Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

On May [-]th of the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu, under the eager expectation of the military supervisors and scholars of Zhulu Prefecture, the Ministry of Rites finally issued an imperial edict accompanied by tribute, and Xu Zhulu and the state army issued a release.

And in Nanyang Academy, those who learned about this matter faster than the well-informed tabloids were naturally those masters with friends all over the world.

Hearing such joyful news, the first thing they thought of was naturally Lu Ci.

Since the tribute examinations were suspended last year, Lu Ci did not get the opportunity to refer to the Children's Section. Now that he has reached the age of fifteen, he will take part in the examination just like ordinary scholars.

At this moment, Lu Ci was taking Master Zhou's mathematics class, but he didn't want Master Li to kill him suddenly, and brought him out of class with a look of eagerness.

Master Li is used to going his own way, and he didn't care whether Master Zhou was in a bad mood or not, and when he brought Lu Ci back to the inner room where the masters organize their lesson plans, he immediately told him the great news.

Lu Ci was taken aback.

Since returning to Mizhou from Suzhou, he has never traveled far.

One is that Lu's mother's physical condition has not been very stable, and he can't travel far because he wants to take care of her nearby; the other is that he has to concentrate on preparing for the exam and concentrate on studying.

In addition to reciting poems and painting, and memorizing by rote, he also specially simulated the harsh environment of the examination room to train his ability in all aspects of the examination.

After all, the courtyard is locked for dozens of days, and the exam will take three consecutive days. If you don't adapt to this kind of environment in advance, you will suffer a big loss when you really enter it and perform abnormally.

Lu Ci wanted to open his mouth, and he was ready to give it a try even if he could only take the children's department once the examination was held.

I don't want to wait for two years.

Now that he suddenly got the news that he could apply for the exam, Lu Ci didn't know whether he was mostly relieved, fighting spirit, or nervous.

He took a light breath, bowed slightly, bowed his hands and saluted and said: "Thank you, my masters, for making the special trip to tell me. After class is over, the students will go back and prepare to go to the government office to ask for help."

Mrs. Li nodded: "I won't ask too much about the family certificate. Regarding the guarantee certificate, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Lu Ci nodded: "Master, please rest assured, I will form a bond with Brother Zhu, Yi Shu and Zhong Yuan."

It's not that Lu Ci deliberately wanted to leave Liu Qi behind.

In the past two years, although Liu Qi has been staying at his house for various reasons, he was more or less taught by Zhu Shuo's good example to cultivate his morals, and he no longer studied for three days and slept for two days. Su Liu.

But according to the law, as soon as Liu Qi got the news of this year's holding ceremony, he had to leave immediately and go back to his original place to get a solution.

Otherwise, it is a serious crime whether it is a non-native or a fake household.

Master Li frowned: "Isn't there still a lack of insurance?"

Although these students were all students whom he knew well, the head of the job usually had to be held by Juren who had passed the examination and had taken the provincial examination.Otherwise, at least it must be the older one who has participated in the solution test.

Of course, there is nothing worth fighting for to protect the head, and of course Master Li would not suggest that Lu Ci do it.But without such a mentor with experience in applying for the exam to lead the way, the impact will not be small.

What if my precious student suffers because these four are first-time candidates and inexperienced?

Before Lu Ci could say anything more, Master Li said decisively: "Don't worry about this, I will help you find a suitable guarantor within a few days."

He still has to personally hand it over to the younger generation he is familiar with in order to feel at ease.

Of course, Lu Ci would not refuse this timely kindness, but thanked him with a smile.

He really doesn't have a suitable candidate for the guarantor—if Liu Qi, who has gone to the palace examination and became a close friend with Lu Cizhu, is also from Mizhou, the five of them will go together as a guarantor, and Liu Qi will be the guarantor , that is of course perfect.

Unfortunately not.

Master Yang also valued himself as a proud student with excellent talent, knowledge and conduct. He was already a little unhappy to be taken first by Master Li. Take it back and have a look, think it over for yourself, and choose the most suitable one."

Before Lu Ci could reply, Master Li had already snorted coldly.

Master Yang dissatisfied: "What are you humming?"

Master Li didn't answer, but replied in a seemingly wrong manner: "Anyway, it's my student, and no one can take it away."

Master Yang curled his lips, and chuckled: "I don't know what he taught, he's as if he's not your student, but your petite guest."

Master Li's eyes widened, and he sneered back: "I asked myself, I never had such selfishness, but it's the fact that someone failed to find a son-in-law, and everyone in the academy knows it."

In the past two years, Lu Ci has become taller, with a handsome face, gentle and elegant temperament, and more mature and calm.

Even if he only wears an ordinary t-shirt made of fine linen, which is the same as other scholars, he is extraordinarily eye-catching.

However, this person is incomprehensible and obsessed with learning. He walks with Zhu Shuo and Liu Qi all day long, and occasionally goes to the streets. He only includes Yi Shu and Zhong Yuan who go in and out together. Let them only watch from a distance, but cannot get close.

From the day when Lu Ci turned [-], the ice men who were entrusted by the parents of the shy little girls who were secretly promised by their hearts almost broke through the threshold of the Lu family.

At any rate, Mother Lu is the one who runs two shops by herself. She has seen many people in battle, but she was still taken aback.

But thinking that it was Lu Ci's marriage, and he was working so hard for the job, Lu's mother subconsciously felt that he didn't seem to have the heart of admiration, so she only asked a symbolic question during the meal.

Lu Ci smiled, and replied without hesitation: "How can you get married if you haven't passed the exam yet?"

Although he was ready to really take root in the Northern Song Dynasty, he felt awkward at the thought of being with a woman he didn't know for the rest of his life.

There are not a few young men who say similar things these days.Most of the listeners just laughed it off, thinking it was a young man with high ambitions, they wouldn't think it was a perfunctory excuse.

Mother Lu nodded, and never let the Iceman in again.

It's just that Lu Ci only hangs around a few times outside, showing his face in front of others, and he can attract the hearts of good families. Even Liu Qi, who is very popular among singing girls because of his good at composing lyrics Zhu felt sincere admiration, and talked about Lu Ci sourly for a while.

Before Lu Ci had any reaction, Zhu Shuo took the first step to blow up his hair, and attacked back fiercely, telling Liu Qi to be honest and not go to Huajie for half a month.

Anyway, as soon as Lu Ci's reply was spread, Young Lady Yang, who was infatuated with Lu Ci, finally realized that it was impossible for her, and dejectedly married someone else under her father's arrangement.

Master Yang felt that he had been stabbed in the sore spot, and his face was flushed with embarrassment. He rolled up his sleeves on the spot, and was about to fight fiercely with Master Li, who was also at the age of knowing his destiny.

Even though Mrs. Li is much thinner than Mrs. Yang, he has the strength to draw water every day. The two are similar in age, and they are somewhat reserved. The posture of fighting looks scary, but it is actually true Can't hurt anything.

Lu Ci resolutely didn't want to be affected, so he silently put the public file that Master Yang had carefully organized into his sleeve, and said calmly, "Thank you, Master Zhou is still in class, please let the students leave first."

Among the three masters, Master Liu, who did not participate in the battle, was happily watching with his tea bowl in his hands. Hearing what Lu Ci said, he nodded at him: "Go back."

Lu Ci didn't lie, but really returned to Master Zhou's class.

Master Zhou's slight dissatisfaction with Master Li's call for people to go out was dissipated with his polite bow.

After Lu Ci took his seat again, Zhu Shuo, who had been listening to the class without distraction, couldn't help but focus on Lu Ci.

But he is used to respecting his teachers, even if he was curious about what happened just now, Master Li was so anxious that he couldn't wait for a moment, and he had to ask someone to go out halfway, he would not really ask about it in class.

He even took the initiative to push his book to Lu Ci's side - just now when Lu Ci walked away, he missed some content, and Zhu Shuoquan took notes.

Lu Ci accepted the kindness with a smile, and while copying quickly, he winked at Zhu Shuo and silently said thank you.

Zhu said that his ears burned slightly, coughed lightly, and continued to concentrate on listening.

Yi Shu has no such scruples.

If it were someone else, seeing a classmate suddenly called away by the teacher, the first reaction might not be to suspect that the other party had caused trouble, and the teacher found out, and wanted to call him to criticize him severely.

But when it happened to Lu Ci, obviously no one would think so.

Yi Shu always firmly believed that Brother Lu was the heart and soul of all the masters in the academy, and he was as innocent as a white wall. Even if they made a small mistake, they probably would not reprimand them, but would help to cover it up.

If Lu Ci wanted to know what Yi Shu was thinking, he might immediately object.

Are you kidding, could he be someone who is careless enough to make mistakes, and then let someone who cares about him help clean up the mess, and cover up?

——If he wants to do something bad, he will definitely not let anyone find out from the very beginning.

Yi Shu took advantage of Master's turning around, tilted his head nonchalantly, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Lu, Master just called you, why?"

Lu Ci quickly finished copying Zhu Shuo's notes, pushed the textbook back, and quickly caught up with the progress of the master's lecture. Yi Shu came over to whisper, but he didn't even look at him.

Just when Yi Shu felt a little lost, Lu Ci's right hand shook lightly as if inadvertently, and a small roll of paper slipped from the cuff of his snow-white shirt.

Yi Shu quickly caught it, tiptoedly opened it up, and saw that it was nothing but some articles and articles that Lu Ci had been praised by the masters for his good writing in the past, and had been pasted on the wall of the academy. Poetry, can not help but be at a loss.

Master made a special trip to ask Brother Lu to leave class, just for this?

Yi Shu was puzzled, but seeing that Lu Ci listened very seriously, he was too embarrassed to disturb him again, so he just rolled it back again.

The range of his movements was a little too big, so Zhu couldn't hold back his curiosity after all, and while facing forward solemnly, he glanced quickly out of the corner of his eye.

At this glance, his eyes lit up instantly——

"Gong Ju!"

The author has something to say: Notes:

1. The Jerk: Son-in-law

2. Guarantee certificate: three or more people are required to form a guarantee when applying for admission, and there must be applicants who have passed the examination and participated in the provincial examination.The content of the protection is probably for the commission and the body, not for the impostor; it is the original solution, not the response;

If someone in the first insurance is later found to have the above circumstances, in addition to being severely fined, several other people will also be implicated to a certain extent (such as being unable to take the exam for 3 years), so the identity of the applicant should be checked, even if it is They will monitor each other for their own safety.

3. Public volume: In the early Northern Song Dynasty, before participating in the interpretation test, scholars must also submit a copy of their own poems and essays as a public volume.The specific content is "Ancient Law Poems and Fu, a total of five volumes of literary theory", which was not abolished until 1041 (the first year of Renzong Qingli).

4. Shirt: white clothes worn by scholars in Song Dynasty

The above 4 points are all from "Song Dynasty Imperial Examination Society" and "General History of China's Imperial Examination System-Song Dynasty Volume [-]"