Taking the exam is one of Shen Yi's life goals that he has set long ago. He was a little worried about taking the exam because of Magistrate Feng, but now Magistrate Feng has been kicked out of the Jiangdu table by the gentlemen in the capital. If he goes on, then there will be no obstacles in Shen Yi's path to the exam.
It was also for this reason that Master Lu began to ask Shen Yi to prepare for the exam.
Lu Anshi stood up from his chair, turned around, rummaged on his bookshelf for a moment, then pulled out a booklet, handed it to Shen Yi's hand, and said: "It's June now, this year's Jiangdu The county exam is in September and the government exam is in November, so you have to hurry up and prepare."
"This is a collection of essays from the Jiangdu County Examination and Prefectural Examination in the past three years. You can take it back and have a look. You don't have to memorize it. It's just for reference."
Ganquan Academy is a "prestigious school" for academic examinations. It produces many talented people every year, and every three years it produces one or two or even six or seven Jinshi. Therefore, the academy will naturally prepare some "examination materials". In recent years, the county has The "excellent test papers" of the national examination are one of the indispensable examination materials.
This kind of thing may not be so rare in the era of printers in later generations, but in this era, most of it is a handwritten copy. Although it is unlikely that Master Lu personally copied it, it is unlikely that ordinary people can easily get it.
If this kind of thing were sold in Jiangdu city, it would probably fetch at least ten taels of silver.
Shen Qi quickly lowered his head and took it with both hands.
"Thank you sir."
Shen Yi is still somewhat confident about taking the exam, because he is not only him, but also another Shen Yi, and that Shen Yi's foundation is very good. According to Shen Yi's teacher Mr. Qin, Shen Yi and Chen Qing, It is not difficult to become a scholar.
What is really difficult is the subsequent examinations for candidates and even the Jinshi examination.
Jiangdu Prefecture is located in Gyeonggi Province, and only the county and government examinations will be taken in Jiangdu. When it comes time for the college examination, Shen Yi will leave Jiangdu and go to Jiankang, which is the current capital of Dachen, to take the exam.
Of course, if you have a foundation, you still have a foundation, and you still have to eat the old man's "small stove". Shen Yi thanked Mr. Lu repeatedly, and flattered the old man in Mr. Lu's study, and then he held on to this " Examination Materials" said goodbye and left.
Before Shen Yi left, Master Lu warned again: "The main thing is to look at last year's test papers. Last year's government examination was personally ordered by Master Chen. This year he is still presiding over the government examination in Jiangdu."
Having said this, the little old man paused and continued: "As for the county examination... When the new county magistrate arrives in a few days, the academy will find some of his collected works for reference for the students who will participate in the county examination this year. Then you can Come to my place and take a copy back."
Shen Yi once again bowed his head to Master Lu and thanked him, then said goodbye and left.
After getting the precious examination materials, Shen Yi no longer had any thoughts of going to Jiangdu City, but obediently returned to the school to study.
Mainly, I read the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as the annotations of the sages, and the "understanding" of the sages' books by the emperors of the Chen Dynasty. I read the first two because I have to take exams, and the last one because some examiners like to take pictures of the emperors' dragons. fart.
Have to guard against it.
In this way, Shen finally settled down in the academy for a few days, consolidated the knowledge of another Shen Yi, and became a good student in the academy for a few days.
On the third day, Mr. Qin gave Shen Yi a policy test question. While Shen Qilang was writing furiously in the school building, he received a message from Tian Boping.
After receiving Tian Laoba's letter, Shen Yi stood up from the desk and stretched out.
Then he glanced at the half-written strategy on the table and muttered in a low voice: "Mr. Qin didn't say it had to be handed in today..."
So, the young man dropped his writing brush, turned around, changed into a pair of clean clothes, and ran to the entrance of a large courtyard in the backyard of the academy.
After arriving at the entrance of the courtyard, Shen Qilang coughed and cleared his throat.
"Junior Sister Lu, Junior Sister Lu~"
Because of his shamelessness, Mr. Shen had a loud voice.
Soon, a pretty little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old hurriedly opened the courtyard door. Although the little girl was not old, she had a bad temper and glared at Shen Yi angrily.
"What are you shouting about? What are you shouting about?"
It is Miss Lu's maid Lian'er.
During this time, Shen Yi ran to Lu Anshi when he had nothing to do. He became familiar with Miss Lu and Lian'er, the master and servant. Seeing this little maid, Shen Yi smiled brightly: "Sister Lian'er, I'm looking for Junior Sister Lu."
"I know, I know, half of the academy knows!"
Lian'er looked at Shen Yi angrily.
"Don't you know how to knock on the door to find my lady? What are you shouting about? You are still a scholar. You are shameless to my lady..."
At this point, Lian'er's face turned red and she stopped talking.
Because by saying this, it seems as if Shen Yi is already having an affair with Miss Lu.
However, the cheeky Shen Yi didn't blush. He smiled at Xiao Lian'er and said: "Sister Lian'er, tell Junior Sister Lu that I found a new food in the city. It's very delicious. I want to take it with me." Junior sister Lu, let’s go try it and take a walk around the city.”
Lian'er had never seen such a charming person, let alone such a scholar. In addition to her young age, Lian'er's face suddenly turned red.
"You...what are you talking nonsense about? Master...master doesn't allow young lady to go out!"
"rest assured."
Shen Qilang smiled confidently, patted his chest and said, "The mountain leader knows it's me and won't stop him. I have a very good character."
After saying that, Shen Yi winked at Lian'er and said with a smile: "Sister Lian'er, go and tell Junior Sister Lu that I will wait for her at the gate of the academy after lunch and be back before dark."
After saying this, Shen Yi waved to Lian'er and then walked away gracefully.
Little Lian'er was left standing at the door of the yard, stunned.
After a while, Lian'er returned to Miss Lu's embroidery upstairs. When she saw Lian'er coming back, Miss Lu looked a little embarrassed.
"What did he say...what was so loud?"
Lian'er then repeated Shen Yi's words to Miss Lu, then spat and whispered: "Miss, this Shen Yi seemed quite honest before, but after being arrested in the county jail, he became slippery and shameless. It's a bit thicker, and looks a bit like those elderly gangsters in Jiangdu City..."
Lian'er hummed softly: "It's probably because I stayed in the prison for a few days and learned bad things from the prisoners in the prison!"
She looked at her young lady and whispered: "Miss, we don't need to pay attention to him. When the master comes back, we will sue him in front of him and let him deal with him!"
Miss Lu stood in front of the window, looked at the direction Shen Yi was leaving, then looked back at Lian'er, blinking her big eyes: "Lian'er, haven't we been to the city for a long time?"
"I want to try the new food he mentioned."
Lian'er's eyes widened and she looked at her young lady.
"Miss, that guy's words and deeds are out of character!"
"how come."
Miss Lu argued: "I have seen Senior Brother Shen, his words and deeds are gentle and elegant, how can he be so incompetent in his words and deeds? It's just..."
Miss Lu's face turned red.
"It's just that his voice was really loud just now..."
Lian'er was only thirteen years old this year, so naturally she didn't understand what Miss Lu, who was almost sixteen years old, was thinking about. She stared at her young lady for a long time, and then hummed softly.
"Okay, miss, just go with him..."
"I won't speak for you if I try to punish you later..."
