The weather is still very cold.

Before the greenhouse gases put a condom on the earth, the cold wind in the air seemed to be stronger, giving people a trembling pleasure.

The image of wanderers can no longer be seen on the street, leaving only a mess at the base of the city wall, and the thatched huts and caves built in straw became the main buildings.

Cheng Jinzhou stayed in his room, occasionally recalling the mathematical theories he had learned, and spent more time preparing cheating materials. As the imperial examination approached, he never had the idea of ​​defeating his opponents with his strength. It was a pity that those gentlemen who had studied hard for more than ten years were simply drunk driving heavy trucks when they were squeezing the single-plank bridge. Those who had not sat out of their steel butts had to be knocked into the water except for their talent.

The charcoal emits a faint rosy smell, bringing warmth and baking the house driest.

As the most extensive way of promotion in this era, the imperial examination is always the choice of the most people. It does not require piety like the temple, nor does it require talent like the astrology warlock. Anyone who is willing to study can get rewards from it. Even if he is a scholar, he will have tax-free preferential treatment for the whole family. Of course, the 60-year-old boy is more miserable, but he is the only choice to support his family without engaging in physical labor. Being an old white-collar worker in the feudal era, diligent and hard-working study is the only choice.

Of course, for Cheng Jinzhou, it was just a hard-working cheating, which might be easier than becoming a star warlock.

The copying of the "Country Examination Record" is a huge and desperate project even in the 21st century. Few libraries can include it in the e-book library. Cheng Jinzhou does not want to copy all the contents. In fact, he does not want to do the work of copying at all. If it is possible, even if it is a slight possibility, Cheng Jinzhou will repay him with laziness.

There are not so many good things in the world, so he has to continue copying and copying with skills.

Those who are too famous cannot be asked, and those who are responsible will even memorize it - there is no need to question the memory of some gentlemen. In ancient China, there were many top students who recited more than 2,000 articles, and many of them looked like elephants on the African grassland, all of which were nestled in the Hanlin Academy. I wish I could catch a few original plagiarism and received a erudition of erudition.

If it is too bad, you must be eliminated in advance. Basically, articles that are ranked after 100 in the provincial examination are not required to be considered. The reason why others can be on the list is probably related to the overall article, but Cheng Jinzhou is preparing to amputate and re-engage.

The examination style of the Daxia Dynasty still requires inheritance and transformation, and each part is strictly required, and there are other criteria for judging the relationship between them. According to the plagiarism level of Cheng Jinzhou, if you are a juren, you will have little hope of plagiarism, but you will have a great chance of becoming a scholar. There are hundreds of places in Shaonan Prefecture every year, calculated by the population literacy rate, and the admission rate is a little lower than that of the judicial examination.

Of course, with many restrictions, Cheng Jinzhou copied even slower. It was often only one-tenth of the provincial examination. From time to time, people were sent to ask the teachers in the clan. Shi Yan and Shi Mo were so tired that their hands and feet were so tired that they felt tired. The two looked like they were receiving special training for devils.

This is in the Cheng family. If Cheng Jinzhou travels to a family below medium-sized level, not to mention copying books, he has to kneel down even if he wants to take a look at other people's collections. There was no public library for people to use in the Daxia Dynasty, and the price of paper and ink is not something that ordinary farmers can afford. Even small landlords dare not buy carved books easily. The hand-copied versions of readers are not cheaper. That is equivalent to the labor of high-tech talents in the 21st century.

Because of this, in Chinese history, scholars have always been rich families. The so-called poor families are mostly poor families in politics, not economic families. A few talented people may be able to make a name for themselves in the provincial examinations, but the chance to pass the Jinshi exam is best left to their sons - those who spend huge travel expenses, huge catering and accommodation expenses, and succeed for the first time with one-tenth of the chance, still need the funding of relatives and governments, and how difficult it is to get funding. The real situation is often that hopeful scholars spend ten or twenty years spend all the property left by their parents, but fail to get the title of juren and become officials, so they have to return to their hometown to be a private school teacher, and then put their hopes on their children and grandchildren. If necessary, they can marry their daughter to the rich local gentry and nephews, so that their sons can receive funding.

The reason why the gentry was willing to let his son marry the daughter of a poor scholar - if he had enough luck to marry him - was entirely because of the privileges and reputation attached to fame. Within a radius of hundreds of miles, there may be hundreds or thousands of gentry with wealth in the family, but there may be only dozens of scholars with fame.

Relatively speaking, political families with poor economic families are often more likely to go further on the road to the imperial examination. Fan Zhongyan, who is often used as a model of poverty in Chinese textbooks, is said to only cook a pot of porridge every day during his study in the temple. After it gets cold, it is divided into four pieces, and two pieces of pickled vegetables were taken in the morning and evening to eat. However, this gentleman, his father was once the chief of staff of the Ningwu Army, equivalent to the chief of staff of the regional headquarters. If he had not died too early, Fan Zhongyan would have been a child of a wealthy high-ranking official. Even if his mother remarried, his subsequent imperial examination journey would inevitably be influenced by his father.

In the Daxia Dynasty, family backgrounds were paid more attention to. In a relatively fair imperial examination field, its style was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. Family backgrounds that need to be filled in on the "family letter" (my resume) directly affected the political future of scholars. It was almost impossible for poor families to get a high ranking, especially in the examination and selection of scholars.

Among the advantages that Cheng Jinzhou could rely on, his family background was definitely an important part.

The door was gently pushed open.

Shiyan lit his toes and walked into the room without a sound, tweaked the charcoal a little, then added cold water to the copper basin next to him for humidification. After doing this, he went to the desk to refill the tea and grind the ink together.

"How is it outside?" When someone was there, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't show his rugged wrist-hanging skills in the air, so he simply stretched his body and asked.

"Everything is fine." Shi Yan put down the teapot and said, "It's time to take the school exam again."

"Oh?" Cheng Jinzhou looked at the sky outside and stood up and said, "I didn't say it early, I was so busy that I was so busy that I was getting dark."

"I'm here." As he spoke, the prefect Cheng Yunan pushed the door and entered.

His voice was a little lazy, staring at his dark circles, looking very stressed.

As one of the family heirs, Cheng Yunan, when he was under the greatest pressure in his life, perhaps it was the imperial examination, which was his most familiar job. As for being an official, in the eyes of aristocratic literati like him, it was simply a secondary industry. The days of heavy snow are really exhausting both physically and mentally.

The voice: "She slept early and should be ready to eat at this moment."

After signaling Shi Yan to go out, Cheng Yunan said in his father's tone: "Jinzhou, how are you preparing for the imperial examination?"

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned for a moment before he realized, and said, "It's ready."

Obviously, the prefect is a little unfavorable about his future. Otherwise, according to his statement, the most advantageous thing will be to participate in the imperial examination in a few years.

Cheng Yunan sat on another chair by the window and said silently for a moment: "For my father, a friend worked in Hongwenguan where he taught etiquette and saints. He couldn't help but learn astrology and holy teachings. In two days, let Cheng Feng send you to school."

"Hongwenguan?" Cheng Jinzhou's eyes opened as if they were swollen, which was similar to the existence of the Imperial College in ancient China.

"There is a letter here. Don't lose it if you take it with you. Just find Li Jingyuan after you go." Cheng Yunan's voice was deep. If he lost his public office, the status of the third wife in the Cheng family would definitely plummet, and he would also make plans for his son early.

"It seems that Hongwenguan is in the capital." Cheng Jinzhou was still unwilling to leave Shaonan, let alone go to the capital. In fact, since he traveled to this era, he had never left the scope of Shaonan City, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a little afraid.

Cheng Yunan nodded and said, "Let's go out in the next two days."

Hongwenguan is a central-level school, and is a government school together with the Imperial College, the Imperial College, the Four Schools, and the Guangwenguan are government schools. Among them, Chinese sub-schools must be children of civil and military officials above level 9 to enter. The Imperial College and the Four Schools require children of officials above level 12 to be children of officials above level 18 and "common people are familiar with their scholars", while Hongwenguan specializes in children of nobles, and the children of ordinary officials cannot be cared for.

As the application of astrology became more and more widespread, Hongwenguan first allowed students to learn astrology on the basis of ritual studies, which was naturally more popular among the children of aristocratic families. Although he was qualified to enter, Cheng's father thought he had used a lot of relationships.

Cheng Jinzhou could understand his father's approach and thought, "Then will you also take the provincial examination in the capital?"

He is a noble child and is not subject to the examination area. He just needs to register in advance.

"Yes, the competition in the capital is fierce, but the number of places is the most. You have to study hard after you go." Cheng Yunan said, adding: "If you can learn astrology well, it will be better."

This is the first time that he has publicly encouraged Cheng Jinzhou to learn astrology.

Cheng Jinzhou understood the situation and stopped talking. He slowly put the letter with his body temperature into his arms and patted twice.

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Chapter completed!