Prime Minister

Chapter 56 Burning Incense

Guo Xueyan, Guo Lin took a rest at Tianxin Temple in the southeast of the city, which was not far from the Huanghua Pavilion, so it could be walked.

But Zhang Shi didn't feel that he was taking a detour at all, and he still drove away, which was a lot more distance, which made Zhang Yue feel bad in his heart for a while, but he still accepted it on the face.

Tianxin Temple was built in the eighth year of Kaibao, and Guo Xuejun lived here when he came to the county.

The Taiping car was parked in front of the temple, but Guo Lin, a scholar Guo, was waiting long ago, and many good men and women came to the temple early in the morning to worship, and there should be many family members of the candidates during the period.

There were more Guo Xueyan and Guo Lin in the car, which made it crowded a lot.

Guo Lin picked up the book and read it again. Guo Xueyan said, "Guo Lin's book is very familiar to you. I'll tell you a few words."

Guo Lin and Zhang Yue both looked at Guo Xueji.

Guo Xuejia said, "You can go to the exam with peace of mind. I have already found a backer for the two of you in advance."

Zhang Shi's ears perked up when he heard the car, clapped his legs and laughed: "Mr. Guo is a master!"

Zhangqiu asked blankly, "Father, third uncle, what is a backer?"

Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Backer is a very powerful expert."

Guo Lin and Zhang Yue looked at each other and thought, our brothers and sisters finally have backers?
Guo Xueyan handed the two talismans and whispered, "This is what I asked for you a few days ago. You must keep it close to your body, and I will bless you."

As expected.

Zhang Shi stopped talking and continued to drive. Zhang Yue and Guo Lin took it and said, "Thank you sir."

Guo Xuejia said: "I have been teaching and apprentices for nearly [-] years. When the years are approaching, I have two good disciples. You can't really count on your backers, but you can only remember that asking for others is better than asking for yourself, and do your best to listen. Destiny."

"Sir, you have been taught!" Zhang Yue and Guo Lin said at the same time.

Soon Zhang Shi drove the two to the county school.The county school is located in Huanghua Mountain in the east of the city, and there is a Qianyuan Temple next to it.

There are many temples in Pucheng, and there are 84 temples, which can be said to connect the streets and markets between the Buddhist temples.

This Qianyuan Temple was originally the palace of Yu Shanxing, the king of Dongyue. It was rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty after several rises and falls.

During the Yuanhe period, it was said that phoenixes gathered in Qianyuan Temple, and the scriptures said that 'there is a phoenix to come', so later generations dug a half-mu square pond and named it Fengchi.In order to attach the words of Feng Laiyi, later generations planted plane trees all over the pool, and now the plane trees are tall.

When Zhang Yue and his party came to the front of the school, the sun was rising, white clouds over the mountain peaks, and the half-acre wind pool reflected the layers of temples and towers, the rambunctious branches and the distant cloud brocade.

After Fengchi is the School Palace, where Yuanwang Humen, School House, Building Hall, and Pool Pavilion are all scattered.At this moment, the front of the academy was crowded, and the people in Wuyang and Wuyang were all candidates and their families.

At this point, the peace cart could no longer move, and the group got off the carriage.

Several public servants were maintaining order.

Zhang Shi desperately pushed people away and asked, "Dare to ask Duan Gong, where do you enter the door?"

The duke ignored him, but shouted to the scholars who rushed to the school: "Only candidates are allowed to enter the venue, and the rest stay here!"

Zhang Shi squeezed back from the crowd again, and said to Zhang Yue and Guo Lin, "The gate is there, you can go over there! Mr. Guo and I are waiting here. My shoes, how do you step on my shoes?"

Looking at his brother who was looking for shoes all over the ground, Zhang Yue was both amused and moved. He let go of Zhangqiu's hand and warned, "You and the old gentleman are here, don't run around."

Zhangqiu nodded sensible and said, "Third uncle, I'll be waiting for you here. You should take the exam, don't miss me! I'll endorse it for you when you come back."

Zhang Yue nodded.

Guo Xuejian also gave Guo Lin a few words, but the more people were talking about the miscellaneous articles, the more they couldn't hear them clearly.

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin each carried the book box and moved forward step by step, listening to Guo Xueyan and Zhang Shi shouting behind them, "Hold on to the book box, don't squeeze it and lose it."

The two of them didn't have time to look back, they just walked forward.When they were a little more relaxed, the two of them couldn't see Zhang Shi when they looked back, Guo Xuezhi.

Zhang Yue's eyes were still sharp, and he saw Zhang Qiu standing on Zhang Shi's shoulder and waving at him from a distance.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue handed the bookcase to Guo Lin to carry, while he jumped up and waved vigorously at Zhangqiu.

"Dad, I saw the third uncle entering the examination room." Zhang Qiu climbed off Zhang Shi's shoulder and said.

"it is good."

Guo Xueyan looked at Zhangqiu and said smartly: "Da Langjun, I think Young Master Ling is talented and intelligent, and his bones are clear. He is really good material for reading! It's better to leave it to me to cultivate well, and it will definitely be a success..."

Zhang Shi heard the words and smiled and said, "Then let's see how our third brother is in this department."

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin walked through the gate together into the Academy.

"Junior brother is a good student. Don't worry if you can't think of it for a while. The more you hurry, the more you can't think of it."

"Junior brother, are you still hungry? I still have pancakes here. Remember to review the post carefully, and don't rush to write."

"Remember to study ink first when the exam is about to start."

Behind the palace gate is the dining room. After reading Guo Linbao's book, the clerk gave him a sign and said, "Sit according to the instructions above."

Guo Lin nodded to Zhang Yue and went to the seat first.

The clerk read Zhang Yue's guarantee book again, but it was the county magistrate who said, "Are you Zhang Yue?"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Yes."

At this time, a public servant passed by, took a look at Baoshu, and whispered a few words with the clerk.

The clerk shook his head, and immediately took a sign to Zhang Yue and said, "Jing Shike will leave from now on."

After Zhang Yue left, the gentleman said, "Okay, you don't even listen to the orders of the chief officer?"

The man said, "How dare I not obey the orders of Yassi, that is your master, how dare I do something, why didn't Lu Tiessi see it before?"

Zhang Yue passed by the crowd, and he heard someone arguing in front of him: "Why can the Jin Shi Ke sit in the hall, while the Jing Shi Ke can only sit in the corridor room on the white floor?"

Several soldiers said: "This is the arrangement of the school officials, how will I know?"

A group of scholars said: "The spring wind is very cold, I'm waiting for the cold, how can I write an article?"

"This is not the courtesy of the court. Even if there is no such ceremony, how can you sit on such a thin straw mat with a layer of felt mats underneath?"

Zhang Yue looked at it for a long time and admired it. The scholar of the Song Dynasty was really just right. When he was educated in his later generations, he should not make noise in the examination room, otherwise he would be disqualified.These people are not afraid at all!

In the midst of a commotion, an academic officer came over and shouted, "Why is there a noise? We know that this is the center of the examination room."

Substitute candidates may not take it seriously, but they still respect academic officials.

A scholar dressed in brocade robes saluted face to face: "Students don't know why all those admitted to the academic disciplines can sit in the hall, while me and other scholars can only sit outside the hall and suffer from the cold wind."

The academy sneered and said, "What am I talking about? Don't you smell the incense and salute the scholars, and wait for the students through the curtain?"

Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that there was a record in "Mengxi Bi Tan" that during the provincial exam, there was an incense table in the exam room, and even the chief examiner would go off the court to greet the candidates, and tea soup and syrup were provided.

But this is only the treatment of Jin Shike, and when it comes to Zhuke, all treatment is revoked.

Even the tents that cover the wind and the felt mats for sitting are not provided. The purpose is to prevent the tents and the suppliers from privately passing the scriptures and meanings to avoid fraud.

Therefore, Ouyang Xiu said, 'Burning incense to salute the scholars, and waiting for the students to pass through the curtain'.

The difference between Jinshi and Jingshi is huge.

Zhang Yue thinks about it right, how does the Jin Shi Ke cheat, have you ever seen someone copy the composition in the exam?

But scholasticism is different.

Because the content of the exam is different, the difference in treatment has resulted in the dissatisfaction of the examinees present.

After the candidates fought for a while, the academic officer immediately backed down and promised to provide each student with a bowl of hot ginger tea.

Zhang Yue found his seat number on the test card. Fortunately, there was no open air, but the eaves corridor next to the lobby. The devastation of the cold wind.

Zhang Yue opened the bookcase, took out all the ink and ink, and a bamboo tube of water, which could quench thirst and also be used for dripping ink.

Zhang Yue felt a little hungry, and before the candidates arrived, he beat a few eggs given by his sister-in-law and ate them.

This is an all-natural egg, which is big and delicious.

Then Zhang Yue felt that he was not full again, so he opened the bookcase and picked up a pancake and nibbled it.

Don't dare to drink too much water in the bamboo tube, otherwise it will be troublesome if you have to go out for a while.

After eating a piece of pancake, I still feel hungry, Zhang Yue thought to himself, his stomach is really a bottomless pit at his age.

But thinking about being full, it is actually not good for the exam, so I resisted the urge to eat another piece of cake.

Not long after the county magistrate arrived at the scene, there was no arrogance. The examinees outside the hall gave a group bow, and said, "I am tired of the wind here."

The candidates did not have much good looks, and they ignored it.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue sighed again, it is not without reason why the Song Dynasty was said to be the era of the most generous scholars.

When entering the examination field, the examiner and the jury worship each other. This is the etiquette handed down during the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, which shows that the examiner attaches great importance to the wise men. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, when the examiner entered the examination field, let alone bowing, the body was searched before entering the door. The pants are not spared that and so on.

But first, you have to become a one-two-one reader.

The magistrate did not stay outside, but went directly to the hall, apparently to invigilate the Jinshi Ke in person.

In the solution test, the state judges test the jinshi, and the recorder joins the army to test various subjects.

In the county school entrance examination, it seemed that the county magistrate was invigilating the Jinshi examination in the hall, while outside the hall were supervised by the academic officials and the soldiers.

With the arrival of the county magistrate, an incense table has been placed in front of the hall, and there are also bursts of incense in the hall. Zhang Yue sniffed it but felt that the incense had a calming effect.

Zhang Yue thought to himself, if he really burned incense to honor the jinshi, he also dipped a lot when he sat on the side.

At this time, no one was moving in the examination room, and the candidates were almost there.

Zhang Yue remembered Guo Lin's advice, so he poured water and studied ink, and the candidates on the side also followed suit.

Soon several public servants sent exam papers to the candidates.

When the title of the book was sent to him, the ink just melted in the inkstone, and the fragrance of ink and incense gradually mixed together, Zhang Yue suddenly felt very peaceful in his heart at this moment.

(End of this chapter)