The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

After the county test, Li Wen found that his life had changed a little. First, the gentlemen in the academy valued him more, and they paid more attention to his studies than before.The classmates looked at him with something more in their eyes than before, but he didn't have the idea to delve into it.

Among his classmates, he was always closer to Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing. The four of them were promoted from Class A together. They were all in the same class, and they were inseparable classmates.

As for other people, they can say hello if they can. Li Wen, who doesn't like him, doesn't need to think too much about it.

Just winning No. 1 in a small county test is not something he should be proud of.The world is so big,

There is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. They are just a small place. They got No.1 in the county test in such a small place. Li Wen himself did not take this No.1 too seriously.

Hearing that he was going to take the government exam, Su Yuan, who hadn't planned to quit, also decided to take part.

Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing had already been preparing for the government examination. Now that they were added, it became four people who were preparing to take the April government examination together.

There is only more than one month left before the government exam in April, so they have to hurry up and study during this period.Now it is the exam sprint stage, so Li Wen has devoted his time and mind to reading during this period, and he has really achieved "keep his ears off the window, and only read sage books". I don't have time to go.

Zhao Si knew that the young apprentice had just finished the county examination and was preparing for the government examination. Based on his understanding of the young apprentice, he knew that the young apprentice would only go to the exam if he was sure of himself, so he would not stop the young apprentice.

After the county examination is over, the county office will make a roster and send it to the Confucianism Department of the county, and then submit it to the prefecture or the Zhili prefecture and department. Candidates who have passed the county examination are eligible to participate in the government examination.The government examination is presided over by the prefects of each prefecture.

The registration procedure for the government examination is similar to that of the county examination, except that during the government examination, in addition to the original guarantor, an additional Mi student will be assigned as a guarantor, which is called "pai bao".The gentleman who came to their academy can guarantee them, so it is not difficult to do.

With the experience of the previous exam, this time Li Wen quickly settled the registration.

Time flies, and soon it will be April.

The government examination will start on April [-]th.

The weather in April is just right, neither cold nor hot, so you don't have to worry about the heat or the cold in the exam.

The government exam is in Fucheng, so they have to go to Qu'an, Fucheng to take the exam before the exam.

It just so happened that the four of them went to the exam together this time, so the four of them made an appointment to go to Qu'an Mansion together.From Qingping to Qu'an Mansion, it would take four or five days at the fastest by carriage, so they would set off in early April at the latest.

Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing and Su Yuan's family conditions are relatively good, they have horses and chariots ready at any time, and the family has prepared horses and servants for them early on to take them to Qu'an Mansion.

Lu Zhishu knew the situation of Li Wen's family, and heard that Li Wen was going to hire a carriage and driver, so he said to him, "Li Wen, why don't you go with my family's carriage, you don't have to go outside to hire a carriage and find a driver."

"Will this, I'm going to bother you too much?" Li Wen looked at him with Shang Lu Zhishu's eyes, and knew that he would be angry if he refused this person, so he quickly turned around, laughed, Said, "That's good, I'll go there with your carriage, so I can save a carriage fee.Zhishu, then I will go with your car.

Li Wen stopped being polite to Lu Zhishu. If he wanted to be polite to Lu Zhishu, this person would really be angry with him.

We have been classmates for three years, and we are still close friends. Li Wen knows Lu Zhishu's temper, and he won't tell you when he is angry with you.He just said what he had, and he was most afraid that others would sulk with him and stop talking to him, and it happened that Lu Zhishu had such a character.

"Well, you also have someone to take care of you when you go together." Hearing Li Wen's words, Lu Zhishu showed a satisfied look on his face, and looked at Li Wen as if saying that you should have done this long ago.

"It just so happens that my family arranged a yard for me there, so you can come and live with me when the time comes, and you don't need to go out to stay in a hotel."

What Lu Zhishu said was to tell Li Wen that you don't even need to go to live when you look for a guest.

"Haha, that would be great. I'll save on board and lodging." Li Wen laughed, knowing that Zhishu Lu would not give him a chance to refuse if he proposed it.

But Li Wen didn't know that the rooms in the restaurants and inns in Qu'an Mansion were probably all booked at this time, and there might be rooms that could be rented by going a month in advance.Now if he wants to go to Qu'an to live in a hotel, don't even think about it, maybe there is no place to live in the ruined temple.

Lu Zhishu knew about these things, but even if he knew, he would not tell Li Wen.

In this case, he took the carriage and board and lodging at Lu Zhishu's place, so that all the things he had on the way to Qu'an Mansion

They don't have to think about some things, including the board and lodging issues when they go there, which saves a lot of things during the journey.

Later, Li Wen asked his father not to rent a carriage and find a coachman to take them off, and he went there in his classmate's carriage.

"Will it be too much trouble for others?" Li Shanshan asked.

"No dad, since Zhishu let us go, we just go with their carriage." Li Wen said.

But before the departure, the family members were still very nervous about his trip this time.

After coming to this world, Li Wen has never traveled far since he was a child, and the farthest place he has been to is their town.

The family knew that he was going on a long trip this time, and his mother had prepared things for him early on.He is still young, and his family members must be worried about traveling alone, so after the business was settled, this time his father accompanied him to Qu'an Mansion to take the exam.

It will take at least half a month for him to come back.

Before leaving, Li Wen was a little worried about his family. There are many things at home. The family members have to get up to work every morning. Without his father as a labor force, I don’t know if his mother and second uncle are busy. come over.

Before the family said to buy two servants, it was just considering that there is no spare house in their family for people to live in, so this matter should be put on hold later.Now that his mother is pregnant, it is not convenient for physical labor, and it is not good for his wife to be tired.

So a lot of things fell on his father.In addition, the family is still building a house, so there are many things, big and small.

Li Wen was worried that without his father at home, his mother would work too much regardless of her body and tire herself out, so he was not at ease.

"Father is going with you. This is the first time you have traveled far. Daddy is worried about going alone." Li Shanshan could see what his son was worried about, and he said, "There are your grandma and your second son at home. Uncle and the others are here, so I will leave the household affairs to your grandma and second uncle, and your grandma will watch over your grandma, so nothing will happen."

His son also told him about this, saying that because his classmate was on the road, he could go there with his classmate's carriage, and come back with his classmate's carriage after the exam.But in the end it wasn't his father who was taking care of his son, Li Shanshan was worried, and the family members disagreed, so he must be the one who followed his son.

"Yes, dear grandson, you just take the exam with peace of mind, everything in the house is with grandma and your second uncle. Your grandma is here to take care of you, and grandma is still waiting to hold a grandson." Li Wang knew This time, the grandson was going to a far place to take the exam. The old lady was worried that the grandson would go abroad for the first time, and also worried that the grandson would not know whether he would pass the exam this time.

As for the eldest daughter-in-law who is pregnant at home, with her mother-in-law watching, nothing will happen.

"Grandma, you have worked hard, and you have my second uncle." Hearing what the family said, Li Wen knew that he was too worried, so he said to his mother, "Mother, daddy will accompany me to the exam, you are at home alone Pay attention to yourself, the doctor said you should not be too tired, you should pay attention to your body, and I will come back with Dad after I finish the exam."

"Aniang knows, Sambo doesn't have to worry about Aniang, and Aniang is not a three-year-old who doesn't know anything." Sun Yi blinked the tears in her eyes, because of her son's understanding and reluctance for her son, she said, " A Niang is waiting for you to come back at home, Sambo will come back after the test, A Niang and your grandma are waiting for you to come back at home."

"Okay, mother, take care of yourself, I'm still waiting for you to give me a little brother." Li Wen put his arms around his mother's waist, flirting with his mother in a rare way.His aunt had his little brother in her belly, for some reason, Li Wen just thought that this one in his aunt's belly would be a little brother.

No matter whether his aunt gave birth to him a little brother or a little sister, he would like it.

"Ok, ok, aunt knows." Sun Yi laughed and burst into tears.

Children are always the parents' biggest concern. Before the son goes out, Sun Yi, the mother, carefully packed the son's luggage. If she is worried, she will check from time to time to see if there is anything missing.

And the clothes of the man at home must be packed together, and the father and son will go out together.

Knowing that his nephew was going to Fucheng with his elder brother, Li Lao Er asked his wife for two taels of silver, and gave it to his nephew as travel expenses, "Sambo is going to take the exam this time, and we will wait for your good news at home."

"Three treasures, thank you second uncle." Li Wen thanked his second uncle, knowing that it was his second uncle's kindness, so he accepted it.

Little bastard!I don't believe you can pass the exam as a scholar!

Li Dahua hummed in her heart, the two liang of silver that was given was like someone gouged out a piece of flesh in her heart, that hurt, but she still had to take out the money.This is two taels of silver!

The acquaintances in the village and the elders of the clan knew that Li Sanbao was going to take the exam in Fucheng, so they all asked his family to send things to him, expressing their feelings to some extent.

Li Shanshan thanked everyone for their kindness one by one, and took the things down.

"I don't know if the Three Treasures can pass the test this time." Elder Zhang from the family worried.

"I see that child of Sanbao is different, maybe he can pass the exam this time." Another elder said, "And Xiulin is also going to take the government exam this year? Xiulin has taken the exam several times, maybe Xiulin passed the exam this time."

How do you say that there are two scholars in their Lijia Village this time, and both of them are going to take the exam, so one of them must pass the exam, right?It would be better to have both.

"Hehe, yes, maybe my Xiulin and Sanbao have passed this time together. Let's not worry here, we will know when the time comes." Someone from his Yue family also went to Fucheng for the exam, and his son and his cousins ​​from the Yue family had already set off for Fucheng.

Knowing that Li Sanbao is also going to take the exam this time, Li Mao, the village chief, hopes that his son can pass the exam, and also hopes that Li Sanbao can pass the exam. In his heart, Li Mao, the village chief, naturally wants his son to pass the exam. Better than Li Sanbao.

No.60—Chapter to Fucheng

Early the next morning, the father and son left the house and headed for the county seat.

They made an appointment to set off on this day, the Lu family arranged a carriage and servants to take Lu Zhishu to Fucheng for the exam, Shen Zijing and Su Yuan's family also arranged a carriage to take them there, only Li Wen took Lu Zhishu's carriage.

We agreed to meet at the gate of the city and then walk together.

Not long after Li Wen and his father came over, the carriages of Lu Zhishu and Shen Zijing's family arrived one after another.

"Hello, Uncle Li." Lu Zhishu greeted Li Wen's father when he saw him.

They have been friends with Li Wen's classmates for many years, and they have all met Li Wen's father. Li Wen's father picked him up at the gate of the academy every day, and although there were people from their family who came to pick him up, they were all servants.

When Shen Zijing and Su Yuan saw Li Wen's father, they both asked "Hello, Uncle Li."

"Hey, good." Li Wen was still a little restrained when he saw his son's classmates, knowing that all of his son's classmates were young masters born in wealthy families.

"Get in the car, let's go." Lu Zhishu was a man of few words, and they were about to leave in a hurry.

"Lu Zhishu, I want to get in your carriage." When Shen Zijing saw Li Wen getting into Lu Zhishu's carriage, he also ran over, followed by Su Yuan.Without waiting for Lu Zhishu's consent, Shen Zijing climbed into Lu Zhishu's carriage, and reached out to pull Su Yuan up, and the two of them took a seat.

"..." Lu Zhishu's eyes twitched, and he turned to Li Wen's father and said, "Uncle Li, can you get in the carriage behind?"

"All right, I can take any car." Li Shanshan didn't care.

Li Wen said to his father, "Father, you go and sit over there, I will be with Zhishu and the others, and we can discuss issues on the way."

"All right, if you want anything, just call Dad." Li Shanshan got into the carriage behind and said to his son.

Said.

"it is good."

Everyone got into the carriage, four of them squeezed into one carriage, followed by two carriages.

A team of three carriages set off to Fucheng.

The coachman arranged by the Lu family and the steward who followed were all familiar with the way to Fucheng, and they all knew where there were places to rest along the way.The day they set off was already early April, and they were rushing to take the exam, because the time was relatively tight, so they rushed to Fucheng along the way.

Therefore, they spend a lot of time in the carriage on the way, and they will rest at the inn on the way for one night, and then continue to set off early the next morning.

The journey on the road was a bit boring, and they could only stay in the carriage all day. Fortunately, this time it was the four of them together, and the four of them would occasionally gather in a carriage to chat and talk.

At this time when the exam was approaching, Li Wen felt nervous for a while, but it was more excited than nervous, and he was looking forward to this exam.But he quickly suppressed all the thoughts in his heart, treating this exam as an ordinary exam.

Once a person pays too much attention to a certain thing, it is not necessarily good. Instead of being ordinary, you may get even more unexpected results.

"Relax, don't be nervous, all of us will get good grades in the exam, I believe you can all do it." Knowing that you can go to Fucheng in one day, Li Wen encouraged everyone.

After sitting in the carriage for so many days, his butt was numb, Li Wen wanted to get to Fucheng sooner.

The road of growing up alone is lonely, but it will be more interesting if you have a few more companions. Li Wen sincerely hopes that they can pass the exam together every time they go to the exam, and then they can be together next time.This reminded Li Wen that when he took the college entrance examination back then, there was a group of people who had the same dream as you, and everyone studied hard together. Now that I think about it, I think it is a very good thing.

"Well, you too." Knowing that Li Wen will also take the test this time, Lu Zhi is no different from usual in writing, as if one more Li Wen or one less Li Wen has no effect on him.

When he participated in the county examination the year before last and knew that Li Wen had no plans to end, Lu Zhishu felt a little regretful about it.This time knowing that Li Wen and him took part in the government examination, Lu Zhishu felt a little more happy that even he himself didn't know.

The two went to Anlu Academy to study together, and his grades were always lowered by Li Wen, but Lu Zhishu never felt jealous of Li Wen, he always looked for reasons on himself.

Lu Zhishu believes that only when the skills are not as good as others, will they fall behind.Since he lags behind Li Wen, it must be because his knowledge is not as good as Li Wen.He had read the answer sheet of Li Wen's exam before, and even Lu Zhishu himself had to admit that there was still a distance between his own knowledge and Li Wen's.This is also the reason why he studies so deeply, because there is always someone in front of you, and you want to walk side by side with this person, or even surpass this person.

At this point, I have to say that the young master's three views are too upright.

"Sure, boy, this time I will try to get ahead of you in the exam." Shen Zijing refused to admit defeat. It's okay that Lu Zhishu is the second child of Wannian, but he was ranked third in Wannian, and he was beaten to death by the two people above his head. pressing.

So even Shen Zijing, who was originally fond of playing, became serious about studying later.

"Haha, Shen Zijing, just let your horse come here." Li Wen accepted Shen Zijing's challenge, he understood that it is impossible for a person to be invincible forever, maybe it is not Shen Zijing who will surpass him, or it may be someone else.

It is not terrible for a person to lose to others, the most fearful thing is to lose to himself, so Li Wen's goal has never been others, but himself!

Lu Zhishu looked at Shen Zijing with contempt in his eyes, a person who couldn't even pass him, still wants to get ahead of Li Wen?Through Shen Zijing, Lu Zhishu looked at Su Yuan behind Shen Zijing with a pair of calm eyes.

Su Yuan blinked at Lu Zhishu, and gave him a smile, showing two cute little canine teeth.

Lu Zhishu turned his head silently, not looking at Su Yuan.

The other two didn't notice the exchange of eyes between Lu Zhishu and Su Yuan.

Maybe Su Yuan was not as soft and cute as he appeared on the surface, but he always appeared by their side as Shen Zijing's follower, so people around him easily ignored Su Yuan.

On the swaying carriage, sometimes they read and study in their respective carriages, and occasionally they would sit together and talk about knowledge, future and ideals.

On the evening of the fifth day, they saw the gate of Qu'an Mansion.

The tall city walls surrounded the entire city, and the officials guarding the gate were checking the people who entered the city. Now it was the time for the students to rush for the exam, and there were many candidates and merchants waiting in line outside to enter the city.

To go from one place to another in this world, you need to show a road guide certificate, and candidates also have a candidate certificate.

This is also the reason why the imperial court ran from one place to another in order to prevent farmers from avoiding taxes and corvee.If you don't show the road guide stamped by the imperial court, you will probably be arrested by the officials as a refugee. At least, you will be sent back to the place where your household registration is, or at worst, you will be locked up and eaten in prison.

"Wow, Fucheng is Fucheng, and the city walls seem to be higher than ours." At the gate of the city, they got off the carriage, Li Wen looked at the tall city walls, his eyes could not hide his amazement.

Sure enough, people don't go out, and they don't know how big the world is.

"It's much bigger than ours, otherwise this place wouldn't be called Fucheng." Shen Zijing and Li Wen stood together looking at the tall city wall.Among the four of them, only Lu Zhishu had been to Fucheng, and the remaining three of them were coming to Fucheng for the first time.

They are candidates who came to rush for the exam, and each of them has a certificate stamped by the local yamen.

The attitude of the officials towards these candidates for the entrance examination in the city is much better. Maybe there will be a master official, and they can't afford to offend them.

After showing the proof, they entered the city smoothly.

"Zhishu, Li Wen, we separated here. My father arranged a place for me to live here. I will go to our place with Su Yuan first, and I will go to you after the exam." After arriving in the city, they will be separated, Shen Zijing said to Lu Zhishu and Li Wen.

"Okay, I'll follow Zhishu, maybe we will meet in the examination room." Li Wen wanted to follow Lu Zhishu, and he and his father lived with Lu Zhishu.Shen Zijing laughed loudly, shook hands with Li Wen and Lu Zhishu, got into their carriage, and separated from Lu Zhishu and the others.

After entering the city, the two teams of carriages separated and went to their respective places of residence.

The Lu family arranged for Lu Zhishu a small courtyard with three entrances, with stewards and servants inside.Knowing that the young master is coming in a few days, the manager has already ordered the servants to clean up the house, waiting for the young master to arrive.

A carriage stopped in front of the courtyard gate, and the steward inside heard the voice, hurriedly asked the servant to open the door, and brought the servant out to greet him, "Young master, you are finally here, the little one is thinking about the two You should be here by now."

"The rooms inside have been cleaned, young master, go inside quickly."

"This one is my classmate and his father. They will live here with me during the exams. You can clean up two rooms for them." Lu Zhishu ordered.

"Okay, I'll let someone prepare it now." The steward asked the servant to help move things, and led the young master inside, "Young master, you must be hungry, I'll let someone prepare meals for you."

The servants below hurried to the kitchen to prepare food.

Everyone was tired after riding in the carriage for several days. After dinner at night, they went back to their rooms to rest.go back to the house

After taking a hot bath, he became drowsy in the tub. Li Wen got up from the tub and fell onto the bed.really tired...

After sitting in the carriage for a few days, the skeleton of the whole person was about to fall apart. Li Wen lay on the bed and didn't want to move anymore. His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

The father and son did not live in the same house, and Li ShanGu lived in the room next to his son.

Li Wen, who fell asleep in the room, did not know that his father stood at the door of his room for a long time.Hearing that there was no sound in the room, knowing that the child might be tired and fell asleep, Li Shanshan turned back to his own room, closed the door and went to bed.

"Are they all asleep?"

"Master, they are all asleep.

"Well, you go down, I have nothing to do." Lu Zhishu waved the servant to go down. At night, he was still sitting under the lamp reading a book with the oil lamp on.