On June 28, he came to the imperial capital

Thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and the 12th Street is like a vegetable field.

There are 11 streets in the north and south and 14 streets in the east and west, which criss-cross and divide the interior of Guocheng into 120 squares. Among them, three north-south streets and three east-west streets running through the city gate constitute the main traffic trunk in Chang'an City. Each square forms a "well" shaped layout, and shops of various industries are set up on the street.

Li Rui, Zheng Chengyi, Zhu Mingyi, and Zou Lixing entered the city and were deeply shocked by this prosperous situation.

"Brother Zheng, what should we do first when we arrive in this city?"

"The first is, of course, to report at the Tribute Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites first, and then you can stay in the Lifting Cottage." Zheng Chengyi, who had already been here once, replied without hesitation, and as he spoke, he took someone in the car and walked towards the Tribute Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites.

This kind of car, also known as driving, is actually similar to a taxi, but it is pulled by a mule, and the four people are in the car, looking around, passing through the civilian area, you can see a large number of deep houses.

"Everyone, this is a mansion that can only be lived in by those who are above the fifth grade."

Everyone looked, saw that the door of the house was deep, each with a high wall, the beams were interspersed, the bucket arched out of the eaves, the weather fruit was different, and the eyes were dizzying, and the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites arrived.

Just arrived in this area, I have seen a lot of lifts, in fact, this is also a matter of course, lift the tribute, come early, one can cultivate the body that is tired after a long journey, and the other is to relax the mood, and strive for perfection in homework, especially here there are many lifters, exchange and talk, are beneficial.

Of course. Some people can also go to prepare the door first, but this is difficult.

Imperial capital. In fact, it is divided into three parts: "Imperial Palace", "Inner City", and "Outer City".

Of course, it is needless to say that the inner city is where the central government offices are located. The outer city is where the residences and markets of the government and the people are located, and this time, it is the Gongfang - considering the particularity of the lift, there are basically not many ordinary people in this square, and most of the uses are post houses, shops, restaurants, and the Ministry of Rites Gongsheng Yuan occupied.

The east, south and west of the post house, the north is the Ministry of Rites Gongsheng Academy, the three departments have a post officer, is the eighth grade official, subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, and there is a special battalion of 250 people. With the Xuanjie Lieutenant as the commander, he was given the protection of the children, stationed in the four directions, and also supervised the examination.

Zheng Chengyi took the lead in front, took the three of them, entered the Gongfang, and then entered the reporting office of the Gongsheng Institute of the Ministry of Rites. Lin Lei lined up in a line, waiting for verification, if it was noisy, giving a bad impression to the people inside, it would be a few points worse.

However, the lifting is not cabbage in the end, not a lot, so half an hour. It was Fang Xin's turn to go in.

At this time, Fang Xin was already familiar with the official system, so at a glance, he knew that it was a Zhengqipin official, who looked to be about forty years old, sitting at the table. And there are a group of officials around to obey orders.

Fang Xin hurriedly bowed his hand deeply and said, "The student raised Li Rui from Jiang Mansion. I've seen adults! ”

According to the etiquette of the imperial court, in fact, if it is not a direct subordinate relationship. Generally, within the second grade can bow to the bow, more than the second grade to kneel and salute, and the lifting is a little special, generally speaking, see the six grades of the official can not kneel, the student salute.

"Li Rui from Jiang Mansion!" As soon as he heard this, the official's eyes lit up, although this look disappeared in a blink of an eye, but Fang Xin had already sensed it, and his heart was slightly shocked.

However, there was not much special in the following places, so the official asked a few questions according to the normal procedure, and then naturally handed it over to the scribe to deal with.

First of all, the letter was handed in, with the seal of the prefect of Jiangfu, the seal of the county school, the seal of the political envoy of Annan Province, and the seal of the provincial school and government, and then logged in this year's examination personnel, recorded the physiognomy of the person, and then received a bronze medal, with the name of Congjiang Mansion of Annan Province, as well as the number of the individual A, B, C, D, so naturally, during the examination, you can use this bronze medal to enter and exit some locations in the imperial capital, and it is also a voucher for entering the examination of the Tribute Academy.

Fang Xin saluted again, and then withdrew, letting the next one come in.

After a while, the four of them have completed the formalities, and the post house is divided into three parts, in fact, it is divided into "courtyards" according to the province, from Annan Province, so naturally you must go to the Annan Provincial Hospital, but when you get inside, you can choose a house.

These houses are all one room, although not large, but each person is assigned one, and at the moment he bows his hand to the post officer, and he leads the way in, and then you can move in, and after confirming the selection, you must also register it.

However, the rooms are very clean, the mats and blankets are new, of course, the court is afraid of the plague and the like, so it attaches great importance to this, if the child is sick, the post officer is responsible, if it is a large-scale illness, not only the post officer will be dismissed and punished, but even the examiners who preside over the examination will be unlucky.

After choosing a room, the four of them were all put aside, went in and put the salute away, and thanked the post officer, Fang Xin offered ten taels of silver: "The students and the other four live here, please take more care." ”

Ten taels of silver, not bad, the post officer smiled, accepted it, and said: "It's good to say, everyone is a lifter, and in the future, the official will get some blessings first." ”

This kind of post officer, basically from the special department, or the qualification of the small officials to climb up, the future is limited, don't look at the current is also the eighth grade, but after winning the jinshi, it doesn't take a few years to trample such officials in the ground, so in fact, there are many actions to look down on.

Zhu Mingyi didn't have time to react for a while, seeing Fang Xinzuo's beauty, he smiled, and when he left, he said: "Okay, since you have moved in, it is better to go to the restaurant to drink some dust-washing wine, presumably at this time, you can live in this middle, they are all handsome in one province and one government, and you really want to make friends." ”

Raise people now, maybe, in the future, it will be the same brother on the same list, and it is also appropriate to pull some relationships, Fang Xin glanced at him and smiled.

When I went out, I saw that in the courtyard, there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old person coming out, this person's face was like a crown of jade, and his green shirt was fluttering, but he had a kind of graceful atmosphere, and when he saw the four people go out, he smiled gently, and he had already shown the demeanor of the children of the big family.

Zhu Mingyi's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and asked: "Xiaosheng is from Jiangfu Zhu Mingyi, this one is also from Jiangfu?" But it's not very common. ”

The young man bowed his hand and said: "Xiaosheng Pei Xuday, my father is from Congjiang Mansion, so Xiaosheng is also based here, but my father is now an official in a different place, so it is not common!" ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Pei, fortunately." Zhu Mingyi's eyes lit up, and the other three also stepped forward to salute and say some words, and then this person said goodbye.

Among the four, Zheng Chengyi is the oldest and has the most generous temperament, and said with a smile: "Who is this?" ”

"Brother Zheng, this is the son of Pei Shuanglin, the political envoy of Zhongming Province, when he was young, he was well-read and knowledgeable, and his literary talent was outstanding, so he wrote "Dongshui Pavilion Ji", at the age of twelve, he was in Zhongming Province to show talent, and when he was fifteen years old, he took the exam in the imperial capital, and ranked first in the imperial capital Lin'en Mansion, and he was really a young hero." Zhu Mingyi said.

Fang Xin was silent, he looked at it with his spiritual eyes, but he felt that this son, a trace of purple qi condensed, like a flower on the top, but it was really a noble appearance, and in the future, there should be a prince and a general, if it was a coincidence, there was even a chance to turn into a snake.

Of course, turning a snake into a dragon must be chaotic in the world, and the water is shallow and cannot raise a dragon and snake, which is no longer a personal life, but the evolution of the entire overall situation.

But as far as I can see, this son has the first potential. But I heard Zou Lixing ask curiously: "He is from Jiang Mansion, can he also get the exam elsewhere?" ”

Zheng Chengyi explained: "Dafan's family members follow the officials to go, Tong Shengxiu can be tested locally, but the people must go to the imperial capital or their hometown to take the test, this time to take the tribute student, he is still from Annan Province, this post house is divided into 28 provincial courtyards, each provincial courtyard has 120 rooms, however, presumably, this son will not live in the post house, there is another residence in Beijing, and now he comes, just to take a scene here." ”

After speaking, the four of them went to the restaurant for a drink, so they started their life in Beijing.

But all the scholars, although there is also drinking and playing, but more time, or everyone reads the scriptures hard, or communicates with each other, now the imperial examination is very strict, especially the tribute examination, the examination questions are not even known to the examiner, and until the day of the examination, it was issued by the holy decree, as for the examination papers, all are registered in the name.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, even though the government has become increasingly corrupt, the imperial examination has been a pure land, although it cannot be very clean, but it is much better than other political affairs.

In the 100 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, when it comes to the stage of the tribute examination, once the fraud is discovered, there are more than 20 examiners who have killed their heads, and their families have been exiled, and the candidates themselves will immediately be roded 20 times, change their reputation, and never be hired.

Therefore, even if there is fraud, it is not for those ordinary people to participate, after all, it is not worth it to take their lives and futures for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and even implicate the family, if you ask for money, you go down to a prefect and county, and there will be 100,000 silver in three years, so there is not much risk, so why bother?

Therefore, when the crowd is moved, that is, when they start to stay, they drink and get acquainted, and after that, most of them study hard, figure out the classics, and sometimes have a pastime, go out to drink and write papers, talk and laugh, and praise and disparage current affairs - this is the privilege of lifting people.

Before you know it, time has come to August 1, and the moment has come to decide the fate of 3,000 people who come to Beijing.