Stay in Shitang Town for two days, pass by the county seat for a short stop, and the next day you can see the children's test list.

dragged on for several days, not because Feng Zhixian was too slow to mark the papers, but because there were too many schoolchildren taking the exam. The examination shed really couldn't sit down, and there were two batches of exams before and after the county exam, and the questions in each batch were different.

In Leadshan County, which has a registered population of less than 20,000, more than 4,000 schoolchildren took part in the county examination this time.

Doesn't it feel weird?

There are two theories in the historiography: one is that the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty only counted adult males; One theory is that the Ming Dynasty Yellow Book only counted adult men and women.

Either way, the children are not counted, and even if they are settled, they are not counted.

But something is still not right, the ratio of schoolchildren to the registered population is still not right.

Hehe.

The registered population of the government is for the central court to see, and it may not have changed for hundreds of years, and it has even been declining in Leadshan County.

Just because the population increases, so does the total amount of taxes. First, it is not easy for the county to collect enough taxes, and second, the county will have fewer to intercept, and the local officials' brains will only change the yellow book.

When taxes are actually collected, it's a different system.

In the past, it relied on the growth of grain, but now it depends on the growth of the inside. There is no need for a household registration booklet at all, the villagers, who still don't know anyone, have to pay taxes without the protection of the big family.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Although Fei Ruhe is young, he is also physically strong, and he pushed away other schoolchildren who watched the list all the way.

He walked to the bottom of the list and looked up—

First place, Fei Ruyu.

second place, Hu Zongru.

Third place, Fei Kai.

Fourth place: Fei Han.

Keep watching, keep reading, and he himself will get it.

No. 117: Xu Ying.

398th place: Fei Ruhe.

A total of 400 schoolchildren were admitted to the township examination list of Leadshan County, which is about one-tenth of the reference number!

Under normal circumstances, only a few dozen are admitted to the county test, but that only applies to normal states and counties.

The highest record in the north is Ruyang, Henan, where more than 8,000 people participated in a county examination and about 800 were admitted.

The highest record in the south is Linchuan, Jiangxi, where more than 10,000 people participated in a county examination and more than 1,000 were admitted.

There is a lot of water for the prefectural exams, and many of them come to experience the atmosphere.

There is no quota, usually one out of ten, and if there are too many people, it will give the prefect a headache.

"Dad, I'm over, I'm over!" Fei Ruhe was ecstatic.

Fei Yinghuan was expressionless: "It's over, you don't have to take the government exam, you're afraid you won't even be able to understand the government exam questions." ”

Fei Ruhe still kept his illusions: "In case of good luck, the prefect will still give it to you." ”

Fei Yinghuan's face was very good, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The prefect is not as good as the county to talk to, and your father has no friendship with the prefect!" ”

Fei Ruhe immediately shut up.

Zhao Han asked, "Childe, then I don't have to go to the house to test?" ”

"You can go, you can't go." Fei Yinghuan let Zhao Han decide for himself.

If the government examination is admitted, it is a child, and there is still no quota for the number of students, usually one of the two. However, if there are too many candidates, it is possible to take one of three, one of four, or one of five.

The difficulty of hell in Jiangxi is first reflected in the government test, and children who have passed the county test must be brushed down at least three-quarters.

In other provinces, the acceptance rate is about one-half.

"Then I'd better not go." Zhao Han said with a smile.

What if I pass the government exam?

You have to brush people crazy at that level of the Taoist test, Jiangxi Xiucai is not so easy to test! From the county examination, the government examination, and then to the road examination, the three levels add up, and the acceptance rate of Xiucai may be less than 1%.

Next to the admission list, there are several sample essays, and Zhao Han's article is among them.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old schoolboy shook his head and praised repeatedly: "Pifu is the master of the world, and in a word, it is the law of the world, which is really a strange text!" I don't know which prodigy Fei Han is? ”

"Which one is Fei Han?"

"Which Fei Han clan is from my Fei family? I'm going to make friends. ”

"It must be me Chen Jiang Fei!"

"Nonsense, it must be my Shitang Fei!"

“……”

Zhao Han hurriedly slipped away and quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

Among the countless people who watched the list, no one found out that his article was copied.

Fei Yinghuan returned to Hanzhu Academy and immediately went to the library to find articles.

Zhao Han wrote the titles of more than 100 articles, and the ancient texts of the Qin and Han dynasties were also written into them, which is about half of the "Ancient Texts and Views".

……

Inside the library.

Fei Yinghuan looked at the catalog of ancient texts and asked, "Who is the author of this "Book with Han Jingzhou"?" ”

"Li Bai." Zhao Han replied immediately.

If he can't answer again, Fei Yinghuan will beat someone.

There were several ancient texts before, and Zhao Han only remembered the title of the article, but he even forgot who wrote it, so how did Fei Yinghuan find it?

When he heard that it was written by Li Bai, Fei Yinghuan was very happy, because there was "Li Taibai's Anthology" in the library.

"This way!" Fei Yinghuan greeted the school staff.

Two handymen came over with a wooden ladder, and Fei Yinghuan climbed up in person, took out the "Li Taibai Anthology" and quickly flipped through it.

There is also a table of contents in the ancient anthology, Fei Yinghuan quickly found the original text, threw it to Qin Xin and said, "Copy that article!" ”

Zhao Han hurriedly said: "The Preface to the Spring Night Banquet Peach and Plum Garden" is also Li Bai's. ”

Qin Xin hurriedly flipped through the catalog and said, "Daddy, it's in my hand." ”

"Copy it all together." Fei Yinghuan advised.

Although Zhao Han could not recite the full text of these two articles, he was very impressed by several of them.

"You don't need to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, but I hope to know Han Jingzhou." - touted at the beginning, Li Bai is a master of sycophancy.

"The one who husbands heaven and earth is the reverse journey of all things; Those who have passed through time have passed by for hundreds of generations. And floating like a dream, for joy? ——It is very suitable for making QQ signatures to pretend to be forced.

Fei Yinghuan glanced at the ancient text entries and asked, "The Ancient Battlefield Text was also written by Li Bai?" ”

"Uh...... Forget, it shouldn't be Li Bai. Zhao Han was a little embarrassed.

"Then there is no way to find it," Fei Yinghuan could only give up, and asked, "Who is the author of "A Fang Gongfu"?" ”

Zhao Han said: "Du Mu. ”

Fei Yinghuan had studied Du Mu's poems, and he immediately took his servants to look for them.

After some tossing, I only found this "Fan Chuan Poems", which was full of Du Mu's poems, and there was no ancient text at all.

For modern people, "A Fang Gong Fu" can be seen casually.

But in the Ming Dynasty, it could only be obtained from two ways: one was the Ming periodical's imitation of the Song version of the "Fan Chuan Anthology" (both poems and texts), and the other was the Wu Zhi publication of the "Fan Chuan Anthology" (with text but no poems).

These two sets of engraved books are both regional distribution books, and most states and counties can't buy them if they want to.

The search was fruitless, Fei Yinghuan said: "Forget it, I won't look for this one." ”

Zhao Han hurriedly said: "Childe, this is a magnificent article. ”

"Really?" Fei Yinghuan was a little unconvinced, because he had read Du Mu's poems, and his style was not like being able to write a heroic essay.

Zhao Han said: "I can memorize it, but I don't know if I can memorize it all." ”

Fei Yinghuan instructed Jian Guts: "You record it." ”

Zhao Han immediately recited: "Six kings, four seas and one, Shushan Wu, A Fang out." Covering more than 300 miles, isolated from the sky. Lishan is constructed in the north and folds in the west, and goes straight to Xianyang. The two rivers dissolve and flow into the palace wall. Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to a pavilion. The corridor waist is back, and the eaves teeth are high pecked. Each hugs the terrain and fights ......"

Jian Guts cried when he remembered it, put down the pen and said, "Brother, you slow down." ”

Zhao Han leaned his head and looked, good guy, "Six Kings Bi" is written as "Six Kings Killed", and there are a bunch of typos at the back.

"I'll write it." Zhao Han can only say.

silently wrote the first few paragraphs, but forgot all about them in the middle, and Zhao Han couldn't remember them after thinking about it for a long time.

Then just type the ellipsis and skip straight to the last paragraph: "Woohoo! Those who destroy the Six Kingdoms are also the Six Kingdoms, not Qin. The Qin of the clan is also Qin, not the world. Whew! It is enough to make each of the six countries love his own people, and it is enough to reject Qin. If Qin Fu loves the people of the Six Kingdoms, then the third generation can be the king of all generations, and who will be wiped out? The Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and future generations mourn them. Later generations mourn and do not learn from it, and it also makes future generations mourn for future generations. ”

Fei Yinghuan stood next to him and finished reading, and suddenly exclaimed: "Sure enough, the eternal heroic article, I didn't expect Du Fanchuan to write such an article!" ”

Zhao Han said: "Childe, let's continue to look for articles." ”

Fei Yinghuan pointed to "A Fang Gongfu": "What about the middle? ”

"Forget." Zhao Han said helplessly, he really forgot.

"Such a good article, how can you forget? Think again. Fei Yinghuan urged.

Zhao Han smiled bitterly: "I've thought about it, but I really can't think of it." ”

Fei Yinghuan saw a good article, but this article was incomplete, and he immediately felt itchy like a cat. He said to Jiu Liu: "You go to the academy to inquire, who knows where to buy Du Fanchuan's anthology, this young master will give him five taels of silver." If anyone can write "A Fang Gong Fu" silently on the spot, this young master will give him twenty taels of silver! ”

The wine spirit took the order and left, and Fei Yinghuan continued to look for the article.

After searching like this for several days, Zhao Han gave more than 100 titles, and only found more than 70 in the library building, including many articles by the Tang and Song dynasties.

Asked all the teachers and students of Hanzhu Academy, but no one was able to write "A Fang Gong Fu" silently.

However, a teacher gave a clue that he had seen "Fan Chuan Anthology" in the library of Ouyang in Taihe County.

In order to ask for a complete "A Fang Gong Fu", Fei Yinghuan actually took out 50 taels of silver and said to Wei Jianxiong: "You and Qin Xin, go to Taihe County immediately, prepare a gift, take my name to visit the Ouyang family, and be sure to copy back "A Fang Gong Fu"!" ”

Wei Jianxiong was surprised: "Fifty taels for an article? ”

"It's worth it, it's worth a hundred taels," Fei Yinghuan said, "as long as you can bring the article back, no matter how much money you really use, the rest of the silver will be yours." ”

"And this kind of good thing?" Wei Jianxiong said happily, "Don't worry, Childe, this matter is on me." ”

Qin Xin is also very happy, Wei Jianxiong has always been bold, and he will definitely be able to share a lot of money when he goes to do things with him this time.

Wei Jianxiong and Qin Xin left, and Fei Yinghuan continued to search for two days.

Seeing that he couldn't find more articles, Fei Yinghuan could only go home, and he seemed to say to Zhao Han: "Brother Han, your family's previous library building must be much larger than mine's. ”

Zhao Han's face did not change, and replied: "When my father was alive, he liked to borrow books everywhere to read. ”

Fei Yinghuan thought for a while and sighed: "Alas, I won't get to the bottom of it, your ancestors must have an extraordinary background." In the future, if you can be promoted, you will change back to your original surname. ”

"Thank you, Childe." Zhao Han gave up.

Some of the articles in the "Guwen Guan Zhi" are now either found in the "Yongle Canon" or lie in a family's library.

Ordinary scholars, don't want to contact it for the rest of your life.

Pang Chunlai learned of this, and came to visit Fei Yinghuan halfway, and asked Xu Ying to help copy a copy.

There are more than 70 ancient texts, and they are all famous articles, and Pang Chunlai has only read more than 20 articles before.

It's not that I don't want to read it, I just can't read it.

After reading all these articles, Pang Chunlai called Zhao Han: "These are all taught by Ling Zun before his death?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Han's skin became thicker and thicker.

Pang Chunlai joked: "Your family shouldn't be a descendant of Zhao Song, right?" ”

"It's not." Zhao Han denied it.

"It can be, and it will be useful for rebellion in the future." Pang Chun said.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Zhao Song's banner is useless. What's more, rebellion depends on oneself, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Pang Chunlai laughed: "If you have ambition, a husband should be like this!" Then he asked, "You're not going to take the exam?" ”

"Can I pass the test?" Zhao Han asked rhetorically.

"I can't." Pang Chunlai shook his head.

Zhao Han, Xu Ying, and Fei Ruhe, all three of them passed the county exam, but none of them went to participate in the prefectural exam.

Everyone knows how difficult it is to take the exam!