The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

"I made the list, I made the list..."

"Everyone, come and see..."

Waiting until the day when the rankings were released, the yamen servant came out with the red rankings, and a group of examinees surrounded them.As soon as the yamen servant posted the list and walked away, everyone rushed forward, pushing desperately to the front to see the list.

"Hahaha there is my name on it, I passed, I passed the exam..." Someone saw his name on it, and laughed there.

"Let me go in and see."

If the people behind want to get in, they push forward and push the people in front down.

Every time I look at the list, some people are happy and some are sad, some laugh and some cry. When they see their names on the list, they are happy, and those who don’t see their names lose their minds.

Li Wen and Shen Zijing were also outside, but there were too many people ahead, so they didn't squeeze in.

The servants of the Shen family and the Su family squeezed to the front to watch the list.

"Oh, it's a pity, Brother Tang didn't make it to No.1 again this time, who is No.1 here?"

"No.1, Li Wen, an examinee from Qingping Town."

"Who is Li asking?"

"Isn't Li Wen the leader of the government examination the year before last, this time he took the leader of the court examination..." Everyone talked about who Li Wen was, but so far they have only heard of this person No name, no idea what I look like.

At this time, the mysterious Li Wen himself was sitting in a teahouse not far away, and he and Shen Zijing Su Yuan found a place to sit here to drink tea and wait for the news.After the Shen family and the Su family squeezed in to see the list, the slaves also came out one after another, bringing back news that they had all passed.

"Master, you have passed, you are ranked No. 18..."

"Mr. Li took No.1, and Mr. Shen took the 38th place."

Shen Zijing heard that Li Wen took the No. 1 name, and said, "Congratulations, this time you won No.[-] again.

"We are the same, we have passed." Li Wen was not surprised that he won No.1. He predicted that he should be in the top three without accidents.Su Yuan's ranking this time was in the upper middle, and Shen Zijing's ranking was a little lower, but in the end the three of them passed together.

After the list was posted, they were truly relieved to know that everyone had passed.

On the second day after the results were posted, the chief examiner, Mr. Xuezheng, called all the candidates to meet in front of the hall.Li Wen changed into neat new clothes, and went to see Xuezheng with Shen Zijing and Su Yuan. Before they arrived, the examinees had already arrived earlier than them.

"Student Li Wen/Student Shen Zijing/Student Su Yuan met Xuezheng."

Xuezheng-sama sat at the head, and the three of them came to pay a visit to Xuezheng-sama.

Everyone has also seen Li Wen who won the first case of the government examination this time. He even won the first case of the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination at a young age. This is Xiao Sanyuan who is less than ten years old, isn't he Prodigy what is that?

"Well, get up." Master Xuezheng's eyes fell on Li Wen, nodded in satisfaction, and said. "Master Xie Xuezheng." The three said in unison.

Candidates who passed the college examination this time have obtained the qualifications of students, and they are qualified to participate in the provincial examination three years later. They have also obtained the status of scholars, which can be said to have entered the first gate of the imperial examination road. .

Xuezheng lord is a fourth-rank minister of the imperial court, and he is busy with official duties. To him, these are just a small student who has passed the college examination. Today he just came to meet these candidates as a matter of routine.In the future, it is not known how many people here will be able to pass the provincial examination or will be able to take the examination, so it is not worth spending too much time here.

On the contrary, Li Wen who took the small three yuan made Mr. Xuezheng look at him a little more.

Mr. Xuezheng gave some words of encouragement to the many students who have passed through here. The main idea is to let the students go back and continue to study hard, "You are all the talents of the country, and you must study diligently. If you can enter If you are an official in the court, you should serve the court."

"Students keep in mind the teachings of the adults, and they will live up to the expectations of the adults."

Master Xuezheng's words made the students below excited, all of them wished to take the provincial examination immediately after the government examination, so as to strive to become an official in the court and serve the court.

Xuezheng finished the hairpin ceremony for the freshmen, said some words of encouragement, and left in a hurry.The rest of the candidates are here. Some of them already know each other, and some of them don't. They all take this opportunity to get to know each other.

Li Wen felt a gaze fall on him, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look at him.I saw a young man looking at him with unfriendly eyes. Li Wen was someone who had met him once. I remember this person was called Tang Fubo.

They failed both exams.

This time, he was ranked first, and Tang Fubo was ranked second.

Li Wen knew a little bit why Tang Fubo stared at him unkindly, he just thought it was funny, and returned Tang Fubo with a nice smile.Seeing the other party smiling at him, Tang Fubo's face froze, not knowing how to react.

"Let's go back." Tactfully rejected some candidates' invitations, Li Wen didn't want to attend the gathering of these candidates, so he whispered something to Shen Zijing.

Shen Zijing came out to take the exam this time and met quite a few people, and when he saw that others wanted to know Li Wen, he even helped introduce a few.

After Mr. Xuezheng left, they could also leave.

Seeing that Li Wen wanted to go back, and that Su Yuan didn't like this place very much, Shen Zijing said goodbye to his friends and went back with them first.

When they got the paperwork that they had passed the college exam this time, it was a certificate stamped by the government to prove their status as a scholar.The next day they got into the carriage and made their way back to Qingping Town.

Li Shanshan, who was at home, calculated his son's return date and knew that his son would be back soon after the exam. The whole family was waiting for his son to come back at home.

During the period when the son left, their workshop has successfully produced the first batch of soap, and all of them have been sold out.In the early stage, he followed the method his son said to promote sales. Later, they didn't need them to find someone to buy, and merchants came to buy goods one by one, and everyone rushed to buy.

Li Shanshan rented another shop in the town, decorated it briefly, and sold soap in it. The soap they produced was beautiful and fragrant, and it was the only one of its kind.The rich ladies in the town liked the soaps produced by their shops very much, and they all sent their slaves to buy them, and some ladies like to come to the shop to choose by themselves.

All the soaps in the front have been sold out, and the merchants who came from behind couldn't get the goods, so they all placed orders one after another.

Now the workshop has expanded a bit. In addition to the few families selected earlier, some people were selected later to work. The workers in the workshop are rushing to work every day, and there is no time to ship.

They went to Fucheng to take the exam, and they went there for a month before returning from there.

It took another five or six days on the way back before they returned to Qingping Town.

The three of them passed the hospital examination this time and were selected as scholars. When they came back, they had to go to the county government to meet their parents and officials here.

"Student Li Wen/Student Shen Zijing/Student Su Yuan, I met Master Zhu."

"Haha, our Qingping Town produces young talents." The county lord has long received the news that three candidates in Qingping Town have passed the hospital examination this time, and among the three candidates who passed this time, one of them got the This time, he was the head of the court examination, which was of great benefit to his performance assessment this year.

So when they returned to the town, the county lord received them personally.

Seeing the three students selected as the scholar this time, one young and the other, the smile on the county master's face became even wider.

The county lord personally met a few candidates who came back, said some words of encouragement, and sent a few government officials to beat gongs and drums all the way to send them back, and also told the villagers that there was a scholar here.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Li Wen in Li Family Village won the prize of a scholar"

When the villagers of Lijia Village heard the gong beating, they ran out one after another. When they saw the official sent Li Sanbao back, they were all stunned when they heard what the official called. scholar

"Three Treasures have won the Talent!"

Li Lao Er followed his nephew all the way back, feeling a sense of pride in his heart, this is his own nephew, and his own nephew has been selected as a scholar!

The beating of the gong went all the way to the courtyard at the end of the village. Li Tian in the courtyard heard the sound and opened the door. Du Qiulan ran into the house and shouted, "Old lady, young lady, the young master is back..."

"The eldest young master has passed the examination as a scholar!"

"Hurry up, let's go to the gate." Li Wang hurriedly led her outside, while Sun Yi carried her youngest son in her arms and went out to the gate.

At this moment, Li Wen had just returned to the door of his house, and saw his grandmother, A-Niang, and his second brother coming out, and shouted, "A-Nai, A-Niang, I'm back."

"Sambo, grandma's grandson, finally came back." Seeing his grandson's return, Li Wang was so excited that he burst into tears.

fell down.Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward, put his arms around the old lady, and asked, "Is Grandma not happy to see me back? Why are you still crying?"

"Grandma is not crying, grandma is happy, finally came back, our three treasures passed the exam." Li Wangshi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and wept with joy when he saw his grandson came back and got the prize.

"Aunt." Li Wen looked at his aunt and the chubby boy in his aunt's arms. He clapped his hands and said, "Li Haopeng, my brother has only been away for a month, and you don't remember him. Yeah?"

"Come and hug my brother."

"Go, it's brother 9" Sun Yi said to the youngest son in her arms.

The little fat pier stared at his brother several times, maybe he recognized that this was his own brother, and climbed from his mother's arms to his brother's arms. Li Wen caught the little fat pier with one hand and found him walking away. It's only been a month, and when I came back, Xiaopangdun gained several catties again.

Good weight!I can't hold it anymore...

"Master, Master, Sambo is back..."

"The scholar has returned after winning the Three Treasures, so go home quickly."

Li Shanshan was at the workshop, when he heard people say that his son was sent back from the official post and won the prize of a scholar, he hurriedly put down what he was doing, turned around and hurried back home.When the elders in the clan heard that the grandson of Li Wang's family had returned as a scholar, they rushed to Li Wang's house one after another. For a while, the Li family's yard was full of people.

"Father, I'm back after the exam." Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward to call out his father when he saw his father came back.

"I'm back, it's good to be back." Li Shanshan laughed loudly, stepped forward and hugged his son, and patted his son on the shoulder several times.

"Ahem..." Dad, can you stop clapping so hard, Li Wen was almost slapped down by his dad's big hand.

"It's hard work, you two servants. Why don't you stay at our house and have a meal before you go." Li Shanshan gave happy money to each of the officials who sent his son back.The official who took the happy money has to go back to the Yamen to report to the lord, but he politely refused, "No, no, we have to go back to the Yamen to report to the lord."

This is the first time that their Li family village has produced a talented man in a century, and it is a big event for their entire Li family, and even the entire Li family village.

"Open the ancestral hall--"

The patriarch of the Li family opened the ancestral hall, led the descendants to burn incense to the ancestors, knelt down to worship the ancestors, and told the ancestors the good news.Li Wen and his father entered the ancestral hall, offered incense to his grandfather and ancestors, and told them the good news.

This time there was no need for others to speak, Li Shanshan waved his hand, the family slaughtered pigs and sheep, and set up a three-day banquet to celebrate his son's selection as a scholar.

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