late Qing Dynasty arrest

Li Guolou went out before dawn. The street was wet and slippery after the rain. Li Guolou jumped out of the carriage holding an umbrella, and there was already a sea of ​​people in front of him.Two or 3000 people gathered in front of the Gongyuan gate, including poor students, servants, and family members of students.

Li Guolou gathered his umbrella and stood under the eaves to hide from the rain, waiting for the moment when the door opened.

Young Master Zhu Danyu walked by and said with a smile: "Captain Li, you came so early."

Li Guolou glanced at Zhu Danyu who was dressed like a New Year's Eve, looked down on the flashy Zhu Danyu in his heart, raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhu, don't call me Captain Li from now on, call me Mr. Li, or Xiao Li. "

Zhu Danyu said with a sinister smile, "Actually, we all call you Xiao Lizi behind our backs. It's the same as calling me Xiao Xianggong behind others' backs." After speaking, Zhu Danyu laughed happily to herself, making Li Guolou dumbfounded. He said that it was Li Gonggong in the palace and Zhu Danyu who didn't understand the world, making the people around him laugh.

Li Guolou and Zhu Danyu stood side by side, chatting like good friends.

The surrounding people range from people in their 60s and 20s to people in their [-]s. Some people met in the cram school held by the Gongyuan Academy. They greeted each other, encouraged each other, and said a few auspicious words.

"Food bucket!" Li Guolou saw Cao Kexing, Zhu Dinghe, Fan Dahui, Wei Hanyu, Xu Lan, five students, and waved to them.

"Ah! Fake;;;;;;Xiaolou, you're here for the scientific research too." Fan Dahui Le Diandian approached, a little surprised to see Li Guolou here.

"Why, can't it? I'm also a Gongsheng student. It's not a piece of cake to get an exam admission ticket. Is it worth shouting?" Li Guolou rolled his eyes, a person who doesn't know current affairs, do you want to hang out with him in the future?

Fan Dahui hurriedly said: "Xiaolou, don't be angry, I just didn't expect it. We were still talking about you in the morning, and I told them that I plan to live in the capital permanently. I said, if you don't pass the Jinshi exam, you will have no face to see the elders in your hometown. I will hang out with you for two years first. Hehehehe!"

Li Guolou said casually: "Student Fan, don't babble, I still want to hang out with you, but the big monster is still unknown, isn't it? After the exam, we will divide the size."

Zhu Dinghe yelled indifferently: "Why are you being modest? From now on, you'll be messing with me. If you can't make it to the top [-], what's the point of riding a wall and holding an umbrella? Who knows?"

Early in the morning, everyone around looked at Zhu Dinghe with a loud voice. A person who talks too much doesn't know what it means to be ashamed.

Surrounded by students who talk big, people who are still modest when they come here are a bit hypocritical. Who doesn't want to be admitted to Jinshi?Say a few big words to mediate the tense atmosphere, and the most words are words of encouragement to each other.

With a bang, the gate of the Gongyuan opened, and the salute was fired. The auspicious time had come. The chattering and laughing students stepped into the compound, behind them were all eagerly expecting faces, and the family members stood outside the gate and waved to the students. bid farewell.A goal will change the fate of hundreds of people's lives. At this moment, Li Guolou walked with his head down, keeping a low profile, and followed the swarming crowd into the Gongyuan.

Entering the Gongyuan, first register the roster, there is a roll call by the guards, and check the examination admission card, household registration, and fingerprints.Then one by one, they took off their clothes, searched their bodies, and checked whether there were four books and five classics used for cheating.

At this time, the folks in the Qing Dynasty sold a necessary weapon for exams, the Four Books and Five Classics specially used for cheating, which were miniature cheating books.Selling this kind of miniature cheating book is to confiscate the house and sentence, but there is a market, and there are always people doing this business.

Some candidates took the risk and hid their secrets in their bodies.In the past, people who cheated to be admitted to the scholar, but now they are also admitted to the Gongyuan after being admitted to the Jinshi.The guards caught the cheating candidates and were expelled. They stripped off their pants and beat their bare buttocks with a board on the spot.But there are always candidates who hide their secrets and slip through the net, sneak into the examination room, carry a treasure book with them, and secretly rejoice that the chances of being admitted to Jinshi are much higher.

The students who entered the examination room had to worship God first. Nearly [-] students, led by the chief examiner Li Hongzao and six assistant examiners, offered incense to Confucius.

After kneeling three times and knocking nine times, the cannon was fired again.The students filed into the examination room and sat in a small cubicle, waiting for the examination papers to be handed out.

When the examination papers are not issued, candidates should make preparations first. Ink grinding is the first priority, and only by calming down can they write good characters. An examiner’s eyes must first enter an examination paper. First, the font must be beautiful and the examination paper should be neat.Brushes are a must for candidates to bring into the examination room. Generally, a student needs to bring four or five brushes.

The only way for ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty to become an official is to test Wenjuren or Wujuren. This is a single-plank bridge that changes the destiny of life. It is sacred and solemn and cannot be desecrated by the world.However, the Manchu government is practical, and the rules of the Manchus, cheating emerges endlessly, and it has become the rules of the examination room.

Li Guolou got the first exam paper and read it first. He had to do one exam paper a day, so he had plenty of time.He first looked for topics he could do and wrote, and completed two-thirds of an examination paper.Then it is to appreciate the words I wrote. I have a certain foundation, and I can't find faults in the general aspects, and I wait for the answers to the test papers.He wasn't in a hurry at all, those assistant examiners were in a hurry!How many copies of exam answers should be written for cheating students.

At noon, a patrolling examiner, who seemed to appreciate Li Guolou's article, stopped and stepped into the cubicle. Suddenly, the middle-aged examiner took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Li Guolou. , hissed: "Li Guolou, don't worry, I'll stand at the door and write quietly, don't make mistakes."

Li Guolou looked up at the examiner and remembered the face of this room teacher. This is his benefactor, and he will pay tribute every year in the future.This is how he earned his fame, Li Guolou was like a gentleman, sitting upright and copying exercises.As for the stereotyped essay of three or four hundred characters at the end of the examination paper, Li Guolou studied it, changed a few words slightly, and copied the essay written by the chief examiner Li Hongzao.

"Actually, people have the power to accumulate their whole life, and they will not know it by themselves in the end, but they must wait until they develop. People who have accumulated a single-minded meditation, who have never tried it at the beginning, and who do not know what others have already known, will be told by the gods, so learning Sincerity is deep, there is a Hou Yan, and there is no room for secrets;;;;;;”

It's no wonder that it was written by the emperor's teacher. The colorful stereotyped essay is well-written and well-written.Li Guolou admired Li Hongzao from the bottom of his heart, and it was difficult for him to recite this article. Next, he would have to work hard to memorize this article.In the future, it will be passed on to his disciples, as his own masterpiece, if he also writes a book and biography in the future, his mentor Li Hongzao should not blame him for this behavior, nor will he expose his lies.

At noon, he ate white steamed buns and drank tea to satisfy his hunger. In the afternoon, Li Guolou heard the sound of gunfire, so he had nothing to do.There are regulations in the examination room that draft paper is not allowed to be taken out, but must be handed in. Therefore, Li Guolou dare not smear indiscriminately. He writes exercises in the draft paper, as if he is trying to figure out the exercises. Follow the Tao, deliberately write your experience on the draft paper.

Hearing a cough, Li Guolou looked up and saw an old man standing at the door of the cubicle, staring at him solemnly. This is Li Hongzao, the world-renowned university scholar, the teacher of Emperor Tongzhi, the honor of being an emperor's teacher , worthy of the admiration of all students in the world.

Li Guolou turned on his knees and kowtowed three times. Tears flowed from his eyes. His mentor gave him a masterpiece to ensure his ranking in the top two. In this life, he can only pay a huge amount of tribute.

"Hmm!" Li Hongzao made a sound through his nasal cavity, and left with a tacit secret joy. This apprentice is good-looking, understands the rules, comes from a scholarly family, and has a lot of money. Such an apprentice is worthy of his guidance.As a teacher, in addition to judging scholars by their talents, they judge people by their family status. Talent and wealth complement each other and complement each other. The accumulation of a scholarly family is based on the accumulation of wealth. visible.

Li Hongzao said to the middle-aged examiner, "Lord Mao, that's right, show me Li Guolou's examination paper later."

Examination papers are ambiguous. When the examination papers are handed in, even the teacher who approves the papers does not know who is who?But now that the first step of cheating has been made, the "system of obfuscating names" has long existed in name only.

Mao Changxi said respectfully: "It's the teacher. I'll go in later to collect the test papers. That kid is wasting time."

"Well, I can see it." Li Hongzao smiled casually, walked into the lobby, and knew that Li Guolou was wasting time, if he had the answer and couldn't do well in the test paper, he would be a fool, how could "Devil Six" be recommended into the examination room.

At dusk, with the sound of gun salutes, Li Guolou jumped up, handed the exam paper to Mao Changxi respectfully, and said, "Thank you, teacher." After speaking, Li Guolou walked outside the exam room like other students who handed in the exam papers. Most of the people in the examination room have left, only a few students are still sitting in the cubicles racking their brains.

Exams are like this, a sentence is familiar to the ear, memorized fluently, and I know how to write it, but I can't remember it when I take the exam.

The people who walked out of the examination room were full of confidence, boasting that they had mastered all the questions in today's exam. When asked by the person next to him, Li Guolou smiled and said in a low-key way: "It's not bad. I wrote it. As for whether it can be admitted to the teacher's Fayan, it depends on God's will."

Li Guolou didn't blush, and the people next to him couldn't see what was going on in his heart, they pretended to have no idea, and didn't dare to recite that famous stereotyped essay.

Cao Kexing, Zhu Dinghe, Fan Dahui and other students from the same hometown met on the street and whispered to each other, telling each other about the experience of the first day of the exam, and the next two days are equally critical, encouraging each other.

Li Guolou shook his head and said, "Let's go, let's have dinner together, don't talk about the exam, keep working hard tomorrow."

Fan Dahui said with a simple smile: "For six of us, each with one tael of silver, we should eat six taels of silver, don't you think so?"

Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "If you kill your idiot, two taels of money will already be worth the money."

No one had eaten well at noon, and a group of people who were so hungry that they reported almost all of Bao Zhifang's signature dishes.

It was impossible to get a carriage at the gate of the Gongyuan, so Li Guolou stepped into the carriage to meet him, and Chen Xiangfang and Mayuko sat in the carriage.

"Mike, how did you do in the exam?" Mayuko asked impatiently.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Li Guolou winked, fearing that the servant driving the carriage ahead would see him, so he made an OK gesture.

"Oh;;;;;;" Chen Xiangfang and Mayuko let out a long sigh of relief and clapped their hands together. All worries are unnecessary. Li Guolou is trustworthy, and the cheaters have kept a mysterious and low profile until now.

Chen Xiangfang warned: "Xiaolou, don't be complacent, practice calligraphy for me at night, and don't drink alcohol."

"Oh! I will be a Tang monk and keep a low profile. But you, don't go to Baozhi's room for dinner, go home for me." Li Guolou saw through Chen Xiangfang's uncontrollable giggles, and refused to let her even have dinner. she goes.

Knowing her weakness, Chen Xiangfang nodded and said, "Mayuko, watch Xiaolou, I'll wait for you at home." "Hi!" Mayuko nodded in agreement, and the three of them covered their mouths and snickered in the carriage, as if they were thieves , dare not let people know that they are happy.

In the evening, Li Guolou returned home, finished grooming, and was about to go to bed early. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Today the teacher came to see me."

"Really?" Chen Xiangfang was quite excited and asked, "What did Li Hongzao tell you?"

Li Guolou said with a smile: "*** first he coughed, then I knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and finally the teacher said 'hmm' and left."

"Chi Chi Chi Chi!" Chen Xiangfang laughed so hard that she hugged Li Guolou tightly, and the two of them fell on the big bed together, playing and playing.

The rainy night was deep and the oil lamp was blown out, but Li Guolou couldn't sleep well, fearing that there would be some changes in the next two days, and hoped that the days of fear would pass quickly.I was wondering what the Emperor Tongzhi looked like?