The territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, from Lingnan in the south to Mobei in the north, including Liaodong and overlooking the Western Regions.

This method is to agree on a time, and then use the bird to send a letter to the notification. Although the time of learning the news varies early and late, the time of the imperial examination must be the same.

Thousands of Red Feather Messengers were not the main force in informing the news.

This time their main task was to constantly shout loudly.

The emperor's order to everyone was to run as far as they could, to shout as loudly as they could, to let more subjects know about it, and to let the tide of the imperial examination surge to the sky.

The one who was really responsible for informing the news was the Bird Messenger, which had already been released at dawn this morning.

There are 12 provinces, 360 prefectures, 1,680 counties, more than 60,000 towns that have been built, and then countless scattered villages......

Six days have passed, and the whole Datang knows the news.

"On September 9, the twelfth year of Zhenguan, the whole country opened the township test at the same time, the field was set up in the nearby town, organized and supervised by town-level officials, and the scholars of the Northeast Research Institute were used as the markers, hoping that the subjects of the world would prepare as soon as possible, and send the students to the field on the road.

This is the official decree of the pilgrimage, similar to the notice of the opening of the examination in later generations, except that this notice is issued by the book of birds, so the time when the news is received by each province in the world is different.

But no matter what, it took six days for everyone to finally get the news.

So, thousands of students stepped on the road and embarked on the journey of life to fight for the imperial examination, the township examination is just the beginning, and the pass can continue.

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Datang Oriental, all over Shandong!

Shandong is not a rich place in the Tang Dynasty, on the contrary, the folk life is slightly miserable, but after all, it is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius historical books, so there are many readers in the poor homes of the people.

This day, early in the morning!

"Mother, the child has gone......" A boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, carrying a heavy package on his back, stood on the narrow path and looked back, still seeing that the dilapidated village entrance was full of people.

There were 47 households in the village, 223 people, regardless of men, women and children, all of whom sent him to the imperial examination.

There was an old lady with a frosty face, and suddenly said loudly to the child: "Doll, take the test well, don't save food and drink on the road, eat all the food we prepared for you, and only when you have a full stomach can you have strength, and only with strength can you write good poems......"

The mountain village is poor, eating and drinking is a big deal in the eyes of the people, this old lady's advice is very ordinary, but ordinary words are the most precious.

The whole village worked together to accumulate a large package of dry food, which was given to the only student in the village, so that the children could not go hungry on the way to the subject exam.

The boy suddenly felt a sour look in his eyes, and something called tears blurred his vision.

One person went to take the imperial examination, and the whole village mobilized to help, but everyone was too poor, so each family could only save a little ration for him to make a pester.

The big package behind him was very heavy, containing the dough cake saved by the Liu family, the wild bird eggs freshly cooked by the Li family, the yam dug up by the old lady from the mountain, and the pancake that Xiaohua'er's sister liked to eat......

With tears in his eyes, the boy glanced at the people standing at the head of the village again.

Aunt Li, Daddy Wang, the iron egg brother who has played together since childhood, and the little flower sister who lives next to the house......

Although the tears blurred the eyes, the voices and smiles of the villagers appeared clearly in their minds, and finally the voices and smiles of all the villagers gradually disappeared, turning into a face full of expectations and vicissitudes.

That's his mother-in-law!

The boy suddenly let out a wail and knelt on the ground with a puff.

He choked up loudly and said: "Mother, the child is gone, King Zhao of Xifu has given the opportunity, and the world will start the imperial examination again, and the child will definitely fight for the first, and he will give his mother and mother the glory of the imperial examination......"

Because of the distance, his mother couldn't hear what Xiao Tong said, but there was a vague nature between mother and son, and I saw that the hard-working woman kept waving her hand and said loudly: "Son, take the test hard!" ”

Take the test!

What simple words!

However, it is these simple words that contain the greatest hope of the poor people.

The selection of scholars in the imperial examination has a chance for all the poor families in the world, this is an opportunity to escape the sea of suffering without going to the family, and it is also an opportunity for their children not to have to face the loess with their backs to the sky.

The little boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, then suddenly gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground, he glanced at the people at the entrance of the village again, and resolutely turned around and ran into the distance.

Under the vast sunlight, a slightly thin figure was illuminated, and the little boy ran wildly with a large package on his back, and his mouth kept whining and whining.

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Northwest of the Tang Dynasty, Longxi is desolate.

The loess slopes are fashionable and full of greenery, not the desolate and dusk yellow color of later generations.

Between the mountains, forests and ravines, there are also children who embark on the journey.

This time, it was three children, led by a teenager, carrying a package.

Behind him was a muddy dirt road, which looked particularly slippery after the autumn rain, but hundreds of people were standing at the head of the village to see each other off, and some people were singing songs to see them off.

The three children burst into tears, and the teenagers were also in tears.

They turned back abruptly together, fell to their knees on the muddy ground, and the four howled loudly: "Mother, all the elders in the village, let's go, go to the field to Bo Yibo......"

The emperor's decree to the world is clear, the poems written by King Zhao of Xifu on the decree are encouraging, no one asks about the cold window for ten years, and he became famous in one fell swoop.

Only by striving bravely can the poor have a chance, and the children of the poor are sensible early, and they want to change the misery of their ancestors who have been poor for generations......

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The south of the Tang Dynasty, the land of Jianghuai.

A small river trembled, a small boat slowly swam across, and the man holding the boat was full of muscles, and struggled to thrust the boat into the water.

There are dozens of people standing on the bank of the small river in the distance, who are constantly waving goodbye to the boat, and an old man trembling does not forget to shout and advise, saying: "Fourth, you hold the boat slowly, don't let the dolls bump the boat, the examination is a big event, don't be tired on the road." ”

The man who supported the boat laughed, but with a rare solemnity on his face, he replied loudly: "Second grandfather, don't worry, the boat is stable, let's go back, if you send it like this, the dolls will cry and cry badly......"

He was right, a few boys and teenagers on the boat were crying at this time, and there was a youngest doll who was about ten years old, and was constantly calling for his mother and mother across the river.

However, although she was reluctant to leave her mother, although she kept crying in her mouth, Xiaowa did not say that I wanted to go home, but became more determined to participate in the township exam.

There are a lot of dried fish on both sides of the boat, which is the food used by the people in the Jianghuai land to satisfy their stomachs, the dried fish lacks salt and tastes fishy, but the children and teenagers feel very cherished.

This is the old man in the village running around, this is a gritted teeth of each family to put together, they have no money as a coil, these dried fish are the only food to rush to the examination room.

Come on, imperial examination!

Come on, imperial examination!

We poor people are not afraid of anything, as long as we don't starve to death, we can rush forward, and King Zhao of Xifu gave him the opportunity to persevere even if it is hard and difficult.

The boats were leisurely, constantly swimming, and the figures of the people on the shore gradually blurred, and several children suddenly took out their hand-copied books and read them aloud to the daylight.

"The sun rises in the east, its way is bright, the river flows out of the underground, a flood of the ocean, the hidden dragon comes out of the abyss, and the scales and claws fly...... I am a young man in the Tang Dynasty, the future is like the sea, and the future will be long......"

This is the persuasion poem of King Zhao of Xifu, written into the emperor's holy decree to the world, His Royal Highness's persuasion poem is really good, it turns out that the children of our poor families are also strong young men.

The white clouds are long, the changing dogs, the boat keeps moving forward on the river, the children's reading voices overshadow the sound of the water, the distant place where the sky and water meet, the sunlight shines on the water surface like a fish and dragon dancing, as if I really want to write in the poems of King Zhao, the hidden dragon comes out of the abyss, and the scales and claws fly.

Strong, my Tang Dynasty boy!

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Datang Southwest!

Datang Southeast!

Datang Mobei!

Datang Northeast!

There are twelve roads in the world, the wind rises and the clouds surge, countless little Mengtong, countless teenagers from poor families, and even countless middle-aged people who have been ruined by the years.

The poor scholar carried the package on his back, brought the rations accumulated by the whole village tightening his belt, crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and aspired to Chang'an in his heart.

When I return, I should return to my hometown......

The imperial examination is open!