Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The Cui family received the jingle, just as honored as this row and this first class.

After the imperial mission left, the respectful people on the street seemed to suddenly come to life, rushing to the gate of Cui's house. Zhao Yinglin blocked the place closest to the door, and twisted and said, "Congratulations to Brother Cui Shi who got the court watch. It was my impulsive look at the good guy in the morning. Please forgive me."

He is not much older than Cui Xie's body. In the eyes of adults who graduated from college, he is still the second-year young man who says that wind is rain.

Cui Xie didn’t hear his impulsive accusation at all. At this time, seeing a young boy obediently and apologizing to him, he bowed back and said gently, “This is a trivial matter. In the heart."

He didn't take that word to heart at all.

Zhao Yinglin was supposed to be happy for him not to care about his failure to speak, but after thinking of this, he felt a little bit worried.

He also wanted to say that he had always believed that he was an upright gentleman when he exposed the evil servants, and did not listen to the slander behind those classmates. But before he could say it, his father pulled him away from behind and enthusiastically shook Cui Xie's hand and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! Xiao Xie, you will become a loyal and righteous person of the court. See who dares to be outside. Chewing your tongue, saying that you have a rift with your family."

Cui Xie thanked him for his concern. Seeing the crowds squeezing into Cui's house, he was really unable to entertain one by one, so he said loudly to the street: "Thanks to your high neighbors for helping each other today, I can send the evil servants to the officials for correction. It’s just time to tidy up the yard, so that the imperial envoy can make the decree smoothly and smoothly. It’s better to choose a day to hit the sun. We will prepare a banquet to thank our neighbors. I hope that all the neighbors don’t think my food and wine are rough, come here and eat. A cup of wine."

Everyone said: "How can there be any reason for the little son to spend money! Today is your day of great joy, we should congratulate you."

Several old neighbourhoods gathered money and asked the restaurant to deliver a few jars of clear shochu, and invited people to come and slaughter a fat steer and a yellow goat that was born out of the mouth and was never fishy. There are also the perch from the Qinglong River brought with water, the yellow eel from the hot spring castle, the tender water chestnut from the Xiangu Temple, the navel crab from the Sanlihe... and there are local specialties such as big ginkgo, Jintang pear, fig, sweet pomegranate, Fresh fruits such as crisp plums, peaches, grapes, and white berries, as well as dried fruits such as walnuts, pine nuts, hazel, and chestnuts, are not worth a dozen silvers together.

When the Cui family first moved in, the owner of the tavern who ordered food took the initiative to bring the cook to the door, and he slapped his heart to recommend himself: "It’s not a boast, my cook is no worse than the chef in Jingli, and his hands and feet are clean, Mr. Cui To prepare a banquet, we use neighbors like us. Wouldn't it be more dedicated than outsiders?"

Cui Xie couldn't refuse, so he thanked Pengyan one by one, and told Pengyan to take the account book and write it down. In the future, the neighbors could return the gift if they had a happy event.

Everyone was elated, just saying that this was a rare event in so many years, and didn't care how much it cost.

Those scholars who were originally self-contained, for fear that they would be said to be clinging to power when they came to him, the fifth-grade philanthropist, also came to congratulate him. The rich give me some pens, inks, papers and inkstones, the well-written poems I wrote, and those who don’t have it, I can write a few lines on the imperial plaque on his door. The couplet of "Feng Fei leaving Jin Shidi and Sheng Grace coming to Yimin's house" never came to the door empty-handed.

When it was time for the banquet, Caifu Yang from Kaibuzhuang across the street invited two beautiful prostitutes to sing songs. They were all dressed up as enchanting and enchanting. When they stepped off the sedan chair, they forced the group of scholars to hide away. Don’t look at it.

This day's banquet opened straight from the evening to the night, and the seats were lined up outside Cui's house. Cui Xie was sitting on the chief, and someone came to toast from time to time. He initially drank fruit wine like sweet water, but after several rounds of toasting and socializing, he became blushing and drunk, and he couldn't sit upright in the chair.

Later, Cui Yuan was replaced by apricot cheese in his pot. The color was also pale white like rice wine, but it tasted full of almond dew, and finally supported him to sit at the table.

At this banquet, he finally recognized all his neighbors, and also met Lin Xiucai, who opened the school. He is about thirty or forty years old. He is an enrolled student. He has a good knowledge of the Book of Songs, and he often has a first or second grade in both examinations.

Such a teacher is not bad. When he came to congratulate him, Cui Xie offered him a few glasses of wine and offered to apprentice.

He also carried the newly released aura of righteous people, and some shortcomings were also hidden. Mr. Lin only felt that although his foundation was weak and his attitude towards learning was very correct, he responded: "My school has no special rules for accepting disciples. If you want to, you can come here any day."

Cui Xie replied: "I just won the imperial edict. I want to go to the ancestor's grave and tell the ancestors of this glory. If there is no accident, I will go to study with my husband when the ancestor returns."

Mr. Lin stroked his long beard and said: "Loyalty and filial piety are the foundation of the world. Just go, I only support you."

Choi Xie smiled and lowered his head.

He was going to worship the ancestors, not just to let the ancestors of the Cui family share the emperor's holy grace, but to see the name on the tombstone. In the examination of the imperial examination, the first thing to do is to write the names of the three generations of ancestors on the front of the paper, but he still does not know the names of his grandfather and great-grandfather, and cannot ask Cui Yuan and his son. But if you go to sacrifice and sweep the tomb of the Cui family's ancestor, you will know it naturally from the tombstone.

The banquet drank until the curfew, and the crowd helped his house clean up the tables, chairs, and chopsticks, and they dispersed in the sound of Toutuo's clappers. Early the next morning, they got up again and went outside the city to wait for the imperial envoy to return to Beijing.

The sky was light, and the imperial team appeared on the official road in the west of the city. The Cui family’s car was squeezed to the very back by the city officials and the carts of the wealthy. He was short, and simply stood on the driver’s seat, watching from a distance the imperial convoy came out of the city gate and rolled past them. .

The high **** lifted the curtain of the car, and whispered goodbye to the local county government officials and military commanders who came to see him off. Jin Yiwei rode a horse to guard the car and patrolled around, but saw him from behind.

It's hard for him to be able to show his face.

But because his status is not enough, the righteous man who has awarded the award is not worth much, and he can't get in front of the imperial commission. However, there are so many people outside the city. Tai Ban wanted to show his face in front of the imperial envoy and lead a line to Beijing. Only such a young boy came to see off with a clear and upright look, without even climbing up the eunuch. The idea of ​​climbing.

Xie Ying's gaze fell on his face for a while, and when he saw that he had also seen himself, he nodded slightly at him, which counted as saying goodbye. This is the meeting of the water, and the water has passed, so the plain separation is just right.

If he is really promising, he will meet again in the future.

The convoy set off slowly, and then went to the capital without stopping. All kinds of horses and scented carts followed the team to see each other. I don’t know how many long pavilions and short pavilions were needed. After Cui Xie only watched the convoy enter Maolin Tobacco, he got into the car without nostalgia and said:" Go back to the city."

The see-off team was almost gone, and it was convenient for them to turn around. Just as they were about to, a Zaoli came up to stop them, and raised the curtain of the car and said, "Master Cui wait a minute, our elder invites you to sit down in the county."

Cui Xie asked in astonishment, "Master is looking for me, is there any change in the case?"

Zaoli smiled and said: "What can be changed in a case where the master sued the servant, and after the hands of the internal minister, the Baozhun Criminal Department will also close the case for you. It is naturally a good thing for the elder to find the son. The son only cares. Sit down at the Yamen."

Cui Xie asked him to get in the car and rode to the county office together.

He sat in the flower hall for a few moments, and the magistrate Qi came to see him in person. He was also followed by two book offices, each holding a wooden plate in his hand, and piled a piece of silver and a few feet on the plate.

The county magistrate Qi said solemnly: "Cui Yishi has forgotten his life for the country and is a role model for the people in Qian'an. The court has a gracious decree to encourage you, and the county should also reward you for this righteous act. There are fifty taels of silver patterns, two pieces of silk, Two pieces of Songjiang three-satin cloth, talk to the best of the county's heart, you just accept it, don't refuse."

Cui Xie quickly got up and saluted: "The villain thanked the county for the honor."

The county magistrate Qi held his arm and did not ask him to bow, with a gentle smile on his face sternly, greeting his parents in Beijing, and asking him why he went home alone.

Cui Xie’s excuse for returning to his hometown to study is already familiar, and at this time it is even more impeccable. Even when he listens, he must believe that Cui Langzhong and his wife are very fond of him, and sent him back to his hometown only to make him feel at ease studying.

Qi Sheng thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice, "If it's just taking the middle school cadet, I can still help you-the next year is a big plan for the officials, I'm going to transfer to another office after the big plan, but There is still time to preside over this year’s county examination. I don’t know which of Cui Gongzi’s classics, can there be written texts in the time, to call this county Yiguan?"

Cui Xie was really hard to tell the truth, his eyes dropped slightly, and he replied: "The villain doesn't read many books and has not yet started writing, but a book of "Four Books and Chapters" has a firm memory, which can be said to be back-to-back."

Only learned four books? That's what's the use of memorizing really backwards, the imperial examination is more than just one of the four books! This Young Master Cui has just finished the four books for so many years before, and the remaining two years are really enough for him to master the classics and write decent stereotypes and policy theories?

The county test is not named, and the upper check is not strict. It is not difficult for him to let go of a student on the list. But if the paper is too bad, he ordered such a student to pass the county exam, what should I do if the student who fails the exam makes trouble in the future?

The county veteran thought left and right, and said with no emotion: "Since it is said to be backwards, you should recite the "Analects" again."

Among the four books, the Analects of Confucius records the saint's words and actions. The most important thing is that anyone who reads will never memorize it wrong, so let this child take a look.

Cui Xie replied: "I have to close my eyes to concentrate and endorse, please master Yuan You for my rudeness."

"Finally, you can recite it." The county magistrate Qi didn't care how good his back was. He leaned in the official chair and listened at will, but listened to him starting from "Learning First", the original text was mixed with Zhu Zi's commentary. The voice is smooth and natural, as fluent as reading from a book, even after a few chapters, there is no error or omission.

Qi Sheng's contempt gradually faded, waved to stop, and asked: "As long as it is among the four books, can you memorize so fluently anywhere?"

Choi Xie minimized the PDF, spreading the entire page in his mind, and he could sweep all the text at a glance. Because it was in my mind and there was no problem that the handwriting was too small to see clearly, he said confidently: "Students do remember, please feel free to take the exam."