Divine Book Era

Chapter 48 Little Trinity

"There are more than 1 people, and only 60 people are on the list, which is more than one in a hundred. It is so difficult to be a scholar. How difficult will it be to be a Jinshi in the future?" Liu Xiu sighed.

"Hehe, Juren? Scholars? Do you really dare to think about it?" A boy beside him shook his head and said.

"As long as I can be selected as a scholar, I will be satisfied. I dare not think about raising people! Since I was qualified for the hospital examination at the age of 15, I have participated in the hospital examination four times, and I failed in the third time. It's the fifth time, and I don't know if I can win?" Another scholar said.

"What are you doing? There is a boy student in my village. He started from the college entrance examination and passed the examination until he was 80 years old, but he still didn't pass the entrance examination as a scholar!"

There are many people who are hard-pressed.

After all, those who are admitted as scholars are a minority; those who become masters are, after all, a minority.It is the majority who suffer, and the losers are the majority. Most people waste too much time and years for the imperial examination, and achieve nothing.Too many talents have been turned into waste materials by the imperial examination.

After the imperial examination, after the stereotyped essays, there are no more talents.

Liu Xiu waited quietly.

Generally speaking, the government will write the list of those who passed the exam on the yellow list, and then post it on the wall of the tribute courtyard. As long as those who passed the exam can see their names on it.Of course, those hyperplasia and epiphysis bought with money are not included in this list, because their quotas have not yet come out at this time.

However, before the yellow list is posted, the yamen servants who work in the yamen will get the news first, hold red paper, beat gongs and drums, and come to announce the good news and receive the reward. The higher the status of the person, the higher the ranking. The more rewards you get.This is also an opportunity for the police to earn extra money.

Liu Xiu waited slowly.

"Bang, congratulations to Li Yun and Li Xianggong, No. 20 in the top three of high school..."

"Bang, congratulations to Zhang Wen and Zhang Xianggong No.10 in the Second Class of High School..."

Hearing the sound of gongs and drums to announce the good news passing through the door, many scholars couldn't sit still, and stood up one after another, waiting.

The ranking starts from the back and moves forward continuously.

Some scholars heard the name, stepped forward one after another, received the good news, were extremely happy, and gave rewards.Some old people in their 50s burst into tears after learning that they were on the list, and fainted from joy.

The examinees in the inn all became agitated, stretched their necks and looked around, expecting that they would be the ones who passed the exam.

Rankings appeared one after another, but it was a pity that Liu Xiu's name was not there.

Liu Xiu felt more and more lost in her heart, and said to herself, it seems that I am not destined to be an imperial literati, I am born to rebel, and it would be most beneficial to follow Bai Susu to rebel.

At this time, a small official looked happy and sang loudly: "Congratulations to Liu Xiu, Liu Xianggong No. 1 in the First Class of High School. Is Liu Xianggong here?"

Liu Xiu was taken aback for a moment, and it took a while to realize that he was in high school, and he was still No.1 in the first class. He was surprised and said, "I am."

Hearing this, the little official hurriedly walked up to Liu Xiu and bowed, "Mr. Liu, congratulations for being on the yellow list. I will call you Mr. Liu from now on." He handed over the red wedding invitation.

Xianggong and Maocai are both respectful titles for people with the status of scholars.

From now on, Liu Xiu can be regarded as the first step of the Long March.

"Liu Xianggong, he took the county examination in February this year and was number one; he took the government examination in April and was number one again; now he is number one in the hospital examination and won three cases in a row, so he can be called a little three yuan!" The little official said: "Congratulations, son, you will pass the provincial examination next year!"

Liu Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief, it seems that there is no need to follow Bai Susu to rebel.

It was named Liu Xiu, and now it is worthy of the name.

Liu Xiu accepted the invitation with joy on his face, and then handed over a piece of five taels of silver as a reward.

The little official happily took the silver, turned and left.

Although the candidates around were a little upset, no matter how jealous they were, they still smiled on the surface. They came to congratulate one after another, looked at Liu Xiu with envy, and Liu Xiu responded one by one with a smile.

Then, I heard a burst of "cracking" firecrackers. It turned out that the waiter was setting off firecrackers.

An inn like theirs would prepare one or two firecrackers every time the imperial examination was held, and when someone was in high school, they would light it up immediately to show their congratulations, and at the same time established the reputation of their inn.

I saw the shopkeeper of the inn come over, and cupped his hands to congratulate: "Congratulations, congratulations, Zhang Xianggong High School, Bidian is also honored, and I have nothing to give away. All Zhang Xianggong's previous purchases in this store will be refunded." .how?"

Liu Xiu was very grateful again.

He was still in a difficult mood. Although he was only selected as a scholar, he was still at the bottom of the scholar class, but after all, he was no longer a commoner, not a slaughtered pig, and he had the qualifications to be a human being.

Common people, to put it bluntly, are pigs and sheep raised by the imperial court, ready to be slaughtered at any time.

As the saying goes, he is the county magistrate who broke the door, and Ling Yin who killed the door.Not to mention these high-ranking officials, it is some low-ranking officials who use some privileges to easily manipulate corvee and taxation, which can kill a family and wipe out the family.

And becoming a scholar means transforming from a pig and sheep into a human being, with the qualifications to be a human being,

The so-called county magistrate may love the common people, but this kind of love is more like how farmers love their cattle and sheep, and their fields and crops.The magistrate of the county will not talk about human rights, equality, and reason with the grassroots, just as the **** will not talk about reason with pigs.

But now, he has become a scholar, and he is in the same class as the county magistrate. He can reason and has the right to speak.

This world will deceive you, but only fame and fame will never deceive you.As long as you become a scholar, the elders dare not torture you, the squires dare not torture you, the petty officials dare not torture you, and the yamen servants dare not torture you, even the county magistrate will give face.

It will never happen again that a small official of the county government will come to bully; and the landlord class, the village bully, will not dare to come to bully.

More importantly, some of Liu Xiu's gold fingers can be used.

In the past, Liu Xiu didn't dare to use his golden fingers to make a fortune, just because if he did so, he might attract tigers and wolves and be eaten in the end; but now that he has passed the examination of a scholar, those tigers and wolves have a little bit of fear and dare not go forward, as long as they keep a low profile Some, and then share benefits, you will gain a lot.

In the past, he was just a child in the eyes of his parents; but now that he has passed the examination of scholar, his parents will no longer treat him as a child.

"I'm only 13 years old now, and even if I pass the examination of scholar, if I'm not too lucky, it's possible to pass the examination! As long as I pass the examination, I can become a tyrant in the county!"

Liu Xiu thought.

In the past, he always thought that Tongsheng was a high school student, scholar was a college student, Juren was a master, Jinshi was a doctorate, and Hanlin was a postdoctoral fellow.

But now it seems that Tongsheng means that he is qualified to take the civil service examination;
A scholar is a reserve civil servant and is eligible to become a unit-level official or section-level official;

Juren is qualified to be a county-level official or a city-level official;

The Jinshi is a department-level reserve official who is qualified to be the mayor, the director of the provincial public security department, and other officials.

Hanlin, on the other hand, is eligible to become a ministerial-level official or a national-level official.

(End of this chapter)