In the winter of the first year of Chongzhen, there was two feet of snow in Leadshan County, and I don't know how many people and livestock froze to death.

Compared to Shaanxi, it is already a paradise.

The drought in Shaanxi is still going on, and the central court has not even sent a commissioner to inspect the disaster, let alone disaster relief.

Moreover, the imperial court continued to press taxes.

Emperor Chongzhen was merciful and exempted from the taxes paid three years ago, but the taxes in the sixth year of the Apocalypse and the seventh year of the Apocalypse still had to be paid. The first year of Chongzhen is even more unusual, what about the drought in Shaanxi Province, and the tax arrears of 52,000 taels are simply not giving the new emperor face!

Levy taxes, continue to collect taxes, and Liao Salary must also be collected in full!

In the blink of an eye, it has been the second year of Chongzhen.

As soon as the Lantern Festival holiday ended, Emperor Chongzhen convened the important ministers of the cabinet and ruled on the case of "Wei Zhongxian's rebellion".

The newly released Shoufu Han Yi, although he is the boss of the Donglin Party, does not want to continue to engage in party disputes, and asks that the list of eunuchs be set within 50 people.

Emperor Chongzhen was not happy and said that there must be fish that slipped through the net.

Han Yi withstood the pressure from all sides, but still didn't want to expand, and gave the list of eunuchs for the second time, but there were still only so many dozens of people.

Emperor Chongzhen finally got angry, and personally formulated various crimes, and those who slapped Wei Zhongxian's sycophants were considered eunuchs!

Shoufu Han Yi was helpless, and finally reported 258 people on the list of eunuchs.

Emperor Chongzhen was still suspicious, and constantly installed factory guard spies, which made people panic for a while.

Party strife?

Being fooled by Chongzhen like this, the imperial court can no longer play party fighting, and cleaning up the eunuch party is just an excuse, and the real spearhead is directed at the Donglin Party. The minister, who is good at figuring out the holy will, is secretly preparing intensively, and as long as he waits for a good opportunity to make a move, he can overthrow the Donglin Party cabinet in one fell swoop.

From a certain point of view, Chongzhen is also a master of political fighting, and he has gained supreme authority even after eliminating and fighting.

……

March.

Zhao Han took a boat to Leadshan County and participated in the children's test with Fei Ruhe.

He didn't want to take the imperial examination, Fei Yinghuan persuaded him to try, and Pang Chunlai also persuaded him to try, so he just went for the exam.

In order to qualify for the exam, Zhao Han temporarily changed his name to Fei Han, and finally changed from a black household to an adopted son, and his household registration fell in the official household registration of the Fei family.

The day before the county exam, everyone stayed in the county seat.

The same examiners are Fei Ruhe, Xu Ying, and although Fei Chun is also a scholar, he is not even qualified for the exam.

Everyone got up in the middle of the night, came to the examination booth early to wait, and checked their identities at dawn to enter.

The examination conditions in Leadshan County are very good, and there is no need to bring your own examination table and bench, let alone use the county government as a temporary examination room to make do.

Fei Ruhe still owed, and complained: "Why don't you open the door for search?" I'm still waiting to go in and catch up on sleep. ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "The test is enough for you to sleep for a whole day." ”

Fei Ruhe sighed and said: "Alas, I just finished studying the Analects, and I haven't read Mencius or The Mean. ”

"The family didn't help you buy the notice county?" Zhao Han teased in a low voice.

Fei Ruhe rubbed his fat face: "What's the use of buying a notice county?" I passed the county exam, and I was still a schoolboy. If you want to be a child, you have to buy the prefect as well. ”

Zhao Han turned around and asked Xu Ying, "How sure are you?" ”

Xu Ying shook her head and said: "I'm not half sure, I'm too late to enlighten, and I haven't finished learning "Mencius" yet." If it hadn't been for my husband asking me to take the exam, I would definitely have taken it again next year. ”

"It's for your best to take the exam this year, so as not to be familiar with anything next year. Don't be nervous, just come and visit the test booth. Zhao Han comforted.

Outside the examination room, only Fei Chun followed.

Fei Yinghuan also came, the heart of the qin, the sword gall, and the wine spirit were all there, and now they were all asleep in the inn, saying that they would go to Shitang Town to visit friends when it was dawn.

As for his son's exam, Fei Yinghuan was too lazy to care, and it was just a one-day trip to the examination room.

Fei Dagongzi's only role is to find a few talents and give Zhao Han and them joint protection.

At dawn, candidates begin to enter.

The messenger confirmed Zhao Han's identity and let him go in to search his body.

The county test search is pure foolishness, you don't have to take off your clothes, just touch a few times to make a look, it doesn't matter if someone cheats anyway.

After entering the examination room, Zhao Han hurriedly grabbed the number, so as not to be next to the toilet.

A light rain suddenly fell in the sky, Zhao Han grabbed the time to nail the tarpaulin, and everything was done and was already half wet.

Go to bed!

Zhao Han and Fei Ruhe were not far apart, and they didn't take the exam seriously, and they fell asleep on the table almost at the same time.

Only Xu Ying was so nervous that she forgot that she was here for a day trip.

The morning light was faintly bright, and Zhao Han was woken up.

The errand held the question board and walked between the examination booths, the light was too dim to see, and he had to wait for the errand to get closer.

Two questions, only four books, the time is one day.

Zhao Han looked at it, what was it?

The first one is good to say: Zi said.

The second course is outrageous about Nima: not much to eat.

When Fei Ruhe saw the question, he immediately scratched his ears and cheeks.

The title of "Zi Yue" must be from the "Analects". can be full of "Zi Said", people have no idea where to start, and they don't know which angle to solve the problem.

The fat man thought about it for a long time and decided to do the second question first.

After thinking about it for a while, he wrote and wrote down the problem: you can't eat too much, and you will get fat if you eat more!

It's so good, Fei Ruhe has begun to be self-absorbed.

Xu Ying's side.

Similarly, I don't know where to start with "Zi Yue", because the "Analects" is everywhere, as if it is required to prove "1+1=2".

Looking at "not eating much" again, Xu Ying suddenly smiled, this question is very simple.

Zhao Han's situation was just the opposite, and when he saw "Zi Yue", he immediately remembered Su Shixiongwen.

When he was in college, although he didn't recite the full text, he still remembered the first few sentences, and directly moved it over to solve the problem: Pifu is the master of the hundred worlds, and in a word, it is the law of the world.

In the next few sentences, continue to plagiarize Su Shi's original text.

Copied and copied, and then forgot about it, so I searched my intestines and scraped my stomach, and piled up the number of words on the paper.

After tossing for a quarter of an hour, I managed to get together 200 words, and after some minor revisions, I began to transcribe them onto the answer sheet.

Next to the second question: not much food.

Zhao Han couldn't remember the original text for a while, but he could reason.

Confucius was a foodie, and the most about eating in the "Analects" is probably from the "Analects".

After thinking about it for a while, he finally remembered that the original sentence should be "don't withdraw ginger food, don't eat more".

It can be understood as: Confucius likes to eat ginger, and he never leaves, but he doesn't eat much.

It can also be understood as: ginger can think soberly, other foods are withdrawn, ginger can stay, but not eat more.

Zhu Xi's explanation is: Jiang Tong is a god, and he can go to evil. Confucius didn't eat much because he wasn't greedy.

This is a truncated question, and it is very difficult to solve the problem, you can't mention the words before and after, and you have to express the relevant content.

Zhao Han thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote with a pen: Abstain from self-examination, and the saint cultivates himself.

It's very good to solve the problem, but unfortunately the rest is not good, Zhao Han wrote it randomly, and copied and handed in the paper after collecting 200 words.

It's still early, but four people have already handed in their papers.

Zhao Han was the fifth, and he planned to put down the roll and leave, but Feng Zhixian stopped him.

"What does the county have to say?" Zhao Han asked.

Feng Xun stroked his beard and said, "What are you going?" Wait! ”

Zhao Han stood honestly next to him, and a buddy was participating in the interview.

Feng Xun came up with a link, and the buddy quickly replied, and he was happily allowed to leave, as if he was admitted on the spot.

There is no need to be vague in the county test, Feng Xun glanced at it and asked, "Which sect is from the Fei family?" ”

"Goose Lake." Zhao Han replied.

"Who are you, Fei Dazhao?" Feng Xun asked again.

Zhao Han said: "My father. ”

Feng Xun instantly became pleasant, and said with a smile: "Ling Zun is a great talent, presumably you are not bad, and wait for me to watch Xiongwen." ”

Zhao Han was speechless, this county test is too, don't you avoid suspicion at all?

Feng Xun glanced at the problem, and slammed the case and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Pifu is the master of the hundred generations, in a word, it is the law of the world, and the true tiger father has no dog! ”

Zhao Han is stupid, this county magistrate, hasn't he read Su Shi's article?

Let's have eight shares in this article, and the first six sentences are copied from Su Shi in the original text!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, many scholars, not to mention the prose of the Tang and Song dynasties, did not even memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, and directly memorized various model texts on sea tactics.

Even the talented Qian Qianyi began to really study ancient literature after being an official for many years, and quickly became a cutting-edge leader in the literary world. Before that, although he knew about the Tang and Song dynasties, he had not read the prose of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan.

Feng Xun read the second article again, clapped his hands and said, "Fei's is out of Qilin'er!" ”

Then, Feng Zhixian began to be distressed, the head of the case had been decided, and the second place was also selected. No matter how good Zhao Han's eight-strand essay is, it can only be ranked third, which is really wronged by this prodigy.

Feng Xun advised: "Go home and prepare for the government exam." ”

Zhao Han was a little confused, I was admitted on the spot?

Isn't it said that the Jiangxi imperial examination is difficult? I haven't finished the four books yet!