The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

In April, the palace examination was announced, and the official documents above were not released to the local government until May.

Two years ago, the former county magistrate of Qingping Town was transferred away, and the current county magistrate Xue Liang Xue was transferred to Qingping Town as the county magistrate.The above official document was sent to the Yamen, the county magistrate unfolded the official document, his face showed surprise, and he said three times in succession, "Okay, okay, okay."

"It's really great!" Sure enough, Qingping Town is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people.

"My lord? Is this a good thing?" The master asked curiously when he saw the lord so happy.

"Haha, it is indeed a good thing." The county magistrate handed the official document in his hand to the master, and said, "Look at

The master took the official document, looked at the beginning, read ten lines at a glance, clapped his hands and shouted, "Haha, good thing, good thing, really good thing." There is a Tanhualang, and there are three in the first class, and they have two in Qingping Town.

"My lord, this is really great!"

By the end of this year's performance appraisal, they will definitely get an excellent in Qingping Town, and maybe their adults will be promoted to a higher level. The master is thinking in his heart, maybe he, the master, will be promoted along with him.

"Come on, prepare the horse." The county magistrate walked out in big strides, and the master hurriedly followed behind.

"My lord, are we going to Li's Village first?" Master asked.

The county magistrate looked back at the master, No.1 in Yijia was the champion, and No.3 was Tanhualang. The champion was from a farmer's son in Lijia Village, but Tanhualang was from the young master of the Lu family.There are two Jinshi in front of the Lu family, Lu Changping, Lord Lu is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Changan, Lord Lu is the local magistrate in Qi'an, and the number one scholar is a farmer's son from a small village. Compared with Tanhua from the government, it is obvious that Tanhualang has a better background.

But don't forget, the champion is in front of Tanhua.

After being glanced at by the county magistrate, the master paused, and immediately understood that he was wrong, "It's a small mistake."

"Let's go." The magistrate walked forward.

This time, the county magistrate personally brought people to Lijia Village.

"A socket, a socket, a clang_" The people in the yamen came to Lijia Village beating gongs and drums all the way, and shouted all the way, "Hey... Li Wen of Lijia Village, Mr. Li, the top student in high school...''

"Hey... Li Wen of Li Family Village, Mr. Li's high school champion..."

Every few years, the yamen of the yamen came to Lijia Village to announce the happy news, and the villagers in Lijia Village were used to it.Since Li Sanbao came out of their village, Li Sanbao studied at the age of five, a scholar at the age of nine, a young scholar at the age of 14, a Huiyuan at the age of 16, and a champion at the age of [-], so every few years, people from the yamen will come Lijia Village came to announce the good news once, and it has come every year for the past two years.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Lijia Village, Xue Liang, the county magistrate, got off his horse.

"Everyone, hurry up, it's the yamen messenger who came to our village to announce the good news!" Hearing the beating of the gong outside, the villagers in the village knew that it was the yamen official who came to announce the good news, and someone shouted.

The villagers in the village ran to the entrance of the village one after another.

But this time, before the officials from the yamen came to announce the good news, the villagers of Lijia Village knew that Li Sanbao of their village had won the No. Now the patriarch and elders of the Li family are leading people to prepare for the opening of the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors tomorrow.

It is a big deal for them to have a number one scholar in Lijia Village. The workshops in the village are all on holiday, and the villagers in the village are busy and preparing for the opening of the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors and the banquet.

Hearing the sound of gongs beating outside, knowing that the officials from the yamen came to the village to announce the good news, the villagers of Lijia Village ran out to the entrance of the village one after another. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate came here in person this time.

Li Zheng of Li Family Village goes to the yamen to report village affairs every year. He has seen this new county magistrate, so when he sees someone coming, Li Zheng and Village Zheng take the lead to salute the county magistrate, "Caomin Greetings, my lord."

The villagers in the village knelt down one after another. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate came in person this time.

"Everyone please get up."

Two years ago, after Xue Liang came to Qingping Town as the county magistrate, he knew about Lijia Village, and he even got to know about Lijia Village. Liang also deliberately got to know this little scholar.

A young scholar who is less than ten years old, even a small and medium-sized Sanyuan, this aroused his interest.

In the year when he first took office, this little scholar won the Juren and won the first place in the township examination; the next year he took the Huiyuan examination, and not long ago, Xue Liang received an official document from above, and this little Huiyuan was in the imperial examination. The emperor was handpicked by the sage as the number one scholar, winning six prizes in a row.

Looking at the entire Dacheng, there has never been such a young champion, and they are the first six yuan in Dacheng.three years

A number one scholar may not be able to get a six yuan in a hundred years. Lijia Village has a six yuan. This is not only a number one scholar, but also a six yuan.

"Where is Li Zhuangyuan's home?" the county magistrate asked.

"Oh, go along this main road, the compound at the end of the road is Li Zhuangyuan's house, why don't Caomin take the adults there." Li Zheng said.

Xue Liangliang nodded, and led the officials of the yamen to follow Li Zheng and the village chief of Lijia Village to Lijia Village on foot. The village chief and Li Zheng personally led the county magistrate to the Li family compound.On the way in, Xue Liang saw the appearance of Lijia Village, and he couldn't help being a little surprised. In such a small village, the people here seem to live a prosperous and happy life.

Xue Liang asked Li Zheng a few words on the way, and Li Zheng answered them one by one.

At this moment, Li Wen was being trained by Zhao Xiangyi himself. During this time, they would spare a little time every morning, and Zhao Xiangyi would instruct him on martial arts.Li Wen was so tired that he collapsed on the ground, looking up at the man standing in front of him, Zhao Xiangyi looked down at Li Liuyuan who was sitting on the ground.

Hearing the sound from outside, Li Wen turned his head to look outside the fence and asked, "What happened outside?"

"Young master, young master, it's the servant from the yamen who came, and the county magistrate came in person." Li Tong ran in from the outside and shouted.

"Oh, the county magistrate has come in person. I think the official document from above has come down." The official document was issued a day later than his return. Hearing that the county magistrate came in person, he, the number one scholar, had to go out to greet him in person. one time.

Just as Li Wen was thinking about it, he stretched out a hand. He took Zhao Xiangyi's hand, stood up, and said to the man, "It's the people from the yamen who came to announce the good news." He didn't expect this magistrate Came in person.

"Are you going out together?" Li Wen asked.

Zhao Xiangyi thought for a while, nodded, and said, "I'll go out with you."

"Wait for me, I'll change clothes, I'll be here soon." Li Wen looked down at the messy clothes on his body, walked quickly into the room, and quickly changed clothes Come out and go out to the gate with Zhao Xiangyi.

Just when they reached the gate, the county magistrate led people to the gate of their house.

Xue Liang saw the young man dressed in white, and knew that the young man was Li Wenli Liuyuan, who won the number one examination this time. A sixteen-year-old number one scholar, there is no one in the whole of Chengdu who is so young, let alone the boy who won the first prize. Six yuan is the first six yuan they have paid out in Dacheng.

It's just that Xue Liang didn't expect to see Zhao Xiangyi and General Zhao here. He knew him, and the other party would not notice such a small person like him. "

The number one scholar was compiled from the sixth grade, one level higher than the county magistrate, so Xue Liang, the local county magistrate, also had to salute when he saw Li Wen, the number one scholar.

"Master Xue, please get up." Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward, held the hand of the county magistrate, and said.

Li Wen knew that the original county magistrate of their Qingping Town had been transferred two years ago, and a new person was transferred to their Qingping Town as the county magistrate.It's just because he has been busy with the scientific research in Nanyang for the past two years, and he hasn't visited the county magistrate in person, but he didn't expect him to be so young.

This Mr. Xue has no white beard and looks like he is in his early 20s. Among the officials with long beards, he looks very young.The previous county magistrates in Qingping Town were all in their 50s and [-]s, and it is said that they were transferred to other places to serve as officials.

Even though he is one level higher than the county magistrate from the sixth rank, but the other party is their local parent official in Qingping Town, so Li Wen didn't pretend that his official rank was one level higher than the other party's, so he put on official airs. Master Xue is still very polite and respectful.

"Don't dare to be, dare not be. Master Xue is the parent official of our Qingping Town. He works for the people of our Qingping Town. If you ask yourself, you are not as good as Master Xue." Li Wen lowered his status a little, and handed over to Master Xue. said

"Your Majesty Li, you are polite. As the county magistrate of Qingping Town, you should do things for the people of Qingping Town. This is what you should do." So I came to Qingping Town to become an official.

After arriving in Qingping Town, Xue Liang managed the place in an orderly manner. This Mr. Xue judged cases fairly and did not show favoritism, so there have been no unjust, false or wrongly decided cases in the place.

Xue Liang is the parental officer of Qingping Town. He naturally knows about a place like Lijia Village, but he has never thought of this village.After knowing that there are several workshops in this village, which specialize in making soap, Xue Liang knew that the famous soap in the capital came from Lijia Village. For this reason, he knew this village specially, but he had never made these soaps. son.

Hearing the other party call him Mr. Zhao, Zhao Xiangyi knew that the other party must know his identity. When he saw this

The county magistrate felt that the other person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember whether he had seen this person before.

"Master Xue, please come inside, please have a cup of tea inside before it's too late to leave." After exchanging pleasantries with the other party, Li Wen invited him inside.This was the first time Li Wen saw this Lord Xue, but his first impression of this Lord Xue was very good.

Village Zheng and Li Zheng didn't go in with them, they left after sending the county magistrate to the Li family compound.

Xie Yunfei walked beside Zhao Xiangyi and whispered something in Zhao Xiangyi's ear.

"Master Xue, please drink tea." As soon as Xue Liang sat down, someone brought him tea.Xue Liang raised his eyes and took a look at this house. The furnishings in this room look simple, spacious and bright. Sitting in this room makes people feel very comfortable.》

Sitting together with Zhao Xiangyi, Li Wen said to Lord Xue, "Qian is studying abroad, so I haven't visited you in person, please forgive me for asking." His words explained why he knew that the other party had come to Qingping Town as an official. The reason why the parents didn't visit the other party after they were appointed was to avoid the other party's heart from having knots with him.

The other party is the magistrate of their Qingping Town, even if he is the number one scholar now, and he will go to the capital to become an official in the future, he should have a good relationship with their magistrate.If something happened to their village in the future, the other party, as their local parental officer, would not embarrass them.

"I understand." Xue Liang understood the purpose of Li Liuyuan's words when he heard it.After a brief contact with Li Liuyuan, Xue Liang knew that this little Liuyuan was a very smart person. He was obviously a higher official rank than the county magistrate, but his attitude gave him enough face as the county magistrate.

So hearing what the other party said, Xue Liang expressed his understanding.

After sitting in the room for a while and drinking a cup of tea, Xue Liang got up and said goodbye to go back. He has to go to Lu's mansion to announce the good news, so he can't stay here for a long time, "I still have something to do. I'm busy, and I'll take my leave first.

Li Wen personally sent Xue Liang to the door, and invited the other party to come to their home for dinner tomorrow, "Tomorrow, my family will pay homage to my teacher. If Master Xue can spare time, I would like to ask Master Xue to come and have a meal."

"Okay, the next official will definitely come tomorrow." Since the other party personally invited him, Xue Liang did not refuse, but nodded in agreement with a smile.

Li Wen sent Xue Liang to the door, and only went in after seeing the person leaving.

Seeing Zhao Xiangyi standing at the door of the house looking at him, Li Wen asked, "That Mr. Xue seems to know you. Have you met before?" He remembered that Mr. Xue saw the two of them standing together just now. At the same time, it was "Master Zhao" who was called first, and then he came, so Li Wen guessed that the county magistrate knew Zhao Xiangyi, so he put Zhao Xiangyi in front of him, the number one scholar.

Just now Xie Yunfei reminded him that Zhao Xiangyi knew that Mr. Xue just now was the third young master from the Pingyuanhou's Mansion in the capital. He did not expect that the other party would come to the local area to be a small county magistrate. It is not surprising that the other party would know him , but he didn't have a deep impression of the other party.Zhao Xiangyi lowered his eyes, looked at the young man in front of him, and said, "Well, I probably have seen it before."

Zhao Xiangyi added, "Xue Liang is the third son of Pingyuanhou's concubine."

Li Wen raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the third young master of the Hou's mansion would come to such a small place as Qingping Town to be a small county magistrate. After all, the mansion is still the Hou mansion.

At the beginning of the founding of Dacheng, Emperor Chengwu named three kings and four princes, all of whom were heroes who fought with him in the world.

There are many dignitaries and officials in the capital, and there are also many dudes from below. They ride horses and walk through the streets in the capital every day, drinking and beautifying women, living a life of luxury and luxury. This third young master from the Pingyuan Hou Mansion can stay away from the capital. Coming to such a small place to be a petty official is somewhat different from those dudes in the capital.

The two went into the house together, and Li Wen asked Zhao Xiangyi about things in the capital. Zhao Xiangyi asked three questions, but Xie Yunfei who followed him answered a lot of questions for him, so Li Wen chatted with Xie Yunfei

"..." General Zhao who was left aside by Li Liuyuan and Xie Junshi.