super god ancestor

Chapter 30
"You don't have to worry. If you come from a family, even if you really can't pass the exam, you can still get fame by donating to the prison."

Seeing Xu Da's distressed face, Zhao Ruixiang couldn't help but shook his head: "On the contrary, Cezhi and I have no one to support us. If we fail for years, we will spend our whole life mowing straw in the fields."

The laws of the Dali Dynasty stipulated that if one wanted to gain the fame of a scholar and enter the Imperial Academy, the only way to do so was to participate in the Tongsheng Examination.

If the family is well-off and willing to spend money, donate money to the court, buy a reputation as a scholar, and enter the Imperial Academy.

In this way, the scholars who have been donated to the prison can also be admitted to the examinations and participate in the general examination.

It's just that, in the eyes of Shilin scholars, such a supervising student is too stinky and incompetent, and is looked down upon by many really learned scholars.

"With my father's temperament, he definitely wouldn't donate to the prison for me to enroll."

Xu Da shook his head again and again: "I am the eldest grandson of the family, if I was educated through donations, I'm afraid my father will feel that I can't afford to lose this person."

"Furthermore, donating a prison is not cheap, but Ruixiang's family is a landowner with a lot of fertile land. If your father is really ruthless, he can sell the land and donate one for you. Why bother to say such things."

"Come on, my father has saved up these lands all his life, let him sell the land to donate to my prison? How is that possible?"

Zhao Ruixiang's family knew their own affairs well, and sighed with a wry smile.

The importance that the wealthy gentry of the villagers attached to land property was simply outrageous.

No matter what the reason is, anyone who dares to sell the land will be pointed out by the villagers, bluntly saying that this is a prodigal act.

It can go to the point of selling off the land, unless the life is really difficult, and the family can't even open the pot.

Xu Da and Zhao Ruixiang were chatting, and suddenly glanced at Li Cezhi beside him.

Compared with the two of them who have their parents' family support, they can afford it even if they fail. At worst, they will take the exam again next year.

In their view, Li Cezhi's situation is much more pitiful.

His father had just died, and Li Cezhi was the eldest son in the family, with Gaotang's mother on the top and wives, children, and younger siblings on the bottom, so the burden was too heavy.

If he failed to get in the list after a few years of exams, he might have no chance to continue to consume him, and there would be no room for him to turn around.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Li Cezhi saw the gazes of the two friends, guessed their thoughts, and said with a smile: "Although my family background is not as good as yours, but I have worked hard in recent days, and with the blessing of my father's spirit in heaven, I should be able to have one in this exam." Good result."

When Xu Da and Zhao Ruixiang heard the words, they didn't refute, but echoed again and again, said some decent words to him, and wished Li Cezhi in advance that he would be able to get into the list in one fell swoop.

However, what the two of them said was euphemistic, but they still didn't quite believe it in their hearts.

After all, the competition for children's exams is so fierce, and the three of them are classmates and friends. They know each other well, don't they know Li Cezhi's weight?
Unless his father can really show his powers, the chances of getting in the first year's exam are too slim.

Don't you see how many students have survived from the prime of life to middle age, and even old and gray-haired, they are still doing their boyish work, struggling to get the honor of a scholar, year after year, without gaining anything.

Regarding this, Li Cezhi also knew that they did not believe it, but he did not explain too much.

The three of them stood in front of Yueshan Academy and chatted, waiting to enter and start their classes.

Not long after, there was a commotion from the crowd.

Li Cezhi followed the prestige, and saw more than a dozen officials in charge of the children's examinations came out of Yueshan Academy.

The man at the head was about thirty years old.

He has a square face, two beards, and good facial features. This person is called Lu Tunan, the county magistrate of Liyang Mansion. This time, he is the chief official of the Liyang Mansion's children's examination.

He was wearing a light green brocade official gown with a pattern of 鸂鶒 embroidered on it. This was the formal attire of the seventh-rank officials in Dali's officialdom.

Behind Lu Tunan, there were some yamen officials and old gentlemen from the academy. They belonged to the assistants and came to coordinate the planning and assist the magistrate to complete the talent selection test.

The appearance of these people immediately extinguished the noisy discussions outside the academy.

Lu Tunan's eyes were as sharp as a peregrine falcon, patrolling the audience, taking a panoramic view of the changes in the atmosphere.

Seeing that the audience was silent, Lu Tunan nodded in satisfaction: "Students, this year's children's examination is about to begin."

"It's still the old rules. This year's government has a quota of [-] candidates. We are ordered to select talents and follow the edict of Emperor Qianyuan to select scholars for the country."

"Everyone can rest assured that the imperial court will never neglect talents, as long as there are genuine talents and practical learning."

Lu Tunan said a lot of clichés, most of which were words of encouragement and words of thanks to the court.

After finishing speaking, some officials of the yamen stepped forward to inform the children of the rules of the exam.

In the college entrance examination stage of the children's entrance examination, there will be three consecutive examinations. The main examination subjects include economics, poetry, prose and many other directions.

During the test period, you are not allowed to walk around at will, and each person is alone in a narrow partitioned room, with stone walls built on both sides to prevent peeping.

The officials in the yamen especially said that cheating is strictly prohibited, but anyone who is found to be cheating will be punished with thirty sticks, and it is strictly forbidden to take the examination for five years.

If the consequences are serious, they may even be dispatched to the army.

Many students were quietly listening to these rules and admonitions in front of the academy.

Li Cezhi was already familiar with the rules of the examination room, so naturally he didn't have the patience to listen to it again.

But I can't interrupt, so I can only listen to the officials' long speeches.

When he was bored, he couldn't help but look at the faces of the students around him.

When the children's examination is about to start, the students also have different expressions.

Some people have a well-thought-out plan and a firm gaze.

Some people looked left and right, feeling uneasy.

Some even hugged Buddha's feet temporarily, clasped their hands tightly, and prayed to the gods and Buddhas.

When his eyes glanced to the south, a boy who was taking the exam made him slightly taken aback.

I saw that the man's hair was mostly white, and his appearance was bent, as if he was an old man in his forties or fifty years old.

Li Cezhi couldn't help but stop looking, not because of his age.

In fact, most of the so-called children's exams are not boys. Some people fail in the exam for 20 years after ten years, and there are many people who have grandchildren and continue to take the exam for scholarly fame.

What really surprised Li Cezhi was his state.

His eye sockets were sunken, his complexion was sallow, and he looked extremely listless. He was as thin as a bamboo pole, and he might fall down at any time.

Other students, regardless of their family circumstances, would always dress decently when they came to take the exam, and no matter how bad they were, they would have to wear a robe.

However, this person was wearing a burlap suit that hadn't been changed in a long time. The asphalt color was stained by filth, and it was black and shiny.

Among the many clean and decent students, this middle-aged and elderly boy naturally stood out from the crowd, and it was hard for people not to notice.

"Brother Zhao, who is this person? He is dressed so strangely."

Li Cezhi lowered his voice and asked Zhao Ruixiang beside him.

"This person?"

Zhao Ruixiang obviously knew him, glanced at it, and said with some pity: "A very poor old boy has given birth."

　After six hours of looking at the mind map, I finally got it right.

　　The update is here, and the second update will be in the evening.

　　The supplementary update will be put on the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow when it is pushed.

　　Finally, ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　


(End of this chapter)