Huating College.

More than half a month ago, that lively and active little scholar has become a nerd.

Chen Ping's impression of He Qingxuan and Ye Chongwen was that they had completely lost their former appearance, and they were completely stupid.

In addition to the basic eating, drinking, and sleeping, Chen Ping spent the rest of his time holding a thick stack of poems, where he read hard day and night.

Even if the endorsement is dry and dizzy, there is no meaning of rest.

In the room, candles are often held until the fourth watch, and a little trimming is done after a break, and when the rooster crows, he reads early in the thin morning light.

At first, He Qingxuan thought that this was the heavy homework left by Ye Lao to Chen Ping, and he only needed to study hard for a few days.

It wasn't until now that I was sure that Chen Ping didn't know what kind of madness he had, and he was constantly challenging his limits.

If you continue like this, no matter what your mind is, you are afraid that you will burn down your body.

As the closest friend in the academy, he must not sit idly by, so He Qingxuan and Ye Chongwen forcefully dragged Chen Ping out of the study.

Even though he had walked out of the study, Chen Ping was still clutching a stack of poems in his hand.

He Qingxuan stepped forward to pull this tiring thing out of Chen Ping's hands.

Chen Ping's struggle was directly suppressed by He Qingxuan's greater strength, but he still howled unwillingly: "Give it to me, I will memorize them all!" ”

Ye Chongwen looked at the thickness of the stack of papers, and couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp.

It is densely covered with small letters, which makes people dizzy just by looking at them, and hundreds of articles have to be memorized.

Although he didn't know what stimulated Chen Ping, Ye Chongwen still yelled at Chen Ping: "Are you crazy, it's not the way to love learning!" ”

"Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, dripping stones are not a day's work, and I have memorized so many poems, why don't you understand such a simple truth? Learning lies in the accumulation of time, in the accumulation of small amounts, when has it become an overnight thing! ”

"Look at your appearance, it's only been a few days and you've already seen the first clues, and if you continue like this, it won't take long, at most two or three months, and you will really become crazy, I'm afraid that even if you get in, you will be unblessed!"

Ye Chongwen is also a scholar, so he has naturally heard of this kind of rote trick, and he knows what happened to many previous generations of readers who used this trick.

Originally, this was all a despised crooked and heretical way, how could such a smart person as Chen Ping be stupid for a while, and wanted to take the Jinshi branch as a Ming Jing subject.

Chen Ping was yelled at like this, and his originally stunned and stubborn expression finally regained some senses.

Ye Chongwen finally couldn't help but feel anxious, grabbed his shoulder, and asked nervously, "Tell me quickly, what happened these days?" ”

Ye Chongwen said worriedly: "Grandpa only said in the letter that everything is fine, don't worry, and you will be back in a few days, but you look like this, where does everything seem to be fine?" ”

The two asked in unison.

"You mean, you want to kill us in a hurry?"

Chen Ping naturally didn't want to make them feel distressed, after all, he couldn't help much, so he had to fool them with mixed truths and falsehoods.

threw away the book in his hand, patted his forehead in annoyance, and sighed again and again: "It's all to blame for the Wang County Order who was in a hurry, and the inevitable Xiucai didn't let me take the test, and he actually pointed me to a dangerous road for a boy!" ”

"Before I was asked, my name had already been declared, and if you don't want to disgrace Huating Academy, you have to work ten times harder to endorse it."

"He also said that since he signed up for the boy's move, he will inevitably meet prodigies from other state capitals, and if he doesn't learn enough, there will be no chance to fill up the numbers, and it's not just the people of the academy who will be lost."

Chen Ping was in a hurry and told a lie, but in fact, it was not all a lie.

He really wanted to participate in the boy shake, and he wanted to compete with the prodigies in other state capitals, but he avoided the important and did not mention other things.

Sure enough, after hearing the boy's move, He Qingxuan and Ye Chongwen couldn't help but tremble.

The Tongziju sounds very beautiful, and it can be regarded as opening up a shortcut for prodigies under the age of fifteen.

On this road, the number of people participating in the competition is not large, at least it is much better than the thousands of troops and horses crowded into the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination on the right way.

But that doesn't mean that people who participate in the boys' lift can be easy.

On the contrary, because most of the places raised by the children are held by the wealthy and powerful, the fairness is very problematic.

Therefore, if a schoolchild with a deep background wants to take the road of Tongziju, the degree of difficulty and hardship is absolutely hellish.

Regardless of those scholarly students, they have been exposed to it since childhood, even if they are stupid, under the influence and discipline of the family, their talents will not be so bad.

Even those who are among the Tongziju like Chen Ping are all an investment from local officials, and all of them are rare.

So when Chen Ping made it clear that he was about to participate in the boys' lift.

He Qingxuan and Ye Chongwen no longer felt that he was deliberately abusing himself by studying hard regardless of the previous disregard.

He Qingxuan patted his chest with palpitations, and said solemnly to Chen Ping: "Even if you are recommended to be on the list of children, don't have high hopes in this matter. ”

"When I was in Jiangxia, I once asked someone to inquire about this news, and there were so many shady scenes that it was outrageous!"

"Guess what, what is the identity of the eighteen schoolchildren who finally succeeded in obtaining the Jinshi in the last boy's move?"

Knowing that Chen Ping was just crazy about learning, Ye Chongwen also breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes and muttered: "What else can it be, most of them are from the capital and the big clans of various states." ”

"Even if you are a child of a wealthy family in Fucheng, if you want to take this shortcut, you have to go through a lot of hardships."

The truth that there is no cold door for the top grade and no family for the lower grade is also applicable in this world.

These insiders are clear to anyone with some background in the world.

Since everyone knows the shady scene in it, why are officials like Wang County Commander still keen on this?

This involves a convention of the boy lift.

Although Tong Ziju has long been divided up by the magnates, they don't dare to swallow all the places in one gulp, and they don't leave any of them for the children of the common people, otherwise they are afraid of resentment.

After all, the boy boy was specially set up to select the prodigies of the Dayu Dynasty.

For example, in the last Tongzi Fair, three of the eighteen students who obtained the Jinshi background were from ordinary families, which can also inspire those poor students who do not know why.

This kind of half-concealed and half-hidden black curtain has become a good story.

The court does not count the family, as long as you have both ability and political integrity, you can also shine on the lintel from a low background.

After all, there are not many poor families who will send their children to school, and these three places are no more and no less, just right.

In other words, if Chen Ping participates in the boys' lift, he must compete with the real poor children of the whole world for the only few places.

Of course, Chen Ping would not be discouraged by this, and said with a nonchalant smile: "As long as there is still a place to fight for, then I will do my best a hundred times." ”

"At least I don't believe that other prodigies can also memorize a thousand imperial examination poetry articles!"

Facing Chen Ping's arrogant self-confidence and unbelievable rhetoric, He Qingxuan and Ye Chongwen rolled their eyes at the same time.

After only half a month after leaving the academy, Chen Ping, who was originally modest and polite and did not fight with others, became thicker than the city wall.

Ye Chongwen exclaimed: "Could it be that the wind and sand on the road construction site are too big, and in a short period of time, Brother Chen's face has been ground into a cocoon as thick as cowhide?" ”

He Qingxuan nodded solemnly, indicating that this guess was very reasonable.

Chen Ping touched his little face, although it was several degrees whiter, it was still mainly black and yellow, and he sighed a little sadly.

Could it be that not only is the road to the imperial examination bumpy and bumpy, but also the road of the little white face is also impassable?