The gathering at Tengwang Pavilion ended up in vain. After Wu Zongrui left, Wan Shihua, Xu Shipu and Chen Hongxu were no longer embarrassed to talk about the recruitment of members by Yuzhang Club. The three of them thought to themselves that their talents may not surpass Wu Zongrui. If

If we continue to hold poetry competitions and essay competitions, there may not be poems and articles that surpass the poem "Moss". Wouldn't that be self-defeating?

The poem "Moss" quickly spread among the students taking the provincial examination.

What happened at the gathering at Prince Teng's Pavilion also spread among the scholars.

Public opinion was almost unanimous in support of Wu Zongrui, thinking that Xu Shipu was too arrogant and noble. They were all scholars, and they were all students or supervisors who went to Nanchang Fucheng to take the provincial examination, so there was no need to put on an air of superiority.

Wu Zongrui, who returned to the inn, didn't care about this. He immersed himself in studying and carefully prepared for this provincial examination.

There are three rural examinations in total, and the style is eight-part essay, also known as four-part essay.

Among the three exams, the first exam on classics and meaning is the most important. This eight-legged essay is well written, and the essays and strategies in the next two exams are almost negligible.

The first exam is on the fifth day of September, the second exam is on the eighth day of September, and the third exam is on September 11th.

The rules of the exam are exactly the same as those of the college exam. For the first exam that starts on the fifth day of September, candidates will enter Gongyuan early in the morning on the fifth day of September. There will be no exams on that day. The exam will start on the sixth day of September. In principle, the exam will begin on the sixth day of September.

It can be extended for half a day under special circumstances. You must leave Gongyuan at noon on the seventh day of September.

The same goes for the two exams on September 8th and September 11th.

The provincial examination was completely over at noon on September 13th.

There will be sixteen days of marking time, and a list will be published in early October to announce the successful candidates.

This list is also called the Gui List.

Under the Guipang, there is also a deputy list. Those who are on the deputy list are called fellow examiners and are not qualified to participate in the examination.

It is by no means an easy matter to pass the exam. During the Ming Dynasty, the competition in the exams in Southern Zhili and Jiangxi was particularly fierce because the scholars in these two places were so good. This was different from the college entrance examination in Zhejiang, Hubei and other places hundreds of years later.

It's very difficult but has the same purpose but different approaches.

In the first year of Chongzhen, nearly 2,000 candidates took part in the provincial examination in Jiangxi, and only 100 candidates were admitted.

Jiangxi ranks third in terms of the number of candidates admitted to the university, second only to Southern Zhili and North Zhili. Compared with Guizhou, which has the fewest candidates, it has 63 more people.

Wu Zongrui did not have high hopes for this provincial examination.

After time travel, he inherited the knowledge of the former Wu Zongrui, and also incorporated many of his own understandings into this knowledge. He should have certain advantages, but he would never underestimate the scholars of this era. You must know that the provincial examination is the most important

One of the exams is similar to the college entrance examination hundreds of years later, in which thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge.

We must know that in the Ming Dynasty, there were 38 champions in Jiangxi, which shows how powerful Jiangxi scholars are.

Fifteen years old is still too young, and the possibility of passing the examination is not very high.

Entering the room and smelling the smell wafting in the air, Liao Wenru felt strange. Every time he went to Wu Zongrui's room, he could see some burned ashes, which seemed to be papers burned by Wu Zongrui after reviewing his homework. He once asked

, Wu Zongrui actually admitted it.

It is impossible for Liao Wenru to know that when Wu Zongrui read the Four Books and Five Classics, he incorporated the understanding of later generations into it. Those words must never be revealed, so every time he wrote down his feelings, they had to be burned without leaving any words.

, lest these words cause shock after they are revealed.

After all, if a fifteen-year-old boy performs too amazingly, it will attract too much attention. This is not what Wu Zongrui wants to see.

Provincial examinations, general examinations and even palace examinations are not the purpose. Creating a suitable platform and relying on this platform to rise are the purpose.

If it weren't for the fact that scholars in the Ming Dynasty had too many privileges, and if it weren't for the fact that they could do many things by virtue of their status as scholars, Wu Zongrui would not even have participated in the provincial examination.

Wu Zongrui must cross the single-plank bridge of the provincial examination, otherwise the future will be very bad.

According to his ability, rebellion is impossible. Just like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did it, there is no need to think about it. Jiangxi, until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, was relatively stable and had no platform for rebellion.

It is even less likely that Wu Zongrui would go to Shaanxi to rebel.

Besides, the peasant uprising experienced too many twists and turns, and was almost wiped out by the court several times. If it weren't for the Hou Jin's attack on the Ming Dynasty every critical moment, the peasant uprising army would have been completely wiped out. Wu Zongrui would not dare to gamble on his luck.

, if you join the peasant rebellion and face the crazy encirclement and suppression by the court, you are likely to die. In that case, not only will you be unlucky, but your family and family will also be unlucky.

The choice of allegiance to the Ming Dynasty was completely abandoned at the beginning of time travel. The Ming Dynasty was already terminally ill. Even without the peasant uprising and the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it would not have been able to last for long.

In the final analysis, Wu Zongrui can only fight on his own and find his own path.

If you want to create opportunities, the platform is extremely important. The more stable the platform, the greater the possibility of success.

There were too many difficulties and obstacles in front of Wu Zongrui, such as the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, peasant uprisings, etc. Each of them was a mountain that he had to overcome.

Under such circumstances, taking the imperial examination to gain fame was a crucial step.

Wu Zongrui has not thought about how to take the next step. He can only take it one step at a time.

"Brother, Dai Mingjie and Lin Zongping are here to visit."

Wu Zongrui frowned. After the party at Tengwang Pavilion, he thanked guests behind closed doors and read a book carefully. He thought Wan Shihua and others might come to visit, but they didn't come. Perhaps because of the reputation of Yuzhang Society, or because of their relationship with Yuzhang Society.

Like him, he needs to study his homework carefully to prepare for the upcoming provincial examination.

As for other people who came to visit, Liao Wenru helped turn them away.

People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong. When the party at Prince Teng's Pavilion happened, it was not a big deal in Wu Zongrui's eyes. The impulsive talk between scholars might just be a joke in the officialdom. Besides, after the incident, Wu Zongrui himself felt bored.

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"Brother, if you don't have time, I will reject them."

"Wait a minute, let Brother Dai and Brother Lin come upstairs."

After Liao Wenru's figure disappeared, Wu Zongrui sighed.

He still had a good impression of Dai Mingjie. At the party at Prince Teng's Pavilion that day, Dai Mingjie reminded him several times that if it hadn't been for Dai Mingjie's reminder, if Wu Zongrui had left early, he would have fallen into passivity and become the object of contempt for many scholars.

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"Brother Wu, Brother Lin and I came to visit. We didn't waste your time to review your homework."

"There, two seniors are coming, Peng Pi Sheng Hui."

"Brother Wu, you can really speak."

After sitting down, Wu Zongrui ordered Liao Wenru to have the inn prepare a sumptuous banquet.

Dai Mingjie and Lin Zongping both clasped their fists to express their intrusion.

When scholars gather together, banquets are indispensable.

Liao Wenru walked out of the room to make arrangements.

Dai Mingjie looked at Wu Zongrui, clasped his fists again and spoke.

"Brother Wu's poem about moss caused a lot of response. I went back to the inn and read the poem carefully. I felt more and more that it was not simple. A seemingly simple poem has endless meanings."

Lin Zongping looked up at Wu Zongrui, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Brother Dai deserves the award, but it was just that under the circumstances at that time, I thought of a few poems, which were not very elegant."

"Brother Wu, you are too humble. I won't say anything about such a masterpiece. Even Wan Shihua, Xu Shipu, Chen Hongxu and others couldn't have done it. After you left that day, Wan Shihua said it immediately.

, Brother Wu’s poetry is a rare masterpiece, and it is also the biggest highlight of the gathering at Prince Teng’s Pavilion.”

Wu Zongrui smiled helplessly.

"Brother Dai, Brother Lin, I didn't mean to disrupt the good things of Yuzhang Club."

"Actually, Brother Wu disrupted the affairs of Yuzhang Society, which is also a good thing. It has given a sigh of relief to many scholars in Jiangxi."

Before Dai Mingjie had time to speak, Lin Zongping took the initiative to speak.

Wu Zongrui looked at Lin Zongping and vaguely understood something.

Dai Mingjie looked at Lin Zongping and sighed slightly.

"Brother Wu is in Anyuan County. It's a long way to go. He doesn't pay attention to external matters on weekdays. Naturally, he doesn't know about it. Since the beginning of this year, Nanchang Fucheng has gathered a lot of scholars. Now there are probably more than 2,000 people.

The Yuzhang Society also organized several gatherings, including poetry competitions and literary competitions. It is said that the exchange of knowledge among scholars is a good thing, but sometimes the gatherings hosted by the Yuzhang Society are not for the purpose of exchanging knowledge."

Wu Zongrui looked at Dai Mingjie and did not speak.

Dai Mingjie turned to look at Lin Zongping and sighed again.

"In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Pu, the leader of the society in Taicang, wrote "The Tombstones of Five People". It was originally about the five martyrs who were killed by the eunuchs in Suzhou in a few years. It is a beautiful, impassioned and embarrassing article. We often read it.

However, Jiangxi Yuzhang Society promoted this article to an unreachable level. It said that this article is a masterpiece through the ages. It swept away all the articles for more than a thousand years and triggered some discussions. For this reason, Yuzhang Society held this meeting at this student gathering.

, it would be a bit excessive to talk about this article in detail, hoping that all the readers in Jiangxi will recognize it."

Wu Zongrui smiled calmly.

""The Story of Five Tombstones" is indeed a good article, I have also read it."

"What he said is good, but it cannot be praised as the best article in a thousand years. Brother Lin said that he did not agree with this statement, so he was attacked by Yuzhang Publishing House."

Wu Zongrui looked at Lin Zongping.

"So there is still such a thing, isn't Brother Lin convinced?"

Lin Zongping nodded and spoke.

"It's true. A "Tombstone Story of Five People" can overshadow Tang poetry and Song poetry. I'm not convinced. Even if the Yuzhang Society thinks I'm arrogant, I still have the same understanding."

Wu Zongrui nodded.
Chapter completed!