Standing in the examination room, Li Qinzai seemed to have returned to the college entrance examination in his previous life, and the atmosphere was even more tense than the college entrance examination.
Once upon a time, Li Qinzai was one of thousands of candidates who worked hard for his future.
Unfortunately, he was not good at studying after all, and no matter how hard he worked, it was useless. His poor college entrance examination score was the first slap that society slapped him in the face, which made him understand the importance of "effort", "talent" and "result".
time, it actually doesn’t have much to do with it.
Standing in this temple that was temporarily used as an examination room, Li Qinzai sighed secretly as he looked at the faces of the candidates.
No matter how much we emphasize that we are all created equal, there is an indisputable fact that from ancient times to the present, human class has been a pyramid. The higher you go up, the harder it is. The higher you go, the smaller the number of people.
It's not easy to cross class.
Even if they obtain the honors, there will still be countless disasters waiting for them in the officialdom in the future, and those who can truly gain access to the officialdom are rare.
At this moment, thousands of people are fighting for this rare opportunity, a glimmer of secret.
After wandering around the examination room for a long time, Li Qinzai walked towards the side hall.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sound of dusk drums came from the distance of the temple. The golden setting sun bathed the candidates, as if shrouded in a layer of golden light blessed by the national destiny.
At this moment, Li Qinzai finally understood why Li Shimin said so proudly when he stood on the Dragon Head Plain, "I have all the talents in the world."
The talented people in the world are taken by the country and put to full use, and the country will prosper.
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When it was getting dark, there was a sound of cloud panels, signaling the end of the scientific examination.
Today's scientific examinations are not like those in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where candidates sat in a room for two or three days at a time, eating, drinking, and having sex.
Datang was in the early stage of scientific examinations, many rules had not yet been formed, the examination questions were not that complicated, and the examination was usually only one day long.
After the officers and soldiers collected the examination papers, Li Qinzai and the officials from the Ministry of Rites entered the secret room. Under the supervision of the censors, all the examination papers were piled up in stacks, then sealed with anonymity, painted with fire paint, and guarded by the imperial guards.
The errand of this scientific examination has finally come to an end. Next, Li Qinzai still has to grade papers, select scholars, write exams, etc. There are still many tedious things waiting for him.
After walking out of Qinglong Temple, the tribe was waiting outside the door. Everyone was surrounding Li Qinzai. Just as he was about to leave, he saw an urgent cry coming from the darkness.
Li Qinzai turned around and looked around, and was surprised to find that it was a Buqu from Ganjingzhuang Villa. Seeing him running towards him with sweat on his head, Li Qinzai's heart sank.
"Fifth Young Master, hurry up! The Young Madam is in labor!" Buqu said loudly.
Li Qinzai's face suddenly turned pale, and without saying a word, he mounted his horse and ran towards Yanxing Gate.
At this time, the city gate was closed, and no one was allowed to enter or exit. Li Qinzai became anxious, took out his badge from his pocket, and signaled the gatekeepers to let them go. Seeing that they were still hesitant, Li Qinzai whipped him down.
The officers and soldiers covered their heads and ran around. They couldn't afford to offend them, so they had to open the city gate to a line and let them leave the city.
Traveling at night was risky, but Li Qinzai didn't care much. The tribesmen closely guarded him, and everyone rushed towards Ganjingzhuang in the dark.
More than an hour later, when he finally arrived at the other courtyard, Li Qinzai dismounted his horse and rushed towards the backyard.
In the backyard, the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Li Qinzai has been turned into a delivery room. A curtain hangs at the door. Several old women come in and out nervously. The maids hurriedly bring hot water and clean cloths to change.
Manager Song was waiting outside the courtyard. When he saw Li Qinzai coming back, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately went to greet him.
"It would be great if Fifth Young Master comes back. The family cannot be without a backbone. This old man is very anxious..."
Li Qinzai ignored him, rushed to the door of the delivery room in a few steps, opened the curtain and went in. As soon as he took a step, he was pushed out by an old woman.
"Fifth Young Master, please don't cause trouble. There is a lot of work inside. The delivery room is a dark place and men are not allowed to enter." The old woman said bluntly.
"My mother-in-law is giving birth to a baby, why can't I go in? I'm not an outsider..." Li Qinzai walked in again, but was pushed out by the old woman again.
In the delivery room, Cui Jie's voice suddenly came out: "Husband, please don't make trouble, the delivery room is inauspicious, don't ruin your husband's luck, get out quickly!"
Li Qinzai curled his lips, what's so ominous? More than a thousand years later, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology still encouraged husbands to go into the delivery room to accompany their wives during the birth. What a great significance for the couple to witness the birth of their child together.
He took a few steps away angrily. Jin Xiang held his arm and said softly: "Husband, don't worry, my sister will be able to survive this disaster smoothly."
Li Qinzai nodded silently. In this era, it is not wrong for a woman to say that giving birth to a child is a catastrophe. Both the mother and the child are stuck in the gate of hell. If there is a slight accident, they will not be able to survive.
Then Li Qinzai thought about it again and said, "I heard Jie'er talking very angry just now. Is she almost finished giving birth?"
Jin Xiang smiled: "My husband doesn't understand women's affairs. It's impossible to give birth so quickly. This evening, my sister had some abdominal pain. She is still struggling with it. She has to wait until her fingers are opened before she can give birth smoothly."
Li Qinzai felt nervous and irritable. He scratched his head vigorously and said, "What can I do?"
Jin Xiang smiled and said: "You don't have to do anything. This is not something that a man should worry about. My husband can just wait here."
Li Qinzai nodded, then wandered around the yard like a headless fly.
After turning around a few times, Li Qinzai suddenly remembered something and yelled at the delivery room with all his strength: "People inside, listen, Baoda! I said it!"
Cui Jie's chuckle came from the delivery room, and then an old woman came out and looked down upon Li Qinzai.
"Fifth Young Master, Madam is waiting for her water to break. Please don't talk nonsense and disturb Madam's concentration. I cannot bear the blame."
Li Qinzai rarely showed a humble look. She had no choice but to hold the lives of her mother-in-law and children in her hands.
"You're busy, you're busy. By the way, there will be a big reward after giving birth to a baby, twenty guan each, that's what I said."
The old woman didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned around and hurried into the delivery room.
So Li Qinzai fell silent again, just pacing back and forth in the yard silently.
After a long time, Li Qinzai seemed to remember something again, slapped his thigh, and this time yelled towards the archway of the backyard.
"Manager Song, immediately send someone to Chang'an City to tell those acquaintances that I am a father again and ask them to prepare gifts!"
"Also, my grandfather, my parents, all know that even though they are biological children, the ceremony must not be discarded, it must be grand and expensive..."
Jin Xiang carefully tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Husband, please stop talking, otherwise you will be scolded again."
Li Qinzai finally shut up.
He also knew that if he kept shouting, those old women would not care about the young man. If they got angry, they might chop him with a knife.
Not daring to enter the delivery room, Li Qinzai looked outside the door for a while, and listened for a while while holding the window lattice, looking increasingly anxious.
This wait lasted for more than an hour.
It was not until the night fell that there was finally movement in the delivery room. An old woman said happily: "My water has broken, ma'am, my water has broken! Get ready to deliver the baby quickly!"