As far as theory is concerned, the wealthy family must be rich - the knowledge of the years and months (of course, it refers to the knowledge of Confucianism) is the rank of the eunuch, and the eunuch opens the door to the colony - but on the other hand, the rich family may not necessarily be listed as the family, although the single family is mostly small and medium-sized landlords, but occasionally through business or some other means. Especially in the troubled times, the old eunuchs have sunk and the new upstarts have risen, but those upstarts do not have enough background, and it is uncertain whether they can grow into a family.

However, in general, the cost of books in these years is still high (even if the Central Plains has popularized paper, printing workshops have emerged in an endless stream), the popularization of knowledge is not widespread, even if a single family is a family, there are dozens or hundreds of acres of land at home, otherwise where will the surplus money come from to buy books and go to school? The so-called poor people only mean that they are relatively poor among scholars, relatively speaking, not absolutely.

Confucius once praised Yan Hui: "A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alleys, people are unbearable, and they will not change their pleasures." But when it comes to it, Yan Hui belongs to the slave owner class after all, and at least there is "a spoonful of food" to fill his stomach, if it is a common people, even the old master Confucius who preaches "education without class" may not hesitate to accept him as an apprentice.

It was Hongfu who created the imperial examination system, firstly, in response to the policy of "meritocracy" and to make the bureaucratic system more efficient, and secondly, to support the single-family clan and open the channel for them to rise. For this reason, he really put a lot of thought into it, and gave great preferential treatment and help in terms of financial resources. For example, the applicants first gathered in various counties and then were sent to Luoyang by bus, and the food and lodging on the way were reimbursed by the government.

What, you say you don't have enough entanglement to go from the countryside to the county seat, and then to the county government? This is true abject poverty. Let's go back to farming honestly. High society is not for you. You won't be able to get in at all. In these years of low productivity and small government, the state simply does not have the financial resources to popularize the nine-year compulsory education.

It was Hongfu who only wanted to support the landlords of the Shu nationality and relatively expand the scope of the ruling class, so he didn't want to engage in any citizens having equal rights to education. Although it is said that "princes and generals would rather have a kind of", basically the common people want to be the masters of the house. There is only one way to go - rebellion.

Therefore, the "Dictionary" of 30 yuan actually forms an invisible threshold, and the extremely poor class does not want to squeeze into it at all. Of course, it was Hongfu himself who only gave instructions to various places to issue the "Dictionary" in a unified manner, but it is impossible for bookstores in various places to be so selfless, providing hundreds or thousands of sets of books for free, and being able to "only accept the work book" as Zhang Xiu said, even if it is very conscientious.

The problem is that Ma Jun doesn't even have thirty dollars on him......

Ma Jun can barely be regarded as a destitute class. But he was able to afford to study tuition-free, which was naturally different from ordinary people. There is more or less family power to support it. Theoretically, as long as the martial arts Ma clan is not decaying, at least his orphans and widows will drink a mouthful of gruel, so that they will not starve to death. Therefore, facing such a dilemma, the first thing he thought of must be the clan, that is, borrowing from Ma Qi and Ma Xia Shang, and promising to return it if he passed the test.

However, the two only sneered: "Can Ru'an win? "I look down on him at all, and I refuse to pay out of my pocket - yes, the clan won't let you starve to death, but there is no obligation to support you as an official, and if you don't get good grades, it's okay, if you do well in the exam, will it pull us back and squeeze out our seats?

In the end, Chen Jun took out the money and helped Ma Jun buy a set of "Dictionary". He took care of Ma Jun: "Those who work hard do not live up to my hopes." "If you fail the exam, I will never have a chance to borrow the "First Words of Physics" from now on - I will never borrow it.

Ma Jun thanked him and carefully walked away with the "Dictionary". Although he still inevitably had a mind full of "physics", he also knew that this exam would directly affect his future - if he failed the exam this time, it is estimated that there would be no next time, and the family would not allow him to continue to try, so he had to go back to the mill - so he read through the "Dictionary" three times in just five days.

Chen Xun also studied hard in the county school, only Ma Xia and Ma Qi, young people rarely come to the county town, and they can't help but travel together, scenic spots and historic sites outside the city, restaurants in the city, women's houses, all involved.

Finally, when the day of the first examination came, the location was set up in the county school. As Zhang Xiu said, the exam is divided into two sessions, the first one is a test of the scriptures, and the title of the exam is a sentence in the three scriptures - "The sixth day of the first month, Jun Heng, chastity and fierceness, no profit." "There is a division first, forgive the small, and raise the talent." "In the fourth month of Xia, the Marquis of Jin, the Qi Division, the Song Division, the Qin Division and the Chu people fought in Chengpu, and the Chu Division was defeated." You can choose one of the sentences, indicate the source, dictate the whole paragraph, and analyze and explain it.

Chen Xuan signed up for the Ming Scripture, and in order to show off his skills, he chose the first sentence - it is the more difficult "Yi". Ma Jun didn't dare to rush forward, so he honestly chose the second sentence - from the "Analects". Ma Xia and Ma Qi also applied for the Ming Sutra, and they all chose the third sentence - the word "Chengpu" has been revealed, can't I guess what book and what the book is?

In the second session, Ma Jun received the exam paper and took a look, it was very simple, basically some multiplication and division questions, and there was one: "One hundred and twenty-four steps around the circle, ask the diameter geometry?" He frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally decided to give two answers: "According to "Zhou Ji", one and Wednesday are one of the forty-one and three steps; According to Zhang Pingzi (Zhang Heng), it is about one of thirty-nine steps and one-fifth. ”

He hadn't read the fourth volume of "The First Words of Physics", otherwise he would probably give the third answer of "about thirty-nine steps and five minutes of two" (39 and 2/5), because it was Hongfu who broke the ground, and did not give the calculation process at all, so he directly showed a new pi, and it reached the tenth decimal place! Originally, he was a liberal arts student who was very insensitive to numbers, and it was impossible to recite pi, but he was sensitive to Chinese, and in his previous life, when he was a child, he once memorized two sentences smoothly, as: "A temple on the top of the mountain, a pot of wine, Erle bitter Wu" (3.1415926535). "Exactly 10th place.

"The First Words of Physics" is made by Hongfu to convene the guests, he has a big name and a high official position, and naturally the scholars from all over the world gather under the door, among which those who know astronomy, the calendar, and the arithmetic. There are all kinds of types. As a result, he brought out a lot of astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering knowledge that was not high-end for later generations. It was handed over to the guests to form a book.

Just a lot of knowledge. He either couldn't remember it clearly, or he didn't know why, but it didn't matter, it was good to leave all the troublesome things of calculation and argumentation to the guests—his disciple Zhuge Kongming also put in considerable labor in related astronomy, arithmetic, and engineering.

But only this pi, although Hongsuke can recite ten decimal places, he really doesn't know how to calculate it. None of the men understood. In these years, it was generally accepted that "one diameter and three days" were mentioned in the "Zhou Ji Sutra", that is, three times the diameter of the circle was the length of the circumference - the error was really outrageous. In addition, Zhang Heng proposed a new calculation several decades ago, which is about ten squares, that is, 3.162, and the real accuracy is only one decimal place.

It would take decades for the mathematician Liu Hui to use the "circumcision technique" to calculate to the fourth decimal place (3.1416), and then the Southern Dynasty Zu Chongzhi was accurate to the seventh decimal place (between 3.1415926 and 3.1415927). It has maintained a leading position in the world for 800 years. Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to know how to calculate the circumference of a circle in a more detailed way. Even if Hongsuke gave the answer to ten decimal places, no one would be able to do it backwards.

After thinking about it for a long time, although like many erroneous views and pseudo-technologies ridiculed in his book, he only gave the results and did not list the calculation process, but Hongsuke finally recorded this number in a grand manner......

Let's say that after the first test, Ma Jun met with three friends who planned to take the Ming Jing test, and said that my Ming arithmetic question is very simple, how are you? Chen Yun replied expressionlessly: "The first time I tried my ear, it was not difficult. Ma Qi is short, so he is often forced to look up at people, so he has developed the habit of shyness and bulging belly, and when he has a male and tangled spirit, he pats his chest: "It is three times more difficult, and I will also be in the middle." Only Marsha kept wiping the sweat from his neck and refused to say anything.

The speed of judging the papers was unexpectedly fast, and it was estimated that the county government itself did not want to screen out too many scholars, so the results came out the next day, and only sixteen were brushed off, and the vast majority of candidates were qualified to go to Luoyang - unfortunately, Masha Ma Dehua was also among the dethroned.

Marsha complained vigorously, saying that I had not been able to perform as well as I should because I had a bad stomach at the liquor store two days ago. But with his background, he only dared to cry to his companions, and he didn't have the courage to go to the county government, so he had to return to his hometown in disgrace. However, several children of the clan openly filed a lawsuit with the county government, asking for a re-examination, and Wang Yuanbo directly ordered someone to go out.

- He Lang Evil Wang is the real family, famous in Kanto, and since Kansai has been ravaged by Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui, Ma Teng and other generations, how many wealthy families are left? How dare you compare with him? Besides, his Wang family is still married to the current Taiwei is Hongfu is family, how can he be afraid of these local snakes in Fufeng?

The candidates who stayed behind continued to review hard under the supervision of the county school professor, until they looked at the sun, and then worshiped heaven and earth, the first teacher, and then the county sent a car, and the county soldiers escorted them, and left the martial arts and went to Luoyang. Nearly a hundred people, crowded next to each other in seven carriages or donkey carts (no way, there are so many vehicles in the county government, most of them can only be legged), followed by four ox carts carrying food and tents - although the official family has all the food and lodging, but so many people, it is impossible for you to eat and live in the post stations along the way, you have to sweep away all the way like locusts crossing the border.

Arrive at Weishui first, there are pre-prepared boats, bomb all the candidates on the boat, pass through Huaili and enter Guanzhong, the next stop is Changling, and then Yangling - Guanzhong, Fengyi two counties go east from here, that is, Weishui is the boundary. The waterway east of Zheng County is tortuous, and it is inconvenient to travel by boat, so it is arranged for the candidates to stay outside the city for two days to temporarily wash the wind and dust, and wait for the luggage that comes by land later. Ma Qi also wanted to go into the city to play, but unfortunately Ma Xia had already been deposed and returned to his hometown, he was alone and had no friends, which was inevitably lonely and a little scary. So it was easy to talk about it, and finally said that Chen Su and Ma Jun put down their books for a day and went to the city with him to have a good meal.

Of course, the son of the dignified patriarch has a lot of money, of course, he has to be treated by Ma Boyong.

It is the autumn harvest season, all the way to go, but see the wheat waves golden, dancing with the wind, the farmers in the field are busy opening the sickle to harvest, pouring a picture of peace. Chen Yun said to his companions: "Guanzhong is not far from Fufeng, the climate is unique, and now Guanzhong is ripe, and I am expected to have a good year to help the wind." ”

In the middle of the line, the county seat in the distance was in sight, and suddenly a song was transmitted with the wind. The three of them listened attentively, vaguely: "...... Buy horses in the east market, saddle sheath in the west market, buy bridles in the south market, and buy long whip ...... in the north market" (to be continued......