Hey, you guys, can't get into the exam room? If you don't come, the door is closed and locked! ”

The errand officer stared impatiently at Li Kui, Li Yun, and the Xie brothers, and the old man standing next to him was the general judge, whose face had turned black, obviously angry with a few blind candidates.

The Xie brothers, who were still menacing before, were suddenly frightened when they heard the shouts of the errand officer, turned their heads and ran to the examination room, and while running, they also explained: "The adults are ashamed, the students let their classmates enter first." ”

The same students are not unavoidable.

If the name falls to Sun Mountain, it will be just a matter of returning from the first.

But if they pass the exam, they are all students of the examiner. Xie Qian said this, and it is not unreasonable. The officer had a black face, after all, the general judge was on the side, and he didn't dare to make a mistake.

To say that Yizhou's general judgment is to the point of blood mold, Zhang Dian is notoriously difficult to serve, and he is also notoriously harsh to his subordinates. During his two years in Yizhou, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. In Zhang Dan's eyes, only officials who have ability, talent, and firm support for the change of law are worthy of his old man's high look, and as for the general judgment of the six grades, in his eyes he is just a slave-like goods.

Zhangdun's character also attracted a lot of enemies for him. His ability is very strong, but it is not uncommon for him to shout and drink from subordinate officials like slaves.

Little people, with the dignity of little people. Blindly suppressing will inevitably cause resentment.

Besides, the general judgment of the six grades is not small, and after an official like the Great Song Dynasty basically has to be admitted to the Jinshi, after more than 15 years of struggle in the officialdom, he can achieve the position of the general judgment of the six grades. It can be said that such officials have completed the transition from a politically immature period to a mature period. It's already a talent that can take on the heavy responsibility.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Famous, very famous new jinshi does not count. The speed of their promotion is simply the existence of bad rules in the eyes of the bitter bī) Sanjia Jinshi.

For example, the Cai brothers, Zhongjinshi has been a member of the Zhongshu House in a few years, directly entered the center, and became a close minister of the emperor. Many people in later generations did not understand why among the calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Huangmi, Cai, and the first three had no objections, and why there were different rumors when it came to Cai. In fact, it is right to choose Cai Xiang and Cai Jingjing.

First, there is a gap between Cai Xiang's character and the other three, and Cai Jing's character is very sought after in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's not that Cai Jing was included in the list of the four major calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty because he became a minister, otherwise, Cai Jing doesn't need it, Cai Bian's calligraphy is also very good, why not replace Cai Jing with him?

But Cai Jing and Cai Bian's calligraphy were both learned from Cai Xiang, as for the reason, they are both from Chiling, Cixiaoli, Xianyou County, Xinghua Army, Fujian Road, Cai Xiang is the elder of Cai Jing and Cai Bian.

has both the grace of teaching art and the relatives of the elders, and there is no problem at all in choosing Cai Xiang.

The same is true of the Su Shi brothers, who are very famous, and they have achieved Zhizhou in a few years. Moreover, the Su Shi brothers spent at least half of their time in their hometown as officials.

Fame, talented, remembered by the emperor. These have nothing to do with the Yizhou General Judgment, and he can be disliked by Zhang Dian and is in the process of being cleaned up. What's even worse is that in order to know Zhang Dun's words and deeds in Yizhou, the conservatives asked him to secretly make a small report to the Zhongshu Province in the capital for two years. Let's ask, Zhang Dun's cleverness will not be seen, and if he doesn't kill Yizhou, the sentence is strict, which is already a great grace.

Besides, Zhang Dian is still on the way to degrade, and he is living an unsatisfactory life, is it too much to find someone to be angry?

A small person like him has no ability to resist at all, and seems to have been born to be stepped on by a big man to get angry. Even if there is a thought of rebellion, it is a great rebellion. Unexpectedly, it was hard to survive until Zhang Dian left, but Fan Chunren came. There's no place to cry.

Tong Ming Yan Ming glared viciously and looked at the Xie brothers, who were really afraid. Their dream and trajectory in life should be to join the army and become military generals. Because there is no background and backstage, even after becoming a general, most of them will waste most of their lives before they can barely be buried as a miscellaneous general.

That's right, it's an honor that comes after death.

Jiangmen will not give a martial artist who does not have amazing talent and a strong background background a chance to soar. According to custom, after death, a reward and title will be given to show the grace of the imperial court.

When he was alive, he was just a lieutenant.

You have to be lucky and make outstanding military achievements in order to be promoted to the rank of knight and reach the pinnacle of life.

From the bones, the Xie brothers have an innate fear of civil officials, which belongs to the special situation of blood suppression.

Yan Ming did not scold the two of them, but said to Li Kui, who was standing behind them: "Renjie, I haven't seen you for two years, you are getting taller and taller." This test will be a great opportunity for you to make a splash, don't miss it. Zhang Xiang used to talk about you before, but now that he has changed his appearance, the same is true. Renjie, we must seize the opportunity and not let the two old ministers down. ”

"The student's shallow knowledge makes the general judge laugh!"

"You're too modest. You guys, what are you doing stupidly, don't check it, go in! ”

Seeing that the servant was about to open the oil-paper bag in Li Kui's bookcase, Yan Ming scolded impatiently. scolded in his heart: "Stupid man with no eyesight, didn't you see that the master and I had a good conversation with Renjie?" ”

Li Kui thanked him and entered the examination room.

Li Yun naturally enjoyed this treatment.

But the Xie brothers are different, the official looked at the two of them a little stunned, but Yan Ming jumped up angrily: "You two are dissatisfied with the court? ”

"Don't dare." Xie Qian was stunned and said, where is this?

How did it get to the point of dissatisfaction with the court?

Then he shook his head and denied it.

Yan Ming then asked: "Should that be dissatisfied with the official?" ”

"Your Excellency has wronged."

"Since you are not dissatisfied with the museum, then you should be disrespectful to Fan Xiang and his old man?"

"Nope."

"No, why do you carry a murder weapon like in the examination room? Search, search carefully, not a single needle can be spared. ”

Xie Qian was about to cry, Li Kui was talking and laughing, and he didn't even check. And their brothers' test boxes were about to be turned over, and the pen and ink fell to the ground. This is not enough, even listen to the meaning of the judgment, to search, whether there is a murder weapon in violation of the law.

"Not allowed!"

"Unorthodox!"

"Corrupt Sven!"

……

From the hands of the Xie brothers, they found two short knives, one long blade, and one big iron spear; A heavy blade, a pair of purple hammers. There are also a few featherless arrows and a bag of flying knives......

I knew that the students of Mengshan Academy came to participate in the exam, but I didn't know that I thought it was a thief who came to assassinate the court officials.

"My lord, it's all my thing."

"Your minds are all focused on practicing martial arts, why are you studying? I just joined the army. Yan Ming didn't give the two of them a chance to explain at all, let alone give them any hope of taking away the blade. Who knows what earth-shattering things they will do when they go to the examination room with their blades. collided with Fan Xiang, and his general sentence was about to come to an end.

After making a general judgment, everyone knows that being a Zhizhou is comfortable, there is no mother-in-law pressing on the top of the head, and the daughter-in-law is going to be the master of the house.

It's not like a general judgment, the officials in the state may not necessarily listen to him, and everywhere must be in line with the mind of the state, if you are not careful, you will be reprimanded, and this official is aggrieved.

Before, they were arrogant, but after the equipment of the one was pulled down, the Xie brothers looked at each other and smiled bitterly, now they are phoenixes with plucked hair, not even as good as chickens.

The process of the solution test and the county test is the same, first the major scriptures, and then the two classics of "Analects" and "Mencius".

After getting the exam questions, Li Kui took a deep breath, the first question: "You dethrone the heart, no arrogance and follow Kang" - from "Shangshu Pangeng"

The second question: "Ruozi, Jiayan is reckless, wild and virtuous, Wanbang Xianning" - from "Shangshu, Yushu, Da Yu Mo"

……

The topics are very simple, and for Li Kui, these topics are not difficult for him at all. In fact, it's not just him, even Li Yun is like a god.

The Book of Shang is the rule of three generations, which is divided into the Book of Yu, the Book of Xia, the Book of Shang and the Book of Zhou.

For conservatives, this book is a book of faith that lives in peace. And Fan Chunren is a big banner among the conservatives, and there is naturally no problem with the question from the beginning of "Shangshu".

It's not just Shangshu.

The Book of Changes, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, and the Autumn Period, together with the Analects and Mencius, which were required for Confucian scholars, became the theoretical basis for the imperial examinations.

It's already a solution test, even if the scholars in Yizhou are really not as good as the students in Jiangnan, but for the topic of exegesis, there is really not much difficulty.

After writing a scene, eat.

Li Kui and Li Yun took out the sauce cow in their bookcases, and immediately became the most beautiful boy in the examination room.

Others are also eating pancakes, but they are rolled with green onions and dipped in sauce. And they are very extravagant sauces, and all of a sudden, they attracted the jealous eyes of many students, and also received a wave of hatred.

Unsociable, these two brothers are too unsociable.

Especially the Xie brothers, they even forgot to bring the pancakes, and just remembered to bring useless weapons to the examination room.

Fortunately, they didn't have much confidence in the literary exam, and whoever took it was the same anyway. They came for the purpose of Wu Jieyuan.

Fan Shuangqing secretly came to eat and drink, and in this regard, the Yizhou officials who maintained order in the examination room also turned a blind eye. They also know Fan Shuangqing, who is obviously Fan Chunren's follower and scholar. In fact, it is the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, but it is not his own grandfather, he is the grandson of Fan Chunren's old man. offended Fan Shuangqing, wouldn't it offend Fan Xiang?

After eating and drinking, Fan Shuangqing returned to the examiner's room with satisfaction, and said to Fan Chunren: "Master, Li Yun actually answered the question. ”

Fan Chunren laughed and said, "If they can't even answer the interpretation of the scriptures, do you think Zizhan will let them end?" Fan Chunren smiled meaningfully: "Let's see it." ”

After speaking, he sniffed in the air, and suddenly his eyes fell on Shuangqing's greasy mouth, and asked, "What did you eat?" ”

"Sauce beef."

Fan Shuangqing also deliberately snorted in front of Fan Chunren, Rao is Fan Chunren is prime minister, and he was also hooked up, glaring: "Didn't you leave a little for me?" ”

"Okay, sir, how many pieces do you eat, and what about eating while you are feeding?" Shuangqing painfully took out the paper bag of sauce.

Fan Chunren took a bite, and his eyebrows immediately fluttered. Sure enough, it doesn't cost money, and it tastes fragrant.

Especially cows, he didn't know how long he hadn't eaten them.

There are also cattle sold in the Great Song Dynasty, not because they eat cattle and break the law, but because they kill cattle without paying taxes, they break the law. As early as the Zhenzong and Renzong periods, cattle could be sold publicly. It's just that the slaughter of cattle has to pay a heavy tax, and the tax paid is very high. As for the small bag of cattle brought by Shuangqing, it is worth at least 500 Wen.

One bag, up to two catties of raw, and one catty after cooking, but the price of one stone and a half of grain, enough for a family of four to eat a month's rations, eat cows when you are crazy.

The price of cattle in the Great Song Dynasty remains high, mainly because of the cattle slaughter tax. There is no shortage of cattle in the Great Song Dynasty, and even cattle are very cheap, five runs and one head, and no one can break the rules set by the Taizu Dynasty. However, the cattle slaughter tax, a scalper has to pay sixty or seventy yuan, to say the least, is simply a money grab.

But the Great Song people like to eat cattle, because the Song people believe that cattle have great strength, and eating cattle grows strength. If an ordinary person eats a cow and buys one finger wide, he has to walk the streets and alleys to show off in front of the neighbors, and then announce a major news: "My family eats, eats cows!" ”

The subtext is that there are all kinds of money, Ren and the like.

Fan Chunren couldn't wait to get a pot of wine that didn't cost money, took a drink, shook his head and said: "Life is unsatisfactory, ten of the best." ”

Shuangqing was not as optimistic as Fan Chunren, rolled his eyes and said, "Master, you eat more, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it tomorrow." ”

"No, it won't!" Fan Chunren was so frightened that he put down the cow and sneered: "The old man is just joking, don't these two stupid boys really think that such a decent gentleman as the old man will leak the exam questions, right?" ”

"And what?"

Shuangqing was also a little worried, the Li Kui brothers were the most pleasant high-rollers among his relatives and friends who knew the Fan family. If the two families have a bad relationship, I'm afraid that they will lose face in the future.

When the exam is over.

Li Yun stood in front of the street of Zhouxue and looked up to the sky and smiled, and was dragged away by Li Kui's collar.

When no one noticed, Li Kui reprimanded: "What is wrong with you?" ”

"Second brother, I'm ...... I...... It's time to solve the yuan. ”

Li Yun's nose was red with excitement, and he gestured: "Second brother, you dare to believe that I have made all the questions." Perhaps feeling that he had said something big, Li Yun gestured a finger and secretly threw it at Li Kui: "Just one question, I was blinded." Everything else has been made, if it is outstanding again, wouldn't it be me who is the only one to solve the yuan? ”

Only then did Li Kui understand that Li Yun, a fool, still thought that he had done a good job in the topic of the Great Sutra and the Sutra, and this Xie Yuan belonged to him?

I've made it myself!

Besides, how many students who participated in the exam were so stupid that they didn't even know how to interpret the Great Sutra? Isn't this a waste of money to catch up with the exam?

"Old Man Fan's topic is very simple, I'm afraid everyone has made it." Li Kui was absolutely telling the truth, but Li Yun didn't believe what Li Kui said at all, turned his head and took a look, just in time to see the Xie brothers who were leaving the examination room hungry with weapons on their backs, Li Yun rolled his eyes, stared at each other and shouted: "Two, how did you do in the exam today?" ”

The heads of the Xie family were buzzing, they were scumbags!

Mengshan Academy has become the cradle of military generals, and its characteristic is that it has given up the study of literary examinations and specialized in military books and martial arts.

This is what a military general should learn, as for the Great Sutra, the Sutra, and the like are not within the scope of their expertise. In essence, the Xie brothers, like Li Yun, are scumbags. For scumbags, the answer is the same, regardless of whether the exam is easy or difficult. After Xie Qian frowned slightly, he nodded seriously and said, "The opening is a bit difficult, but there are still two games, and I don't know if I win or lose." The two of you are saying goodbye, and my brother is going to prepare for the next one. ”

Even Li Kui looked at the back of the Xie brothers a little confused, could it be that he felt wrong?

Impossible!

It's really simple.

Bright.

Examination.

Li Kui and Li Yun met the same two people at the same time and in the same place, and the Xie brothers said to Li Kui with a solemn face: "Li Kui, your battlefield is not here!" ”

If Li Kui heard this yesterday, it would be strange.

Why did these two people say such inexplicable things to themselves?

But one night back, he figured it out. These two people are cultivating momentum, pressing their momentum and anger all the way down, and pressing them until they suddenly explode when they fight, which can increase their combat power a lot. There is such a special method in the art of war, but it is aimed at soldiers. But these methods are useless to Li Kui at all, and he is a little funny: "You also know how to raise the situation? ”

"Are you?" Xie Qian was stunned, he thought that Li Kui, like him, was cultivating his strength. After all, for a martial artist, momentum is a kind of enterprising anger, and continuous tempering can make one's shots more decisive and play to a ten-out level.

But this is only for evenly matched opponents.

It is still useful for martial artists who are not at home.

Li Kui shook his head with a smile and said disdainfully: "It's useless for me to raise the situation." ”

Xie Qianqi almost jumped like thunder, and scolded in his heart: "What kind of master are you pretending, everyone is carrying a head on two shoulders, you think you will definitely be able to beat our brothers." However, now is not the time to quarrel, and when the martial arts test begins, he will be good-looking. ”

"Big brother, this guy won't look down on us, right?" Xie Wan read a very strange information from Li Kui's eyes, as if a classmate in the academy back then, he used to look at them with this kind of eyes. However, the man later went to Culai Academy, and the imperial examination was promising.

Xie Qian gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "At most, we will be able to see the true chapter in three or two days, and you and my brother will never stay at that time." ”

"Okay big brother, I'll listen to you." Xie Wan stared at Li Kui's back viciously and clenched his fists.

Like yesterday, Li Yun sat in the examination room with confidence.

After a gong, the candidates prepare, and those who want to go to the toilet hurry up.

If you want to grind with clean water, you can also ask the official for it.

After the second gong, the candidates sat down, and at this time there were very few candidates walking around the examination room.

After the three-way gong, the officials began to help distribute the draft paper and test papers.

Li Yun got the test paper, and after taking a deep breath, his eyes fell on the test paper. His eyes were suddenly stunned, and then he looked at the test paper carefully before and after in disbelief, and finally sat down in his seat disappointed. looked at the front with a dull gaze, and muttered to himself: "Why is it the "Book of Rites" question?" ”

And on the test paper, the exam question was written: "Cheng Wang is young, and he can't be young." Zhou Gongxiang, practice and rule. ”

Li Kui also saw the exam questions, raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Yun, who was spread out in a puddle of mud, and secretly laughed. After reviewing the question again, he muttered, "Shameless! ”

This is probably Fan Chunren, as a conservative, to make a final effort for himself and the conservatives!