Jiang Zhixian looked at Wang Xian's paper. The article was quite fluent and the writing was neat. There were some minor flaws, but they were innocuous.
It was like a scene. Wang Xian bowed to him and then stepped down. There was no communication between the two of them the whole time.
When ten people came out of the examination room, they saw Sister Lin and Yu She waiting there, as well as Shuai Hui and Er Hei. However, Wang Xian had no time to pay attention to them and rushed to the restaurant opposite, borrowing someone else's hut to have the longest night of his life.
Soaking urine. After coming out, he asked for water from the shopkeeper. After drinking several cups, his thirst was still not quenched. Yu Jian picked up the teapot and drank it all in one gulp. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It feels good..."
"Sir, I don't understand. Don't you allow drinking water and peeing inside?" Shuai Hui followed him and said with a smile.
"It's okay to pee, but if you can't get up, just take an earthen pot and put it under the table. The next best thing is to pee your pants." Wang Xian gestured to him: "As an official of the imperial court, how can I do it in public?"
bird?"
"Oh, I understand." Shuai Hui said, "I'll go back and ask someone to prepare cotton cloth."
"For what?"
"Make pants for adults."
"roll"
Wang Xian and Sister Lin went home together. Master Dong had already prepared a table of good food. He was so hungry that he didn't even wait for Wang Jin. He filled his stomach first and ate all the rice.
Five bowls
This made my mother feel very distressed: "I didn't expect that taking the exam to be a scholar is such a strenuous job. How much effort does it take to be so hungry?"
"Auntie, you misunderstood." Shuai Hui said with a smile: "He is not tired, he was afraid of eating before..." Wang Xian gave him a hard look and did not dare to say anything further.
It was still the same in the next few days. He entered the examination room before dawn every morning and came out after noon. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the examination room, Wang Xian couldn't take care of his emotions. He just wanted to end this torture as soon as possible. It took five exams.
Even though he was young and strong, he felt that he could not hold on anymore. He fell asleep for a day and two nights when he got home. When he woke up, he realized that the results had been released.
The county test results are not allowed to be written flat, but are written in circles. This is called a round list. There are fifty people in each round. If there are less than fifty people at the end, the distance will be slightly looser. There will be three or four rounds in the first round, and there will be no ones deleted at the end.
Two rounds have passed, and these sixty people are the children who have passed the county examination and can take part in the prefectural examination in Hangzhou next month. Of course, if the family has energy, even if they are not on the list, they can still ask the prefect to be merciful and continue to go to the prefectural examination.
Wang Xian is naturally on the list, and Wang Jin and the other three are also on the list. Alas, there is a shady story...
As a rule, after the results of the county examination were released, the children who were selected had to thank the county magistrate. Of course, Wang Xian ignored it. He rested at home for a few days and then returned to Hangzhou to prepare for the next prefecture examination.
Going back with him, in addition to his family members, there were three Wang Jin people. The three of them brought books, clothes and bags, as if they were going to live in Hangzhou...of course they were staying at Wang Xian's house.
This was the first time for the three cheap sons to leave home. They were all as excited as if they had taken aphrodisiacs. Wang Xian was so embarrassed that he carried them to the bow of the boat and taught them a lesson with a serious face: "Scholars must be peaceful and far-reaching. Only then can you
After passing the county examination, you are so excited and impetuous, do you really think that you will definitely become a scholar?"
"We can't pass the exam on our own," the three of them said with a smile, "but don't you have a father?"
"I can't speak in the prefect's yamen, and your grandpa doesn't have the ability to ask the prefect to give him some mercy." Wang Xian said with a straight face: "The next step is all up to you. If you can't pass it, you can just pack up and go home.
, I have no ability to make Mr. Tixue make an exception."
The three people said calmly: "Is this true?"
"Then there is still a lie?" Wang Xian sighed: "I have to look at my luck, not to mention you?"
"Ah..." The three of them beat their chests and said, "What should we do? We have already boasted to our family about Haikou. If we can't win, how can we have the nerve to go back?"
"Don't think about it, I don't care for idlers." Wang Xian stopped their thoughts with one sentence. Seeing that the eggplants of the three of them were wilted like frost, he had to cheer them up again: "If your grandfather and I don't become officials, how can you still
No more scholar exams? They are all Han Chuang who have studied hard for more than ten years. They show their true skills and get the title of the subject in an upright and upright manner."
"Alas..." The three of them nodded and said with serious lack of confidence: "That's all it can do." Wang Gui's cheap son Wang Jie sighed: "If I had known this, we would have worked harder. Uncle is taking over everything and cheating people."
Not shallow..."
"Go away" Wang Xian kicked him down into the river.
Back in Hangzhou, Wang Xian left the three boys to Yu Qian and asked the exam king to give them pre-exam tutoring, while he closed the door and continued to endorse... Wang Xian's foundation was too weak, and he was not good enough in theory.
, worse than Wang Jin, so those pre-examination tutoring sessions to sharpen his skills before the battle were of little use to him, but made him confused. It would be better to recite hundreds of sample essays honestly and see if he can get by then.
Don't think that he is the only one who is weird. There are many people like him, especially poor scholars. They have no money to hire famous teachers and are not qualified to participate in upper-class literary societies. They can only hold on to the old books of Tuyuan, suppress the statements, and work hard every year.
It happened that there were many people who guessed the correct question, and it was not illegal to attack at this time. As long as people guessed correctly, they must win... After all, those Cheng Wen were all famous people, and their works were written by Jinshi. Who can say bad things?
This kind of person also has a special nickname, called Peng Xiucai.
What's more, Wang Xian has Teacher Wei's unique secret book, which is said to be "five hundred articles to test a scholar. Now Wang Xian can barely memorize more than 400 articles, so he plans to grit his teeth and collect 500 articles to see if there will be any miracles by then.
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Even if there is no miracle, Xu Tixue should still be open-minded and let him take the college examination. Of course, this is not enough for outsiders.
Here Wang Xian was reciting eight-legged essays in the dark, while over there the imperial court appointments were made. Shuai Hui and Er Hei were both promoted to Hangzhou Prefectural Inspectorate because of their meritorious service, and were transferred to the Zhejiang Inspection Department... because the imperial court had strict regulations on the number of officials in the yamen.
, the control becomes stricter as you go higher up, but the affairs of the judicial department in a province are huge, and the statutory manpower is simply not enough. Therefore, it is very common that the official positions are in lower-level yamen, but people work in the bureau, such as the man who died heroically in the line of duty.
Ma Dianshi...
It is worth mentioning that Wang Xian's official position was also the inspector of the Hangzhou Prefecture, and he was transferred to the Zhejiang Procuratorate.
He immediately became an official. Thinking of the official position that he had worked so hard to get, Imperial Envoy Hu actually promoted two ordinary people to officials with just a touch of his upper lip and lower lip. In this world, where can you explain?
However, at the beginning, Hu Xian wanted to promote him three levels in a row and give him an official position starting from the eighth rank. As a reward, he did not want it himself. He wanted to get a reputation first. Wang Xian had his own plan. In the peaceful years, scholars
His status is getting higher and higher, and from now on, the world will be dominated by scholars. Being able to join the ranks of scholars is better than anything else... But once you have a rank, you can no longer participate in the imperial examinations, and you will never be a scholar for the rest of your life.
After much deliberation, if you sharpen your sword and cut firewood, even if you have a reputation as a scholar, you can still be regarded as a scholar, and you will be less likely to face difficulties in future promotions. For this reason, it is worth missing the opportunity to advance to the third level in a row.
When he expressed this idea to Hu Wei, he was greatly praised by Emperor Hu. He said that the young man is really good. He does not aim too high. He is down-to-earth and actively moves closer to the team of scholars. Such good seedlings must be carefully cultivated. Envoy Hu even moved to help the king.
Xian Xian had the idea of raising people. Of course, he is not even a scholar now, so it is too early to say anything.
So Hu Xian ignored Wang Xian and allowed him to continue to be a low-income person...
However, God is not Wang Xian's father, and things in the world cannot be as he wished. In February, something disturbing happened - in addition to Zhu Jiu's group who were still chasing Jianwen in Jinhua Mansion, the imperial court sent another team
Jinyiwei comes to Hangzhou
As soon as this team of Jinyiwei arrived in Hangzhou, they summoned the three magistrates and read to them the decree of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi to establish a Qianhu Office in Zhejiang.
Although no one wanted to see such an extra Supreme Yamen in the city of Hangzhou, the imperial edict was unquestionable and had to be obeyed. So the Chief Secretary assigned Lu Garden, which originally belonged to the Yamen of the feudal lord, to the official office of Qianhu.
Dusi Yamen sent another four hundred soldiers to guard and obey his orders.
After the Jinyiwei Qianhu Station was listed, they began to advertise for recruits and catchers. When they heard that Jinyiwei was recruiting people, ruffians and gangsters from both inside and outside Hangzhou came to apply for the job. Xu Qianhu, the Jinyiwei over there, was not afraid of meat and fish, as long as he had enough
He was ruthless and cunning enough to collect them all. In just over ten days, a team of four to five hundred people was gathered...
This made the officials of Hangzhou City very worried. The Jinyiwei Thousand Households' recruitment of troops with such great fanfare must be more than a big one. I am afraid that the big families in Hangzhou Prefecture will suffer a disaster...
However, Wang Xian couldn't take care of that much, because it was March 15th in the blink of an eye, and the day of the government examination had arrived. The process of the government examination was similar to that of the county examination. More than 600 candidates from nine counties were in the examination room set up in the government school.
There was an exam the next day, and after eight days, by the fifth exam, Wang Xian and his three cheap sons were miraculously alive. Then the fifth exam was basically just a formality, and he passed the government exam smoothly.
This time Wang Jin and the others were very proud. It turned out that we were quite capable. We had studied hard for more than ten years and said hello. Then we happily returned to our hometown to report the good news and enjoy the compliments of our tribesmen.
Looking at their leaving figures, Father Wang spat: "Do you know how much money I spent?" It turned out that in order to let the three of them pass, Wang Shouye had been asking around for the past few months, and finally learned from someone who knew. The prefect
Although your Excellency is as clean as water, his master can handle this matter. Two hundred taels of silver per quota, but don't even think about the head of the case.
For the hope of his people and the great trust of his third uncle, Wang Xingye gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. For this money, I managed to find Master Huang, the prefect, and gave him six hundred taels of silver and a list of three people. At that time,
Master Huang did not comment, but did not return the money. Wang Xingye knew that it was done. When the list was released, it turned out that all three of them were on the list.