prosperous age

Chapter 66
In March of Yangchun, the spring light swept across thousands of miles, the grass was luxuriant, and the ground was full of fragrance, which was extremely gorgeous.

Wei Guangde also left Pengze County and returned to Bengshanbao, where he began to live a repeated study life for more than a year.

Mr. Sun knew about Wei Guangde's passing of the county examination, but Wei Guangde did not come to the private school for several days after the county examination was announced.

Around mid-March, Wei Guangde came to ask Mr. Sun for guidance with a pile of articles in his arms.

Many of these articles caused Master Sun to see his blood pressure soar.

After the county examination, Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanrui went to visit Tang Xianzun together. In fact, the students who passed the county examination this time went to the county government to visit in the past two days, so they were not abrupt in the past.

Wei Guangde stayed in Pengze County for a few more days, until his uncle and his father got on a big boat at the pier and sailed down the river, then Wei Guangde and his mother packed their bags and returned to Bengshan Fort.

This time the fleet from Jiujiangwei was obviously much smaller than the previous year, and the size was only about half. Wei Guangde saw that the few ships behind were still loaded with grain and grass.

Thinking about it, although there is a lot of food in Zhenjiang, most of it is grain transported northward, so it is naturally impossible for the guards to eat it.

Fortunately, the additional grain reserves collected by the government in the past two years were along the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal. At this time, a batch was dispatched to the front of the army.

The news that Japanese pirates gathered in Zhoushan has been rushed to the capital by eight hundred miles from the Nanjing Military Department, and the news has also arrived. The strategy of the current Minister of Nanjing Military Department has been approved, and he is allowed to gather troops from the Southern Guard to prepare to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates.

Yes, the Minister of War's report to the imperial court not only wrote about the current tense situation along the coast of Zhejiang, but also expressed his plan to take advantage of this rare opportunity to gather Japanese pirates to send troops to encircle and suppress.

For the Japanese pirates, the emperor and officials in Beijing were all scabies. In their view, as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, the Japanese pirates would be caught without a fight.

In the minds of scholars, although military officers and subordinates are looked down upon, the bandits still feel a lot of psychological pressure when they see these people.

If you rob and kill people, that is only violating the laws and criminal laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you dare to fight against the government, army and government servants, that is rebellion.

This is how most scholars in this era see it, at least this is how they understand domestic wars.

It's not surprising that those unscrupulous people will do it naturally. You can't expect everyone to have the same moral character as scholars like them.

But it is impossible for them to attack the government and cause chaos.

Therefore, whether it is the officials in Beijing or the adults in other provinces, although they all know that the guards are corrupt and the soldiers are missing, they don't think that it will be possible to encircle and suppress some Japanese pirates. ?
Zhang Jing's memorial also said that more than [-] strong guards in the surrounding areas were gathered to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates, forgiving the Japanese pirates could not escape.

After ten days of Wei Guangde's own pondering articles were handed over to Mrs. Sun, after reading them, Mrs. Sun called Wei Guangde aside and criticized them severely. Some of the articles he wrote had problems with his ideology.

Then he taught Wei Guangde how to change it. Those words are wrong.

They are all relatively unpopular questions. In fact, Master Sun is only teaching based on his own understanding, and the effect is just that.

"As I said, go back and make changes."

After talking a lot, Mrs. Sun sat down, took a cup of tea in his hand and took a sip to moisten and dry his throat.

"How did you answer the exam questions this time, tell me."

Now that he was free, Master Sun began to ask Wei Guangde the answer sheet.

Wei Guangde passed No. 30 in the county examination. He knew it a long time ago, but he didn't know much about the examination paper.

Wei Guangde honestly told Mr. Sun about his answer sheets, but these answer sheets had no impression on Mr. Sun about the test poems later, which should have been put together by Wei Guangde impromptu.

Although it's not very good, it passed the county test anyway.

"Next, you sort out all the previous articles and prepare for the next government test."

Mrs. Sun pointed out: "You know the reason why I asked you to write essays. When you go back, you can organize these essays according to my instructions, and rewrite them for me to read.

Don't ask about what your classmates who have passed the exam wrote. You are usually asked to write for the sake of having something to use during the exam. "

"Students understand."

Wei Guangde hurriedly bowed again, jokingly, since the beginning of composition, Mr. Sun told him not to show others the articles he practiced on weekdays. At that time, Wei Guangde actually had guessed, and he also made his own imperial examination based on this. plan.

Holding a large stack of manuscripts, Wei Guangde returned to his seat, put the manuscripts into his schoolbag first, and then picked up the Chunqiu on the table to continue reading.

During the lunch break, the three candidates who had passed the county test like Wei Guangde gathered together, talking and laughing.

This time ten students participated in the county examination, six of them failed, and the four of them were talking about going to the government examination later.

The date of the government exam has been set, and the exam will start on April [-]th, with two exams, which is also a common practice in Jiujiang Prefecture in the past.

After the county examination, the latest admission list will be reported to the mansion. They need to arrive at Jiujiang mansion ten days before, and they still need to complete the registration in the ceremony room and get the admission ticket.

"I heard that there will be thousands of people participating in the government examination, and the dozens of places will give me a headache just thinking about it."

"Memorize it well, memorize it well, I hope the questions in the government examination will be as good as the county examination."

Yes, the county test questions this time are not tricky, they are very common, and they are all relatively common questions, and they are also the ones that Master Sun bet on. However, after comparing each other, only four of the ten candidates passed the test smoothly.

Well, involution actually started in the Ming Dynasty.

"Guangde, when are you going to Jiujiang Mansion?"

At this moment someone asked.

Wei Guangde's family is a military household. He went to Jiujiang Mansion to take the exam. The Jiujiang Guard will definitely provide him with convenience. If nothing else, just talk about the traffic along the way. Follow Wei Guangde to Jiujiang Mansion to take the exam. leg strength.

"Departure on April [-]th, at the pier in Pengze County. On that day, there was a sentry ship from the Thousand Households Station going to the Jiujiang Prefecture Guard."

Wei Guangde naturally understood what they were thinking, so he said it casually.

This boat was also arranged by my uncle before he left. Cousin Wu Dong would also go with him and accompany him to the Zhang family in Jiujiang Mansion until the end of the mansion examination.

Jiujiang Wei actually gave preferential treatment to the imperial examinations of the children of the guard. At least all the guest rooms specially received by the guard are near Jiujiang Mansion, which is convenient for the children of the guard to refer to, and there is no charge for board and lodging.

Of course, this free money is only in name, and the tip should not be small, but the location is really good, not far from the examination room.

But Wei Guangde will definitely not live there, he will only go to the Zhang Mansion, after all, it has been arranged long ago.

(End of this chapter)