Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 136 Solving Elements (4k)

Seeing the green-clothed scholar avoiding his gaze, Qin Chuan was even more surprised.However, in the examination room of the township examination, it was expected that the other party would not dare to make trouble, otherwise they would openly oppose the government and Confucianism.

It's not time for chaos yet.

Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, and takes care of the frost on other people's tiles.

Qin Chuan looked away, waiting for the township examination to start.

Seeing Qin Chuan look away, the green-clothed scribe breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, when he saw Qin Chuan intentionally observing him, he couldn't help feeling a little palpitating.

This kind of thing has never happened since his Yinshen Dacheng.

Qingshan Scholar was originally the head of the Qingjing Sect of the Wenxiang Sect. Recently, he had a complete falling out with the leader of the Wenxiang Sect. Teach the next development in Yujiang Province.

He had heard about Qin Chuan's name for a long time, but Qin Chuan was only 19 years old, so he didn't take it very seriously.

Now I met him outside the examination room of the Provincial Examination Gongyuan, and I was really shocked.

He couldn't see Qin Chuan's specific way, but the Shangyuan Purification Method of Qingjing Sect was inherited from the lineage of Shangqing Dao, and he was keenly aware of something wrong.

"Could it be that this kid has cultivated awe-inspiring righteousness, which makes me instinctively afraid?" The green-clothed scribe, after much deliberation, felt that this was the only way to explain it.

"If he cultivates a noble and righteous spirit, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take away the title of Xie Yuan, who is the first in the second list of the rural examination. No matter what, try your best first."

The green-clothed scribe had disdained Huang Meng's big words before, but now there were ripples in his heart, and his confidence was not so sufficient.

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The township examination lasted nine days in total, and was divided into three sessions, each with three days.

In the first test, there are three meanings in the "Four Books", each with more than [-] characters. The "Five Classics" have four meanings, each of which has more than [-] characters.

In the second session, there is a discussion, more than [-] words.There are five judgments, one of Gao, Biao, Nei, and Ke.

In the third test, there are five courses of classics, history, and policy, with more than [-] words.

After all, the township examination is a grand ceremony for the country's talent selection, and the questions that come up are still moving towards the direction of selecting talents.

The first test is to test candidates' familiarity and understanding of Confucian classics.The second is to examine the students' ability to distinguish right from wrong and write various official documents.The third session was to examine the students' knowledge of ancient and modern political affairs.

These Qin Chuan were specifically mentioned in the imperial examination system.

The reason why many scholars from poor families fail to pass the Juren examination is not because they fail in reciting and understanding classics, but because they lack relevant training compared to gentry families.

But the stereotyped essay is a stepping stone. Many talented students often fall in the test of the students. Once they pass, they will be flat.

In fact, Tong Shengshi's stereotyped essays are not useless, they have the effect of sharpening one's mind.

This is hard work, such as the boring meditation of Taoism, but to grind away the restlessness in the heart.

The most basic quality of an official is to be calm and not to be impatient in every major event.

Many times the decrees issued by the government seem absurd and impractical. In fact, it is not that the officials do not understand the interests, but that they understand the interests too much and are unwilling to touch these matters related to the interests easily.

Cultivating the Tao is the opposite of being an official. In addition to peace of mind, you must have the determination to go forward, go forward to become an adult, and go retrograde to become an immortal.

Therefore, cultivating the Tao and being an official often run counter to each other.

Being an official requires compromise, but cultivating the Tao cannot compromise.

The battle of the avenues is endless.

The ruthlessness of a cultivator is the most powerful, killing and seizing treasures will become a common thing in the practice world, otherwise disasters will be left, waiting for others to come back for revenge?

The struggle in the officialdom will more or less stay on the line.

Qin Chuan is in the world of cultivation, so he can better understand the ruthlessness of cultivators.

Immortal spirit, extraordinary and unconventional, is indeed a characteristic of Taoism. The premise is that it has nothing to do with the struggle of Dao. Therefore, Taoists are naturally higher than ordinary people and don't care about vulgar things, which makes people feel infinite yearning.

But when it comes to the battle of the immortal family becoming enlightened, it is another face.

Therefore, a broad-minded cultivator will not easily argue with ordinary people unless there is a predestined relationship.This is not kindness, but disdain to care about, just as people don't care about ants.

But there are also closeness, if it is someone who has been with you for a long time, even if it is ordinary, some cultivators will care about it in their hearts.

There is nothing wrong with cultivators who are ruthless and sentient, but the choice of path is different.

Entering the examination room, the three nine-day exams passed quickly.

Then there is the tedious waiting.

Daliang Law stipulates that from the end of the first round of the township examination, the chief examiner will draw the lottery and divide the papers.Then each room began to mark the papers separately.The time for admission and release of rankings shall not exceed ten days from the time when the examination papers start.After deducting some trivial links in the middle of the officialdom, the actual examination time is only three or four days.

As for the township examination, there are three exams in total, with close to tens of thousands of references, so the workload is not insignificant.

And because the township examination is a grand ceremony for the country's talents, the candidates who are selected will be qualified to be officials, and its importance is self-evident.Therefore, in order to ensure relative fairness in admissions, after the admission list is announced, the provinces still need to send the test papers for the selected candidates to the Ministry of Rites for re-examination. This step is called 'grinding'.

"Grinding" is generally completed by the masters and outstanding students of the academy. These people were first-class Jinshi or outstanding people after entering the Imperial Academy. After they had no intention of official career, they transferred to the academy.Under the cultivation of the academy, everyone's knowledge is more refined, and their spirits are gradually different from ordinary people's strength.

When reviewing the test paper, it is natural to be very careful.

So for a long time, the examiners below, in order not to make mistakes, were reprimanded when they were found to have made mistakes and omissions.The eight-legged essay is the first, because the structure of the stereotyped essay is rigorous, and the good and bad of the eight-legged essay can be seen at a glance by the examiners who have been immersed in the stereotyped essay for many years, and the effort of marking the papers is greatly saved.

Therefore, Daliang Dynasty did not pay attention to stereotyped essays from the beginning, but the development of world affairs. In order to be lazy, the examiners below deliberately leaned towards this aspect. Over time, unspoken rules were formed.

As the first major test of the imperial examination, the Tongsheng Examination focuses on stereotyped essays.

The same is true for the country test.

It's just that there is another system for collecting lost items in the rural examination. If some papers with outstanding literary talents and obvious personal characteristics are rejected, they will be re-selected by the chief examiner and have a second chance.

These people are often the heads of state capitals who accidentally fall down, and they have always been quite talented.

In addition, policy theory focuses on personal style, which is not rigid and rigorous like stereotyped essays, so it is easy to recognize.

This also makes it easier for the state capitals to win the case.

As for Qin Chuan, a small three-yuan case leader, the natural style of the article is more eye-catching.

"The destruction of the six kingdoms is not due to the army's disadvantage. If the war is not good, the disadvantage lies in bribing Qin; bribing Qin and losing strength, the way to destruction is also..."

A policy theory called "Six Kingdoms" appeared in the eyes of Fan Shixing, the chief examiner of the rural examination.The others are mortals with naked eyes. He was born in the Hanlin Academy and studied in the academy for a period of time. Now he has come out of the academy to become an official. His first job was to be the chief examiner of the provincial examination in Yujiang Province.

After reviewing the stereotyped essays, he was going to find some policy articles to wash his tired eyes, so he found this one.After opening the test paper, take a closer look.

But seeing the handwriting on this test paper, like a dragon and a snake, with green breath coming out of every word, I was greatly shocked in my heart.

"Famous story through the ages!"

"The master of the article should be number one in the provincial examination."

Seeing that Fan Shixing was very excited, other tired examiners also came over to make fun of him. After seeing the policy article, they were all surprised beyond words.

"The examiner is right. The master of this article does not take the first name. I will be laughed at after the ages." Some examiners echoed.

If it was a normal day, he would definitely be regarded as flattering the examiner.

But seeing the article, they are all convinced.

Give them another ten or twenty years and they won't be able to write such articles.

"Guochao uses stereotyped essays to select scholars, and this student can write such a magnificent essay, his talent is really hard to hide."

"The matter of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms seems to be very familiar in this life, and the historical materials are complicated. It is really rare for a student to have this insight outside of the classics."

Even for the children of the gentry's family, it is not easy to understand history in addition to the classics.Because that is something that takes extra effort, and the benefits are not high.When studying history and governing history, it is often after passing the exam that people are not under so much pressure from scientific exams, so they will focus on it.

Reading history makes people wise, and those who study history often tend to have unique insights.This kind of person is easy to achieve or become famous in the officialdom, at least they will have great potential.

"Since everyone agrees that this article is the number one, why don't we see who he is? Otherwise, I will think about this next time and have no intention of reviewing the paper."

Fan Shixing put forward an idea.

Although this is a bit of a violation, it's okay under the watchful eyes of the public, and even spreading it is still a scholarly matter.

After all, the right to speak rests with these scholar-bureaucrats.

With this majestic essay, they took it as the first place in the provincial examination, and there is really nothing to criticize.

"Qinchuan of Lingzhou."

All the examiners secretly said: "It really is him."

Fan Shixing said with a smile: "It seems that everyone has heard of Qin Sheng's name, no, it will be called Qin Jieyuan from now on."

"Adults have discerning eyes and talents."

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This day is the day when the results of the township examination are released. The tolerance in the yamen is wearing red clothes and beating gongs and drums. There are also many villagers from Qin and Zheng villages who have come out to make a living in the city. I heard that Qin Chuanzhong understands Yuan, and they all follow the tolerance. All the way to the Liaozhai Inn with gongs and drums.

But the inn and Wuliuzhuang, Qin Chuan are not there.

Wang Fu came out to receive him and offered a lot of rewards.

Wang Fu himself also hit the bottom of the second list, which happened to be 99th.

Because the list of the township examination was released from the bottom to the top, he was the first to receive the news, and then rushed to the Liaozhai Inn to announce the good news to Qin Chuan.

Finally, the police and folks were sent away.

Wang Fu took some time to ask Qingqing, "Where did your son go?"

He murmured in his heart, "Could it be that Liuxian forgot that today is the day when the results of the provincial examination are released? It's impossible. Liuxian has always been careful, so it's impossible for him to be careless here."

Clearly wrote a note.

Wang Fu looked at the clear and beautiful handwriting, thought about himself, and couldn't help but feel ashamed.Fortunately, he was thick-skinned, pretending to be innocent, and read the contents of the note.

It turned out that Qin Chuan had gone out to visit friends.

Wang Fu was quite envious of the destination - Yujiang Dragon Palace.

Since the biography of Liu Yi, Dragon Girl has become the dream lover in many people's hearts.Liu Yi has become an outstanding representative of soft rice men in everyone's hearts.

Elder Liu had heard about this, but he was a little helpless.

Obviously Qin Chuan didn't deliberately describe this point, and these people still insisted that he was a soft rice boy.

The world has misunderstood him too much.

And he couldn't help feeling that everyone has jealousy.

If he hadn't been suave, handsome, and talented, would Dragon Mother have taken a liking to him?

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Upon receiving the invitation, Qin Chuan didn't intend to go at first, but thinking that Liu Lao's life was numbered, he went too.Anyhow, forget the year to hand in a game.

And he hasn't been to Yujiang Dragon Palace seriously yet.

I don't know how it compares to the East China Sea Crystal Palace in the illusion?

Qin Chuan passed through the well and arrived at the Yujiang River, where he was slowly performing water techniques, heading towards the Dragon Palace Water Mansion at a leisurely pace.

Suddenly there was a strange sound in the river, which turned into water waves and spread to Qinchuan.He looked over, and there were black objects shaking in the distant waters.

For a moment, the black object that could be seen in the distance flew towards him like a sharp arrow.

The black object was getting bigger and bigger, and when it came close, it shone like a pearl. Qin Chuan could clearly see that this was a chariot with pure black decoration, but the whole was flowing like clouds and flowing water, and there was no unnatural place to be seen.

There were two people sitting in the car, but the car was pulled by two unknown water beasts, with four legs and a body like a snake.

When the chariot arrived in front of Qin Chuan, it stopped suddenly.

Qin Chuan recognized one of them, who was the green-clothed scholar who took part in the provincial examination with him. This person was also invited by Liu Lao.

"Young Master Lu, now Tian is the God of Qinghe River, and met Qin Jieyuan."

His surname is Lu, and his first name is Gongzi.

What an odd name.

But when he heard that the other party was Qinghe River God, he was naturally Elder Qin's boss.Qinghe River is a major tributary of Yujiang River.In a sense, Qinghe is a subordinate of Yujiang Dragon Palace.

"The God of the River is welcome. He only released the list today. Did the God of the River know the result of the provincial examination so soon?"

Mr. Lu smiled and said: "As a god, I always have a feeling for such a major event as the new release of Jieyuan in this province. I didn't expect that Qin Jieyuan and fellow Taoist Xu Shou are both practitioners. Fellow Taoist Xu and I met by chance on the road, and he also mentioned you. "

Xu Shou is a scholar in green shirt. He was invited by Mr. Lu to attend the Dragon Palace banquet. He did not expect to meet Qin Chuan on the way.He was not surprised that Qin Chuan took Jieyuan.

Now that he met Qin Chuan in the water area, he overturned his guess that Qin Chuan cultivated righteousness, but he didn't expect that the other party was also a practitioner.

Apart from being a little jealous of Qin Chuan instinctively, he really couldn't see Qin Chuan's specific ways just from his appearance.

While Xu Shou's heart was fluctuating, he also bowed to Qin Chuan.

In this way, Qin Chuan knew Xu Shou's origin.

"It turns out that he is the leader of Qingjing Sect. The Taoist priest in Qingfeng Village in Panlong Mountain belongs to Qingjing Sect. Now it has been renamed Qingjing Sect and has become independent from Wenxiang Sect."

The God of Land and the God of Marriage are not vegetarians either, and the news is very well informed.

Moreover, Yuhu and Bingyan lead people to the red line, so they will naturally hear a lot of gossip, and will tell Qin Chuan some news about the practice world.

So the three of them went to Yujiang Dragon Palace together.

On the way, Qin Chuan chatted with Mr. Lu, only to realize that the old dragon's time is limited because of the long life of the dragon.Although he abdicated to his grandson, it was not long, but this short time is almost a long life of a mortal...

But now he really looks like he's going to die.

The old dragon's remaining breath could not be swallowed for a lifetime.

It's actually a deterrent.

　There will be an update tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)