Although he had just passed the county examination, getting the case was a happy event. The sixth room of the Gao family still held a banquet, opened a flowing banquet, and invited people from nearby townsfolk to the banquet to celebrate.
As for the county government, Gao pragmatic also went to see the county magistrate, talked with him about knowledge, and left ten taels of silver before leaving - this was the meaning of the question, not a bribe, because the money was used for
Thank you to the magistrate for your review. In a sense, it is similar to polishing your pen and silver.
After being busy for several days, Xinzheng was notified of the Kaifeng Prefecture's exam start time, which was scheduled for April 5th. At the same time, news came that the Taoist exam was scheduled for April 13th.
It needs to be explained here that in the third year of Longqing, Xinzheng County was not directly under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, but belonged to nearby Yuzhou. At that time, the government examination was taken in Yuzhou, and then went to Kaifeng when the road examination was held.
But in the fourth year of Longqing's reign, the imperial court made some adjustments, and Xinzheng was assigned to Kaifeng Prefecture. Therefore, this year's high-practice government examinations and Taoist examinations were all held in Kaifeng Prefecture, so there was no need to rush between the two exams.
In this way, in order to take care of some candidates from poor families so that they do not have to stay in Kaifeng Prefecture for too long, the interval between the Prefectural Examination and the Taoist Examination is only eight days - this is to allow for the grading of the Prefectural Examination, the publication of the list, etc.
Time is coming, there is basically no margin, and it cannot be shortened any longer.
Of course, the examiners of the government examination and the Taoist examination are still different. The government examination is presided over by the prefect of Kaifeng, while the Taoist examination is presided over by the grand master, that is, the admiral Henan Academic Affairs.
Gao Pangshi still took his two hundred cavalry on the road to Kaifeng Mansion, but when he entered the city, he only took ten people with him, and the rest stayed outside the city, staying in a villa of Zhang family in Zhongmou.
——It’s not the Zhang family of Gao Jingshi’s mother, it’s the Zhang family of Puzhou. The Zhongmou Zhang family is the natal family of Gao Gong’s first wife, Mrs. Zhang. Zhongmou is “next door” to Kaifeng Prefecture, and her family has many real estate interests in Kaifeng Prefecture.
It's ordinary.
Except for the slightly higher level, the prefectural examination and the county examination have basically the same procedures, so there is no need to go into details. There are of course some differences, for example, the time to enter the examination room is different.
To participate in the government examination, you have to enter the venue in the middle of the night, so some places have strange-shaped tall lanterns to make it easier to find people.
This is because the number of people taking the prefectural examination has increased by ten or even dozens of times compared with the county examination. There is a sea of people in front of the examination booth. In the dark, it is easy for those taking the examination to disperse. Once they are crowded, they cannot be found. There are strange and tall people.
The foot lanterns are held high, and the dispersed people can find the county team if they look up.
The tall lanterns used by the Xinzheng County candidate team were simply provided by the Gao family. The style is very characteristic of Xinzheng: a human head and a snake body.
The topic of this government examination is "The foolishness of ancient times was also straight, but the foolishness of today is just deception." This question comes from "The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo" and is a typical "Confucius said".
Gao Pragmatic easily analyzed the purpose of Fu Zun's question: One of the three diseases of the ancients was that fools were straight and innocent. The fools of today are mostly self-interested, so Confucius said that today's people are shallow and not as good as in the past.
Gao pragmatically showed off a little this time. He did not write according to the most common format of the time, but used a variation. The whole text consists of fourteen sections, including the last two major sections, and three sections each.
Showing off depends on the situation. The government examination is not too difficult and the impact is limited. Generally speaking, among the candidates who are still taking the government examination, only a few are good at it. His show off seems to be
Outstanding.
Of course, variants are more difficult to write than the main body, that’s for sure, so during the writing process, Gao Pragmatic still put a lot of thought into it, so he was not the first to submit the paper, but ranked third.
The theme of his article is: Foolishness changes with the times, and it is also foolish to lose it.
The title is very closely connected, it is: The husband's theory is caused by stupidity, and it has no distinction between the present and the past.
From the whole article, he is very pragmatic and knows that the real "test point" of Fu Zun's question must be in the present and not in the past. Therefore, although "the foolishness of the past is also straightforward" and "the foolishness of today is also deceptive" in his article
It was written by both authors, but it focused on elaborating that "today's stupidity is also deceitful" and to tear apart the hypocrisy of today's people who "take advantage of selfish interests".
The last sentence of his article is, "I have made it true, and said that the foolishness of ancient times was straight; I have given it a name, and said that today's foolishness is just deceit."
Because the Taoist test will be held in eight days, and the Taoist test will not only be held in Kaifeng Prefecture, but even the examination booth will not change places - well, this test booth was actually used by Kaifeng Prefecture to take the Taoist test, not only the Taoist test booth
In the future, the Gao Pragmatic Township Examination will continue to come to this place - the grading speed of Kaifeng Prefecture has been greatly improved, and a few days later, the results will be announced.
The list for the government examination is also a round list, but the name is not written, only the number, because... it cannot be written (the name has the same name, and the place of birth, etc. must be included, and the number only has numbers).
There would be a huge crowd of people when the list was announced. Gao Pragmatic thought that with his small body, there was a high chance that he wouldn't be able to squeeze in. Even if he squeezed in, he would probably have to get out sideways, so he had to let Gao Jue look at the list on his behalf.
Gao Jue's servants already knew the serial number of their young master, not to mention Gao Jue, who immediately brought two cavalrymen of Mongolian origin. Both of them were young warriors who fled to the Ming Dynasty from tribes that failed in the Mongolian civil war.
Needless to say, he is good at fighting, the key is that he is also good at wrestling...
Being pragmatic means staying at the inn waiting for news.
He made his fortune from soap, which is known to the world, so he was not worried about being impeached for "the source of his huge wealth is unknown". As soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, he directly booked a clean and quiet small inn to stay.
Although the exam has been completed and most people are still nervously waiting for the results to be released, he continued to study calmly and prepared for the next Taoist exam.
Not long after, there were faint sounds of firecrackers and blows coming from outside, coming from far and near, heading this way.
Gao Pangshi was moved in his heart and thought to himself: Are you here to come to me? Did I get into the top ten?
When I thought about it, I couldn't help but smile to myself, shook my head, and said to myself: "It's so difficult to be unfazed by favors and humiliations! I have been a human being for two lifetimes, and I have taken at least hundreds of exams, big and small, and I am not exempt from the mundane."
As soon as he thought of this, Gao Jue rushed into the yard and announced the good news loudly: "Congratulations to the young master, you won! You won! The young master took another Kaifeng Mansion case head and won two yuan in a row!"
Gao Pangshi breathed a sigh of relief, but pretended to be calm on his face. He stood up, suppressed the excitement in his heart, tried to keep his tone steady, and asked: "Okay, okay, no need to shout, I heard you."
." Then he ordered: "Have you prepared the broken silver for the reward? If not, hurry up and change it."
Gao Jue said cheerfully: "How could you be unprepared? Before coming to Kaifeng, Madam had people cut up the pieces of silver. Not to mention the government examination, the broken silver reward for the Tao examination is all ready!"
When Gao Pragmatic heard this, he couldn't help but want to laugh a little, but he could understand the parents' desire for their children to succeed - when he took the college entrance examination in his previous life, his family was not rich, but his father still rented a car in advance.
A car and a full-time driver were used to transport him to and from the exam for two consecutive days, which cost half a month's salary.
It can be seen that throughout the ages, there has never been any difference in the feelings of parents towards their children. Confucius said that filial piety means being able to love your parents as much as you love your children. This is really insightful.
