Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Ah, are you going to Xi'an?" Nannan stared in surprise with black and white eyes, and exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Xie, you are going to catch up with the exam, and you still take me there?"

This expression looked so cute, one couldn't help but want to reach out and rub her cheek.

Xie Ranran: "Why, girl, you don't want to?"

"I am willing, I am willing, I am so willing!" Nannan was overjoyed, jumped up, and smiled happily: "Xi'an is a big place, I have wanted to visit it for a long time. It is better than staying in Fufeng all day, and I don't have to suffocate myself According to me, your place is far behind Cangzhou."

Xie Ranran: "That is, Cangzhou is where the Changlu Salt Transport Yamen is located, and it is also the hub of the canal. I also went to it the year before last. Naturally, it cannot be compared with Fufeng."

Nannan went on to say: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with Cangzhou. My father said at the beginning that I would take my daughter to the capital, saying that the place is bigger. Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, children have to go to more places to open up. vision."

When talking about her father, her expression darkened again.

I don't know why, but when I saw Nannan's expression, Xie Ran felt a little depressed and sad, and couldn't help comforting me: "Miss Nannan, I will take you to Xi'an, because I want to see if I can find someone to ask about you. The whereabouts of my father, after all, there are more people in that place."

"Thank you, brother." Nannan expressed her gratitude with a positive blessing.

Xie Ranran: "Young girl doesn't need to do this, I have a house in Xi'an, after the girl goes, I can live there temporarily."

"It's great to have a house. I knew you wanted money. Do you want to bring Chongzui?" Nannan cheered, "I hate staying in inns the most. Last time I was kidnapped by those two villains and stayed in an inn for more than a month, okay?" Terrible, until now, every time Nannie sees the inn, she feels uncomfortable."

Seeing that her face changed color, Xie Ranran felt sad, and deliberately smiled and said: "It can't compare to the richness of the girl's family, so I have to go, otherwise, there will be no one to serve the girl."

"Thank you, brother, when will you leave?"

"Where can you just leave, you have to take an exam first, you have to understand it. Maybe you didn't pass the exam!"

"Why can't I pass the exam? Excessive modesty is pride. I'll go talk to her and tell her to prepare in advance."

"What does excessive modesty mean pride?" Xie Ran was taken aback, thinking for a long time before he figured out what this sentence meant.She felt a little annoyed in her heart: the girl must have heard these words from her talented, noble, and evil father.This person is amazingly talented, but this sentence is very poisonous, and it is really overwhelming to hurt people.

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The so-called quota solution is actually a procedure in the imperial examination field.But before the provincial examination, the Provincial Xuezheng sent people to the local government to preside over an examination attended by scholars. If they passed the examination, they could go to the provincial examination.

This procedure is not implemented in all counties, mainly for cultural and educational counties.For example, in a county like Chun'an in the south of the Yangtze River, there are at least thousands of famous scholars in a county. If so many people go to take the provincial examination, the examination room will not be crowded.In addition, everyone is a good writer, once you pass the test, all the places for candidates are filled by scholars from one of your counties.

Therefore, every time the township examination, the provincial education administration will give each county a number, and then take the exam, and only those who pass the exam can take the township exam.

Ordinarily, there are few scholars in the northern provinces.Moreover, for the political purpose of balancing the number of scholars in the north and the south, the imperial court gave preferential treatment to the northern provinces, and did not set a limit on the number of scholars.

As long as you have the reputation of a scholar and want to take the exam, just sign up for it.

However, this place in Shaanxi is quite special because it is too big.During the Yuan Dynasty, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai were all combined to become the chief envoy of Shaanxi. There were many counties, and the number of candidates assigned by the imperial court was not enough.

Moreover, the culture and education in Shaanxi, especially the Guanzhong area, has been extremely developed since the Yongle year, and in the Hongzhi year, there were famous people like Li Mengyang and Kang Hai.Speaking of the style of reading, in recent years it is not much inferior to that of Jiangnan.

This year, the dignified Fufeng County only got nine places for candidates.

There are many scholars in Fufeng County, some are studying Confucianism, some are ashamed to study Confucianism for many years and go to teach in a library, and some are rich in the shogunate, at least there are more than 200 people.So many people want to try their luck in the examination room, the number is limited, there is no choice but to take the examination.

After Sumusu Zhuangyuan inspected Shaanxi Xuezheng on behalf of the imperial court, he issued an order: the scholars from Fuxian County who went to Xi'an for the rural examination, were appointed as the third class of three, that is, nine quotas, and nine people were approved to represent the county to go to Xi'an for the rural examination. It is a correct solution player.

The master of the Provincial School of Political Affairs came to take the test in person, and set six grades, and took the top three grades, that is, excellent, good, and qualified, and picked the top three from the three grades of papers to make up nine quotas.

Xie Tianran rested at home for two days, and then a master of education and politics came down from the province to preside over an exam.

The exam is also simple, and there is a stereotyped essay.

Naturally, Xie didn't take the imperial examination very seriously, so he wrote an article casually.

Xuezheng finished reviewing the papers on the same day and set the rankings, Xie Ziran actually took the first place.

It's strange to say that Huang Dong didn't do well in his studies, and his test scores came in at the bottom, and he only got a pass.But it was also due to his luck, in the qualifying class, he happened to come in third place, according to the rules, he got a quota, if Ming Chao had glasses, he would definitely be on the ground.

If the grades are good, even if you get an A, as long as you don't get into the top three, you won't be able to go to the provincial examination room.Huang Dong didn't do well in his studies, but because he got a qualified third place, he actually went there.

It seems that there is also a big problem with the system of the imperial court.

As soon as the news came out, Huang Xiucai was so happy that he almost went crazy, he laughed at everyone, and looked arrogant.

To be honest, Xie naturally has talent.Otherwise, it would not be possible to become a scholar from a schoolboy within four years.For this exam, he is also confident, and it is not surprising that he passed.

Now, pack your bags and get ready to go.

There is only half a month left before the current Shaanxi Provincial Examination, and Xinzhi County dare not delay.As soon as the quota test came out, a post was posted the next day to the candidates to let them go on the road, and four taels of silver was attached to the travel expenses. This is called a reminder.

It only takes three to five days to travel from Fufeng to Xi'an, four taels of silver is enough for candidates to spend in Xi'an, and they can still live in luxury.You know, the living expenses of ordinary people are only three or four dollars a month!

So, as long as one gets a solution, one year's living expenses will be covered.

Therefore, it must be tested.

Xinzhi County set up a colorful shed at the east gate to see off the nine candidates in the county. This is called the ceremony of jumping over the dragon gate.

The entertainment life in ancient times was poor, so it was rare to have such a lively event, and almost all the people in the county came here.