prosperous age

Chapter 48

The year has passed, and Wei Guangde should be 13 years old this year.

It cannot be said that it is early to take the county examination at this age. In fact, there are still many students who take the county examination in their teens. What's more, Zhang Juzheng, the great minister of Ming Dynasty, was already a scholar at the age of 12.

From this, it can actually be inferred that Zhang Juzheng took the county-level examination at the age of 11 or 12 and passed the customs smoothly.

In fact, many children of gentry families took the imperial examination when they were in their teens.

Of course, Wei Guangde didn't know about this, he was still complacent about being able to participate in the county examination at a young age along the way.

Calculating the time, he was only in the first grade of junior high school when he was 13 years old.

Continue to push forward, the government examination is the second year of junior high school, the college entrance examination is the high school entrance examination, and then the provincial examination is the first and second year of senior high school exams. No wonder later generations call the first place in the college entrance examination the champion, which seems to be in harmony with themselves.

Thinking about it, Wei Guangde was full of joy along the way, walking briskly, skipping and jumping, and soon returned to Bengshan Fort.

From afar, I saw two teams of soldiers practicing on the flat ground outside the fort, and my eldest brother and cousin Wu Dong were there.

For more than half a year, Wu Dong lived directly at his house, also for convenience.

Studying for the imperial examination is already a luxury for Wu Dong.

What happened the year before last and last year had a great impact on Wu Dong. The situation in the court changed too fast, which made him a little overwhelmed. After this experience, he understood that he could not rely on his father Wu Zhankui for the rest of his life.

Time to wake up.

Therefore, he has spent most of this year here, training with Wei Wencai, and perhaps many of them will become his personal servants in the future.

Since it is a hereditary military position, there must be talents in hand.

The two of them were chatting together at the moment, surrounded by a group of servants, they saw Wei Guangde trotting over from a distance, and looked up at the sky, the sky was not right.

"Xiao Er, Miscellaneous is back, and it hasn't been long since I went to school."

Seeing Wei Guangde approaching, the eldest brother Wei Wencai asked first.

"It's something, sir, let me sign up and take this year's county exam to practice."

Wei Guangde ran close to his eldest brother, then gradually stopped, and panted.

"Really?"

This time it was Wu Dong who called it out. He was 15 years old when he took the exam. He never thought that his little cousin would take the county exam at 13 years old. Moreover, it seems that there are still two months before his cousin turns 13 years old.

"Sir, you can't sign up in two days. I have to talk to my father right away, and I will go to the county today or tomorrow."

Wei Guangde has recovered now, and his speech is much smoother.

"I didn't hear from you a few days ago. You have signed up for a month. Why did you suddenly let you take the county exam?"

Wu Dong was still a little unclear about the situation, which was very strange.

Anyone who took the exam was not prepared long ago, and no one was like this. The deadline for registration was to let him sign up for the exam.

"Do you have any classmates who are even insured?"

"Yes, there was a classmate who took part in the imperial examination this time, but his family had a funeral, so naturally he couldn't go."

"So that's how it is. You went to familiarize yourself with the examination room."

Hearing Wei Guangde explain the reason, Wu Dong also understood that the little cousin had made a mistake. It is estimated that his husband is not very confident in him, but since there is a lack, let him try it, even if If you fail, you can also accumulate test experience.

"Then go home and talk to your parents, so that they can arrange for you to report your name to the county government as soon as possible."

After hearing their conversation, Wei Wencai knew what was going on, so he spoke.

Wei Guangde bid farewell to the two, continued to run towards Bengshan Fort, entered the gate of the fort after a while, and rushed into the gate of his own house along the road.

Father Wei is sitting in the main hall drinking tea at the moment, he has nothing to do this year, he is only in the name of the head of military training, but most of them are discussed by Wei Wencai and Wu Dong, and occasionally Wei Guangde also participates in the cooperation a bit.

But the two hundred or so people, under the training of the eldest son and nephew, looked pretty good, after all, they were all trained according to the drills.

Stand in line, line up, and be familiar with the weapons in your hands.

Father Wei also went to watch the training of the gunners from time to time. The other knives and guns were just for him. If those big soldiers couldn't use them properly after a year of training, they should be punished.

Bird gunners are special in that they need long-term practice of loading and shooting, as well as quick positioning.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the firearm three-stage attack was explored, that is, the firearms hand stood in three rows and shot at the enemy in turn. This required the firearms hand to quickly retreat to the back of the formation to reload ammunition after firing the firearms in their hands, and prepare new firearms. one launch.

Moreover, according to the needs, the three-stage attack should be changed to the four-stage or even five-stage attack with a higher shooting frequency at any time. These require the soldiers to master the position and complete the change of the battle formation in the shortest time.

But most of the time, Father Wei just sat in the lobby and drank tea, and he was used to leaving other matters to his elders, including the errands of the Baihu Office, as well as the land in the back mountain.

Today, as usual, Father Wei was sitting in the lobby drinking tea. At this moment, he heard hurried footsteps outside.

Father Wei looked up at the gate curiously, and saw his youngest son, who was supposed to be studying in the town, rush in while trotting all the way.

"Daddy, daddy, I'm back."

Entering the door, Wei Guangde saw Father Wei drinking tea with a cup in his hand, just looking at him, and immediately shouted.

Walking up to Old Man Wei, before Wei Guangde could speak, Old Man Wei asked in surprise, "Why are you back? You made your husband angry and kicked you out?"

Even so, Father Wei was still very strange.

In the last year of my eldest son, because he didn't study well, he was often called home by his husband and called his parents.

But that was the eldest son, and that kid didn't feel at ease to study hard at that time, so he finally accepted it.

At the beginning, Father Wei was thinking about double insurance. As long as one of the two sons can read a book, the family will turn around.

After all, he only needs to have one son enter the army. Although it is stipulated that the eldest son will take over the post, it is stipulated that he is dead, but the man is alive, and he can still handle it by walking around.

Unless he suddenly disappeared, and the second son has not yet reached the age of 16, the eldest son can only take over the job.

However, the elder son is unwilling to study and gives up by himself, so the younger son must study hard, if he can't read.
"I'm thirsty, Dad."

Running all the way back, Wei Guangde also felt extremely thirsty at the moment, seeing the teacup in Wei's father's hand, he said it unconsciously.

"Give."

Father Wei put down the teacup in his hand and handed it over, but his eyes were still fixed on Wei Guangde.

"Sir, let me go home and tell you, let's go to the county hall to sign up as soon as possible, and take this year's county examination."

Wei Guangde took the teacup, tested the temperature of the water, it was just right, so he took a sip, and then said to Father Wei.

(End of this chapter)