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  Chapter 47 046【I can’t find it even if I want to read ancient Chinese】

  Stay in Shitang Town for two days, and stop for a while when passing through the county. The next day, you can see the children's test results.

  The delay for several days was not because Fengzhi County was too slow in grading papers, but because there were too many students taking the exam. There was really no room in the test booth, and there were two batches of exams before and after the county exam, and the questions for each batch were different.

  In Qianshan County, which has a registered population of less than 20,000, more than 4,000 students participated in the county examination this time.

   Does it feel weird?

  There are two views in the historian circle: one holds that the Ming Dynasty Yellow Book only counts adult males; the other thinks that the Ming Dynasty Yellow Book only counts adult men and women.

  No matter what kind, children are not counted, even if they are settled.

   But something is still wrong, the ratio of school children to registered population is still not right.

hehe.

  The registered population of the government is for the central court to see. It may not have changed for hundreds of years, and it has even been declining in Qianshan County.

  Just because the population increases, the total amount of taxes must also increase. Firstly, it is not easy for magistrates to collect enough taxes, and secondly, the amount that magistrates can retain will be reduced, and local officials will only change their yellow books when their brains are flooded.

   When the tax is actually collected, it is another system.

  In the past, we relied on grain to grow, but now we rely on interior growth. There is no need for a household registration booklet at all. People in the village who don’t know each other have to pay taxes if they don’t have the protection of a wealthy family.

   "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

  Although Fei Ruhe was young, he was considered physically strong, and he pushed away the other students on the list all the way.

  He walked to the bottom of the list and looked up—

  First place, Fei Ruyu.

   Second place, Hu Zongru.

   Third place, Fei Kai.

  Fourth place: Fei Han.

  Keeping and reading all the time, he got it right.

  117th place: Xu Ying.

  398th place: Fei Ruhe.

  Qianshan County’s provincial examination list, a total of 400 students were admitted, which is about one-tenth of the reference number!

  Under normal circumstances, the county test only admits dozens, but that only applies to normal states and counties.

  The highest record in the north is in Ruyang, Henan Province. More than 8,000 people participated in a county examination, and about 800 were admitted.

  The highest record in the south is Linchuan, Jiangxi Province. More than 10,000 people participated in a county examination, and more than 1,000 people were admitted.

  The schoolchildren who participated in the county examination were very dehydrated, and many of them came to experience the atmosphere.

   There is no quota, usually one out of ten, if there are too many people, let the magistrate have a headache.

   "Father, I've passed, I've passed!" Fei Ruhe was ecstatic.

  Fei Yinghuan had no expression on his face: "If you pass it, you pass it. You don't need to take the government test. You may not even understand the questions of the government test."

  Fei Ruhe still kept his fantasy: "If you are lucky, the magistrate will give it to you."

  Fei Yinghuan's face was very ugly, he gritted his teeth and said: "The magistrate is not as easy to talk to as the magistrate, and your father has no friendship with the magistrate!"

  Fei Ruhe immediately shut up.

  Zhao Han asked: "My lord, then I don't have to go to the government to test?"

   "You can go, or not." Fei Yinghuan asked Zhao Han to decide for himself.

   Those who are admitted in the government examination are Tongsheng, and there is still no quota for the number of students, usually one of the two is chosen. But if there are too many candidates, it is also possible to choose one of three, one of four, and one of five.

  Jiangxi's difficulty in **** is first reflected in the prefectural exams. Children who have passed the county exams must be eliminated by at least three quarters.

   In other provinces and counties, the admission rate of the government examination is about one-half.

   "Then I'd better not go." Zhao Han laughed.

   So what if I pass the government test?

   In the Taoist test, you have to frantically brush people, Jiangxi scholar is not so easy to test! From the county test, the government test, to the Taoist test, the three hurdles add up, and the admission rate of scholars may be less than 1%.

  Beside the admission list, there are several model essays posted, and Zhao Han's article is among them.

  A seventeen or eighteen-year-old schoolboy shook his head, and repeatedly praised: "Every man is a teacher of a hundred generations, and a single word is the law of the world. It's really amazing! I wonder which child prodigy Fei Han is?"

   "Which one is Fei Han?"

   "Which Fei Han belongs to my Fei family? We must make friends."

   "It must be me, Chen Jiangfei!"

   "Nonsense, it must be me, Shitang Fei!"

   "..."

  Zhao Han hurried away and quietly pushed out of the crowd.

   Among the countless people who looked at the list, no one discovered that his article was plagiarized.

  Fei Yinghuan returned to Hanzhu Academy, and immediately ran to the library to find articles.

  Zhao Han wrote the titles of more than a hundred articles, and the ancient prose of the Qin and Han Dynasties was also included, which is about half of the "Guwen Guanzhi".

  …

  Inside the library.

  Fei Yinghuan looked at the catalog of ancient texts and asked, "Who is the author of this "Book of Jingzhou with Han"?"

   "Li Bai." Zhao Han replied immediately.

   If he couldn’t answer any more, Fei Yinghuan would beat someone up.

  There were several ancient essays before. Zhao Han only remembered the title of the article, but he forgot who wrote it. How did Fei Yinghuan find it?

  When he heard that it was written by Li Bai, Fei Yinghuan was very happy because there was "Li Taibai's Collected Works" in the library.

   "This way!" Fei Yinghuan greeted the school staff.

  Two handymen came over carrying the wooden ladder, Fei Yinghuan climbed up it himself, took out "Li Taibai's Anthology" and quickly read it.

  Ancient anthologies also have catalogs. Fei Yinghuan quickly found the original text, threw it to Qin Xin and said, "Copy that article down!"

  Zhao Han quickly said: "The Preface to the Spring Night Banquet in the Peach and Li Garden is also Li Bai's."

  Qin Xin quickly flipped through the catalog and said, "Daddy, this is the volume in my hand."

   "Copy it together." Fei Yinghuan urged.

   Although Zhao Han could not recite the full text of these two articles, he was very impressed with some of them.

   "You don't need to be sealed as a marquis, but I hope to get to know Han Jingzhou." - The opening part boasted that Li Bai is a master of flattery.

   "Heaven and earth are the reverse journey of all things; time and time are the passers-by of a hundred generations. But life is like a dream, what is the purpose of joy?"—Very suitable as a QQ signature to pretend.

  Fei Yinghuan glanced at the ancient text entry, and asked: "Is Li Bai also written "Diao Ancient Battlefield Essay?"

   "Uh... forgot, it shouldn't be Li Bai." Zhao Han was a little embarrassed.

   "Then there is no way to find it," Fei Yinghuan could only give up, and asked, "Who is the author of "A Fang Gong Fu?"

  Zhao Han said: "Du Mu."

  Fei Yinghuan had studied Du Mu's poems, so he immediately took the servant boy to look for them.

   After much tossing and turning, I only found this "Fanchuan Poetry Note", which is full of Du Mu's poems, and there are no ancient prose at all.

  For modern people, "A Fang Gong Fu" can be seen casually.

   But in the Ming Dynasty, there were only two ways to obtain it: one was the Ming Dynasty imitation of the Song version of "Fan Chuan Anthology" (both poems and essays), and the other was Wu Zhi's "Fan Chuan Anthology" (with essays but no poems).

   These two sets of printed editions are both regional publications, which are not available in most states and counties.

  The search was fruitless, Fei Yinghuan said: "Forget it, I won't find this article either."

  Zhao Han quickly said: "My lord, this is a magnificent essay."

   "Really?" Fei Yinghuan couldn't believe it, because he had read Du Mu's poems, and his style of writing didn't look like he could write a masterpiece.

  Zhao Han said: "I can recite it, but I don't know if I can recite it all."

  Fei Yinghuan ordered Jian Dan: "You record it."

Zhao Han immediately recited: "The six kings are finished, the four seas are one, Shushan Wu, Afang came out. Covered for more than three hundred miles, isolated from the sun. Lishan is built from the north and turned west, going straight to Xianyang. The two rivers melted and flowed into the palace wall. Five steps On the first floor, there are ten steps and one pavilion. The corridor is full of waists, and the eaves and teeth are pecking high. Each embraces the terrain, fighting each other..."

   Jian Dan cried when he remembered, put down his pen and said, "Brother, slow down."

  Zhao Han looked over his head, good guy, "Six Kings Bi" is written as "Six Kings", and there are also a bunch of typos behind it.

   "Let me write it." Zhao Han could only say.

  Wrote the first few paragraphs silently, but forgot everything in the middle. Zhao Han couldn't remember it after thinking hard for a long time.

Then simply put an ellipsis and skip directly to the last paragraph: "Woohoo! The six countries that destroy the six countries are not Qin. Reject Qin. Make Qin return to love the people of the six countries, and then pass on to the third generation to be king forever. Whoever wins will destroy the family? Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, and later generations mourn. Posterity mourns for future generations."

  Fei Yinghuan stood next to him and read it, and immediately exclaimed: "Sure enough, the ancient writings are magnificent. I didn't expect Du Fanchuan to write such an article!"

  Zhao Han said: "My lord, let's continue looking for articles."

  Fei Yinghuan pointed to "A Fang Gong Fu": "Where is the one in the middle?"

   "Forgot." Zhao Han expressed helplessness, he really forgot.

   "How could you forget such a good article? Think again." Fei Yinghuan urged.

  Zhao Han smiled bitterly: "I've thought about it, but I really can't remember it."

  Fei Yinghuan saw a good article, but this article was incomplete, and his heart itched like a cat scratching. He said to Jiu Po: "Go to the academy and ask around. Who knows where I can buy Du Fanchuan's anthology? I will give him five taels of silver. If anyone can write "A Fang Gong Fu" on the spot, I will give him 20 taels of silver." Two silver coins!"

  Jiu Po ​​led away, and Fei Yinghuan continued to search for articles.

  After several days of searching like this, out of the more than 100 titles given by Zhao Han, only more than 70 were found in the library, including many articles by the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties.

  Ask all the teachers and students of Hanzhu Academy, but no one can write "A Fang Gong Fu" silently.

  However, a teacher gave a clue that he had seen "Fan Chuan Anthology" in the library of Ouyang family in Taihe County.

In order to ask for a complete "Ode to Efang Palace", Fei Yinghuan took out 50 taels of silver and said to Wei Jianxiong: "You and Qin Xin, go to Taihe County immediately, prepare gifts for your visit, and take my name card to pay a visit to Ouyang's family." , Be sure to copy back "A Fang Gong Fu"!"

  Wei Jianxiong asked in surprise, "An article is fifty taels?"

   "It's worth it, one hundred taels is worth it," Fei Yinghuan said, "as long as you can bring the article back, no matter how much money you actually spend, the rest of the silver will belong to you."

   "Is there such a good thing?" Wei Jianxiong said happily, "Don't worry, my lord, this matter is on my shoulders."

  Qin Xin was also very happy. Wei Jianxiong was always forthright, and he would definitely get a lot of money if he went to work with him this time.

  Wei Jianxiong and Qin Xin left, and Fei Yinghuan continued to search hard for two days.

   Seeing that there were no more articles, Fei Yinghuan had no choice but to go back home. He seemed to be pointing and said to Zhao Han: "Brother Han, your previous library must be much larger than mine."

  Zhao Han replied without changing his face, "My father liked to borrow books everywhere before he was alive."

  Fei Yinghuan thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Oh, I won't get to the bottom of it anymore, your ancestors must have extraordinary backgrounds. If you win the exam in the future, you can change back to your original surname."

   "Thank you, my lord." Zhao Han cupped his hands and bowed.

   Some articles in "Guwen Guanzhi" are now either found in "Yongle Dadian" or lying in a certain family's library.

  Ordinary scholars, don't even think about contacting them for a lifetime.

  Pang Chunlai learned of this, and came to visit Fei Yinghuan on the way, and asked Xu Ying to help transcribe a copy.

  There are more than 70 ancient essays, all of which are famous. Pang Chunlai had only read more than 20 before.

   It's not that I don't want to read it, it's just that I can't read it.

  After reading all these articles, Pang Chunlai called Zhao Han over: "Are these all given by your father?"

   "Yes." Zhao Han's face became thicker and thicker.

  Pang Chunlai joked: "Your family is not a descendant of Zhao Song, is it?"

   "No." Zhao Han flatly denied it.

   "It can be, it will be useful for rebellion in the future." Pang Chunlai said.

   Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's useless to play the banner of Zhao Song. What's more, the rebellion depends on yourself. The princes and generals are kind."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Pang Chunlai laughed loudly: "If you have ambition, you should be like this!" He asked again, "Aren't you going to take the government exam?"

   "Can I pass the exam?" Zhao Han asked back.

   "No." Pang Chunlai shook his head.

  Zhao Han, Xu Ying, and Fei Ruhe all passed the county examination, but none of them took the prefectural examination.

  Everyone knows the difficulty of the government test!

  (end of this chapter)