Chapter 841 Passing the Provincial Examination Again
Because the policy review is all about the actual affairs of the imperial court. If you want to study in a foreign country, it is impossible to hide in the house and study.
If you know more about the dynamics of the court, you can also predict the questions in advance.
Make more preparations in advance in private, practice targeted exercises, and write more articles.
In this regard, officials and officials took great advantage.
Second-generation officials like Sheng Changbai, whose own father could attend court meetings, had even more advantages.
During this period of time, Sheng Hong attended court meetings, and after going to the Yamen, all matters in the court, big and small, would be described and analyzed to Sheng Changbai.
The imperial examination has been continuously reformed to make it as fair, notarized and open as possible.
However, officials and officials still have more or less advantages in many places.
Therefore, if a family of scholars who inherits poetry and calligraphy has established strict family rules and traditions, it is easy for some aristocratic families to have hairpins that have been passed down for hundreds of years.
If there weren't many literati with good family traditions, they would pay attention to integrity and national justice.
When dynasties change, they are unwilling to be ruled by foreigners, and they are not willing to contribute to foreigners. In real history, there will be more aristocratic families that can be passed down for thousands of years.
For ordinary poor children to pass the Jinshi examination, it is considered to be a hellish difficulty.
For Sheng Changbai to pass the Jinshi exam, it would be a nightmare at best.
Taking into account the teachers, teaching materials, knowledge, and the comprehensive surpassing of officials and poor families, it is not an exaggeration to say that Sheng Changbai's imperial examination was an ordinary difficult mode.
Because Sheng Changbai was going to participate in the Spring Festival, the Sheng family had a simple Spring Festival.
There was no crowd of guests, no big celebrations, just a quiet and ordinary New Year.
Don't let the joy and noise of the Spring Festival affect Sheng Changbai's preparation for the exam.
Although Sheng Changbai does not need these, it is not a good thing for ordinary candidates to relax too much before the exam.
Every bit of it is the precious experience passed down from the imperial examinations of three generations of the Sheng family.
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The atmosphere of the New Year has just passed, because of the Spring Festival, Bianliang City is still as lively as ever. It is February, and it is also the day when the imperial court holds the Spring Festival.
"System, sign in!"
"Congratulations to the host for getting: two hundred copper coins and five pounds of chestnuts."
On such an important day as the provincial examination, the system did not give Sheng Changbai any surprises.
But after more than two years of signing in like this, Sheng Changbai also discovered that signing in was not useless to him.
Money is a trivial matter. If there is no random manipulation, Sheng Changbai will never be short of money in his life.
If you sign in for some cooked food, it is considered normal and can only satisfy Sheng Changbai's appetite.
But cereals and grains, which have not been paid much attention to in modern times, are a surprise in this era.
As for eating, Sheng Changbai is not short of this.
But when used to make seeds, these things are very precious. These rice, millet, sorghum, and soybeans are all considered to be improved varieties in this era.
Corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, although I haven’t checked in yet.
But over the next few decades, there is always a chance that with these high-yielding crops, there will be a basis for a surge in food production and a population explosion.
The Li Wujin I checked in this time, which is millet, is pretty good.
But now Sheng Changbai can't worry about this. He has to pass the Jinshi examination no matter what. After he can make some decisions at home and in the court, he can then consider promoting improved seeds.
The examination procedures of the provincial examination and the state examination are similar, and the examination content is also similar.
It's just that because the provincial capital was in Bianjing, the examination was under the eyes of the emperor.
It is also the most important part of the Level 3 exam and is much more rigorous than the state exam.
The first is the officer in charge. Once confirmed, the ‘lockdown’ system will be implemented.
After the chief examiner and deputy examiner are confirmed, they are restricted from leaving the examination room and from contact with outsiders and family members until the end of the examination.
This point was also well inherited by later generations of college entrance examinations.
The second thing is that candidates are not allowed to bring books into the examination room. There is already a strict search system.
After entering the examination room, each candidate has a fixed seat and cannot move or exchange seats at will.
During the examination, there are officials such as the prison gate and patrol shop in the examination room to inspect the examination room.
Third, the Great Zhou Dynasty already had a very complete system of 'sealing' and 'translating'.
The examiner cannot see the candidate's name, the candidate's handwriting, or any small marks on the examination paper.
If you want to judge whether the test paper belongs to a certain candidate based on the writing style, the operation difficulty is obviously much higher.
These are excellent systems that will last for thousands of years.
It is enough to explain that if no problems arise, these systems can ensure that fraud in scientific examinations occurs as little as possible.
Taking the provincial examination is not an easy task. You have to stay in a small examination room, a few square meters of space, eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping for three days.
The environment is not good, so we have to stay awake, work hard, and do our best to solve the questions.
The ancient scientific examination can be said to be a dual test of culture and body for the candidates.
Sheng Changbai really saw the candidates being carried out of the examination room.
After three days of college entrance examination, Sheng Changbai could relax a little after coming out of the Ministry of Etiquette examination room.
I had a little more time to go out, and I also went to participate in cultural gatherings. I accompanied some famous scholars and went to Goulanwashe and Qinglou and Chuguan to see a lot.
Goulan performances have many contents, including storytelling, singing, drama, shadow puppets, loose music, dance, wrestling, acrobatics, etc. It has the characteristics of the Zhou Dynasty. The most popular women's wrestling is women's wrestling.
The Chu Guan, a brothel, is more upscale and has much higher consumption. On the surface, it is a social place where you can enjoy music, dance, dignitaries, and literati.
The girls have been carefully cultivated and have certain culture and talents. The girls can perform their talents, and can also accompany the guests by reciting poems and reciting poems. On the surface, most of them are courtesans.
But in fact, whether it is Goulan Washe or brothel Chuguan, they all have services to solve physical problems.
Sheng Changbai went to these places mainly to gain some experience, and really to enjoy some singing and dancing.
It is naturally impossible to stay overnight.
Even with modern safety measures in place, Sheng Changbai looked down on buses.
In this era, Sheng Changbai certainly didn't dare to provoke these brothel girls.
The tutor of the Sheng family also did not allow Sheng Changbai to stay in a brothel.
Go watch singing and dancing, and participate in some literary social events. Even if you go to the limit, you should go less often.
Sheng Changbai still spends most of his time playing hook-ups and watching various performances.
Because there was no curfew, the entertainment industry in the Zhou Dynasty was really rich.
After wandering outside for half a month, and after the results of the provincial examination came out, Sheng Changbai settled down at home again.
"Second place in the provincial examination, unfortunately, only one step difference." Sheng Hong sighed with surprise and joy.
Although the second place is very good, the second place in the provincial examination does not even have a name. The difference of one place means that it will get a lot less attention than the first place.
"Bai'er, you are really fighting for your mother. Look at the little goblin in Linxi Pavilion. What else can you argue with me? How about her ignorant son? In Yan, it is difficult to pass the imperial examination, so why would you want to be a Jinshi?"
Wang Ruofu's whole world is just thinking about how to compete with Lin Zhishuang for a man.
Staying in the back house, there is nothing to do except manage the family business.
The Sheng family's property and Wang Ruofu's dowry need to be managed, that is, some farms and shops.
Except for the summer harvest and autumn harvest every year, there is usually nothing going on at the farm.
Most of the shops have been set aside to collect rent. The few shops that are run by themselves are also managed by Uncle Sheng Wei. Wang Ruofu is just waiting to collect the money.
Wang Ruofu's education level is not high, he doesn't like reading, and he doesn't like to be a female celebrity.
She doesn't like to discipline Ru Lan, and Ru Lan doesn't listen much to Wang Ruofu's discipline.
The main thing is that Wang Ruofu himself is not good at studying, and he is not good at dating women. He also married a Jinshi, and his life was not bad.
From the bottom of my heart, I don’t agree that it is necessary for Ru Lan to learn these things.
Ru Lan usually pretends to be a good girl, studying and being a female celebrity, all of which are mother and daughter cooperating to deal with Sheng Hong.
I have too much free time, and there is nothing to do to pass the time except fighting in the yard and having house fights.
"Brother Bai, after reading books for so many years, you finally came up with a result. If your grandfather knew it, it would be enough to make him smile." Mrs. Sheng said calmly.
Because there is no blood relationship, the old lady is not very close to the Sheng family, and there is a certain alienation in the rules.
Probably when Tan Hwa Lang and the old lady first met and the couple turned against each other, the old lady's state of mind entered a state where nothing could be more sad than a heartbroken one.
Mrs. Sheng usually only acts as a grandmother in the standard sense to the third generation, and Sheng Changbai also acts as a grandson in the standard sense, because the old lady respects the old lady for her kindness to the Sheng family.
On the surface, the relationship looks good, but there really isn't any deep feeling.
The old lady is also close to Hualan, whom she raised, and Minglan, who she now raises, and is more intimate with her.
In the past two years or so, with an additional child by her side, the old lady has regained some vitality, and looks much better than before, both physically and mentally.
Sheng Minglan's contribution is not small. The old lady is the most sober and wise person in the Sheng family.
Not to mention the old lady’s contribution to the Sheng family, even now, the old lady is also the anchor of the family.
The health of the old lady can be said to be very important to the family.
Originally, ever since Sheng Changbai was a child, the old lady had only hid in the Shou'an Hall, eating fast and chanting Buddha's name. She never went out or let anyone come to her house. She also gave up on all matters at home and allowed chaos in the backyard.
There is no need for juniors to do their daily morning and dusk meditation, and they actively reject people thousands of miles away.
After having Minglan, the old lady changed a lot. She gave Sheng Hong more advice and control, and the family home became much more peaceful.
"Second brother, I heard that you recently went to Goulan to play. When will you take me there too? My father thinks my homework is not good and he won't let me go out."
Sheng Changfeng is just a child. When he was studying in his teens, he was always playful. Recently, when he reached adolescence, he became interested in and indulged in things between men and women.
The relationship between the two brothers is not bad. Sheng Changbai can treat Sheng Changfeng as a brother. After all, they are both born from the same father.
As a team, if the Sheng family makes a mistake and is implicated, no one can escape.
On a daily basis, I would also advise this immature brother to study hard and make progress.
But because of this silly brother, he often hangs out in the back house.
All day long, he was instigated by Lin Zongshuang, using Sheng Changbai as his imaginary enemy, and wanted to compete with Sheng Changbai for family property.
Sheng Changbai's influence on Sheng Changfeng is definitely not as great as Lin Zongshuang's own mother.
Lin Zongshuang was in the middle all day long, and it was inevitable that the two brothers were not as close as brothers born to the same parents.
On the surface, Sheng Changfeng could listen to Sheng Changbai's words, but on the inside, he didn't really obey the discipline of his eldest brother, Sheng Changbai.
Just as he dealt with Sheng Hong, he dealt with Sheng Changbai.
Just like Sheng Changbai asked Sheng Changfeng to stay away from Gu Tingye, Sheng Changfeng didn't listen at all.
After the Sheng family came to Beijing, Gu Tingye came to see Sheng Changbai, and Sheng Changbai pushed him wherever he could.
I don't want to have too much contact with this troublemaker.
But Gu Tingye came to Sheng's house a few times and got mixed up with Sheng Changfeng.
Sheng Changfeng didn't remember at all how he and Gu Tingye were beaten in a gambling match.
Because Gu Tingye is most familiar with Bianjing, Goulanwashe and Qinglou Chuguan.
I took a trip to Yangzhou and inherited my grandfather's inheritance. I am very wealthy. As a famous libertine in Bianjing, after spending too much money, I eat, drink and have fun even more freely.
A noble son, he spends his days causing trouble, chasing cats and dogs, and hanging out in brothels.
She was too attracted to children like Sheng Changfeng who couldn't control himself, so Sheng Changfeng became Gu Tingye's follower.
The remaining three Lans are all more sensible than Sheng Changfeng.
They also have their best wishes for Sheng Changbai, who is about to take part in the palace examination.
Although Mo Lan usually likes to pretend, she also likes to engage in quarrels between concubines and concubines at home.
He is used to trying to please Sheng Hong, but his blessings to Sheng Changbai should be more or less sincere.
Sheng Changbai passed the Jinshi examination, but Lin Yushuang and Miss Lin didn't get much glory.
He also had to be humiliated and suppressed by Wang Ruofu, who had raised an outstanding son.
But Mo Lan, Chang Bai's concubine, can still take advantage of Chang Bai and follow Chang Bai to glory.
Both his father and brother were Jinshi and officials in the court, so Mo Lan's value in the marriage market was much higher.
Mo Lan has cultivated Lin Zongshuang into a refined egoist for so many years.
No matter what, you have to consider yourself first, and Miss Lin also has to take a step back.
As long as she can benefit from it, Mo Lan's blessing to Sheng Changbai must be sincere.
After all, Rulan is Changbai's biological sister, and her blessings to Changbai are completely sincere.
Even though they were only about ten years old and precocious in ancient times, these three girls had already understood the significance of the imperial examination to the family.
Even if Ru Lan is impatient with Sheng Changbai's usual discipline, just because a child is playful, rebellious, and rebellious against his parents does not mean that he hates his parents.
The same goes for Sheng Changbai, the eldest brother.
Minglan's words should also be her sincere blessings to Sheng Changbai.
Minglan has matured a lot in the past few years and understands that she needs to curb her sharp edges.
He is completely different from the lively and smart person he used to be.
Children who are too sensible will inevitably make people feel distressed. Sheng Changbai paid more attention to this sister. Over the past two years, the relationship between the two has improved a lot.
Sheng Xiaoqi was still a little kid when she was a child. She was taught by Wei Xiaoniang and said a few auspicious words.
When this child comes, it's more likely that Wei Xiaoniang wants to make the child happy and civilized.
