Du Zhongxiao carefully carved the rhyme and walked on the road, feeling infinitely emotional. In his previous life, he always felt that the ancient Jinshi were such amazing talents, all of which were among the people. After he embarked on this path in this life, he realized that it was not that true. There were no fools who passed the Jinshi, but there were very few real geniuses, and most of them were actually ordinary people.

Li Dui said it right. The chance of becoming a Jinshi Juren from Jingxi Road is the upper-middle-level nationally, with about one out of thirty people. Don’t think that the probability is very low, it is actually very high, because a large number of Juren are like Du Xun.

Reading is different from engaging in the examination. There are special reading methods for the imperial examination, and even articles have different practices. Even different subjects have different requirements and each has its own emphasis. Generally speaking, the Jinshi exam is the understanding of classics and current affairs, the level of articles, and the various subjects test the memory of the examiner, so the Jinshi exam is more important than the various subjects. The regular course of the examination is another type, which is widely read and extraordinary memory. Among the people who have high grades in the examination, there are often people who can never forget it. At this time, Zhang Fangping, who passed the examination twice, claimed that he did not read the book the second time.

Du Zhongxiao had a solid foundation and had no abnormal memory ability. It was the only way to deal with the Jinshi exam. He did not need to be an outstanding person, as long as he had more than he could be. Preparing for the imperial examination often fell into a vicious circle. People with high talent pursued excellence and tried hard to write shocking articles, but they often failed in some details. The article was written in a scattered manner, but they failed in typos, rhymes, and wrong rhymes. In the second year of Jingde, Li Di and Jia Bian were the most famous among the students of the same class. After the palace examination, the two failed. The examiner felt strange and took the exam papers of the two. It turned out that Li Di had a rhyme, and Jia Bians had no use of comments and clarity and made new ideas. Fortunately, Wang Dan was the leader, and Li Di was promoted and became the top scholar, and Jia Bian was defeated. At that time, many rules for the imperial examination were not established. If it were now, Li Di, the top scholar, was probably not even able to pass the Jinshi exam.

From the dictionary of Rhyme to the "Yu Shu", I have put a lot of effort into memorizing it to death, which is much more useful than reading more good articles. First, make sure that you don't make any mistakes, then make sure that you are in line with the format. There is a spark of thought in the middle. One or two good sentences are the best imperial examination articles.

This is the characteristic of the exam. Not to mention this era, Du Zhongxiao's previous life was the same. For regular exam articles, you will first specify whether to write narrative or argumentative essays, and then give questions. There are word limits. Most of the innovative ones do not have good results.

Li Dui was a Jinshi on the list, and he was a Jinshi who was not good at literature. His knowledge was the same as Du Zhongxiao. I read that fu before, but I thought this boy was a little literary. When I saw him honestly go to the imperial examination and work hard, my impression would be different. This is how I really prepared for the imperial examination, rather than showing off my literary talent and gaining some false reputation.

After several consecutive sessions, there was only one Jinshi in Xuzhou, two of which were Li Dui brothers. Are the people of the Li family very smart? In fact, it is not because he took the right path. For example, Mei Yaochen, who was famous at this time, was not as good as his literary talent, and failed again and again. The road to the imperial examination was not easy, which was related to his wrong path. He became famous too early and his uncle Mei Xun, a big backer. Everyone knew that he was talented, but it was difficult to point out that he had gone poorly, not that he did not have enough literary talent, so he could only make mistakes like this.

Li Dui said something well. In fact, most of the candidates are like their father Du Xun, who are for others to run away. It seems that thousands of candidates are only selected in the end, and the admission rate is not high. But how many people can be left after those who are destined to fail the exam?

After looking at the sun in the sky, Du Zhongxiao became happy and gained endless confidence in his future for the first time.

When I returned to the yard, it was noon that Han Yueniang packed up some vegetables and placed them in the yard.

It’s a habit to eat breakfast late and dinner early, but not lunch. Han Yueniang came over and specially prepared a few dishes.

The Du family and the Han family are both small families, and there are no rules for men and women to guard against each other. Since they decided to get married, they did not restrict them from moving around. After the turmoil of the late Tang and Five Dynasties, there were actually not so many rules in this era. Sima Guang and others who set rules for etiquette and law have also sunk to the lower class. Not only do they have no influence, they themselves do not have the leisure.

Du Zhongxiao carefully took the Yunshu sent by Li Dui to the study and put it away before he came to the yard.

Han Yueniang asked with a smile: "What good thing did Guanren Li give me? Are you such a treasure?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is a new rhyme book issued by the Ministry of Rites. Although you can bring rhyme books during the exam, if anyone actually writes one word at a time, then how can you write a message? It must be that you are familiar with it. This gift from Guanren Li is extremely heavy."

"I think this kind of good thing was brought to the children of the clan by Guanren Li. Juren Du had a good relationship with him when he was young, so he gave it to you." Han Yueniang said while setting up bowls and chopsticks for Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "There is only one book, how could Li Guanren give it to me evenly? I have to copy one in the past few days, and I have to return the original book. By the way, when you go back in the afternoon, you will send someone to the city from the restaurant to call my father back and go to Li Guanren's house with me."

Han Yueniang responded and sighed and said, "I don't know how good Juren Du and Li Guanren were when they were young. If they were very good, if you could get the guidance of Li Guanren, you would have some hope for the imperial examination. Look, after Li Guanren passed the first place, he gave some advice to his family and passed the Jinshi."

"No matter how good it is, they are two families. My father only studied with Li Guanren when he was young. More than ten years have passed, so what else can he do? It is rare for me to get some advice from Guanren Li. If I think too much, I will be too greedy."

Han Yueniang shook her head and said nothing. She also knew that it was impossible to let Li Guanren patiently guide Du Zhongxiao. Li Dui was an important official in the court and did not have much leisure time. It was rare to be able to take the time to see Du Zhongxiao in his busy schedule.

In a small pavilion on the second floor of "Qi Xiangju", Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng drank opposite each other.

Putting the cup on the table, Wu Kejiu said angrily: "Du Xun, who was promoted by the magistrate, was lucky enough to turn over. He didn't want to have good luck from now on, and he came to his door with good things. Guanren Li once studied with him, but now he is back home, he must praise him. It's hateful, but at this time we have a bad relationship with his family, I'm afraid that Li Guanren will be evil."

Cao Jucheng sighed: "Cousin, this is a trivial matter. What I am worried about is that Juren Du is holding a grudge. He told Li Guanren about your actions over the past few months, which will affect our resignation next year. Do you know that Li Guanren's official position after entering Beijing? He was appointed as the Censor of the Palace Censor, and the censor was an important position in the Qing Dynasty. It is very important to say one sentence. If he said to the people in the county, we will not have a guarantor next year, then it would be-"

Wu Kejiu said carelessly: "How could this happen? The huge official of Guanren Li will not be as knowledgeable as us. Besides, the He family in Changshe is my cousin, and he is also from a Jinshi, but he is not as bad as the Li family!"

Cao Jucheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "He is also a Jinshi, and He Guanren is just a civil servant. How can he compare to the servant history? I am afraid that Guanren Li will say one word, and the He family will not even recognize you, your cousin. Cousin, listen to my advice, you must act carefully in the future and don't cause trouble again! If Juren Du really has a deep friendship with Guanren Li, alas, I dare not think about it!"

Yuanwailang is only a middle-level official, but the appointment of the Censor of the Palace is much more expensive. Now, Mei Xun is a Hanlin bachelor, and his identity is steadily suppressed Li Dui. No one else dares not to keep his words in mind. To obtain the qualification for the release, there must be a guarantor, and one of them must be a current official. If the Du family holds revenge, Li Dui greets the county officials, let alone Wu Kejiu, even Cao Ju CD may not be able to participate in the release examination.
Chapter completed!