Before and after the government examination, Zhu Ping'an's life was no different. He got up early to practice calligraphy and read in the morning, reviewed and studied eight-legged essays during the day, read at night by the light of the lamp, and watched other students' romantic poetry, wine, and tea after the examination...
The vixen in the room was the same as before, smiling and laughing all day long.
When the sun rose for the third time, Zhu Pingan returned from morning reading and was once again surrounded by his uncle and enthusiastic fellow villagers to watch the results of the government examination. This time it was the general results of the government examination. The last examination was combined with the results of the previous two examinations.
The "long case" is called a "long case" where all the admitted candidates are arranged horizontally according to their rankings and filed by name. The first place is called the head of the case in the prefecture. A total of thirty people including the head of the case are recorded in the A list.
The top ten people have a common honorary title - "Top Ten in the Prefectural Examination". A total of 70 people were recorded in the second list, which means that the number of people who finally passed the Prefectural Examination was 100. More than 900 people came to participate in the Prefectural Examination.
In the end, 100 people passed, and the pass rate was almost 10%.
Regardless of the A list or the B list, anyone on the list can be awarded the title of "Tongsheng". In the future, the imperial examination will no longer need to take the county examination and the government examination, but only the college examination.
There was a crowded crowd, students gathered in twos and threes, some were nervous, confident, or chatting about their experiences in the government examination. After everyone waited for a while with mixed emotions, they heard bursts of firecrackers.
Two rows of red-clothed government officials came beating gongs and drums. The noisy gongs and drums attracted a large number of onlookers, and it was very lively.
I don't know if it was an illusion or something else, but Zhu Ping'an noticed a fleeting figure among the crowd. It seemed familiar, but when he looked again, he couldn't find it anymore.
"Xie'er, look, the results are about to be released." Uncle Zhu Shouren seemed even more excited than Zhu Pingan. He grabbed Zhu Pingan's shoulders and shook them, attracting Zhu Pingan's attention.
The other two fellow villagers and the uncle's fat friend also stood on tiptoes, their eyes following the official carrying the list.
This time for the exam, I was the only one in Kaoshan Town.
Zhu Ping'an stood in the crowd, quietly watching the excited flow of people. His inexplicable calmness at this moment was in sharp contrast to the excitement of his uncle and others.
There was no suspense this time. After the official in charge of publishing the list said congratulations and words of encouragement, he began to publish the list with the help of the yamen servants. A long list full of names was posted on the wall, regardless of whether the head of the case or the first person.
Ranking B and B are all on this list.
The head of the case is at the first place, and the first thirty digits are the A list, which are marked with a red pen and separated from the back. This is the A list; the last seventy are naturally the B list.
The students and scholars who were looking at the results were more excited than usual. The students on the list were almost ecstatic. This was Tong Sheng, and the long march of thousands of miles of imperial examinations had finally taken the first step. Of course, the candidates who failed the list were
They were even more disappointed, and many people cried bitterly. They had been on the list for several times in the past, but this time they were not on the list. However, the situation was completely different. Failure meant that they would have to take the county and government examinations all over again in the future.
There were seven or eight quizzes in total, and there were many uncertainties. Looking at the joy of the people around me, I couldn't help but feel extremely sad.
Ever since the list was posted, the exclamations from the uncle and others have been endless, just like a drake being choked, which sounds like a kind of damage to the ears.
The uncle and others looked at the list, then looked at Zhu Ping'an, as if they didn't recognize him.
Zhu Ping'an was also a little surprised, but after a moment, a silly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The ancients said: God rewards hard work, and I will not deceive you if you are honest.
Crowded, laughing, painful... all kinds of crowds in the world are the final list of this government examination.
First place: Zhu Pingan; second place: Wang Jin; third place: Zheng Wei; fourth place: Xia Luoming... tenth place: Feng Shanshui...
This time's case report is a genuine government case report. The uncle and others are justifiable to be surprised. The quality of the government case report is much higher than that of the county test case. These are students and scholars from the six counties of Anqing Prefecture.
Although these students are not even scholars yet, it is something they dare not even think about. It took more than ten years for their uncle Zhu Shouren and several other villagers to pass the government examination by luck, but Zhu Ping'an failed.
When I was thirteen years old, I took part in the boy's examination for the first time, and it was almost impossible to get a prefectural exam title and go back. What's more, what made them envious and jealous the most was that, generally speaking, the prefecture title exam passed the college exam.
It is almost certain that he will be a scholar. This is almost a tacit rule among everyone. It has been the same for all the years. As long as Zhu Pingan does not do anything extraordinary, his status as a scholar is complete.
Zhu Ping'an was also a little surprised by this provincial examination. He was much happier than the first place in the previous examination. First of all, it can be said that this examination was achieved by his own real skills, and there was no need to plagiarize what he had in his mind.
The Qing Dynasty's number one scholar examination; secondly, although the government examination is just a qualifying examination for the basic examination in the imperial examination, it is still difficult. Although other students and scholars have despised themselves several times, it is undeniable that their attainments in the Eight Parts, Four Books and Five Classics are still very high.
High.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an was not carried away by joy. He was somewhat lucky to get the top spot in the case this time. For example, the fifteen-pass question in the judgment, for example, he met an old fisherman by chance, and he was lucky enough to get a calligraphy
A qualitative leap... maybe the marking officer just appreciates my writing style, etc. In addition, this is just a government examination, a competition among students from one government, and there is also a college examination. Even if you pass the college examination, it will not be enough.
It is just a qualifying test for the imperial examination. In the future, there will be provincial examinations, general examinations, etc.
This is just the first step in a long journey of thousands of miles.
Zhu Ping'an was the leader of the government case. What was most surprising was not only his uncle and others, but also the county leaders such as Tongcheng Xia Luoming and Susong Feng Shanshui.
The only one who was not surprised was that the King of Taihu entered. After reading the list, his expression remained the same, as if first, second, and third place had nothing to do with him.
But this is not the case for Tongcheng Xia Luoming, Su Song, Feng Shanshui and others. They have been striving to compete for the first place. They are like a group of lions. Everyone is evenly matched and refuses to accept the other. They secretly compete with each other and want to be the first place. As a result,
In the blink of an eye, a greedy fat pig has reached the end of its snarl.
It felt like a punch to cotton.
"Ahem, brother Zhu Xian, congratulations." Su Song and Feng Shanshui could barely maintain their demeanor.
Tongcheng Xia Luoming and others were filled with indignation, so they just bowed their hands and left.
"Xie'er, are you the head of the case?" Uncle Zhu Shouren still couldn't believe it, and stretched out his hand to pinch Zhu Ping'an.
Nima
pain
Zhu Ping'an grimaced at his uncle's sudden pinch.
Seeing Zhu Ping'an's grinning face, the uncle believed that he was not dreaming. His thirteen-year-old nephew not only passed the boy's exam for the first time, but also got the first place.
So, I was hit hard.
"The future life is terrible..."
The other two villagers also sighed and helped the uncle to leave. The route was the same restaurant as in the past, and it seemed that they would not return all night.
Since there is no one to celebrate, I can only celebrate it by myself. Well, maybe I can only celebrate it by myself.
On the way back to the inn, Zhu Pingan bought some wine and meat to eat and took it back to the inn.
Pushing away from the inn, he still had the food and wine in his hand. Looking around, he saw that the room was clean, his bedding had been folded, and only the faint fragrance of the enchantress was left in the room.
"Well, it's me after all."
Zhu Pingan didn't seem surprised at all by the demon girl's departure, and calmly put the food on the table. In fact, Zhu Pingan had known about the demon girl's departure for a long time, but he didn't know what day she left.
It was only early spring, but there was a cuckoo chirping at night. This is a bird that only exists in late spring and early summer. I didn’t know that I came from a mountain village.
Better to go back
Better to go back
It was just a code for the accomplices to call the witch to return to the team. Otherwise, why would the witch be tossing and turning... In fact, this was the reason why I hesitated several times when buying food. I didn't know when the witch would leave, and I was worried that I would not be able to eat if I brought too much.
When Zhu Pingan put the food on the table, he found a piece of letterhead and a fifty-tael silver note buried under the wine jar at the corner of the table.
This vixen is quite interesting, Zhu Ping'an raised the corner of his mouth.