It's still very cold.

Before greenhouse gases put a lid on the planet, the cold winds in the air seemed to be a little stronger, giving people the thrill of shivering.

The image of the wanderer is no longer visible in the streets, only a mess at the base of the city wall, and the hastily built thatched huts and holes in the ground have become the main buildings.

Cheng Jinzhou nested in his room, occasionally recalling the mathematical theories he had learned, and spending more time preparing cheating materials, the imperial examination was approaching, and he never had the idea of using strength to defeat his opponent - God is pitiful, those gentlemen who have studied hard for more than ten years in the cold window, when they squeezed the single-plank bridge, they were simply a heavy-duty truck with a drunk driver, and those who did not sit out of the steel butt had to be knocked into the water in addition to expecting to be talented.

The charcoal gives off a faint pine scent, which brings warmth and dries the house.

As the most extensive promotion path in this era, the imperial examination will always be the choice of the most people. It doesn't require piety like the Templars, nor does it require talent like the Star Warlocks, and anyone who is willing to study can be rewarded from it, even if it is just a talent background, and there will be tax exemption for the whole family. Of course, the 6o-year-old boy is more miserable, but on the premise of not engaging in physical labor to support his family, to be an old white-collar worker in the feudal era, diligent study is the best choice.

Of course, for Cheng Jinzhou, it is to cheat diligently, which may be easier than becoming a star warlock.

Even in the 21st century, transcribing the Township Trial Record is a huge and desperate project, and few libraries can include it all in the e-book stacks. Cheng Jinzhou did not want to be able to copy all the contents, in fact, he did not want to do the work of copying at all, if it was possible, even the slightest possibility, to let him escape these "heavy" work, Cheng Jinzhou would repay him with laziness.

There aren't so many good things in the world, so he has to keep copying it, and copy it with skill.

Too famous to ask for, conscientious examiners will even memorize it - there is no need to question the memory of some gentlemen, in ancient China, there were many high-achieving students who memorized more than 2ooo articles, and many of them were like elephants on the African savannah, all nested in the Hanlin Academy, hoping to catch a few original plagiarists and get a erudite praise.

If it's too bad, it should be eliminated in advance, and basically the articles after the township test ranking 1oo don't need to be considered. The fact that people can be on the list is probably related to the article as a whole, but Cheng Jinzhou is preparing to amputate and reconnect.

The examination style of the Great Xia Dynasty still requires the combination of inheritance and transformation, and each part of it is required to be strict, and there are other evaluation standards for the connection between them. There are hundreds of places in Shaonan Prefecture every year, and the acceptance rate is a little lower than the bar exam in terms of population literacy rate.

Of course, with many restrictions, Cheng Jinzhou's copying was even slower, often only one-tenth of a township test record, and from time to time he had to send people to ask the teachers in the clan. Shi Yan and Shi Mo were tired from carrying books, their hands hurt, and their feet were tired from going back and forth, and the two of them looked like they were receiving special training from the devil.

This is also in the Cheng family, if Cheng Jinzhou crosses into a family below the middle level, let alone copying books, even if you want to take a look at other people's collections, you have to kneel down - the Great Xia Dynasty did not have a public library for people to use, the price of paper and ink is not affordable by ordinary farmers, and even if you buy books, you don't even think about buying books, even small landlords do not dare to buy engraved books lightly, and the hand-copied version of the reader is not cheap, which is equivalent to the labor of high-tech talents in the 21st century.

Because of this, in the history of China, scholars have always been wealthy, the so-called children of the poor, probably the political poor, not the economic poor, a few talented people may be able to temporarily stand out in the township examination, but the opportunity to get a jinshi is best left to the son - those who spend huge sums of money on travel, huge expenses for food and accommodation, and a chance of success of 1 in 10,000 still need the support of relatives and the government, and how difficult it is to get funding. The reality is often that the promising talents spend ten or twenty years spending all the property left by their parents, but they fail to get the title of the person to worship the official, so they have to obediently return to their hometowns to become private school teachers, and then put their hopes on their children and grandchildren, and if necessary, he can marry his daughter to a wealthy local gentry and nephew, so that his son can be funded.

The reason why the squires would be willing to let their sons marry the daughter of a poor man, if he was lucky enough to marry, was entirely because of the privileges and prestige attached to fame, and the squires with great fortune may be in the hundreds and thousands, and the number of scholars with merit may be only a few dozen.

Relatively speaking, it is often easier for the economically poor political family to go further on the road of the imperial examination, Fan Zhongyan, who is often used as a model of poverty and hard work in Chinese textbooks, is said to cook only one pot of porridge every day during the study in the temple, and after it is cold, it is divided into four pieces, and two pieces are taken in the morning and evening to mix pickles and eat, but it is this gentleman, but the father was the secretary of the Ningwu Army, which is equivalent to the chief of staff of the regional command, if he didn't die too early, Fan Zhongyan would definitely be a well-off **. Even if his mother remarried, his future imperial examination path would inevitably be influenced by his father.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, more attention was paid to the family background, and in the relatively fair imperial examination field, its style was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, and the family background that needed to be filled in on the "family form" (my resume) directly affected the political future of the scholars, and it was almost impossible for the poor and weak families to get the top ranking, especially in the Hui Examination Scholars.

Among the advantages that Cheng Jinzhou can rely on, family background is definitely an important part.

The door was gently pushed open.

The waiter walked into the room silently on tiptoe, stirred the charcoal a little, and then added cold water to the copper basin next to it for humidification. After doing this, I went to the desk to refill the cup of tea and polish the ink together.

"How's it going out there?" When someone was there, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't show his rugged appearance in the air, so he simply stretched his waist and asked.

"It's all good." Shi Yan put down the teapot and said, "It's time for school homework again today." ”

"Oh?" Cheng Jinzhou looked at the sky outside, got up and said, "I didn't say it early, I was busy in the dark." ”

"I'm here." While speaking, the prefect of Cheng Yunan pushed the door in.

His voice was a little lazy, staring at a pair of dark circles, and he looked quite stressed.

As one of the heirs of the family, Cheng Yun'an, when he was under the greatest pressure in his life, it may be the imperial examination, which is still the job he is most familiar with. As for being an official, in the eyes of an aristocratic literati like him, it is simply a secondary industry. The days of heavy snow are really exhausting.

voice: "She went to bed early, she should be ready to eat at this moment." ”

After signaling Shi Yan to go out, Cheng Yunan said in his father's tone: "Jinzhou, how are you preparing for the imperial examination?" ”

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned for a moment before he reacted and said, "I'm ready." ”

Obviously, the prefect is a little optimistic about his future, otherwise according to him, it will be most beneficial to participate in the imperial examination in a few years.

Cheng Yunan sat on another chair by the window, was silent for a moment, and said: "For my father, I have a friend who works in the Hongwen Pavilion, where etiquette is taught, and I can't help but learn astrology and holy religion, in two days, let Cheng Feng send you to school." ”

"Hongbunkan?" Cheng Jinzhou's eyes seemed to be swollen, which was similar to the ancient Chinese Guozijian.

"There is a letter here, don't lose it with you, just look for Li Jingyuan after you go." Cheng Yunan's voice was low. If he loses his public position, Sanfang's status in the Cheng family will inevitably plummet, and he will have to plan for his son as soon as possible.

"Hongbunkan seems to be in the capital." Cheng Jinzhou is still reluctant to leave Shaonan, let alone go to the capital. In fact, since he traveled to this era, he has never left the confines of Shaonan City, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a little afraid.

Cheng Yunan nodded and said, "Let's go out in these two days." ”

Hongbunkan is a school that belongs to the central government, and is a government school along with Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, and Guangwenkan. The Chinese sub-school requires the children of civil and military officials above level 9 to enter, the Taixue and the four schools require the children of officials above level 12, the students of the Guangwenguan are mainly the children of officials below the level of 18 and the "scholars of the Shurentongqi", while the Hongwenguan exclusively accepts the children of nobles, and the children of ordinary officials cannot be interested.

With the increasing application of astrology, Hongwenguan was the first to allow students to learn astrology on their own on the basis of etiquette, which was naturally more popular with the children of the nobility.

Cheng Jinzhou could understand his father's approach, and thought: "Then the township test is also going to be taken in the capital?" ”

He is the son of an aristocracy, and he is not limited by the geographical area of the exam, as long as he registers in advance.

"That's right, the competition in the capital is fierce, but the number of places is also the most, and you have to study hard after you go." Cheng Yunan said, and added: "If you can learn star art well, it will naturally be better." ”

This was the first time he had publicly encouraged Cheng Jinzhou to learn astrology.

Cheng Jinzhou understood the situation, stopped talking, slowly put the letter with body temperature into his arms, and patted it vigorously.

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