"Is there something big of a deal? Why are there so many people outside the Daming Mansion?"

When Wu Haogu followed Zhang Shangying, Zhang Shuye and others who were rushing slowly to Daming Mansion, it was already early October of the second year of Yuanfu.

Of course, Zhang Shangying would not rush back to Beijing to report his life. He would soon come to Daming Prefecture to be a caa minister (Hebei East Road Transportation Envoy is located in Daming Prefecture), so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to raise relations with the officials of Daming Prefecture.

Last night, Wu Anzhi, the transferor of Hebei East Road, was treated to him all night. Wu Haogu couldn't avoid the officials in the Caosi Yamen, all his future colleagues, how could he not drink a few cups? Moreover, Wang Anshi's son-in-law Wu Anzhi and Wu Haogu "stop seeing it" and pulled him to drink a few big cups. By the way, they introduced a 17 or 18-year-old official genius named Xu An'an to Wu Haogu.

Of course, the meaning is very clear, so Xu Anan has to be put on the album of "The Courtesan"!

An official genius seems to have been Wu Anchi's concubine for a short time. What album is included in the "Courtessy" album? Does it mean that a "Courtessy" are unique to the concubine?

Wu Haogu naturally couldn't resist the face of the fortune envoy. So he made an appointment to go to the Caosi Office this afternoon to paint for Xu An'an.

It is almost noon now. After taking a short break in the afternoon, Wu Haogu left the inn with his good disciple Du Wenyu and his old guard Lin Wancheng and went to the Caosi Yamen. As a result, he walked outside the Daming Yamen and was blocked by a crowd of scholars.

Seeing a crowded scene, Wu Haogu thought something had happened and asked to himself.

"This official, don't you know that today is the day when Daming Mansion's trial will be released?"

An old scholar who was a little old, dressed in a sloppy dress and had a white beard under his jaw seemed to hear Wu Haogu's question and immediately answered.

"Daming Mansion Examination..." Wu Haogu nodded, then looked at the old scholar again, and saw that he looked happy, so he asked with a smile, "Old scholar, you must have won, right?"

“That’s.”

The old master stroked his beard and replied. He had already seen from Wu Haogu's official uniform that he was a military officer, so he did not seem to be reserved. A young "green-skinned military officer" was a ninth rank, and he was not noble for a disciple.

"Is the old scholar Gui Geng this year?" Wu Haogu asked with a smile.

"I am 60 this year." The old scholar replied.

60 years old...

Wu Haogu thought of his distant old man Wu Zhongyi. He is 65 years old this year and has wasted his whole life in the imperial examination.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu suddenly asked: "By the way, old scholar, aren't you the first time you tried the test?"

"That's it." The old man touched his beard and was quite proud. "I have already solved it five times."

Wu Haogu asked: "Then do you recognize Wu Zhongyi from Baibo, Luoyang?"

"Wu Chongqing of Wu from Baibo Yimen Wu?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Haogu nodded, "It's him."

"Why don't you recognize it?" said the old peddler, "I have taken the exam with him three times!"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "That's great. You can take the fourth exam with him again. If you can go to high school together, you will be in the same year as the imperial examination in the future."

"I will definitely win!" The old scholar nodded, "Since you know Wu Chongqing, you must be Wu Chongqing's junior, right?"

"Yes." Wu Haogu smiled, "I am the deputy envoy of Dongshanghemen, Wu Chongqing is my distant eldest father. These days I have lived in my home in Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Deputy Envoy of Dongshanghemen?" The old man was stunned for a moment and hurriedly bowed, "I'm shady, I'm Zhao Jiaren, a native of Daming Prefecture."

The deputy envoy of the Dongshanghe Sect is a rampant official from the seventh rank! It is definitely not easy to be such an official at a young age! How dare the old scholars act rashly? They immediately became respectful.

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Since you recognize my distant father, you are destined to be with me. Why don't I take you to Kaifeng Mansion?" He paused, "I'm living in the inn now, with Zhang Zhongshu."

"Zhang Zhongshu?"

"Zhang Tianjue, the clan of the Secretariat."

"Ah, the Jinshi of Zhiping for the second year is from Sichuan, right?"

"Do you know him?" Wu Haogu asked with a smile.

"Oh," Zhao Jiaren sighed, "Knowing is knowing... It's been more than thirty years in a blink of an eye!"

...

"Why didn't there!"

Fan Zhijin didn't know that his enemy Wu Haogu was less than 100 steps away from him, but he couldn't help it. Now Wu Haogu has been practicing martial arts for several months, and his strength has improved significantly. Fan Zhijin could not beat him at all, and there was also Lin Wancheng protecting him.

Moreover, Fan Zhijin's attention was completely attracted by the test list.

He is now trying to make ends meet!

If there is no name on the list, then you will die immediately... You will not go back to the Zhang Mansion (a relative of Zhang Kegong), and go directly to the best restaurant in Daming Mansion to have a Kaifeng meal, and then call a girl, spend all your money and go to the Zhang River!

He widened his eyes and looked for it on the list. It was not the word "Fan Zhijin" on it.

There isn't!

Fan Zhijin's heart was already trembling, and tears were rolling down. Why didn't he not? He felt that his article was done well and that the question was better answered. He explained the principle that Song and Liao were beneficial to each other, and that the fight was defeated by both sides, and that it was almost a waste of time.

After coming out of the scene, he recited his article to Zhang Kegong. The other party thought he would win, so he returned to Yanggu County with confidence.

Why did you fail the test paper that must be won?

Could it be that heaven is desperate?

Thinking of this, Fan Zhijin couldn't help crying.

The crying sounds are getting louder and louder because more people cry. In the imperial examination field, fewer people are successful, more people lose, and many people fail for a long time... To be honest, it is not easy for ordinary people to support a scholar. Although the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was a low-cost education, the problem is that the imperial examination can be taken endlessly.

The imperial examination is not like a university or military academy education. No matter how expensive it is, it will take a few years. If you lose all your money, you can pass it even if you grit your teeth. For a family, if a man has been studying for the imperial examination for decades, but cannot pass a Jinshi, the extra money spent is actually very amazing.

For example, if Wu Zhongyi and Zhao Jiaren go out early to be an aide or a clerk, you should earn 30,000 or 40 years. This money is definitely enough to go to Liuyi Academy and university.

So to some extent, the imperial examination education is like cutting the flesh with a blunt knife, a small piece at a time, and a few decades of cutting! At the end of the exam, I became a poor person and a big frustration, and I was trapped for the rest of my life.

Liuyi Academy and university education are a long and shorter pain. Although it costs a lot of money, the returns are generally guaranteed.

Seeing the crying outside the Daming Prefecture Office, Zhao Jiaren, beside Wu Haogu, sighed: "It's like this every time! This year there was another flood, and many scholars suffered major disasters... The imperial examination system failed again, and scholars were really suffering!"

Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Yes, men don't cry easily, but they haven't reached the sad place."

...

Fan Zhijin cried all the way to Zhangshui. He was not in the mood to eat Kaifeng dishes. His mind was full of death. He really couldn't think of it anymore.

My lifelong dream is completely empty now!

Moreover, what else can he do besides taking the imperial examination? It seems that he can't do anything! He can't even write lyrics like Liu Sanbian! Even his enemies Wu Haogu and Ximen Qing are not as good as those of him.

He already knew from Zhao Tieniu that Wu Haogu was the best painter in Kaifeng Prefecture. He had thousands of silk paintings on one piece of paper! Even if he didn't become an official, his life would be extremely comfortable.

Ximen Qing is a female hero in Yanggu, who is extremely fierce! She is also a girl. She has treated many wealthy families from Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road. She is also a man who can steal money and cheat money.

"Nothing is useful! Nothing is useful!"

Disheartened and completely desperate Fan Zhijin cried and walked to the edge of Zhangshui in a daze, climbed a stone bridge, and found that there were already several young men dressed in scholars standing on the bridge at this time.

Are they all coming to the water?

Fan Zhijin thought to himself: I am no longer lonely on the road to the underworld.

Thinking of this, he bit his teeth, and didn't care that the water was too cold. He flipped onto the railing and jumped into the Zhang River, but someone hugged him.

"What's wrong? Why do you have to throw yourself into the water?"

The person who hugged Fan Zhijin asked a loud question.

"Don't worry about me, let me die..."

Fan Zhijin shouted. While shouting, he struggled hard to drill down. Gradually, half of his body had already reached mid-air. The man who was originally holding his waist had to hold his pants tightly.

"You have to have a reason to die, right? Why do you want to die?" someone next to him asked.

"The test is out of the list! I can't survive!"

Someone immediately said, "What are you afraid of failing the exam? You are still young, so you can take another exam next time."

"Yes, do you think you are Fan Jin! I took Jie Yuan as soon as I took the exam!"

Fan Jin? This name sounds so familiar, it’s not right... At this time, Fan Zhijin suddenly remembered that he seemed to have taken the exam with a fake name, not using Fan Zhijin’s name, but using Fan Jin’s name!

Did you win the Jie Yuan of Daming Mansion?

Fan Zhijin was a little confused for a moment. This matter was a mess. Jie Yuan was beaten and ran to commit suicide! If this was to be heard, wouldn’t it make people laugh?

Just as he thought of this, a stinging sound of cloth tearing came, and Fan Zhijin quickly fell into the cold Zhang River, and then he fell into the water with a thud!

It turned out that Fan Zhijin's trousers were not strong enough to bear his weight being torn apart, which made him the only scholar in the history of the Song Dynasty who had learned about the Yuan Dynasty and committed suicide by diving.
Chapter completed!