Prime Minister

Chapter 86 Fighting for breath (two more in one)
Now that the end of the year, there are many more people in the county school.

When Fan Zhongyan reformed, he ordered the prefectural school to be established, and the scholars had to study for [-] days, and then they listened to the pre-autumn exam.

It takes a lot of time to complete the [-]-day class in two years. Now that the autumn exam is imminent, all students who have less than [-] class hours will be rushed back, otherwise they will be disqualified from participating in the second-year exam.

Zhang Yue walked into the food hall of the county school, and everywhere there was the sound of chopsticks and spoons moving the rice bowl.

The weather outside was bone-chilling, and in the shabby house, the students sat on unpolished fir wood tables and chairs, the smell of food filled the surroundings, and the sound of everyone chewing was mixed with the stirring sound of pots and pans.

Such a hard life is sometimes even more memorable than the time when he was rich and noble.

Zhang Yue glanced at it and continued to talk to Guo Lin's classmates of 'Yue Zhai'.

The scene where Zhang Yue walked into the food hall was watched by all the students from the county school.

"Sauro!"

"Sauro!"

When Zhang Yue passed by, people kept swallowing the food and stood up to greet him.

Zhang Yue greeted his classmates one by one with a smile.

"Sanlang, the ginger soy sauce in your restaurant is delicious."

"It's my brother who did a good job. How did you finish eating? I'll ask the shop assistant to bring it to the house?"

"Sanlang is refreshing, but I don't dare to take advantage of Saburo any more. How much money can be sent to me. I will buy some more as gifts."

"Then thank you Brother Liu for taking care of my business."

"Sanlang, Saburo, I went to the restaurant with my friends to eat. Would it be more affordable to report your name?"

"Hey, it's too late to be happy that Brother Yu can come to admire his face. Our county school classmates are all ordinary. When you go to my food shop, you will get a bowl of ginger soy sauce, but remember, don't show it to others."

"Okay, thank you Saburo. Your ginger soy sauce is really good."

"Sanlang, I heard that you reported the Nine Classics alone?" Everyone stopped their chopsticks and looked.

"Yeah, ashamed."

"It's amazing, it's amazing, this time it's going to be a blockbuster."

"Don't dare, I just give it a try. If it doesn't work, please don't laugh at me!"

A group of classmates laughed and said: "Haha, Saburo, among the students in our county, you are the second and no one can be the first. Don't be humble."

"You can't, who can?"

Zhang Yue smiled and chatted with a group of classmates, then walked to the front of the stage to pick up his bowl of second-class meals.Today, the second-class meal in the restaurant is still good, three pieces of cooking cakes, steamed eggplant, boiled radish, winter bamboo shoots, and a spoonful of five spicy vinegar.

Zhang Yue walked back with the rice bowl, and saw someone greeting him, "Sanlang sit here!"

It turned out to be the head priest. He and a few people occupied a large table. The left and right sides were empty. As for the other tables in the front and back, they were all full.

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin walked to Zhaichang's table with rice bowls at the window.

One person couldn't help but said: "Sanlang, can you bring ginger soy sauce today?"

Zhang Yue smiled, and immediately took out a jar and put it on the table: "You all eat together."

Zhai Chang reprimanded: "I'm not afraid of people's jokes."

The man laughed loudly and said, "Zhaichang doesn't know, I just tasted the ginger soy sauce from his food shop, and the roasted vegetables and roasted meat. This is my steamed bun, and Saburo should not show me outside."

In the Song Dynasty, cooking cakes were today's steamed buns, steamed buns are steamed buns with less stuffing, and steamed buns are stuffed with more stuffing.

Zhang Yue took it unceremoniously, and Guo Lin also took out his pickles to share with everyone.

Everyone is eating at a table, you let me, I push it, keep talking and laughing, and have some fun.

There was an old man on the side who didn't know who Zhang Yue was, so he couldn't help asking him, "Who is this person? Are all the students so good now?"

Others laughed: "How come you don't even know Zhang Saburo?"

"I have been ill for the past six months and have not been in the county school. If it is not for more than 100 days of listening and reading in the autumn exam next year, I will still be at home."

"It turns out that this Zhang Saburo's brother was awarded a jinshi by this class, and he gave up his position because his rank was not as good as his nephew..."

"I've heard it before. No wonder it's like this. I was a student with Zhang Erlang for two years, and I knew him well. Why didn't his younger brother apply for the Department of Economics and Biological Sciences instead of Jinshi?"

"This is a long story. This chapter Saburo was admitted to the county school with the five classics, and now he is also a scholar of Yi and a scholar of Zhou Li in Jingshengzhai."

"Ah? But one year is two classics. No wonder, no wonder, so-called brother must also have brother."

"Now he is going to apply for nine classics, and he will take eleven exams during the public examination. This matter is not only Jingshengzhai, but also Jinshizhai."

The other party said: "This is amazing! If you really can pass the undergraduate course of the Nine Classics, you will be the same as Jinshi A Division No. 6. The lesser Nine Classics or the same background, you can be the same as the Jinshi C Division."

"Yeah, this time I saw Zhenzhang. How old is Zhang Saburo?"

"fourteen."

The other party ate and exclaimed: "It's fifteen years after the new year, and this can be reported to Prodigy."

Another person said with a smile: "It is said that 15-year-old Mingjing, [-]-year-old Jinshi. But Zhang Sanlang is [-]-year-old Mingjing, which is too fast."

"Success or failure, whether you don't know the scriptures, it also depends on how well he has passed the nine scriptures test."

At this moment, there was also a person in the Xueshizhai of the county.

"Green Ant's new glutinous rice wine, a small red mud stove. It's going to snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing?"

But seeing Assistant Professor Sun laughing loudly, he walked to the teacher's room of Hu Xuezheng, the county school, while chanting.

"Assistant Teacher Sun is here, it's really disappointing."

"Don't dare, Hu Xuezheng drinks this little wine so happy, this meat fragrance is really greedy..."

Hu Xuezheng put out the wine cup and smiled: "This is the ginger soy sauce and roast pork made by the food shop in this county. I ordered someone to buy it in the snow. Can the teaching assistant enjoy it?"

Assistant Professor Sun said with a smile: "I had something to discuss with Xuezheng. Since that's the case, the two of us chatted while having a drink."

Hu Xuezheng's expression froze, and he said quickly, "Assistant Teacher Sun, please take a seat."

Hu Xuezheng understood that the public test was different from the private test.

The private examination of the county school is held behind closed doors, and the public examination once a year, not only does the county magistrate take the test in person, but also the state school will send someone to supervise it, so Assistant Professor Sun also came to Pucheng.

The small stove on the side was scalding wine, and the aroma of ginger and roasted pork on the plate filled the room.

Hu Xuezheng and Assistant Professor Sun drank a glass of wine with one chopstick of meat.

After three glasses of wine, Assistant Professor Sun stroked his beard and said, "Cai Chuanqiu is coming to Pucheng."

When Hu Xuezheng heard that the chopsticks stopped, he couldn't say a word for a while.

Assistant Teacher Sun said with a smile: "Drinking and drinking, Cai Chuanshi is here to inspect the local officials and count the prisoners. As for the county school, it is the next best thing."

Hu Xuezheng breathed a sigh of relief.

The road transfer envoy is equivalent to the top chief executive of the whole road, and as a transfer envoy, it is not necessary to squat in Luzhi all day, but must regularly inspect the states and counties in the road.

Touring this Junzhou this month and another Junzhou next month, there is no time to stop.

Hu Xuezheng said, "Even though I didn't come for this public test, I'm stuck at this time, and my heart is always going up and down. In some places, I have to ask an assistant to teach me."

Assistant Professor Sun laughed. After drinking a cup of hot wine, his internal organs were immediately warmed. Then he took a large piece of jelly and chewed it in his stomach: "It's easy to talk about it. Xuezheng, this ginger soy sauce is really fragrant."

Hu Xuezheng said with a smile: "This ginger soy sauce comes from Zhang's food shop. This time the assistant is back in the state, I will send a few more jars."

"Then many thanks to Hu Xuezheng. Cao Shi was in the midst of depression because of the Emperor Zhang Gong's incident in Jinjiang. But you don't need to worry too much. Cai Gongxian is well-known from far and near, and he likes to give Xian, this public exam is just when Duke Cai is coming to the county, you recommend some good talents to go up, so that you have a good face and a good reputation in the county, and Duke Cai is also happy to see it."

Hu Xuezheng said with a smile: "There are so many sages and talents in this county. Among the sages in the Jinshizhai... and so on, they are all proficient in writing and outstanding in their studies. As for the Jingshengzhai, Zhangyuezhang Saburo is the most recommended. "

"Oh? It's Zhang Saburo, who wrote the prodigy poem and passed all the Five Classics during the county school examination."

Hu Xuezheng nodded and said, "It's him."

Assistant Professor Sun stopped, wiped his face with a hot towel, and said, "I've seen this guy before, but I can't tell why."

Hu Xuezheng said: "This son is erudite but not exhausted. He is diligent and tireless. After only one year of admission, he was regarded as the first student. He can be regarded as a momentary Yuliang with his second brother."

Assistant Professor Sun couldn't help asking: "Reciting the meaning of the scriptures must have hard work, does this son really have such hard reading?"

Hu Xuezheng said with a smile: "I didn't, I'm ashamed to say it. After he entered school, he was reprimanded by me for sleeping all day, but seeing that his homework is really outstanding, he had no choice but to turn a blind eye."

"You actually sleep during the day?" Assistant Professor Sun couldn't help laughing. "Before I became an official, I didn't dare to sleep during the day. How long did he sleep?"

"I heard that it is an hour, and it is like this every day."

Assistant Professor Sun said: "Then I read late at night? It's not surprising that the lights are on at the third watch."

Hu Xuezheng shook his head and said, "Neither, he went to bed immediately after the second watch. Others asked him, and he said that reading is the most important thing, and the most useless thing is that the lights are on at the third watch, and it is exposed to the cold for ten days a day."

Assistant Teacher Sun sighed, "If Duke Lu was alive, he would be given two ears after hearing this!"

Hu Xuezheng said: "It is unbelievable that some students in the county school are like this, thinking that Zhang Saburo is so lazy in his studies that he must work hard in secret. Did Zhang Saburo read it in the middle of the night and started reading it at night, and the result..."

Assistant Professor Sun and Hu Xuezheng both sighed.

"What is his way of reading?"

"Someone has also asked, and he replied that he listened carefully to the professor's teaching on weekdays, wrote and wrote homework every day, read it before the monthly exam, and nothing else."

"Isn't this deceiving?" Assistant Professor Sun sighed.

"However, he did very well in the private test, but it has been easy for half a year, and he is a scholar of the two classics of the Zhou Li. Students who read the Yi and the two classics of the Zhou Li, if they encounter difficulties, ask Zhang Saburo, and he answers them one by one. Never bored, just like a famous teacher.”

Assistant Professor Sun was speechless when he heard this.

"Every night, he would buy candles with money and light them indoors. He would read together with his classmates at night. He never slacked off a day. And never get tired!"

When Assistant Professor Sun heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Good!"

"Yes, this time, he is the only one who has signed up for eleven of the Nine Classics Test."

Assistant Teacher Sun said: "No one dared to do this in the public examination of the county's economics and health sciences, right?"

Hu Xuezheng nodded and said: "Indeed, it's not that no one dares to report the Nine Classics, but it is too tight. There are eleven public exams, which need to be completed within three days. Eleven games in three days, don't you have to write from sunrise to dark?"

"Even if the question can be answered, people are tired and their hands are sore."

Assistant Sun said: "But if this son can answer it, it will be a good story. I remember that one scripture leads to nine, two scriptures lead to eight, three scriptures lead to seven, five scriptures lead to six, and nine scriptures should lead to five!"

Hu Xuezheng said: "Exactly. Passing five is qualified."

"If this son can pass six and seven, why not give him the first in life?" Assistant Sun said.

"What if you recommend Guozijian?" Hu Xuezheng asked.

Hearing this, Assistant Professor Sun hesitated: "In a state, there are only two or three people who are recommended by the imperial examinations every year to go to the Imperial College for examinations. Besides, the state must decide on this matter in the end."

Hu Xuezheng said: "The imperial court examination, the background of the nine classics is only pass six."

Assistant Professor Sun said: "In the past, if you were born in the nine classics of the provincial examination, you should at least be able to master the sixth. But since the official family took the throne, the Jinshi division has become more and more important, and the number of subjects is less. Born."

"As for the nine classics and the first, it is even more difficult. Each subject can only take two or three people, which is equivalent to the first class of Jinshi."

"But let Zhang Saburo take the test first! If he is outstanding, he will recommend him to the Cao Envoy. He has always liked to be promoted!"

Having said this, both of them laughed.

Just a few days before the public test, Zhang Yue gave Hu Xuezheng a few jars of ginger soy sauce from his own shop.

Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "You often send these here, and others think I'm greedy for you, so I'll give you the amount of money."

Zhang Yue hurriedly said, "Isn't Xuezheng ruining me? What's the cost of making my own shop? It's good to talk to others for me after working hard to learn and eat. With such a high reputation as you, others will decide. I think it's delicious. Are you afraid that the guests won't come to the door?"

Hu Xuezheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Duan is such a clever mouth. It's okay, who told me that the old man is the only one who is so attractive to you. But don't worry about other things. You have reported eleven games, and I don't think the old man will give you all the answers. You, take the test on your own merits!"

"Thank you Xuezheng, the students have this heart."

Hu Xuezheng said: "So you are sure about it?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Students dare not say this, try their best, just to live up to the cultivation of Xuezheng."

Hu Xuezheng said: "You take the exam well. If you pass the fifth, don't come to see me in the future. If you pass the sixth, I can ask the county magistrate to exempt you from the one-year fasting fee. It is agreed that only second-class meals are allowed. , if you want a first-class meal, you have to pay extra!"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "It's better to learn and know me and what students want. What if you can pass the seventh?"

Hu Xuezheng smiled and said, "You don't need to ask me about this, and I can't make the decision, but I will help you fight."

"Thank you, student, Xuezheng!" Zhang Yue said sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

Hu Xuezheng said with a slight smile: "Sanlang, it's a good student to take the test and get a good name. Don't be called Zhang Erlang's younger brother all day long. Even if it's not for the family, you have to fight for yourself! Go!"

After Hu Xuezheng waved his hand, Zhang Yue also exited the room and said silently, "Xie Xuezheng for teaching!"

(End of this chapter)