Du Zhongxiao carefully carried the rhyme book and walked on the road, feeling infinite emotion in his heart. In my previous life, I always felt that the ancient Jinshi were such amazing talents, and all of them were dragons and phoenixes. In this life, I embarked on this road myself, and I realized that it was not like that. There are no stupid people who are admitted to the Jinshi, but there are few real geniuses, and most of them are actually ordinary people.

Li Dui is right, the probability of raising people in Jingxi Road is in the upper middle of the country, about one out of thirty people. Don't think that this probability is very low, in fact, it is already very high, because a large part of the people are made up like Du Xun.

Reading is different from engaging in the profession, there are special methods of reading in the imperial examination, and even the articles have different practices. Even different subjects have different requirements and have their own emphasis. Roughly speaking, the Jinshi examination is the understanding of the classics and current affairs, and the level of the article, while the subjects test the memory of the juzi, so the Jinshi is more important than the subjects. The system held from time to time is another, the examination of a wide range of books, and an otherworldly memory. Among the people who have a high rank in the system, there are often those who have never forgotten, so Zhang Fangping, who has been in the system twice, claims not to read the book for the second time.

Du Zhongxiao's foundation is not strong, and he does not have a perverted memory, so it is the only way to deal with Jinshike with all his might. He doesn't need to be the kind of person who is outstanding, as long as he is more than the inferior. Preparing for the imperial examination often falls into a strange circle, where people with higher talents, who strive for excellence, desperately try to write shocking articles, and often fail in some details. The article is written in a frenzied manner, but it is frustrated in typos, rhymes, and wrong rhymes. In the second year of Jingde, Li Di and Jia Bian were the most famous among the current movers. The examiner felt strange, and took the exam papers of the two to see, it turned out that Li Di had a rhyme, and Jia Bianshe did not need to be annotated and self-reliant. Fortunately, Wang Dan was in charge, Li Di was promoted and became the champion, and Jia Bian was the first. At that time, many rules for the imperial examination had not been established, and if it were now, Li Di, the champion, was afraid that he would not even be able to pass the Jinshi examination.

From the Book of Rhymes to the Book of Jade, it is much more useful to put in a lot of effort to memorize death than to read more good articles. First ensure that no mistakes are made, and then ensure that they conform to the format, with a little spark of thought in the middle, one or two good sentences, which is a good imperial examination article.

This is the characteristic of the exam, not to mention this era, the same is true of Du Zhongxiao's exam in his previous life. For the essay of the regular exam, you will first be given a narrative essay or an argumentative essay, and then you will be given a topic, and there is a word limit, and most of the novelties will not have good results.

Li Dui is a Zhengbang Jinshi, and he is a stable Jinshi who is not good at literature, and his insight is the same as Du Zhongxiao. I used to read that Fu and just thought that this son was a little literary, but when I saw him honestly going to the discipline and working hard, my impression was different. This is what it looks like to really prepare for the imperial examination, not to show off your literary fame.

For several consecutive sessions, there was only one Jinshi in the entire Xuzhou, and two of them were Li Dui's brothers. Could it be that the people of the Li family are particularly smart? Actually, no, because he was on the right path. Like Mei Yaochen, who enjoyed the fame at this time, could it be that his literary talent was poor, and he fell into the first place again and again, and the road of the imperial examination just couldn't go, which was related to the fact that he took the wrong road. He became famous too early, and he has the big backer of his uncle Mei Xun, everyone knows that he is talented, and it is not good to point out that he is on a poor path, not because he is not talented enough, so he can only go wrong like this.

Li Dui has a good saying, in fact, most of the moves are like his father Du Xun, who looks like he runs with others. It seems that thousands of people are lifted, and only a few hundred people are taken in the end, and the acceptance rate is not high. But how much is left of those who are destined to fail?

Looking at the sun in the sky, Du Zhongxiao's mood became cheerful, and for the first time he had infinite confidence in his future.

Back in the courtyard, it was noon, Han Yueniang packed up a few dishes and put them in the courtyard.

At this time, it is customary to eat late for breakfast, early for dinner, and not for lunch. Han Yueniang came over and deliberately renovated a few dishes.

The Du family and the Han family are both small families, and there are no rules for men and women to prevent them, and since they have decided to get married, they are not restricted from moving around. After the turmoil of the late Tang Dynasty, in fact, there were not so many rules in this era, and Sima Guang, who established rules for etiquette and law, still sank to the lower class. Not only do they have no influence, but they themselves don't have that idleness.

Du Zhongxiao carefully took the rhyme book sent by Li Dui to the study and put it away, and then came to the courtyard.

Han Yueniang asked with a smile: "What good things did Li Guanren give, you are so precious?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is a new rhyme book issued by the Ministry of Rites. Although you can bring a rhyme book during the exam, if someone actually takes the exam, how can someone turn it word by word, so where can you still write a text? It must be familiar with it. Li Guanren's gift is extremely heavy. ”

"Such a good thing, I think it was brought to the children of the clan by Li Guanren. Du Juren was friendly with him when he was young, and he gave it to you. Han Yueniang said as she put down the dishes and chopsticks for Du Zhongxiao.

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "There is only one book, how can Li Guanren give it to me?" I've been working hard to copy a copy these days, and I'm going to return the original book. By the way, when you go back in the afternoon, send a trip from the restaurant to the state city, call Daddy back, and go to Li Guanrenzhuang with me. ”

Han Yueniang responded. sighed and said, "I don't know how good Du Juren and Li Guanren were when they were young. If it is very good, you can get the guidance of Li Guanren, and there is some hope for the imperial examination. You see that after Li Guanren was ranked first, he pointed out his own brother, and he also won the Jinshi. ”

"No matter how good it is, it's two families. Daddy only studied with Li Guanren when he was young, and more than ten years have passed, what else can he do? It's rare for me to get a few words of advice from Li Guanren, and if I think too much, I will be too greedy. ”

Han Yueniang shook her head and didn't say anything more. She also knew that it was impossible for Li Guanren to patiently guide Du Zhongxiao. Li Dui is an important member of the imperial court, where there is a lot of spare work. It is rare to be able to see Du Zhongxiao a few times in his busy schedule.

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

Putting the cup on the table, Wu Kejiu said hatefully: "Du Xunna learned that the county officials were promoted, and he turned over by luck, but he didn't want to hand over shit luck from now on, and good things were sent to the door one after another." Li Guanren studied with him, and now when he returns to his hometown, he will inevitably be promoted. It's hateful, but at this time, we have a bad relationship with his family, and we are afraid that we will evil Li Guanren. ”

Cao Jucheng sighed: "Cousin, this is a trivial matter. What I'm worried about is that Du Juren holds a grudge and talks to Li Guanren about what you have done in the past few months, which will affect our solution next year. Do you know the official position of Li Guanren after entering Beijing? With Tuntian Wailang serving as the palace servant, the Taiwan admonition is a Qing important position, and it is very weighty to say in one sentence. If he tells the people in the county that we don't have a guarantor next year, then it's—"

Wu Kejiu didn't care about the authentic and said: "Where will this be!" Li Guanren is a great official, and he will not be like us. Besides, the He family of Changshe is my cousin, and they are also from Jinshi, and they are worse than the Li family! ”

Cao Jucheng shook his head with a wry smile: "It's the same as a jinshi, what official is just a museum position, an idle official, how can he compare to the history of the service?" I'm afraid that if Li Guanren says a word, the He family won't even recognize you as a cousin. Cousin, listen to my advice, you must be careful in the future, and don't cause trouble again! If Du Juren really has a deep friendship with Li Guanren, alas, I don't dare to think about it! ”

Wailang is only a middle-level official, but the dispatch of the palace servant Yushi is much more noble. Now in the entire Xuzhou, Mei Xun is Hanlin bachelor is released, and his identity is firmly suppressed by Li Dui, who else dares not to take his words to heart. In order to be eligible for release, there must be a guarantor, one of whom must also be a current official. If the Du family holds a grudge and remembers Li Dui to greet the officials in the county, don't talk about Wu Kejiu, even Cao Ju CD may not be able to participate in the release test.

Cao Jucheng came all the way from Fujian Road to come here, why? After this kind of thing, Cao Jucheng hates himself to death now, and he didn't persuade Wu Kejiu at that time. Now it's difficult to ride a tiger, just look at how Du Xun and Li Dui have a relationship, and how they want to retaliate.