Xie Liang had just left, and Chu Yuan and the others came over excitedly.

"Xiaohe, come on, did you forget today's government test list?" Chu Yuan pulled Xu He out when he entered the door.

When a few people came to the street, Xu He found that the entire Yangzhou city seemed to be like a magnet, attracting schoolchildren dressed as scholars in one direction.

The streets and alleys are like the New Year, not only scholars, but even some peddlers and pawns are talking about it.

"Our Yangzhou Mansion, thousands of reading seeds, and finally admit fifty, if my child can pass the house test, being a child can be regarded as an ancestor with green smoke!"

"It's not, how powerful Tongsheng is, let's not talk about those high-ranking students and people, just talk about Tongsheng, so many children in Yangzhou Mansion gather together, even the prefect has to give some face!"

"Yes, yes, I heard from the people in the yamen that they privately call Tong Sheng [Tong Tianwang]!"

"Why?"

"Hehe, you don't know that! Although Tong Sheng does not show off his talents and raise people, there are many of them, and when something happens, he often calls friends to surround the yamen, and the old men do not blame the public, and there is no way to take this group of scholars! ”

What these people said, Xu He also heard people say.

If you are selected in the government examination, you can't be considered a child in the strict sense.

Children must pass the government examination and take a road test before they can be officially called children.

Tongsheng is not a kind of scientific name, but it is also a small achievement among scholars, and at the moment when there is general respect for readers, the social status must be slightly higher than that of ordinary people, and they enjoy certain preferential treatment.

For example, in the event of a lawsuit, the flat-headed common people must write [complainant, citizen XX] on the pleading, while Tongsheng can be called "Tongsheng XX" on the pleading.

When the confession is made in the court, although the child has no merit and cannot stand without kneeling like the student and the prisoner, the general county order will be more polite in the tone and choice of words when he sees the pleadings and knows that the other party is a child.

If it is an older child, it is not a big case, or he just testifies in court, and the county order will also let him stand and answer.

But the common people can't do it, even if you are seventy or eighty, old and frail, you have to kneel according to the rules, because this is the system, and the county order cannot be violated, otherwise the boss or the patrol everywhere will scold the royal history and even participate in the punishment.

In addition, after the death of Tong Sheng, he used chestnut wood to write "Serve and give to Dengshiro".

What is a gift to Toshiro?

This is a kind of name for a loose official, and generally the official of the ninth rank can be named Shilang.

But Tong Sheng doesn't even have a family name, so he definitely can't call himself Deng Shilang.

But in ancient times, the family of the official was given, [the living were said to be sealed, and the dead were gifted], the deceased was a child and had never been an official, but if his son became a Jiupin official, the court would give him the title of Deng Shilang after his death.

But the son has never been an official, and after his death, there is nothing on the god card, and his face is dull.

At this time, Tong Sheng's social status blessed him, and he could write Deng Shilang, the lowest rank of loose official, in the middle of the god card, but the word "waiter" should be added in small characters on it.

Don't underestimate the small changes on this god card, ordinary people are very envious when they see it.

Among the five, Xu He's social studies classmate Liu Zhigao and the other two don't seem to be in a very high mood.

Liu Zhigao said in frustration: "I didn't do well in this article, and when I handed in the paper, Governor Peng didn't even look at me!" Unlike Xiaohe and Chu Yuan, they are all must-pass! ”

After taking the government exam, Xu He has been paying attention to the case of the Zhou family, and he really hasn't talked to his classmates about their exams.

The other two Hailing County schoolchildren who were dragged to settle the insurance shook their heads with a wry smile: "I didn't do well in the exam, the questions are too difficult!" ”

However, he said twice before that this time the government exam, the master of social studies let them participate, so that they could familiarize themselves with the government exam in advance for the next year, so the two were not very disappointed.

However, Liu Zhigao is seventeen years old this year, and the family originally planned to let him study and get the title of a child, so they gave him a family affair.

With the title of child, although there is no way to find a rich family, at least you can marry a woman from a wealthy family.

And over the years, it has been very difficult for the Liu family to provide him with education, Liu Zhigao's father said that if he can't pass the Tongsheng exam, he will have to learn to keep accounts and do business when he goes back this time.

Sometimes, people are like this, when they are young, they study and play together, and there is no barrier or hierarchy in their hearts.

But as you get older, you'll find fewer and fewer people around you.

Liu Zhigao is an example, maybe he can still laugh and chat with Xu He and others now, and go to see the list in parallel, but it is likely that next time, he can only lean on the counter of which store, looking at the readers on the street and saying to others: "That who is who, the government exam that I took with me back then!" I even talked to him! ”

Seeing the gloomy atmosphere, Xu He patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, maybe I'll be admitted, even if I don't pass the exam, I can teach your child to read in the future!" ”

Liu Zhigao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"What about you? Chu Yuan, how did you do in the exam? Xu He turned to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know, I made it, and the prefect also commented on my article twice, but there was no praise!" ”

Before I knew it, several people came to the government again.

This time, there were more people in front of the government than when the government took the exam that day. Not only the candidates and parents gathered here, but also many people from the entire Yangzhou City also came to see the excitement.

Xu He and the others came just in time, and as soon as they squeezed to the front, they heard someone shouting in the direction of the entrance of the government office: "Come out, the wheel list is out!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd immediately squeezed forward like crazy.

Soon there were three shifts in the government office who came out with water and fire sticks in hand to maintain order.

Xu He looked from afar, and saw a man dressed as a clerk walking out of the gate with a red paper in his hand, and with the help of the fast hand waiting at the door, he pasted it on the wall next to the mansion.

"You know what? The round list of this government test is exactly the same as that of the county test, and the list style is all circle-type! "There is a chubby, scholar-dressed guy beside Xu He who is popularizing science for his companions.

He has seen the round list of the county exam.

As the fat man just said, the list of admissions for the county examination is in a circle, written in a clockwise direction, and the first place is in the middle of the circle, that is, the position of twelve o'clock, and then written according to the ranking.

Fifty are in a circle, and the heads of the names are facing outward.

The imperial examination of the Great Wei Dynasty is more cruel than that of the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, and the list of the Ming Dynasty will be written a few times, but the admission rate of the Great Wei Dynasty Mansion Examination is extremely low, and it can only be arranged in a circle.

There's a reason why the admission list is rounded.

If it's straight or vertical, there's a difference between before and after.

But in the final analysis, the prefectural examination is only the second level of the third-level children's examination, and the first official title of the national scientific examination is actually "student".

Passing the government examination does not mean that the last student will be admitted.

Therefore, arranging the circle can be regarded as an incentive for readers to continue to work hard and catch up with their opponents.

"Look, the head of the government case of today's Kefu test is Xu He from Hailing County!"

The "......" crowd boiled.

Even if he guessed that he would definitely be admitted to the provincial examination, Xu He really didn't expect that he would win the first place in the provincial examination after the county case.

"Where is Xu He?"

"Is Xu He here?"

"The head of the case came out and said a few words!"

Everyone in the room was clamoring.