Idle courtiers

Chapter 402
When it comes to the overturning of the gutter in the examination room, Tang Bohu and Tang Jieyuan, a negative example, have to be pointed out and criticized.

In the time-traveling novels of later generations, whenever the plot of the imperial examination is written, the author will probably write about this great talent of the Tang Dynasty who has been wronged so much.

Naturally, Tang Bohu didn't need much talent, he was a rare genius in the Ming Dynasty.Probably because he grew up surrounded by compliments from everyone, and he is self-righteous and uninhibited.Such a character will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the world, and completely changed his fate.

In the tenth year of Hongzhi, Tang Yin drank with his good friend Zhang Ling, a prostitute, and had a wild life while taking the entrance examination.Tixue Yushi Fangzhi hated this kind of behavior very much, and Tang Yin lost his name in the entrance examination.Later, Cao Feng, the prefect of Suzhou, cherished talents, Wen Lin, Shen Zhou, and Wu Kuan, the fathers of Wen Zhengming, a celebrity in Suzhou, interceded for Tang Yin, and Fang Zhicai agreed to the addendum to let him take the provincial examination.

Affected by this blow, Tang's talented scholar remained honest for a while, and finally won the first place Jieyuan in the Yingtianfu Township Examination in Nanjing the following year, and his reputation spread far and wide.

After winning the Juren, Tang Bohu relapsed madly. After going to Beijing to participate in the examination, everyone was guessing who would win the prize. Tang Bohu said a word in high spirits: "Don't fight, everyone, I must be today's winner. Kehuiyuan!"

It just so happened that the fraud case broke out in the examination room at that time.And Tang Bohu happened to be the only one who solved one of the problems.So everyone reported him.

Poor Tang Jieyuan was thus deprived of his fame and could not be an official for life.

In addition, in this era, there is another great talent who is also unlucky, that is, Hu Zongxian's former staff, Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang, also struggled in the examination field all his life, and he was a scholar until his death.

It can be seen that in the imperial examination field, it is often about luck.No luck, no matter how good your article is, you will have to leave with regret.

There are many procedures for getting the rankings in the rural examination. Zhou Nan inquired about it when he was chatting with people in the officialdom before the examination.

Generally speaking, a Chinese-style test paper needs to be passed as follows before it can be finally delivered to the Grand Master.

First of all, after your paper is handed in, the name will be pasted by the sealing officer, and then the paper with the name pasted will be handed over to the transcription officer.

The transcription officer will transcribe it word for word, and then transfer it to the grader of the room according to the scriptures in the "Five Classics" you have made.For example, if Zhou Nan made "Spring and Autumn", his papers would be assigned to those who specialize in the study of Spring and Autumn, even if the five classics questions did not account for a high proportion of the total score.

After all, there are only two thousand scholars who came to take the exam this time, if all the papers are handed over to Gu Yan, how can the old man see it.

The room allocation examiner must first get [-]% of the score before presenting the selected papers to the chief and deputy chief examiner's case. If the paper he selected is the last Chinese style, the room allocation examiner will become the room teacher for the exam.

After the four hundred or so papers have been selected, the two great masters will pick out two hundred papers from them, and then call out the original papers according to the numbers, tearing off the names.

These 200 people are the final winners, and they can fill in their names on the list of honorees now.

The great master is the teacher of these two hundred Juren.

Things have come to this point, this period of rural examination is not completely over.Because the number of places for each rural examination is not fixed, the state will fine-tune it according to the specific situation.For example, when Shuntian Mansion was young, there were only about a hundred people, and there were more than three hundred people.And these places are not integers, there will be some fractions.

Therefore, the grand master will pick out some papers from the eliminated papers and let them pass the test. This is the so-called picking up.Those who can be picked up are lucky enough to win the Mark Six lottery, and every year some people go crazy with joy.

"Can you win?" Zhou Nan muttered in his heart: "Yes, I will definitely, how could I not win?"

There are too many people who come to see the list today, besides the candidates, there are also the family members brought by the candidates.The screen wall of the Gongyuan where the posters were posted was only a little big, and it was immediately surrounded by people.

The crowd was surging, and Zhou Nan was so crowded that he stumbled, even his hat was crooked. He complained in his heart and regretted that the person who knew that he was at home waiting for the good news came to the door.However, I am not sure that I will be able to hit it, I still have to see it with my own eyes to be sure.

It seemed that he couldn't squeeze in for a while, so Zhou Nan had no choice but to retreat to the back.I accidentally bumped into a scholar, and I was too busy to say sorry.

The scholar looked a bit honest, and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, brother is also here to see the list. I'm in Yaoshun, Xiabazhou, dare to ask brother Taizun's name."

Zhou Nan was about to announce his name when a man who looked like a family servant ran over covered in sweat and said to Yao Shun, "My lord, your name is not on it."

Yao Shun: "Have you looked carefully?"

The servant: "How dare you deceive the young master? Can this be a joke? No."

"Well, I still didn't win. Forget it, let's go back to the inn. By the way, you take the letter home and say that I won the Juren, and I want to thank the teacher for the silver, so they send someone over as soon as possible. You can enjoy a few days in the capital."

The servant repeatedly complained: "My lord, I lied to the master like this three years ago, I'm afraid it won't work this time."

Yao Shun scolded: "If you don't try it, how will you know? Don't try to shirk it. When the time comes, I will reward you."

The master and servant also stopped talking to Zhou Nan, talking and laughing and disappearing into the sea of ​​people, probably looking for a place to have fun.

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded: Unexpectedly, this honest and honest Yao Xiucai with thick eyebrows and big eyes turned out to be a prodigal son.

After being interrupted by Yao Xiucai, Zhou Nan was not so worried, so he and two servants followed the crowd and squeezed forward.

I don't know how long it took to squeeze, the sun has risen to the top of the head, and it is barely squeezed to the top of the list.His whole body was drenched in sweat, and because of exhaustion, he also felt a pang of hunger in his stomach.I roughly estimated that it took at least three hours.

Feeling in my heart, there are too many people in China, everything must be robbed!

The township examination is a formal imperial examination, equivalent to the civil service examination in modern society.The list is different from the round list used by the counties, government offices, and courtyards. The list is arranged from left to right.

Zhou Nan naturally looks from the left, No.1, Xu Yangda.

Suddenly took a breath, this guy is really a character!
Xu Yangda had only passed the additional examination to enter the provincial examination room. Zhou Nan thought that he was just an ordinary scholar, but he came from a wealthy family.Unexpectedly, this bird man actually had to understand Yuan, this is the way to become famous all over the world in one fell swoop!
No wonder he was so arrogant when he finished the exam.

Jealousy, intense jealousy.

Even Xu Yangda won the first place, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to be on the list, right?

Zhou Nan held his breath and looked down, No. 2 was not himself, No. 3 was not himself... There was no Zhou Nan in the top ten.

Zhou Nan moved to the side again, and there was no him in the top twenty.

Top [-], still nothing.

Zhou Nan comforted himself, just be on the list, just be on the list.

Seeing the 150th place, there is still no him.

Zhou Nan's head started to grow bigger, I am Zhou Nan, I am ambitious, and panicked.

Don't worry, don't worry, there are fifty more... But, what should I do if there is still no one among the fifty people?

Zhou Nan took a deep breath to calm himself down, and read the names one by one, until he finished reading, but still did not have his own name.

His eyes darkened, his body suddenly went limp, and he felt his strength being drained: It's cold, it's cold!

"Master, master, what's wrong with you?" Huang Dou and Wotou were shocked and hurried to support him.

But I saw that my master Zhou's teeth were closed tightly, and his face was pale.

At this moment, someone beside you suddenly snorted coldly: "You surnamed Zhou, you claim to be a generation of poets, the future leader of the younger generation of Shilin, but you only passed the exam on Supplements, are you very disappointed, are you very angry?" !"

Looking back, Zhou Nan saw that it was Xu Yangda who was the top student in high school and proud of his spring breeze.This guy must have been waiting here to see his downcast appearance so as to vent his hatred.

Master Zhou was full of anger: "Xu Yangda, you villain, what did you say...what, pick up...this..."

Seeing Zhou Nan's disheveled face, Xu Yangda felt that his previous grievances had been completely expressed. He felt indescribably happy. He stretched his thin finger and pointed to the list of lost items next to him: "Are you blind? Look for yourself."

After finishing speaking, he laughed loudly: "Dignified Zhou Zimu, how much hate the west wind blows, he can't let go of his eyebrows. A middle-aged man has to rely on the great master's kindness to pick up the relics. Does he have the face? Haha, tonight, I'm afraid that friend Zhou will make a name for himself. It's the middle of the night in Fengluli."

"Haha, haha, I have to understand Yuan, am I proud, am I proud?"

"Picking up things..." Zhou Nan rubbed his eyes and looked to the side. Sure enough, on the list of picking up things, he suddenly ranked first.

Picking up relics is also a matter of raising people, and if you get the fame, you will win the toad palace!

Thinking of this year's hard study, thinking of everything he has experienced, Huang Tian paid off!

Zhou Nan's eyes suddenly filled with tears, he suddenly turned his head and bowed to Xu Yangda: "Thank you, Brother Xu, congratulations, Brother Xu!"

Xu Yang Avenue was startled by Zhou Nan's expression, and said: "Crazy, I don't bother to talk to you!"

Yes, Zhou Nan's behavior was really strange. Could it be that he was defeated and even shed tears of shame.Haha, haha, the big revenge has finally been avenged.Not only this young master will stomp on you hard in this township examination.Next year's Chunwei will also crush you.

He was originally a son of a wealthy family, and he was also famous for his talent.And Zhou Nan is also famous, almost boasted by the younger generation of scholars as the leader of literature in the Ming Dynasty for decades to come.

In Mr. Xu's view, Zhou Nan, like himself, is the proud son of heaven, the elite of the elite.Such a thing as Zhongju is not worth mentioning at all. If it falls out of the top fifty, it will be a complete failure.As for losing Sun Shan, heck, is it possible for a master like us?

As mentioned earlier, every spring, the chief examiner will deduct a fraction of the total quota and make up for the eliminated papers, so as to show that the great master has a bright eye, never misses any talent, and disappoints the court. trust.

If one of the Juren in the Supplements is a Jinshi, it will be enough for the examiner to boast for a lifetime.

This is an unwritten rule in the examination room, and it is justifiable.

Scholars who pick up the Chinese style are also Juren, and their political treatment is no different from that of Juren.

Moreover, apart from Jie Yuan's great reputation after being ranked in the township examination, the people behind him actually have no real benefits.Unlike the general examination, your ranking is directly related to whether you can be an editor, editor, or scholar of the Imperial Academy, and entering the Imperial Academy is directly related to whether you can be a minister in the cabinet or a senior official at the level of the six ministries.

Therefore, as long as you win, as long as you can be on the list, even if you are on the pick-up list, it is a great joy.

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