August 15, which was supposed to be a festival of reunion in the world, Xu Ping was tortured in Baoxiang Temple all day.

I don't know what kind of psychology it is, the Kaifeng Mansion's release test was actually set on this day. Whether it is the examiner who invigilates the exam or the student who takes the exam, it is estimated that she has scolded her mother hundreds of times. Anyway, Xu Ping has been scolded many times, and he just looks forward to handing in his papers early and going home for the holidays.

The Jinshi section of the military in other states is in charge of the general judge, and the various sections are in charge of the record and the army. Kaifeng Mansion is different from other places, and it is too busy to spare time for official business, so the imperial court has specially sent examiners.

At this time, there were basically no tribute courts in various places, and the liberation test was either held in the official government, or more in the larger temples. Kaifeng is set in the Baoxiang Temple this year, the place here is vast, and it is close to the Fengfu, and it is convenient to take care of all aspects.

In the evening, Xu Ping finally handed over the roll and walked out of the temple gate. Liu Xiaoyi was well-behaved, came out early from the nearby state Xiwazi, led the horse and waited on the side of the road.

Seeing Xu Ping, Liu Xiaoyi hurriedly saluted: "Guanren High School!" ”

Xu Ping was expressionless: "Lend you auspicious words." ”

Although he made all the preparations, Xu Ping still didn't have any bottom in his heart. I think I'm playing well, but I don't dare to say that I'm sure I'll be able to win.

Seriously speaking, it is not difficult to test the solution of Kaifeng Mansion. Of course, purely in terms of the admission ratio, Kaifeng Mansion can only be ranked in the middle of the country, and about three or four out of ten people will be taken, which is obviously more difficult than the remote state army that does not have a few scholars, and in some places, it is not enough to take two out of ten people or even all of them. But compared with the slightly developed cultural areas, Kaifeng Mansion is a paradise, and there is no one in a hundred places in Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Fujian. The key is that Kaifeng Prefecture has an absolute number of people, often one or two hundred people, and only one or two people in some small states.

These are not problems for Xu Ping, this ratio is almost catching up with the proportion after the expansion of the university in his previous life, and he has been carefully preparing for so long, there is no reason not to win.

But the key is that this is not purely based on the results, so no matter how good he is in the exam, he has no bottom in his heart. At this time, the imperial examination, the provincial examination and the liberation examination were still popular, and they did not rely on a roll of paper to speak. This is a tradition inherited from the Tang Dynasty, before the exam, the poems and essays you usually write are divided into a volume and submitted to the examiner, which can be regarded as your usual results. When it's time for the exam, now that the exam is not obscured or transcribed, where can it be fair? The key is the attitude of the examiner.

After entering the Song Dynasty, the public recommendation system of the Tang Dynasty had been abolished, and the system of vague names and transcriptions during the Ministry of Rites Examination had also been established at this time, which at least indicated the emperor's state examination, so the last two levels were still fair. But at least at this time, the solution test is still not much different from Tang Shi, and the key depends on popularity. It will not be until this emperor is the emperor that the fairness of the entire imperial examination will be established.

Xu Ping suffered a loss in his family, which turned out to be a wine seller, but it was clearly written on the test paper. The merchant background is a stain, and I don't know what the examiner's attitude is towards this. If it is said that in the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, officials were not prohibited from doing business, but at this time, although there was no explicit provision, prohibiting officials from doing business had become an unspoken rule that could be used to impeach people. If it is another twenty or thirty years, the rules will become popular, at least during the imperial examination, there will be no discrimination against the children of merchants, and it will be the most uncomfortable to be stuck at this juncture.

Putting aside the factor of being a merchant, the public roll is actually beneficial to Xu Ping. Dedicated to the usual poems, he can use the poems of later generations to copy, and the level must be first-class. I also knew a few people in the court, at least Zhang Zhibai, the second prime minister at this time, had a good impression of him. In addition, in the past two years, he has promoted agricultural knowledge in Kaifeng, and there are quite a few officials who appreciate him. You must know that the children of the powerful do not take the exam with them as civilians, and this network is already very good among the people who take the exam together.

After waiting for half an hour, Sang Yi came out of Baoxiang Temple, looked at Xu Ping and smiled bitterly, and was silent.

How many exams Xu Ping passed in his previous life, he has long passed the time when he was young and ignorant, and he will no longer ask each other for answers with his peers as soon as he leaves the examination room, making himself uncomfortable. I have already practiced my skills, and as soon as I got out of the examination room, I immediately forgot about all the things and concentrated on waiting for the release of the list.

Silently leading the horse, Sang Yi turned around and glanced at Baoxiang Temple, and scolded: "This group of bald donkeys is not ready for a meal!" ”

Xu Ping listened and stayed there at the time. Sang Yi has always been honest and loyal, taciturn, when have I seen him speak so harshly, it seems that he did not do well in the exam today.

Later, Zhou Shizong destroyed the Buddha, destroyed many temples, and ordered Kaifeng Mansion not to build new temples. Emperor Taizu seized the throne of orphans and widows in the Later Zhou Dynasty, so he broke this precept and built a monastery. However, in the end, he grew up with Zhou Shizong, and Taizu had no feelings for monks, and it is said that he also had the intention of completely erasing Buddhism from the Central Plains, and was escaped by the monk pretending to be a ghost. The sentence "See the Buddha in the past and don't worship the Buddha" is what the monk flattered Taizu said, which can be regarded as setting the rule that the emperor does not worship the Buddha. It was only when Taizong arrived that his attitude changed greatly, and he believed in the illusory thing of the Buddha, and the monk trembled again in the Great Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty inherited the rules of the five dynasties, and all the affairs of Buddhism and Taoism were managed by the imperial court. At this time, if you want to be a monk, you must take the official exam, and if you pass the exam, you have to wait for the official arrangement, and when the time comes, you will be allowed to shave, otherwise you will be a wild monk. Of course, the court of the Great Song Dynasty has always been open to money, and you can spend a lot of money to buy it without going through these cumbersome procedures.

In this background, the monk Qing can't get up, he always circles around the government, and his status in the eyes of the scholar is one level lower, and it is normal for Sang Yi to be in a bad mood and scold a bald donkey.

Xu Ping's new home is a big place, and Sang Yi lived here, and there was no other hotel to look for.

When he returned home, he had already prepared a wine feast, and Xu Zheng also put on his official uniform seriously.

Seeing Xu Ping enter the door, Zhang Sanniang asked nervously: "Da Lang, how did you do in the exam?" ”

Xu Ping shook his head quietly: "Who knows?" Just wait for the list to be released. ”

How could Zhang Sanniang be satisfied with this kind of answer? Immediately hold on and ask endlessly.

At this time, Xu Ping's results in the Liberation Examination are the most important thing in the family, Lin Wensi's family is also in Dali, seeing Zhang Sanniang's appearance, Lin Wensi said: "The most feared thing for students is to be asked how they did when they go out of the examination room." Of course, in the examination room, he has exhausted his whole body to learn, and whether he is in or not depends on the examiner's meaning, what results can you ask him? He said that there is no half-point relationship between whether you do well or fail in the test! ”

Zhang Sanniang let Xu Ping go after hearing this, but she was still suspicious, and she didn't know if Lin Wensi was using this to criticize her. All her life, she has been looking forward to her son getting ahead and earning face for herself, and she is more nervous than anyone else.

Xu Zhengben also wanted to ask his son, but after hearing these two sentences, he put down his mind and said with a straight face: "Women, what do you know?" Don't ask questions, just wait for the list to be released! It was not early, so we arranged a family feast and just watched the moon and drank. ”

Xu Ping didn't have much taste at this family feast, how could he still have that mind after tossing all day? After hastily drinking two glasses of wine, he said goodbye with Sang Yi and returned to his own courtyard to rest.

Xiuxiu waited for Xu Ping to wash his feet, and asked him carefully: "Official, did you not do well in the exam?" ”

Xu Ping patted her head: "Talking nonsense!" When did I say that? ”

Xiuxiu said: "I see that you seem to be unhappy when you come back." ”

Xu Ping sighed: "Xiuxiu, I entered Baoxiang Temple early in the morning and buried myself in writing a day's volume, how can I be happy?" Whether you do well or not, which one knows in your heart? If I could have known that it was not good, I would not have changed it earlier, so why would I regret it when I came out? ”

Xiuxiu muttered, "It's the same—"

Waiting for Xu Ping to rest, Xiuxiu didn't go out, stood there and said, "Official, you're going to rest?" Look at what a nice moon it is outside, big and round, why don't you go and pay a respect? ”

Xu Ping said angrily: "What am I doing to worship the moon?" ”

"I heard that if a man worships the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, he will be able to become an official. Women worship the moon, I heard that Chang'e Niangniang will make her more and more beautiful. You take the exam today, don't worship the moon, okay? ”

Xu Ping saw that Xiuxiu was serious, and his heart moved, which made sense. No wonder it is necessary to take the Mid-Autumn Festival exam, it turns out to be the meaning of the Toad Palace, there is a saying.

It was not good to blow Xiuxiu's thoughts, so Xu Ping put on his shoes again and came to the small courtyard.

Xiuxiu put on the incense table, lit a good incense, and Xu Ping bowed. He knew it was all nonsense, but it was a matter of respect.

After Xu Ping finished worshipping, Xiuxiu didn't clean up, and then kept worshipping there. Xu Ping didn't bother to listen to what she worshipped, it was probably nothing more than a little girl's trick, praying that she would become more and more beautiful.

For the next few days, Xu Ping nested in his room, completely relaxing the tense nerves of these days, and ignoring everything. The family thought he was nervous and didn't bother him. Only Xiuxiu knows that Xu Ping can eat and drink these days, and have a lot of fun.

Sang Yi was obviously a lot nervous, and often ran out when he had nothing to do, knowing that it was not yet time to release the list, he still couldn't help but go to Kaifeng Mansion every day to take a look.

Xu Ping almost forgot how many days had passed since the exam, he had been so fat in the past few days that he couldn't even stand Xiuxiu, and he sued Zhang Sanniang several times. Zhang Sanniang felt sorry for her son, but when Xu Ping was nervous, she relaxed with these tricks, and couldn't bear to talk about him.

Suddenly, one day, Sang Yi ran back to Xu's house from outside with a spring breeze on his face, bumped into Xu Zheng head-on, grabbed him and said loudly: "Hit!" ”

Xu Zheng was confused, and only came to his senses when he saw Sang Yi's excited and crazy appearance, and hurriedly asked, "Are you hit?" Where's my eldest brother? ”

Sang Yi nodded vigorously: "It's in!" We've all hit! ”

Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and when he fully understood the words Sang Yi said, he almost fainted, and shouted: "I'm hit!" My Xu family also has a reader! ”

This ghost crying wolf howl startled everyone in the family.

Zhang Sanniang went up and grabbed Xu Zheng and asked endlessly, asking what kind of Chinese law it is? What's on the list? When will I be able to come back from a jinshi? When will you wear the official robe like Xu Zheng?

Where did Xu Zheng know this, only stunned in Zhang Sanniang's hands.

Xu Ping came out of the small courtyard, but his expression was calm, and he said goodbye to Sang Yi, and asked him: "There have always been many people in Kaifeng Mansion, I don't know how many people have won the first place?" ”

Sang Yi said: "I am one hundred and seventeen, you are much better, thirty-six!" ”

Xu Ping couldn't help but feel a little lost when he heard this: "Thirty-six? Still high! ”

Sang Yi sighed: "Yunxing, you are content!" At least four or five hundred people are taken in one section of Jinshi, and at least two or three percent of Kaifeng Mansion is accounted for! You are within the top 50 in the Kaifeng Liberation Test, and the Jinshi is almost in your hands! You're only seventeen years old, and you're just doing your first scientific expedition! ”