Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

According to the system of the imperial court, before the township examination, the time and place of the examination, as well as the names of the chief and deputy examiners, the examiners of the eighteen housemates, and the outer curtain officials must be announced.

Generally speaking, an announcement will be made seven days in advance.

But this year, it was brought forward to August [-]st. When Su Mu got the news, he went out early in the morning to the governor's yamen in Beizhili to read the announcement.

Candidates from the whole of Beizhili were over [-] people together, crowding the governor's office, and Su Mu also squeezed for a long time, sweating a lot before getting to the top of the list.

The chief and deputy examiners of this subject are all bachelors of the Hanlin Academy. The examiner's surname is Yang Mingtinghe, and many candidates have never heard of this person before.

But Su Mu was taken aback. Isn't this Yang Tinghe the chief minister of the cabinets of the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, and his son Yang Shen was one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty.If I can win the exam this time, and become the disciple of the chief assistant in the future, it will be of great benefit to my future career.

He also didn't know whether Yang Tinghe had presided over this period of the Northern Zhili provincial examination in the official history.It is estimated that this is a trivial matter, and it is not uncommon to see no historical materials.

As for the examination room, at first glance, all the scholars in Beizhili were blown up, but they were not in the capital, but arranged to go to Tongzhou.

It turned out that in the past, the scholars from Beizhili took the provincial examination in the Shuntianfu Gongyuan, and the candidates in Shuntianfu were arranged to go to the Xuezheng Yamen in Tongzhou.

Today it fell apart.

Speaking of it, if it is in a modern society, it is not a big deal to take a car from the edge of Beijing to Tongzhou, which is one to one and a half hours' drive.

In modern society, the city of Beijing is astonishingly large, with five and six rings, and it is not far from the east of the city to Tongzhou.

But this is the Ming Dynasty, and Su Mu and other scholars lived in the inner city, which was far away from Tongzhou, more than 30 kilometers away.

Of course, if you take a boat, it will only take a day.

The problem is that today's weather is also evil, and it is very hot. I haven't been down for more than 40 days in a row. The river is shallow, and I can't go by boat.

It takes two days to travel more than 70 miles, and there is still the risk of heat stroke.

As far as Su Mu knows, this ancient road is not easy to walk, the journey is tiring and exhausting, how can we guarantee the status of the exam?

Like him, other scholars were also very dissatisfied and clamored at the same time.

Hearing the commotion outside, an official came out of the governor's yamen, and apologized to the scholars, saying that the governor had gone to Shanxi for business, and he was not sure when he would return.

The scholars refused to obey, and shouted again, is there no one in charge in this yamen? Come out and take charge.

The official smiled wryly and kept bowing, saying, fellow scholars, the governor's yamen in Zhili is not a permanent institution, and the daily affairs are handled by other yamen, they are just decorations and can't be masters.

Besides, there are still a few days until the township examination, so don't worry about it, let's go to Tongzhou as soon as possible, so that we can spare some time to study for homework.

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, everyone had no idea and was very depressed.

Everyone gathered from east to west, gathered together by region, and discussed going to Tongzhou together.

Su Mu is also very troubled, besides today, there are still eight days to go to the township examination, and two more days will be deducted on the way, leaving him with only six days of work, so when should he go to Tongzhou?

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a group of scholars came over and shouted from a distance: "Zi Qiao, Zi Qiao, I expected you to be here today, and I did."

The leaders were Sun Chen and Mu Sheng, as well as three scholars, all of whom were candidates for the provincial examination from Baoding Prefecture.

When Su Mu looked at Sun Chen, he felt a little embarrassed. Last time he lied to him with a random address, but this time he met him, so he felt a little embarrassed: "It turned out to be Brother Zixiang and Brother Mu. I have met you brothers."

Sun Chen didn't seem to remember that, he held Su Mu's hand and kept shaking it, and then laughed: "Zi Qiao, it's good to see you, let's get together and discuss going to Tongzhou together later. Things. Let’s go for a walk, let’s go to the restaurant for a few drinks, and my younger brother will be the host.”

Everyone applauded at the same time.

Su Mu couldn't refuse, so he had to go.Besides, it is a good thing to be able to go to the examination room with so many people and not feel lonely on the road.

He won three yuan in Baoding, and now he is considered a local celebrity. Other scholars are also very respectful to Su Mu. They all say that there are not many talents in Baoding in the current provincial examination. It is estimated that Su Mu can be said to be stable. As for others, they do their best. Listen to fate.

Su Mu also smiled wryly in his heart, the boy's test was not difficult, and he was lucky, so he was lucky enough to get the title of scholar.Don't meet for the test, because you need to know the test questions in advance, pinch the snail with three fingers-hold it firmly.

This time the township examination must be based on real ability. After passing, the future will be smooth.If you can't get over it, it will be like this for the rest of your life.

He has never been so nervous before, and this feeling is worse than when he entered the college entrance examination room.

After drinking for a long time, Su Mu, Sun Chen, Mu Sheng and the others discussed that they would study in the capital for four more days, leave on the [-]th, arrive in Tongzhou on the [-]th, rest for a day, and enter the examination room on August [-]th.

Mu Sheng said that he had already hired two donkey carts in advance, and six people fit into one. There was also a relative in Tongzhou who happened to be staying at his house.

When Sun Chen and the others heard this, they disagreed, saying how could two cars fit so many people together, and how heavy two big men were.Can a donkey move?In any case, it is necessary to hire several carriages so as not to delay the delay.

Mu Sheng smiled and said: "Brothers, you don't go out to visit, can you hire a carriage in this capital? The scholars in the whole of Beizhili are here, there are more than 2000 people, no matter how many carriages there are, it is not enough? "

Everyone says this is the truth.

Mu Sheng said again: "Don't underestimate the donkey in the capital, it is a big green donkey crossed from a good breed, it is big and strong, but it has a bad temper, and it is like an imperial emissary, just a little bit."

When everyone heard what he said vividly, they all burst out laughing.

After two full hours of drinking, everyone made an appointment at a time and place, and dispersed separately.

When I got home, it was already noon.As soon as he entered the small courtyard, he saw Zhu Houzhao sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hands, looking at them fascinated, and tsk-tsk: "It's beautiful, it's beautiful, it's good, it's good."

And Xiaodie squatted on the edge of the eaves with an angry face, washing her clothes like she was angry.

Liu Ban and the guards were not there.

As soon as Su Mu saw Zhu Houzhao, his head started to swell: "Come on, I haven't been here for several days, I thought you forgot this place?"

"How can I forget, you are so interesting here, I have long wanted to come here, but unfortunately, I was punched by your senior brother that day, and my nose was bleeding. It took me a few days of decoction, and it was so bitter..." Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth, with a painful expression on his face.

That day he coaxed Emperor Hongzhi to say that he was on fire and that the crown prince was suffering from expensive illnesses.

Poor future Emperor Zhengde is fierce and ferocious. He has never taken medicine in his life, and he is so bitter that he calls his father and mother.

Most of the medicines used for the fire were cold medicines such as Coptis chinensis, which were surprisingly unpalatable.

After finishing the mountain of medicine, Zhu Houzhao already had a psychological shadow.

"Junior brother..." Su Mu remembered that Zhu Houzhao was referring to Hu Jinxue.