Fenghou

Chapter 1098 Three Subjects
On Sanxian Street next to Dadong Wazi in Jingzhao City, there is a small inn called Sanxian Inn. It is relatively close to the Examination Institute, and it has already been full of scholars who came to take the imperial examination.

The scale of the imperial examinations this year is unprecedented, and major reforms have been carried out. In the past, there were only Jinshi subjects, but this year there are three subjects, Jinshi subjects, Mingjing subjects, and engineering calculation subjects.

The brochures for the examination were distributed to all states last year. The idea is very clear. The Jinshi Department mainly recruits civil servants, the Mingjing Department mainly recruits civil servants, and the Engineering and Computing department mainly recruits full-time officials. four years.

In the past, Jinshi subjects were not passed, and then admitted to Taixue based on their grades, so that many admitted scholars were unwilling to study in Taixue, and most of them gave up after one year of study.

The major reform this time is to put the Taixue admissions examination and the imperial examination side by side, allowing candidates to choose voluntarily, so that scholars who are really willing to study in Taixue can be recruited.

It is also the first time this year that Ming Jing Ke appeared. Because it is relatively easy to pass the exam, those who pass the exam are engaged in civil servants, and there are clear regulations. Promoted to civil servant or full-time official.

Therefore, most of the scholars who participated in the Mingjing Division this year are serving civil servants. If they want to climb up and become officials, they must have fame.

In the room at the far end of the second floor of the Sanxian Inn, there lived three scholars. The three of them did not come together, and they happened to live together. One was a scholar named Xu Pei from Yang'an County, Jianzhou, Sichuan Road, and the other It is Wang Pu, a scholar from Qi County, Taiyuan Prefecture, Hedong Road, and Yu Shou, a scholar from Bianliang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Road.

Yu Shou is Xu Xiantu's third son, Xu Shou, who changed his name to Yu Shou. He originally had a household registration in Bianliang, but it didn't change after he arrived in Lin'an, so he registered in Kaifeng Mansion, but he didn't take the autumn exam last year, so he shouldn't be eligible to come. Jingzhao participated in the imperial examination, and was recommended by Zhang Xiaote as an examiner. He hurried to Jingzhao to take the imperial examination, and signed up on the last day. Fortunately, he found an empty bed in the Sanxian Inn.

"Let's go out to eat!" Xu Pei suggested.

Among the three, Xu Pei is the oldest. He is already thirty years old. He entered Yang'an County as a civil servant at the age of twenty. Level officials, there are two abbots and Dutou above Liucao, and the three of them are first-level officials.

Of course Xu Pei wants to make progress. If he passes the Ming Jing test this time, he will be promoted to be a prison officer. There happens to be a vacancy for a field security officer in their county, and another security officer is in charge of litigation. case, the attorney for the trial sits beside him to assist in the trial.

If you're lucky, you'll have a chance to be promoted to the master book after you've been in charge for another three years.

In fact, not every scholar who participates in the Mingjing Department is ambitious and wants to abandon officials and become officials. They are very realistic, and the official position is too far away from them. As a deputy county magistrate, I want to be promoted to section chief.

"Yu Shou, let's go eat together!" Wang Pu, a scholar from Taiyuan Mansion, responded.

"Let's go! To Dawazi, or Sanxian Restaurant?"

Xu Pei smiled, "Go to Dawazi!"

Among the three, Xu Pei's family is the poorest. He has a wife and children, and he relies on a meager salary to support his family. Fortunately, he still has [-] acres of ancestral land, so last year's rent became a burden for him to come to Jingzhao to take the imperial examination. Not much, so save it.

Needless to say, Yu Shou, his father gave him a thousand taels of silver, and he can withdraw money at Baoji Cabinetry at any time, but he is very low-key and ordinary, and his food and clothing costs are like those of a poor family in Bianliang.

Wang Pu is a son of the Wang family of a big family in Taiyuan, but he is not a legitimate son, but a concubine, and his family does not have much money.

So of course the three of them have to go to the high-quality and cheap Dawazi. Going to the Sanxian Restaurant is just for talking. Ten pennies is enough to eat well.

The three of them came to Dawazi, where there were dense snack bars, and all kinds of signboards were stitched together, which made people feel dense phobia.

The business in Dawazi is very hot, basically all the surrounding residents, there are also a large number of scholars, and there are also errand runners who specialize in delivering food. For example, some shops are too busy, and the shopkeeper will order a few bowls of soup cakes at noon. The errandman brought it to the store.

"Go to Jiang Laosan's Soup and Cake Shop, his meat-smelling soup and cakes are pretty good!" Yu Shou suggested.

The three came to a soup cake shop. The soup cakes are noodles. The shop was small and full of customers. They found three seats in the innermost corner and squeezed in front of a small table. This is a husband and wife shop, and the husband cooks. , the wife waited, and the young woman brought them three bowls of noodle soup.

"The three young masters drink soup first to quench their thirst, and the soup cakes will be ready by Da Lang right away!"

The woman was more handsome, plump, fair-skinned, and full of laughter, which stunned Xu Pei and Wang Pu.

Yu Shou couldn't stand it anymore, he coughed twice, diverted their attention and asked, "Brother Wang, why did you think of taking the engineering and math exam?"

The three of them are very interesting, Yu Shou is admitted to Jinshi, Xu Pei is admitted to Ming Jing, and Wang Pu is admitted to Engineering and Computing. Each of them takes one subject.

Wang Pu withdrew his soul, smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, my father wanted me to take the entrance examination for Jinshi. Arithmetic."

"Why would your father think so?" Xu Pei also took back the soul that was taken away.

"Prejudice! In his eyes, I am a carpenter and bricklayer after I take the engineering and calculation course. I have a low status. He doesn't know what a full-time official is. In fact, I like smelting metals. I like watching blacksmiths burn iron in blacksmith shops since I was young. It felt amazing to make molten iron and then cast it into various tools, so I was going to study smelting in Taixue, so I applied for engineering and computing, regardless of whether my father agreed or not.”

Yu Shou nodded, "There are indeed various prejudices now, but it is this kind of prejudice that gives opportunities to the prophets. There is less competition, and the learning is good. In the future, civil servants will not be able to be ministers of the Shaofu. They must be from the Department of Engineering and Computing Officials, I heard that in the future, county officials will be divided into three categories, civilian officials, industrial officials and military officials. There will be a county worker position, before the boss, after the county lieutenant, and four years later, Brother Wang will be extremely Possibly as a county worker, at least from the eighth grade official."

"What is the supervisor of the county worker?" Xu Pei asked curiously.

"It's very simple! Agriculture and animal husbandry, road construction and bridge building, mining, and various government-run workshops, etc."

"nice!"

Xu Pei was a little annoyed and said, "I knew I would have applied for engineering and computing."

Yu Shou said indifferently: "Engineering and Computing is not easy to take. It is no less difficult than Jinshi. Moreover, brother Xu has a wife and children. If you study in Taixue for four years, what will happen to your wife and children?"

Xu Pei sighed, "I missed my life."

At this time, the female shopkeeper came over with a big plate, and served them three big bowls of meaty soup cakes, which were sliced ​​noodles, and then poured a large spoonful of fragrant, golden-colored mutton mince, and spread them thickly. In the bowl, it looks very attractive, and it is only thirty yuan a bowl.

But for Xu Pei and Wang Pu, no matter how attractive the soup cakes are, they are not as attractive as the figure of the female shopkeeper. They were once again seduced by the plump figure of the female shopkeeper.

Yu Shou has seen a lot in Lin'an, and he has seen a lot of women who are more beautiful than the female shopkeeper. He will not be tempted. Seeing that the two of them are out of their minds, he can't help but sigh: "Brother Xu, hurry up and eat soup cakes! I have to go back As for the memorization, you can't even memorize the "Book of Changes" and "Shangshu", how can you test the classics?"

(End of this chapter)