I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 365, the downcast aristocrats
Xu Wei doesn't need those celebrities who talk about it, but wants those vulgar officials who can go deep into the countryside and deal with farmers!Therefore, Xu Wei's imperial examination system is closer to the civil servant examination of the Celestial Dynasty, taking the road of large quantity and preferential treatment!Don't even think about going to the Tianzitang for Tian Shelang in the evening.

Naturally, the exams for so many people cannot be taken in one place, but in Jinyang in Bingzhou, Yecheng in Jizhou, and Jixian in Youzhou!

And the exam time is set on June [-]th!

So when the weather in Jixian County is getting hotter and hotter, more and more scholars come to Jixian County.

Because of Xu Wei's popularization of education, and the widespread use of printing and papermaking, there are dozens of times more people reading books in Dagan than Dahan, although most of these people only know a few hundred words that are commonly used, and even write a 200-word article. It's all tough.

But because of the large number of popularization, after all, some geniuses can stand out, and confident people also want to jump the dragon's gate, so tens of thousands of people who want to take the exam gather here in Ji County!

After all, it was still the feudal era, and no one could refuse to become an official, even if it was a village head or a village head who was a fighting official!Moreover, there are thousands of people admitted this time, everyone is lucky, so many people took the exam, why didn't they pass the exam.

So now Ji County has brought together the children of powerful families who want to change their destiny, the children of poor families who are optimistic about Lei Gong and want to join the big cadres, and even the mud-legged children trained by Xu Wei are also salty fish to try the road of imperial examinations.

Ji County is not very big, and there are tens of thousands more people. It is a bit crowded to accommodate so many people at a time.Candidates who came to Ji County were trying to understand the internal situation of the exam every day. After all, the notice only said that they would write a 500-word essay and do 100 math problems. Other than that, everyone knew nothing. Not even knowing the scope of the exam, naturally made many people panic.

But there are also many smart businessmen who have found business opportunities. They copied the Chinese textbooks and math textbooks of Jixian School, and even managed to get the test papers of these students, and then boasted that this is the scope of the questions. Everyone really believed it. After all, the Jixian Academy was established by Lei Gong, who is in power. If he wants to test everyone, he will definitely write questions on it, and at least he will have something to do with it.So a set of test papers can be sold for hundreds of dollars!Tens of thousands of sets have been sold in Ji County alone!It can be said that because of the imperial examination, the whole Ji County is very lively!

And just in such a bustle, Tian Chou came to Jixian County. The Tian family is a powerful man in Youzhou. The family is in Xuwu County, Youbeiping County. They are scholars for generations. Several people have been officials at the county magistrate level, and several thousand stone army Sima, standard big men and powerful.

After Huanglong captured Youbeiping County, the Tian family took the initiative to divide the fields and pastures. The Jiatian family has contributed to protecting the environment and people in Youbeiping County, and usually has no bad deeds, so there are few families in Dagan that have not been greatly affected.

Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no influence at all. The big family is divided into dozens of small families. In the past, some of their children joined the army as officials in the Dahan family, but in Dagan they really became ordinary people. There is no way to enter The powerful ruling class has caused the Tian family's influence in Youbeiping County to plummet.

The Tian family was overjoyed by the Dagan imperial examination, and finally had a way to join the Dagan, so the head of the Tian family asked his grandson Tian Chou to come to Ji County to participate in this imperial examination!Tian Chou was clever since he was a child. Although he is only seventeen years old this year, he has read the Six Classics thoroughly and has extraordinary knowledge. He has a reputation as a child prodigy in Xu Wucheng since he was a child.

The Patriarch of the Tian family didn't think that his grandson wouldn't even be ranked among the top 1000 scholars in Youzhou!And as long as you pass the exam, even a small official with a hundred stones is worth it, because it means that their Tian family has entered the ruling class of Daqian!
So Tian Chou, who had studied in Xuwu County for several years, came to Ji County.

He looked at the bustling Ji County, full of scholars wearing long gowns, almost one scholar in every ten people, he was surprised: "There are so many scholars in Youzhou!"

He is now starting to worry about his future. He saw hundreds of people at the gate of the city alone. There should not be tens of thousands of people in Ji County who came to take the imperial examination. Competing with so many people, even Tian Chou, who is known as a child prodigy Don't worry, after all, he is the hope of the whole family now, and he can't afford to fail.

"The standard of a scholar is different now than before. We used to read the Six Classics thoroughly before we dared to be called a scholar, but now we know a few hundred characters and can barely read the Analects!" A young strong man followed Tian Chou's words.

Tian Chou turned around and looked pleasantly surprised: "Dingguo, have you returned to Youzhou?"

"Yes! I'm back!"

The name of the person who came was Xianyu Ping, who was a child of the Xianyu family. At the beginning, Xianyu Yin was fined 20 billion by Xu Wei, causing the entire Xianyu family to lose all their property. The whole family was even exiled by Xu Wei to the island of Youzhou to dig Struvite, catching sea fish to pay off debts, even though it has been paid for two years now, it is still far from paying off debts.Of course, Xu Wei didn't really want them to pay off their debts, but three years of corvée punishment was indispensable.

Life on the island was not easy, especially when their family was originally a powerful family, but it suddenly fell to the point where they were even worse than ordinary people.And this big imperial examination became their hope, so the Xianyu family wanted to make a comeback and tried to get Xianyushou to come to Ji County to take the imperial examination!His parents asked the fleet to bring Xian Yuping to take part in the imperial examination, and the captain actually took Xian Yuping back to Youzhou.

It has been more than a month since Xian Yuping came to Jixian County, unlike the Tian family who still kept part of the family property, he really had nothing but a few dried salted fish when he came to Jixian County.

After he came to Ji County, he looked for work everywhere, which supported his life in Ji County, and what he found now was selling exam papers, so he came to the gate of Ji County to wait for the scholars who came to take the imperial examination, because these scholars The son has just arrived, and it is easiest to sell test papers at this time, but he did not expect to meet his playmate!

Tian Chou saw that Xian Yuping was dressed in rags, obviously he was not doing very well, so he said, "We haven't seen each other for more than two years, why don't we find an inn and have a drink!"

Xian Yuping smiled and said: "Now the inns in Ji County are full of people, you can't find a vacant room, but I have been in Ji County for a month, so I know where I can find a place to live!"

Tian Chou saluted and said, "Then please, brother Dingguo!"

Then Xian Yuping took Tian Chou to a market place in Ji County, found a brand new small courtyard, and after discussing with the owner, he came to Tian Chou and said, "The owner of this house can provide you with a room for you to use during this time. But you need 80 renminbi per day for housing, and three meals are not included!"

This amount of money is small money to Tian Chou, he agreed, and then Xian Yuping took Tian Chou to a small hotel!
Tian Chou asked, "You guys are no different than anything your family has ever had?"

Xian Yuping smiled wryly and said: "It's not bad, it's not bad, being in power doesn't kill people. At the beginning, my uncle played tricks on being in power, but the ruling only exiled our Xianyu family on the island, and didn't target us anymore. Everyone digs up the guano stones. The fishing life is still passable, but it's a bit remote. An outsider on the island, and he said that we should pay back 20 billion yuan from the Xianyu family. The big officials have already told us that we can be exiled for three years. Back to Youzhou! Now there is only half a year left!"

Tian Chou said happily: "That's good, your family's hard life will be over like this!"

Xian Yuping asked, "How is your Tian family doing?"

Tian Chou said helplessly: "The fields and pastures have been divided. Fortunately, my uncle participated in the battle between the big Han and Tanshihuai and died on the battlefield. Lei Gong said that my uncle is a hero of China. Several uncles also resisted the Xianbei in the border county. For more than ten years, Lei Gong's subordinates said that our Tian family has made great contributions to the country, so the shops and houses have not been divided, and the property has been preserved! Over the years, my grandfather tried to open factories and take caravans, but finally the family did not decline too much. ! It’s just that the family’s relationship with the officialdom in Youzhou has been severed, and our Tian family can be said to be a merchant family now!”

This is the most helpless thing for the Tian family. They have fallen from a noble family to a merchant family. Such a gap is unacceptable to them.

"In fact, Lei Gong is not as terrible as everyone said. As long as he has made great contributions to the country, he will not kill us. Although Gongsun Zan is against Lei Gong, Lei Gong said that Gongsun Zan has defended the frontier for many years. He is a hero of the Han people, so he took Gongsun Zan's body , handed it back to the Gongsun family, and erected a monument for him to pass on. Not to mention that no one in the Gongsun family was killed by Lei Gong, and now it is said that there is another person named Gongsun Du who has become the long history of Liaodong Dufu! Lei Gong really killed Those miserable moths that harm the people!"

Compared with the noble families in Jizhou, because of dealing with the Xianbei and other Hu people, the tyrants of Youzhou Bianjun had to find a way to unite the Han people to resist the invasion of the Hu people. There are even many heroes like Gongsun Zan who protect the people!

Xian Yuping smiled wryly and said: "Yes, compared with Jizhou's elite clan, the ruler treats us in Youzhou much better. He only wants our land and pastures! Don't want our life, let's forget about it!"

Their Xianyu family also fought against the barbarians. According to Lei Gong, they also contributed to China. If his uncle hadn't been smart, their family would not have fallen to this point.

Then he took out a few books and said: "This is the book for advanced-year students in Jixian County. Everyone said that the range of questions that are likely to be included in this exam is here! There are also some college test papers. You can also learn about governance by doing it. The form of the exam, you can be prepared!"

Tian Chou looked at these books and said excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Guoan!"

These are really what he needs!Even though he is a child prodigy, he doesn't know what Lei Gong will test?There is still a little fear in his heart, but now that he has these things, he will at least have an idea!
Then he looked at the poor Xian Yuping and said: "Why don't brother Guoan live with the younger brother, the younger brother has just arrived in Ji County and is not familiar with the situation here, and still needs the help of Brother Duo Guoan. If it weren't for the elder brother, the younger brother might not I know there are these test papers!"

These books and test papers are too important to Tian Chou, he saw that Xian Yuping was so down and out and wanted to repay him a little bit!
Xian Yuping is not hypocritical, his daily part-time income is spent on board and lodging, and it is even difficult for him to study his homework, but when he goes to the place where Tian Chou lives, his situation can be improved a lot, which is very helpful to the current situation. For him, the imperial examination is an opportunity to change his destiny, and he cannot lose this opportunity!

Xian Yuping is really much more active than Tian Chou who just came to Jixian County. Under his guidance, Tian Chou came to a school that is the same as the academy, and the people inside are basically the powerful and powerful gentry of Youzhou. disciple!After all, this opportunity is rare, and the powerful people in Youzhou have basically sent their disciples here!And there are really many children from famous families here, and the only ones he knows are Gongsun Xu, Lu Yu and others.

Xian Yuping said: "Now everyone is reporting to the group to keep warm. Now there are several forces in Jixian County who are preparing for the exam. The biggest ones are the people who have taken the government's literacy class. There are tens of thousands of them, and their knowledge is also high and low. , Many people came to join in the fun, so even though there are many of them, they are scattered. In the past, thousands of people from poor families in Youzhou came to Jixian County to take the exam. Among them, they are well educated and are our biggest opponents. Thousands of Hu people from Youzhou came to Ji County to take the exam!"

Tian Chou was surprised and said: "Hu people can also take the imperial examination?" You must know that in the territory of the Han Dynasty, Hu people are basically treated as slaves, so Tian Chou was so surprised.

Xian Yuping said helplessly: "They are also the subordinates of the ruling government. In terms of status, our status is not as good as them! We can all take the test, why can't those barbarians take the test?"

Only then did Tian Chou realize that Youzhou is no longer dominated by big men. In terms of status, their former courtiers of big men are really inferior to these barbarians in terms of status!After all, these barbarians still help Lei Gong to conquer the world, and most of their families are against Lei Gong.

"Brother Zitai is here too!" Lu Dun greeted Tian Chou, Tian Chou is a child prodigy from Youbeiping County, and Lu Dun is a child prodigy from Zhuo County, and the two sides have met several times!
Seeing Lu Dun, Tian Chou was surprised and said, "Zi Hou, haven't you gone to Jingzhou?"

Lu Dun is Lu Zhi's eldest son. You must know that Lu Zhi was one of the three major culprits who wiped out the Yellow Turban Army. In addition, Lu Zhi's disciple Liu Bei became a general in Dahan. He always thought that Lu's family had moved to Jingzhou!
Lu Dun smiled wryly and said: "No, a year ago the whole Sili army was in turmoil, and Dagan was attacking Jizhou again. The whole Central Plains looked like a mess. I dare not take my family to seek refuge with Senior Brother Xuande! Although the ruler and my father are The enemy, but did not embarrass our family members, seeing that the situation of the big man has not stabilized, I simply stayed in my hometown!"

There is one more thing that Lu Dun didn't say, now that the big man is torn apart, and he is still fighting among himself. No matter how you look at it, it is the rhythm of death. It may not be a good choice to seek refuge with Liu Bei. He is also optimistic about Lei Gong's seizure of the world. He has paid for a patriarch, he has never had a big man's salary and does not want to be buried with a big man, so he has been staying in his hometown in Zhuojun, serving his mother and taking care of his younger siblings!

And after Dagan made the imperial examination, Lu Dun felt that the world would be taken over by Lei Gong. In the past, Lei Gong only knew recklessness, but even a big man could not beat Lei Gong like this, but now Lei Gong uses the imperial examination system to buy the hearts of poor families, and the big man is even more reluctant It might be Lei Gong's opponent!So he simply came to Ji County to prepare for this imperial examination!
After all, now it seems that Lei Gong is the most likely to seize the power of the world. It is not a disadvantage to rely on Lei Gong, and the wealthy children who came here also have the same idea. After all, they have seen the decline of the big man in the past few years, but their work is like the rising sun. Dongsheng naturally knew that they should change their courts, and this imperial examination was their best chance to change their courts.

(End of this chapter)