I have a fortune book

Chapter 28 County Examination, Zhu Zhu

There was more than one famous literature meeting yesterday. Many celebrities held poetry meetings to support their younger generations. There were also many families who sent scholars and even recruited people to give lectures. The purpose of going to these literary meetings was pure.

As for the Tingshan Poetry Fair held by Qi Hua, it is very difficult to invite talented and learned people, but Mr. Qi is rich and wealthy.

Anyway, going to a celebrity poetry meeting may not be useful in the county examination, so it's better to earn some extra money so that you can make friends with Qi Hua, the prince of the county.

Originally, those who participated in the Tingshan Poetry Association thought they would be ridiculed, but unexpectedly, Zhou Bai, a big boss, would be born out of nowhere.

It is said that the appreciation of Langtaosha was spread in the county government, and many literati who followed suit emerged in an endless stream.

In the future, the Tingshan Poetry Society in the 46th year of Xiangxing will not only go down in history, but at least the county annals of Bei'an County will record it. How proud they are!
At the beginning, they were just cold-eyed bystanders in the poetry club, but now they have become powerful supporters of Zhou Bai. They memorize Zhou Bai's recent poems by heart, and go crazy in the city.

Who said that Zhou Bai's poems are not good, then you create an original one for me.

"Zhou Bai has returned to the city!" As soon as he returned to the city, those who were interested recognized the carriage. There was no way it was a carriage produced by the family, and the markings on the carriage were obvious.

Immediately, countless eyes gathered on the street, and many people who liked Zhou Bai's poems rushed forward.

The one with the most strength squeezed to the front of the car and shouted at the curtain: "Brother Zhou, is there any new work?!"

The man is still just asking for poetry, at most he is asking where the inspiration comes from.

But some girls who are waiting to be married have inherited some of the rough styles of the northern border, and they went straight to the point when they came up.

"Zhou Bai, if you are selected as a scholar, I will marry you!" This is from a merchant family.

"Mr. Zhou is the first in the county. Scholars must be selected. Stay away from the bad guys." This is from a small scholar's family.

There are also ladies from certain powerful families who entrust their servants to deliver letters, nothing more than waiting for you to be elected, and willing to accompany you...

They are very realistic, but also very bold.

Crazy star-chasers, this is Zhou Bai's sigh, no matter which world, there seems to be such a group of people.

Originally, Zhou Bai would be very happy when faced with this kind of scene, because his fame increased, which meant that he could gather some foreign luck.

This was also his plan at the beginning, to carry it with his name, although it is not much, it can also make up for his lack of background.

But now he can't be happy, and he can't smile when he hasn't eaten.

In the end, Zhou Bai could only tell the old man to go straight to the inn in a low voice, and got into the room behind closed doors.

Considering the soldiers patrolling the city, the "starchasers" did not dare to gather crowds to attack the inn, but just wandered outside, trying to talk to Zhou Bai.

For the whole day, Zhou Bai didn't go out, but ate some simple food cooked by the inn cook.

During the period, people with ulterior motives came to provoke him. An old scholar handed a letter to Zhou Bai at the door of the inn, asking Zhou Bai to come out and compete with him on the scriptures.

Classics and meanings are frequently examined subjects in the imperial examinations, and candidates are required to compose essays to clarify the meaning of classic passages.

This is completely different from the dictation of sage classics in the county examination. It is a subject that has only been added since the county examination.

The innkeeper told Zhou Bai that this old scholar became famous at a young age, but later failed in the exam for a long time, so he felt resentful.

In recent years, he was old and frail, and his grievances grew deeper, and he often took pleasure in suppressing geniuses.

This time, maybe this old scholar just heard about Zhou Bai's reputation and deliberately came to provoke a competition, and he was not "good" at poetry than Zhou Bai.

Not to mention that Zhou Bai was already proficient in his studies, and in his previous life, he would not have paid attention to such dirty people, and immediately let the old man drag the old scholar to the county government office and sue him for violating the fairness of the county examination.

I wonder if there is someone behind the scenes who specifically asked him to target Zhou Bai.

Although the old-fashioned style has been used for a long time, it is certainly not a problem to deal with an old man who is powerless.

As a result, cries of "disgraceful to the gentleman" could be heard all over the street, and many people gathered in front of the county mansion.

He found a random reason to sue the officials at first, but the old scholar thought that Zhou Bai knew the inside story, so he couldn't bear it under the questioning of the county magistrate.

After all, resistance is strict, and confession is lenient.

Someone really took care of it. According to his account, a young man came to his door and gave him 20 taels, and then gave him another 30 taels.

This time, the old scholar really put himself in prison. It could be said that the county decree had to review his reputation, which violated the court law, and his character was extremely bad.

With the old scholar as an example, the inn was finally quiet for a long time without being disturbed.

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On the second day, before leaving for the examination room, Zhou Bai decided to light both incense sticks.

Even if he is lucky today, and there are strands of red luck wrapped around him, but the grade of these foreign luck is not high, it is just county luck.

After inquiring, in this county examination, all the prefect families in Bei'an County had their descendants.

They have a lot of good fortune to protect them. Even if there is a gap between their studies and his, the good luck is enough to crush them.

Relying on Zhou Bai's scattered floating luck, it is not difficult to get into the top ten list, but it is estimated that the case is almost there. To be on the safe side, luck is needed.

The missing entry of natal life has been reminding that the will of the world will soon find him, an outsider.

From then on, everything will be as usual, waiting in line for the test, dictation, poetry, classics, theory, and the four subjects continue one by one.

What Zhou Bai felt was that the county examination room was bigger, the invigilation was stricter, and the suppression of luck was more serious.

Compared with the three subjects of the county examination in one day, the county examination is four subjects in two days, and sleeps in the examination shed at night.

The county test is the seal of the seventh-rank county magistrate, and the county test is the seal of the fifth-rank official of the county magistrate. It is even more difficult for candidates to write a vision of overflowing literary spirit.

The Jinhong article in Zhoubai County is not qualified. Of course, any kind of bronze inscription is enough.

Zhou Bai wrote golden-grade articles on poetry and policy theory twice, and the golden style overflowed the paper, which attracted the attention of the county proctor.

In order to prevent the vision from disturbing other people, apart from the Great Seal of the Five Ranks, the county guard actually invited the Emperor Zhu to approve the copy, which is the official document that the current emperor replied to Bei'an County.

That thin copy, placed next to the big seal, is like a thousand catty weight, suppressing the fluctuating luck of the audience without any shock.

Including Zhou Bai's inscriptions, also failed to set off half a vision.

But after this battle, Zhou Bai did remind several senior officials of the county government that there was a Jinshi under their rule.

The top three Jinshi in each session are all outstanding people, and they all have a common characteristic on the road to the imperial examination.

That is the lowest red text, there are often bronze texts, and occasionally there are one or two precious green texts.

The two-day exam passed quickly, but the results would not be released until three days later.

One is that there are many reference students, one county and seven counties, this is not only the reference for this year's children's students, the number of examination papers is much larger than that of the county test.

The second is that it is necessary to go through procedures to approve and issue the title of scholar. Every scholar is a scholar recognized by the imperial court.

In order to prepare scholars for the imperial court, this has actually used extraordinary means, otherwise three days would not be enough to travel.

(End of this chapter)