After Liao Fuzi and Song Yingxing read each other's preparation materials for Wei Bao, they didn't look at each other's materials very much, but they didn't belittle each other's materials.

"How? Master, what do you think of these articles written by Mr. Song? I've memorized most of them. Wei Bao asked Liao Fuzi.

"It's still good, with these things, at least it can ensure that you don't hand in a blank paper. However, Xiaobao, you still have to thoroughly understand the past township examination questions I prepared, I not only got these hard-to-get templates, but also wrote detailed comments one by one, and spent a lot of effort. Liao Fuzi said. I am afraid that Wei Bao will pass the lifting exam when the time comes because of these things that Song Yingxing helped him prepare, and he will take all the credit on Song Yingxing's head. Because, if Wei Bao passes the township test and becomes a lifter, it is very likely that he will thank the teacher again.

Song Yingxing was a little disparaging of the more than 100 articles he wrote for Wei Bao in Liao Fuzi's words, and immediately became unhappy, "What Master said is not entirely true, right?" Wei Gongzi is familiar with my articles, not to mention that he must be promoted in high school, and he can't say that he just doesn't have to hand in blank papers, right? Although the examination questions of the township examination and the students' answer sheets over the years have a certain reference significance, don't you hear that the article is valuable because you know how to be flexible, and each batch of masters who revise the papers is different, and each batch of people has the preferences of each group of people. Not to mention, the masters still cross-read the papers, and they don't make decisions alone. In my opinion, the exam questions you have taken in the township examination over the years are all old sesame seeds and rotten grain, so you don't need to read them. ”

"What did you say?" Liao Fuzi heard Song Yingxing's unkind words, and immediately became angry: "Don't think that you are very arrogant because you are a person from Jiangxi, and look down on us northern scholars!" ”

Wei Bao sweated, and said in his heart that if people talk to you about academics, you can just talk about academics? What kind of regional relationship do you do? Is this unclear that it is to pull the map cannon?

Wu Sanfu, Wei Dakang, Fan Lao Pimple and Wang Zhihui and other people at the same table also noticed that something was wrong, and looked at Liao Fuzi and Song Yingxing.

Wu Sanfu is a good person, a person who likes to watch the excitement, how could he not like to watch the quarrel, so he fanned the flames from the side and said: "This Mr. Song, although you Jiangnan students are powerful, you can't look down on our northern students too much." ”

Song Yingxing was angry when he heard this: "Wu Gongzi, Song has no such intention!" As far as the matter is concerned, I said that such a large tome prepared by Liao Fuzi is Chen Sesame Rotten Grain, which has no intention of belittling the students in the north, but is just for Liao Fuzi's book. You must know that the scientific examination is changing every year, and many of the examination questions in the Longqing and Wanli periods have not been published for many years, and the reference significance is minimal. Erudition is naturally good, but Wei Gongzi is short of time, and it is better to read through the subset of scriptures and history? Does Wei Gongzi have so much time? Of my more than 100 articles, any one is a hot topic at the moment, close to the scope of the exam questions, I mean this! I've never said that the students of the North are not. ”

Wei Bao was also afraid of quarreling, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Song and Liao Fuzi are both right, Mr. Song is digging a well, digging it is relatively deep, and it is easy to get water." Liao Fuzi is cutting trees, the scope is relatively wide, and it is easy to cut down the trees we want, which is beneficial. ”

Wei Bao actually saw that the key points of the township examination questions that Liao Fuzi prepared for himself over the years seemed to be of little significance, and Liao Fuzi's level was far inferior to Song Yingxing, so he felt that it was pointless to let them argue anymore.

Wei Dakang, Fan Lao Pimple and Wang Zhihui and others also saw the fame, several people are people who don't know a few words, but life experience is not nothing, when it comes to digging wells and cutting trees, they immediately have the spirit, talk about these two things, and divert the topic.

The banquet continued, looking at Wu Sanfu's strength, Wei Bao estimated that Wu Sanfu would never get off the table if he didn't drink it, so he left early after eating some food.

Liao Fuzi didn't care much about drinking, and was more devoted to helping Wei Gongzi raise people in high school than drinking, so he also left.

And Song Yingxing was called by Wei Bao, just to contribute to Wei Gongzi's preparation, so naturally he had to keep up.

The two had been arguing at the wine table for a long time just now, but they no longer quarreled at this time, but began to scramble to teach Wei Gongzi.

Liao Fuzi still teaches on the basis of the main points of his township examinations and examinations.

Song Yingxing, on the other hand, is based on the key points of each stage of the township test and pays attention to the actual results.

The township test is also known as "Dabi", which is set to be carried out in the autumn and August of the year of the child, Mao, noon and unitary, so it is also called "autumn plow".

There are two kinds of people who participate in the township examination, one is the school students, that is, the students of the Guozi Prison and the students of the government, prefecture and county government schools.

However, the students must be "imperial examination students" who have obtained the first or second class in the scientific examination presided over by the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate.

The second is to "fill the field of Confucianism". In the Ming Dynasty, students at all levels of government were called "Tongsheng", and some of them were allowed to take the township examination after passing a special examination.

The quota for the township examination is roughly 30 to 1, that is, one person is admitted, and about 30 candidates are admitted.

Wei Bao's show talent belongs to the second type, and he has to take a scientific exam before the township exam.

According to the regulations of the "imperial examination form," "those who have not been aborted by officials" can also participate in the township examination, but this situation has basically been abolished after the separation of officials and officials and the emphasis on qualifications for appointment as officials.

The "Imperial Examination Ceremony" also stipulates that school instructors, dismissed officials, families advocating excellence, and those whose parents have lost their lives are not allowed to participate in the township examination.

Wei Bao does not have these restrictions.

The township test sites are set up in the provincial capitals of each province, that is, the location of the Yamen of the Buzheng Division, and the test sites of the north and south Zhili are set up in Yingtian and Shuntian respectively, that is, Beijing and Nanjing.

Before the examination, each political secretary and the second capital government hired two chief examiners and four examiners. The responsibilities of the examiner are to produce the questions, review the papers, decide the admission list, arrange the rankings and report to the Ministry of Etiquette, while the examiner is responsible for assisting in the writing of questions and reviewing the papers.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the chief examiner of the township examination in the north and south of Beijing stipulated that Hanlin officials should be used, and the provinces would use both instructors and senior citizens. In the third year of Jingtai (1452), the examiners of the two Jingxiang examinations still use Hanlin, but the examiners of the provinces no longer use "Confucianism", and only the chief secretary and the judge will be elected under the age of 50 and over 30 years old among the instructors in the province together with the inspectors, and "those who are proficient in literature and humble on weekdays" are filled.

This regulation was originally intended to allow the examiner to win people, but the examiner was recommended by the cloth, the second division and the patrol according to the imperial history, and the instructor was originally humble, so he could not but take care of the boss's entrustment, and some even took the initiative to be courteous, causing the candidates to have different opinions.

As a result, some people kept suggesting that Beijing officials should be sent to the provinces to take the township examination, so as to ask for help.

In the 7th year of Jiajing (1528), Sejong adopted the advice of the university scholar Jang Xuan and sent two Jingguan or Jinshi to each province to take the main examination, but only two subjects were performed, and they were given up due to a etiquette dispute with the invigilator.

It was not until the 11th year of Wanli (1583) that the Ministry of Rites raised this issue again, and finally ordered: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huguang, the four provinces with a large number of scholars, were edited and reviewed by Hanlin, and the other provinces sent six subjects to the Shizhong and the Ministry of Rites to take the main examination.

The same examiner also asked to be served by the government magistrate and the magistrate from the Jinshi, and the instructor was only "intermittent" and embellished. From the changes in the qualifications of the chief examiner and the same examiner, it can be seen that the Ming government attaches great importance to the township examination, and it can also be seen that it is difficult to put an end to the practice of asking for entrustment in the imperial examination.

In addition to the main examination and the same examination, it is also necessary to organize a township examination management team, which is composed of one promotion officer, two invigilators, one supply officer, two examination paper collectors, one sealing officer, one transcription officer, four reading officials, two examination officials, and four patrol and inspection officers.

The township examination was selected by the imperial court to send Hanlin and cabinet scholars to each province to serve as the chief and deputy examiners, and presided over the township examination, which mainly examined the "Four Books", "Five Classics", "Policy Questioning", "Eight Strands", etc., and the subjects tested in each dynasty were different. The provincial school administration is not allowed to preside over the township examination, and the academic administration is responsible for presiding over the college examination, selecting talents, and supervising the school officials of the government and county.

On the ninth day of the eighth month of August, the first session is to try to write more than 200 words for each of the three questions and four books in the first place, and more than 300 words for each of the four questions of the scriptures. On the 12th, the second session was to try the Five Classics, and to try the edict, judgment, table, and edict, and the argumentative essay required more than 300 words, and there were changes in the future. On the 15th, the third session was held, and five current affairs were tried, that is, combined with scripture theories, to express opinions or opinions on current affairs and government affairs at that time.

Confucian classics are the main core content of the imperial examinations.

Song Yingxing prepared for Wei Bao mostly the content of Confucian scriptures.

"Mr. Song, if you follow your method of preparation, don't say that you have only prepared more than 100 articles. "Analects", "The Mean", "University", "Mencius", five words and eight rhymes, Jingyi, 3 questions and 4 book questions at the beginning, and 4 questions of Jingyi. With these few items alone, you'll have to prepare at least a thousand articles! The Five Classics, edicts, judgments, tables, edicts, and current policies, you have to prepare at least three or four thousand articles, and the total number cannot be less than five thousand, otherwise what's the point? Liao Fuzi couldn't compete with Song Yingxing, so he said sour things on the side.

Song Yingxing didn't want to pay attention to Liao Fuzi, and said angrily: "Liao Fuzi, do you think it's possible?" I prepare five thousand articles? Can Wei Gongzi remember so many articles? ”

"So, Wei Gongzi, you still don't want to recite his Laoshizi things, or focus your mind on the test questions of the township examination over the years, it's better to retreat and close the net." Liao Fuzi said.

Wei Bao was a little upset by the two of them, it seems that the fish and the bear's paw can't have both, it makes sense.

In fact, Wei Bao has already made a choice, Song Yingxing's direct guess and give a way to touch your answer, which was originally what Wei Bao asked Song Yingxing to do, which is more in line with his level. Like Liao Fuzi, preparing for the exam, focusing on the basics, it is better not to prepare for the exam, and study all the subsets of scripture and history again in a solid manner, even if you don't have five years of hard work, you can't do it at all.

It's just that Wei Bao doesn't know how to 'dissuade' Liao Fuzi.

"Master, although your method is also very good, otherwise, you can guess the question, right? How about preparing some essays for me to take the exam according to the questions you guessed? Wei Bao said with a whim.

Liao Fuzi was stunned, "Xiaobao, do you want me to guess like Mr. Song?" ”

"Well, multiple ideas, more grasp." Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Time is limited, I am afraid that I really don't have so much time to read this big car of books you brought." ”

Song Yingxing smiled slightly when he heard this: "Master Liao, you can't only annotate and find other people's mistakes, and you can't guess the questions yourself, let alone answer the questions, right?" ”

Liao Fuzi's face turned red when he heard this, and he snorted: "It's not that I don't have the ability to guess the question!" It's not that I don't have the ability to answer the questions, I don't want to guess the exam questions of the imperial court! Isn't this a blasphemy of the imperial imperial examination? ”

Wei Bao sweated, now he can see the level of Liao Fuzi thoroughly, "Master, then you take a rest first, let's do this, after two hours, I will prepare for the exam according to your method, both methods, let's give it a try, how about it?" ”

When Liao Fuzi heard Wei Bao say this, he couldn't say anything more, and sat on the side reading unhappily.

Wei Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When it was almost dusk, a few more people came who asked Wei Bao to get rid of Liao Fuzi completely.

A large group of students from Shanhai Academy, preparing to take the township examination in Beijing, there are more than 30 people, who came to find Master Liao.

Most of these people are poor students, and there are also a few children of wealthy families, all of whom have the fame of showing off their talents.

Wei Bao's old acquaintances Wang Canhua, Wang Dongming, Fang Anping, and Zheng Zhongfei are among them.

Wang Canhua, Wang Dongming and Fang Anping are children of wealthy families, mainly who came to play with Wu Sanfu, and knew that Wu Sanfu was now with Wei Bao and was in the Maritime Chamber of Commerce.

And Zheng Zhongfei and others mainly came to seek advice from Liao Fuzi.

It cannot be said that it is completely from Liao Fuzi, but more from Liao Fuzi's books.

Liao Fuzi is not very capable, but the collection of various books is still very complete, and most of the books used in the township examination have been moved to Weibao's Maritime Chamber of Commerce.

This time it will affect Zheng Zhongfei's preparation for their exam, so they have to find it.

Wei Bao was a little disgusted with Zheng Zhongfei, because he used to be a competitor, but now Zheng Zhongfei is no longer worthy of being his opponent.

is also because of his own fortune, how to say that he also made his fortune on the basis of pit Zheng Zhongfei's family all at once, Wei Bao is still a little guilty about the Zheng family.

Therefore, time has passed, and as a classmate of Shanhai Academy, Wei Bao no longer particularly wants to suppress Zheng Zhongfei.

Zheng Zhongfei was able to go to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce to find Liao Fuzi, in Wei Bao's opinion, people also need to muster up courage.

The position is reversed, if he is Zheng Zhongfei's position, he may not be willing to show up on the territory of the opposite family at this time.

"Xiaobao, I'll go and see what is going on with them." After listening to Wei Bao's report, Liao Fuzi looked at Song Yingxing very proudly, meaning did he see it? Just teach me so many talented disciples, I will be better than you! Then he smiled at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao then nodded: "Master, please go." Anyway, it's not too early now, so why don't you go back first. ”

"No, it's my turn to give you a lecture to Xiaobao, I'll go and see what they're looking for me, and I'll be back right away." Liao Fuzi said.

Wei Bao sweated, and said in his heart that someone came to you, you just left, saving the two people from having different teaching ideas, all affecting me, just to take Liao Fuzi away, who knows that the old man will not go.

However, Wei Bao couldn't force Liao Fuzi to leave, so he had to agree. secretly had no choice but to turn a deaf ear when Liao Fuzi was lecturing, and worked hard to recite Song Yingxing's exam preparation articles.

As soon as Liao Fuzi went down, Wu Xuexia came up.

Wei Bao was also about to take a little rest, and said with a smile: "I thought you were going back." ”

"No, I've been with your mother. Now I'm asking Xiang'er to help your mother put on makeup. Wu Xuexia said with a smile: "In the afternoon, I took your mother to a few rouge shops in Shanhaiguan to shop, and also helped your mother buy some new clothes." ”

"Thank you, how much silver?" Wei Bao Road.

"Hmph, 10,000 taels!" Wu Xuexia was immediately unhappy when she heard Wei Bao mention the silver to herself.

Wei Bao understands Wu Xuexia's intentions, where can he withdraw money for his future mother-in-law? He smiled: "Then next time I bought a gift and returned your love." ”

Wu Xuexia heard Wei Bao say this, her face was a little pale, and she smiled: "My brother is afraid that he will get drunk today, and a few more classmates have also come to the table, and it is not over yet, and I have rushed together for lunch and dinner." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "It's a good thing to be able to eat and drink, just let them play." It's time for you to go back, right? ”

"Well, my mother told me to go back before dinner, I don't think I can take my brother away, I'll tell you, I'll go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow." Wu Xuexia said.

Wei Bao nodded yes, and then told Wu Xuexia that he was troubled by two masters now.

Wu Xuexia thought for a while and said, "Isn't this simple?" If you don't want Liao Fuzi to teach, and you want to use Liao Fuzi's books, then let other students from Shanhai Academy also come to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, let them be on the first floor, and it won't hinder you, there are so many people, and Liao Fuzi doesn't have much effort to follow you. ”

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this: "This method is good, you still have an idea." ”

"Well, it's not difficult, I'll go and tell my brother, and let my brother tell Liao Fuzi and the other students of Shanhai Academy, they will definitely be happy." Wu Xuexia said with a smile.

"Okay." Wei Baole agreed, but what he thought in his heart was that it was time to slip away and go to Shanhailou to see Sister Fang and Zhao Jinfeng, she made an appointment with Sister Fang yesterday, she would ask Zhao Jinfeng out today and meet with her secretly.

Wei Bao is a little worried about Zhao Jinfeng now, but he is not in a hurry, what he is anxious about is the preparation for the scientific examination, and today Liao Fuzi and Song Yingxing have a dispute about how to prepare for the exam, which also makes Wei Bao feel that he is afraid that he is even sure that it is dangerous.

According to Liao Fuzi, to guess the exam questions to seventy or eighty percent, Song Yingxing had to help him prepare at least more than 5,000 articles.

Wei Bao didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to peek with his mobile phone when he took the township test.

More than 5,000 articles, not to mention that Song Yingxing has no time to get them out now, even if Song Yingxing doesn't eat or drink, his literary power has soared, and he has made it out for himself these days, and he has saved it in his mobile phone, and there is no guarantee that he will have the opportunity to cheat during the exam!

More than 5,000 articles, for more than 100 articles, that is, the scope of your preparation for the exam may be one-fiftieth, where is this?

After Wu Xuexia left, Wei Bao said to Song Yingxing: "Mr. Song, I think what Liao Fuzi said is not completely unreasonable, we still have to guess the questions, prepare more exam questions, you can help me prepare for five hundred articles!" "Analects", "The Mean", "University", "Mencius", five words and eight rhymes, Jingyi, 3 questions and 4 book questions at the beginning, and 4 questions of Jingyi. With these few items alone, you'll have to prepare at least a thousand articles! The Five Classics, edicts, judgments, tables, edicts, and current affairs and policies, how about preparing a few more items? ”

Song Yingxing was taken aback: "Childe, these more than 100 articles, together are more than 30,000 words, you are already struggling to memorize, do you have to prepare again?" ”

"Well, you have to memorize it all if you work hard! Trouble Mr. Song. "On the one hand, Wei Bao is ready not to cheat, and for the scientific examination, he is also ready to fight for a small life, and he has worked hard to memorize 500 articles these days!

"Oh well! I've been following Childe these days, and I'm afraid that Childe won't be able to memorize so much, so it's better to memorize these 100 articles. Song Yingxing said.

"Recite more, and I'll feel more at ease." Wei Bao insisted with a smile.

Song Yingxing heard Wei Bao say this, so he no longer insisted.

After talking about Song Yingxing, Wei Bao asked Lin Wenbiao to prepare him to go out in disguise and secretly go to Shanhailou to see Sister Fang and Zhao Jinfeng.

Wei Bao had already told Lin Wenbiao about this yesterday, so Lin Wenbiao had already prepared.

First arranged for President Wei to change his costume and make an ordinary casual dress, dressed in black, and sticky to his beard, he couldn't be recognized when he lowered his melon skin hat.

Then he arranged for President Wei to go through the side door, accompanied by more than a dozen close entourage, all of whom were senior agents of the Statistics Bureau, and covered up.

In addition, someone has already gone to connect with Sister Fang first, and arranged a private room next to the private room where Sister Fang booked to meet Zhao Jinfeng, and set up a place, just waiting for President Wei to go.

I haven't seen Zhao Jinfeng for a long time, and Wei Bao found that he didn't seem to miss Zhao Jinfeng very much, and he was a little suspicious that he was indifferent to Zhao Jinfeng's feelings because of Wu Xuexia?

However, on the way there, thinking that he would be able to meet Zhao Jinfeng soon, Wei Bao's heart gradually warmed up, and the first time he met Zhao Jinfeng in Shanhaiguan, he still remembered it vividly.

At the beginning, he was just a poor boy in the township, who got a little silver by selling fish and glass, and then bought off a shopkeeper named Wu Shien, who sold luxury goods, and got a calligraphy competition.

went to write by himself, and won the first place, competing with Zhao Jinfeng, this is how they met.

The memories of the killing made Wei Bao's feelings for Miss Zhao come back a lot, and he also went outside the Shanhai Building.

Fortunately, Wei Bao sent Zhao Kehu to southern Liaoning during this time, responsible for the transfer and transportation of materials from southern Liaoning and Weijiazhuang.

Weijiazhuang has materials to be transported to southern Liaoning, and there are many things that need to be arranged in southern Liaoning, so Zhao Kehu will do this.

Wei Bao is not afraid to talk to the little girl, but he is very afraid to see the little girl's parents, and when he talks to the parents, he feels so embarrassed, and sometimes his scalp is numb when he thinks about it.

Entering the Shanhai Building, Uncle Sun Jiu at the counter greeted him warmly as always: "A few guest officers, do you want to eat?" ”

"We belong to the Heaven and Earth Merchants, and we have already set up a private room, and we can go up by ourselves." The person in charge of covering Wei Bao was a high-ranking agent dressed as a business manager.

Wei Bao stood in the middle of several people, lowering the brim of his hat, which was not eye-catching, because he was not tall, he had changed into a black outfit, and he had a sticky beard, which was not easy to recognize at a glance if he didn't look at his face.

Tiandi Firm is a big customer of Shanhailou, and Uncle Sun Jiu doesn't dare to slack off: "Okay, a few guest officers go slowly, don't you need a guy to accompany you, right?" ”

"No, you don't." The lead agent said and continued inside.

Everything went well, Wei Bao went up to the third floor, and when he arrived at the private room they booked, next door was the private room where Sister Fang and Zhao Jinfeng met.

Wei Bao happily walked to the wooden wall, looking for a gap, wanting to see if Zhao Jinfeng and Sister Fang were already there?

As soon as he saw it, he was stunned, because Wei Bao actually saw a big beauty with the appearance of a disaster for the country and the people.

Is it Wu Xuexia?

Why is Wu Xuexia here?

Wei Bao was a little speechless.

What made Wei Bao even more speechless was that opposite Wu Xuexia was Sister Fang, who was surprised, and Zhao Jinfeng, who was slightly angry.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and at the beginning of the lanterns, a few large lanterns were lit in the private room next door, which were very bright, and the three beauties could see it clearly.

Wu Xuexia brought disaster to the country and the people, and the country and the city, Zhao Jinfeng is not far behind, although her appearance is slightly inferior to Wu Xuexia, she is also beautiful, and she is really one in a million beauty level.

Zhao Jinfeng was wearing an embroidered yellow sprinkled shirt, the wide hem of the shirt was rusted with hibiscus-colored patterns, the black green silk was a little simple pulled, and the rest hung down on the neck, with a small hibiscus-colored gem hanging from his forehead, which was just right. There are red gold and bluestone flowers on the head, and a gentle and gentle lady's temperament. It looks so white and flawless, beautiful and refined.

"Let's be straightforward, what do you have to do so that you don't pester Wei Bao?" Wu Xuexia asked coldly.

Wei Bao is completely speechless, this dialogue is a bit old-fashioned? The two of them shouldn't have bumped into each other at all, right? Why is Wu Xuexia here? Could it be that Wu Xuexia is following herself?

I changed my clothes, and the agents of the Statistics Bureau were very secretive when they came, and they also made anti-tracking preparations, so it was impossible for someone to follow their own itinerary, right?

Even if Wu Xuexia tracked herself, it was impossible for her to be so fast, and she couldn't have arrived before herself?

Wei Bao was puzzled.

In fact, it was not Wu Xuexia who followed Wei Bao, but Wu Xuexia who had always had a place where people stared at Zhao Jinfeng.

Wu Xuexia knew about Zhao Jinfeng's existence, and after the relationship with Wei Bao progressed, she was even more worried about Zhao Jinfeng, afraid that Wei Bao and Zhao Jinfeng would get together, but she didn't know.

In the past few days, Wu Xuexia has invited the housekeeper to send people, and two professional servants of the Wu Mansion have been guarding outside the courtyard where Zhao Jinfeng and her mother lived, staring closely.

So Zhao Jinfeng came out at the invitation of Sister Fang and came to Shanhailou, and Wu Xuexia got the report as soon as possible and also came over.

Wu Xuexia had been waiting for an opportunity to meet Zhao Jinfeng again, and wanted to make it clear in private, this was a good opportunity, and it had nothing to do with Wei Bao.

Wu Xuexia didn't expect Wei Bao to come back, and she was next door at this time.