After bidding farewell to Mr. Yu, Qi Yu hurried home in high spirits and informed his family about the matter.
Kai Enke?
Zhou and Liu Quan looked at each other, not sure whether this news was a happy event, let alone whether they should be happy.
The only feeling is that it is too sudden.
Not only his family, but even Qi Yu himself didn't expect it.
It can be said that this sudden imperial examination directly disrupted the original plan and rhythm, making people suddenly become nervous.
Mainly because of time constraints.
I have already passed the provincial examination, and the next thing I will take is the competency examination.
The examination, also known as the Spring Examination or Chunwei, as the name suggests, is held in early spring, and the location is Gongyuan in the capital.
Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, if you are taking the exam, you will have to consider leaving soon.
If winter comes and there is heavy snow, you won’t be able to go even if you want to.
Therefore, there is an old saying when going to Beijing to take the exam, it is better to leave sooner rather than later. If you can, leave as early as possible and don’t delay.
As for the teaching position in the government school, it is better to take a long vacation first and wait until the examination is over before making further calculations.
That is: suspension of employment without pay.
…
After hearing his idea, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law expressed their support.
necessary!
However, after only a moment, Mrs. Zhou began to worry: How far is it from the capital city? Even strong animals will lose weight during this trip, right?
However, despite feeling distressed, the old lady still encouraged her son: Don’t worry and take the exam!
Although Liu Quan was also very reluctant to leave, she also knew that she could not hold her husband back at this time and could only hide her worries and concerns in her heart.
Starting from the next day, the family started to take action.
Zhou has restarted the long-lost pattern of worshiping Buddha, burning three sticks of incense a day, and then eating top-grade chicken one meal after another.
You have to study late at night? How much brain power does that take? Then, simmer a big fat elbow in the pot and give it to Ah Man as a midnight snack.
Qi Yu was startled: Okay, supplement?
Liu Quan rushed to the cloth store, bought some fine fabrics, and spent the night making some cotton coats for his husband to wear on the road.
Yes, it's a cotton coat.
When you enter Beijing, you have to go north. I heard from the old people that the winter there is very cold, and water turns into ice. When children pee, they must prepare a small wooden stick in advance, otherwise the urine will be instantly frozen into ice.
Pillar, and then...
Nonsense, if you can freeze a small bird, what's the point?
Qi Yu smiled and said: "It's not as scary as you imagined. If that's the case, how can you still drink water?"
Liu Quan was also amused by her own thoughts. She gave him a look and said: "No matter what, you should make as many preparations as possible. In case of a cold weather, you can take whatever you need to wear for your convenience.
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Qi Yu nodded and said, "Well, in addition to cotton-padded clothes, please prepare some unlined clothes for me."
"Single clothes?" Liu Quan was startled and confused.
"Well, when you go to the Gongyuan, you are not allowed to wear clothes with layers, so you can't wear cotton-padded clothes. The test was in early spring. At that time, the spring breeze was not yet warm and the winter cold was still there. It was best not to wear more layers of single clothes to resist the cold.
You can’t go there.”
Qi Yu sighed quietly and couldn't help but think of the scene when he was taking the county examination.
Liu Quan felt sad after hearing this, but he didn't say much and just went to prepare silently.
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A few days later, government offices at all levels issued an announcement: Next year will coincide with the Seventieth Thousand Autumn Festival of the Empress Dowager. In order to fulfill his filial piety, the Emperor has specially ordered the Ministry of Rites to open Enke to benefit students from all over the world.
In an instant, the students were jubilant.
Everyone shouted: The emperor's grace is so great!
The Kai En Ke examination is comprehensive, and all different levels of imperial examinations will be held at the same time.
Of course, Qi Yu only focuses on things related to himself.
The National Examination is a major national examination. Compared with the regional provincial examination, it is many times larger in scale.
Moreover, the reputation is also high.
Common people often say that "juzi went to Beijing to take the exam", which specifically refers to the general examination.
As long as you pass this level, you will be a tribute person from now on.
So what is the level of Gongshi?
According to the immortality novels in later generations, it is the realm of Dzogchen in the late Mahayana period. As long as you successfully survive another calamity, you can ascend to immortality.
As for this calamity, it refers to the final test of the imperial examination that follows after the joint examination: the Imperial Examination.
Of course, there are many people who fail to overcome the tribulation, and there are many more.
Back to business.
Now that it was decided, Qi Yu also started making plans.
Yongchuan Prefecture is about three thousand miles away from the capital. Although it is not a thousand miles away, it is still a long journey to go there.
In terms of routes, there are two options: water route and land route.
Generally speaking, after the severe winter, because the water surface easily freezes, few people take the water route. To be more prudent, it is best to choose the land route.
If you take the land route, the direction is all the way north, out of Huguang, into Henan, into Shuntianfu, and then through Tongzhou before entering the capital.
A closer look shows that there is an unstable factor in the middle of this journey. That is, we have to pass through some areas on the border with Shandong Prefecture, and the Emperor Worship Sect is still entrenched in that area.
Maybe someone asked, does the governor of Shandong just have nothing to do?
He really wants to take care of it, but he can't!
Even the emperor couldn't do it, let alone him?
It is said that since the incident of the Emperor Worship Cult, the governor of Shandong has been living in the Liaodong area, observing the people's sentiments there every day, but paying no attention to the affairs of Qilu.
The current Liaodong Peninsula is under the jurisdiction of Shandong Prefecture.
It makes sense for people to do this. The governor is paying attention to the people's sentiments in his own jurisdiction. How has he failed in his duty?
They are all old fried dough sticks!
From this we can also imagine what it would be like in Shandong without a governor.
Even if they knew this, they could not stop the students from going north.
Kai Enke, who is not moved?
Naturally, Qi Yu would not flinch.
Since there are unstable factors, choose a good day and change your fortune.
Superstitious? I can’t say yes!
Even if it’s just self-comfort!
So, he bought an old almanac from a roadside stall to see which days were suitable for a long trip.
The sixth day of November is a good day to travel.
Just choose this day.
All the old and young candidates from the previous calendar years of Yongchuan Prefecture, as long as they still refused to give up, took action at this time.
They are in contact with each other and looking for companions to go on the road together.
Traveling together is reasonable, and saving money is only one of them. In addition, there are also safety considerations.
As the saying goes, the more people you have, the more courage you will have.
Of course, there were also people who came to Qi Yu, and he readily agreed.
By coincidence, the day is also the sixth day of November.
Has everyone read the Almanac?
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The north wind is getting colder, and it’s finally time to leave home.
Early that morning, the white color of fish belly just appeared in the east, so Qi Yu quickly packed it up.
Liu Quan hid her reluctance and concern deeply, and handed the luggage into her husband's hands with a smile.
It's heavy and filled with silver.
The road to richness from a poor family!
When you go out, you can't be short of money.
Mrs. Zhou was also wiping her tears and kept telling her.
Liu Quan looked strong, but when she turned her head, she was in tears.
Qi Yu gently kissed his daughter and son's foreheads, then turned around and left.
gone!
well……
Whether you can be named on the gold medal list and return home in glory depends on this subject!