The examination shed was set up in the courtyard of the county school, and after Lin Fangxu and other candidates arrived, they stood in front of the county school, and saw a young man wearing a crown of two beams, wearing a green and red robe, with a short beard on his white face, and a very dignified young man standing on the stone steps, thinking that it was Li County's order.Seeing that the candidates arrived, Li County Ling began to speak, although he talked a lot, but what he really needs to pay attention to is the time and number of exams, this time the county has four exams, and it will probably be the end of the month after the exam.After Li County's order was finished, the scribe began to roll call, and the candidates entered the lobby of the middle hall to receive the papers, and sang loudly a certain Xuan Shengbao, and after the confirmation of the Xuan Sheng, he should sing a certain Bao of the Xuan Sheng, which is "singing Bao".If the student is suspicious of the candidate, the county official will immediately inspect or deduct the exam, and Lin Fangxu is guaranteed by Senior Brother Xu Zhongkang, so he is also present at this time.After a brief search, the examinees received the answer sheets and sat down according to the serial number, and by the time more than 800 examinees had sat behind the bookcase, it was already dawn.Li Xianling was a resolute person, and after ordering the official to lock the door, he wrote the test questions on a horizontal axis.The main scene generally requires two poems with four books and two poems, and one poem with five words and six rhymes, but Li Xianling is an unreasonable person, and only asks to write a current article, but the title is extremely tricky, and Lin Fangxu heard a gasp around him.Li Xianling looked at the sad faces of the candidates below, and was very proud, thinking: During the Chinese New Year, the lame Xie Yuan of the Xu family bragged about his disciples everywhere, wouldn't he be sorry for him if he didn't think of a difficult topic.Li Xianling looked at Lin Fangxu while grinding ink, while thinking: I can also calm down.In fact, it is indeed a bit difficult for Lin Fangxu to come, but that's it, after all, it is only a county exam, and it is impossible to take it as a general exam.Lin Fangxu didn't care about the others, he pondered for a moment, and then picked up the pen and wrote on the manuscript paper, which may be a slight exaggeration, but it didn't take an hour for an article to be sprinkled with flowers.The next inspection takes more time, and the format must be correct, and it cannot be obscured or sacred.It is more necessary to adjust and revise word by word, so that the article becomes more meaningful, and it is also profound, and it is pleasing to the eye.In the blink of an eye, noon had passed, Lin Fangxu used some food prepared by his brother-in-law, and finally checked it again, and after confirming that it was completely correct, he copied it on the answer sheet one by one.In the imperial examination, it is necessary to unify the answer sheet with the pottery style of the museum, but the same font is also written by some people well, and some people write badly, Lin Fangxu's hand of the museum pottery is the kind that is so good that it can make people shine.It's not difficult to post the title of the poem, and it seems that the parents are also afraid of being scolded behind their backs.Lin Fangxu's poetry is average, but the trial post poem is only available in the county test, and the requirements are not high.Lin Fangxu wrote it quickly, and at this time, there was still a while before the first card was released, Lin Fangxu simply sat in his seat and closed his eyes to recuperate.He closed his eyes, but Li Zhixian was a little surprised, this kid is quite fast, but he doesn't know how to answer.only heard the sound of a bang, the door of the examination room slowly opened, Lin Fangxu was already sitting in the front, and the first one stepped forward to hand in the papers, packed up his things and walked out of the examination room.For the fairness of the imperial examination, the names of the test papers must be sealed, and then the papers will be marked in a unified manner, Li Zhixian didn't care so much, took Lin Fangxu's test paper and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and thought: I can't complain that I am allowed to brag about being lame everywhere, and it seems that this Wuyi Lin family is going to have a great character again.When Lin Fangxu came out, the elders had already gone back, only the eldest brother was still waiting at the door, and when he saw him come out, he stepped forward and asked: Why did you come out so quickly, how did you answer?
After answering everything, I feel okay, and I won't know until after the case is discovered.After Lin Fangxu finished speaking, he waited with the eldest brother for the second brother and them to come out.After an hour, other people also came out one after another, most of the candidates turned pale, and a few candidates even cried bitterly, while relatives and friends were there to comfort them.After Lin Fangqi came out, he said to Lin Fangxu with a sad face: Brother Xu, why are the exam questions so difficult this time!
Lin Fangxu's eyes were red when he saw him, and comforted: It's not that you are difficult alone, everyone is difficult.Lin Fangqi thought about it, as long as the answer was better than most people, the county lord always had to get enough places.Lin Fangming came out relatively late, mainly because the writing was too difficult, and he wrote it messily, so he put some effort into pasting poems.Lin Fangming felt that he posted poems very well, and he was not necessarily hopeless, and when he came out to see Lin Fangxu, he said with a smile: Brother Xu, did you hand it in before you finished writing, didn't you tell you before the exam, you can not hand it in for the first time, and you can write it for another hour?
Lin Fangxu didn't say much, but said: I'm done writing.turned around and followed Lin Fangqi to his eldest brother home.Lin Fangming didn't care, just when he took the test for the first time, he didn't have much experience, and he didn't know how many times to check it.In a blink of an eye, it was the time for the case to happen on the third day, and some candidates were waiting at the gate of the county government before dawn, and when Lin Fangxu and the three arrived, the pattern had already been posted, and the front was full of people, and they couldn't squeeze in for a while, so they could only wait in the back.After a while, someone retreated, among them were Lin Fangshao and Lin Fangwei, two brothers from the side branch, and the three brothers greeted them, Lin Fangming and the two were about the same age, and they were usually closer, so they asked directly: Brother Shao, how did you and Xiaowei do in the exam, have you seen us?
The two brothers were smiling, and Lin Fangwei said excitedly to Lin Fangxu: Brother Xu, you don't know, you are trying to win the first place!
Lin Fangqi knew his level, so he wasn't too surprised, but asked anxiously: What about me?
Have I been admitted?
Lin Fangwei replied: All five of us are on the list, except for Brother Xu, you and Brother Shao are in the inner circle, Brother Shao is thirty-six, you are eleven, and I am in the outer circle with Brother Ming.Generally, the admission of the main field is wider, and those who are fluent in the text can be admitted, but the group case is divided into inner and outer circles, and the top 50 in the inner circle are taken from the main field, of which the top 20 are directly selected, and the remaining three can not participate.In addition to the top 20, the rest of the group will participate in the second recruitment and then be selected for admission.In the same way, the third repetition and the fourth repetition are the same, and the final number of people can be selected depends on the total number of candidates who participate, the difficulty of the question, the willingness of the county lord, etc., although the three Lin Fangxu brothers knew the result, they still waited until there were fewer people to squeeze in to confirm it before going home.Lin Fangming knew that the possibility of being won in the first game was very small, and he was ready to participate in the second game, but now his younger brother, who was more than ten years younger than him, won the first place, and he felt very uncomfortable.Lin Fangxu and Lin Fangqi waited at home for the next three exams, Lin Fangming and Lin Fangshao passed the second interview, but Lin Fangwei participated in the fourth.After the fourth test, all the candidates who have been selected from the first test will be unsealed and reported by name, which is called a "long case".Everyone crowded in front of the county yazhao wall, and saw that on the long case, the top position of the list was written with five big characters of Lin Fangxu at the head of the case, and the candidates who passed the county examination were ranked in the back.Lin Fangqi is still eleven, Lin Fangshao's ranking has moved forward a little, ranking twenty-eighth, Lin Fangming and Lin Fangwei are thirty-seven and one is forty-three, and the five Lin family have all passed the county test.From the 55 people on the list, it can be seen that Li Zhixian is not only difficult to solve the question, but also the number of successful candidates is also the smallest in the past.Although there were five people in Linjia Village, the county examination in the entire imperial examination process was really nothing, and it was the government examination in early April, and it was still very early to relax and celebrate.Chapter 16 The time of the government examination was around April 15, and after Lin Fangxu and his family received some relatives and friends who came to congratulate them, they arrived in early April after reading the book for a few days.Wuyi County is not far from Jinhua Mansion, but in order to avoid some unnecessary accidents, on the eighth day of the fourth month, Lin Fangxu and the five of them set off in advance in the two carriages provided by the eldest grandfather and the sixth grandfather's family.This time, in addition to Lin Fangqin going to send the exam, Lin Fangshao's younger brother Lin Fangwu, who had just turned fourteen, also went to run errands.Just after the county test, the sixth grandfather had already written a letter to Fucheng and asked Lin Chenggui to help arrange for a few children to get food, clothing, housing and transportation.When Lin Fangxu and the others arrived at Jinhua Mansion on the afternoon of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Fangmao, the elder brother in the lobby of Uncle Cheng Gui's house, was already waiting there, which directly took Lin Fangxu and his party to their home.Uncle Cheng Gui's house is a three-entry house, and as soon as he entered the door, Aunt Tang pulled the youngest Lin Fangxu and said with concern: Oops!
It can be regarded as arriving, eating and sleeping well on the road, seeing that the child is tired, the aunt has asked the kitchen to prepare a banquet and give you the wind.Uncle Cheng Gui was on the side, smiling and patting Lin Fangqin on the shoulder, and when the juniors greeted each other, they beckoned a few brothers to the table, and the cousin led the female dependents and children to sit behind the screen, and after eating, Cousin Mao led them to the guest house to rest.Although Lin Fangxu and the others didn't hurry up, they were also a little tired, so they washed up casually and fell asleep soon.Lin Fangmao also went back to the room after settling down the guests, his wife An had already coaxed the child and was waiting for him in the room, and when he saw him come in, he asked with a smile: But it's all rested, I didn't expect Brother Xu to take the county case, and the younger brother seems to be the same year as Brother Xu, and when he first received the news, his mother also said that he should let the younger brother go down.Lin Fangmao was silent, although compared to him, his mother was more partial to his younger brother who could read, and she also had high hopes for her younger brother, but he was not good at saying much as a son's brother.Seeing that her husband didn't agree, An's heart was depressed for a while, and there were two more people in her mother-in-law's family, so she thought she was a rotten book network, and she looked down on him, a daughter-in-law from a businessman, in every way.The little uncle can read, and he was sent to Hangzhou Chongwen Academy to study since he was a child, and his mother-in-law put her whole heart on him, and she was not allowed to touch the family industry, and she looked like she wanted the little uncle to be in charge of the portal.Even if An's is unwilling, but with her in-laws and husband, she can only be in a hurry.The next day, after Lin Fangxu and the others had breakfast, Lin Chenggui instructed a few people to return their books at home, rest well, and go out as little as possible.Lin Chenggui is also afraid of any accidents, there are many people rushing to take the exam during this time, and the city is also very chaotic, if there is any collision that delays the government exam, the old father has to rush over from Linjia Village to smoke himself.Jinhua Mansion is there, you can go shopping whenever you want, Lin Fangxu and they are not ignorant three-year-olds.Lin Fangxu and the others stayed at home honestly for a few days, and everything they needed was Lin Fangqin taking Lin Fangwu out to prepare.By April 15, Lin Fangqin woke up a few people early and set off for Fuxue Palace.Jinhua Prefecture leads Jinhua, Lanxi, Dongyang, Yiwu, Yongkang, Wuyi, Pujiang, Tangxi 8 counties, so there are \" Bawu\" called.There are about 1,000 candidates in the eight counties this session, plus at least 4,000 candidates who have passed the county examination but have not passed the government examination in the past, so the government examination roll call cannot be called alone.When Lin Fangxu and the others arrived, the examination room was already bustling with people, and in the darkness they saw two lanterns hanging high with the words Wuyi written on them, and they knew that the county's teachings were there, so they squeezed over.When the day was bright, the first county began to roll call, Wuyi County was at the back, Lin Fangxu went in and found a seat according to the number on the roll, found a seat and sat down, got up early in the morning and tossed until now, and his stomach was already hungry.After Lin Fangxu finished eating the breakfast prepared by Aunt Tang early in the morning, all the candidates arrived and sat down, and the door of the examination room was slowly closed.An errand officer shouted: The prefect has arrived!
The candidates who were still holding the burned steamed buns in their hands got up one after another and saluted: "Students meet the prefect."
Excuse me, sit down.The prefect's voice was very calm.Lin Fangxu looked up and saw that the prefect of Su had a golden wusha on his head, wearing a scarlet official robe, a gray beard, and a stern face.Su Zhifu glanced at the examination room, and with an expressionless face, he ordered a pair of officials to send questions, and sat on a high-backed chair.Lin Fangxu looked at the questions on the paper, one big question and two small questions, the big question tested the policy theory, and the small question tested the scriptures and essays.The topic is very in line with the usual moderation of the Su Governor's style, but based on what Lin Fangxu heard in his previous life, if he really wrote according to the mean, he might be able to win today, but the ranking is not estimated to be too good.Since Lin Fangxu won the first case in the county, he has taken Xiao Sanyuan as his goal, and he is naturally not satisfied with just being able to pass.Lin Fangxu recalled that in his previous life, he had heard someone say that Su Zhifu's family was not good when he was young, he read late, and he was too upright after becoming a sergeant, and suffered some setbacks, so he gradually became cautious and no longer offended people, but he was a person who couldn't rub sand in his bones.Thinking of this, Lin Fangxu already had a belly case, and he wrote it on the manuscript paper.When Lin Fangxu finished writing the topic of the strategy, it was already close to noon, and there were only two small questions left, the scriptures and the essays, Lin Fangxu put away the volume, and prepared to write it after lunch.Maybe in the eyes of most candidates, the questions of this government exam are too simple, Lin Fangxu saw that most people were already like him, they had already taken out the dry food kettle and started to eat.Using a rag to wipe the water marks and residue on the table, Lin Fangxu began to answer two small questions, which were indeed not difficult, and he had already answered them quickly.There is still a while before noon, and the candidates have basically finished answering and are waiting to hand in the papers.At noon, as soon as the bangzi sounded, the candidates stood up one after another, handed in the papers in turn, and went out of the examination room, when the door closed again, there were less than 500 people in the examination room who were still answering the questions of more than 5,000 people.The five cousins of Lin Fangxu all handed in the papers, and together they took a carriage back to Uncle Chenggui's house, waiting for the results to be seen the day after tomorrow.Lin Fangming also felt that the question was not too difficult, and he felt that he had answered it well, and he looked relaxed when he sat in the carriage.Ai Xiaoya was not easy at all during this time, she didn't want to go back to Linjia Village after the county test, and her brother-in-law left her living expenses when she went back, so she stayed in the county seat alone.After Lin Fangxu went to Fucheng, she has been running for the book, first took it to the study, thinking that it would be like other time-traveling novels, the owner of the study would spend a lot of money to buy manuscripts from herself, and she would sell the copyright to him at that time.It's a pity that it's not like that at all, the mainstream of the Great Wei Dynasty is still the Four Books and Five Classics, the Way of Confucius and Mencius, and the most popular thing to sell in the study is the Cheng Wen of each imperial examination and some reading notes and experiences of Confucianism.If you want to find a study to sell a book, you have to find a craftsman to print the book, and the study will also charge a consignment fee, as for how much to charge, it depends on whether you are familiar with the owner of the study.Ai Xiaoya is naturally not familiar with the boss, and she hasn't even found anyone for printing, so the shopkeeper said that she would collect at least fifty percent of the profit before letting her sell, how could she agree to this kind of overlord clause.Just when Ai Xiaoya was anxious and had nothing to do, Su Zhifu's henchman was also worried about Dong Weng.After the government test, the Su prefect will start to read the papers in person, saying that although fraud is strictly prohibited in the imperial examination, there is no first place in the literature, and some ways can still be thought of for this ranking.Shen Jing, the head of the case in Jinhua County, is from the Shen family of Jinhua Mansion, a family of eunuchs, and an old family of Dong Ge.The master knew Dong Weng's temperament very well, and he didn't dare to look for it, thinking that since he could get the head of the county, he must be outstanding in learning, and maybe he could also get the head of the government with his ability.But who knew that there would be a Lin Fangxu, who was outstanding in learning, not to mention, there was not a single sentence in the article that did not scratch the itch of Dong Weng, and it was applauded by Su Zhifu's direct shooting.Seeing that Dong Weng had ordered Lin Fangxu as the head of the case, and Shen Jing was second, thinking about the powerful Dong Ge Lao, he still told Su Governor about the matter.After hearing this, Su Zhifu sneered: Hmph!
is Dong Xi's grandson, who should be ordered, the official will still order whom, don't say that he is a Shen family who married the daughter of the Dong family.The master listened to the cold sweat again and again: But Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the ancestral hometown of Dong Ge, and Dong Weng is still serving in Jinhua, so it is good not to offend or not to offend.Su Zhifu said disapprerovingly: Mr. knows that Lin Fangxu is Lin Boli, the descendant of Lin Yushi, the first emperor said that Lin Boli is a model for our scholars.Seeing that the master was still a little hesitant, Su Zhifu said inexplicably: At the beginning of the year, Guan Zizhong entered the cabinet, neither a member of the Dong Party nor a member of the Confucian Party, why did the saint let him enter the cabinet, it is said that the relationship between the Xu family and the old Guan Pavilion in Suzhou is very close.The master suddenly realized: Lin Fangxu's teacher seems to be surnamed Xu.Of course, Su Zhifu didn't order him because of Lin Fangxu's teacher, but seeing that the master looked like a student understood, Su Zhifu didn't say anything anymore.