Three years have passed in a flash.

Wu Qing was six and a half years old at this time, and he sat under the small apple tree, with a touch of sadness in his eyes, which always made people feel that this should not appear on a child.

Six years old should be the best and best time for a child, but for Wu Qing, these three years are painful, and the veteran died more than a month ago.

In the past three years, Wu Qing and Zhang Xing have become grandchildren, he often accompanies the veterans, and the veterans have also taught Wu Qing many things, such as horse riding, archery, and some military survival skills, although these skills are very clumsy, but they are all veterans' experience.

On his deathbed, Zhang Xing handed over 300 taels of silver to Wuqing, and also handed over the title deed of this mansion and 30 acres of land to Wu Qing. Although Wu Qing contacted Zhang Xing to get benefits, but now he has added a kindness that he can't bear, and this kindness can't be repaid in this life.

At this time, Wuqing was also quite famous in Xubei Village, known as a "prodigy", of course, Wuqing knew how much water there was. What made him even more puzzled was that Wang Baishi had recommended Wuqing to go to the county school to study, and only through the county school and the state school became an apprentice, and then he was recommended, so that Wuqing could have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination, and then he had the opportunity to become a jinshi. Of course, you can also pass the exam level by level and learn to become a tribute student, but Wu Qing thinks that he doesn't have that strength.

Wu Qing did not have a strong desire to participate in the imperial examination, he just wanted to grow up quickly. He knew very well how sad the literati of Wu Zetian's era were, not to mention that he could make a fortune if he was a jinshi? After winning the jinshi, you have to go through a number of assessments before you can be awarded an official and receive a salary, and Datang is not allowed to be an official in business.

Although the Tang Dynasty had a strict hierarchy, and the social status of the merchants was the lowest, the life of the merchants was also very nourishing. What's more, he, a traverser, has a way to get rich and is happy to be at ease, why bother to fight for life and death in the officialdom, and in the end there are no bones. This is not in line with the current cognition of ** silk man Wuqing, but the world is unpredictable, and it is difficult to help yourself in the rivers and lakes.

The small apple tree, according to the name of the Tang Dynasty, is called a pimple. Wu Qing knew that large apples were only popularized in the Ming and Qing dynasties, when Western apple varieties were introduced. At this time, this small apple can only be regarded as a variety of the Western Regions. Nowadays, the Tang Empire is rich and peaceful, and although there are no distant Western missionaries, it has close contacts with India and other countries in the Western Regions. It is a pity that these merchants are in the capital Chang'an and Luoyang, as well as Yangzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou. As for Wenshui, no, it should be Wenshui County, Taiyuan Prefecture, (Emperor Gaozong has changed it a few years ago.) That's certainly not visible. If you want to improve the apple, it is not an overnight thing, Wu Qing has no choice but to give up.

Xubei Village is too small, and it is not suitable for business at all!

Aunt Wu's life has been a little better in recent years, her body has become more symmetrical, and her face is a little more rosy, I have to say that Aunt Wu is a beautiful woman. Seeing Wu Qing in a daze in the courtyard, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mother's little prodigy, what my mother told you, do you agree?" ”

Wu Qing knew that it was a matter of going to the county to study, and Wu Qing didn't want to go to the county to study, but he wanted to go to Wenshui County. It's just that if you don't go to the county school, Wang Baishi won't support it, not to mention that this old lady won't go. Only when she entered the county school did Aunt Wu be willing to go to the county seat.

"Mother, I agreed."

Aunt Wu approached and hugged Wu Qing, and said with tears: "My son entered the county school and studied as a good student. ”

Wu Qing didn't understand why Aunt Wu was so emotional, but he was still moved by this sincere nurturing feeling, what else could he ask for in the second life.

"Mother, I won't let my mother down."

The education system of the Tang Dynasty has been very perfect since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in order to encourage the children of the poor family to study, Tang Taizong set up schools at all levels, and the imperial court set up the Guozijian, under the jurisdiction of the Guozixue, Taixue, the four schools, the law, the calligraphy, the arithmetic and other six schools. Localities set up state schools and county schools, and those who enter these two levels of schools are called students, and those who are excellent can be recommended to participate in the imperial examination.

There were generally two kinds of imperial examinations in this period, namely regular examinations and system examinations. Among them, the Changju is held once a year, and the subjects are mainly Ming Jing, Jinshi, Ming Law, Ming Shu, Ming Calculation, etc., in addition, there are Xiucai, Daoju, Tongzi, One History, Three History and other subjects. There are two sources of candidates: one is apprenticeship, that is, those recommended by various institutions at all levels; The second is the township tribute, that is, the self-study selected by the state and county examinations. Candidates were mainly concentrated in the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi, because these two subjects could become one of the reserve candidates for the direct selection of officials by the imperial court. As for the system, it is a special examination designed to collect professional talents, which is generally held once every few years and the time is not fixed.

Since the establishment of the imperial examination in the Sui Dynasty to the reign of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, the imperial examination has been used to select talents on a large scale. However, since Emperor Gaozong lived in the eastern capital of Luoyang, education at all levels has almost stagnated. Except for the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi that are still held every year, the other subjects basically exist in name only.

Wu Qing was favored by Wang Baishi because of the aura of "prodigy", and was willing to support Wu Qing to settle down in the county seat, and recommended him to enter the county school and become an apprentice. This is a very rare opportunity for the poor children of this era to enter the county school and become apprentices.

It's just that Wu Qing knows very well how much ability he can have, for those Confucian classics, he really has a headache when he looks at them, let alone understands, and the Ming Jing scientific examination is the memory of the Confucian classics, as for the Jinshi Branch, Wu Qing shook his head even more, unless he really has his own opinions on governing the country, otherwise in terms of strategy, it is also a headache and brain fever.

The Treatise on Policy is a treatise on the concept of governing the country and the way of being an official in this era. Although Wu Qing knew some general history of the Tang Dynasty, he really didn't know much about the thought of the scholars in this period. It's just that in this era, feeling the ardent expectation of the old lady, should he try it too?

So with such a question, he locked the courtyard door, carried the inheritance of three hundred taels of silver from the veteran Zhang Xing, plus one hundred taels of silver supported by Wang Baishi, and walked into Wenshui County with a letter of recommendation written by Wang Baishi to the county master Wang Fuzi.

Looking at the county town of Wenshui close at hand, the city wall is seven or eight meters high, which seems to be a little majestic. After stepping on the street, Wu Qing completely despised it in his heart, and it couldn't be compared with the county seat more than a thousand years later. The streets are narrow, and there are potholes, and there are not many people, and many people are dressed in tatters, and occasionally walk past a few brightly dressed people, and that's it. originally thought how prosperous the county was, but it seems that the prosperity of Datang is only relative.

The general currency of the Tang Dynasty was Kaiyuan Tongbao, and Wuqing's hand was a silver cake, which could only be used by changing it for Kaiyuan Tongbao in some mansions first. The first time I saw such a silver cake, Wu Qing was stunned, there was no such delicate and good-looking appearance as in TV, just the appearance of a cake, a silver cake was about twenty-five taels, like Wu Qing had four hundred taels in his hand, Wu Qing definitely couldn't carry it, so he had to hand it over to Aunt Wu.

inquired about the Di shop, and exchanged twenty-five yuan for twenty-five taels of silver under the white eyes of the Di shop guys, and then went to the ready-to-wear shop at the request of Wu Qing, and the mother and son walked out after changing into neat and clean earthy cloth clothes.

In the law, ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty were generally only allowed to wear khaki linen clothes. Wuqing can't help this kind of thing, who makes himself a flat-headed person. Of course, it's not very strict, as long as you don't wear red yellow clothes.

Tong guò Yazi, Wu Qing's mother and son rented a three-acre house in the west of the city at a price of two hundred yuan per month, I heard that the owner was in a hurry to rent, and a house like this was no less than five hundred yuan, which just let Wu Qing's mother and son take advantage, and Wu Da Niang thanked him vigorously. And Wu Qing sneered in his heart, it was obvious that they had suffered a loss, but the price of two hundred yuan was indeed very cheap, thinking of the rent in the original world, a single room was several hundred, not to mention this house with two courtyards.

The house is old, the furniture is old, but fortunately they can have a shelter from the wind and rain, not to mention that they have paid a year's rent in one go. Wu Qing also likes it very much, and finally has his own private space. In order not to disturb Wu Qing's studies and not affect Wu Qing's studies, Aunt Wu arranged two residences, Wu Qing lived in the backyard and Aunt Wu lived in the front yard.