Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1499

The great cause has been ten years old, and another spring has come, and the wild ducks are singing in Luopu's plumbing.

A large number of passenger and cargo ships passing through Luoshui and Shangluo gathered in Luopu, and the passenger and cargo were diverted in front of a water gate. Passenger ships could directly arrive at Luopu Wharf, and then directly to Luoyang Waiguo through the wharf.Cargo ships, on the other hand, can only berth at fixed freight wharves. After customs declaration documents are processed, the goods can go ashore and enter the warehouse, and then distribute them to the markets between Heluo and Luoyang for sale.

Because there are too many cargo ships queuing up to enter the lock, many cargo ships can only suspend the queue on the water surface. At the same time, some small sampans shuttle between the cargo ships and go ashore first to go ashore for customs declaration. After entering the lock, the cargo ships can be unloaded directly. save time.

In such a lively and noisy atmosphere, a ferry boat carried three passengers and shuttled flexibly between cargo ships.The boatman with the scull steered the boat nimbly, but he looked at the passengers curiously without affecting his gaze.

Since the founding of Daliang, the country has been booming, and even the people in Jinai have shown a sense of heartiness and confidence. Even though this boatman is just a ferryman, he doesn't think he is much inferior to these well-dressed distant guests.

One of the external manifestations of self-confidence is talkativeness. The boatman looked at the passengers for a while, listening to their dialect conversation, and couldn't help but interjected: "How many distinguished guests are from Jingnan?"

Those three people were not annoyed when their conversation was interrupted, they just went to the boatman with great interest, and a middle-aged man in a brocade robe with a short and fat figure asked with a smile in a slightly unfamiliar Luo Shengya dialect: "The boatman also understands Chuyin? "

The boatman grinned: "The sky is south, the sea is north, and Luo is everywhere. If you can argue, you can understand it, but if you listen, you can't understand it."

The middle-aged man seemed to be interested in chatting, so he approached the boatman and started chatting with him. The topic gradually opened up, and he began to ask about Luozhong's various business conditions in recent years. However, he is not a frequent visitor to Luozhong after all. Not knowing how to express it in Luo Sheng, he smiled apologetically, pointed to a young man in green robe on the other side and said, "I will have Lao Ziming to speak for me again."

The young man's eyes were slightly protruding, and his appearance was not handsome, but he was full of vigor. He stepped forward and stood between the middle-aged man and the boatman to speak for each other.

After another exchange, the boatman looked the young man up and down in surprise, and said, "Lang Jun's voice is dignified, but I can't tell where his accent is."

As soon as this remark came out, the other two people on the boat clapped their hands and laughed loudly: "The boatman is really interesting, he can see that my hometown is extraordinary. Ziming is a handsome scholar in the state, and he was a young talent in the state examination last year!"

Hearing this, the boatman looked at the young man in awe, not as casually as before, and there seemed to be a hint of refinement between his brows and eyes: "What a blessing! The old man can carry a broken boat for a while. He is a young man!"

After hearing the words, the young man smiled modestly and nodded to the boatman.

The boatman still looked at the young man eagerly, and he muttered to himself: "Your Majesty, this time going to Luo, must be taking this year's Luozhong scientific examination Chunwei? This is not right. States, every state lists people who are interested in spring, but they have their own buses to send them to Luo, why does your lord..."

"The Jingzhou bus was dispatched years ago. It just happened that Ziming's relatives were ill and missed it. They had to catch up with me in the next year..."

Hearing the middle-aged man's explanation, the boatman came to his senses, and while the ferry was sailing into the straight road, he hurriedly crossed his hands and said to the young man, "He is still a gentleman with both benevolence and filial piety. , win Ke Kui!"

The young man thanked him with a smile. Seeing that the boatman was very interested in talking, he couldn't help but inquire about the scientific research.Although he is a state examiner, and the teachers in the middle school have taught him, but when it comes to understanding the details, he is not as good as the boatman, a native of Luodu.

The boatman seems to be very proud of being able to raise talents and solve puzzles, so he naturally knows everything: "The emperor values ​​talents, and everyone in the world is happy. Since the beginning of the great cause three years ago, today's sages have made scientific examiners to recruit talented people from the universe. For example, all distinguished guests later One of the city inspectors surnamed Liu who needs to handle the customs declaration after landing on the shore was the tribute scholar in the agricultural and mulberry economics department list the year before last. Until this year, the sage En Zhongze was arrested, and then he opened the regular department to obtain scholars..."

"What is the difference between the titles of System Department and Regular Department?"

The other two people on board heard the boatman's narration, and they couldn't help asking curiously.

This time, there was no need for the boatman to answer, the young man saluted to the north and said: "The so-called disciplines are selected by professionals. In the past three years of the great cause, the sage has repeatedly called for talents to promote the affairs of the country. For example, in the eighth year of the great cause, three consecutive disciplines The department of agriculture and mulberry economics mentioned by the old man is only one of the subjects, and the talents of agriculture, mulberry, economics, and economics are inspected and assigned. There is also a department of Chuanze geography, which specializes in geology, water management, etc., for The imperial court saves talents, and will rejuvenate the prosperous age of Emperor Yu, repair and rule all rivers, and connect rivers and rivers..."

"So, so, the imperial court is going to build the Grand Canal, is this rumor true?"

The other two boat passengers are merchants from Jingzhou. When they heard the young people say this, they couldn't help but stare. The construction of the Grand Canal has been rumored in China for many years, but it has never been realized. Although there have been many water conservancy projects in recent years , but there is still a big gap compared with Goulian Jianghe.For example, their trip to the north this time, whether by boat or car, land and water transfer, just changing the means of transportation will cost a lot.Once there is a Grand Canal that can communicate rivers as rumored, it is conceivable that the north-south travel will be smoother in the future.

Of course, they don't know that from the imperial court to call in experts, survey the land, and then come up with plans, calculate the project and reserve labor, without several years or even more than ten years of preparation, it is impossible to start such a huge project lightly.Therefore, the bright prospect they imagined of directly rafting on rivers and rivers will be difficult to realize, at least in the last ten years.

The young man smiled, and waited until the two of them had recovered a little, then continued: "The system is just an occasional case due to time and circumstances. As for this year's spring regular course, it is customized by Guochao, and there is no need for a special examination for all examinations. Talented and skilled, as long as you can pass the scientific examination, you can be awarded an official title and inspected a job. This year is the first time to obtain a scholar from a regular subject, and the next time will be three years later. So I really want to thank Mr. Zhu If it weren't for Your Excellency's righteousness to bring me to Luo, the younger generation may have to wait three years before they have the honor of doing their best for the country."

"Zi Ming said seriously, I have benefited a lot from you along the way. Your honorable old man, if he hadn't been protected by him in the year of conquering Shu, my Qilang might have died on the way of Shu. How can you give me such a handy benefit? I want to thank you frequently, after returning to my hometown, I will have no face to see your father again!"

The middle-aged man twisted his beard and laughed loudly, looking at the young man more approvingly.

The young man's name is Wan Xin, his family is from the north, and he was born in Nanjun, Jingzhou. His father's name is Wan Ming. Although he has no ability to manage the industry, he has considerable courage.In the second year of Daye, the king of Runan, Shen Yun, was ordered by the sage to lead an army to crusade against Chenghan in the middle of Shu. The head of a village.

This Wanxin child was educated by his family, and when he grew up, he went to the rural middle school to learn, and then was included in the state school, and passed the state examination last autumn.

In fact, the boatman praised him for his benevolence and filial piety, and Wan Xin felt guilty.The reason why he missed the state school bus was not because of his parents' illness, but because his father Wan Ming disapproved of him going to Luo to take the exam, and even detained him at home.

The old man is stubborn, he only said that the power of the public office has always been granted privately, and the so-called universal examination is nothing more than deceiving the world, and he does not want his children to be deceived by this and stay away from the hometown.But Wan Xin totally disagreed with his father's views, not to mention that today's sages are majestic, and they have repeatedly implemented great policies that were beyond the reach of the predecessors. He has heard about the deeds for a long time in the state school, and there are even many classmates in the state school. People who passed the examinations of the previous years were awarded official positions, and began to use what they learned to do their best for the country.

If it hadn't been for Wan Xin's academic specialization in the past few years, he would have been unable to hold back his eagerness to leave home and go to Los Angeles.Today, the grace of God is even hotter. It is not just a transfer of academic subjects, but a selection of scholars customized by Changke. It is said that there are more than a dozen subjects offered. Even if you fail in one subject, can you fail in all subjects?

Naturally, Wan Xin didn't want to miss this great opportunity. He really didn't want to stay in his hometown like his old father, otherwise what's the point of learning all the year round?
So, taking advantage of the frequent rural affairs at the end of the year and when the old father was rarely at home, he directly smashed the barriers of the house and jumped out of the wall. Going north, he begged to go with him, and then he arrived in the outskirts of Luoyang smoothly.

However, Wan Xin did not know that shortly after he jumped the wall and left home, his father returned home after hearing the news. He looked at the window smashed by his son in silence for a long time. Then he jumped up and cursed: "This raccoon dog, I am sure that my life is not enough, and even my son will be deceived by him to be a dog's labor!"

The scolding has already been scolded, but the son's butt still needs to be wiped.Wan Ming asked someone to tidy up the house, so he ordered his old wife to quickly pack up some of the family's floating wealth, and took it with him to visit the households in the village. This is how Wan Xin met the villagers by chance and went northward smoothly.

When the group of people went to the pier, Wan Xin first asked the city supervisor about the location of the Juren in Shangluo, Jingzhou. When the officials learned that he was a state examiner who had placed an order, they were very enthusiastic about him, and offered to be Wanxin lead the way.

As for the villagers Wanxin, since they are busy with their own business affairs, they are not regular visitors to Luoshang. Seeing that the subordinate officials are so enthusiastic, and they have an official guarantee, they feel relieved to entrust Wanxin to them. In a secret place, he handed over to Wan Xin the wealth that his father Wan Ming had deposited with him.

With the guidance of local people in Luoyang, the key is that Wanxin's admission has worked. The process of Wanxin's entry into Luoyang went smoothly.

When applying for exile registration, Wan Xin also observed carefully, and saw that other people outside the Luoyang County Office were still queuing in a long line when they were temporarily residing in Luoyang. However, he was able to go directly to the office, and everything was done in about two quarters of an hour, and this piece of residence paper was slightly different from others. It is a piece of gold and bamboo paper, and there is no fixed period of temporary residence.

"In recent years, there have been a lot of people going to Luoyang from all over the world. If you get a gold registration with this pattern, you are no different from a registered household in Luoyang. If you have a villager in your hometown who first arrived and built a village hall, you will get a lot of care."

The city supervisor in charge of guiding the way enthusiastically explained some of the rules and taboos of Luoyang to Wanxin. Wanxin was listening, but was soon attracted by the bustling city of Luoyang.

Luozhong 81 Square, grand and prosperous, is far from being comparable to the simple countryside.Since the spring scientific examination was held for the first time this year, there are not a few young talents from all over the country who are rushing to Shangluo like Wanxin, and each of them is as vigorous as Wanxin, full of hope for the future.

Walking in this bustling city, Wan Xin felt that he made the right choice. If he really obeyed his father's advice and died in the countryside, it would be a waste of life and let him down!

Although Luoyang is prosperous, the price of goods is also extremely high. After Wan Xin Xiaozuo inquired, he decided to ask the subordinate officials to lead him to Longmen in the south of the city.It is said that all the state bus juren are concentrated there, and their Jingzhou juren must be no exception.Moreover, according to the subordinate officials, Longmen has a large number of schools of its own, and the style of study is strong. Even the subordinate halls, courtyards, and halls of the Guozijian are all in the sky, and they take good care of the students.

Longmen and Luoyang City have their own open roads connecting each other. You only need a few dollars to get on the bus, and you can arrive at Longmen in half an hour.Originally, Wanxin was a little bit reluctant to let go of the prosperity of Luoyang City, but when he arrived at Longmen, he saw the beautiful mountains and rivers, the schools scattered all over the mountains, and the students gathered like clouds, and he immediately left behind his a little bit of disappointment.

What made Wan Xin even more gratified was that shortly after he got off the car when he arrived at Longmen, he saw their Jingzhou State Hall in a very conspicuous place in a building, with big flags fluttering in the wind, and several people were walking in and out of the door. It's his state school classmate!

Wan Xin first called out the names of a few classmates, and after meeting with each other, he solemnly thanked the city supervisor who led the way, and forced him to give fifty dollars to the other party. After watching the other party leave, he happily went straight to the state with his classmates. Go to the museum.

"Our state pavilion in Jingzhou is one of the most majestic pavilions in the sky, and only a few pavilions such as Wuzhou are inferior! The completion of this pavilion depends on the Duke of Nanping, Duke of Luling, and Duke of Anlu, etc. Funded by virtuous and benevolent elders in various prefectures..."

People who leave their hometown are inevitably afraid, and any glory from their hometown is enough to make them talk about it.

Wan Xin also felt honored to hear the classmates who arrived earlier boasting about the grandness of their state hall. After a little thought, he realized that Li Hong, the Duke of Nanping County, was the current royal doctor of Jingzhou. The civil and military rulers are the most honorable in the court. Tao Hong, the Duke of Luling County, is the grandson of Tao Kan, the famous official who has been in charge of dividing Shaanxi for a long time, and Deng Xia, the Duke of Anlu County. Therefore, after Rongxian raised funds to build the state hall here for the residents of Jingzhou in Shangluo, it can be regarded as a kind of feedback.

"The Jingzhou State Pavilion is already so grand, what is the state of the Wuzhou State Pavilion?"

Seeing the grand building in front of him, Wan Xin asked curiously.But when he asked these words, he saw that several classmates all had strange expressions.

"Here, there it is."

The atmosphere was dull for a moment before a classmate casually pointed to the east.

Wan Xin turned his head and looked, and saw that there were indeed many pavilions and pavilions in the Xiangshan Mountains separated by a river to the east, but if there were any buildings that could obviously surpass their Jingzhou State Pavilion, there were really none, so he asked again: "Which one?"

"Over there, the entire Xiangshan Mountain is..."

Hearing this, Wan Xin's eyes bulged immediately, and after a while he murmured: "I often hear that Wu Ren is a hero, today I finally see it."

The imperial township of Wuzhou is incomparable. In particular, the eldest son of the emperor, Shen Luo, was granted the title of king of Wu after he turned 15 years old. Striving to be the first in everything and not giving up the top spot, each family either replaced the property regardless of the cost, or made a big purchase, and directly built Xiangshan and Dajianzhouguan Township Residence, which occupies half of the Longmen.

If it wasn't for the sage's voice to directly curb this momentum, I'm afraid that Longmen Mountain, which is separated by a river, will be shaken by the golden mountains and silver seas of the Wu people.

Of course, these are just trivial matters. For the students gathered in Longmen, the upcoming Chunwei scientific examination is a major event related to their future.

After Wan Xin joined the team, he also learned more about the inside story of the scientific expedition.

This time, the scientific examination will be customized by the imperial court for talent selection. It will be held every three years, and there will be more than a dozen regular subjects. Students from each state will be eligible to take the scientific examination only if they pass the state examination and pass the state examination.These major regulations have been taught by the teachers of the state before, but Wan Xin is no stranger to them.

As for more detailed rules, you need the introduction of the students.For example, although the scientific examination was called Chunwei this time, it actually lasted from mid-March to early May.There are a total of thirteen subjects taught, including scholars, talents, Ming Jing, Ming Fa, Daye Li, national history, and three histories.As long as you have the qualifications for juren, you can choose any of these thirteen subjects. If you have the energy, you can take the thirteen subjects in the unified examination.

Of course, the number of people admitted to each subject is different, and the exam questions are also different, so there are naturally differences in difficulty. Among them, only three people are admitted to the Xiucai subject. In addition to the most basic scriptures and calculations, they must It is necessary to shoot five strategies in a row, and only the best will be selected for admission if all five strategies are selected.Because it is a scholar department, the students jokingly call it the National Scholars Department. In other words, as long as you can pass the exam, you will at least have a bright future in the future.

All the candidates in all subjects are awarded the title of Gongshi.With the qualification of Gongshi, you can take the palace examination in early May. The palace examination is simple, and there are only three questions.After being admitted in the palace examination, Jinshi will be granted a Jinshi degree, and the admission edict of the Hongwen Museum will be issued. Once admitted, at least the eighth grade will start.

Hearing all kinds of stories from his classmates, Wan Xin felt even more passionate.Originally, when he left home, he was quite apprehensive, worrying that even if he would be a good student in the state, but after all, this time the exam was gathering young talents from all states, so he still dare not be too optimistic.But I heard that there were as many as thirteen subjects this time, so I guessed that I could pass one of them.

However, the next words of the students still poured cold water on him: "If you don't go into the sky, you don't know how to learn. "Sea Island" and "Geometry" have already been involved in my studies. In the past few days, I and I have been studying math hard, and I just hope that the math exam questions in various subjects will not be too difficult."

Hearing this, Wan Xin couldn't help feeling worried.Fortunately, those sages in Luozhong also took good care of them. Taking advantage of the fact that there were still more than ten days before the grand ceremony of the first subject of the scientific examination, they came forward to hire good teachers from heaven to supplement their knowledge.

Among the bachelors these days, one of the 27 or [-] years old is the most conspicuous. He doesn't look much older than them, but when it comes to knowledge, he is far superior to them, state scholars.

After asking, I found out that the young man's name was Che Yin, who was also from Nanping County, Jingzhou. They are enrolled in the Shiguan, and this year they will also take the scientific examination with them.

They are similar in age, so it is natural to talk more casually.All the people from Jingzhou also took the opportunity to ask Che Yin about the various ways of obtaining scholars in the past few times. Che Yin knew everything, and he also taught them with experience, and advised these students: "It is inevitable that you will be proud when you are young. In the old years, I traveled north to Shangluo. It is a lesson to ignore the boldness and frivolity of the princes after a trial. But sages value the virtuous, the talents are prosperous, the world is so hot, and there are so many virtuous people in the world. It is also a lesson to give up. Better than the previous year's subjects, those who are able to do so in all subjects must be the best among the people. The palace examination ceremony, you don't have to look far away now, even if you fail in all subjects, but if someone tells you that you have done this, you can also apply for admission to the Imperial Academy in the future. Cultivate talents and accumulate ambitions, and the merit lies in perseverance.”

Hearing that Che Yin's knowledge is far superior to theirs and still saying so, the arrogance of the students faded away, their mentality became calmer, and they focused more on the unfinished study.

(End of this chapter)