Better to live forever [Rebirth]

This year's Chunwei Children's Trial is scheduled for the ninth, tenth, and eleventh days of February.

Dajing's imperial examinations are divided into two examinations, spring and autumn. From February to May in Chunwei, children's examinations, rural examinations, and state examinations are all held in Chunwei, and the selection is layered.Qiuwei is the national examination. Students who have achieved the title of scholar in the state examination can participate freely. He was also able to come to Luojing on time for reference.

It is not easy to obtain the student qualifications for the children's examination, and there are only three ways to go.

One of the most extensive ones is the selection of academicians. All the colleges recorded in Dajing are eligible to recommend children. As long as the recommenders are under the age of 55, they have the status of students of the college and have been approved by the head of the college. Can refer to.

Guozixue is the top of these academies, and Jia Jiaming's childlike aptitude comes from this.

For the other two, one was recommended by more than three talented officials named Wailang, and the other was recommended by five-rank civil servants.

These two paths lead to the same goal, but unless you are over 25 years old or students who are no longer studying in college, most people will not choose these two paths.

For one thing, each scholar is only eligible to nominate one person, and the people who can get three joint nominations are all rich and noble children. As long as they are not too poor in character or mediocre in learning, they can all be eligible for academician nomination. There is no need to go this way.

Second, civil servants nominate a student by virtue of their official status of five or more grades, but most of the official students are arrogant and arrogant. It is already very embarrassing to lose the election in front of academicians. Most of them will choose to study for another three years instead of taking shortcuts by relying on the merits of their elders.If nephews and nephews are not recommended, then the outsiders who are promoted will be closely related to the officials who are recommended. In the future, if one of the two misbehaves and loses their reputation or official position, it will cause irreparable damage to each other's reputation, so cherish Feathered civil servants are also reluctant to take risks for outsiders.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, several people from Zhu Dingbei took leave of absence from the college and came to send Jia Jiaming to the examination room in person.

Luojing is the capital city of Dajing, and its status is no different from that of the state capital. Therefore, candidates in Luojing do not need to change the examination venue from the county, township, and state capital like the candidates in the remaining twenty states. From the children's examination to the state examination, they are all in Luojing The examination was held in a special sanitation hospital set up by Beijing.

On the carriage, Lou Anning tried to comfort Jia Jiaming not to be nervous and to relax, but his elder brother stopped him.

At this time, it is counterproductive to say these things.

On the contrary, it was Qin Xi who babbled along the way, repeatedly explaining food, clothing, pen and ink several times, so verbose that it made people laugh.

Lou Anning blinked her eyes, and jokingly said: "At first, I thought we eleven were the best choice for a daughter-in-law. I didn't expect that it was General Qin who cared about every detail."

Jia Jiaming's face was red, he glared at Lou Anning, and then glared at Qin Xi angrily.

Qin Xi was puzzled, but still worried and said: "It's still cold outside, you will live in the nursing home for the next three days, don't be careless, remember to drink the cold-dispelling ginger soup given by the examiner, don't dislike the taste Dump-"

"Master, here we are."

The boy driving outside saved everyone's ears, Jia Jiaming hurriedly said: "Let's send it here, you all go back to the academy quickly, don't delay the class time."

Seeing his blushing face, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help laughing and said: "Young Master Eleven, if you don't want to listen to Qin's daughter-in-law, just tell me. We don't want to make progress, so it's better to be here than to go back to the academy." Wait until you finish the exam."

Jia Jiaming hurriedly packed his clothes and got off the carriage. If he stayed any longer, his face would be burnt by these jokes.

Lou Ankang and Qin Xi went down to do some sorting, and when they got back into the carriage, they smiled and said, "You just like to make fun of Eleven because he's tender-skinned. Be careful that he's in a hurry with you."

Zhu Dingbei shrugged his shoulders, "It's only been two years. When I get the true biography of Grandpa Chen on the [-]th, it will be copper-skinned and iron-framed. It will be difficult to see him change his face at that time."

The two brothers of the Lou family thought of the smiling Mr. Chen Gel, and looked at the always smiling Young Master Zhu in front of them. They couldn't help but nodded. This one has got the true biography.

Qin Xi didn't listen carefully to what they said, and still asked uneasy: "11 is so young, will he be bullied?"

His ears were callused after hearing these words, and several people didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Zhu Dingbei looked at Ning Heng and asked, "Did something happen on the day of Xiannong's sacrifice? My grandfather was still angry when he came back and refused to tell me."

Qin Xi and the two brothers of the Lou family heard it and paid attention to it. Commander Qin and Lou Shangshu were also with him that day, and they didn't say anything happened when they came back, and their faces were happy. Why is Grandpa Zhu unhappy?

Dajing paid great attention to ceremonies and sacrifices, and the sacrificial offerings to farmers were related to the whole year. Emperor Zhenyuan of Anshun paid special attention to it, so the royal family and all the officials accompanied him to sacrifice. Zhenbeihou is also included in the list.

Ning Heng rubbed his forehead embarrassingly, and said: "Your grandfather and Li Tao from the household department had a little quarrel when planting rice seedlings. Li Shangshu...cough, slightly better."

Zhu Dingbei laughed when he heard it. It is conceivable that on such an important occasion, the old Hou Ye lost his verbal style but could not return the gift with his best fists and feet. speech.

He knocked on the small table, and said with a smile: "Let me guess, old man Li must have said that we are fattened pigs going to the battlefield, right?"

Ning Heng: "I'm a little far away, so I didn't hear clearly."

Zhu Dingbei snorted, "He hasn't changed a word for many years, so he can't be wrong. This old bastard, he has the ability to fight this new year's battle!"

Lou Ankang asked, "Does the Minister of the Household Department have a personal enmity with the Zhu family?"

Ordinarily, the dispute over national affairs such as military pay and food is also due to the different positions of the two parties, so it should not be so turbulent in private.But they couldn't help but sarcasm at the Xiannong Sacrifice, how much hatred there must be!

Zhu Dingbei nodded, "Although Li Tao's third son-in-law was born as a merchant, he joined the army after being crowned, and later died on the battlefield. His third daughter died after hearing the news. He was originally under my Zhu family's army, but The merits are mediocre, Li Tao wanted to add military merits to the deceased so that he would walk with honor and dignity, but my grandfather refused."

Qin Xi: "On the battlefield, life and death are fate. If his son-in-law is afraid of death, he should stay at home and embroider! He wants to get cheap and lie about his military achievements after he dies. Does he think he is the king of heaven?"

Since he was a child, he has been educated to be full of courage, and he looks down on such kindless and incompetent people the most.

Lou Ankang was surprised: "It's been so many years, and they are still fighting each other because of this old incident, so Li Shangshu is too petty, isn't he?"

Zhu Dingbei: "I don't know, but since then he has been tampering with our military pay a lot, coming and going again and again, small grudges have also become world feuds."

Ning Heng said, "It should be because of that son-in-law."

Seeing that Zhu Dingbei and the others looked surprised, Ning Heng continued: "Li Tao's son-in-law is different from ordinary people. He was raised by his side until he was 15 years old before returning to the family to recognize his ancestors. The two of them are as affectionate as parents and children. "

Lou Anning said in surprise, "It can't be old man Li's illegitimate son, can it?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Lou Ankang glared at him, "He married his daughter to someone else."

If it was an illegitimate child, wouldn't it be incest?

Zhu Dingbei was surprised.It is said that Li Tao only gave birth to three daughters in his life, so it is normal for him to be envious of other people's sons who take one of them back to become a foster son-in-law and inherit his mantle.But how did he let him go to the battlefield in the end?

Ning Heng saw his question and said, "I heard that he secretly transferred his military status by himself."

"……I see."

Zhu Dingbei understood that once he was named in the Ministry of War, if he did not join the army, he would be regarded as a deserter and sent to prison, and in severe cases, he would be killed. Even the prince was no exception.

Lou Anning pouted and said, "Then this old man Li is too unreasonable. His son-in-law couldn't control himself and ran to die, but he blamed Zhu Jiajun for the crime."

Zhu Dingbei wasn't angry, anyway, no matter what the reason was, they had already formed a bond with Li Tao, so they could only continue to fight wits and courage.

A few people missed half a day of class, and they had riding lessons in the afternoon, so they were happy.

In the class, there was also a general who approached them and asked if he wanted to participate in the riding and archery competition for entering the school on the next holiday, but they shirked him.Guozi Xuewuzi's riding and archery competition is still held once a month, and they all went to see enough later, but since Dong Ming and his senior brother left Beijing, there were not many outstanding figures in this arena, and they seldom went to cheer .

This is true for the riding and archery competition in the university, not to mention the competition for entering the university, which is even more lackluster in the eyes of the picky Zhu Dingbei.

Qin Xi ran around the racetrack a few times, and his blind worries about Jia Jiaming finally dissipated. When the person who had inquired came back disappointed, he leaned over to Zhu Dingbei and said, "This year, Su Donghai from the Battalion Chief's Mansion will be promoted. The school is gone, and he came to see me two days ago, asking me to compete in kung fu with him."

Zhu Dingbei: "Is that Su Donghai who was born with infinite strength?"

He was quite impressed by Su Donghai, he was one year younger than him, but his deeds of carrying the nine tripods were astonishing.In his previous life, before his death, he was already a fierce general of Qinzhou's frontier army, and he was promoted to the third rank Zhonglang General by virtue of his military achievements.It is heard that he is invincible with a huge axe, and more rumors are that he was born with strange powers, and he became famous by crushing a jade tablet during the Chou Chou Ceremony.

Like Dong Minghe in his previous life, he is a good general whom he has been friends with for a long time.

Seeing that he was very excited, Qin Xi smiled and said, "That's him. I heard that he is already using a bow that weighs three stones, and his arrows are always shot. I didn't promise him—"

Before he could finish speaking, Lou Anning, who was overheard, laughed loudly: "Qin Xi, you are such a coward, you don't even dare to fight."

"Go away." Qin Xi's face was ashamed, "That's his idea, he wanted me to bet with my father's black iron bow. "

He cursed, and then said to Zhu Dingbei who was watching the excitement: "He still dragged me to invite you to fight."

Before Zhu Dingbei could speak, Ning Heng said: "You have not stopped taking the medicine for longevity, so don't be tired." Zhu Dingbei was originally in high spirits, but after listening to his words, it was like a basin of cold water pouring down on his head, and he regained his sobriety.

He is now the grandson of Zhenbei Marquis who is "weak and sickly and difficult to live long", and he is really not suitable for the battle.If you lose, you will lose face to the Zhu family, if you win, you will be in more trouble.

Ning Heng saw his disappointment, so he said: "The Commander's Mansion and the Yingwei Mansion have a good relationship, why don't you ask Qin Xi to invite him out to play, and treat him as a friend."

Lou Ankang also said: "My brother and I only heard his name but didn't see him. We have long wanted to know this young master Su who is born with amazing power."

"That's it."

Lou Anning also became interested.

Qin Xi touched his nose and whispered:

"This is what you begged me for. Don't blame me if you get entangled by him."