Chapter 21 The Seven Counties Examination Begins
The resistance of the students in Lingbei County made Wei Yun a little annoyed, but he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, clenched his fists, sat upright for a long time, snorted coldly, and nothing happened to the bento.
In his eyes, from beginning to end, there was only Su Qi'an who was a thorn in his side, and as for the others, they were just a plate of loose sand.
As long as there is nothing to worry about except Su Qi'an, these people are not worried.
On the main road, which was controlled by soldiers and officials, suddenly, a luxurious carriage appeared quite conspicuously.
Occupying the middle position, this move was uncomfortable, but no one said anything.
Because the owner of this carriage is Wei Yun of the Wei family, after all, it is a wealthy family, so it is natural to travel with pomp.
As long as they don't do anything that harms the county test, basically these soldiers will sell face.
The luxury carriage sped up and went straight to Su Qi'an in front, and the students around him, their faces were tense, and they pulled Su Qi'an aside.
For fear that this wealthy man will do something excessive, although Su Qi'an has the support of the county magistrate, but today is the county test.
If it really hurts something, I'm afraid it will affect the exam.
The carriage accelerated all the way, constantly approaching Su Qi'an, Su Qi'an's face did not have any fear, and the pace of moving forward did not speed up, still maintaining a uniform speed.
Just when the carriage was less than four or five meters away from Su Qi'an, the horse tore and roared, its forefeet were raised high, and then it fell heavily beside Su Qi'an.
Although it didn't hurt Su Qi'an, the amazing momentum exuded by the horse was afraid that ordinary people would tremble.
And Su Qi'an turned his head calmly, looking at Wei Yun in the car, the two of them looked at each other, and neither showed a look of horror.
After looking at it for a while, Wei Yun just snorted coldly, and the carriage, which had stopped slightly, accelerated again, and rushed directly past Su Qi'an, and the speed was so fast that a gust of wind rolled up.
The wind was blowing, and the student next to him looked at this scene, his heart was relieved, and he hurriedly asked Su Qi'an.
"Brother Su, it's okay."
"Brother Su, don't bother with this gentleman, with us here, this gentleman doesn't dare to make trouble on such an important occasion."
Su Qi'an nodded and returned the salute with fists one by one.
These people are both poor students with Su Qi'an, and they are not fanatical about Su Qi'an, but they also respect Su Qi'an very much.
This is a gesture of favor from students in the same county, and Su Qi'an naturally will not refuse, although he is also from a poor family, it seems that he has little value.
But Su Qi'an doesn't think so, sometimes, the more he is controlled by this kind of family gate, the more he can rise from the cold family.
In all dynasties, there is no shortage of rising cold families, as long as they are well guided, there will always be a day when these people can become Su Qi'an's biggest help.
Even if it doesn't work, at least it won't be a villain stabbed in the back.
Not long after Wei Yun left, after a while, Captain Wang hurriedly rushed over.
The students gathered beside Su Qi'an, looking at this scene, also sped up their pace and left.
"Brother Su, we won't trouble you, since you have something, we'll try to see you in the county."
Su Qi'an arched his hand and said goodbye to these students.
Seeing that Su Qi'an was fine, Captain Wang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said.
"Fortunately, Mr. is fine, if something happens to him, I will be killed."
"This Wei Yun, taking advantage of the captain's troubles, took the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, it's really damned, it's just a fool, he came to Lingbei County, the captain of the school must teach him a good lesson, let him have a good memory."
Su Qi'an smiled and comforted Captain Wang, "Harm, it's okay, it's just that I want to play a trick, but it didn't work out, I'm not good." ”
"Captain Wang, don't worry about this kind of foolishness, rest assured, Captain Wang's kindness, Su Mou remembers it in his heart, and when the county test is over, Su will have the opportunity to say a few words to the county commander."
Captain Wang's face has a joy that can't be concealed, and he likes to deal with smart people like Su Qi'an, and he can see it through at all.
Su Qi'an's promise just now was not pretentious, but with this ability.
If nothing else, just say Su Qi'an's four sentences of Mochizuki, it is enough to conquer Fang Jingzhi, even if he fails to make the list this time, Su Qi'an will be left by Fang Jingzhi, and even recommended.
Some people, once they start to emerge, can't cover up even if they want to rein in their edge.
The next road was not far, almost two or three miles, but Captain Wang was escorting the whole process, respecting his duties and responsibilities, and closely monitoring anyone who approached Su Qi'an.
That kind of loyalty, Su Qi'an was a little helpless when he saw it.
Fortunately, two quarters of an hour later, Su Qi'an finally arrived at the county test center.
The location of this seven-county test was selected in the east of Lingbei County, a large open space.
This vacant land can easily accommodate thousands of people, and it is the best county test center.
In order to prepare for the seven-county test, Lingbei County spent a lot of money to build a test center wing room on the open space in the east more than a month in advance.
Of course, this kind of wing room naturally cannot be compared with the inn wing room, and each wing room is only a dozen square meters.
It was very rudimentary, with only a table, a chair, and a cubicle for solving physiological problems, and nothing else.
And this side room has no door, and there is a table in front of it, except to ensure that it is not exposed to wind and rain, the rest is improvised.
This is not a deliberate attempt to embarrass candidates, but a long-standing tradition in the examination room.
This almost total exposure to monitored environments is the best way to prevent cheating.
And around the wings that rose from the ground in patches, a large number of soldiers in black armor surrounded them early.
Next to each wing, there will be regular fortunes for soldiers, and at the front of the high platform are three chief examiners.
Sweeping from the high platform, everything below is in full view, and under such close surveillance, it is impossible to cheat.
And once the cheater is caught, the consequences are enough to make everyone weigh whether it is worth it.
In addition to revoking the examination qualifications of the parties, they will also be deprived of their meritorious status, and in serious cases, they will be imprisoned, and even the family will be implicated.
So things like cheating are basically rare.
Looking at the tightness of the three outer layers of the examination room, Su Qi'an sighed a little.
"No matter in the past dynasties, sure enough, the imperial examination is the fairest promotion system at present, and it is also the most important thing for the imperial court."
"No wonder the old saying goes, everything is inferior, only reading is high."
After sighing a little about the scale of the test center in front of him, after Su Qi'an said goodbye to Captain Wang, he also made great strides into the examination room in front of him.
After receiving his own license plate, under the leadership of the officer, he passed through several floors of the wings, and finally saw his own test center wing.
The location of Su Qi'an's wing room is not biased, on the contrary, it is very conspicuous, and it can be said that it is almost in the middle.
No matter from what direction you look at, you can see Su Qi'an's figure at a glance, and any of his actions will be closely monitored by countless people.
Su Qi'an sat down, his eyes swept roughly, his face was a little unnatural, and he muttered quietly.
"It's deliberate."
Although he was a little helpless, Su Qi'an quickly adjusted his mentality and began to study ink.
Although there is only one imperial examination in the county examination, it takes one day, and it is the norm from daytime to dark.
After all, the things covered in this course, even if it is the amount of knowledge that Su Qi'an took in the college entrance examination in his previous life, is still larger.
There are seventy or eighty examination papers alone, which is why a simple toilet is arranged in the wing room.
If there is news that a living person has been suffocated by urine, it must not be ridiculed by other counties.
As he sat down to study ink, Su Qi'an was a little distracted at first, and gradually entered the state.
Grinding ink seems to be troublesome, but it is more helpful to adjust the mentality.
The mentality is good, but it is all the same.
The ink disc was pitch black, Su Qi'an took a deep breath, picked up the pen and dipped the ink in the next moment, and then began to answer the question.
There are many contents of the county examination, including the Four Books and Five Classics, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zuo Chuan, the Book of Rites and many other philosophies of the sages.
This is not the most difficult, the hard part is the back, which will allow you to memorize from the basics at the beginning, to the later according to specific things, quoting the philosophy of the sages to answer the questions.
These are not difficult things, with Su Qi'an's brain that can be called a prodigy, and more than ten years of hard reading, no sage book can be difficult for Su Qi'an.
Even if you can't get all of them, you can at least answer most of the questions.
Six or seven hundred students took the written test at the same time, which is a rare spectacle.
The breeze blows, and the air is filled with the scent of ink, mixed with the slaughter of patrol soldiers, and the two converge to create a unique beauty.
This kind of thing may feel new to students who have just entered the examination room.
But for the three examiners on the high platform, it was sparse and ordinary.
These three examiners, except for Wei Yun's uncle in the middle, Wei Zhentang, beside him, there are two white-haired old men, who are the most eye-catching.
The two old men looked very old, almost sixty or seventy, with white beards and hair, and wrinkled faces, showing their old age.
At this age, it is the time when you retire at home, and you can still come out at this time, no matter how you look at it, you can know that it is not an ordinary person.
These two old men are really not ordinary people, the one on the left is a famous Confucian in Chuandu County, called Lin Yuanzhi, who is top in terms of prestige and knowledge.
The one on the right, who looks a little younger, but also has sixty, is called Zheng Yanming, who is also a great Confucian, but he has the identity of a Hanlin Academy.
The Hanlin Academy is responsible for compiling and revising many manuscripts such as various books and historical records of Daliang.
Although the great Confucianism in it is basically not awarded a specific official position, nor is there a grade, it is a holy place for countless Daliang literati.
Because up to the Great Liang National Teacher, Taishi, the Three Dukes, and down to the civil officials of various counties and counties, without exception, they have either studied in the Hanlin Academy, or they have had the grace of Confucianism.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Daliang Hanlin Academy is the teacher of the Manchu Dynasty and the think tank of the Daliang.
Being able to enter the Hanlin Academy is the dream of countless literati and students.
Any Confucian, even if it is like the retired Lin Yuanzhi, the guard of Chuandu County has to be polite.
Not to mention Zheng Yanming, who is still in office, in a county examination, two Confucians can be invited to be invigilators, which is enough to see that Chuandu County attaches great importance to this imperial examination.
It also gave Lingbei County enough face.
After all, in the past, in a county test of this scale, at most one Confucian was dispatched, even if it was the top of the sky.
This one has gone down two, and there is another one who is on the job, outsiders look very dignified, but Fang Jingzhi, who is sitting in the yamen, is not happy.