Poor Family 1

  Chapter 264 Sang Jiawazi

  After the new year, the day of the imperial examination is approaching day by day. The new year is renamed Xuanhe, and the provincial examination in the first year of Xuanhe is scheduled for the first day of February.

In fact, the provincial examination is only the second part of the imperial examination. The following is the Fajie examination, and the palace examination is above. To a certain extent, the provincial examination is just a qualification examination for the palace examination. The palace examination held immediately after the provincial examination is the real destiny. At the beginning of the imperial examination, the emperor personally presided over the provincial examination and ranked the final rankings.

The results of the palace examination are the first list and the second list. The first list refers to the top three. Scholars who failed in the palace examination also gained fame, and given their background as Jinshi, they all had the opportunity to take up official positions.

Since November last year, Juren and Gongsheng from all over the world have arrived in the capital one after another. Gongsheng is a unique candidate for the imperial examination this time, and it is also a kind of compensation given by the Ministry of Rites for the deprivation of the right to issue papers in various places. Recommend a number of outstanding scholars from the state schools to come to the capital to take the provincial examination. The number of people is almost half of the quota for the Fajie examination.

At this time, there were nearly 80,000 scholars from all over the country who came to Bianjing to prepare for the imperial examination. They were imperial students, new recruits, and tribute students. Yes, the major inns in the capital were already full, and the monasteries and houses were also full of scholars. The business of Bianjing entered a golden age due to the arrival of scholars from all over the country.

Scholars can be seen everywhere in inns, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, teaching workshops, brothels and other places. Even Baoyan Zhai has set up a counter for scholars, and there are long queues of scholars every day. Once in Beijing, of course you have to bring some high-end things from the capital for your wife or mother, and Baoyanzhai's rouge perfume is naturally the first choice.

  Rich scholars buy a few boxes of 20-cent treasure boxes, and poorer scholars will also buy two-color rouge, or go to Li’s rouge shop to buy some high-quality and cheap powder to take back home.

But the best business is the major restaurants. Except for some very high-grade restaurants such as Fanlou, the large, medium and small restaurants in Bianjing and the Goulan of each tile shop have been occupied by scholars. accent, but everyone is talking about the same topic, the imperial examination, their faces are filled with confident smiles, ten years of cold windows, everyone thinks that they are fully prepared, as long as there is a fair competition, they will definitely be admitted by the imperial examination.

  After the Hungry Ghost Festival, the carriage of time towards the imperial examination speeded up suddenly, and the days passed like flipping through a book. In the blink of an eye, there were only ten days left before the imperial examination began.

In the afternoon, as usual, Li Yanqing sat and took a rest in the small woods behind the dormitory. It was late January, and there was already a hint of warmth in the air. The snow had already melted away, the branches began to turn green, and several wintersweet plants were in full bloom, filling the air with an intoxicating fragrance.

Li Yanqing likes wintersweet and chrysanthemum the most. He stands in front of a tree of wintersweet, looking at the golden wintersweet tree, delicate petals, dark yellow color, he seems to have seen the most beautiful artwork in the world. I remembered a quatrain: "Sparse shadows and slanting waters are clear and shallow, dark fragrances float and moon dusk".

   Right at this moment, a shout like a broken gong suddenly came from behind: "Ha! So it's here."

  All the beautiful scenery and mood were completely destroyed by this shout. Li Yanqing turned his head and saw a fat guy appearing beside the woods with a tricky smirk on his face. It turned out to be the big fat guy Zheng Rongtai.

  Li Yanqing said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

   "I'm here to drink with you!"

Zheng Rongtai's biggest advantage is his thick skin. No matter how rude Li Yanqing is to him, he will not be angry. He ran up and said with a smile: "I just went back to the capital last night, and I wanted to come to you as soon as I opened my eyes in the morning, but unfortunately my uncle stopped me." , don't you think I've lost weight again?"

  Zheng Rongtai turned around in front of Li Yanqing like Zhu Bajie dancing ballet, Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "I don't see where I'm thin, I just feel the same as before, but much thinner than when I first met you."

Li Yanqing was telling the truth. When he first met this big fat man, he was like a mountain of meat. Later, he became a little thinner in the capital and turned into a hippopotamus. Later, he taught him to lose weight, and he lost weight again. Became a boar, and stayed that size.

  Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing and said: "It's good if you can keep it, it's worth encouraging."

   "Let's go! Let's drink upstairs."

  Zheng Rongtai impatiently pulled Li Yanqing away, Li Yanqing hesitated, "Not going to the building!"

  Zheng Rongtai suddenly realized that he remembered the group of Xixia warriors, and his enthusiasm for going to the tower immediately faded, so he scratched his head, "Then where do you want to go?"

   "Go to Sangjiawasi!"

  Taixue opened its west gate last year. Outside the west gate is the Caihe River, and on the other side of the river is a very lively place in Bianjing. Sangjiawa Si is located in it, and Xingguo Temple is located one mile northwest.

   Zheng Rongtai was still a little hesitant, he thought the grade of Sangjiawa Si was too low, Li Yanqing stared, "Are you going or not?"

   "Go! Go! Go!" Zheng Rongtai agreed repeatedly.

  Li Yanqing went back to the dormitory to tidy up a bit, then walked to Sangjiawasi with Zheng Rongtai.

Sangjiawa Si is located in the west of Deyinan Bridge. This area is a gathering place for migrants. It is densely populated and prosperous in business, but the grades are relatively low. Most of the private houses are mainly rented houses, and there are also many official rented houses. They are in Taixue all the year round. Half of the more than 10,000 auditors who attended the lectures lived here, and the other half lived outside the city, because the rent in this area was cheap, and a large number of scholars who came to Beijing to catch the exam also lived here.

Sangjia tiles are far inferior to Shangzhou Xiwasi or Xinmen tiles. It is characterized by "big and small", which means that tiles cover a large area, covering hundreds of acres. There are hundreds of buildings in alleys.

Miscellaneous means that there are a lot of shops, densely packed, one by one, without planning, all kinds of business are mixed together, each one is not big, this is the meaning of "small", small shops, many, although Bianjing has six There are more than a thousand shops, but these dense and messy small shops are not included. In addition, the cheapest brothels in Bianjing are also concentrated here. There are more than a dozen Sangjiawasi, hidden deep in the dark alleys.

As Fatty Zheng's royal relative, of course he looked down on these low-end shops, but Li Yanqing didn't care. Delicious food from all over the world.

   "Just find one! My stomach is so hungry that I can't walk."

   Fatty Zheng complained as he walked. He held a folding fan and looked at all kinds of pedestrians with disgust. Eating here really made him feel ashamed.

"this home!"

  Li Yanqing pointed to a nearby restaurant with great interest. The other shops were greasy and dilapidated, and the signboard on it could still be vaguely recognized, ‘Xiangzhou Crispy Flesh and Flesh. '

  “Although the store is not very good, the crispy meat is really authentic, and the hot and sour soup is also good. I go to this place every time I come here.”

  Zheng Rongtai's mouth was almost grinning to the ears, he just came from Xiangzhou yesterday, and he was asked to eat Xiangzhou cuisine again, he was not tired of it!

   But he didn't dare to object. Seeing Li Yanqing went in, he had no choice but to follow in listlessly.

  The store is very narrow and long, divided into two rooms inside and outside. There are only three seats outside, one for two people and one for single people.

  The guy knew Li Yanqing, bowed and smiled and said, "I'm really sorry Li Shaojun, there are no seats inside, just sit outside!"

   "Okay! Fatty, let's sit outside."

   Zheng Rongtai suddenly found an excuse, and hurriedly said: "If I sit on this body, the aisle will be impossible to pass. Otherwise, let's change to another one! Come to eat at this one next time."

  Li Yanqing scratched his head. Zheng Rongtai's body was indeed too wide. As soon as he sat down, most of the narrow aisle was blocked. It seemed that he had to change to another house.

   "Okay then! Go to someone else's house to see."

   "Okay!" Zheng Rongtai turned around and walked out impatiently.

  Li Yanqing was about to leave, when the curtain was pulled open, and someone asked, "Why hasn't our food been served yet?"

  The voice seemed familiar. When Li Yanqing turned his head, the man also saw Li Yanqing. They were stunned for a moment, and they said in unison: "So it's you!"

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