A faint sunset with the cold of winter fell on the door of the West Wing. Jia Huan knocked lightly on the door and asked, "Is Mr. here?" ”

"Come in." Ye Hongyun, the lecturer of Wendao Academy, was drinking tea in front of the window, and when he turned around and saw the little man Jia Huan pushing the door in, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why is it too late?" I thought you should have come to see me when you were in charge. ”

Ye Jiaolang is a middle-aged man in his thirties, of medium height, with a gentle smile, a soap-striped soft towel on his head, wearing a loose cotton suit, and a scribe's dress.

It is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. At around 3 p.m., the results of the college's exams had just come out. Ye Jiaolang meant that Jia Huan should be sure that he could be admitted to Class A and ask for a meeting as soon as possible.

Jia Huan was embarrassed, he almost didn't complete the agreement with Ye Jiaolang. He bowed and explained slightly: "The disciple waited for about half an hour to go to see the academy list, so he was late. "When Jia Huan first entered the academy, he had an agreement with Ye Jiaolang. If he can enter the class A in the Shuo examination after the year, Ye Jiaolang will teach him the eight-strand technique alone.

He came to Ye Jiaolang at this time, one was an agreement, and the other was to seek a solution to the promotion to the inner house and participate in the Wanping County test in February.

Children have to pass three exams in the examination, namely the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination. The time is February, April, and August. The county test is the first hurdle. According to the regulations of Wendao Academy, non-internal students are not allowed to leave the field (participate in the imperial examination).

Ye Jiaolang twisted his beard and smiled: "The heart is calm. Not bad. What is the ranking? "Even though he is a disciple of his friend Lin Kochi, good words come first. But he still has to take the school Jia Huan. This examination school is to ask Jia Huan to be admitted from the Outer House T-shaped class to the A-character class within three examinations. Jia Huan came to see him, naturally in the A-word class.

He is still satisfied with Jia Huan, a student.

Jia Huan said softly: "Twenty-nine." ”

"Haha!" Ye Jiaolang laughed when he heard this, "It is to let you know that I have heard that there are elites in the Academy, and you can't be self-conscious because of your talent." ”

A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Jia Huan's mouth.

Ding to C, C to B, B to A, exactly three exams. In other words, as long as he makes one mistake, it will be the end of the assessment. So, the process of reading should be as it should be. Don't think about the county exam in February this year.

Twenty-nine is just one place away from thirty. He almost capsized. Of course, no matter what, he is now standing in front of Ye Jiaolang.

After Ye Jiaolang finished laughing, he asked Jia Huan to sit down, sipped the tea, and said: "Your time to learn the eight-strand system is too short, and in the monthly exam at the end of this month, I am afraid that you will not be able to enter the inner house." According to the rules of the academy, non-inner disciples are not allowed to end.

Wanping County is not unexpected, it should be between February 24 and 28. News will come in two days after the exam date. It's about a month away. If you want to go to school this year, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Lin Juren and Ye Jiaolang talked in detail, and they were very clear about Jia Huan's imperial examination plan.

What Ye Jiaolang said was the truth, and Jia Huan said calmly: "The disciple listens to Mr. Arranged." ”

Since Ye Jiaolang had an agreement with him, he was willing to teach him Baguwen only after he was admitted to the A-character class in this Shuo examination on January 18. Then, for how he will take the county exam and how to pass the county exam, Ye Jiaolang should have a complete set of plans.

Ye Jiaolang nodded approvingly, and said softly: "The academy does not allow disciples from other houses to participate in the imperial examination, but there are exceptions to everything. If it is specially approved by the mountain chief, it is naturally possible. Ten days later, there will be a literary meeting in the college, and I will take you to participate. You've got to win. ”

As soon as Jia Huan heard this, he understood that Zhang Anbo, the mountain chief of Wendao Academy, would definitely participate in the meeting, and got up to thank Ye Jiaolang, "Mr. Xie." ”

Ye Jiaolang smiled, "Don't thank you too early." I know you have a talent for poetry, but the literary club is not a poetry club. Winning the championship is not easy. Moreover, even if you are qualified to take the county exam, it is still a matter of whether you can pass the county exam. Your foundation in the current text is too poor. ”

Jia Huan was delayed in Jiafu for a month and a half, and if he had three or four months to train his craft, it would be effective. But if you want to produce results in a month or two, it is difficult to pass the county test. What he prepared for Jia Huan was a different path.

Jia Huan looked resolute and said, "The disciple must study hard." "Despite the difficulties, he will not give up.

Ye Jiaolang twisted his long beard and smiled slightly, "Good." This month, you wrote three essays a day, and brought them to me for dinner. The study of the Four Books and the Five Classics must not be left behind. That's the topic for today. There you go. ”

Ye Jiaolang flipped through a stack of manuscripts on the side of the coffee table, took out a piece of bamboo paper and handed it to Jia Huan. Apparently prepared. There are three major questions written: the Jin people have Feng women; If you learn without thinking, you will be reckless, and if you think without learning, you will die; The widow is also to the country.

This is the routine of doing the question first and then talking about the topic. Engage in a sea of questions and tactical assault before the exam. It belongs to the grinding gun in the battle, and it is not fast and light.

Don't look at Jia Huan's scolding of Sister Feng so bluntly: How many questions do you know about the things of readers? But his Taoism about the imperial examination is actually a smear. Therefore, as a top student, although he has doubts in his heart, he can only go all out if the teacher teaches him like this.

Jia Huan took the bamboo paper and saluted Ye Jiaolang, "The disciple retires." Leave the wing.

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The students who were submerged by the sea of questions basically "ignored the things outside the window and only read the books of the sages". I really don't have time for anything else. Speaking of it afterwards, it was all a face of "unbearable looking back on the past". Relief in sorrow, relief with happiness, and happiness with memories.

The same is true for Jia Huan.

Jia Huan was admitted to the A-character class of Wendao Academy, and the location of the class was also changed to the Zhizhi Lecture Hall of Qingyun Academy.

In the famous article "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", it is written: When you are old and strong, you would rather move the heart of the white head; Poor and strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds.

The courtyard of the outer house of the academy was named Seiun-in, hence the name.

The lecture hall of knowledge comes from the Analects: knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is also knowing. The intention is to warn the students of the college to understand the requirements of studying.

The lecturer of the lecture hall of knowledge is Ye Jiaolang Ye Hongyun.

Jia Huan sat at the last row of desks in the lecture hall every day, racking his brains to write eight-strand essays. Don't look at the length of the Bagu article, an article is hundreds of words, but every word is painstakingly "deducted". Three essays in a day is too short. At the same time, he also had to take care of the study of the Four Books and the Five Classics.

The four books are easy to say, Lin Gaozhi taught him, and he can cope with the exam. But his teacher of poetry: Luo Jiaolang is not a good talker. There is a lot of coursework. Jia Huan felt as if he had returned to his former senior year of high school.

Those unforgettable years!

Seven days went by in the blink of an eye. On January 25, news came from the academy that this year's county examination in Wanping County was scheduled for February 26. The announcement of the exam time means that registration for the prefectural exam begins.

There are two steps to qualify for the prefectural examination. The first step is to find someone to vouch for. To protect his innocence, not impersonation, substitution, mourning, pseudonym, not after advocating excellence.

There are two ways: it can be five candidates to settle the insurance policy with each other. If you cheat, five people will sit together. Or, it is guaranteed by the students of the county and county.

In the second step, the candidate took the insurance knot and went to the county office to register. Fill in the resumes of the three generations on the spot, and receive ten pages of special test papers and scratch papers for the exam, of course, according to the rules, you have to pay the regular money to the county government's gift room.

The county examination is the first of the three levels of the Xiucai Primary School, and the schoolchildren who are consciously successful in their studies have begun to mobilize and prepare. The atmosphere in the academy was a little restless. Among the students in the inner and upper houses, those who have not yet passed the prefectural examination have begun to prepare. One after another, some people took leave to return home. Friends and fellow villagers sent each other one after another.

Wendao College does not have any restrictions on household registration for students. However, because of the traffic problems of this era, most of the students were children of Shuncheonfu. Shuntianfu has jurisdiction over 24 prefectures and counties, and students who are far away really need to return to their hometowns.

Some people have just come to the academy to participate in an examination and are about to return to their hometowns. It's hard - forced. But the students in the outer house are envious of these children who can end up. People from the same townsman go to the town to get drunk and see them off. came back in a stunned tone. Every year, the academy has talented people. The gap between those who enter and those who do not go to school is like a heaven and an underground.

Three winters are enough today, who laughs and has an empty stomach. Chao for Tian Shelang, twilight to the Tianzi Hall. Who wouldn't want that?

Jia Huan, who was immersed in the sea of questions, also felt this restlessness in the academy. The plan that Ye Jiaolang formulated for him was to pass the literary meeting on the 28th, win the appreciation of the mountain chief Zhang Anbo, and take the exam with special approval. So, it's useless for him to be restless. Cheer up and continue to fight in the sea of eight strands.

On the 26th, the sky was overcast. It was a bit chilly at noon. All the students in Class A went to eat in the guts picked by Zhaifu. Thirty students, scattered in twos and threes, in the courtyard and lecture hall.

Jia Huan was eating at his desk while looking at the paper that Ye Jiaolang had corrected for him. At this time, a voice sounded in my ears, "Ha, classmate Jia is really hardworking!" ”

Jia Huan looked over, it was Gao Yi, who was talking in front of the college list a few days ago. Nodding his head with some doubts, "Classmate Yi is invited." After he arrived in Class A, he heard that this Bazhou Yi Junjie Yi was a well-known "Bao Inquire" in the academy.

Yi Junjie is tall, but not thin, and somewhat burly. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, there was already stubble on his chin, and he dragged a stool over and sat down with a smile, "Student Jia, I heard that there was a January literary meeting in the academy on the 28th, and Ye Jiaolang recommended you to participate." Here's what to verify. ”

Jia Huan was a little speechless: How gossipy you have to be, classmate!

Are you really here to read?

As an adult, Jia Huan will not let the scene fall into embarrassment, and change the topic noncommittally, "I want to ask Yi, what is the point of this 'January Literary Meeting'?" ”

Yi Junjie glanced at Jia Huan with a smile and said, "Every January, the literary meeting is recommended by one of the six lecturers and mountain chiefs of the academy, and they gather in the Qushui Pavilion to taste tea and discuss the Tao. Those who are excellent can get valuable ink ingots, millipens, white paper, etc. ”

Jia Huan understands in seconds. High School Olympiad. Just send a certificate of merit.

In ancient times, what was lacking was not the determination to study hard. It's the one who teaches knowledge. In the past, the two Han Dynasty emphasized the study of scriptures, saying that "it is easy to get a teacher, but it is difficult to find a teacher". This can be seen. Of course, now that the imperial examination is in full bloom, only one of the Five Classics is required.

The outstanding ones show their faces in front of the mountain chief and the lecturers, and it is very convenient to ask for teaching in the future. This is the treatment that top students deserve.

Yi Junjie was not surprised to see Jia Huan, he smiled, lowered his voice and said: "The first person in the Wenhui, when the mountain chief travels this year, he will take it with him." Hey. The mountain chief is a famous Confucian in the capital, and the two lists of Jinshi were born, and the people who traveled were all celebrities. ”

Jia Huan understood in seconds. Ph.D. supervisors lead graduate students. It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that the network is handed over, but it is certain to increase knowledge and promote into the circle.

Understand and understand, Jia Huan carefully deliberated in his heart, and said to Yi Junjie who was smug with a smug smile: "Xie Yi informed." I don't know, who are the other candidates recommended by the speaker? ”

Yi Junjie was very satisfied with Jia Huan's "shocked" appearance, and said: "The recommended quota for Lang." The disciples of the academy were very competitive. People I know: you, Chen Jiayun, Wei Yang, Gongsun Liang. ”