Cannon fodder Gong Just Wants To Take The Imperial Examination [MTL]

Chapter 49

Before Shen Chenyu and the others knew their ranking, a candidate squeezed out of the crowd with a little madness. The other party looked quite old, and it was probably not the first time he had come to participate in the Tongsheng Examination. Seeing the other party's nervous smile, Shen Chenyu thought that this person must have failed the exam again, otherwise she wouldn't have shown such an expression.

Sure enough, after squeezing out of the crowd, the other party grabbed an examinee and shook him. While shaking, he didn't forget to ask, "Why, why...why didn't I pass the exam again? Why?" The

one caught by him Candidates are obviously not a good-tempered person. He caught and shook him for no reason, and immediately shoved him away with an angry face.

The examinee shouted angrily: "I also want to know why I didn't pass the exam!"

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turned out that the pass-by examinee also failed the exam, and now he encountered such a thing and suddenly became very angry. Seeing that the two of them were about to move their hands in the next moment, Shen Chenyu, who was standing aside, quickly pulled Chen Youli, for fear that the two of them going crazy would bring disaster to them.

I have said more than once before that not everyone is suitable for the imperial examination. Some people are not born to study, but because of the reasons of ancient scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, many people want to take this path even if they are not suitable for studying.

Because only the imperial examination is the way to change your family status overnight. In order to change their family status, countless children from poor families suck the blood of the whole family or even the whole clan in exchange for a very precious opportunity to study.

Studying at this time is different from later generations. Later generations have nine years of compulsory education, and they can go to school even if their families are very poor. But reading in this era is a very extravagant and expensive thing.

Because the entire society is backward and productivity is low, a piece of paper, a pen, and a book are all very expensive. In addition to expensive pens, inks, papers and inkstones, there are also expensive bundle repairs, and travel expenses for taking part in the imperial examination later.

Just like the county exam this time, some candidates whose homes are relatively remote have to live in an inn in the county for more than half a month. On weekdays, staying in an inn for one night costs about 50 Wen if it is short, and 100 Wen if it is more expensive. However, due to the large number of people taking the county examination, the accommodation fee at the inn was more than ten times higher than before.

It took more than half a month to live like this, and almost a dozen taels of silver were gone. Ordinary ordinary farmers work hard for a year, and a large family can't make so much money. This still does not include the round-trip travel expenses, and the expenses of eating, drinking, etc. in the county town.

But what is even more frightening is that this is just a small county exam, and there are government exams and hospital exams after the county exam.

These candidates who failed the rankings again and again took the exam again and again year after year. Every time it costs more than ten taels of silver, the money must have been pooled by the whole family, and they must be under extraordinary psychological pressure.

But even so, Shen Chenyu would not sympathize with them. First of all, most of the county exams are basic, and most of them only need to memorize by rote, but they can't even pass such a simple basic, so it is better to give up early to save the burden on the family.

However, not only did they not stop the loss immediately, but they bit the bullet and continued to test again and again. After failing the rankings, they did not reflect on their own problems, but instead treated them unfairly.

Shen Chenyu didn't look at those people too much, but waited until a senior brother who went to see the list came back, and after learning of his and Chen Youli's rankings, the group walked back talking and laughing.

When taking the fourth exam, there were only six of Master Liu's students left. Now that the results of the last list came out, only one of the six people did not make the list.

That person was the youngest among the six, and he himself seemed to have expected that he would fail the exam, so he secretly cleaned up and saluted early in the morning. After learning the news, there was not much surprise on the other party's face, but he looked very calm.

Shen Chenyu and the others sent the other party out of the inn, then went back and began to tidy themselves up and salute. There will be a caravan going to Fucheng tomorrow, and the group of them can just ride in the caravan's carriage.

Master Liu looked at the remaining five people, first told them not to be complacent just because they passed the county examination, and then told them the rules of taking the government examination.

In fact, the government examination is similar to the county examination, and the difficulty of the examination questions is not particularly high. The only thing they care about is that after they arrive in Fucheng, they have to spend a little money to inquire about the prefect's preferences.

This time the chief examiner is the magistrate of Liangzhou Prefecture. Only by knowing what the other party likes and avoids, can he not step on the other party's scales when it comes to poetry and current affairs.

This is very important, just use a metaphor. For example, the magistrate of Qingcheng County, he prefers gorgeous articles, and Shen Chenyu wrote an article that is plain and unpretentious, so his final score in the county examination will not be particularly good.

The main subjects of the imperial examination, in addition to posting scriptures, Mo Yi, and arithmetic, have standard answers. The rest, such as poems, essays, and current affairs policies, are the same as the Chinese composition of later generations, and the marks given by different marking officials are different. Therefore, it is very important for candidates who take part in the imperial examination to find out the preferences of the examiners in the later stage.

This is also the reason why some aristocratic families have an advantage over those from poor families in the imperial examination. Because most of the sons of the aristocratic families have autologous studies, and their wives are also of good background and have complex relationships. They will collect the examination papers of the imperial examinations over the years, as well as the various preferences of the chief examiners of each exam, and then ask students to do different questions according to different chief examiners.

As for the children from poor families, some of them can't even afford a book, let alone collect the imperial examination papers from previous sessions. Under such difficult conditions, the gap between the children of the poor family and the children of the aristocratic family is getting wider and wider. As a result, the number of children from poor families decreased in the later stages of the imperial examination, and the entire court was always in the hands of various families.

Because the court is in the hands of the major families, most of the laws favor the families. Chen Mozi had only committed the crime of theft before, but the theft mainly harmed these aristocratic families, so Chen Mozi's sentencing was so harsh.

At the same time, the power of the aristocratic family is growing, which will relatively threaten the high-ranking emperor. As the Taiping who controls the overall situation, the emperor will find ways to support the children of poor families with relatively simple backgrounds in order to prevent the aristocratic family from touching his interests.

Because the children of the poor family did not have a huge family, they would not be enemies of the emperor for the benefit of their own family, so the poor family became a bargaining chip to contain the family.

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This time Shen Chenyu did well in the exam, and was the best among the remaining five. He came in third in the last test, just a little bit short of becoming the county's top case.

Chen Youli and the others felt it was a pity, but Master Liu, who knew Shen Chenyu's difficulties, felt that it would be better not to take the county case chief.

After all, Shen Chenyu hadn't passed the county test yet, and the Shen family in Qingcheng County wanted him to die. If Shen Chenyu gets the case this time, the family still doesn't know what to do.

It was also because he was worried that the Shen family in Qingcheng County would be a demon, so Dr. Liu was in such a hurry to leave, because he was worried that staying another day would be more dangerous.

After the other senior brothers left one after another, Master Liu left Shen Chenyu alone to talk with him. "You had two accidents in a row before, but have you ever had a face-to-face meeting with the Shen family?"

Shen Chenyu shook her head when she heard the words, "The Shen family in Qingcheng County has a respectable family, even if they are behind the scenes, they will not show up. After all, I It can be considered that they were raised there, and if they make things public, they will lose face."

After all, no matter how bad the relationship between the two parties is, if others know what they did to their adopted son, it will not only be Shen Chenyu who will be unlucky , the protagonist Gong, as the biggest beneficiary of the incident, will also suffer.

Especially when the original owner was at the Shen family in Qingcheng County, he failed the county examination so many times in a row. But now, not long after Shen Chenyu left Shen's house in Qingcheng County, she got a good third place in the county examination in one breath. Anyone with a discerning eye can know that there must be something dirty in it just by thinking about it.

"Master, don't worry, when they get to Fucheng, they won't be able to reach out."

Mrs. Liu frowned slightly. He was really optimistic about Shen Chenyu, a student. It's a pity that Shen Chenyu met such a bad group of people.

Master Liu thought of the man who was doing business in Fucheng, so he couldn't help but made another point. "Although Fucheng is far away from this family, that Shen Mingxie is in Liangzhou Mansion. The old man heard that the other party is very good at business. If he finds out that you are going to Fucheng to take part in the government examination, there will inevitably be troubles again. "

Fortunately, when you take part in the government examination this time, you and your senior brothers are exactly five people. You don't have to take the risk of forming bonds with other people, and I can remind them to pay more attention at that time, so as not to be framed again Cheating."

Shen Chenyu nodded when she heard the words, a little moved by Master Liu's concern. "Master, don't worry, the student also has some contacts in Fucheng, as long as he really dares to do something, the student can find his own way."

Hearing what Shen Chenyu said, Mrs. Liu knew that Shen Chenyu must have planned a long time ago, and upon seeing this, he asked Shen Chenyu to go back to rest up.

At the same time, the Shen family in Qingcheng County has become a mess.

Ever since Shen Yushi ordered her servants to cause trouble for Shen Chenyu, she didn't pay much attention to this adopted son. Shen Yu knew this adopted son very well. He was spoiled and raised by them since he was a child, and he was a person with very poor mental capacity.

She thought that even if Shen Chenyu escaped by chance, the other party would be able to guess the mastermind of this matter soon. With Shen Chenyu's temper attached to them like before, it is estimated that even if he does not poison him this time, he will be sad and depressed, and then he will not pass the county test in this situation.

So when Shen Yushi got the news that Shen Chenyu had won the third place in the county examination, his expression lost control for a moment. She was stunned for a long time, then suddenly picked up the teacup on the table and threw it out, which made the old man of the Shen family tremble in fright.

Shen Yushi murmured in disbelief: "How is it possible? Just relying on him...how is this possible?"

Shen Yushi was muttering something while pressing the table with his fingernails. A well-maintained face gradually distorted.

When the elder of the Shen family saw the woman in this state, he couldn't help but subconsciously swallowed his saliva, he didn't dare to enter or exit for a while.

"No, no, you can't let him go to Fucheng, you can't let him add trouble to Yan'er, you can't..."

Shen Yushi said so, then ignored the old man of the Shen family and walked out, looking aggressive and looking for someone to settle the score look.

Just as Shen Chenyu guessed, even if the Shen family in Qingcheng County hated him, they couldn't find him directly. But you can't find him in front of you, but you can secretly play tricks behind your back.

But the next day they had just left Qingcheng County, they met a few robbers on the way. Fortunately, they were walking with the caravan. There were not only escorts but also thugs in the caravan. Except for a little fright, they were not injured.

Seeing this, Shen Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief. If these people were injured because of him, he would definitely feel guilty in the future.

Because they met someone who robbed the road not far away, the caravan was very cautious along the way afterwards. Although walking slowly like this will delay a lot of time, everyone has no complaints for safety reasons. After all, compared with the safety of one's own life, delaying a little time is nothing at all.

When Shen Chenyu and the others were slowly heading towards Fucheng, the senior brothers who had failed the ranking had already returned to the town. The weather on this day was not bad. A man named Lin Chengmo came to Xiling Village in a rickety bullock cart with Shen Chenyu's family letter.

When he slowly inquired about Shen Chenyu's house, and then wandered slowly to the other's house, Shen Liushi was tidying up the flower field in the yard.

Since those flowers and plants were moved away, this flower field was divided into half by Mrs. Shen Liu to plant vegetables. Now it is the season of growing vegetables, and there are green vegetables in the whole flower field.