Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 6 Hangzhou, Paradise on Earth
Each examination dormitory in Zhejiang Gongyuan is the same, 1.6 meters long and 1.3 meters wide, barely enough for two square meters. Pan Changjiang and Zeng Zhiwei can just lie down here.

Thinking about this depressing little space, as well as the autumn tigers and autumn mosquitoes in the eighth lunar month in Zhejiang, Wang Daoqiu really had the urge to give up on his future and return to the countryside to become a private school teacher.

But fame, fortune and wealth are so fragrant that no ordinary person would be willing to part with it!What's more, he is not the only one who has to suffer this crime.There are a total of more than 800 dormitories in Zhejiang Gongyuan, all of the same size.It doesn't matter whether you have a rich father like Cong Cong, whether your father's name is Li Gang or not, or whether your family has a social butterfly like Yangzhou Dai.Anyway, after entering here, no matter whether you have money or not, whether you have background or not, everyone is the same, it’s very fair.

Besides, each session here lasts for two days and three nights, and three sessions last seven days and nine nights. During the day, there are free saunas for autumn tigers, and at night, we fight against autumn mosquitoes, leaving us smelly and sticky all day long.This taste is very uncomfortable, but you have to admit that it is very challenging!It’s really about excellent physical fitness and extraordinary perseverance, both of which are indispensable!
What is the purpose of the imperial examination?Isn’t that just selecting administrative officials for the country?An official who has to bear the responsibilities of a place or even a country does not have the physical fitness and perseverance, how about that?

After thinking about this, Wang Daoqiu couldn't help but sigh that the provincial examination of the Ming Dynasty was really indispensable for IQ, physical fitness, extraordinary perseverance, and the ability to endure hardships!Dandies, this imperial examination is really not suitable for you. This is a life-changing ladder for children from poor families.

Understanding the court's good intentions, Wang Daoqiu felt that this residence felt a little like family.So he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet.Mu De, if you work hard to live in a poor family, is it not as good as those dudes who can endure hardship?Fight!Next time he made up his mind, Wang Daoqiu sat there and waited quietly.

This was because Wang Daoqiu was pulled by the fat man to take a trick and did not join the crowd. He waited for most of the candidates to enter before queuing up.Therefore, there were not many candidates waiting in line behind him.

Therefore, not long after Wang Daoqiu sat in the dormitory, there were a few bells and drums from the Mingyuan upstairs of the Gongyuan, and then the sergeant shouted "Close the door" with a loud voice.

The provincial examinations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were very serious. After all candidates entered, the gate of the Gongyuan would be closed and locked, and no one would be allowed to enter or exit.And once this door is locked, it is absolutely not allowed to be opened until the exam is over.Even if there is a fire in the Gongyuan and the candidates are burned to death, this door must not be opened. Everything must wait until the end of the exam.

The gate of Gongyuan was closed, which meant that the exam had begun. The servants and clerks began to distribute test papers and draft papers to each dormitory.Then some officials came over to announce the exam questions, holding big signs with exam questions written on them.

Wang Daoqiu first copied all the test questions on scratch paper, and then he used his knowledge reserve as a young scholar to solve all the questions he knew how to do during the day.As for the questions he couldn't solve and the questions he had little confidence in, in the middle of the night when everyone was quiet, he would go back to the library to look through the information.

In this way, I worked hard for two days and three nights, and then went out to rest for a day, and then it was another two days and three nights.Wang Daoqiu finally made it to the end of the provincial examination.

When I walked out of the examination room after the exam, I recalled the pain I suffered during these seven days and nine nights. During the day, I was so hot that I took a sauna.At night, I was exhausted from the guerrilla warfare by Qiu Mosquito.Looking back again, looking back at this Zhejiang Gongyuan, Wang Daoqiu felt really panicked in his heart. It was so terrifying!The paper won't come again next time.

He walked out of the Gongyuan with fear in his heart, just like the last two times, the fat man had already handed in the papers and waited for him at the door.As soon as he saw Wang Deqiu coming out, the fat man leaned over and said happily: "Liangzhen, this is not a human life, we are finally at the end of it. Let's go to the inn to take a shower first, after the shower, my brother will take you Go take it easy."

While the fat man was talking, he gave Wang Daoqiu his small eyes, a wink that any man could understand.Wang Daoqiu saw Fatty's lascivious look, and naturally knew what Fatty's so-called "relaxed and relaxed" was referring to.

So Wang Daoqiu pretended to be decadent and depressed, and said feebly: "Brother Zhijian, you are really amazing! After seven days and nine nights of tossing, you can still go there, I admire you! But little brother, I My bones are weak. I now have back pain, leg cramps, and my whole body feels like it’s about to fall apart. I have to sleep for a day and a night after I go back and take a shower. By the way, Brother Zhijian, I’ll find you after I’ve had enough sleep. But I didn't look for you, but I still want to sleep, you can't come and knock on my door. Otherwise, I don't have to be friends."

"I know, you know, look at your little body, you really can't stand the pain. You need to eat more meat in the future! Okay, I listen to you. I'll sleep for a day and a night. When your body feels comfortable, my brother will take you there." Loosen quickly, relax quickly.”

"roll"

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Just walking and talking like this, Wang Daoqiu and Fatty returned to the inn.It's still the same old rule, take a shower and change clothes first, then have a big meal, then go back to the room and lie down straight to sleep.

The next morning the inn was extremely quiet. The scholars and students were all exhausted from those seven days and nine nights. Now they were all sleeping in their rooms, and no one got up early.

Wang Daoqiu was afraid that the fat man would come to wear himself to help those class sisters when he woke up, so he had no choice but to hide early.To be honest, it's not that Wang Daoqiu doesn't like women, on the contrary, when he sees beautiful women, he will sneak a glance at them.But it is precisely because he knows that he has weak resistance to beauties, so he dare not follow the fat man there.After all, in Wenrou Township, Hero Tomb, once a man is addicted to gambling and sex, what else can he do in this life?
God had given him such a great kindness and allowed him to travel through time. If his ideal in life was just to do something, then Wang Daoqiu himself felt that he would be struck by lightning.So since he knows that he can't resist Wenrouxiang, he should keep himself away from that kind of temptation. This is what Wang Daoqiu is thinking now.

Leave the inn and walk on the streets of this paradise on earth in the [-]th century, with small bridges and flowing water and people in the south of the Yangtze River, a perfect combination of quiet and beautiful natural scenery and human society.Being in it is really like being in a landscape of ink and wash, and the whole person's heart feels pure.

Looking at this paradise on earth, Wang Daoqiu couldn't help but think of Hangzhou in later generations.It was a modern city of reinforced concrete and high-rise buildings. It was prosperous, indeed very prosperous.But apart from prosperity, it only has some primitive human desires left, right?In Hangzhou after the new millennium, does it still have something to do with beauty and soul?Anyway, when Wang Daoqiu went to Hangzhou in later generations, his impression of Hangzhou was "annoying" and he wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Let’s put it this way, compare Hangzhou, the paradise on earth in the [-]th century, with the modern metropolis Hangzhou after the new millennium.Wang Daoqiu felt that they were the difference between quiet and beautiful girls and coquettish young women wearing heavy makeup.As for whether you like it or not, that depends on your personal preference.

I don’t know what others think, but Wang Daoqiu prefers Hangzhou, the original paradise of the [-]th century.Because Wang Daoqiu believes that only beautiful scenery that can make you linger on it from the depths of your soul is worthy of being called paradise on earth.As for the so-called modern metropolises, there will be no shortage of them in China after the new millennium, and there will be even more of them in Europe, America and Japan.

What's more, after becoming a modern metropolis, Hangzhou is full of big city diseases, especially its traffic that is worse than world-class.The urban traffic in Hangzhou in later generations is so bad. Anyone who has stayed there knows that impatient people will really be driven crazy.The living experience in the city is so bad. If you don’t have a good temper, you really can’t stay there. How can such a city that is completely unsuitable for human habitation deserve to be called “paradise”?
Therefore, Wang Daoqiu likes Hangzhou with its authentic ink landscapes and believes that the current Hangzhou is worthy of its reputation as "Paradise on Earth".

Just complaining about the city planning of later generations, Wang Daoqiu walked towards the West Lake after eating a meal of Hangzhou specialty snacks on the street.

When he came to West Lake, his plan for today was to first climb Baoshi Mountain, then go along Bai Causeway to Su Causeway, and finally go back around.But when he had just walked to the lake and looked at the scenery of the lake and mountains, a middle-aged and thin scholar who was drunk walked over to him.While shaking, the man was muttering something loudly: "Stereotyped, you hurt people.", "Stylish, I don't accept it"....

Having drunk like this so early in the morning and still cursing "eight-legged essay", Wang Daoqiu understood that this middle-aged scholar must have participated in the provincial examination like himself.Moreover, he should have performed poorly in this provincial examination and knew that he would definitely fail this time.That's why I drank like this so early in the morning and kept cursing "eight-legged".

The middle-aged scholar walked drunkenly, swaying, and was just one step away from falling into the lake several times.If you drink like this and fall into the lake again, you may drown!

It was too dangerous, Wang Daoqiu couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward to help the middle-aged scholar.But as soon as his hand touched the middle-aged scholar's arm, the other party pushed his hand away with great force, and said angrily: "What are you going to do? Are you trying to rob money?"

Ma De, doing good deeds is called robbery! With the violent temper of the new youth in the 21st century, I really want to curse for a while, and then push this idiot into the lake to make him sober.

But Wang Daoqiu now has in his mind not only the way of thinking of the new youth of the 21st century, but also the kindness of the young scholar of the [-]th century.

So Wang Daoqiu endured the unhappiness in his heart, took out his talent certificate from his body, handed it to the other party and said, "Brother, don't get me wrong, I am a student in Changxing County, Huzhou Prefecture. My surname is Wang, my name is Daoqiu, and my name is Liangzhen, it’s not a villain. I saw that Xiongtai was drunk and walking by this lake is very dangerous. So I just wanted to take Xiongtai away from the lake and go to a safe place. I didn’t want to be misunderstood by Xiongtai.”

"Misunderstanding, you have such good intentions, don't you want to covet someone's money?" Seeing Wang Daoqiu hand over the scholar's certificate, the middle-aged scholar reached out to take it while still questioning it.

Wang Daoqiu also endured the rudeness of this middle-aged scholar very hard. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said in an obviously angry tone: "Looking at Xiongtai's accent, he seems to be a native of Hangzhou." ! Where does Xiongtai live? Wang will call you a car and take you back."

"No, no, no. Although I drank some wine and my steps are a little weak, my mind is still clear. I can call a taxi myself. I was rude just now, don't blame me, little friend."

While Wang Daoqiu was speaking, the middle-aged scholar also read Wang Daoqiu's scholar certificate and realized that he had just misunderstood him.So he quickly apologized to Wang Daoqiu.

Now that everyone has apologized, it was indeed a misunderstanding just now, so Wang Daoqiu can't say anything more.So he first reached out and took back his scholar certificate, then took one of the scholar's arms and helped him away from the lake.

(End of this chapter)