In the afternoon of the next day, Ou Maoying and his nephew Ou Zhansen, plus three other distant relatives of the Ou clan in the same village, a total of five people, hired two carriages together and came to the city of Guangzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the southeast area of the city, where the Guangfu School Palace is located, the major inns and liquor stores are overcrowded, and when it is almost dark, the five people of the Ou family still have not found an inn with empty beds.

Not only a few of them, but also scattered scholars dressed up on the streets in the southeast of Guangzhou, running back and forth in groups of three or five, looking for a place to stay. I heard that since yesterday, other scholars from Huizhou and Zhaoqing have come to look for a place to settle down.

Just when the five of them were in a dilemma, they suddenly heard a gong ringing on the street, and someone shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Holy King has an order, if you don't find a place to stay, you can follow the villain to the Yamen of the Political Secretary and the Yamen of the Prefect's Mansion next to it, and the Holy King sent someone to clean it up." ”

"Great! The Holy King has thought it through! The crowd praised it.

Ou Qianying's five and the rest of the scholars followed the messenger with a gong and a red scarf on his head, and entered the yamen of the political secretary. A few messengers in the yamen took everyone to a room next to them to eat thick rice porridge and pickles, although the taste was not very good, but it was hot, which made Ou Yuying a little surprised.

As soon as he heard that it was also specially ordered by the Holy King, for those of them who came to participate in tomorrow's imperial examination, the hot meal prepared in advance, Ou Yuying couldn't help but be a little curious, what kind of person is this Saint King who has never seen it but is already familiar with it?

After eating, several messengers led them to the lobby of the yamen, where they spent the night today.

The floor of the lobby was already full of bedding. Although it was a chase shop for hundreds of people, the quilt was very thick, and the five of Ou Geying lay down comfortably, and the clansmen quickly fell asleep, but Ou Geying tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep in a daze.

In her sleep, Ou Yuying dreamed that she had won the top prize, and the Manchu Emperor wearing a golden crown personally summoned him on the Jinluan Palace. Ou Yuying was intoxicated by the sea of happiness and excitement, and when she looked up, she suddenly changed, and the Manchu emperor wearing a golden crown turned into a fierce man with a red scarf on his head, and smiled proudly at himself......

"Ahh Ou Yuying was awakened and looked up to see that it was already dawn. Unsettled, he hurriedly got up, washed up, and while waiting for a few clansmen to get up, he took out a copy of "Spring and Autumn" from his bag and studied it silently.

"Ouch, isn't this the brother of Wenqu Village! Why, Brother Gen Ying, you still don't give up and come to participate in this imperial examination of the Holy Country? A yin and yang strange tone sounded, waking up many readers, and they got up and dressed to watch the excitement.

Ou Yuying looked up and looked at it, but it was Ma Wencai from Majia Village next door, who was more than ten years younger than him.

Although Majia Village and Songtang Village are both Xiqiao Township, Nanhai County, but because of the matter of fighting for water in the fields, the relationship between the two villages has been very stiff, and later in the Jiaqing period, Songtang Village successively produced a Jinshi, a lifter and several talents, Majia Village was suppressed, and there was a tendency to please Songtang Village, but I did not expect that Majia Village also produced a Jinshi in the Daoguang period, and it was bigger than the Jinshi of Songtang Village as an official, so Majia Village was dissatisfied with Songtang Village's self-named "Wenqu Village", and the relationship between the two villages deteriorated even more.

Ou Geying was originally the youngest talent in Songtang Village, and was once expected by the whole village to become the second Jinshi master, but he didn't even win the promotion.

However, Ma Wencai was promoted in the middle of the year before the year, and since then he has become the leading figure among the scholars in Majia Village, because of the relationship between the two villages, every time he sees Ou Yuying, he will naturally inevitably be ridiculed.

Ou Yingying was so angry that she put away the "Spring and Autumn Period" in her hand, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Ma Wencai and said, "Brother Geying, don't go!" You said that you have been reading some good books such as "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" all day long, why do you remember to read "Spring and Autumn" today? Didn't you say that the Analects and the Spring and Autumn Period are outdated? ”

Ou Yuying said angrily: "Ma Wencai, don't deceive people too much!" What do I think books have to do with you? "I'm leaving.

Ma Wencai chased after him: "Brother Gen Ying, Wencai just thinks that you are a lot old, why bother yourself?" Anyway, it must be another failure, hey! ”

Ou Yiying was stunned when she heard this, but she didn't look back.

Ma Wencai said to a person next to him: "Oh, I said the wrong thing." Maybe take a look at "Spring and Autumn" more, and this time you can lift people in the upper ranks? Ha ha. ”

But I heard a person next to him say angrily: "Ma Wencai, don't be complacent first, who said that my Uncle Ying can't be hit?" This time, the imperial examination opened by the Holy King is different from that of the Manchu Tartars! ”

When Ou Yuying heard this, it was his nephew Ou Zhansen, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.

"Haha, it's not the same as the Manchus, so what? Imperial examinations, not proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, like your uncle, only read some messy miscellaneous books, can enter the top 200, I Ma Wencai's name is written upside down! ”

"Okay, that's what you said!" Ou Zhansen replied loudly.

"Of course I said it! If you can't get into the top 200, in the future, you Songtang Village will no longer be allowed to call yourself Wenqu Village, and in the future, your uncle and nephew, when you see the people of our Majia Village, stay away from me! Ma Wencai laughed and said, "Ou Yuying, do you dare to agree?" ”

Ou Ying's mouth was full of bitterness, he really didn't dare to go next. I fell into a strange circle, every time I got the "talk" in the Bagu text, I began to unconsciously write the words in my heart on the exam paper, but most of the words in my heart looked from some miscellaneous books, which undoubtedly forced me to the Jedi.

Therefore, to be able to enter the 200 places, he would have entered long ago. Now, I can only walk away silently.

"Whew! Look! I don't even have the courage to bet with me, so I might as well go home as soon as possible. ”

Ou Maoying heard the shameful smile behind her, and really wanted to go back to the South China Sea in a fit of anger. However, there is a glimmer of hope in my heart, this time didn't I say that I would take thousands of names, even if I was not in the top 300, as long as I could be selected and get the position of a petty official, it would be fine.

So, gritted your teeth, packed your things, and prepared for the exam that started in the morning.

After eating the morning porridge provided by the Yamen of the Political Secretary, several messengers led everyone out of the Yamen early and came to the examination room of the Guangfu School Palace.

Sitting in the examination room, Ou learned that there were only two questions in the entire exam, both of which were policy theories, and the time was a whole day.

It is completely different from the imperial examination of the Manchu government in the past!

didn't have time to think about it, Ou Yuying opened the test paper and took a look.

The first strategic question: "Why were the Manchus doomed?" ”

Ou Yuying was stunned!

What kind of question is this, it is not taken from any of the four books and five classics, but a straightforward, simple and straightforward question!

Moreover, although it is a question, the tone is affirmative, and the conclusion has been made: doomed! Just ask why it is doomed.

Let's look at the second question again.

"What should the Holy Kingdom learn from Xiyi? Be specific!"

Ou Yuying was stunned again, and then her face was happy! There are many miscellaneous books I have read about this topic, among which I have written a lot in the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", and I have already cooked it in my mind.

At the moment, Ou Chenying is like a god, and she writes like a fly, synthesizing all the miscellaneous books she reads in her head, synthesizing her own views and opinions, and writing a large number of remarks in one or two thousand words. In the past, he did not dare to write about the great rebellious remarks, the corruption of Manchu officialdom, the lax training of the army, the backwardness of weapons and equipment, and the lack of a strong navy.

Then, Ou Yuying found that it was like opening the floodgates of thinking, and all the places in Xiyi that were more advanced than the Qing Dynasty were listed one by one. After answering the second question, Ou also knew the answer to the first question.

Indeed, the Manchu court was so backward to the West that the Qing Dynasty was so far behind, and now there are frequent uprisings and rebellions in the country, which are completely out of touch with this era, isn't it doomed!

At the moment, Ou Maoying was out of control, and he wrote hard, and soon, he wrote happily in his heart and completed the solution of the second policy theory.

Looking at the people around me, there are still many people still meditating. Ou was satisfied to check it and re-copied the discourse onto the answer sheet. After waiting for a while, Ou Yuying handed in the paper.

A few hours later, Ma Wencai stretched his sore waist and finished the exam paper. He was also confused for a while when the exam questions were like this, but he still quoted scriptures and synthesized the analysis of dynasties that had perished for thousands of years.

But the second question, this, how can it be like this? How can you learn from Xiyi? This is certainly a trap set up.

Ma Wencai quoted scriptures and classics to refute this argument.

After handing in the test papers, Ma Wencai looked at Ou Chenying's examination seat, but found that Ou Chenying had already left, and couldn't help but be startled, but immediately shook his head and said to himself: "I guess I went down the exam, so I handed in the papers in advance." This rebel army is a rebel army, and the question is so strange. ”

After all the exam papers were handed in, everyone started talking.

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Three days later, Ou Yuying, who was still lying in the Yamen of the Political Secretary, was sleeping with his head covered, when suddenly the earth-shattering sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums sounded outside the door.

Ou Qianying wanted to return to Nanhai the next day after the exam, but his nephew Ou Zhansen said that the list would be announced in two days. So Ou Yuying decided to stay for two more days, anyway, the political secretary and the yamen still took care of eating and sleeping.

Why is it so noisy! Ou Yuying climbed up. But he saw a large group of candidates who were also from Nanhai County hugging Ma Wencai and walking out of the door from him, while celebrating loudly: "Brother Wencai, there are such earth-shaking gongs and drums outside this house, it must be the list that has been released, someone is in high school, it must be Brother Wencai!" Congratulations! ”

"Where, where! I don't know what the ranking is? It's too early to tell. The list is out, so go out with Brother Wei to take a look, how about it? Ma Wencai said with a smile.

So, a large group of people followed Ma Wen out of the Yamen of the Political Secretary.

On the outer wall of the yamen, more than a dozen lists have been pasted.

On the first list, the twentieth name is Ou Yuying, and then followed by Ou Zhansen.

Ma Wencai's face was stunned and he didn't look any further!

How can it be? (To be continued.) )