In fact, at this time, the Nanjing examination has begun, and the examination period of the north and south lists is not the same, but the date of the release of the list is the same, and after a few days, there is not much difference.

However, the examination questions of the Nanjing Examination have also been transmitted to the Beijing Division, saying: The Tao is not far away, and it cannot be the Tao.

Xu Qian heard this exam question, and immediately shook his head, this is the difference between the north and the south of the exam, the Nanjing exam, the question is particularly tricky and weird, the examiners are eager to take apart the words and words to tease you, this sentence comes from the mean, it was originally 'the road is not far away, people are far away from the way, not for the way', as a result, this topic was cut off from the middle of the sentence 'people are far away for the way', on the surface only cut off the middle, it seems to have no effect, but without these words, the meaning is very different. This is like the work of later generations, Xiao Ming drank water, and then fell asleep, and went to pee energetically. And the other is that Xiao Ming drank water and went to pee in good spirits. The front proposes to sleep hew, that is, to eat and drink enough, and then there is action. The latter was because Xiao Ming ate the water, so he went to release the water. A few words apart, the meaning has changed, but the problem is that the chapter must be the same, no matter what your question is, you always have to say the round, the examiner even if a little Ming peeing question, you also have to write a flowery eight-strand pun, and you must tell the truth of being a man, governing the family, and finally leveling the world.

The question released this time is extremely difficult, the gist of this question is that the avenue must be close to people, if it is separated from the purpose of people, it can not be called the Tao, the Tao here is naturally not the Taoist road, but the way of heaven, which means the way of obeying the heavens, in fact, it is the main purpose of Confucianism, the so-called helping the world, the implementation of benevolent government.

Normally. This kind of topic seems to be very easy to break the topic, and the theme is to develop around it, but Zhu Zi and his old man are a little tossed, but it is a commentary: God and Ming, then it is up to others, that is to say, it is not easy for the Heavenly Dao to mix with the gods, the so-called gentleman respects ghosts and gods and stays away, you can not leave the purpose of the sage. and can't deviate from the collection of Zhu Shengren's notes, it will inevitably cause a headache.

When Xu Qian heard this question, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, he knew that this was the case, he would rather take the exam in Nanjing. Although this is a difficult problem, a strange topic, and a digression, there is room for Xu Qian to play, after all, he is young, although the foundation is solid, but after all, there are many people in the world who are as solid as him. It is difficult to distance yourself from people, after all, it is not easy to innovate in ordinary questions. But if he encounters such a problem, Xu Qian is young after all. The thinking is also more open than that of ordinary candidates, and it is just right to work solving questions and new ideas, and distance themselves from those candidates with high skills, but the questions are easy. Even if you score 99 points, everyone is above 90. On the contrary, the advantage is not enough to make people stunned, and the grasp is not big enough.

This is the reason why Xu Qian regrets it, although the pressure of the Beijing examination is small, but the questions are also easy, Xu Qian has flipped through the examination questions of the northern examination since the Ming Dynasty, and there are not even a few cut-off questions, these examiners obviously have the meaning of favoring the northern readers, it is nothing more than the southerners dancing and playing ink, the northerners running horses and practicing martial arts, not reading much, the wind is not prosperous, and the preferential treatment is given.

It's just that this discount is undoubtedly bad news for the masters of the question, and Xu Qian is one of them.

The examination date is approaching, the next day will start the exam, the Xu family has been busy here, the carriage and horses, meals, books, pen and ink must be ready, now the hand is abundant, but also to talk about a little style, a few people from the Xu family have gone to the examination hall to line up first, it is said that there will always be various accidents when the exam, such as whether there are good people congesting the streets and the like. There are the most splashes in the Beijing Division, and the exam is related to the future of the candidate's life, these people often deliberately quarrel on the way to pass, and the companions go to the onlookers, and the long street is surrounded by water, and the candidate has to pass, and is in a hurry to go to the exam, for fear of delaying the time, so at this time, they must be asked to avoid, and finally ten or eight taels of silver go out to buy a way out.

Although the yamen cracked down on this kind of harassment of exams, there are always exceptions to everything, and under the temptation of money, some people take risks.

Although the Xu family is not afraid, they must take precautions, and a few people from the Xu family brocade clothes went directly to the fishing suit with a knife, and rented a nearby inn so that they could respond at any time. And this side of the house, naturally chickens and dogs jump, Xu Chang personally commanded, even the house has to be repaired, for example, the threshold has to be raised, the picture is auspicious, the middle door can never be opened today, only when Xu Qian enters and exits is willing to open, but unfortunately the Xu family is not a big family, the big family has both the middle door and the side door, the back door, the Xu family is not in time to choose a new home, this courtyard is still rented, there is only one door, it naturally becomes the middle door, as for other people in and out, what to do? Old man Xu obviously still has a way, if you can't get out of the door, won't you climb over the wall and enter the hospital? People are humane, cats have cats, the middle door is open for officials, and the rest of the people naturally come in with ladders.

The old man is usually a casual thing, but now it is related to Xu Qian's imperial examination, and he looks at this matter very closely, if anyone dares to have the intention of opening the door, he must jump out and scold, so that others obediently climb over the wall, this one stood on the ladder and shouted: "I'm going to jump, I'm going to jump, and the people below are all let go." The one pouted and looked inside, "Hey, hey...... I forgot to bring the old account book of Ruyifang, Xiao Chen'er, you help me get it, it is very indecent to save your sixth brother from flying around, my clothes are good Suses, and I feel distressed when I rub it......"

Xu Chen threw stones around the patio to play, his eyes blinked, looking at Xu Fu who was popping up outside the wall, and said without hesitation: "Ten sugar gourds." ”

"You have no conscience, I just bought it for you yesterday, my conscience was eaten by dogs, and I came to ask for it again today, I can't feed you even if I have gold and silver, it's really a sin, I have been reading books with Mr. He for so long, and that's what I learned."

If it is someone else, the sugar gourd is also the sugar gourd, just a few dollars, now everyone has an errand, and there is a lot of spare money in their hands, but this person is Xu Fu, the master who has to break two halves of a penny, and is blackmailed by Xu Chen every three or five times, it is like being torn open by someone, and he sprinkling salt over and over again, painful, dead and alive, and suffering in dire straits every day, so he suddenly changed color, and scolded him on the wall.

Xu Chang heard it in the back room, and immediately jumped out and scolded angrily: "Scold you egg, you fucking little voice, Qian'er is studying in the room, what should you do if you are shocked him?" To put it bluntly, what does it mean that you have learned this after reading a book for so long, and your mother taught you like this? Get down! ”

Xu Fu was speechless, and said in his heart: "You still say that I scold, you even scolded my mother." I was indignant in my heart, but I had no choice but to smile and say, "Uncle......"

At this moment, Xu Qian in the house heard the movement, opened the door and came out, and said, "I'll go get you a book, where is your book?" ”

Xu Chang frowned suddenly, stopped Xu Qian, and said bitterly: "You are a person who wants to be an official, what kind of account books do you take, and do officials want to read the accounts?" The official is a noble man, go back and read your book. ”

Xu Qian was speechless and went back obediently.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, the carriages and horses had been waiting outside for a long time, because the carriages and horses in the Jinyi Wei were too eye-catching after all, so they were all called from the Ruyi Fang, a wide carriage, a number of horses, the whole family flocked out, even Shou Ninghou These people also sent a few small families to strengthen the momentum, dozens of people sat in the car, on the horse, at the same time, the road administration bureau has been dispatched, from the Xu family to the examination institute must pass, all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, but all those who do not like the eye are all taken, Those puffy ruffians were also invited to the City God Temple outside the city, and they were inevitably beaten and served, in Xu Chang's words, this is called prevention before it happens, and the so-called first strike is strong.

In this regard, Xu Qian has no opinion, maintaining law and order and eliminating scoundrels is something that anyone likes to see, and the government will not interfere, and there will be no trouble.

Sitting in the carriage, Xu Qian took a deep breath, he actually felt a little sleepy, this is also helpless, some time ago in the Guozi Prison, every day is after the child hour to sleep, after returning home, the biological clock did not be transferred back, this day I got up too early, I don't think, now the eyelids are fighting, he leaned on the car and took a drowsy nap, I don't know how much time later, someone called him to get off the carriage, it turned out that the road ahead was already crowded, the car and horse could not walk, can only get off the horse and walk, Xu Yong and Xu Han, who rented an inn nearby yesterday, had already seen them, and hurriedly came over, Xu Han said: "I have inquired clearly, it is still early, but I have to search my body when I enter the examination room, so it is very delayed, and I am afraid that it will be too late if it is any later." ”

Xu Qian nodded, glanced back at Xu Chang, and said, "Dad, you are old, don't go with us, just wait here, I will come out naturally after the exam." ”

Xu Chang hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, and then patted his shoulder fiercely with his big hand, and said word by word: "Son, do you say it's good to be an official?" ”

Xu Qian said without hesitation: "Okay." ”

Xu Chang laughed, and then said: "Then pass the exam, take an official to do it, my face as a father has a light, you have a worry-free future in this life, take the exam well, our Xu family is born, all pinned on you!" ”

Xu Qian nodded fiercely, turned around with Kao Lan on his shoulder, and rushed towards the crowd without hesitation, Xu Han and Xu Yong hurriedly followed, protecting his flank and shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Are you blind?"

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