In history, there are many victors in the scolding war, and the most famous is perhaps Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang to death.

But after all, it was an old thing at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, and it was far away for the Great Song people. In this dynasty, there is also a high-energy person who is good at scolding and fighting.

That's right.

It's Su Shi.

Su Shi has been naughty since he was a child, and he was a little overly excited when he was a child, and adults often pointed at Su Shi angrily and reprimanded: "If I didn't see you smart, I would have to kill you!" ”

"If I didn't see how good you looked, I would have to kill you!"

These memories did not bring too much vigilance to Su Shi, but they became more intense when he grew up. Scolding the emperor, scolding the prime minister, scolding the minister, anyway, he always seems to have people who are not used to seeing him in front of his eyes, so he can't help but say a few words. And his scolding articles and poems are all very in-depth.

It is said that in order to collect his crimes, the Imperial Historical Observatory made up a lot of homework.

"How can you smell Shao and forget the taste, and eat no salt in March" - scolded the salt administration.

"If the East China Sea knows its mind, it should be reprimanded and reprimanded for changing mulberry fields" - scolding the Qingmiao Law.

……

Some of them are still famous sentences through the ages, and they are all games that Su Shi used to mock people.

Moreover, he often made the emperor's life uncomfortable, and the most important festivals of the Great Song Dynasty were nothing more than two, one was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the other was Shangyuan. As the old saying goes, 'the clouds cover the Mid-Autumn Moon, and the rain hits the Yuan lantern', which is probably the most beautiful thing of the year. But Su Shi would give the emperor eye medicine on such an important festival, and Su Shi did what other courtiers did not dare to do in the fourth year of Xining, and gave the emperor eye medicine, and the time was fixed before the preparation of the Lantern Festival last month.

"Buying Zhejiang Lanterns" made Emperor Shenzong angry and had to attenuate the budget of the Lantern Festival, Su Shi was overjoyed and even cried. The comfort of the boss in his heart, the idea that the emperor can also be educated, has been out of control since it popped up in his heart.

So after the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, he wrote another letter, "The Book of Ten Thousand Words of Emperor Shangshenzong". still scolded the emperor, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty were all good, and the same was true for Emperor Shenzong, but he couldn't stand it at all, obviously he had accepted it with an open mind, why didn't this Su Shi relent?

originally wanted to transfer him to Beijing, but suddenly it was cold.

With such a great god in charge, if Li Kui can't even beat a scholar from the countryside, what is this called-humiliating to the teacher.

The highest level of scolding is that when you scold the other party, the other party looks confused, but you have found that it is not a good word, and then you pretend to tell the other party that there is a record in that book, and you should read this book more, and it will benefit you a lot.

According to the courtesy of the reader, he must be thanked.

It's a pity that Tan Min didn't show any gratitude, which made Li Kui feel disappointed.

After the Jingyi exam, it is to wait for the release of the list one day later.

If you pass the score, you can start the next exam. It can be said that Jingyi is just the minimum requirement of the imperial court for scholars, and it is the bottom line of knowledge. If you don't even pass this hurdle, you will be despised among the scholars.

After Li Kui handed in the papers, Li Yun also ran out. While running, he shouted: "Second brother, we have a pair of questions." There are a few questions that I am a little worried about. ”

Li Kui was most disgusted with the answers after the exam. This has a great impact on the mood of the period between the exam and the release of the results. But if it was just for a day, he didn't care, and couldn't help but mock Li Yun before the question: "If you have doubts, most of them are wrong." Your kid's county test is hanging. ”

This is true, the Jingyi topic is in a big county of scientific examination, if you do a wrong question, the score will not be high. If you get two questions wrong, most of them will have to go home and continue to study hard for three years. When Li Yun heard this, he suddenly felt like a mourner, he looked left and right worriedly, fortunately, Li Qing was not nearby, otherwise, he would be miserable.

"Second brother, did you do everything right?"

Li Yun has always known that he is not as good as Li Kui in reading, anyway, he has always been worse, and there is nothing to be ashamed of being compared to Li Kui.

If it had been before, Li Kui would have held his chest up and told Li Yun that this was not a thing, it was a piece of cake. But the problem is that Li Kui is not sure about a question, and he is about to go back to find a book.

"Second brother!"

"Hmm...... It doesn't matter if you fail, the key is to accumulate experience in the imperial examination. Li Kui's unusually relieved made Li Yun very uncomfortable, he was hit hard by Li Kui, when will Li Kui be kind enough to forgive his mistakes?

Suddenly, Li Yun seemed to have discovered a new continent, and shouted to Li Kui: "Second brother, are you also unable to do it?" I said, this question is too difficult, I got several questions wrong. ”

Seeing Li Yun so excited, Li Kui's heart was awkward, and he shouted to Li Qing who was not far away without saying a word: "Uncle Qing, where are we here?" ”

Li Qing inquired and ran quickly, and before he could stand still, he said eagerly to Li Yun: "How did my son do in the exam?" ”

"I ......"

Li Yun secretly glanced at Li Kui, who was there with the old god, and his heart was like a yard overgrown with wild grass, and he almost screamed at the insects. He is no longer the Li Yun he was two years ago, and he praised himself at every turn as if he was as strong as an opponent in Yishui County. Of course, these are all lies, and when they are exposed, the results must be very dangerous.

He pondered for a while, so he had to bite the bullet and say to Li Qing: "Daddy, the child is preparing for the next exam, and he has to go to the second brother's Zhuangzi to study hard." ”

Li Qing was stunned, and a bad feeling came to his heart, his son's reaction was too familiar to him, so that the result was about to come out. Fortunately, he also knew that outside, his son was already a sixteen-year-old boy, and if there was a trouble, his son would be embarrassed, and he would be even more embarrassed. I had to say to Li Yun with a calm face: "It's okay, anyway, the list will be released tomorrow." ”

When Li Yun heard this, he suddenly felt that the great terror between the night and the night was getting closer and closer to him.

After Li Qing left, Li Yun complained to Li Kui dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, you are too insidious. ”

Li Kui didn't answer, he was still worried about his first game. Unlike other students, he has only been integrated into the status of a scholar in this era for about two years. Where can it compare to the results of more than ten or even twenty years of hard study by other scholars?

According to what their uncle Li Di said when they were studying in Yangzhou, in the first game, a wrong question may be concluded three years later, and they have already stood on the edge of the cliff.

As for Li Yun, Li Kui said to him angrily: "Are you still ready to tell Uncle Qing the fact that you can't even pass the first county exam?" ”

At the same time, Li Kui was also worried, and Su Men was left with four people. If the first county test is lost in half, this will definitely become the biggest laughing stock of the scholars this year.

and Gao Yu's achievements, which are not as good as him.

Once the first county test is held, Su Men will be eight out of ten, and the four people will lose the tragic result of three people, I can't imagine what the good-tempered Su Shi will do? Will Su Shi, who is far away in Yangzhou, be angry to death in advance because of this bad news.

That night, in the marking room, Zhou Yuan, the county order, and Zou Xuan, a professor of county studies, were reading the papers.

The process is that after Zou Xuan has read the volume, he will draw a circle if he passes, and then after Zhou Yuan review, if he still passes, he will draw a circle, otherwise he will draw a cross. There are more than 100 volumes, some of which have just been handed in hand, and more than half of the questions are either not answered or empty, and two huge forks fall on the front of the volume.

As for transcripts and the like, there is no need at all, and there is not so much manpower available.

Zhou Yuancai approved it for less than an hour, and he was almost half completed, and he was suddenly a little frightened. secretly complained in his heart: "The Wenzhi of Yishui County is too desperate, right?" Half of the volume can be thrown away at a glance, and there are twenty or thirty copies. Originally, he also hoped to add some points to the imperial examination, so that he could get up and down in the official evaluation after the year. ”

"I'm afraid that after this subject, even the middle and upper middle are hanging. If the evaluation is low, I am afraid that the next term will even become a luxury in such a poor and remote area as the county commander of Yishui County. ”

Zhou Yuan let out a long sigh, and suddenly felt that it was not easy to be an official. Then he looked up and asked Zou Xuan, "Brother, do you have any good seedlings for studying?" ”

Zou Xuan didn't understand what Zhou Yuan meant, in contrast, Zhou Yuan could also rely on his political achievements to brush up some sense of existence. But he is a professor, and culture and education are his main business. If the county exam in Yishui County is really unsightly, he will definitely become a professor again. They are all from Jinshi, and no one wants to be in the position of a nine-grade sesame official, and they can't go up all the time.

Zou Xuangang wanted to sigh, but suddenly became energetic: "County Zun, look, this volume seems to be good." ”

Zhou Yuan hurriedly got up and walked to Zou Xuan's side, picked up the scroll and looked at it. As soon as he saw the words, he recognized that it was his disciple Li Kui, which was not bad.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

Hey......

Fortunately, Li Kui's entire paper is wrong, if it is left in a large county of the imperial examination, I am afraid that it will be really difficult to pass the county examination. After all, in the end, there will be more than ten or twenty people in the county examination, and no more than thirty people at most. There are four counties in Yizhou, and the quota for each county this year is 30, which can add up to 120 people to participate in the Yizhou examination.

If it were a different place, most of Li Kui's rolls would be able to participate in the next round, but Zhou Yuan was roaring in his heart.

Li Kui has been studying with his teacher Su Shi for two years, is it at this level?

Zou Xuan saw that the county commander's face was pale, and he suddenly felt extremely heavy.

Until midnight, the cook Fat Chun sent supper, and Zhou Yuan finally set the list to participate in the next round of county exams. He said to the scribe who was waiting aside: "Take these papers, go and draw up a list, and paste them at the gate of the county school after dawn." ”

"Sir!"

Fat Chun followed the county order Zhou Yuan and took a few steps, she was already pregnant, but there were still a few months left before she could give birth. Zhou Yuan didn't know what his kitchen lady was thinking, and secretly said in his heart: "Girls are outgoing. Before marrying into the Li family, his heart was already on the Li family. ”

However, Zhou Yuan is not as knowledgeable as Fat Chun, after all, he is an old man in the family, and he doesn't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, but Uncle Xu is the old man in the family who brought him up since he was a child.

Zhou Yuan stopped and said leisurely: "They have all taken!" ”

"Li Kui and Li Yun have both passed the county exam?" Fat Chun was full of joy, and the excitement on his face was a little carried away. This made Zhou Yuan very surprised, he passed the test that year, it seems that Fat Chun was not so happy, right?

But after all, it was the old man of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuan hesitated for a while, and said to Fat Chun: "It's so late, I'll ask the coachman to send you back." ”

"No, my man is outside."

As Fat Chun spoke, he passed over Zhou Yuan, and seemed to remember that he was a little disrespectful to Zhou Yuan, so he turned around and bowed to Zhou Yuan and said, "Master Xie." ”

Zhou Yuan said with disgust: "It's their luck." ”

That's right, what Zhou Yuan said was sincere. If Li Kui goes to big cities such as Jiangning Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion, plus the blessing of the flourishing literary style, even if the first round of the county test passes, what about the second and third rounds?

As for Li Yun's results, he didn't even have a chance to participate in the second round.

But fortunately, there are too few scholars in Yishui County, and Li Yun narrowly passed. And because Yizhou's literary style is not prosperous, Zhou Yuan doesn't plan to clumsy the roll next. Forty questions of scripture and meaning, five wrong questions were deprived of the second round of exams. And in the second and third rounds of examination and strategy, Zhou Yuan is not ready to clumsy the papers. Because he found a situation that worried him very much, in case the county could not even gather the scholars to participate in the state examination, it would be embarrassing.

Li Kui naturally won't get stuck in the county exam. But the problem is that the solution to the test is different, after all, it is a scholar from Quanyi Prefecture. And only ten people were taken.

There were also a few students from Wandering College who participated.

Different from Mengshan Academy, the reputation of Culai Academy was quite good in the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the imperial examination has an element of luck, it is also the touchstone of a person's knowledge.

Li Jiazhuang, Li Yun suddenly jumped up from the ground, took Fat Chun's hand and said excitedly: "Sister Chunli, you said I was admitted?" ”

"It's not that I've been admitted, but I've passed the screening and can participate in the next round of the county exam." After all, Fat Chun is a person who is pregnant with Liujia, and he has stayed up for most of the night, looking a little tired.

Li Yun pointed at Li Kui and asked Fat Chun unconsciously: "What about the second brother?" ”

With Li Yun's arrogant appearance at this moment, who could not guess what he meant by asking Li Kui's results?

Fat Chun muttered: "How much are you looking forward to your second brother not being able to pass the exam?" ”

"Nope!"

Li Yun definitely didn't dare to admit it, and decisively shook his head to deny that he had such a dirty idea. But he just couldn't help but want to know.

Fat Chun patted Li Yun on the head and said, "I was also admitted, but Li Yun!" You're narrowly beating, but you're still far from your father's expectations. ”

"It's okay, I'm not inexperienced, that's why I panicked. If I can take the test ten times or eight times, there is no reason to miss. Li Yun's arrogant appearance suddenly made Fat Chun speechless.

The county has participated in the county test eight times out of ten, and this person has made up his mind to die, why can't he try it with the county? The county exam once every three years, do you have to take it for twenty or thirty years before you stop?

If you are really a talented reader, after passing the exam, as long as you have the heart, you can take the entrance exam of Taixue. For ordinary students, the entrance exam for Taixue is difficult. But it is not too difficult for students who have passed the examination and participated in the provincial examination.

There is really no one to entangle with the county for a lifetime.

The next day, the rooster crows three ways.

The sun is shining.

The official took the prepared list and walked out of the gate of the county school.

There were already scholars waiting outside the door, and the moment they saw the officials, they immediately shouted: "The list is released, the list is released!" ”

"Senior Brother Tan first."

"Senior Brother Tan is mighty!"

Tan Min was touted by the scholars around him as always, but his eyes kept falling on the list. Li Kui's second ranking made him feel a kind of bad breath, and finally saw Li Yun, and even fell outside the thirtieth place, and his heart suddenly soared with pride: "Brother Li, but that's it!" ”