Before Ma Jing could explain, his father hurriedly patted his son on the shoulder and comforted him: "My son, it doesn't matter if you didn't pass the exam. You have already become the master of the exam. As for the Jinshi you are talking about, that is the real You can only pass the exam if a Wenqu star comes down to earth. If you can pass the exam for the Juren Master, even if the ancestral graves in our village are smoking, this is a bigger official than the county grand master!"
Ma Jing looked at his father speechlessly. How little confidence did he have in himself that he would say such words to comfort himself? Isn't getting a Jinshi a matter of course for me now?
However, Ma Jing did not refute his father, nor did he even explain to him. He nodded with a smile and said, "Dad, it seems that I haven't taken the national examination yet. I have to wait until next year to get the Jinshi."
"Ah? Haven't you taken the exam yet?" Father Ma was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly said with a smile: "It's okay if you don't, it's okay if you haven't taken the exam yet. Let's just say, with your ability, baby, if you pass the exam I will definitely pass the exam.”
Others also echoed, "That's right, Dad Ma, what are you worried about? With my ability as a civil servant, I can definitely get into that...Jinshi?"
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Ma Jing looked at the villagers' awkward and clumsy compliments, but with a smile on his face, he bowed his hands to everyone and returned the compliments one by one.
The villagers were even more flattered, and waved their hands with red faces, saying: "I can't do it, I can't do it, you are the master of the people..."
Faced with Ma Jing's polite behavior, some villagers even blushed and turned around and ran away.
Father Ma looked at the villagers fleeing and didn't understand why they were like this.
Ma Jing glanced at it with a smile, of course he knew what was going on. But facing his confused father, he didn't explain anything.
He pulled his father and said, "Dad, where is our new home now? Let's go home?"
Only then did Father Ma come to his senses, nodded quickly and said, "Oh, yes, let's go home first. I'm afraid your mother has already prepared the food and is waiting for you!"
Although Ma Jing woke up early the next morning, he was immersed in the smell of his long-lost home and was unwilling to get up for a long time.
After he got up, he came to the main room and saw several elders in the clan sitting with his father, talking and laughing!
Seeing Ma Jing coming, my father suddenly yelled angrily and said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with you kid? Why did you not wake up until now? Who did you learn this bad habit from?"
Who did you learn it from?
Ma Jing was stunned for a moment. He suddenly felt that none of his classmates in the academy liked to get up early! Moreover, he also heard a legend that this bad problem came from Mr. Han.
"Hey~ Ma Liu, look what you said? Ma Jing is the Master of Juren, and in the future he will be the Master of Jinshi. What's wrong with getting up late? What's wrong with sleeping a little longer? Do you think that the Master of Juren is still the same as you? Do you get up early and go to the fields to dig for food at dusk?"
"Yes, yes, we heard that the masters think deeply every day. In fact, they are more tired than us working in the fields. Of course, we need to sleep longer."
The two old men immediately scolded Father Ma.
Father Ma didn't dare to talk back, so he had to say: "Second uncle, third uncle, are everything you said true?"
"Of course!" The two of them nodded in unison, as if they were speaking in unison.
Only then did Father Ma come back to his senses, stretched out his hand and pointed, and said to Ma Jing: "Your second uncle and third uncle came early in the morning. Originally, we were going to wake you up, but we were stopped by you two." An uncle stopped me."
Ma Jing smiled, stepped forward in two steps, held his hands in greeting and said, "Ma Jing has met my second and third uncles."
"It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this..." Although the two of them were elders Ma Jing, they still stood up at a loss.
Father Ma quickly stretched out his hand, pulled the two of them, and said: "Second uncle, third uncle, I salute you, that's what you should do. What are you doing standing up? Just sit down."
Ma Jing smiled and walked to his father's side. After he sat down, the two uncles slowly sat back.
Father Ma turned back to Ma Jing and said: "Your two uncles came early in the morning and brought you several large pieces of meat, a few chickens, and a lot of eggs. They said that you had just come back and wanted to give them to you." Make up for it."
"Thank you, second uncle and third uncle!" Ma Jing said with a cupped hand.
The second uncle waved his hand quickly and said politely: "They are all unworthy things and not worthy of thanks."
Ma Jing saw that his two uncles had suddenly become cautious since he arrived. He rolled his eyes and deliberately teased: "Then I've finished eating, but I have to go to the two uncles' houses to get some more."
There was a huge surprise in the hearts of the two of them, and they nodded hurriedly and said: "Okay, okay! After eating, you can just go home and get it. You can take whatever you have, my uncle will have nothing to say!"
"Hahaha......"
After Ma Jing made such a joke, the atmosphere suddenly became intimate.
The two uncles were no longer restrained and were able to talk to Father Ma with ease, but they still did not dare to talk to Ma Jing.
Ma Jing also lowered his head and sat aside, nodding in agreement from time to time.
Seeing that Ma Jing was so approachable, the second uncle immediately felt relieved, looked at Ma Jing and asked: "Ma Jing~"
"Second uncle, tell me!" Ma Jing responded with a gentle smile and a nod.
When the second uncle saw him, he suddenly became bold and said, "I heard that you will take the imperial examination in the capital next year. Are you sure?"
Father Ma also asked quickly: "Yes, we have heard that those who can pass the Jinshi exam are all Wenqu stars in the sky. Don't worry too much. It's good to be able to pass the Juren exam. It doesn't matter if you can't pass the Jinshi exam. What."
Father Ma had limited knowledge and didn't know what Jinshi meant. He thought it was just an official greater than Juren. But the two uncles knew that Jinshi and Juren were completely different.
Therefore, the two looked at Ma Jing with bright eyes.
Ma Jing saw the expressions of his two uncles and just smiled. When he looked at his father, he said with a bit of laughter and tears: "Dad, every time the Ming Dynasty takes the examination, six hundred Jinshi will be selected. If every one of them is a Wenqu star who comes to earth, where do so many Wenqu stars come from in the world?"
"Can you take 600 exams at one time?" Mr. Ma was stunned. Although he didn't know what Jinshi meant, he still knew that things were rare and valuable. Six hundred of them suddenly appeared. No matter how precious things were, they would no longer be precious.
Seeing Father Ma curl his lips, the second uncle quickly explained to him: "Ma Liu, don't expect to get six hundred Jinshi in one examination, but do you know how big Ming Dynasty is? How many people are there in the world? Besides, this examination will The exam is only taken once every three years, and every Jinshi is...all..."
The second uncle didn't know how to describe the Jinshi, so he had to say, "Anyway, you know that the Jinshi is much more noble than the Juren Master!"
"More noble than Wazi?" Ma Lao's face was shocked, as if in his heart Ma Jing could only be a scholar.
He quickly turned around and asked Ma Jing, "Is that so?"
Ma Jing smiled and nodded, "Yes, the reputation of a Jinshi is indeed much higher than that of a Juren. Let's put it this way, every time there is an examination in the capital, there are about two thousand Juren in the Academy to take the exam, and there are three thousand in the Imperial College. , plus the candidates from all prefectures and counties in the world. In each examination, almost six to seven thousand candidates take part. In the end, only six hundred people will be selected, that is, one out of ten."
The probability of choosing one out of ten seems very high, but don’t forget that these are all candidates, and each one of them is a hero among scholars. This shows how competitive the competition is.
"So Ma Jing, are you sure about getting the Jinshi?" The third uncle was not interested in how many candidates participated in the examination. He just wanted to know whether Ma Jing could get the Jinshi.
If Ma Jing hadn't been too obsessed with the academy, according to Mr. Academy, he would have been able to pass high school last time. Because of the question-sea tactic, the students from the academy already had an advantage in the joint examination, which even the Imperial College couldn't compare to. Therefore, Mr. Academy’s words are not 100% absolute, but at least 90% certain.
Ma Jing is also confident about whether he can pass the Jinshi examination. Smiling and nodding, he replied: "First Class A doesn't dare to think about it, but Second Class A and Third Class A are still sure."
The two uncles were stunned at first, not understanding what Ma Jing meant. As for Mr. Ma, he knew nothing about the interview and simply ignored him.
Suddenly, the second uncle woke up, looked at Ma Jing with surprise, and asked: "Ma Jing! Do you mean you are sure that you will be a Jinshi in high school?"
"Is this true?" Third uncle also asked quickly.
Ma Jing smiled and nodded slightly, "Well, with my knowledge, I should be able to pass the Third-A Jinshi exam. As for the Second-A and First-A, I'm not sure."
What Ma Jing said was a bit conservative, but even so, it was enough to make the two uncles excited.
"Top three is good, top three is good!" The third uncle was so happy that he was at a loss and screamed as if he had won the Jinshi.
The second uncle suddenly pushed him and complained: "What are you talking about?"
The third uncle suddenly came back to his senses and quickly explained to Ma Jing: "Ma Jing, my uncle didn't mean that you can only pass the top three exams. What my uncle meant is that it would be great if you could pass the top three exams. Of course, if you can pass the exam, If you get into the second or first class, that’s naturally better, even better..."
Father Ma also reacted at this time, pulled his son and asked: "My son, can you really pass the Jinshi examination?"
Ma Jing thought to himself, nodded and said: "The academy can prepare more than 400 high school students for each examination. With the child's current knowledge, it is still possible to get a top three Jinshi."
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that Master Jinshi would appear in our Majia Village!" The third uncle was so happy that he couldn't find the answer. He even had the desire to run out immediately and yell.
The second uncle was much calmer than him. He suddenly slapped the third uncle on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "This matter cannot be spread to outsiders. Ma Jing has not participated in the examination yet. If it gets spread, others may He will have some evil thoughts, which will be detrimental to Ma Jing."
The third uncle was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing, nodded his head and said, "Yes, yes, yes, this matter cannot be made public. It cannot be made public. We will wait until Ma Jing passes the Jinshi examination. By then, no one will dare to make mistakes!"
