On the eighteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Heavenly Sage, the first day of entering the ninety-ninth is also the day of the Jinshi Examination of the Ministry of Rites. Lin Wensi specially sent Xu Ping to the door of the Gongyuan and told him: "Don't think about everything, just answer the questions seriously, give full play to what you usually learn, and don't care about it whether you are in it or not!" ”

After these days, Xu Ping has recovered, and his spirit is just right, and he is full of words. In his previous life, he had passed many exams such as the college entrance examination, and he had no problem with the examination room, and his mentality was adjusted very well.

Sang Yi on the side has some gains and losses, he has already participated in the etiquette exam, last time he was flustered in the examination room, lost his sense of proportion, and fell cleanly, this time he just prayed not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

There has been an edict for this provincial test, and the name of the Ministry of Rites is limited to 500 people, and Xu Ping's confidence is still relatively sufficient. In this era, there were about 6,000 people who participated in the Ministry of Rites examination, and one of the dozen or so people was selected. It is important to know that the number of people in each state is allocated according to the state, and the state army with underdeveloped education is purely here to make up the number, and it is completely uncompetitive. That is to say, the two prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan and Shu have the strength to compete with Kaifeng Prefecture, but in fact, they are even worse. The imperial examination is not only about testing talents, but also about whether the candidates are suitable for this examination format, which no place can compare with Kaifeng Prefecture. It is precisely because of this that so many outsiders come to Kaifeng to take the exam.

On the third day, after a few exams, Xu Ping came out of the Gongyuan and felt refreshed.

This session has a special edict, not to be purely based on poetry to determine the stay, to be combined with the comprehensive evaluation of the policy. The content of the Jinshi examination includes one poem, one fu, one treatise, five strategies, ten posts of the Analects, and ten articles of ink meaning for the Spring and Autumn Period or the Book of Rites. It seems that there is a lot of content in the test, but because it is not the entire content of the comprehensive evaluation of the candidates' rankings, but from the beginning of the poem to determine the ranking one by one to decide to stay, so the poem has roughly decided whether it can be a jinshi, and the content behind is just a fine-tuning of the ranking, and the post and Moyi are basically already making up the number. Although Xu Ping has carried out intensive training for poetry, he is not a subject that he is good at, and the comprehensive evaluation of policy theory is very beneficial to him. The policy theory is somewhat similar to the political exam in his previous life, and it is the subject he is best at, and he feels that he should be somewhat sure.

The content of the Jinshi examination does not change very much in each era, but the big thing is the order of the examination, and the admission method of determining the place to stay on a field-by-field basis puts the role of the order to infinity, so that the focus of the Jinshi examination is very different. At this time, Moyi was put at the end and did not matter, but a few decades later, Moyi was changed to Dayi, which became the first field, and the knowledge structure of Zhongjinshi was very different. Dayi finally evolved into Baguwen, which became the most important first of the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the knowledge structure of Jinshi and Tang and Song dynasties at that time was already different.

stretched out outside the Gongyuan and relaxed his muscles, only to see Sang Yi coming out of it with a gloomy face, as if he had failed the test again.

After the two of them saw the ceremony, Sang Yi sighed: "Yunxing is easy, it seems that the exam is going well." Brother Wei is here again in vain this time, you don't have to wait for the list to be released, you will be ready to go back tomorrow! ”

Xu Ping was taken aback: "How do you say that?" If you don't wait for the list to be released, who knows how you will do in the exam? ”

Sang Yi shook his head: "My Fu rhymes in many places, and I understand it, and there is no truth in it." I just hope that it will not be too outrageous, and I will be punished for waiting for a few terms. ”

Hearing that it was so serious, Xu Ping couldn't say anything more.

At this time, the lifting of people was much more miserable than in the later Ming and Qing dynasties, not only the identity was one-time, but there was also a punishment for not doing well in the exam. From the first session to look at the results of the exam, how many sessions of ten nos can not be raised, nine nos how many sessions, according to the number of sessions and results of the penalty. If it is so outrageous that many of the games are ten or nine no, it will be punished together with the examiner who issued the release test.

In order to represent the number of years of this punishment, this session was specially stipulated by Sun Zheng. Because theoretically the exam is held every year, but in practice it is not, the definition of the session is vague. From this term onwards, it is specially stipulated that if the penalty is less than two terms, the term will be counted according to the actual number of courses, and if there are more than two terms, the term will be counted as one term a year after the two terms. For example, if a certain person is fined for four terms, and the next two sessions are all three-year examinations, then he will be punished for eight years and will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination, which is quite harsh.

Seeing that Sang Yi was sullen, Xu Ping changed the subject: "Anyway, the exam has already been completed, why bother thinking about it again!" After a while, we will find a restaurant and have a good drink, even if there is wine today and drunk tomorrow! ”

At this moment, a young man with a slightly dark face came out of the Gongyuan with his hands in his hands, his face calm, and he hurried away with his head down.

Xu Ping's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he said to Sang Yi: "I look at the face of that lifter, why don't you invite you to the restaurant for a drink, and it is also fate to be raised in the same year." ”

Sang Yi was not in the mood and did not answer.

Xu Ping caught up with the black-faced young man, saluted and said, "Brother Tai, under Xu Ping, the people of Kaifeng Mansion." In this ritual test, the two of us sat next to each other, a rare fate. Now that the exam has been completed, it is better to go to a restaurant to drink a glass of wine. ”

The young man glanced up at Xu Ping, not enthusiastic, and bowed his hand and said: "In Xia Bao Zheng, it is the son of Luzhou." Thank you for your kindness, but I still have something to do, and I have a lot of inconvenience, so I appreciate my kindness. ”

After speaking, he left in a hurry, leaving Xu Ping alone on the road in front of the tribute courtyard in a daze.

There are signs in the examination room, and the names of each person are written, and it is when he sees that the black-faced man next to him is Bao Zheng, Xu Ping is waiting here to set up a set.

Xu Ping has no preference for chasing stars, and the reason why he took the initiative to invite Bao Zheng was because he solved a puzzle he had been in and determined the era he was in.

Bao Zheng in the examination room is by no means the most outstanding in this era, let alone the most deserving official, Xu Ping knows this even if he is not familiar with history. Not far from him, there was also a person whose name he learned in history class was Wen Yanbo, and a little further away from Wen Yanbo was Han Qi. Not far from Xu Ping's right, another figure who was also famous in later generations was Ouyang Xiu. Regardless of official position or talent, Bao Zheng is really not top-notch in this session, and he can only be regarded as middle-to-top.

But the most widely known in later generations is this black-faced man, as soon as he saw him Xu Ping, he determined the era he was in, and the current little emperor turned out to be Renzong in history textbooks, and later the one who was sprayed with a face by Lao Bao. According to the temperament of this emperor, he really had a good life after being a jinshi.

Speaking of which, Xu Ping was also shocked to see so many celebrities in later generations in the examination room, he hadn't met a few in two or three years, and he saw so many at once, and his competitors were strong enough. In fact, from the beginning of this session to the next ten sessions, it was the time when the entire Song Dynasty produced the most celebrities, and the stars were shining, which was unique in the entire history of China's imperial examinations.

Xu Ping, who let so many later high-ranking officials, not go to say hello, and waited for Bao Zheng bably, just to thank him for letting him know the era he was in, but he didn't expect Lao Bao to be so faceless.

In fact, it is normal, just finished the exam, no one knows what their grades are, whether they are in high school or have been punished for decades and cannot come back, the psychological pressure is quite great, how can Xu Ping have such a big nerve.

After turning around twice in the same place, and seeing Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu coming out of the tribute courtyard, Xu Ping didn't have the heart to say hello, so he turned around and took Sang Yi to find a restaurant to drink.

Walking not far, to the edge of the Bianhe River, it is one of the seventy-two main stores of Qingfeng Building, speaking of the Xu family's "Qingfeng Xu Lai" under the guise of a cottage of their house. The most densely populated place in the city of Tokyo is outside the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City, where the largest restaurants, such as the Alum Building, Rendian, Yang Building, etc., are all concentrated there, and the officials of the lower dynasty are just there to celebrate. Although the banks of the Bianhe River are also important commercial areas, they are much less prosperous and luxurious, and the most are all kinds of small foot shops.

Qingfeng Building is close to Kaifeng Mansion, and the scale is also passable.

At this time, the excitement of the Lantern Festival has not passed, there are colorful buildings outside the Qingfeng Building, and the red lights on both sides of the Bianhe River are hanging high, and the pedestrians on the street are weaving.

Passing through the color building, there were prostitutes with heavy makeup sitting on both sides, posing in various styles, waiting for the drinkers to be greeted to accompany the wine. These female prostitutes have all kinds of identities, but there are no private prostitutes who are really engaged in the leather and meat business, they just eat, drink and play together, and if they need other services, they have to negotiate in private to go somewhere else. This kind of scene is actually similar to Xu Pingqian's entertainment venues, and these female prostitutes are also called "young ladies", and the cycle of history always makes people feel familiar.

Xu Ping was used to it, and he and Sang Yi walked through the alley formed by these female prostitutes and went directly into the restaurant.

The Great Song Dynasty did not legally allow women to engage in the skin and meat business, even if a woman from a good family committed adultery with more than three people, she was included in the miscellaneous household such as female prostitutes, which was all a business under the ground. These prostitutes are strictly speaking only employees in the service industry, but there are so many of them that it is clear that the legitimate business is not enough to support their families, so many of them work part-time. If you stay in a larger hotel, a single man will be knocked on the door by a working woman in the middle of the night, and when it is lively, he can knock from dark to dawn, and one will go and the other will come again. The first time Xu Ping met the store, he really couldn't cry or laugh, this scene was really familiar to him in his previous life, but at that time it was no longer popular to knock on the door, but changed to telephone harassment.

Entering the restaurant, just wanted to find a pavilion, a young man in his twenties who was snuggling with a seventeen or eighteen-year-old prostitute in the hall suddenly stood up, walked in front of Xu Ping and the two, and arched his hand: "In the next Cheng Jun, the word is governed, and the move of Meizhou is raised." I have seen two people in the Gongyuan, since they are the same year, why not have a drink? ”

Xu Ping was taken aback, after what happened to Bao Zheng, he thought that after the exam, everyone would go back to the hotel early to stay honestly, but he didn't expect that there would be bigger nerves to come here to drink and play with women. Anyway, it's to join in the fun, it's better to have one more person, of course I won't refuse.

The three of them saluted and sat in a small pavilion.

Cheng Jun saw that Xu Ping and Sang Yi didn't bring a female companion, thinking that the two were reluctant to spend money, so he waved his hand arrogantly and asked the little guy to call two people in from outside, one for Xu Ping and one for Sang Yi.

This is the atmosphere of this era, and Xu Ping and Sang Yi are not easy to refuse, so they only let the two female prostitutes sit next to them to drink hot wine and food, and serve themselves to eat and drink.

After drinking three glasses of wine, Cheng Jun began to blow, how rich and powerful his family is in Meizhou, how many generations of the richest family, the only regret is that no one has won a jinshi, and he is not a rich family. I must go to high school this time and go back to glorify my ancestors.

After saying that, he felt a little embarrassed, so he bragged about his relatives. I married my sister this year, how can my brother-in-law not say it in the future, my brother-in-law's brother Tiansheng has just been a junior high school in the second year, and he is doing the main book in Baoji County.

Zhongjinshi's name is Su Lian, and his brother-in-law's name is Su Xun.

When Xu Ping heard this, he didn't squirt out a sip of wine. This playboy-like character turned out to be Su Dongpo's uncle? Listening to what he meant, the Cheng family was so rich in Meizhou that they were about to be drowned by money, and the Su family was actually not very good, it had already declined, and it was all because Su Lian won the Jinshi, and the two families got married again.

In fact, the grievances and grievances of the Cheng and Su families began in this year, and later Su Xiaomei also died unjustly at the hands of this uncle, and her relatives turned their eyes into enemies.

However, these have nothing to do with Xu Ping, and he is not interested, but he didn't expect that at this time, he would be able to connect with the big names of later generations by meeting a random person, and he really had the feeling of being covered with Jinghua.