As soon as Xie Liang left, Chu Yuan and others came over excitedly.
"Xiao He, hurry up. Did you forget that the exam results will be released today?" Chu Yuan pulled Xu He out as soon as he entered.
When several people came to the street, Xu He found that the entire Yangzhou city seemed to be a magnet, attracting the schoolchildren dressed as scholars in one direction.
The streets and alleys seemed to be celebrating the New Year. Not only scholars, but even some vendors and footmen were talking about it.
"We in Yangzhou Prefecture have thousands of study seeds, but only fifty of them are admitted in the end. If my child can pass the prefecture examination, being a child will be regarded as the ancestral smoke!"
"No, Tong Sheng is so amazing. Let's not talk about those high-ranking students and officials. Let's just talk about Tong Sheng. With so many Tong Sheng gathered together in Yangzhou Prefecture, even the prefect has to give him some face!"
"Yes, yes, I heard from people in the yamen that they privately call Tong Sheng [Tong Tianwang]!"
"Why?"
"Hey, you didn't know this! Although Tongsheng is not as high as the Scholars and Juren, there are so many of them. When something happens, they will always call their friends and surround the Yamen. The gentlemen will not punish the public. There’s nothing we can do against these scholars!”
Xu He also heard what the common people said.
If you are successful in the government examination, strictly speaking, you are not considered a child born.
Tongsheng must pass the government examination and then take a Taoist examination before he can be officially called a Tongsheng.
Tongsheng is not a subject name, but it is considered a small achievement among scholars. At present, scholars are generally respected, and their social status is definitely slightly higher than that of ordinary people, and they enjoy certain preferential treatment.
For example, when a lawsuit is filed, ordinary people must write "Plaintiff, Minren XX" on the petition paper, while Tong Sheng can say "Tong Sheng XX" on the petition paper.
When presenting a confession in court, although Tong Sheng has no merit and cannot stand without kneeling like the birth attendants and supervisors, generally the county magistrate will be more polite in the tone and wording of his questions after seeing the confession and knowing that the person is Tong Sheng.
If it is an older boy, it is not a major case, or he is just testifying in court, the county magistrate will also ask him to stand and answer.
But the same cannot be said for ordinary people. Even if you are in your seventies or eighty, old and frail, you still have to kneel according to the rules, because this is a matter of the system, and the county magistrate cannot violate the rules, otherwise the superiors or the censors who patrol and supervise everywhere will scold them. , and even punished for participating in the concert.
Furthermore, after Tong Sheng's death, his chestnut-wood god tablet could be written "As a gift to the official."
What is a gift to a Deng Shilang?
This is a name for a casual official. Generally, an official of the ninth rank can be granted the title of Shilang.
But Tong Sheng doesn't even have a name, so he definitely can't call himself a senior official.
But in ancient times, titles were given to the family members of officials. [The living said it was a title, and the dead said it was a gift]. The deceased was a child and had never held an official position. But if his son became a ninth-rank official, the court would give him the title of Shilang after his death. title.
But the son has never been an official. After his death, there will be nothing on the god card, and his face will be tarnished.
At this time, Tong Sheng's social status has given him blessings. You can write "Dengshilang", the lowest casual official rank, in the middle of the god card, but the word "Servant Gift" should be added in small letters above it.
Don't underestimate the small changes on this god's card. Ordinary people will be very envious when they see it.
Among the five, Xu He's sociology classmate Liu Zhigao and the other two seemed not to be in a very high mood.
Liu Zhigao said in frustration: "I didn't do well in the article this time. When I handed in the paper, Prefect Peng didn't even look at me! It's not like Xiaohe and Chu Yuan, who are both bound to pass!"
After taking the government examination, Xu He had been paying attention to the Zhou family's case, and he really didn't talk to his classmates about their examination status.
The other two schoolchildren from Hailing County who were dragged to sign bail smiled bitterly and shook their heads: "I didn't do well in the exam, the questions were too difficult!"
However, they had said before that the social studies teacher asked them to participate in this government examination in order to let them familiarize themselves with the government examination in advance to prepare for the next year, so the two of them were not very disappointed.
However, Liu Zhigao is seventeen years old this year. The family originally planned to let him study and get the title of Tongsheng, so they arranged a marriage for him.
With the title of Tongsheng, although it is impossible to find a rich family, at least you can marry a woman from a well-off family.
Moreover, it has been very difficult for the Liu family to provide for him to study in these years. Liu Zhigao's father said that if he failed to pass the Tongsheng examination, he would have to learn to keep accounts and do business when he returned home.
Sometimes, people are like this. When we were young, we all studied and played together without any barriers or hierarchies in our hearts.
But as you get older, you will find that there are fewer and fewer people around you.
Liu Zhigao is an example. Maybe now he can laugh and chat with Xu He and others, and watch the announcement of the results at the same time, but it is very likely that next time, he can only lean on the counter of a store and look at the disappointed scholars on the street. He said to others: "That so-and-so took the government examination with me back then! I even talked to him!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, Xu He patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay. Maybe you will pass the exam. Even if you fail, you can teach your children to read in the future!"
Liu Zhigao smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"What about you? Chu Yuan, how did you do in the exam?" Xu He turned to Chu Yuan.
Chu Yuan shook his head: "I don't know, the work was done, and the prefect also commented on my article, but there were no words of praise!"
Unknowingly, several people came to the government office again.
This time there were more people in front of the government office than when I was taking the government examination that day. Not only candidates and parents gathered here, but many people from the entire Yangzhou City also came to watch the fun.
Xu He and the others arrived just in time. As soon as they squeezed to the front, they heard someone shouting from the direction of the government office door: "Come out, the round list is out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd immediately pushed forward like crazy.
Soon, three squads of Kuaishou armed with water and fire sticks came out of the government office to maintain order.
Xu He looked from a distance and saw a man dressed as an official walking out of the gate with a piece of red paper in his hand. With the help of Kuaishou waiting at the door, he posted it on the wall next to the government office.
"Do you know? The round list of this prefectural examination is exactly the same as that of the county examination. The list is in the shape of a circle!" Next to Xu He was a chubby guy dressed as a scholar who was educating his companions on science.
He has seen the county examination results.
As the fat man said just now, the admission list for the county examination is in a circle and is written clockwise. The first place is in the middle of the circle, that is, at the twelve o'clock position, and then the list is written in order of ranking.
Fifty in a circle, with names facing outward.
The imperial examinations of the Great Wei Dynasty were more cruel than those of the Ming Dynasty in another time and space. The list of the Ming Dynasty would be written in several circles, but the admission rate of the imperial examinations of the Great Wei Dynasty was extremely low, and they could only be ranked in a circle.
There is a reason why admission lists are arranged in a circle.
If they are arranged vertically or vertically, there is a difference between the front and back.
But in the final analysis, the government examination is only the second level of the three-level boy examination. The first official title of the national scientific examination is actually "student member".
Passing the government examination does not represent the admission ranking of the final students.
Therefore, arranging in a circle can be regarded as an incentive for readers to continue working hard and catch up with their opponents.
"Look, the head of the current government examination is Xu He from Hailing County!"
"Wow..." The crowd was excited.
Even though he guessed that he would definitely be admitted to the government examination, Xu He really didn't expect that he would get the first place in the government examination after the county case leader.
"Where is Xu He?"
"Is Xu He here?"
"The head of the case should come out and say a few words!"
Everyone present started making noises.
