Chapter 121: The Imperial Examination
() The imperial examination refers to a system in which officials were selected by examination in the feudal dynasties. Because of the method of selecting scholars by subject, it is called the imperial examination. The Great Qian Dynasty established the country by force, but respected the literati as important ministers, so the imperial examination was also divided into literary examination and military examination.
The literary examination is divided into the college examination, the township examination, the general examination and the palace examination. If the tens of millions of people of the Great Qiantian Dynasty want to stand out among the literati who are like carp crossing the river, then these four passes are the ones they must jump over.
The hospital examination, also known as the children's examination, includes three stages: the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination. If a scholar wants to change from cloth clothes to show talent, then after the examination of the three officials of the county, the state official and the prefect as the chief examiner, they have the possibility of going further.
The township examination, which is held every three years in the capital of each prefecture, is also called the autumn examination because it is held in autumn and August. It was the governor appointed by the emperor to preside over the examination. Those who pass the examination are called lifters, and the first one is Xie Yuan.
The test, with the township test, will be held in the spring of the next year, so it is also called the spring boudoir. The examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor appointed the chief and deputy chief judges, and the people of each prefecture and the local Guozi supervisors in the capital of Tiandu could take the examination, and 300 were admitted as tributes, the first of which was called Huiyuan.
At this point, the tributes who had risen strongly from among the 10,000 people were at the threshold of changing their lives. People call it the fish leaping dragon gate, the palace test.
At this moment, Nangong Ming and Dongfang Yao have already embarked on the road to success from their respective hometowns. They had been reading poetry for a few years, and what they did was the moment when they finally became dragons.
It is now March, and when the spring flowers are blooming, all the dragons among the great cadres have begun to gather in the capital of Tiandu to participate in the examination held in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
"Heaven and earth are round, and grain is heaven. The Holy One is ordered by Heaven to weigh the hunger and satisfaction of the people in the world? Obediently, he actually came across the rice grain that my Dongfang family is best at?" Dongfang Yao bit his pen, and his bright eyes revealed bursts of excitement.
"So, then, Li Min called the saint respected, and the food was the sky, and it was written. ”......
"Brother, there is your scientific expedition tomorrow, why do you still have spare time to drink here today?" On a rather magnificent and beautiful wine in the capital, a pair of young men and women sat by the window, pecking and drinking.
"Hehe, cousin, your cousin is full of scriptures, and he has already prepared for the passage, so today, take a good rest. The young man who spoke looked just over the weak crown, and his silk feather coat fluttered slowly with a gust of wind.
If it is only about appearance, I am afraid that the men in the whole wine will be ashamed of themselves, and it seems that it is not an exaggeration to use the words starry eyebrows and ape arms and bee waist on his body.
"Hmph, I think it's just that you want to be lazy. Opposite the young man sat a young girl, under a black cloud waterfall, and a beautiful face jumped over it. The willow eyebrows, cherry mouth, and phoenix cheeks are left at will. If her cousin is radiant, then this alluring girl is worthy of the four words of the world.
These two people are the two most powerful people in the Nangong family, Nangong Ming and Nangong Tingfang. Although Nangong Tian, the contemporary owner, is old, his unique vision of understanding people is not bad.
Among dozens of juniors, he is the only one who loves this pair of brothers and sisters the most. There is no other reason, with the experience of the long years, he can feel that this pair of grandchildren is afraid that they will grow into excellent people.
It's not a meal at the moment, and there aren't many diners in the wine, but both male and female diners will intentionally or unintentionally sweep their eyes towards the couple of men and women by the window.
However, this is the capital of heaven, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so people also know that the pair of beautiful people in front of them are very promising, as can be seen by just looking at the eight wolf-like fierce guards at the two tables next to them.
"Hehe, after a while, the martial arts will start, and Lin Yu's guy is afraid that he will also appear. Cousin, you've finally got what you wanted. Nangong Ming turned a blind eye to his cousin's pursed lips, but looked out the window and pretended to be unintentional.
"Cousin, I hate it!" Nan Gong Tingfang's face flew out of two pieces of red light, but one jade little hand quietly held the other wrist, and there was a touch of azure bracelet in the dark green.
Although this bracelet is not precious, Nan Gong Tingfang really has a soft spot for it, and with the financial resources of the Nangong family, what gold and silver jewelry is not for her to choose. But over the years, she only wore this bracelet, and occasionally looked at it in a daze. This qiē, where can he escape the eyes of Nangong Ming, who is the eldest brother.
For the days when the three little ones had no guesses, this pair of brothers and sisters remembered them in the depths of their souls. Houmen is like the sea, even biological brothers may be intrigued. But they have an innocent friendship with their childhood friend.
That happy life of hunting and fishing, reciting scriptures, and marrying a daughter-in-law in a fake family has long been imprinted in their hearts.
"What does that bad guy look like now, do you remember what happened when you were a child......?"
"Lin Yu, this is the seal of my Golden Sword Gate and the proof of the Guozijian. It will be much more convenient for you to take them and go. The voice of the head of the Tong Sect still came slowly but very clearly.
"Thank you to the master, Lin Yu should go all out and will never be ashamed of his master. Lin Yu respectfully accepted the paperwork handed by the head of the house, and bent down to salute.
"Lin Yu, I lend you this Silver Moon Sword, and when you return it, I hope it will be dressed in the cloak of the Champion Sword. Jing Yue stepped forward with a smile and handed over her sword to Lin Yu.
At the mountain gate of Fengshan, there are several people around the gate at this moment. They are here to see Lin Yu off today. After explaining to the head of the sect his future plans and the origin of the seven changes of the ghost shadow, the head of Tong finally completely opened his mind and accepted this genius who had been born since Xue Feng.
As a powerful force in the Great Qian Dynasty, Jinjianmen naturally has some right to speak in the imperial court. Moreover, in addition to the position of the head of the Golden Sword Sect, Tong Tiantao also has an identity, the chief of the Great Qian's royal family!
Therefore, Jin Jianmen is not only qualified to write a certificate for Lin Yu and save Lin Yu the trouble of participating in the preliminary examination, but also will be taken care of by the royal family along the way.
Although the head of the sect hoped that Lin Yu could stay in the sect and practice Taoism and martial arts well, so that he could become a pillar of the sect in the future, but after repeated and four times of persuasion to no avail, he finally changed to an attitude of fully supporting Lin Yu's scientific research.
After all, the Golden Sword Gate also needs to have its own voice in the court. Lin Yu's son not only has advanced martial arts, but also knows from his mouth that Pang Tong, the dark scholar who moved the Second Dynasty back then, was also his teacher.
Wen has Pang Tong, Wu has Xue Feng, and the head of Tong is old and refined, where can he doubt that Lin Yu will not achieve amazing achievements in the future?
As the saying goes: "There are people in the court who are easy to do", if Lin Yuzhen is a genius, once he has fame, then as his teacher, it is beneficial and harmless.
"Lin Yu, I have already sent someone to send out the documents, and after you arrive in the capital, someone will naturally come to take care of it. When you go to the imperial examination, you have to work hard, don't fall into the prestige of the Golden Sword Gate. It's not early, and you're on your way. After the explanation was completed, the head of the house turned around and went back to the mountain.
"Lin Yu, come on. ”
"Lin Yu, don't embarrass us Songtao. ”
"Lin Yu boy, don't be playful and don't know how to go back to Fengshan. On the top of the Infinite Cliff, the sloppy old man was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth......
Daqian's martial arts are an integral part of the scientific examination like the liberal arts. It's just that because the literati rule the country, the selection and examination of martial arts are simpler than those of liberal arts.
The time is scheduled after the spring boudoir and in the month before the palace exam. It is also divided into the hospital test, the township test, the meeting test and the palace test, however, if you get the recommendation and guarantee at the state level, then the previous weightlifting, dancing knife, moving stones, and opening the bow are just to ensure that the selected person has enough physique to take the hospital test and the township test can be directly passed.
These warriors or warriors who want to gain fame will gather in the capital after the spring boudoir of the liberal arts, and then participate in the general examination and the final palace examination.
The palace examination, like civil and military, was personally questioned and tested by the emperor. In the end, the first place of all the tributes is the champion talent above the ten thousand.
For Lin Yu at this moment, there is a magic weapon given by the head of the house. At present, he only needs to rush to the capital before the scientific expedition and get in touch with the gatekeeper there who is responsible for handling the matter.
However, the head of Tong also warned that even if most of the martial arts people disdain to serve the imperial court, with the current trend of the times, among the people participating in the five-year imperial examination, I am afraid that there will also be outstanding disciples of other large sects. Therefore, Lin Yu's road to the top is actually not a smooth road......
"Lin Yu, wait for me, wait for me. Lin Yu rode the black whirlwind, and after making sure that Xiaobai had fallen asleep in the bag, he just wanted to pull out his horse and gallop, when a rough sound of breaking gongs came from behind.
"En?" Lin Yu turned around when he heard the sound, and saw that at the intersection at the foot of Fengshan Mountain, two people, one tall and one short, stood side by side.
Needless to say, that man is naturally Wu Dazhuang, who is like a black tower, but the other is the yearning in the hearts of countless disciples of the Golden Sword Sect, Ji Yanran.
"Da Zhuang, Yanran, why are you here?" After Lin Yu said goodbye to the doorman, he took the black whirlwind and Xiao Bai all the way to the periphery of Fengshan, remembering Chu Tianwen's envious eyes on Lin Yu when he parted, Lin Yu felt a pang in his heart.
But before he could get on the road, he ran into two classmates who couldn't have imagined that they would appear together.
"I knelt in front of the master all morning, and his old man agreed that I would accompany you to the capital, I didn't mean anything else, I just felt that it was good to have someone to talk to you along the way to relieve your boredom. Wu Dazhuang scratched the back of his head with his hand and said with a smile.
"Big Strong. Lin Yu's heart was filled with warmth, Wu Dazhuang's martial arts skills were not profound, but he gave up the opportunity to cultivate in the master and wanted to go with him. This made Lin Yu extremely moved, but if he knew that Wu Dazhuang actually wanted to follow Lin Yu to see the world, I was afraid that Lin Yu would directly kick him back to Fengshan.
"Hehe, you go to the capital, but I want to go back to Shuijianmen. I just happened to meet Da Zhuang, so I waited for you to come over and walk together for a while. ”
Since the end of the last martial arts meeting, Ji Yanran has disappeared for a while. Originally, Lin Yu thought that she had already returned to the Water Sword Gate, but she didn't want to meet her here today.
"In that case, let's go together. After Lin Yu learned of the intention of the two, he smiled slightly, and urged the horse to accompany the two on the road that belonged to their future.