The Transmigrated Li Jin's Daily Farming Life

In recent days, unless Li Jin is too busy to get away, he will usually follow Zhu Shan to the Dushui Qingli Department to study the transformation of the ship.

In order to allow his body to quickly adapt to the cold, he even only wore a thin jacket.

In the cold winter season, except for the officials who go to court, no one wears such thin clothes.After all, officials should not be an obstacle to the view when they face the saint.

And the clothes of the passers-by on the road are thick and thick, and even Zhu Shan is wrapped up a little bloated.

Along the way, Zhu Shan glanced at Li Jin several times, even though he knew that Li Jin was about to take part in the examination, and there were many high-school students in the capital who would 'torture' him ruthlessly like Li Jin.

But understanding is understanding, he felt cold looking at Li Jin like that, but he couldn't persuade Li Jin.

After all, the most important thing is to be able to try. Only by suffering through hardships can one be a master.

A gust of cold wind blew, Zhu Shan didn't care about his demeanor at all, put his hands into his cuffs, as if he wanted to wrap himself airtight before giving up.

After another ten days, Zhu Shan walked with Li Jin again, and he couldn't help admiring Li Jin's ability to adapt to his body.

After all, Li Jin wore such thin clothes at first, and occasionally he would sneeze, and it could be seen from his expression that he was trying his best to endure.

But now Li Jin's expression was normal as he walked, as if he couldn't feel the cold wind at all.

Zhu Shan asked him, Li Jin smiled and said, "I'm used to it."

It's really not that he has a special physique, it's just that he has been exercising daily and taking cold showers for six years, and his body's foundation is there to adjust so quickly.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the eve of the test.

Qin Muwen carefully packed the book basket for him, counting the items over and over again.

Even for the food in the examination room, Qin Muwen asked many neighbors and made a lot of tricks, but in the end what he could bring in was only three scallion pancakes, some cabbage leaves, potatoes and dried steamed bun slices.

In fact, if you want to bring meat with you, it is not impossible, but the size of the book basket is limited, if the examinee can fit it, then let him go.

But Li Jin felt that it was not easy to bring meat. Even if the family cooked it, it would have to be scalded with water before it could be eaten after entering the numbered room.

The charcoal basin in Chunwei is not only used for cooking, but also for heating. The experience of countless "predecessors" condensed with blood and tears is just one word, save.

Therefore, after Li Jin communicated with Qin Muwen, he still planned to bring some simple dry food. Anyway, it was only nine days, and he would be a good man if he survived.

In the early morning of the ninth day of February, Li Jin got up to wash up in the yard, when he saw the oil lamp in the main house lit up.

Qin Muwen went out to pour water for him, and Fu tied up his hair and tied a ribbon for him.

It was still dark at this moment, and it was just one o'clock in Yinshi (three o'clock). Qin Muwen went to the kitchen to heat up the meal, and the two of them finished eating together. He lit a lantern and sent Li Jin to the main entrance.

The corners of Qin Muwen's lips curled up, revealing his first smile in the past few days, and then he quickly kissed the corners of Li Jin's lips,

"People in the village say that I am blessed. Now I want to give all the blessings to my husband. I only hope that everything will go smoothly for my husband."

With a smile in his eyes, Li Jin rubbed his head: "Little Lucky Star, I'm leaving."

Afterwards, he opened the door, carried a book basket, and went to the Gongyuan in the capital with a lantern.

This year is considered to be Enke, and there are not as many candidates participating in the examination as in previous years, so Jiangnan Gongyuan is not open.

The Beijing Gongyuan has been expanded to more than 9000 rooms, which is enough to accommodate all candidates.

Although there are only about [-] juren in the country every three years, the number of juren has already exceeded [-] after the imperial examinations have been carried on for so many years.

In previous years, when the southern waterways were frozen and it was inconvenient to travel, the emperor would allow candidates from Jiangnan to take the general examination directly at the Jiangnan Tribute Academy.

In the south, the style of writing was more prosperous. When the country was stable, there were even big scenes where Wanju people participated in the examination at the Jiangnan Tribute Academy.

Li Jin remembered Wan Yun's saying that Jiangnan Gongyuan had been expanded to more than 8000 rooms, and besides the Confucius Temple, there were Gongyuan along the entire Qinhuai River.

Now His Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people, the people live in peace, and the number of scholars is increasing day by day. It seems that it will continue to expand in the future.

Li Jin thought, fortunately he was born in a safe and stable era.

If the war continues and the flames of war are everywhere, maybe he will not have the opportunity to take the imperial examination.However, he is still not very proficient in Chinese medicine, so he will be able to earn money to support his family if he becomes a barefoot doctor in the future.

Li Jin stood in line at the place prescribed by the Ministry of Etiquette, and his ears were filled with the teeth chattering of the people around him.

After a while, the trumpets finally started to be chanted, and those who were called came forward in order, and they could only go to visit the statue of Confucius after a body search.

Similar to the Confucius Temple in the Jiangnan Gongyuan, each Gongyuan will have a statue of the Master, and candidates must pay homage to the Master before entering the numbered room.

"Hongyan Village, Li Jin."

When Li Jin was called, he handed the lantern to the guard next to him. After being checked by his two teachers, he followed the instructions to search his body.

Li Jin put the book basket on the table, and the natural person quickly took it away.

And he took off the fur coat, outer robe, middle coat, and obscene trousers according to the regulations.

Every piece of clothing has to be checked for any traces or cheat sheets before it can be returned to them.

The difference from the provincial examination is that the officials who will conduct the examination will even take away the candidates' shoes and socks, feel the thickness of the foundation, and check whether there is any "pinched feet" inside.

The pinching is that someone deliberately made the toe of the shoe a little thinner. After stuffing a few cheat sheets, the thickness is exactly the same as the rest of the shoe. If you don’t check carefully, you really can’t find it.

However, everyone is from Juren at the moment, and everyone knows the consequences of bringing in the cheat sheet.

That would directly lead to dismissal!

Therefore, even though the inspections are becoming more and more stringent now, everyone is not panicked at all, after all, they are really open-minded in their hearts.

Li Jin thought he would be fine after taking off for inspection, but the official sent him to take a bath directly.

Dry off and change clothes after taking a bath.

After all this tossing, everyone has checked, and the time has passed.

When Li Jin sat in the No. [-] room, he felt that some parts of his body hadn't been wiped dry after taking a bath, and the water stains were directly on his clothes, making him feel even colder.

But Li Jin didn't have time to worry about these things for the time being, he had to spend all his time answering the questions.

There is an extra earthen jar in the test room, and the candidates are asked to use the earthen jar to store excrement for the past three days.

To put it another way, that is, you can't get out of the room within three days.

What's more, candidates eat, drink, and sleep in this room that is four feet (1.3 meters) long and less than five feet (about 1.5 meters) deep for three days.

Of course, the most important thing is to write beautiful articles.

The first part of the general examination is similar to the provincial examination. The test is all related to the historical theory of the Four Books and Five Classics. It is the most time-consuming part and also the part that most tests the candidates' knowledge.

If you want to leave a good impression on the examiner, you must answer well in the first round.

The first question on Li Jin's side is "The Zhou and Tang Dynasties put more emphasis on the outside than the inside, while the Qin and Wei Dynasties put more emphasis on the outside and the inside, each has its own merits".

This question seems to be easy to write, but it is not difficult to answer it as long as you understand the governance philosophy and history of Zhou, Tang, Qin and Wei Dynasties.

Li Jin probably had an idea in his mind, and began to look at the second question.

Several questions of the four scriptures must be answered, while the questions of the five scriptures are still four out of twenty.

Therefore, Li Jin chose to browse through the questions first. He knew that if he answered every question, he would be considered qualified.

But if the article is to be really well written, it must be linked together.

Just like the last rural examination, the big reason why Li Jin stood out was that his five scriptures combined the four points of water conservancy, farming and mulberry, arithmetic and shipbuilding, which were interlinked, which made the examiner's eyes shine.

This time Li Jin had a bolder idea. The Four Books began to ask questions about history, so he focused on the river transport and shipbuilding he wanted to introduce.

Starting from the Grand Canal in the Zhou and Tang Dynasties, "Using the ancients as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs", so as to introduce my own views.

Each article is advanced layer by layer, allowing your own ideas and conclusions to penetrate into the examiner's thinking.

Thinking about it this way, Li Jin's thinking became much clearer, and he identified his point, and began to list his ideas one by one.

On the first day, Li Jin finished reading all the questions at noon. He realized that he had been sitting for a long time, and when he wanted to stand up, he realized that his legs had been numb from the cold.

He put down his pen, clenched his hands into a fist, and lightly hammered his calf.

When the calf was able to move a little bit, Li Jin left one-sixth of the charcoal in the brazier and lit it.He didn't rush to boil the water, but put the potatoes on the charcoal fire, and then baked the scallion pancakes on the potatoes.

It is cold in winter, sweat does not evaporate as fast as in autumn, and the demand for water is not as great as in autumn.

When the pancakes were hot, the potatoes were not yet cooked. Li Jin ate the pancakes first, then asked the guards to fetch water, put the pot on the brazier, and moved the brazier to his feet.

That way he was warming himself by the fire.

With the brazier by his side, his body temperature gradually increased. When the charcoal fire was almost finished, Li Jin drank hot water to warm his body while answering the questions.

He had a specific idea and drafted the article very quickly, but it got dark early in winter, and Li Jin felt that the number room was dark before he could write until Youshi (five to seven in the evening).

Li Jinqiang held on until his eyes were sore before lighting the candle.

Taking advantage of the spring of his writing, he directly drafted the three articles and four books, and then blew out the candle, re-boiled the water, and ate hot potatoes.

Li Jin wrapped the remaining cabbage, scallion pancakes and steamed bun slices, and planned to keep these with him when he went to bed at night.

If a mouse comes, he can drive it away immediately.

Li Jin didn't plan to start a fire at night, it doesn't matter if it's colder, but it must not cause a fire.

There used to be examinees who were afraid of the cold in the middle of the night and slept on the brazier. The room was small, so they turned over and threw themselves on the brazier.

In the end, he forcibly burned down the number room, and also burned to death dozens of Juren who were near him.

Therefore, some aspects of the imperial examination are actually fate-based.

Li Jin put the two wooden boards together on the ground, and piled the earthen pots by the door. After thinking for a while, he put the extinguished brazier and bamboo basket beside the earthen pots.

If he accidentally kicked down the crock pot at night, it might forcefully destroy his mind to answer the question.

The answer sheets and plain papers for drafting are all piled up next to his head, which is the safest way.

After such an arrangement, Li Jin took off his outer robe, wrapped it up and covered it with another, and fell asleep slowly.

When Li Jin woke up, he thought it was the second day. He heard the sound of snoring coming from around him, and saw the thick night through the top of the door of the number room.Only then did he realize that it might be too late now.

One night, Li Jinlu woke up from the cold three or four times one after another. As soon as the snoring in the surrounding rooms stopped, he also got up to boil hot water and light candles to answer the questions.

During the Chunwei period, the days were short and the nights were long, so it was fair for each candidate to be given three candles.

On the second day, Li Jin drafted five scriptures, and then polished all seven articles.

In this way, only the transcription is left for the third day.

At this moment, only half of Li Jin's three candles remained.

The scallion pancakes with boiled cabbage have already been eaten, and tomorrow I can only eat potatoes and sliced ​​steamed buns.

Originally, Li Jin planned to make one scallion pancake a day, but with the earthen pot here, he really couldn't cook vegetables and bake pancakes calmly.

The moment Li Jin came out of the examination room, Li Jin walked fast.Jun Zhuo, who had met once, only had time to see Li Jin's back, and if he tried to find him, he couldn't see anyone.

Instead, many people quickly gathered around him.

These people all had happy faces: "Enke is not difficult, I have answered it all."

"Me too, I happen to have memorized them all."

Jun Zhuo congratulated them with a smile, and the group walked towards the inn together.

At the same time, the examiners in the inner curtain also began to copy the candidates' first answer sheets.

There were more than 4000 people participating in the Spring Festival this time.

According to the ratio, about 200 people can be admitted as tributes.

The results of the general examination will be announced within [-] days after the examination. Therefore, all the examiners have heavy tasks on their shoulders.

Li Jin went home and took a shower, hugging the little bun... While his father was sleeping, in the inner curtain of the capital's tribute courtyard, a young examiner suddenly exclaimed.

"This, this character is so beautifully written, I have never seen such beautiful characters in my life!"