Chapter 66 66 Preparing for the Imperial Examination

Chapter 66 66 Preparing for the Imperial Examination

In the spring of March, the spring light spreads thousands of miles away, the grass is luxuriant, the land is fragrant, and it is extremely gorgeous.

Wei Guangde also left Pengze County and returned to Bengshan Fort, and began to live a repeated study life for more than a year.

Master Sun had known for a long time that Wei Guangde had passed the county examination, but Wei Guangde did not come to the private school for several days after the results of the county examination were released.

It was almost mid-March that Wei Guangde came running to ask Master Sun for guidance, holding a stack of articles in his arms.

Many of these articles caused Master Sun to see his blood pressure soar.

After the county examination, Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanrui went to see Tang County Zun together. In fact, all the students who passed the county examination this time went to the county government office to visit them in the past two days, so they naturally did not appear to be rude in the past.

Wei Guangde stayed in Pengze County for a few more days. It was not until his uncle and father took the people on the big ship at the pier to go down the river that Wei Guangde and his mother packed their bags and returned to Bengshan Fort.

The fleet that Jiujiang Wei set out this time was obviously much smaller than the year before, and was only about half the size. Wei Guangde saw that the following ships were still loaded with grain and grass.

Think about it, although there is a lot of food in Zhenjiang, most of it is transported from the Cao River to the north, so it is naturally impossible for the guards to eat it.

Fortunately, the grain reserves collected by the government in the past two years were stored along the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal. At this time, it was time to allocate a batch to the army.

The news that Japanese pirates gathered in Zhoushan has been rushed from the Nanjing Ministry of War eight hundred miles to the capital. The news has also arrived. The strategy of the current Nanjing Minister of War was recognized and he was allowed to assemble soldiers from the Southern Guard to prepare to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates.

Yes, the report sent to the imperial court by the Minister of War not only wrote about the current tense situation along the coast of Zhejiang, but also expressed his plan to take advantage of this rare opportunity for Japanese pirates to gather and send troops to encircle and suppress them.

For the Japanese pirates, the emperor and officials in Beijing were all suffering from scabies. In their view, as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, the bandit Japanese pirates could not be easily captured.

In the minds of scholars, although military attachés and minor officials are looked down upon, bandits still feel great psychological pressure when they see these people.

If you rob and kill people, it is just a violation of the Ming Dynasty's laws and criminal laws. If you dare to fight against the officers, soldiers, and government officials, it is a rebellion.

This is how most scholars of this era saw it, at least this is how they understood the civil war.

It is not surprising that those unruly people will commit crimes and commit crimes. The same kind of money can support all kinds of people. You cannot expect everyone to have the same high moral character as scholars like them.

But it is impossible for them to attack the government officials and cause trouble.

Therefore, whether it is the officials in Beijing or the adults in other provinces, although they all know that the guards are in decay and the soldiers are lacking, they do not think that there is anything that can be done to encircle and suppress some Japanese pirates. Is it possible that they will not be able to win? ?

Zhang Jing also said in his report that more than 20,000 soldiers from the surrounding guard stations would be gathered to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates with all their strength, so that the Japanese pirates would not be able to escape.

After the article that Wei Guangde had been thinking about for the past ten days was handed over to Master Sun, Master Sun took Wei Guangde aside and criticized him.

Then he taught Wei Guangde step by step how to correct it. Those statements were wrong.

They are all relatively unpopular questions. In fact, Master Sun only relies on his own understanding to teach, and the effect is just that.

"As I said, go back and change it properly."

After talking for a long time, Master Sun sat down, picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip to moisten his dry throat.

"Tell me how you answered the test questions this time."

Now that he was free, Master Sun began to ask Wei Guangde about his answer sheet.

Wei Guangde ranked 35th in the county examination. He had known about it for a long time, but he was not clear about the examination paper.

Wei Guangde honestly explained his answer sheets to Master Sun. These answer sheets had no impression of Master Sun except the test poems that followed. They should have been pieced together by Wei Guangde on the fly.

Although it wasn't very good, I passed the county examination.

"Next, you can sort out all the previous articles and prepare for the next government examination."

Master Sun suggested: "You know why I asked you to write essays? When you go back, you can organize these articles according to my instructions, rewrite them and give them to me to read.

Don't ask your classmates who have passed the exam what they wrote. They usually ask you to write so that you have something to use during the exam. "

“Students understand.”

Wei Guangde hurriedly bowed again and joked. Ever since he started composing, Master Sun had told him not to show others the articles he practiced on weekdays. Wei Guangde had already made a guess at that time, and he also made plans for his imperial examination based on this. plan.

Holding a large pile of manuscripts, Wei Guangde returned to his seat, coded the manuscripts and put them into his schoolbag, then picked up the Spring and Autumn Book on the table and continued reading.

During the lunch break, three candidates who had passed the county examination like Wei Guangde gathered together to talk and laugh.

This time ten classmates took the county exam, and six failed. The four of them were talking about taking the prefectural exam later.

The date for the government examination has been set. There will be two exams on April 16th. This is also the past practice in Jiujiang Prefecture.

After the county examination, the latest admission list will be reported to the government. They need to arrive in Jiujiang Prefecture ten days ago. They still need to complete the registration in the ceremony room and get the admission ticket.

"I heard that thousands of people will participate in the government examination. Thinking about the dozens of places gives me a headache."

"Remember it well and memorize it well. I hope the questions in the government examination will be the same as those in the county examination."

Yes, the questions in the county examination this time are not tricky, they are very common. They are all relatively common questions, and they were also included in the questions set by Master Sun. However, after comparing with each other, only four of the ten candidates successfully passed the test.

Well, involution actually started in the Ming Dynasty.

"Guangde, when will you go to Jiujiang Mansion?"

At this time someone asked.

Wei Guangde's family is a military household. When he goes to Jiujiang Prefecture to take the exam, the Jiujiang Guards will definitely provide him with convenience. Let alone other things, let's talk about the transportation along the way. With Wei Guangde going to Jiujiang Prefecture to take the exam, it will not be a waste even if it is not good. Leg strength.

"Departing on April 5th, at the Pengze County Pier, there was a sentry ship from Qianhu Station going to the Jiujiang Prefecture Health Center that day."

Wei Guangde naturally understood their thoughts and said casually.

This boat was also arranged by his uncle before he left. Cousin Wu Dong would also go with him and accompany him to the Zhang family in Jiujiang Prefecture until the end of the imperial examination.

The Jiujiang Guard actually gave preferential treatment to the imperial examinations for the children of the Guard. At least the guard had a special reception room near Jiujiang Mansion, which was convenient for the children of the Guard to refer to. Room and board were free of charge.

Of course, this free fee is only in name, and the tip should not be small, but the location is really good, not far from the examination room.

But Wei Guangde will definitely not live there, he will only go to Zhang Mansion. After all, it has been arranged long ago.