Chapter 4

Fang Yun sighed and said, "I just said that I was completely woken up. However, I saw a strange man last night. He taught me a lot of things. I remember what I couldn't remember clearly before, and suddenly understand what I didn't understand before. It seems that I've opened my mind."

Yang Yuhuan looked at Fang Yun with disbelief and asked in a low voice, "who is that man?"

"He didn't say his name. He said I was his half closed disciple. If I couldn't be a Jinshi, I wouldn't deserve to know his name." Fang Yun knew that he would eventually become different, so he made up such a story to alleviate others' doubts.

Yang Yuhuan was surprised with his beautiful eyes and asked, "Jinshi? Only when you become a Jinshi can you know him. Who is he? A great scholar? A great Confucian? Is it possible that he is a semi saint?"

"Then I don't know." Fang Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Since you have the guidance of a famous teacher, you can be a middle school boy! I'll go back and cut two liang of meat and let you eat enough at night!" Yang Yuhuan smiled happily. Her smile was brighter than the sunshine in spring.

"Then buy more, buy a kilo, and simply stew a chicken." Fang Yunxin knows that if you fail the exam, the child will die. Buying more is the last luxury, and you won't lose this money if you pass the exam.

Yang Yuhuan nodded without hesitation and said, "then listen to you! You are the head of the family."

Fang Yun didn't expect that Yang Yuhuan was not only beautiful, but also so sensible, safeguarding his dignity everywhere. In her eyes, eating so much a day has been a loser, but she still doesn't hesitate for fear that Fang Yun's self-esteem will be frustrated.

Fang Yun sighed in her heart: "maybe she would say in her heart that if she was more tired and suffered more, she could earn the money back. How could such a woman live up to her. If I could be a child, I would never let her suffer any more!"

Yang Yuhuan took out a piece of candy cake she baked this morning from the bookcase and said, "I baked two more. You didn't eat in the morning. Now eat it."

Fang Yun took the sugar cake and ate it slowly.

The meal on the day of the exam is always better than usual. You should stay in the literary academy at noon and answer questions while eating. You should bring your own rice and water. The child student tries to write well. The scholar tries to take the exam for three days. He eats, drinks and sleeps in a small exam room. He can't hold up if he has a little problem.

The old scalper wandered all the way to the east of the city and soon came outside the literary academy.

With red walls, green tiles and green trees, the academy is full of vitality in the morning light.

Outside the cultural center stood a large number of people, including teenagers and gray haired old people. They were lining up in ten rows and gradually entering the cultural center. There were no less than 2000 people at a glance, but more parents, relatives and friends did not line up.

Fang Yun was stunned. Unexpectedly, the population of Ji county was less than 90000, and the number of children in the exam could reach 2000.

Fang Yun knew that the literacy rate of ancient Chinese men was very low. The literacy rate of ancient Chinese men was about 10%, and it was only 15% in the period of the people's Republic of China. More than half of them were still craftsmen and artists who needed to read. The proportion of scholars was less than 5%, but this proportion was the highest in ancient countries. Most of the ancient Western nobles were illiterate, and the literacy rate in a large number of countries was less than 1%.

In Fang Yun's opinion, it's enough to have 300 or 400 children in Ji county at a time, but I didn't expect to have 2000. This figure is too scary.

Jixian county is the next county. It can only admit 50 children a year!

Fang Yun was surprised. Unexpectedly, he underestimated the intensity of the child student test.

Fang Yun soon remembered that the population density of Shengyuan was much higher than that of ancient China.

The county government is divided into upper, middle and lower levels according to the degree of wealth, while Ji county is the lower county. The land resources are relatively poor. However, due to the existence of talent, civilians will not die of hunger as long as they don't lazy. Fang Yun and Yang Yuhuan are the best examples. Even if they are only two children, they can still support themselves and even barely provide for one person to study.

Some officials such as the county magistrate of the holy courtyard in mainland China have a very important responsibility: helping farmers.

When the rain is less, local officials will hold a "rain praying literature meeting" to convene local people with literary positions to write poetry articles for rain praying. If the poetry is good enough to attract the vitality of heaven and earth, it will rain.

If local taxis fail to pray for rain, or the weather is too dry, officials must prepare "Wen Bao" and "holy pages" to spend their talent to write famous articles of ancient celebrities praying for rain.

When there is more rain, we will hold a "literature meeting to stop waterlogging". In case of locust disaster, we will hold a "literature meeting to drive locusts". We must make a tune to drive locusts and kill locusts.

Such articles will be numerous.

Thanks to their talent, the food output here is much higher than that of the ancient earth, supporting more people. Coupled with the attraction of the above position, many people tighten their belts and have to provide children with education. That's why there are so many children in a county.

"Here, talent is what reminds Fang Yun of the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty.

In the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty in China, "Sutra posting" is an important subject for candidates. It is easier to copy a few words from the Sutra and then cover a few words for candidates to fill in than asking for holy words.

The main reason for the prosperity of Tang poetry is that CI and Fu were also examined in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, and accounted for a large proportion.

In the Shengyuan continent, the holy court found that poetry and talent most fit, especially the war poetry that can be handed down, which affects the rise and fall of the human race. Therefore, poetry must be examined in the imperial examination, and frontier fortress poetry is the top priority.

Liang Yuan said with a smile, "you are young. You are not asked to come for fame, but to gain insight and do your best. Once a child's test comes out, there are 30 test papers, and the government's test for scholars has reached 100. How can you get all the answers right?"

Lu Zhan said, "don't be discouraged, Xiao Mao. No one can answer all the" please saint's words "correctly except the four talents. We can't, let alone you. Fortunately, the scope of the child's test is small. The" please saint's words "of the scholar's test is tricky. No one has answered the imperial examination correctly for hundreds of years, even those sages who have finally been canonized."

Ge Xiaomao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Liang Yuan, it's all up to you this time. No one in Mr. Sun's disciples has been a child in these years, and other people in the private school laugh at us. We can't compare with the prodigy Fang Zhongyong who never forgets. We can't compare with others! I hope the ancestors will bless us."

"You!" Liang Yuan smiled and shook his head.

Fang Yun was stunned when he heard the name Fang Zhongyong.

Just then, someone nearby suddenly shouted, "Fang Zhongyong is coming."

The crowd immediately followed the prestige and saw a boy of about 13 or 14 years old coming down from a carriage. The boy looked serious, without the slightest childishness, without the slightest dexterity that a child prodigy should have, and looked more stable than his peers.

Then a middle-aged man in a gorgeous robe got out of the car triumphantly, and many parents immediately came forward to compliment the middle-aged man.

There were three or four thousand candidates and their relatives and friends in front of the Academy. As soon as Fang Zhongyong and his son arrived, most of them stopped talking and looked at Fang Zhongyong and his son.

Fang Yun didn't expect that they were both surnamed Fang. The father and son were so dazzling.

Fang Yun knows Fang Zhongyong and his father Fang Li. They are his distant relatives. In terms of seniority, Fang Yun is the uncle of the prodigy Fang Zhongyong, but the relationship between the two families is too far away.

Ge Xiaomao said admiringly, "Fang Zhongyong's child prodigy is even better than sister Yuhuan's reputation in Ji county. He not only never forgets, but also recites poems against me. His father said that he could be admitted to the child student examination when he was ten years old. The reason why he took part in the child student examination for the first time this year was that he had thick accumulation and thin hair. In order to be the 'head of the case' for the child student first."

"This time, he is the head of the case. The head of the case can be exempted from the Fuwen Academy of Dayuan mansion. It is the best school in the mansion, which is many times better than our private school." Liang Yuan said.