Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

People who announce the good news like this are not sent by the government. They are just trying to make a quick move. Whoever runs to the rookie to announce the good news the fastest will get the most happy money.

After the first person left, Qu Yi and Xu Shi thought about what to cook, and they went back to the house to get copper coins and distribute them to the neighbors who came to congratulate them. As for the two people who came later holding the happy news , Wei Yang came forward and gave a tael of silver to each of them, and no one came after that.

When all the people who came to congratulate him got the news and left, the small courtyard became quiet again. Zheng Xin looked at the relieved Liang Kangsheng and Wei Yang, feeling a little sour while feeling happy for their friends. In his opinion, Liang Kangsheng Kang Sheng is the highest level among them, while he and Wei Yang are on the same level.

A total of 120 people were selected for the college examination, and Wei Yang ranked [-]. It can be said that he passed at the bottom. Whether he can be on the list depends on the examiner's preference. It may be that the articles he wrote happen to be appreciated by the examiners. type, so he passed, and Zheng Xin may have met an examiner who didn't like the type of his article.

At this time, there were no outsiders around, Liang Kangsheng and Wei Yang felt a little embarrassed when facing Zheng Xin and Fang Junyan who failed in the exam. We took the exam together, and only two of them were selected. It is not appropriate for them to say anything at the moment .

Fang Junyan didn't care, he had already made full mental preparations that he would not win, Liang Kangsheng and the others passed, he would only be happy, and made up his mind that he would go to Liang Kangsheng before the hospital exam next year Discuss problem solving and composition, and try to pass it next time.

So seeing that the atmosphere in the yard was a bit subtle, Fang Junyan took the lead in laughing twice: "Congratulations Brother Liang and Brother Wei, you will be scholars in the future, and I will write to you many times in the next year to ask for advice. Don't think I'm annoying, or I won't follow you."

"Don't worry, Brother Fang, just write more letters, and I guarantee that you will get a full response to each one." Fang Junyan spoke to enliven the atmosphere, and the smile on Wei Yang's face no longer concealed, the corners of his mouth almost Cracked to the root of the ear, so what if the ranking is low, he passed it, he passed it, he has a reputation as a scholar, and he is no longer a useless scholar who can't do anything.

Zheng Xin also suppressed the soreness in his heart, and congratulated each other sincerely. Everyone congratulated and encouraged each other, and quickly restored the previous atmosphere of getting along.

Only then did Liang Kangsheng relax completely. He knew that Brother Zheng was not the kind of person who waited for a small belly, but if he kept this matter in his heart, it would inevitably be embarrassing when we met in the future, and it would also affect his next scientific examination.

At this moment, the little cousin of the Zheng family hurried back from the outside. As soon as he entered the door, he closed the courtyard door nervously, leaning against the door panel and gasping for breath, as if there was a tiger chasing him behind.

"Chenfeng, what's wrong with you?" Zheng Xin saw his appearance, handed him a glass of water, and asked him to relax.

After resting for a while, drinking water to moisten his throat, the little cousin said the first sentence after entering the door: "Today's announcement of the list has a big event."

Fang Junyan leaned over. He didn't hear what would happen to the release of the rankings from his family. He only knew that his family told him not to go to the government office today. He was already curious about what happened outside: "What happened?"

The little cousin drank the water in two or three strokes, motioned for everyone to go into the house, and closed the doors and windows cautiously before daring to speak.

"All the students who took the lead in making trouble some time ago were all arrested, more than a dozen scholars were expelled from their ranks, and more than [-] scholars will no longer be able to participate in the imperial examination..."

"This year's release of the list is not like in the past. The adults posted all the answer sheets of the winners, saying that they are for everyone to see. If you have any opinions, go to the government office to find out your answer sheets and reason..."

"Master Guan invited a lot of soldiers from nowhere, and stood beside the list and the posted answer sheets with black faces, not daring to approach them at all. I heard people say..."

"Who would dare to continue to make trouble with the arrangement of the official? Anyway, I think those scholars have dispersed and dare not gather in the city anymore. I have come all the way back and even the inn that was so lively before is as quiet as if no one lives in it today..."

Early in the morning when the little cousin passed by, the outside of the government office was full of scholars, and the little cousin was small. He was worried that he would be regarded as a troubled brother with the troubled scholar gang, so he kept waiting outside, thinking about what to do. He could hear a thing or two about it outside, anyway, he came here just to inquire about the news.

He didn't come back until now, because the crowd outside the official office has almost dispersed, and naturally there is no news if there is no one, and it is meaningless for him to stay any longer.

Listening to my little cousin talking about what happened outside the government office, several people in the room frowned. No one expected that the government's actions would be so clean and neat this time, and the punishment would be so severe.

In the eyes of ordinary people, getting rid of the reputation of a scholar and not allowing the imperial examination to continue to take the imperial examination is just that you can't continue to study. Life is still there, and life is not a problem. People who can read will eventually be admired by the common people.

But for those who are studying, to get rid of the reputation of scholar and not allow them to continue to take the imperial examination is to dig up everyone's life, making them feel like dying, and they will have to suffer both physically and mentally in the future. The trick is really hard enough.

It has to be said that the government's practice of killing chickens and monkeys easily calmed down all the scholars, and no one dared to make trouble even if someone provoked them again.

After all, everyone can say that punishments such as imprisonment and beating boards are not submissive to the powerful, and have the character of a scholar. If they are directly cut off from the imperial examination, they are still considered a fart scholar!

Everyone present felt a little heavy. As scholars, Liang Kangsheng could empathize with those students and felt sorry for them, but thinking of what they had done before, Liang Kangsheng didn't think they were so innocent.

Liang Kangsheng was still thinking, maybe it was because of such a big event in the court test that everyone didn't dare to discuss it casually, which led to the fact that he never heard his master talk about it in his previous life.

In previous years, the chief examiner and other examiners would have a banquet for the students on the list after the college examination. This is an opportunity for ordinary students to meet Xuezheng and other officials. With such a big incident this year, Xuezheng and the others have no intention of meeting ordinary students, and only notified the rankings The top ten applicants go to the Yamen to talk, and this year's hospital examination is over.

After that, the government's good news was passed down step by step. Liang Kangsheng and his students returned to their hometowns honestly and waited for the official notification.

Not only did the government not publicize the results of the college examination, many students were much more low-key than in previous years, and no one proposed to hold a literary or poetry meeting.

The students from other places all pack their bags and go home as soon as possible. The local students in the provincial capital should go back to study, and those who have other things also go to do their own things. Friends dare not meet casually, because they are afraid of gathering in twos and threes Those who are interested will think that they are preparing to make trouble.

In the dreary atmosphere of the provincial capital, Liang Kangsheng and the others naturally wouldn't stay longer. They left the next day after the rankings were announced. They didn't bid farewell with much fanfare, and the neighbors around them didn't have the same "enthusiasm" towards them as yesterday. At most, some people heard it. After the carriage moved, he opened the door and waved at their carriage.

At this time, the results of the government examination in Fucheng had already been released, Hong Kong Tongfu was a little far away from the provincial capital, and the student disturbances in the provincial capital did not affect Hong Kong Tongfu, so the government examination here was normal, no different from previous years.

After the results were released, the examiner of the government examination, Zhifu, planned to entertain the students who had passed the exam. Those who failed to pass the exam should either return to their hometowns quickly, or stay in Fucheng for a period of time, thinking about participating more in the literary meetings held by the students in Fucheng to make connections.

Qu Yaowen was holding his breath when he set out to rush for the exam. He was rejected by his classmates "inexplicably".

On weekdays, the master said that his level is not a problem in passing the college test, and he felt that he did well in the government test this time, but who knew that the result of the government test came out, and he was not on the list at all.

Early in the morning, Qu Yaowen personally stood guard outside the government office, and now he was standing under the list, his face darkened and silent, looking back and forth through the list from top to bottom, from bottom to top Four or five times, I still didn't see my name.

Seeing him like that, he knew that he had failed the ranking. The officer who posted the ranking saw that he had already passed the county test at a young age, and it was not a big deal if he didn't pass the government test this time, so he tried to persuade him. Make a good relationship.

Who knew that Qu Yaowen didn't care about the guards at all, he exhausted all his strength to restrain himself, and didn't let him yell in front of the public, he still couldn't believe that he hadn't passed the government examination, obviously He felt that he could pass, and he should have passed the government examination.

The officer saw that his kindness was being treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and he immediately felt displeased with Qu Yaowen. He came out every year to post the list, and he had seen tens of thousands of frustrated scholars. He was just a brat who turned his face to him , I really think that I am a character.

There are still a lot of people who want to read the list, and the guards are impatient and chase them away: "Hurry up and leave after reading, there are so many people waiting to see, occupying the latrine and not shitting, what a stinking problem!"

The people who came to squeeze to see the list were impatient, but the people behind kept pushing forward. Qu Yaowen didn't check for a while, and was so crowded that he couldn't stand still and fell forward, kneeling under the list.

Seeing him like this, the scorned officer couldn't help but taunt him again: "What's the use of kneeling, if you fail the exam, you fail the exam. If you kneel here until next year, you still won't pass the exam."

Someone next to him immediately echoed: "That's right. I'm still a scholar. I don't have any backbone. If I say kneel, I will kneel. I really lose the face of the scholars in the world. Go home and don't take the imperial examination."

Just now Qu Yaowen stood in the best position and stood still, blocking the people behind him. Now all the government servants talked about him, and the others naturally stayed behind and started talking in a few words.

Standing in the crowd and being squeezed, Qu Yaowen became anxious for a moment, and when he couldn't bear to speak, he suddenly collapsed on the ground with black eyes, and a little redness was faintly visible at the corner of his mouth.