Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 393 Domineering
"Who said that he won the court's case?" Du Jinning said, "As long as you don't go to his poetry meeting, you will still have a chance."

Xu Chengyuan scratched his head, and Du Jinning made him even more confused: "How do you say that?"

Du Jinning sighed.Her eldest brother-in-law is quite upright and motivated, but she is a bit dead-headed.

She turned her head and said to Qi Muyuan, "Tell me." She wanted to see if she was the only one who understood this question.

Qi Muyuan said calmly, "Because the chief examiner is Mr. Zhao."

"Master Zhao?" Xu Chengyuan became more and more confused.Why did Master Zhao get involved again?
Yao Shuqi also looked at this and that with a bewildered expression, looking confused.

Hearing Qi Muyuan's words, Du Jinning felt refreshed.

Finally, someone understood what she meant.

Knowing that Qi Muyuan didn't like to talk, she did it for her: "Master Zhao is Mr. Qi's disciple. He is the chief examiner, that is, the examiner. But the examiner of our college examination is the academy mountain chief or The screen friend is in charge." Seeing that Xu Chengyuan was still in a daze, she could only clarify a little bit more, "It is impossible for the examiner and the examiner to be from the same camp, and of course, it cannot be a hostile relationship."

For Chaotang, low-level scholars like Xu Chengyuan, who are not even scholars, don't care, they put all their energy on studying.Only after being admitted to Juren or even a Jinshi did they start to pay attention to these.So when he heard Du Jinning's words, he still didn't understand.

Yao Shuqi went through the government examination with Du Jinning and participated in the Zhou Dongping incident.Hearing this, he was thoughtful.

Du Jinning looked at Xu Chengyuan's expression and knew that he still didn't understand.But when it comes to not being clear about this, it is difficult to explain clearly, and it is hard to explain clearly in a few words.

She said: "In short, as long as you know that not going to this poetry meeting will do us more good than harm."

Seeing that Du Jinning didn't want to talk anymore, Xu Chengyuan didn't want to ask anymore, so he had to tell Du Jinning the address left by Qi Siyu.After chatting for a few more words, he left.

But before leaving, as the eldest brother-in-law, he couldn't help but persuade Du Jinning: "I think there is only one case, and there is no need to fight for that. The most important thing is to be admitted to a scholar and go to a government school to study. It's important. You'd better think about the matter of the poetry fair."

Without waiting for Du Jinning to say more, he said goodbye and left.

Du Jinning watched him get into Wang Fulai's car, then turned his head and asked Qi Muyuan, "What do you think?"

"If you have the opportunity to get the top case, why do you want to let someone else do it? I don't believe that the surname Qi won't let us enter the government school after we got the top ten in the exam." Qi Muyuan still had that indifferent expression.

Du Jinning gave a thumbs up: "Domineering."

She put down her thumb, raised her eyebrows and said, "Think about it, you and I are competitors, because there is only one case. I won't let you, even if you are my brother."

"Same as above." Qi Muyuan cast a sidelong glance at her, flicked his sleeves, turned and entered the door.

Du Jinning made a face behind him, followed his example, flicked his sleeves, and crossed the threshold with his head held high.

Qi Muyuan caught a glimpse of her action out of the corner of his eye, couldn't help laughing, reached out and tapped her on the head: "Naughty."

Outside the door, a young man passing by in a carriage happened to see this scene. His eyes moved to the plaque in front of the door, and there were two words written on it: Qi Mansion.

He asked the boy next to him who was fanning him: "Did you see those two people just now? The one who is slightly shorter looks kind to me. Have you seen it somewhere? Isn't there not a lot of people living in this Qi mansion?" ? His master came back from the capital?"

The servant shook his head: "Master, I've never seen that young man before. You look at Mian Shan because he resembles the Seventh Young Master a little bit. As for the owner of this house, Old Shen Tou came to our house a few days ago to inquire. The villain heard him talk about living in the house, saying that his young master came back to take the courtyard examination."

"So that's how it is." Hearing this, the young man raised his brows, he didn't take Du Jinning seriously, and told the boy, "When you go back, remind your wife to prepare a gift for Qi Mansion."

"Yes." The servant replied respectfully.

While speaking, the carriage had gone deep into the alley and stopped at the door four houses away from Du Jinning's new house. The young man got out of the carriage with the servants and walked in directly.And on the top of the gate, there are two big characters: Du Zhai.

After rejecting Qi Siyu's invitation, Du Jinning didn't take it seriously and concentrated on studying at home.

Learning is like that circle, the more you know, the more you feel there are more unknowns.Moreover, her reading is different from ordinary scholars like Xu Chengyuan. Xu Chengyuan's eyes are only on the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have to memorize all these books thoroughly, and also read some annotations and interpretations.Du Jinning is not like this.

She stands taller and has a broader vision. What she sees is what schools of thought exist in this era, how far has the literary form developed, what are the laws and policies of this era, the development level of various industries, and the direction of the court’s advocacy, etc. , and compared with the history in her memory, to find out the advantages and disadvantages of this alternate history of governance.Although there is no information for her to inquire about these things, she can understand the general situation through the books in hand.

This kind of jumping out of the world of mortals and looking at the development of the whole society macroscopically and critically from the perspective of God is not even possible for the rulers of the court, because they themselves are also in the game.

Therefore, Du Jinning always has endless books and knowledge.

Qi Muyuan's reading is also very complicated, but unlike Du Jinning who pays more attention to people's livelihood issues, he is more inclined to legal and criminal cases.When two people see a book that is more interesting or feels that the other party is interested, they will also recommend each other and share it together.

Settle down and study quietly, half a month passed by, and soon it was time for the college examination.

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan moved into their respective courtyards one day in advance.Asking the servants to put the things away, the two of them strolled around the gate of the Gongyuan.

This is Du Jinning's habit from his previous life. On the first day of the big exam, he had to visit the exam room.

Because of the existence of Gongyuan, this street is called Gongyuan Street.The Gongyuan lives in the middle of a street, facing south from the north, opposite to the city wall horse road and the Kuixing Tower at the head of the city.Although Guangxi Province is not a place of prosperous literature and Taoism, the Great Song Dynasty lasted for more than a hundred years, the country was prosperous and the people were peaceful, the economy was prosperous, and the imperial examination was the only way to get an official in the court, so the Gongyuan here was also built quite magnificently.In front of the gate with three couplets, there is a stone archway with three gates and four pillars, and the word "Gongyuan" is written on the forehead.There is also a tall archway in front of the Gongyuan, and the four characters "Kai Tianwen Yun" are written on the forehead.

(End of this chapter)