I was obviously going to donate money to support the school, but I was constantly sneered at by the students in the county school. Without him, it is because they regard me as a cheap merchant and look down on me in their hearts. ”

Huang Siniang asked, "Then which subject is Li Lang going to take?" ”

There are more than 50 kinds of subjects in the Tang Imperial Examination, such as Xiucai, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Junshi, Ming Law, Ming Zi, and Ming Calculation.

Among them, the subjects of Ming Law, Ming Calculation, and Ming Characters are not taken seriously.

Junshi and other subjects are not held often, and Xiucai is a subject, which was very demanding in the early Tang Dynasty, and later gradually abandoned.

Therefore, the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi have become the main subjects of the Datang common examination. Among them, Jinshike is particularly important.

Li Ang smiled: "If you want to take the exam, of course, you will be admitted to the Shike. ”

Li Ang inquired about the content of the exams in each subject.

The content of the Ming Classics: 9 scriptures, "The Book of Rites" and "Zuo Chuan" are the major scriptures; "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", and "Etiquette" are the middle classics; "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Ram Biography", "Gu Liang Biography" are small classics, in addition. "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects" are compulsory.

The examination method of the Ming Jing subject is generally just an oral examination with the scriptures (fill in the blanks) and Moyi.

The so-called scriptures are to uncover any page of the scriptures. Cover the left and right sides, with only one line in the middle. Then cover the three characters with a paper sticker and let the test person fill in.

Moyi is a simple commentary on the words of the scriptures. Generally only on the scriptures as well as commentaries. If you are proficient in memorization, you can pass the test.

Let's look at Jinshike again.

Originally, the Jinshi Department only examined the strategy, and later added the scriptures (fill in the blanks) and miscellaneous essays (poems).

The scriptures are only pasted with the big scriptures, that is, the "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Chuan". Coupled with the post "Lao Tzu", you can answer 4 out of 10 questions to qualify.

The essay requires one poem each.

Five articles should be written. The main purpose of the policy question is to raise questions and answer questions about the current country's politics, economy, law, military, government affairs, water transportation, salt administration, and so on.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to take the Jinshi subject, and the number of admissions is very small, only a dozen people are taken for each subject, and only about 30 people are taken at most. The admission rate is only about one percent, so there is a folk legend that "thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi" is called.

For Li Ang, he has room to operate the poetry and strategy that Jinshike focuses on.

In particular, he has the advantage of looking back at history, and has the vision and insight that other people who "only live in this mountain" do not have.

As for the poems, before the exam, get a few more famous poems and hand them to the examiner, first get famous all over the world, and when it comes to the exam, as long as the poems are passable, it will become.

Looking at the history of the imperial examination for more than 1,000 years, except for the famous sentence that Qian Qi wrote under the test question of "Tingling Drum Poems" during the Tianbao period, "The end of the song is gone, and the peaks on the river are green", all the great poets have not produced good sentences when taking the exam.

For example, Han Yu was listed as one of the eight major congresses of the Tang and Song dynasties, and when he looked back at his test-taking poems many years later, he was "embarrassed and restless for several months", and almost didn't want to admit that it was from his own handwriting. He also said, "If Qu Yuan, Meng Ke, Sima Qian, Xiangru, and Yang Xiong's disciples enter the election, the servants will know their humiliation." ”

Therefore, the poetry of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, when discussed in detail, can be said to be not in the examination room, and most of the candidates handed over their proud works to the examiner in advance for appreciation. Before the imperial examination begins, the rankings are usually set.

This is also very beneficial to Leon, because he decided to enter the Shike.

What's more, even if you can't pass the Jinshi exam, you have a name for raising people, and you already have a high status in society.

Huang Siniang looked at him, not knowing what to say. In terms of making a living, although Li Ang can do what others can't, she doesn't think that Li Ang can be admitted to the Jinshi, which doesn't look like it.

"Hmph, how do you look like a profiteer!"

Li Ang was not angry, looked at her drumming and smiled: "Just looking at the appearance, who knows if there is any material inside?" ”

After Huang Siniang knew his plan, she was already relieved, and when she heard him say this, she couldn't help but be angry, that night under the banana tree, you touched and touched it, did you expect that you still don't know?

"Slave doesn't care what you have to take the test, anyway, you can't go to the slave's house. The slave family gave you everything, and if you lie to me, the slave will not live. ”

"Siniang, look at what you said, did you really give me everything?"

Leon looked at her delicate red lips, jade-like skin; The evening breeze blows, the light veil on her body flies, the fragrant shoulder clavicle is extremely clear, the snow on her chest is full of peaks, and the snow ditches between the peaks are deep.

Huang Siniang has long been willing to him, but the peaches have long been ripe, looking forward to it, but he never sees Lang come to pick them;

She really wanted to pluck up the courage and take his hand and put it over her chest......

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