Be a master through ancient times

"Hey, don't squeeze me!"

"Obviously I was the first to arrive!"

Outside the gate of the county government, there was a huge crowd.On weekdays, Liswen scholars push each other, for fear that they will be left behind.

In a restaurant not far away, Zhang Wenhai, Chu Ci and Chu Xiaoyuan were sitting in a box, looking out through the window.

"Tsk tsk, is this necessary? There is still a while before the list is released, can you see it early or late?" Zhang Wenhai felt that those scholars were too restless.

"If your legs don't keep shaking like a convulsion, I might believe that you are calm." Chu Ci said coldly.

Who dragged him to this restaurant early in the morning?They've been sitting there for about three hours now.

Chu Xiaoyuan couldn't sit still anymore. Although there are many delicious things here, he really wanted to go out and have a look. In the past at this time, he always ran outside.

"It's on the list!"

With this yell, the gate of the county government office slowly opened, and two rows of servants came out. First, the crowd was evacuated to one side, and then the county clerk personally posted a list on the east wall of the county government office.

He pasted the red paper on which countless people hoped, and then entered the county government office under the protection of the government officials.

"Hurry up...Brother Chu, look quickly...Is there me on it!" Zhang Wenhai stood up abruptly, lying eagerly on the window, his body swinging rhythmically, apparently due to muscle twitches caused by too much tension.

"Brother Zhang, be safe and don't be impatient. Xiao Chengzi is staring at the bottom of the list. If you fall, how will you participate in the next government test?" Chu Ci hurried over to pull him, with most of his body leaning out, in case he really fell , that would become a laughing stock.

"Yes, yes, I want to calm down, calm down." Zhang Wenhai circled in the box, and now he regretted that he chose to wait here in order to pretend to be so. If he had known, he would have gone to wait on the wall below, and it was better than catching him now. My heart scratches my lungs.

From time to time, there were surprise cries of "I got it! I got it!", but most of them were sighs, and there were even wailing sounds.

Xiao Chengzi squeezed under the list, his hair was loose, and his shoes were trampled off. He looked at the list with wide eyes, carefully looking for the name of his young master.

The inside of this list is circular, with a Chinese character written in the middle, and then divided into two circles, with 20 people in the inner circle and 30 people in the outer circle.The first name is rewritten in thick ink, and the others are lightly inscribed in light ink in a clockwise direction.

"I got it! I got it! My young master got it!" Xiao Chengzi was overjoyed, pushed the person out and rushed towards the restaurant, shouting happily.

Hearing the sound, Zhang Wenhai clenched his fists and slammed on the table with joy, and kept laughing, tears welling up from his laughter.

"Uncle..." Chu Xiaoyuan got off his seat, ran to Chu Ci's side, and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"Don't be afraid, Uncle Zhang is so happy." Chu Ci looked at it, actually feeling a little sad, the current scholars are too miserable.

Zhang Wenhai is only 21 years old, and he has already been to the examination room several times. It is still early to get in the exam, but he is still ecstatic.How could the people below be more than twenty?It's just hard work day after day and year after year with slim hopes.

If the poor people leave during the imperial examination, there is only one way to go to the dark.

"Young Master, Young Master, you won! I saw that your name is ranked seventh on the list, and it says "take Ping'an Township Zhang Wenhai" on it."

Xiao Chengzi opened the door and yelled, and then saw his young master sitting there gracefully, frowning slightly: "It's just in the county trial, so why make a fuss. Look at yourself, I have a tael of silver here, Take it and go buy clothes and shoes."

He looked blankly at Zhang Wenhai and then at Chu Ci. For a moment, he felt that the two had merged into one. Shouldn't his young master jump up and turn around twice?Why did he behave like Chu Xiucai?

"What are you still doing in a daze, don't you want the bounty?" Zhang Wenhai was furious. He finally tried to calm down but was looked at with strange eyes. What's the matter?

"Yes!" Xiao Chengzi took the money, his monthly silver was two taels of silver, now it is five monthly money, no one should be a fool. "I'll go home and inform the master and madam!" When the time comes, hehe.

"Brother Chu, I won! And it's No.7! Hahahaha, I won." Zhang Wenhai laughed again.

Laughing and laughing, he stopped suddenly and said, "Oh, I don't know if anyone from Jinyang's family came to see the list, Xiao Chengzi probably didn't have the energy to find his name just now, if Jinyang really doesn't win, but How to do it?"

"Let's go down and have a look. At this time, a lot of people have dispersed." Chu Ci said.

"Well, I'm going down now!" After Zhang Wenhai finished speaking, he ran downstairs like a fly, and rushed towards the wall of the list.

"Uncle, he hasn't paid the bill yet!" Chu Xiaoyuan was a little annoyed, obviously he kept saying that he was treating guests and asked them to eat more, but when he paid the bill, he disappeared.

His father also had a friend like this before, coaxing his father to go drink with him, but when the wine was finished, he disappeared with the wine jug, which made him unhappy for a few days.

"It's okay, let's pay this time first, next time you, Uncle Zhang, will definitely not forget."

"Okay." Chu Xiaoyuan nodded, then he thought for a while and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if he doesn't pay. Uncle Zhang is very good. We didn't confiscate the money when we lived in his house. Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang also gave I have a lot of delicious food."

"Xiaoyuan is really sensible. In the future, when you treat those friends who sincerely associate with you, you should also think like this."

"Isn't that true?" Chu Xiaoyuan made inferences.

"Hit him to death." Chu Ci dropped these words, paid the bill, and led Xiao Yuan towards the wall of the list.

Before I got there, I saw Zhang Wenhai running over excitedly, "Jinyang, Jinyang also won, and he is ranked as Sun Shan!"

"It's Sun Shan at the end of Jieyuan, and the virtuous man is outside Sun Shan."

Because of this poem, later generations used "Famous Sun Shan" to describe the candidates who failed the exam.Unexpectedly, in order to protect Fang Jinyang's reputation as the last one in the exam, Zhang Wenhai even made a nonsense about "ranking Sun Shan", which really makes people laugh.

"Let's go and tell Jinyang the good news." Zhang Wenhai suggested.

Chu Ci nodded, and then the three of them walked out from the left side of the county government office.Fang Jinyang's home is in Osmanthus Alley, not too far from here.

"Kuozhi, Brother Chu, have you come to see me? There is another little friend, Brother Chu's nephew, right?"

Fang Jinyang was sitting on a chair in the yard reading a book. This is not the yard from yesterday, presumably because it was too far away, so he changed his place of residence.

His complexion was much better than yesterday.Because he knew the truth, he felt that there was still hope, so he would no longer be as depressed as before.

"Jinyang, you must not know what kind of good news I will tell you later!" Zhang Wenhai looked mysterious.

Fang Jinyang also smiled: "Did you pass the exam? I did the test yesterday, and you should be able to pass the exam. Congratulations." There were only blessings and no other emotions in his words.

"No, it was you, and you passed the exam too! You are ranked as Sun Shan!" Zhang Wenhai laughed loudly, waiting for Fang Jinyang to show a surprised expression.

Who knows that Fang Jinyang smiled bitterly: "Don't make fun of me, I missed a question, how can I get it? I have only heard of being named Sun Shan, so how can I be named Sun Shan?"

"Don't believe me, it's posted on the wall of the list! Your name is on the same row as the top of the case! You wrote to Fang Jinyang in Yong'an Town, isn't this you, and someone else called Fang Jinyang?"

Fang Jinyang's eyes widened, he turned his head to look at Chu Ci, and seeing Chu Ci also smiled and nodded, he really believed it.

"Haha...hahaha...I hit it! I hit it!" Fang Jinyang smiled more exaggeratedly than Zhang Wenhai, and Shitou was so frightened that he ran over quickly, not knowing what happened to his young master.

After Fang Jinyang vented for a while, he went into the room to freshen up, and then returned to his usual appearance when he came out.

"Thank you for coming to tell me the news. Today I will be the host. Let's have a good drink."

"Don't be busy." Chu Ci persuaded, "The government test will be in the future, you still need to prepare more. And brother Fang, you are in good health, so you shouldn't be greedy."

These disappointing words made Zhang Fang and Zhang Fang look at Chu Ci gratefully. Only true friends would think about them like this.

The Fang family was a little depressed by yesterday's incident. They never thought that being too kind to others would affect their children and grandchildren, so they couldn't help feeling a little listless.

That Xiaocui has been insane since she confessed yesterday, and now she has been sent to the Tower of the Madman, and her mother has also been sent to take care of her.

It's not that they are too cruel, but that cutting off one's future is like killing one's parents.Today they can ruin Jinyang's future for this reason, and tomorrow they dare to poison and kill because of people's opposition.Even if these poisonous snakes are only entrenched in the dark, they can't let go of their hearts, so they can only pay 20 taels to the guards of the Madman's Tower, so that they can live on in the world.

Today, when they heard the news that Fang Jinyang had won, the family's smile returned to their faces.

……

On February [-]th, Chu Ci took Chu Xiaoyuan to the Mengtong Hall with all his bags.There are especially many children aged seven or eight there today, and occasionally you can see children around ten years old.

Mr. Shen sat there with several other masters, and every time a student came, he gave their parents a pair of cards and a key.The house number is written on the pair of cards, and they have to find a house according to the house number.

A dormitory in Mengtong Hall can accommodate six people, and the conditions are not very good.Chu Ci saw a little fat man crying and dragging his father out, claiming not to be here.

Seeing this familiar scene, Chu Ci couldn't help but smile knowingly.In modern times, when going to high school from the community where he lives, there will be a kindergarten passing by on the way, where crying is like a slaughterhouse every day, and there are various reasons for not going in.

"Uncle, it's our time." Chu Xiaoyuan pulled Chu Ci, he found that the uncle stared at a fat man and smiled for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, did the uncle think he was too thin?

"Mr. Shen, Chu Yuan has come to report."

"Oh, Brother Chu. The head of the mountain has already greeted me. You can take Chu Yuan to the school dormitory over there for the imperial examination class. And, the Shu Xiuwei of Mengtong Hall is due every March, and the total is six taels of silver. "

Then, Mengtong House costs two taels of silver a month.Chu Ci was a little speechless, but the enlightenment was so expensive, it really was a county school.The private school in the village only needs [-] Wen a month, which can be offset with grain and firewood.However, considering the quality of teaching, the two taels of silver are indeed well spent.

Chu Ci paid six taels of silver, then took a set of books from Mr. Shen, and walked to the imperial examination class.

After Shen Xiuniang learned that Chu Xiaoyuan was going to school, she helped him seal a strong cloth bag.Now he is carrying a cloth bag full of books, his face is beaming, and his little hands touch it from time to time.

It's not that the gentleman sits in the imperial examination class in person.In addition to the master, they also have teachers here. The teacher is responsible for teaching the students to read and check the endorsement, and the master is responsible for explaining the contents of the book.

In modern terms, a teacher is probably a professor, and a teacher is almost a career that is both a counselor and a class teacher.

The imperial examination class is handed in on the fifth day of January, and it is also handed in on the first day of March.In the past, Chu Ci was able to enroll for free because Master Qin had an affair with the academy, Master Qin paid half, and the academy exempted half.And here in the school dormitory, the fee is five renminbi a month, which includes the laundry fee and other miscellaneous expenses.

Now Chu Ci is not in short supply, so naturally he has to pay in full.He paid the tuition fee of 15 taels of silver and the accommodation fee of three taels of silver before he took the pair of cards and two keys to find the school dormitory.

The imperial examination class lives in one dormitory for four people.Chuci and their name are Zhuxiangshe.

When Chuci and the others arrived, there were already people in the room.

Butler Xu came over with a look of surprise: "Oh, Chu Xiucai, what a coincidence! Do you and Nephew Ling Xian also live in this dormitory? Young master, come and meet Uncle Chu and your classmates. Study together, you must listen to Uncle Chu carefully."

"Hello, Uncle Chu, Hello, Brother Chu." Zhong Liyu greeted timidly. Today, after knowing that he will go to school alone, he has cried twice at home, so he brought him here anyway, but his eyes are still red.

Chu Ci looked at the young master with rabbit eyes in front of him, and couldn't help but touch his forehead.

He looked at the smiling old fox, and dare to ask you, old man, how did you say such a coincidence out of conscience! !