peasant young lady

Chapter 197 A Pair of Familiar Eyes
Yang Dalang stroked the broken hair on her temples, and said softly, "The time for the Qiuwei exam is the ninth, [-]th and [-]th day of August."

When Cheng Xia heard this, she realized instantly, that's right, she was so angry with Liu Wen just now, she even forgot the time of such a simple exam, if she let the instructor know, she might vomit blood from anger.

The imperial examination began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and ended in the 31st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, that is, 1905 AD. It has gone through more than [-] years. It is the longest continuous selection of talents in ancient China, even if you look at the world. The rise of the imperial examination system changed the monopoly of hereditary relations in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and gave the peasant children who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky a chance to meet the holy face.

In modern times, Cheng Xia once went with his mentor to the Jiangnan Gongyuan of the Qinhuai Confucius Temple in Nanjing, which is the largest existing imperial examination room in ancient China.Later, on the basis of Jiangnan Gongyuan, the only professional museum reflecting the Chinese imperial examination system, the Chinese Imperial Examination Museum, was built.When Cheng Xia was walking inside, she felt that what was floating in her mind was "the world is mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric". After all, these are the first two sentences of the thousand-character essay.

During the Song Dynasty, the three-year examination system was established, and this system continued into the Ming Dynasty.In other words, Liu Wen must take the Qiuwei exam this year, otherwise he will have to wait three years later.

The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was divided into three levels, the provincial examination, the general examination and the palace examination. The Qiuwei that Liu Wen was about to take was the provincial examination, which was also the lowest of the three levels.

After being reminded by Yang Dalang, Cheng Xia remembered the time of Qiu Wei's exam.

The first exam on the ninth day of August lasted for three days and nights. The content of the exam was stereotyped essays, that is, to choose materials from the Four Books and Five Classics to write questions;
The second exam on August [-]th lasted for three days and nights. There were two types of examinations: official documents, official documents, and judicial judgments based on provided cases;
The third exam on August [-]th lasted for three days and nights, and the questions were about specific national economy and people's livelihood issues, and candidates were required to give specific countermeasures and methods.

The test venue needs to be changed twice during the test, so the actual test time is nine days and seven nights.

Cheng Xia has also seen pictures about the imperial examinations on TV. Each candidate enters a separate cubicle, which contains the dry food and water prepared by the candidates, as well as the prepared lights. For candidates to answer questions at night for lighting.

If you pass the Qiuwei exam, you can take the further examination.Because the examination room for the examination is set in the capital, there is what we usually call 'going to Beijing for the examination'.

Assuming that everything goes according to Liu Wen's plan, and he passed the provincial examination with the help of the dog official and his contacts, then next spring he will be able to go to Beijing to take the general examination. If he wins again, he will be able to attend the test Palace test.

Cheng Xia was so angry that her teeth were itching, she would definitely not let Liu Wen succeed.Not for Cheng Shang, not for Zhang's, but for herself, for the grievances she suffered, and the pain of flesh and blood.Even if Liu Wen married Zhao Rou and became the dog official's son-in-law, she would have to make Liu Wen pay the price and make all the plans of the dog official come to naught.

Is it the ninth day of August?Soon, she had to plan everything in advance.

Cheng Xia counted all the money and bank notes, and there was indeed a shortfall of 110 taels. She now pinned her hopes on Boss Shao in the future.

The time was up in no time, because it was not a market, so Cheng Xia didn't bring chili sauce, but only rose sauce from ten porcelain jars.

Originally, he wanted Du Zhong to drive himself there, but Du Zhong was sickly lying on the bed.The weather changed suddenly in the past two days, alternating hot and cold, Du Zhong didn't resist, so Cheng Xia borrowed Du Zhong's carriage and planned to go to the county by himself.

Yang Dalang was worried about her driving by himself, so he volunteered to be a driver, and Cheng Xia naturally wanted it.Because he was looking for Boss Shao, and Yang Dalang accompanied him, Lin Xiu took the initiative to ask Xiaolong to take him home.But in the end she was worried about her, Cheng Xia specifically asked her to lock the door, no matter if it was Mrs Chen, Yang Erlang or anyone else, don't open the door, just wait for her to go back.

Today is only the 27th, and there are still three days before the agreed time, Cheng Xia is not too worried.

Sitting side by side, Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang felt the speeding of the carriage and the whistling of the wind. They always felt that the previous two days were still very hot, but today it was suddenly colder. Cheng Xia shrank his neck involuntarily.

Yang Dalang reached out to take out the prepared clothes from the compartment while driving, Cheng Xia put them on carefully, and smiled sweetly at Yang Dalang, "I feel warm in my heart, not cold at all."

Yang Dalang glanced at her sideways, with a smile from the corners of his eyes and brows directly to the bottom of his heart.

When he arrived at the county town, he tied the horse under a tree, and Yang Dalang followed Cheng Xia to the grocery store with a basket of rose sauce on his back.

I thought that today is not a market, and the county town will not be lively, but as soon as I walked to the bustling street, I saw the crowd automatically divided into two sides, looking forward to the south direction, Cheng Xia was curious, and couldn't help pulling Yang Dalang Squeezing to the front, he whispered to the people next to him, "Ma'am, what are you doing?"

The aunt saw that Cheng Xia didn't know, so she said to her proudly, "You don't know, a big man is coming to our county."

Big shot?Cheng Xia and Yang Dalang looked at each other, Cheng Xia smiled slightly, and continued to ask the aunt, "What a big man."

The aunt tilted her head and thought for a while, and then said, "I heard that it is a big man in the capital, some commander of the army, and his name is Jiang, Jiang is something."

Cheng Xia lowered his eyes, the commander of the army in the capital?Still surnamed Jiang?

"Ma'am, why did this big shot come to Chong'an County?" Cheng Xia asked again.

"It seems to be that the Commander-in-Chief has just taken in a adopted daughter, and this adoptive daughter is from our Chong'an County. It happened that the Commander-in-Chief came to Jianning Mansion to do business, so he brought the adoptive daughter along with him, saying that he came to see her. Look at the old folks in my hometown."

Adopted daughter?Cheng Xia smiled, but didn't take it to heart, guessing it was just some not-so-famous big shot.Yes, Cheng Xia is so confident, confident in her professional knowledge, if it is a big shot, Cheng Xia is confident that she will definitely see it in history, and she will not be unimpressed.

Cheng Xia saw that the adopted daughter would not come here until later, so she dragged Yang Dalang to the grocery store, so she didn't waste time here.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was about to leave, the aunt turned her head and chatted with other aunts, "Tell me, how can this girl have such a good life? After going out from our small place, she can still recognize the commander as her adoptive father. I heard that her name was changed, so she took the commander’s Jiang’s surname, do you still remember what that person said just now?”

"Look at your brain, you don't remember what you just said," the aunt next to her chuckled, "It's Jiang Wei."

Cheng Xia, who had just squeezed out, froze in place for a moment, until he was squeezed by the noisy crowd next to him, and was squeezed in front of the crowd again.Yang Dalang hurriedly stood by her side, seeing that she lost her mind, he waved in front of her eyes, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xia's mind hasn't turned the corner yet. Did she hear wrongly just now? The aunt said that the adopted daughter's name is Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei.Her adoptive father was born in the capital and was the commander of the Chinese army and horses. His surname was Jiang, so maybe he should be called Jiang Yan.

Suddenly, there was the sound of gongs and drums clearing the way ahead, and the people rejoiced again, clamoring to see the true face of this young lady in Lushan, so as to see which girl could fly on the branches and become a phoenix.

Soon, officers and soldiers stood on both sides of the entire street, blocking the people who stretched their necks and tried to probe forward.

"Be honest, you will be punished for offending the commander." The dog officer Zhao Dezhong came on horseback, yelling coldly at the people, while nodding and bowing, he smiled obsequiously at the man in the general's uniform beside him, " Master Jiang, look, the people in Chong'an County are very honest."

Mr. Jiang smoothed his beard expressionlessly, turned his head and said something softly to the people in the sedan chair, only to hear a soft response from inside.

Cheng Xia is full of curiosity now, she can't wait to see what the girl in the sedan chair looks like.

No wonder she was curious, because the girl in the sedan chair would soon become the concubine of the fourth prince who liked chrysanthemums, and next would be Emperor Jiajing's own mother, the historical Empress Dowager Zhang Sheng.

However, what is different from the history she knows is that the mother of Emperor Jiajing in history should be the daughter of the commander of the army and horses, Jiang Chen. Why is she now an adopted daughter? What about his biological daughter?
This Jiang Yan is really a hereditary general, now he is the commander, and later he has a high status because of his daughter Jiang Wei.Jiang Yu had no sons, so after Jiang Wei married the fourth prince, and after the fourth prince was named King Xingxian and moved to Anlu, Hubei, Jiang Wei followed him, and was posthumously named Yutian Bo after his death. .

And this Jiang Wei is even more distinguished. After marrying the fourth prince, she gave birth to Zhu Houcong. After Zhu Houcong became Emperor Jiajing, his status rose a few steps and became the queen mother.After his death, he was also buried in Xianling together with the fourth prince Zhu Youzhu.

But right now, the fourth prince is definitely not related to this Jiang Wei, and he may not even have met in person.Cheng Xia didn't expect to meet the future queen mother here. Is this a coincidence? She first met the fourth prince and then his future daughter-in-law. The funny thing is that the two have never met.

Cheng Xia stood on tiptoe and looked forward. It was a rare opportunity. She still wanted to see what Jiang Wei looked like. After all, Cheng Xia had never even seen her portrait in modern times. , and gave him a lot of guidance and help, which shows that this woman is not an ordinary person.

The sedan chair came lightly, and Cheng Xia opened her eyes wide. Jiang Wei in the sedan chair slightly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and her veiled face scanned the crowded crowd. Suddenly, her eyes met Cheng Xia's in the crowd. , Cheng Xia's pupils suddenly dilated, watching Jiang Wei hastily cover the curtain, Cheng Xia staggered, almost unable to stand.

Those eyes in the sedan chair are so familiar.

(End of this chapter)