My Daming New Empire

Whether he can be admitted to Juren is a major matter related to the century-old plan of the Yu family. No one dares to be sloppy, and try their best to create a quiet environment for him.

But in fact, Yu Qian doesn't care about this. Over the years, he has read a series of books, studied crafts carefully, and his stereotyped essays have been highly praised.

Examination Juren, everything is under control.

On the seventh day of August, before it was dark, three tables of banquets were set up in Yu's family. More than 20 people from three generations, grandparents and grandchildren, drank to their heart's content.

Yu Yanzhao is very strict with Qian on weekdays, but this day he deliberately drank three glasses of wine with this son who had high hopes.

When the sky darkened, the brothers sent the drunk Yu Qian back to the room, and the whole house fell silent in an instant.

Just after midnight, Yu Qian woke up. At this time, the book boy who hadn't slept all night immediately came in to help him wash up. "Master, neither the old master nor the old man rested, just waiting for the young master to worship the ancestors."

Yu Qian was only slightly drunk last night, and after a good night's sleep, he immediately felt rejuvenated.

The scholar's robe worn today is Daming's standard robe. Unlike ordinary robes, this robe is not only single-layered, it is not even allowed to have buttons.

This is convenient for the examination room to strictly check entrainment. If you wear clothes with interlayers, it will take a lot of time just to check.

In the ancestral hall of the west courtyard, under the dim candlelight, the ancestral hall full of wooden plaques looks particularly gloomy to outsiders.But in the eyes of the family, this is the safest place for the family because of the protection of the ancestors.

Yu Qian followed behind his father and grandfather, respectfully kowtowed to his ancestors, and asked his ancestors to bless everything goes well this autumn.

After a set of ceremonies, Yu Wenming looked at the young and tall grandson in front of him and sighed: "Since your great-grandfather, neither your father nor I have ever been successful in scientific research. My Yu family was the chief manager of Hangzhou Road when your great-grandfather was there. Since then, the situation has gone from bad to worse, and one generation is not as good as the next generation. Now you have placed my and your father's expectations on you, I only hope that you can work hard and go all the way to Fengtian Temple."

Fengtian Temple is the last hurdle of the imperial examination, and the emperor personally passed the examination. If he can get to that point, it can be said to be the highest honor for a student.

Yu Qian knelt down facing his grandfather, kowtowed three times, and then raised his head and said: "Grandson dare not be proud, he should do his best to win glory for grandfather and family."

Yu Wenming didn't dare to put too much pressure on him, he helped him up with both hands, and said with a smile: "Good boy, go, grandpa is waiting for you to return home smoothly."

In the ugly days of the past, the city of Hangzhou was still under curfew.But today, the flames were bright everywhere, and half of the government servants in Hangzhou City did not rest, escorting the scholars for the scientific research.

Not only in Hangzhou City, but also in the capital city and other prefectural cities.

As the first test of the three major exams, the township test is the first hurdle for all ordinary people to cross the civilian class.

Only after being admitted to Juren can one truly break away from the ranks of the common people, become qualified to be an official, and even become a tax-exempt class.

Those yamen servants are superior to ordinary people, viscounts, but they bow down to these students.

No one knows how many elders will appear here, how many people can become officials and change their own destiny.

Yu Qian sat in his own carriage and watched the scenery outside quietly. Although he was a little excited, he was more calm.

Over the years, he has done everything he can. As for whether he can be admitted to Juren, it is more up to fate.

Qiantang is in the south of Hangzhou City, at the southeast corner of West Lake, and the examination room is outside the Tongyue Gate of Hangzhou City, not far from his home.

The carriage traveled for a while, but couldn't get through because of the traffic jam.The servants on duty lit torches, stopped the carriage, and sorted out the traffic.

Some students from other places were still not happy, and wanted to show some prestige. While explaining that the road ahead was blocked, while laughing with them, they resolutely asked everyone to walk to the examination room.

Yu Qian has seen many scientific expeditions and knows that traffic jams on this day have been commonplace over the years.So I had already prepared to take the test box from the book boy. "You don't want to go in with me, this road is crowded, and your small body can't stand it."

The book boy didn't follow, hugged the test box tightly and said: "Master, I want to watch you enter the test room with my own eyes, otherwise, the master will beat me to death when I go back."

"Then I'll carry it. There's dry food in it, and it's a bit heavy."

"The little one has grown up, and the back moves, how can the young master carry it..."

Yu Qian smiled and flicked on his forehead. "Yes, Xiao Zhuzi has grown up and reached the age of marriage. You carry the quilt, and I will carry the test box myself."

Little Zhuzi was not shy, picked up the quilt, got out of the carriage first and said with a smile: "You know, the master has sent someone to Yongfeng County to spread the word, and when the young master finishes his exams, he will be married."

Yu Qian smiled, and there was a hint of sweetness in his heart.

Although his father, Yu Yanzhao, had never won the imperial examination, his friend Dong Yong had won the Jinshi.

At that time, Yu Wenming was still in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and Yu's family was a big family in Qiantang. Although Dong Yong was selected as a good scholar, he still had an inseparable relationship with Yu Yanzhao.

The two families arranged a marriage for Yu Qian and Dong Yong's eldest daughter in the early years. Now Dong Yong is serving as the county magistrate in Yongfeng, Jiangxi, and the whole family has moved to Jiangxi.

This year, when the other party turned sixteen, he took the initiative to propose marriage.

Yu Qian postponed the marriage for the sake of Qiuwei, but he couldn't postpone it for too long. Waiting until the woman was seventeen to get married would inevitably cause criticism.

The Yu family is already ready, which means that after Qian Qiuwei's exams, no matter whether he can win the exam or not, the marriage will be held first.

If you can't pass the exam, you can have children at home first, and wait three years before taking the exam.

If you pass the exam, you will go to Chunwei in the capital after you get married, and you will not be afraid of being matched by officials in the capital, rich businessmen.

In some respects, Daming still inherited some customs from the former Song Dynasty.Unmarried Scholars are the most favored marriage partners of capital officials, nobles, and wealthy businessmen.

There are certainly some good things in this, but most of them are not so satisfactory.Because using this method to attract a man, how many outstanding women can there be?

But this era will not give you a chance to choose. As long as you are fooled and enter the other party's house, then you will never go back on your word.

If you get a bad name, the other party will be powerful, and you don't want to be an official.

Hangzhou Fuxue was formerly known as Lin'an Fuxue.Built in the first year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty, it was rebuilt on the basis of the old foundation of Hui'an Temple in the West of Lingjiaqiao. There are Shizhai.

In the fourth year of Shaoding, Yu Tianxi, governor of the government, added school fields.In the eighth year of Chunyou, the school was rebuilt and added.

Since then, the Yuan and Ming dynasties have repeatedly destroyed and repaired.The most recent damage was in the 17th year of Yongle, when a fire burned Fuxue to only the Jimen.

The current government school was renovated just last year, and the examination room has also been renovated. Speaking of which, Yu Qian and the others are still the first batch of candidates after the renovation.

Qiuwei is also called the rural examination.It was not until Hongwu 13 years that the examination standard was formally determined.The township examination is held every three years, and it is held every year of Zi, Mao, Wu, and You. It is also called Xiangwei, but because it is held in autumn, ordinary people generally call it Qiuwei.

The examination will be held in the places where the South and North Zhili and the Chief Envoys are located.

At the level of the provincial examination, the academic administration of each province cannot preside over the rural examination. The imperial court selects Hanlin and cabinet bachelors to serve as chief and deputy examiners in each province to preside over the rural examination.

The examination mainly examines the "Four Books", "Five Classics", policy questions, stereotyped essays, etc. The subjects tested are different in each dynasty.

On the sixth day of the first day, when the examiners entered the palace, they first held a horse-riding banquet under the curtain, and all the officials inside and outside the curtain had to attend the banquet.

After the banquet, the inner curtain officials entered the inner curtain of the back hall, and the supervisors closed the door.

The exam is divided into three sessions, and each session takes three days. All three sessions need to enter the exam room one day in advance, that is, enter the exam hall on the eighth, eleventh, and fourteenth days of the first day, and leave the exam hall one day after the exam.

Although the exam was for nine consecutive days, there would be half a day in between for the yamen servants to enter to supplement food, drink water, and throw out the examinee's defecation.

Because of the examiners, candidates are not allowed to come in and out at will.When I first entered the examination room, the smell of the examination room could still be smelled, but in the later stage of the examination, the smell here can kill people.

If you are not in good health, this exam can kill half your life.