Mingshi

Chapter 494 Arrive in the capital
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There are dozens of teams, and there are guards who hold weapons and look fierce. Even if there are robbers, they dare not provoke them. The most important thing is that Lu Yuan has rich experience in walking and has already arranged his schedule. When to set off, how many roads to walk, and when to hit the tip, all arrangements were made properly, and I arrived in the capital without any setbacks.

Some people here have been to the capital, like Tao Xingyan, Yun Zhiqiu and others, even Zhou Yu has also visited the capital, so there is no fuss after seeing the capital, but Luo Xin is the first time to come to the capital of Daming, Seeing the thick city walls, the capital of the Ming Dynasty shocked him very much.

Entering the capital, I saw countless candidates. It was almost February at this time, and a large number of candidates began to pour into the capital, and it was overcrowded for a while.

Every child who entered the capital had hope on his face.Ages vary from youth to middle age and even old age.Looking at the flow of people, Luo Xin couldn't help but feel emotional. He studied hard all his life, just for this day. The best time in his life was spent on studying hard. Countless people from all over the world went to Beijing to catch up for the exam, but how many passed the exam in the end?

It's really thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge!
Even if you kill the single-plank bridge and win the Jinshi, how many people can live a happy life in the end, can display their ideals, or live a comfortable life?

The officialdom is a place of ups and downs. Years of hardships may result in a kind of suffering, a kind of disappointment, and even ruin and imprisonment.

But even so, it can't stop the trend of wanting to be an official. As long as the family has the conditions, every parent will choose to let their son study and take the imperial examination.

Being successful in the examination does not mean that you can become an official, although you can also be an official, but you can only be admitted to the eighth rank. The best chance is to be re-enrolled as a seventh-rank magistrate. Impossible, if you want to really embark on an official career, there is only one way, and that is to take the Jinshi examination. Only by passing the Jinshi examination can you have the foundation to be an official.

The test will be held in Beijing in February.Therefore, candidates who are close to the capital can still leave for the capital after the year, while candidates who are far away from the capital must leave before the year, and even some candidates who are far away have to leave several months in advance, plus waiting after the exam. When the list is published, those who are close to each other will need to stay in the capital for two to three months, while those who are far away will need half a year from the date of departure.

In the 2 provinces of the Ming Dynasty, more than [-] candidates, each with a few guards and book boys, nearly [-] people poured into the capital.

Some people have said, weren't there poor scholars in ancient times?Will poor scholars have servants and bookboys?
Guest officer, the poor scholars you mentioned were the situation before the provincial examination.There are only poor scholars in the world, but there is no such thing as a poor scholar.Once a scholar wins the Juren, many people will take the land deeds and join them as slaves, and they will become rich in an instant. Or how to put it, there is a golden house in the book?

Therefore, the inns in the capital were full all of a sudden, and the prices were increased by five times. Even so, many people could not live in the inns.

The annual examination held every three years is called the Year of the Big Competition, and it is a year of harvest for the people of the capital. Many people vacate one or two rooms in their homes and rent them out as guest rooms, even in Taoist temples and temples. Of course They don't say it is rented out, but called sesame oil money.

This is not only the problem of living, but also the problem of prices. All the prices in the capital are soaring, at least five times the usual level. This is a harvest season for the people of the capital, but for the exam candidates, But it is a huge consumption.

In normal times, three or five taels of silver a month for accommodation in the capital would be enough, but now it costs between 15 taels and 20 taels.In addition to the daily food expenses, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for reading, the expenses of gatherings, the exchange of favors, and the travel expenses to and fro, the cost of one examination basically needs 200 taels of silver.

Even if they are already recruits and are no longer poor scholars, this kind of fee is unaffordable for many candidates.If it is a scholar who has just won the exam, it is okay, with a new house slave, relatives and friends, and even gifts from the local county magistrate, this time he will be able to cope with the test, and it will not be too shabby.However, is Jinshi so easy to take the exam?
More than 5000 people can only pass 290 nine candidates, including three first-class candidates, 85 second-tier candidates, and 210 candidates from three schools. Most of the exams will fail, so there are many exams held every three years. I have passed the exam several times.People like them who have failed the exam several times, first of all, the local county magistrate will not give silver taels every time, and secondly, neither will their relatives and friends. This kind of repeated failure has actually become a poor candidate. Although they are richer than poor scholars, their consumption is also greater than that of poor scholars!
However, the state governments in various places still consider this point for these candidates. Thirteen provinces have established guild halls in the capital. These guild halls are not government-run, but built through donations. Charge relatively low fees.But when it comes to the Year of the Great Competition, these guild halls will no longer entertain anyone who has nothing to do with the examination, they are specially used to receive candidates and entourages, and all board and lodging are free.

Of course, the accommodation conditions will not be good, and neither will the food. If you want good food and accommodation, then don’t live in a guild hall, and live somewhere else if you have the money.

Therefore, candidates from all over the world choose to live in the guild hall because they have no other choice.

Luo Xin and the others naturally did not have such concerns, they were directly brought by Lu Yuan to Lu Tingfang's Befu in the capital.This is the place where Lu Tingfang lived when he was an official in the capital. The whole garden is not big or small. There are two gardens in the front and back, and more than a dozen houses. This means that the Lu family is rich. Man has no such dwelling place.

Lu Tingfang's servants and maids had already opened the door and stood there watching. They have been doing this for the past few days. When they saw Luo Xin and the others riding their horses, they immediately showed joyful smiles and greeted Luo Xin. up.

"The old servant pays homage to my uncle!"

Luo Xin nodded, jumped off the horse, and walked into the gate under the leadership of Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan was very familiar with this place, and immediately arranged for his servants to lead Jinyang Jiujie to their own rooms.

After a few days of travelling, even Luo Xin, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, felt exhausted.After taking a bath and changing clothes, they had a simple meal, and then everyone went back to their own rooms and fell asleep.

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