I stayed in Shitang Town for two days and stopped briefly when passing by the county seat. The next day I saw the children's examination results released.

The delay for several days was not because Fengzhi County was too slow in grading papers, but because there were too many students taking the exam. There was no room in the exam booth, so there were two batches of exams before and after the county exam, and the questions in each batch were different.

Qianshan County, with a registered population of less than 20,000, has more than 4,000 schoolchildren taking the county examination this time.

Does it feel weird?

There are two theories in the field of history: one is that the Yellow Register of the Ming Dynasty only counts adult males; the other is that the Yellow Register of the Ming Dynasty only counts adult men and women.

No matter which type, children are not counted, even if they have settled down, they are not counted.

But something is still wrong. The ratio of school children to registered population still does not match.

hehe.

The registered population of the government is for the central court to see. It may not have changed for hundreds of years, and it has even been declining in Qianshan County.

Just because the population increases, the total amount of taxes must also increase. Firstly, it is difficult for the county magistrate to collect enough taxes, and secondly, the magistrates and counties can intercept less taxes. Only when the local officials are out of their minds will they change the yellow list.

When it comes to actual taxation, it's another system.

In the past, people relied on food to grow, but now they rely on village leaders. There is no need for household registration books. No one knows anyone in the village. If you don't have the protection of a big family, you have to pay taxes.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Although Fei Ruhe was young, he was considered to be physically strong and pushed away the other students who were on the list.

He walked to the bottom of the list and looked up

The first place is Fei Ruyu.

Second place, Hu Zongru.

Third place, Fei Kai.

Fourth place: Fei Han.

He kept looking and reading, and he suddenly succeeded.

No. 117: Xu Ying.

No. 398: Fei Ruhe.

A total of 500 students were admitted to Qianshan County's rural examination list, which is about one-tenth of the reference number!

Under normal circumstances, only a few dozen are admitted in the county examination, but that only applies to normal states and counties.

The highest record in the north is in Ruyang, Henan, where more than 8,000 people took part in a county examination and about 800 were admitted.

The highest record in the south is Linchuan, Jiangxi Province. More than 10,000 people took part in a county examination and more than 1,000 people were admitted.

The schoolchildren who participated in the county examination were very enthusiastic, and many came to experience the atmosphere.

There is no fixed quota, usually one out of ten is chosen. If there are too many people, it will give the prefect a headache.

"Dad, I passed, I passed!" Fei Ruhe was ecstatic.

Fei Yinghuan's face was expressionless: "If you pass it, just pass it. You don't have to take the prefectural exam. You may not even understand the prefectural exam questions."

Fei Ruhe still maintained his fantasy: "If you are lucky, the prefect will give it to you."

Fei Yinghuan's face was very ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The prefect is not as easy to talk to as the county magistrate, and your father has no friendship with the prefect!"

Fei Ruhe shut up immediately.

Zhao Han asked: "Sir, then I don't need to go to the government to take an exam?"

"I can go or I can't go." Fei Yinghuan let Zhao Han decide for himself.

Those who are admitted to the government examination are children. There is still no quota for the number of students. Usually one of two will be selected. But if there are too many candidates, one of three, one of four or one of five may be selected.

Jiangxi's hellish difficulty is first reflected in the prefecture examination. Children who have passed the county examination will have to be passed down by at least three-quarters.

In other provinces and counties, the admission rate for prefectural examinations is about one-half.

"Then I'd better not go." Zhao Han smiled.

So what if I pass the provincial examination?

In the Taoist examination, you have to swipe people like crazy. Jiangxi scholars are not so easy to take the exam! From the county examination, the prefectural examination, and then the Taoist examination, the admission rate of the scholars may be less than 1% after adding up the three levels.

Next to the admission list, there are several sample essays posted, and Zhao Han's article is among them.

A schoolboy of seventeen or eighteen years old shook his head and praised repeatedly: "A common man can be a teacher for hundreds of generations, and he can teach the world with one word. It is really a wonderful article! I wonder which child prodigy Fei Han is?"

"Who is Fei Han?"

"Which Fei clan does Fei Han belong to? We must make friends with him."

"It must be me, Chen Jiang Fei!"

"Nonsense, it must be me, Shitang Fei!"

"..."

Zhao Han quickly ran away and quietly squeezed out of the crowd.

Among the countless people who read the list, no one discovered that his article was plagiarized.

Fei Yinghuan returned to Hanzhu Academy and immediately ran to the library to look for articles.

Zhao Han wrote the titles of more than 100 articles, including ancient Qin and Han Dynasty texts, about half of those in "Guanwen Guanzhi".

…

Inside the library.

Fei Yinghuan looked at the catalog of ancient texts and asked: "Who is the author of "Book with Han Jingzhou"?"

"Li Bai." Zhao Han replied immediately.

If he couldn't answer again, Fei Yinghuan would beat him.

There were several ancient articles in the past. Zhao Han only remembered the title of the article, but forgot who wrote it. How could Fei Yinghuan find it?

When he heard that it was written by Li Bai, Fei Yinghuan was very happy because there was "Collected Works of Li Taibai" in the library.

"This way!" Fei Yinghuan called to the school janitor.

Two handymen carried the wooden ladder over, and Fei Yinghuan climbed up it himself, took out the "Collected Works of Li Taibai" and quickly read through it.

Ancient anthologies also have catalogs. Fei Yinghuan quickly found the original text, threw it to Qin Xin and said: "Copy that article!"

Zhao Han quickly said: "The Preface to the Spring Night Banquet in the Peach and Plum Garden is also written by Li Bai."

Qin Xin quickly looked through the catalog and said, "Dad, I have this volume in my hand."

"Copy them all," Fei Yinghuan warned.

Although Zhao Han could not recite the full text of these two articles, he was very impressed by several paragraphs.

"I don't need to be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, but I hope I can get to know Han Jingzhou." The opening line boasts that Li Bai is a master of flattery.

"Heaven and earth are the reverse journey of all things; time is the passerby of generations. Life is like a dream, how much joy is there?" It is very suitable to make a QQ signature to show off.

Fei Yinghuan glanced at the ancient text entries and asked: "The "Diao Ancient Battle Text" was also written by Li Bai?"

"Uh... I forgot, it shouldn't be Li Bai." Zhao Han was a little embarrassed.

"Then there is no way to find it," Fei Yinghuan could only give up and asked, "Who is the author of "A Fang Gong Fu"?"

Zhao Han said: "Du Mu."

Fei Yinghuan had learned Du Mu's poems, and he immediately took his servants to look for them.

After a lot of trouble, I only found a copy of "Fan Chuan Poetry Notes", which was full of Du Mu's poems and contained no ancient texts at all.

For modern people, "Afang Palace Fu" can be seen casually.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, it could only be obtained from two sources: first, the Ming version of the Song version of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan" (which contained both poems and essays), and second, the version of Wu Zhi's version of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan" (which contained articles but no poems).

These two sets of engravings are both regionally distributed reading materials and cannot be purchased in most states and counties.

After searching to no avail, Fei Yinghuan said: "Forget it, I won't find this article anymore."

Zhao Han quickly said: "Sir, this is a magnificent article."

"Really?" Fei Yinghuan didn't believe it, because he had read Du Mu's poems, and his writing style didn't look like he could write a masterpiece.

Zhao Han said: "I can recite it a little, but I don't know if I can recite it all."

Fei Yinghuan told Jiandan: "Please record it."

Zhao Han immediately recited: "The six kings are finished, the four seas are one, the Shu Mountain is Wu, and A Fang comes out. It covers more than three hundred miles and isolates the sky. The Li Mountain is built in the north and turns west, going straight to Xianyang. The two rivers melt and flow into the palace wall. Five steps

On the first floor, there are ten steps and one pavilion. The waist of the corridor is narrow and the eaves and teeth are high. Everyone is holding on to the terrain and fighting each other..."

Jian Dan cried as he remembered it, put down his pen and said, "Brother, please slow down."

Zhao Han turned his head and took a look. Good guy, "Liu Wang Bi" was written as "Liu Wang Die", and there were a lot of typos at the end.

"Let me write it." Zhao Han could only say.

He wrote the first few paragraphs silently, but forgot all about the middle. Zhao Han thought hard for a long time and couldn't remember it.
To be continued...