[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

"Their family originally lived in the local area for generations. Although it is not as good as Jun's family, they have been officials for generations, but they have come out to be officials every few generations. They are one of the best families with a surname in the county. As for Wang Yue, he The most famous of this branch is his great-grandfather, who was a household doctor of the fifth rank at the time, and was in charge of the Qingli Department in Yunnan. Don't think that this official is only a fifth rank, and he is in charge of remote places like Yunnan. I don't know. Those who are affectionate really think that he is a small official, but those who really know the inside story dare not underestimate him. This Yunnan Qingli is in charge of the customs, water transportation and taxation of the world. In addition, Prince Du Taiwei was in charge of the customs in Guangzhou, and he made friends with Wang Yue's great-grandfather. Because the two families had the same surname, they joined the clan. It was because the Wang family had gradually declined in recent years and there were not many contacts. It's a serious person who has been on the family tree, and if it is true, the relationship is not too distant."

"Taiwei Du controls Bo Wang's family? Is it the Wang family who was ordered to take over by the Supreme Emperor when he went to the south of the Yangtze River? I vaguely remember that the current head of the Wang family, Prince Teng Wang, is serving as the governor of the Beijing camp?"

"It's his family. The seat of the Jingying Jiedushi can only be taken by someone who is in the heart of the emperor, and now this person has been promoted to the governor of the nine provinces, and he is ordered to check the border. This Lord Wang is more and more important to His Majesty. !"

Hearing the words of the academic officer, the county magistrate slowly revealed his thoughts, but soon he came back to his senses, and did not continue to say anything, but concentrated on putting away the candidates' answer sheets, and soon the last exam He also walked out of the examination room, and the county magistrate ordered the examiners to put away the test papers, and he watched with his own eyes. After all the test papers were pasted, he led the examiners into the prepared marking room for marking.

However, these have nothing to do with Wang Yue for the time being, because the exam stipulates that papers must be handed in when it is dark, and today some candidates hope to show up in front of the county magistrate, so they handed in the papers in advance, which brought everyone's time to hand in the papers earlier. Not many, so even if Wang Yue was the last batch to come out, it was just getting dark, and Wang Gou'er had been waiting outside for a day.

But even if Wang Gou'er was anxious after waiting, he only came up to check on Wang Yue's body when Wang Yue came out, and he didn't dare to ask how he was doing in the exam, for fear of affecting his son's grades.

Wang Yue just said that he did well in the exam, comforted Wang Gou'er, and followed Wang Gou'er home. Li Sanmao had already prepared meals and was waiting for Wang's father and son to come back.

After dinner, Wang Yue fell asleep and no one dared to disturb him.I just packed my things silently and went to bed early.

After two days of rest, the ceremony room announced the list. Wang Gou'er went to check it early in the morning, and Wang Yue's name was impressively listed.

If you pass the first exam, you can go to the government exam. Once you pass the government exam, you will be the college exam, and if you pass the college exam, you will be a serious scholar.

Except for Wang Yue, all the students in the private school who took the exam passed, and they all made an appointment to go to Fucheng to take the exam together. As for the exams in the next three days, some of them took part, and some didn't.

Only those who pass the exam on the first day can be used as a reference for the exams in the next three days. However, as long as you pass the first exam, you can take the government exam, so whether you can take the exam in the next three days depends on the candidates’ wishes.

The number of people taking the exam this time is much less than that of the first day. Most of the people who took the exam in the next three days are those who feel that they have studied well and want to get a good grade in the exam. When the time comes, they will see if they can be ranked among the top few and become a county clerk. Students, when the time comes, they will have money and food every month.

There are also wealthy families who look down on this food and money. They pursue a higher level, hoping to be at the top, and there will be preferential treatment in the government examination, and the chance of winning will be higher when the time comes.

Those who are relatively satisfied with the current results and do not have much pursuit have given up the next few days of the exam.

The exam on the second day is called Chufu, and the content is required to be one essay in four books, one essay on sex theory or filial piety, and about [-] words written silently in the imperial edict Guangxun.

Those who can pass the first exam can basically answer the questions correctly, but whether they pass or not is another matter.

With the foundation of the first day, Wang Yue passed the second exam very easily.

After waiting for two days, the ceremony room announced the list of the passers for the second exam again, and Wang Yue was among them again.

This time, there were only more than 100 people left, and Wang Yue, an eight-year-old candidate, was revealed.

When the list is announced, the test papers of the candidates will also be announced. Wang Yue's test papers are also posted. Everyone has seen it. It is worthy of the name, and even ranks among the best in the entire county.

Coupled with the addition of his age factor, this time he will definitely be able to get the place of the county magistrate, even the fame of a scholar is easy to get.

Therefore, although the exam has not yet ended, Wang Yue's reputation has become more and more famous among the scholars in the county, and those friends who Wang Gou'er made good friends also came to congratulate him one after another.

Fortunately, they all knew that this was the critical moment for Wang Yue's exam, so they didn't come to disturb him, they just talked with Wang Gou'er in the wing room.

The third test is called repeating, one piece of four scriptures or scriptures, one piece of rhyme, one poem with five characters and eight rhymes, and silently write the first two sentences of the imperial edict and Guang Xun. After passing the screening of this round of tests , there are only dozens of people left.

So in the fourth re-examination, there was no written test, but an interview.Fortunately, there were not many people in the exam, and there was a whole day, the county magistrate had enough time to ask questions one by one, while the examiner was writing down their answers like flying.

Candidates who can stand out in this competition are those candidates with good psychological quality, and Wang Yue's psychological quality has always been excellent.

The title Wang Yue got was: "The way is based on government, and the same is punished, and the people are exonerated without shame. It talks about convincing people with virtue, and the topic is not difficult, but the difficult thing is how to solve and accept the topic in a short period of time, and convert your own meaning into a complete stereotyped essay.

This is a test of the candidate's skills and agility of thinking. Those who have a solid foundation but get tangled in their heads when something happens will suffer.

It took only a quarter of an hour, or 15 minutes, for Wang Yue, who was asked by the county magistrate, to answer the question.

This level is of course not comparable to the legendary Cao Zhi's seven-step poem, but it also depends on what both parties wrote. What Cao Zhi wrote was just a poem with more than 20 characters, but what Wang Yue wrote was stereotyped. , at least 15 characters, not only required to be coherent, but also parallelism, parallelism, and parallelism, in which various allusions are used, and the ability to answer questions within [-] minutes is simply inhuman in the eyes of others!

So when Wang Yue opened his mouth, the others were subconsciously startled, and they all looked at him with unbelievable eyes. Liu Zhixuan was about to stop him. In half an hour, even if the child is quick-witted and writes the article quickly, he can still polish it in his stomach.

However, Liu Zhixuan's actions were blocked by the academic officer, who said in a low voice in front of the county magistrate: "My lord, you need to know that his thoughts are flowing like a spring. He is now in a state of mystery, and interrupting him rashly will only cut off his thoughts. It’s not good, you might as well take a look first.”

Liu Zhixuan had no choice but to nod when he heard the words, even if he wanted to help, he couldn't be too partial in public.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Wang Yue who was standing at the bottom, and lamented in his heart, after all, he was too young, but he was complacent after doing well in a few exams, it was really unwise to have a competitive heart at this time!

Forget it, the big deal is to spend a few more years of experience in the bottom, although it takes more years, it will be more beneficial to his official career!

After barely convincing himself, Liu Zhixuan pulled himself together to listen to how Wang Yue answered the questions, but the kindness before was no longer on his face.

But the more he listened, the more surprised he was, the child's answer was so subtle, although some parts were still a little immature, it was enough to take the test, even if the ranking was not high, he could still pass.

There are at least [-] to [-] examinees taking part in the imperial examination in this world, half of which are not included in the general examination, and the remaining ones who can pass the general examination are only one out of ten.

To be able to surpass most of the seniors at his age, this kid has a bright future!

I'm afraid the answer sheet he got when he participated in the meeting and tried the second-level class is on par with the child's current answer!

Is he really a child who is only eight years old?

Not only Liu Zhixuan wanted to ask this question, but even Li Yuan, the school official, wanted to ask it. Compared with the county magistrate who has been far away from the examination and increasingly alienated from the imperial examination, he has been paying attention to the imperial examination every year. Good articles are clear in his chest. After comparing them, Li Yuan suddenly found that the eight-year-old boy's articles were slightly revised and polished, and they were no worse than the articles that could be published by the court. The request made by the teacher should be generous, and the level of being able to write this kind of article is not low!

If he can maintain this level, then the top three is expected.I heard that this child has never been a teacher, and now he is only taking classes in a private school in their town. If he can be taken under the door and cultivated as a number one scholar, he will become famous among the Confucian scholars as his student ascends to the top. .

As long as he thinks of being pursued and begged to send children into his sect in the future, and there are even powerful children among them, the scene immediately makes the student's blood boil, and his eyes on Wang Yue suddenly become hot.

However, his superhuman self-control made him calm down quickly, but he still looked at Wang Yue with a touch of uncontrollable appreciation. He accepted this disciple!