As Liu Chenxing said, even if it is one step forward.

The reason for this is the state test, also known as the solution test.

The number of places to be admitted to the examination, i.e., the quota for the examination, is very limited.

In other words, according to the established standards for grading, even if the three examinations of the scriptures, essays, and essays are judged to be qualified, they may not be eligible to go to Chang'an to participate in the provincial examination.

Therefore, how many lifts can be successfully solved each year depends on the amount of relief given by the imperial court every year.

There is a clear record of the day: "Zhuzhou tribute, Shangzhou Sui tribute three people, Zhongzhou two people, Xiazhou one person, there must be talents, there is no limit." ”

That is to say, each state is divided into sizes, and there are one to three people who can get a reference to Chang'an every year. But if you are really talented, you can also have more than that.

Fortunately, there is a supplement to the latter sentence, otherwise according to Beizhou, it belongs to Zhongzhou, and only two people can successfully solve it every year, Liu Chenxing feels that he doesn't have to compete for the ranking at all, as long as he can guarantee that he can pass three games, and earn a financial subsidy of 1,000 yuan per year.

Why?

In the early days of the establishment of this imperial examination, the whole society was still controlled by the gate lord clan, and even if the imperial examination was openly a meritocracy selection of talents, but in the case of all qualifications, the states would generally push the children of the nobility to take the provincial examination.

According to Uncle Liu, it was a great luck that he was able to successfully get the solution that year and won the solution yuan.

One of the reasons is that there were no children of the eunuch clan with a big background. Second, in the first two years, no one selected to send tributes to the scholars, so he had the opportunity to go to the provincial examination.

But her luck wasn't so good this year.

Didn't the store introduce, there are the grandsons of the prime minister of the dynasty, and the parents and grandparents are all Jinshi, and she is poor and white, the gender is female, and she is very young, in the case of only two people, her hope is really slim.

But now she is like tens of thousands of poor children in the world, the imperial examination is their only chance to change their fate, even if the chance is slim, she has to do her best to try.

What's more, there are more than two people in Beizhou.

There are ten provinces, 358 states, and 1,551 counties in the world.

For example, Lingnan Province, which roughly corresponds to the two provinces of modern Guangdong, Guangxi and northeastern Vietnam, was still a barbaric land at this time, with a low level of education, and very few relief amounts were given.

Another example is Yizhou, some areas of present-day Xinjiang, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the amount of relief is even rarer.

Hebei Province, on the other hand, is densely populated, highly civilized, and has always prospered in the imperial examination. The Qinghe River of Beizhou has the reputation of "the hometown of the champion", and it is the place where the world's talented children come out in large numbers, so there are generally as many as five people in the solution.

Therefore, as long as she can be in the top five in this state test, she will have the opportunity to go to Chang'an Province to test.

In addition to the two county test leaders who have great backgrounds, that is, there are still three places to compete for!

Liu Chenxing thought that the competitors had the top spot in other counties and county examinations, as well as the old people who had participated in the state examination many times, and couldn't help but feel that the imperial examination was really like a big wave of sand, and only the extremely outstanding could pass the layers of screening and go to Chang'an to take the exam.

And he is not a genius, and he has no deep background, so he can only go all out, and then let God arrange it.

Liu Chenxing thought very clearly, and she didn't dare to relax a little.

On the afternoon of the day I checked into the hotel, I went to the government to register for the state exam, and I returned to my previous study routine, and became busier, because there was one more question every day, which was not only to repay the love of the Xue brothers and sisters, but also to make myself more comfortable when taking the exam.

And Xue Cheng is really a capable person, but in just three days, he has collected nearly ten years of state test questions, as well as all kinds of information about the government's river governance, and of course, there is no lack of all aspects of the people's livelihood, politics and economy in Beizhou in recent years.

With these test questions, there will be some ways to bet on the questions.

So, in addition to the daily study tasks that Liu Chenxing couldn't shake every day, he went to the main hall of the Xue brothers and sisters with Liu Qingshan, and the four of them went around the table to read the materials together, discuss the test questions, and discuss the current political affairs.

Xue Cheng is well-informed, and responded to the sentence "It's better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles", and explained a lot of the political and livelihood shortcomings he saw when he was a ranger, and he was quite insightful, so Xue Cheng may lack basic skills, but his practical ability is good.

Even Xue Yuan has an extraordinary vision.

All of the above is exactly what Liu Chenxing and Liu Qingshan lack.

After a few days of discussion, Liu Chenxing felt the gap between them and the Xue brothers and sisters, just like students in first-tier cities and small counties in modern society, one is born to determine what he sees and hears, and the other is difficult to reach even if he works hard, because he has not been in contact.

However, only the children of squires such as the Xue brothers and sisters have such knowledge, so what about the children of the family who have been cultivated as elites since childhood? How knowledgeable should he be?

The thought arose, and Liu Chenxing's confidence in the imperial examination was a little bit shocked because of the first place in the county examination, and he just wished that he could have twenty-four hours a day to let her fill herself more.

Under the full preparation for the imperial examination, Xue Cheng heard that the lord of the bearded guest was likely to be the son of the Li family of Qinghe, because he was not on good terms with Cui Xiang, in order to ridicule the grandson of the Cui Xiang clan, who had the highest voice for Xie Yuan, when Fang bet on one hundred guan, Liu Chenxing was distracted and said: "One hundred? Anger? ”

At that time, it was the time of another day's lunch, and the three members of the Liu family and the Xue brothers and sisters were eating around the table in the main hall, and Xue Cheng took advantage of this to talk about the lord of the bearded guest.

Hearing that Liu Chenxing was incomprehensible at this time, Xue Cheng also said a few more words in passing: "The daughter of the current head of the Li family is the wife of the eldest son of the empress - Prince Huaide. Since then, the Li family has formed a feud with the Cui family. ”

Liu Qingshan also listened to it and commented: "There is a prime minister behind the Cui family, and it is inappropriate for the Li family to be in trouble with them everywhere." ”

Xue Cheng shook his head and said, "Definitely! Cui Xiang has real power, but the Li family is not ordinary, Li Gong's cousin once fought with Emperor Taizong, and Li Gong's cousin is the empress's family, although they are now immortal, but the Li family can have the imperial life-saving gold medal in hand, and the empress also has to be merciful on the gold medal. ”

"Moreover, the Li family also has a grandson, who is His Royal Highness the King of Wei from the Crown Princess Huaide, when the Prince Huaide was exiled to Bashu, His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who was only five years old, was personally raised by the empress, and now he is very favored by the empress. Therefore, no matter how provocative the Li family is, the Cui clan has always tolerated it. ”

In this way, the royal family's secret and the enmity between the Li and Cui families have become condiments to accompany this lunch.

Liu Chenxing saw that the big bet made by the lord of the bearded guest had nothing to do with him, so he threw it into his mind and concentrated on preparing for the state exam.

Time is always easy to throw people away, and half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the list of state exams has finally been vacated, and then the state exam has come.

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