Idle courtiers

Chapter 403 Murphy's Law
Wotou is an honest boy, and he couldn't understand what his master and Mr. Xu said just now.Seeing that Master Zhou was full of tears, he didn't realize that the Lord was worried about his minister's humiliation, and the Lord humiliated his minister to death.Quickly asked: "Huang Dou, what's wrong, master?"

Huang Dou: "The master has won."

Wotou blinked: "Didn't it mean that his name is not on the list?"

Huang Dou: "It's on the pick-up list."

Wotou became anxious: "What is amnesia?"

Huang Dou: "Stupid, it's the Juren master."

"Ah, I've hit it, I've hit it." Wotou grinned suddenly, crying loudly.

Daqi Huangdou: "Why are you crying?"

Wotou: "I'm so happy. It's really not easy for the master. Since I was bought home by the master, he can't study every day. It's too hard, and now it's finally the end of the hardship."

When he cried, Huang Dou couldn't help wiping away his tears, and the two children hugged each other.

Zhou Nan was amused by them: "Don't cry, don't cry, it's a happy day, why are you crying, you should laugh, come back."

The two children choked up and said: "Yes, it's time to go back and announce the good news to Mrs. Ru."

The three of them squeezed for a long time before getting out of the crowd, and when they got home, their stomachs were gurgling with hunger.

Finally, it was a step late to come back. According to the family members, the person who delivered the good news had come an hour ago, had a glass of wine, and took the reward.

Only then did Zhou Nan realize that his master and servant had spent too much time looking at the rankings, and they fell behind Xizi.

However, even if there is no delay, it is estimated that it will fall behind the person who brought the good news.

Sending happy news is a good job once every three years for the yamen servants of the Xuezheng Yamen. According to the rules, each happy news will get a reward ranging from two taels to five taels, which is worth their one month's work and food money.If you encounter Jieyuanbao or Suyibao, you will even get twelve taels.

Therefore, on the day when the rankings are released, the soldiers of the school and government offices in various provinces compete for this job, and it often happens that they fight over their heads.

On the day when the list is released, the guards will stand by the Grand Master, and every time a candidate is selected, they will immediately snatch it and run out.

In fact, they were the first to get the news.

Zhou Nan could actually stay at home and wait, but his own future was at stake, so how could he hold his breath, he had to see it with his own eyes to be at ease!
All the servants in the family put on new clothes, their faces were full of joy, the ground was full of red debris from firecrackers, and the smell of gunpowder still lingered in the air.

This is Zhou Nan's first time to take part in the ancient imperial examinations.The only regret is that I didn't get the happy news myself.For the first time in my life, it just disappeared.

It's a pity to think about it, Zhou Nan rubbed the big red news with his hands, and couldn't help sighing.

Xun Fangyu comforted: "Master, if you miss some regrets, you miss them, and it is hard to make up for them. If you want to blame, you are too impatient. You must read the list yourself. Next spring, you should stay at home and wait!"

"Next year's spring... this... is a bit difficult."

Xun Fangyu said: "The imperial examination is divided into three minor and major exams. The last of the minor three exams is the most difficult, because once the Chinese style is a scholar, you will have a reputation; the most difficult of the three major exams is the most difficult, mainly because one out of ten is chosen. The acceptance rate is really too low. As long as you pass the provincial examination, the subsequent general examinations are easy, as the saying goes, "Golden Juren, Silver Jinshi! Master, you even passed the examination, are you still afraid of Jinshi?"

The admission rate of the general examination is about [-]% like the rural examination. In the era when there are many scholars, it is even as low as a shocking [-]%. Then, why is it said that the difficulty of the national examination is lower than that of the rural examination? ?

The most important point of this is that all talented people in the province can take the provincial examination, and they have to be screened by additional examinations.This year you can get a place to participate in the provincial examination, but next year may not be there.

And it doesn't have to be so troublesome to raise people to take the exam, as long as you are willing to take the exam, you are eligible.Moreover, Juren belongs to the privileged class. Even if you don’t want to go to the Ministry of Officials to be elected as an official, you can get a lot of income every year if you put your name on a business name or accept others to send the land under your name to your name for tax evasion.

Because, many candidates failed to pass the Jinshi exam after two rounds, so they simply didn't take the exam, and became rich at home.

In this way, the difficulty of the test will be reduced even more.

In Xun Fangyu's view, his master studies hard and has strong self-management skills.Now that I have won the Juren, strike while the iron is hot, it should not be difficult to become a Jinshi next year.

It's a pity that she didn't know that Zhou Nan was able to learn Chinese this time mainly because she had obtained the test questions in advance.

If he were to take part in next year's examination with his real skills, Zhou Nan felt that what his teacher Wang Shizhen said was right, and he was only [-] to [-]% sure.

Forget it, anyway, I've got my name now. As for Chunwei, let's do whatever it takes!

After calming down the excitement, Zhou Nan wrote two letters, one to his family and one to his mentor Wang Shizhen, telling them that he had passed the exam.

In the next few days, there will be a visit from the Chinese style of the same period.

When the front foot entered the examination room, everyone was stranger to each other, but the back foot was on the list together, that is the same year.It belongs to one of the most important interpersonal relationships in feudal society, second only to parents, teachers and students.In the future, when we enter the officialdom, we all have the responsibilities and obligations to help each other, unite with each other, and form a party.

Although Zhou Nan is ranked at the bottom of the list, he is the most famous among the candidates.

After ruthlessly doing a few literary meetings and eating a few sets of flower wine, Zhou Nan has vaguely become the leader of the Shuntianfu Township Examination students in this subject, which also satisfies his vanity a little: I have a low ranking and How about it, I am famous and have a bright future!Take modern society as an example, No. 2, the penultimate number in the world, is usually reused.

Since everyone is already a party, the spiritual leader of this party is naturally the great master Gu Yan.

According to the rules of the examination room, after winning the examination, the examiners should return the last gift and wait for the door to visit, and formally apprentice to the teacher.

So, several people who were acquainted with Zhou Nan asked him to kowtow at Mr. Gu's mansion tomorrow.

Suddenly, Zhou Nan felt vaguely uneasy: my mentors, Wang Shizhen and Gu Yan, are enemies. As Wang Yuanmei's closed disciple, if I rashly visit her, I'm just asking for trouble.But if you don't go, you will break the rules of Shilin, and you will not be able to hang out in the circle of intellectuals in the future.

He comforted himself and said, "Grandmaster Gu must know about my origin, Zhou Nan. Since he has taken me, he certainly won't care that I am Wang Shizhen's student."

On the second day, Zhou Nan and his fellow students prepared presents and came to visit their masters.

According to Murphy's law, nothing is as simple as it seems; everything will take longer than you expect;

Sure enough.

(End of this chapter)