The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, everything recovered and the ice and snow melted, and the time came to the beginning of March.

With the upcoming examination, the list of examiners was finally announced under the eyes of all the examiners.

There are 22 people in total, one chief examiner, three assistant examiners, and eighteen fellow examiners.

This year's list of examiners was released a bit late, probably because the emperor was struggling with the selection of candidates, and half an hour after the list came out, Lu Xiuyuan and Shen Congzhi sat in front of Master Wu, who was about to analyze this time for them. examiner information.

It is only a few days before the exam, and the article has already been finalized long ago, and there is no way to improve it. What they can do now is to shift the focus to the examiner's style, and then start from the examiner's preferences and strive for more Get some impression points.

Master Wu took a sip of tea, then pointed to the four chief and deputy examiners above, and explained the analysis to them.

A brief overview is that this year's three deputy examiners, one of the eldest prince's faction, one of the second prince's faction, and a royalist who hates the princes' gangs and gangs, are the No. 1 brainless supporters of the Holy Majesty.

The three were impartial and just maintained a delicate balance.

When Lu Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but click his tongue. The old emperor is usually confused, but the examiner of the imperial examination is quite good at selecting candidates.

After talking about the deputy examiner, Mr. Wu opened his eyes slightly when his eyes moved to the name of this year's chief examiner.

"It turned out to be him!"

Seeing the surprised expression of the other party, Lu Xiuyuan and Shen Congzhi also poked their heads over: "Lv Linhua, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites? Is this someone familiar to senior brother?"

Master Wu shook his head: "I'm not too familiar."

"Then why are you so surprised, Master?" Shen Congzhi next to him asked without understanding.

Master Wu looked at the eyes of the two of them seeking knowledge, and explained the confusion: "The candidates for the three assistant examiners are understandable, but this chief examiner, he is the most neglected one in the court today, I didn't expect the Holy Majesty to let him come. Serve as the chief examiner."

Lu Xiuyuan has just arrived here, he has never heard of the deeds of this right servant, Mr. Lu, so he doesn't know much about him, but seeing his senior brother's expression, he thinks that this person must have something unique.

Next, Master Wu briefly explained the life of the right servant Lu Linhua to them. It turned out that the other party was a clear stream in the court.

What is Qingliu is that it does not form cliques for private interests, does not flatter and flatter, does not care who is sitting on the throne, and only has people in its eyes.

If you want to say that this kind of person is a good official, but he doesn’t care about the emperor, if you want to say that he is not a good official, but he never corrupts and wholeheartedly serves the people. Well, I just didn't expect the old emperor to hand over the position of chief examiner to such a person this time.

Mr. Wu thought for a while, and finally sighed, "Your heart is unpredictable, let's not speculate, the most important thing is to do well the test before us."

Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but be overjoyed by the old emperor's arrangement. Before the test, he didn't care whether the emperor really wanted to select talents seriously on a whim, or because of other things.

Anyway, according to what my senior brother said, Lord Lu is definitely a good official of the simple school, and it will definitely be beneficial to him.

Sure enough, after introducing these examiners, Master Wu said to Lu Xiuyuan: "Junior brother, your style of writing is in the hands of the chief examiner. You must play it steadily during the exam."

"Yes, uncle, this time is too coincidental, you are very lucky." Shen Congzhi next to him congratulated.

"Don't, don't!", originally Lu Xiuyuan was secretly happy, but when he saw that they were happy as if he was about to win the first prize, he quickly waved his hands.

"Brothers, don't say that. After the exam, the main examiners are the same examiners and other examiners. If you don't get enough recommendations, you may not be seen by the chief examiner."

"Bah bah bah, Tongyan Wuji Tongyan Wuji." Master Wu hastily bawled twice, "I haven't had the exam yet, what nonsense!"

Lu Xiuyuan touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment, it's not because you guys are too happy, he just poured some cold water to calm down.

After analyzing the personality information of the chief examiner for them, Mr. Wu found out the poems and articles published by the other party.

"This is the collected poems and essays of Mr. Lu. In the last few days, you all have to read carefully and think about the words and sentences. After all, everyone's understanding is different, and what the teacher just said is not necessarily correct. Some things are up to you. It’s up to you to understand.”

I have to praise his brother for his carefulness. If you want to know a person's character in detail, not only from the appearance, but also the most reliable way to start with the other party's poems. inner world.

The two thanked each other, took the book with both hands, and flipped through it one by one.

What Lu Xiuyuan had in his hand was a collection of poems. A thin book was written by Master Lu's collection of poems since he passed the examination as a scholar. After reading it, he was deeply impressed by this gentleman's character.

A not too thick collection of poems, more than 100 poems are all about common people!

"The prosperity of the people is suffering, and the death of the people is suffering." When the other party saw the poor people, the uncomfortable feeling was vividly expressed in the poem. For such people, he couldn't help feeling admiration.

Since the chief examiner has this kind of temperament, it is equivalent to mastering the password of this exam.

No matter what problems you encounter, you must pay attention to putting the consideration of the people first, and you will definitely win favor. After all, the subjectivity of the examiners in the literature test is relatively strong.

After studying these things, it was getting late, and Lu Xiuyuan began to say goodbye and prepare to go home for dinner.

Seeing that he was planning to go back, Shen Congzhi couldn't help asking: "Uncle Master will only try for a few days, why not live here? It will be more convenient for us to study the articles and communicate with each other."

Thinking of the young master of the General's Mansion, if he lived here, wouldn't the other party be alone?What's more, it only takes one or two hours to read at night by holding candles, and you can just squeeze in during the day, so I politely declined.

"Forget it, I can't sleep after changing the place, let's discuss it when I come over tomorrow morning."

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Shen Congzhi didn't force it, but handed over the collection of articles in his hand: "I've read this book for a while, uncle, take it back and have a look."

Lu Xiuyuan noticed that there were only two books, and the articles were thicker than the collection of poems. The other party must have not read much. If he took them back, Shen Congzhi would have nothing to read.

"No need, we'll just pass by the bookstore on the way back later and we'll just buy two copies. It's not too expensive anyway."

After hearing this answer, Shen Congzhi smiled: "It's probably too late for the uncle to go now, and the shelves of the book store must have been empty for most of the day."

"Huh? So exaggerated?"

"Before the list of examiners came out, the bookshop was already full of people. Everyone waited for the list to come out and grab the books." The other party gave him a popular science with a smile.

Good guy, so ruthless, here is his miscalculation.

Lu Xiuyuan calculated the time. Even if he took the books back, he would read them for an hour or two at most. Considering that the exam is still a few days away, two days is enough for him to thoroughly understand these two books.

"It's okay, I'll just play chess with my family Ah Chen when I go back."

Shen Congzhi was in a very complicated mood when he heard the words. May I ask which one of the exams did not seriously review and prepare for the exam before the exam?In the end, this person didn't review and went to play chess with his husband?

Even though there were tens of thousands of words in my heart, I finally squeezed out a sentence: "You two have such a good relationship..."

After hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan smiled complacently: "That's natural~"

He looked outside through the window, "It's getting late, I'll go back first, and Ah Chen will be worried if I don't get home before dark."

After wrapping his cloak, he got into the carriage with the support of eight guards. After he sat down firmly, several guards surrounded the carriage and started to drive away from the Wu residence.

Because of what happened before, Lu Xiuyuan now has to bring at least seven or eight guards when he goes out, before the young master is willing to let him out. He was not used to it at first, but he gradually got used to it, so it doesn't matter.

Although nothing similar to the past happened in the past two months, he felt that this matter should not be over yet.

Halfway through the carriage, when passing by a bookstore, Lu Xiuyuan asked the driver to stop, and jumped out of the carriage to go in and have a look.

Opening the heavy curtain, the shopkeeper who was fiddling with the abacus on the counter looked up and saw that it was a scholar, so he waved away: "No, no, no, Master Lu's poetry collection was sold out this morning, you are late."

Sure enough, Lu Xiuyuan was not disappointed when he heard the result. He originally planned to go in and take a look, but when he was about to leave, he still heard the shopkeeper's murmur despite his good hearing.

"Mr. Lu's collection of poems was sold out when the list was posted. Now that it's almost dark, there are still people asking, are they looking down on my shop or Mr. Lu?"

Lu Xiuyuan pretended not to hear and got into the carriage.

When he returned to the General's Mansion, Shi Yunchen who had been waiting in the room was not there, and he was the only one in the empty courtyard.

After closing the doors and windows tightly, he made a pot of tea and drank while waiting for others. It wasn't until the night outside that he saw the figures of the master and servant.

"Why is it so late today?" Lu Xiuyuan stepped forward to help the other party untie his cloak and hung it aside.

Shi Yunchen rubbed his frozen ears: "In addition to looking at the shop, I also went to other places."

Seeing that the other person's ears were red from the cold, he rubbed his palms to help cover them.

"Didn't I make you an ear protector? Why didn't you wear it when it was so windy today?"

Hearing this, the young master's white and tender face instantly turned red, and he gave him a sharp look: "With those two rabbit ears you made, how can you go out wearing them?"

The other party's stare made Lu Xiuyuan's heart flutter, and he couldn't help but put his forehead on it: "The rabbit ears are so cute, it's a pity not to wear them."

As soon as these words came out, the young master blushed even more, you rascal!

When Nan Xing put the food on the table, the other party's face was still red, seeing this made Lu Xiuyuan's heart itch, and he wanted to tease the other party even more.

So, after eating, Lu Xiuyuan started playing Go with the young master. The winner can make any request to the loser, and the other party must fulfill it.

Thinking of the rabbit earmuffs just now, this bet is obviously malicious!Shi Yunchen couldn't help giving Lu Xiuyuan a sideways glance when he lost in ten games.

"The list of examiners is out, and everyone has already been imprisoned in the Gongyuan. Why are you here to play chess if you don't go to review?"

Lu Xiuyuan rubbed his hands, and said confidently: "I haven't bought the examiner's book, so I can only go to Wu Mansion to read it with my followers during the day!"

Hearing this, the young master snorted proudly at him: "I knew you were not prepared!"

Lu Xiuyuan, who had already set up the chessboard and was about to win a few rounds, was suddenly stunned. Could it be what he thought?

Not long after the young master finished speaking, Nan Xing staggered out carrying a stack of books.

"Quick, quick! Uncle, help me!"

Seeing that the book was about to fall, Lu Xiuyuan hurried over to remove most of it.

"Why, why are there so many?"

Obviously, his senior brother took two copies when he was in the Wu Mansion, but why is there such a thick stack here at Shi Yunchen's place.

Seeing his surprised look, the young master crossed his arms and raised his chin slightly: "One chief examiner, three assistant examiners, and the essays and poems of the eighteen fellow examiners are all here, you can choose whatever you want! !"

Good guy, this is really beyond Lu Xiuyuan's expectation. I didn't expect Shi Yunchen to be able to snatch all the examiners' poetry collections just after the list of examiners was released today.

The author has something to say: welcome to the small theater of "Wealth is Willfulness".

Nan Xing: 555~ Actually, there is nothing to say. It is just that my young master has prepared all the poetry collections of all officials above the sixth rank in the court for my uncle not long after he arrived in the capital.

Brother Lu was crying, originally wanted to play chess and watch rabbit ears, but in the end he couldn't escape reading