In the next few days, Ye Xiaotian really concentrated on reading. What Ye Xiaotian learned in the past was very complicated, some of which were profound. After all, although the people who taught him knowledge in the dungeon had poor conduct, their knowledge was excellent.
Can become a Beijing official and is a senior official among the Beijing officials, which one is not a Jinshi? It's just that the knowledge taught by these people is only a few words, very fragmented, and may not be suitable for the imperial examination. Now that he can systematically read the classics of sages and the test papers of many sages, Ye Xiaotian really immerses himself in it, and it is quite fun.
If so, for more than ten days in a row, Ye Xiaotian has been concentrating on studying. These days, Hua Yunfei sneaked to Sanlizhuang a few times, and found out that Xue's mother, who was blinded by hatred, had sold the house and took her daughter to Shuixi.
Hua Yunfei was a little worried, and when he came back, he found a chance to tell Ye Xiaotian about it, and Ye Xiaotian just smiled lightly. Not to mention that he has a clear conscience, even if Xue's mother really handed over the case to the Judiciary, she has no basis to take him based on her one-sided words, not to mention that he has Li Xundao's strong backing.
What tricks can a lonely old woman do in this place of lawlessness and power? For her paranoia, Ye Xiaotian also had no choice but to let her go.
After a few more days, it was time for the hospital examination. When it comes to scholars, the image of a poor scholar will always appear in the minds of later generations, just like magistrates among officials. Because of opera, later generations regard seventh-rank officials as officials with big sesame and mung beans. They despise them, which seems insufficient. Mention.
In fact, Qipin Zhengyin is one of the parents. Even if you pass the Jinshi exam and can directly release a magistrate, it will take a very strong backstage to work for you. The same is true for this scholar, it belongs to the lowest level in terms of fame, but it is also extremely remarkable in terms of locality, and it can only be obtained by passing five tests and beheading six generals.
If a scholar wants to be a scholar, he must first test his childhood. Students who want to test for children only need to read the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and can write some superficial stereotyped essays according to Zhu Xi's "Four Books Collection". Even so, some scholars are still children at the age of knowing their fate.
The Tongsheng Examination is divided into three stages. The first stage is in the county. The chief examiner is the magistrate of the county. There are four or five exams, including stereotyped essays, post poems, scriptures, and rhymes. Under the operation of Li Xundao, a county under Tongren has already completed the processing. In other words, Ye Xiaotian is now a Tongsheng. His native place naturally also falls in that county.
Afterwards, there will be a government examination, and the local magistrate will be the main examiner. The magistrate of Tongren is Mr. Zhang Duo and Mr. Zhang. It is the college examination that will be held now, and only after passing this test can one be considered a scholar.
The college examination should be presided over by the academic administration of each province, but the Guizhou area is somewhat special. A few decades ago, Guizhou did not have its own Admiralty College. Students in Guizhou had to go to Yunnan, Sichuan, and Hunan provinces to take the exam, and for higher-level tribute exams, they had to go to Jinling, Yingtianfu.
However, the rules can always be changed. Many educated scholars in the south are confident that they can pass the gong examination smoothly, so they don’t want to toss about Nanjing first and then Beijing. Jinshi examination.
Later, Guizhou also set up the Admiralty College, but because it was established for a short time, many rules were not strict, including the college examination. Sometimes he traveled across mountains and rivers to Tongren to preside over the examination, so he delegated power to Zhang Duo, the local magistrate. This is also the reason why Li Xundao is confident that Ye Xiaotian will pass the exam.
The hospital examination is divided into two sessions, one is the main examination, and the other is the re-examination, and the admitted students are the students.
Early in the morning, just after dawn, Ye Xiaotian rushed to the examination room of the government school with his test basket. Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi accompanied him, and even Yaoyao got up early, so Fuwaer and the big man naturally went the same way. Follow, this lineup is very eye-catching.
As for that Mr. Winter, he often tinkered with all kinds of bottles and jars in the room until midnight. He was used to going to bed late and waking up late, so Ye Xiaotian didn't call him.
Although Ye Xiaotian had never taken the exam, he probably knew some of the grand occasions of the exam, but when he arrived outside the gate of the prefectural school that was used as the exam room, he saw the yamen guards lined up on both sides, majestic and numerous, but there were very few candidates. There were quite a few parents and elders who came here, and many of them were white-haired men hobbling on crutches. They were really looking forward to Sun Chenglong.
When entering the examination room, when he took off his hair bun and shoes for inspection, Ye Xiaocai discovered to his astonishment that the people who came to the examination were not those young people, but those old people. The old man limping on crutches is also a candidate.
Ye Xiaotian didn't have anything to entrain, and he didn't need to entrain, because he already knew the exam questions, and even the stereotyped essay was written by Li Xun for him to memorize. In terms of merit and fame, probably only Wei Haogu, who was mistaken by the examiner for a nine-thousand-year-old relative in the cross talk, and thus promoted to three ranks, can be compared.
The government school has been rearranged according to the rules of the examination room, but the examination numbers are scattered and there are not many people at all. It seems that the culture and education of Tongren Mansion is really weak.
Ye Xiaotian received the test paper number and entered the numbered room. When he raised his hand to study the ink, he suddenly felt emotional: "I, Ye Xiaotian, was originally a prison guard, but I didn't expect that one day, not only did I serve as a prison guard for nearly 100,000 people in the Eighty-one Village of Jiudong My lord, if I can walk into the examination room and take a pen to answer the paper again, my ancestral grave must be smoking..."
After a while, a petty official walked around the field holding an exam question card and read out the question aloud, which was exactly the same as the question that Director Li had secretly told Ye Xiaotian.
After all, Ye Xiaotian is just a beginner in writing stereotyped essays. He has already understood the rules of breaking the topic, accepting the topic, starting the lecture, starting, starting the essay, rearing the essay, and binding the essay after some surprise training. .
But now that the article has been memorized by heart, he just needs to write it silently, which is much easier, so Ye Xiaotian devotes all his energy to writing, and his handwriting is really beautiful, and he can write every word on a paper. Yes, not even a speck of ink.
After Ye Xiaotian finished writing the paper, he looked left and right, saw that all the old men were buried in answering the paper, and thought: "It's too conspicuous for me to hand in the paper at this time, why don't you sit a little longer."
Ye Xiaotian endured another hour, and then he picked up the paper and stood up to hand it in. The chief examiner was supposed to be Zhang Duo, the magistrate, but Zhang Duo would not come here to suffer, he had already entrusted Li Xun with full authority. Director Li Xun woke up early in the morning, a little sleepy, and was dozing off while sitting on a chair.
The clerk stepped forward to take Ye Xiaotian's paper and began to blur his name. Director Li woke up when he heard the noise, opened his eyes, saw that it was Ye Xiaotian, and beckoned: "Come here!"
Ye Xiaotian hurried to his side, and Director Li complained in a low voice: "Why has it been so long, but you haven't memorized it by heart?"
Ye Xiaotian also lowered his voice, and said: "Students are naturally memorized by memorization, it's just that the other students haven't handed in their papers, students think it's better not to be too conspicuous."
Director Li sighed and said: "You child, you are too careful. Those people have spent most of their lives in the exam, and they are just like that. How can they improve? I have no successors in Tongren Prefecture Shilin, otherwise you Why do you think this officer is looking for you? If you hit the spot, this officer will take you to see the magistrate, and you should go back and make some preparations."
The reason for visiting the local magistrate is because this magistrate Zhang has made great efforts in it. As for Zhang Zhifu's whimsical plan to let Ye Xiaotian continue his efforts and go to Shuixi Guiyang Mansion to participate in the tribute examination, Li Xundao didn't say anything, because he thought that Zhang Zhifu was here. joke.
When Ye Xiaotian heard it, he naturally understood what it means to "make some preparations". Ye Xiaotian understood: "Teacher, don't worry, the students will definitely satisfy the magistrate. Teacher, after the list is announced, the students should also visit the house."
Director Li stroked his beard and nodded with a smile: "A child can be taught, go, go."
"Yes! The students leave."
At this time, Ye Xiaotian couldn't say too much, so he bowed to Li Xun, and a small official led him out of the examination room.
Outside the examination room, Mao Wenzhi, Hua Yunfei and Yaoyao had been waiting for him. Fuwa squatted under a towering old tree and dozed off in a naive manner. Seeing Ye Xiaotian come out, Mao Wenzhi, Hua Yunfei and Yaoyao immediately rushed forward, Mao Wenzhi asked nervously: "Brother, how did you do in the exam? Are the questions difficult?"
Ye Xiaotian gave him an annoyed look, Mao Wenzhi had taken the poison and was loyal to him, so Ye Xiaotian didn't hide anything, Mao Wenzhi knew about the exam questions beforehand, so he actually asked With this kind of words, am I so stupid to be so unbearable
Seeing that he didn't answer, Mao Wenzhi gave himself an annoyed look, and couldn't help but joyfully said, "Ah! The elder brother is so disdainful, he must have played really well."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and shook his head, said: "You, suddenly reminded me of a brother I met in Huxian County. If you meet him, you must make up with him, because you two are a pair of treasures."
At this moment, a black shadow descended from the sky, but landed silently, and stopped firmly in front of Ye Xiaotian, grinning at him, but it was the giant ape playing alone in the tree, seeing Ye Xiaotian coming out, and jumping down from the tree.
Yaoyao took Ye Xiaotian's hand, and said happily: "Brother, Uncle Mao said that if my brother passed the examination of a scholar, he would be a person of status, and he would be a high official in the future, right?"
Ye Xiaotian said in his heart: "If you want to be an official, you must at least be a juror, and you seem to be a bit short of a scholar." But seeing Yaoyao's happy appearance, Ye Xiaotian couldn't bear to disappoint her, so he replied vaguely: "Well, yes! But, It’s just that you are qualified to be an official, whether you want to do it or not depends on whether you like it or not.”
"Um!"
Yaoyao nodded vigorously, and said with a smile on his face: "Of course, with my brother's great ability, if I were to be a small official like Bi Mawen for my brother, the big ones would laugh at you. If my brother doesn't want to be an official, he can be a Qitian." An official like a great sage."
Yaoyao is really happy, not only because Ye Xiaotian passed the examination of scholar, but also because of a heart disease. My brother is so lucky, he will soon be a scholar and become the Monkey King, which shows that he is not a broom star at all.
Ye Xiaotian laughed loudly, stretched out his arms to hug Yaoyao, and said: "Yes, what Yaoyao said is right, if we don't give it to the big officials, we won't do it, and we will come to him to make a big fuss. Haha, let's go, let's celebrate in advance , go to the restaurant!"