Zhu Chen and Shanhui, who were present, looked at each other, their faces extremely ugly. They have heard Yi Jiuxiao's poems, and they don't need to comment at all, from artistic conception to literary style, they are far better than them, and the gap can almost be described as the difference between cloud and mud.

"It's really a good poem!" Zhu Xianling also learned from Leling, and patted the table, in fact, he was quite annoyed in his heart, and wanted to take the opportunity to save some face for his son, but who knew that this Yi Jiuxiao was so strong, it was really beyond his expectations. What is the origin of this person? Zhu Xianling never knew that Yi Jiuxiao was from Wanfu, and Yi Jiuxiao's registration and the notice of going to the banquet were all operated by the examination institute, and the examination institute would check the information of each candidate, so the examination institute knew the candidate's background the best.

Zhu Xianling had also asked Leling about Yi Jiuxiao's origin before, and Leling replied that he was from a civilian background, and there was no problem with this reply, Yi Jiuxiao wrote it when he applied for the exam, but he was not an ordinary civilian, but a civilian in Wanfu.

Le Ling is also an old and sophisticated person, he can see the jealousy of Zhu County's father and son towards Yi Jiuxiao, and he can also see Shanhui's malice towards Yi Jiuxiao, out of the protection of Yi Jiuxiao, he feels that it is necessary to clarify the origin of Yi Jiuxiao and dispel the thoughts of these people, in fact, it is also for their good, Wanfu is not easy to mess with in Kaizhou.

I saw Leling clasping his fists at the county order, coughing twice and saying: "My lord, although Yi Jiuxiao was born in a commoner, he is indeed a talent, it seems that it is not easy to be hired by Wanfu as a guest." ”

"Bang" Zhu Xian Ling slapped the table again, thinking to himself Leling, you old guy, you told me that Yi Jiuxiao was a civilian, but you didn't say that he was a person from Wanfu, if you offended Wanfu because of this matter, wouldn't you be wronged. But he didn't dare to accuse Leling openly, this local examination institute was not under his direct jurisdiction, but was controlled by the state government's school envoys.

"Wanfu is really talented, Brother Yi, this official toasts you. ”

This Zhu County Order turned quickly, Yi Jiuxiao was also a clear-eyed person, and he knew what the other party thought, although he looked down on him, he couldn't offend him, so a county exam celebration banquet ended in greetings.

Within a few days, the news of Yi Jiuxiao's first place in the county exam of Yi Jiuxiao High School spread all over Kaizhou City, and he became famous since then. Two of his poems, "Jiang Xue" and "Tanka Xing", have also been circulated, and it is said that there are people and groups who composed these two poems to music for those Kabuki to sing. There is no need to guess, it must be the work of the Kaicheng County Examination Institute, Yi Jiuxiao can only laugh, anyway, he is just borrowing the masterpieces of the ancients in his previous life.

The county examination is only the starting point, and then the state examination is held, which is held in March of the following year, and many scholars from the seventy-two counties under the rule of Kaizhou will gather together to compete for the quota of fifty big scholars, which is much more difficult and cruel than the county examination.

There is only half a year left before the state exam, how should Yi Jiuxiao prepare, he actually doesn't have much to prepare, and there is no need to prepare for poetry and strategy, what he lacks is an understanding of the customs and historical evolution of the country, which will be the focus of the next half a year.

Some of the cultural customs of the Qi State are the same as those of the Great Song Dynasty, but there are also many differences. The main festivals of Qi every year are the Spring Festival, that is, the year, the summer festival, on the day of the beginning of summer every year, the autumn festival, which is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the winter festival, on the day of the winter solstice, the Qingming Festival, which is the day when the Qingming Festival of the 24 solar terms begins, and the Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Ninth Festival.

There are forty states in the entire country, and Kaeju is one of them, and there are many counties under each state. The capital of Qi is in Bozhou, Bozhou is the political and economic center of Qi, the emperor is the supreme ruler of Qi, there is Dazai in the court to assist the emperor in managing the country, and there are six departments under Dazai, namely the official department, the military department, the law department, the Ministry of Fu, the Ministry of agriculture, and the Ministry of industry.

Among them, the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the selection, appointment and dismissal of officials throughout the country, and the examination institutes at all levels are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials. The Ministry of War is in charge of the military power of the whole country, and there are many countries around the State of Qi, which can be described as a series of wars, and the Ministry of War is particularly important. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for national legislation and justice, as well as for the jurisdiction of various interrogation bodies and prisons. The Ministry of Finance is in charge of the country's money and collects taxes. The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the country's agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries. The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the construction of the country, as well as the administration of industry and commerce.

In addition to the six departments, there is also an academy, responsible for the revision of historical books and classics, political records, calendar compilation, as well as the formulation of rituals, as well as all kinds of divination, sacrificial activities, the academy does not belong to the jurisdiction of Dazai, but by the king of Qi appointed by the great scholar management, for the king of Qi to give advice, is the king of Qi's royal clerical institutions.

After Yi Jiuxiao stepped into the realm of the Martial Sect, with the improvement of his martial arts cultivation, it was accompanied by the enhancement of his eyesight and memory. When learning the cultural customs, legal system, and statecraft of the Qi Kingdom, the speed is much faster than before, and as long as you read those classics once, you will remember them deeply. Although he is still a mortal, he is far more than ordinary mortals in this regard.

Even with these advantages, Yi Jiuxiao did not dare to relax, among the scholars who participated in the imperial examination, there was a possibility that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, although the vast majority of them were mortals with weak spiritual roots and no way to cultivate, but it was not excluded that there were cultivators mixed in.

After the Spring Festival, Yi Jiuxiao is sixteen years old, and there are only two months left before the state exam, and he and Wan Shufang have not broken through in the big realm, but they have made progress in the small realm. Yi Jiuxiao has gradually stabilized from just stepping into the Grandmaster Realm to the Grandmaster Realm, and gradually comprehended the essentials of cultivation in the Grandmaster Realm.

Wan Shumad is now the third layer of the foundation, and after the foundation is built, it is not easy to advance at each small level, and Wan Shuman's cultivation has been very smooth, of course, this has a lot to do with Yi Jiuxiao, and the cultivation of the two seems to complement each other.

Like the sun every day, the years of youth are repeated. Wan Shufang concentrates on cultivating the truth and refining the body every day, and Yi Jiuxiao is martial arts cultivation and reading in parallel, and time passes in the gradually upright figure of the young man, and in a blink of an eye, it is March, the eve of the state exam.

The state examination room is much closer than the county examination room, less than ten miles away from Wanfu, Yi Jiuxiao does not need to go to the inn to stay. The registration was done as early as a few months ago, and the first place in the county exam did not have any obstacles in registration. The schedule of the exam is similar to that of the county exam, with the first day of the examination of poetry and the second day of the examination of scripture and strategy, which are also held from midnight to noon.

Early in the morning, Wanfu's carriage carried Yi Jiuxiao to the examination room, which was located in the state government examination institute, which was much larger than the examination room in Kaicheng County, but the number of candidates was not very spectacular, and it seemed that it was less than half of the number of county examiners. Although there were seven or eight thousand people who signed up for the state exam, there were not so many people who actually showed up, and many people gave up for various reasons.

But this does not mean that the competition is not fierce, all those who can come are masters, all of them are good talents selected by each county in the county examination, and they are all scholars who have studied hard for many years. The pressure of competition made the whole examination room very depressed, most of the candidates were in a hurry, their faces were dignified, and there were few who could be calm.

On the first day of the exam, both poems and fu are propositional, which is done to examine the candidate's true ability and prevent the candidate from preparing the work in advance. Both poems and fu are required to write content related to the summer lotus, and if it is written that has nothing to do with it, it will be regarded as unqualified and will not be scored directly.

There are many poems written by Yi Jiuxiao in his memory, among which he likes the poem "Song of Concentric Hibiscus" by Du Gongzhan of the Sui Dynasty, so he borrowed it directly and wrote it on the answer sheet: scorching lotus flowers, Tingting out of the water. One stem is lonely and green, and the two shadows share dividends. The color grabs the face of the song, and the fragrance dances in the style of clothes. The name lotus can be read by itself, and the situation is the same as the two hearts.

There are not many lotus fu to write, but there are also, Xiao Yi, the Liang Yuan Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, once wrote a song "Lotus Picking Fu", which is sung a lot, so it is better to borrow it. This is a lyrical little fu, short and concise, with not many words:

Purple stems and waves, red lotus and lotus. The green house is covered with greenery, and the yellow snail is plain.

So the demon boy and the girl, the boat heart, the head of the head Xu Hui, and the feather cup. The raft will move and hang up, and the boat will move and open. Erqi slim waist bundle, prolonging the walk. At the beginning of summer and spring, the leaves are tender and the flowers are at the beginning. Afraid of smiling lightly, afraid of capsizing and wrapping, so splash the blue tree with water, and invade the reed. Kikuzawa is not reversed, Wutai is seen, the shirt is wet, and the water chestnut is long around Chuan. Pan cypress boat and tolerate, singing lotus in Jiangzhu.

The song said: "The little girl of the jasper family, come to marry the king of Runan." The lotus flower is chaotic, and the lotus leaves are fragrant. Because of the recommendation of the gentleman, he is willing to attack the hibiscus dress.

Other candidates scratched their ears and cheeks, pondered and meditated, but Yi Jiuxiao walked the dragon and snake in one go. This is the benefit of reading more, a large copy of articles in the world, see if you can copy or not, the so-called reading more than 10,000 volumes of pen like a god, familiar with 300 Tang poems, will not chant poetry will also chant, in fact, this is the truth.

On the second day of the strategic examination, the proposition was also given, and the requirements were: On taxation and people's livelihood, this is an ancient topic, not only in the Qi Kingdom, but also in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are many discussions in all dynasties. In the Great Song Dynasty, the debate over taxation was particularly intense, with various opinions and schools of interest arguing endlessly.

Yi Jiuxiao, as a person who experienced it at that time, was familiar with this proposition, and he didn't need to learn from anyone at all, so he easily completed a discussion, which was reasonable, well-founded, and opinionated.

After handing in the test papers, Yi Jiuxiao left the examination room easily, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the examination hall, he met two acquaintances, who were Zhu Chen and Shanhui. Yi Jiuxiao didn't take the initiative to greet these two, he didn't like these two people from the bottom of his heart, but he was still stopped by Shanhui, and his voice was very loud, as if he was afraid that others would not be able to hear him.