Fang Yun sighed lightly and said, "I just said that I was completely awakened. Last night I saw a strange man, who taught me a lot of things, and I remembered what I couldn't remember before, and I suddenly understood what I didn't understand before, as if I had opened my mind. ”

Yang Yuhuan looked at Fang Yun suspiciously, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that person?"

"He didn't say his name, saying that I was half of his closed disciple, and if I couldn't get into the Jinshi, I wouldn't be worthy of knowing his name. Fang Yun knew that he would become different after all, so he made up such a story to alleviate the suspicion of others.

Yang Yuhuan's beautiful eyes were full of surprise, and he asked: "Jinshi? Only when Jinshi can you know him, then who is he?

"Then I don't know what to do. Fang Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Since you have a famous teacher's guidance, you will definitely be able to get into a child! I'll go back and cut two taels of meat, and let you eat enough at night!" Yang Yuhuan smiled happily, her smile brighter than the spring sun.

"Then buy more, buy a catty, and just stew a chicken. Fang Yun knew that if he failed the exam, he would definitely die, and buying more would be regarded as the most luxurious luxury, and if he passed the exam, he would not lose this money.

Yang Yuhuan nodded without hesitation and said, "Then listen to you! You are the head of the family." ”

Fang Yun didn't expect that Yang Yuhuan was not only beautiful, but also so sensible, and maintained his dignity everywhere. In her eyes, eating so much in one day is already a loser, but she still does not hesitate, for fear that Fang Yun's self-esteem will be frustrated.

Fang Yun sighed in her heart: "Maybe she will say in her heart that as long as she is a little more tired and suffers a little more, she can earn this money back." How can such a woman live up. If I can be a child, I will never let her suffer the slightest bit or be tired again!"

Yang Yuhuan took out a sugar cake that she had baked this morning from the bookcase, and said, "I baked two more, you didn't eat in the morning, so eat it now." ”

Fang Yun took the sugar cake and ate it slowly.

On the day of the exam, the food was always better than usual, and I had to stay at the Bungain at noon, answer the questions while eating, and bring my own food and water. The children's test is easy to write, but the Xiucai test has to take the test for three days in a row, eating, drinking, sleeping and sleeping in the small examination room, and the slightest problem with the body can't hold on.

The old scalper swayed all the way to the east of the city, and came to the outside of the literary academy after a while.

The courtyard is full of life in the morning light, with red walls and green tiles, and green trees.

There was a large number of people standing outside the Academy, including children in their teens, and old people with gray hair, who were gradually entering the Academy in ten rows, and there were no less than 2,000 people at a rough glance, and there were even more parents, relatives and friends who did not line up.

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the population of Ji County was less than 90,000, and the number of students who took the test could reach 2,000.

Fang Yunzhi said that the ancient literacy rate was very low, the literacy rate of ancient Chinese men was about 10%, and it was only 15% in the Republic of China, more than half of which were all kinds of craftsmen and craftsmen who needed to read and write, and the proportion of scholars and scholars was less than 5%, but this proportion was already the highest in ancient countries, most of the ancient Western nobles were illiterate, and the literacy rate of a large number of countries was less than 1%.

In Fang Yun's opinion, it is enough for Ji County's children to have three or four hundred people at a time, but he didn't expect that there would be two thousand, this number is too scary.

And Ji County is a lower county, and only 50 children can be admitted a year!

Fang Yun was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect that he underestimated the intensity of the Tong Sheng test.

Fang Yun quickly remembered that the population density of the Shengyuan Continent was much higher than that of ancient China.

The county government is divided into upper, middle and lower according to the degree of wealth, and Jixian is a lower county, and the land resources are relatively poor, but because of the existence of talent, as long as the commoners are not lazy, they will not starve to death, Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan are the best examples, even if they are only two children, they can still support themselves and even barely provide for one person to study.

Some officials such as the county magistrates of the Holy Yuan mainland have a very important responsibility: to help farmers.

When the rain is less, the local officials will hold a "rain prayer meeting" to gather local people with literary positions to make poems and articles to pray for rain.

If the local scholars failed to pray for rain, or if the weather was too dry, then the officials had to prepare "Wenbao" and "sacred pages" and other items to expend their talents to write the famous poems of ancient celebrities to pray for rain.

When there is a lot of rain, a "cultural meeting to stop flooding" will be held, and when there is a locust plague, a "cultural meeting to drive away locusts" will be held.

The list goes on and on.

It is the credit of talent that the food production here is far better than that of ancient times on earth, feeding more people, coupled with the attraction of literary positions, many people tighten their belts to provide children with education, so there are so many people in a county.

"Here, talent is the primary productive force. ”

Fang Yun thought in his heart and was helped out of the car by Yang Yuhuan.

The nearby candidates all seemed to know Fang Yun, but everyone knew the big celebrities in Xishi, Jiangzhou, even if they hadn't seen her, they could guess at the moment, because Yang Yuhuan was so beautiful.

Many people are ready to move, but unfortunately the county test is about to start, and they can't make extraneous branches, so they have to suppress the idea of being talented and beautiful.

Yang Yuhuan has been used to being looked upon since he was a child, and the shallow shame in his eyes flashed, and then he didn't care about supporting Fang Yun and carrying the bookcase for him.

Everyone was even more envious, this woman was so virtuous, and they couldn't wait to become Fang Yun.

"Fang Yun!"

"Sister Yuhuan!"

I saw four people leaving the team and walking quickly, all carrying bamboo bookcases, except for one person who was obviously younger than Fang Yun, and the other three were several years older than Fang Yun.

Fang Yun only glanced at it, and remembered that they were classmates in the private school, and they had studied and studied together for more than three years, and among the four people, except for Liang Yuan's family, who was relatively wealthy by opening a rice shop, the others were ordinary people like Fang Yun.

The parents of the four of them are alive, and the family conditions are better than Fang Yun, but they have never looked down on Fang Yun, and their feelings for each other are very sincere, but the twelve-year-old Ge Xiaomao once said with a red face that he befriended Fang Yun in order to see Sister Yuhuan more.

"Fang Yun, what's wrong with you?" Liang Yuan was the tallest among the five, and he jumped over in a few steps, frowning and looking at Fang Yun.

Although Fang Yun changed into clean clothes, he had a medicine cloth wrapped around his head, and there were obvious bruises and wounds on his face.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Last night, it rained and the road slipped and fell, all of which were minor injuries and did not affect the exam." ”

Ge Xiaomao said worriedly: "It's okay to be injured like this, can it really work?"

Fang Yun half-jokingly said: "Mencius: The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skin, and empty their bodies. I was in danger before the exam, and I was taught by the teacher, so it can be seen that the heavens will descend on me. ”

"Teacher, Mr. Sun specially instructed you?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.

"It's not Mr. Sun, it's another teacher you don't know. Without mentioning this, we lined up to enter the Bungain. Sister Yuhuan, I'll carry the bookbox. ”

Liang Yuan, who was tall and tall, grabbed the bookcase and said, "I'll help you carry it, let's go." ”

Another classmate, Lu Zhan, supported Fang Yun, bid farewell to Yang Yuhuan, and lined up to enter the Academy of Literature.

Fang Yun looked around, that Fang Yun had also taken the Tongsheng exam last year, but it was the first time he came.

Ge Xiaomao complained in a low voice: "I'm only twelve years old, and it's a waste of money to come." It's okay to make a crooked poem, but it's too difficult to 'ask for holy words'. In addition to the Thirteen Classics, there are also some writings by the saints. It has been a thousand years since Confucius was canonized, dozens of canonized people, "please holy words" to select the works of many ancestors, I went to private school for five years, but memorized the "Analects", "Mencius", "Book of Changes", "Zhou Li" and "Spring and Autumn", how can I not pass the Tongsheng test. ”

Fang Yunzhi's so-called "please say the holy word" is similar to the question and answer, fill-in-the-blank and silent writing in later generations, allowing candidates to fill in the previous or subsequent texts according to the prompts, and some even have to write an entire chapter silently.

This reminded Fang Yun of the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty of China, the imperial examination "Ti Jing", which was an important subject for admitting candidates, was to transcribe a few sentences in the scriptures, and then cover a few words for the candidates to fill in, which was simpler than asking for holy words.

The main reason why Tang poetry flourished was that the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty also examined the word endowment, and it accounted for a huge proportion.

In the Shengyuan Continent, the Holy Academy found that poetry and talent are the most compatible, especially the war poems and war words that can be handed down, which affect the rise and fall of the human race, so the imperial examination must test poetry, and the poetry of Biansai is the top priority.

Liang Yuan smiled and said: "You are young, so you are not here for fame, but for the sake of knowledge, just do your best." The 'Please Holy Words' of the Tong Sheng's test is 30 test papers, and the 'Please Holy Words' of the government examination for Xiucai is even more than 100 papers, jokingly called the test of 100 pages of dead ploughing cattle, how can you answer all of them correctly?"

Lu Zhan said: "Xiao Mao, don't be discouraged, except for the four great talents, no one can answer all the 'please holy words' of Tong Sheng's test, and neither can we, let alone you." Fortunately, the scope of the children's examination is smaller. Xiucai's 'please holy words' is tricky and strange, and even no one in the past generations of talents has answered correctly in the imperial examination for hundreds of years, even those sages who were finally canonized. ”

Ge Xiaomao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Liang Yuan, it's all up to you for this children's test, Mr. Sun's disciples have not been among the children all these years, and people in other private schools have laughed at us." We can't compare to the unforgettable prodigy Fang Zhongyong, but we can't be compared to others! I hope that the ancestors and the saints will bless us. ”

"You!" Liang Yuan shook his head with a smile.

Fang Yun was slightly stunned when he heard the name Fang Zhongyong.

At this moment, someone nearby suddenly shouted, "Fang Zhongyong is here." ”

Everyone immediately followed the prestige, and saw a young man about thirteen or fourteen years old get out of a carriage, the young man's face was serious, without the slightest childishness, and his eyes did not have the slightest agility that a prodigy should have, and he looked more stable than his peers.

Then a middle-aged man in a gorgeous brocade robe got out of the car triumphantly, and many parents immediately stepped forward to compliment the middle-aged man.

There were three or four thousand candidates and relatives and friends in front of the Academy, and as soon as Fang Zhongyong's father and son arrived, most of them stopped talking and looked at Fang Zhongyong and his son.

Fang Yun didn't expect that the father and son, who were both surnamed Fang, would be so dazzling.

Fang Yun recognized Fang Zhongyong and his father Fang Li, who were his distant relatives, and Fang Yun was the uncle of the prodigy Fang Zhongyong, but the relationship between the two families was too far away and they had never interacted.

Ge Xiaomao said enviously: "Fang Zhongyong's name as a prodigy surpasses Sister Yuhuan's reputation in Ji County, he not only never forgets it, but also recites poems far beyond us." His father said that he was able to be admitted to the Tongsheng examination when he was 10 years old, and the reason why he took the Tongsheng examination for the first time this year was because he had accumulated a lot of money and was the 'head of the case' in order to compete for the first place in the child's life. ”

"The head of the case this time belongs to him, the head of the case can be exempted from the entrance examination to the Fuwen Academy of Dayuan Mansion, which is the best school in a house, and it is many times better than our private school. Liang Yuan said.