Zhou Bai knew the Taoist official's behavior very well and regarded him as a close friend.
The way of the imperial examination is to first teach and then follow the law. It is a majestic and righteous way, which is valued by the heaven.
However, Taoism in the world is based on the Dharma first and the Tao later. It is a "little Tao" that has been gradually abandoned by the times. Even if the Taoism does not recognize it, the trend of decline is unavoidable.
Now that Zhou Bai is juxtaposing the two, the Taoists certainly have a good impression. If there is something important at hand, it is not impossible to take him to have a discussion.
Although he was a scholar in his previous life, in terms of the entire world, his level was still that of an ant.
Therefore, he only has a partial understanding of many great secrets.
The Heavenly Court is co-governed by five Heavenly Emperors, but there is no way of knowing what the Heavenly Emperors govern respectively. We only vaguely know that at the top, there is a Haotian God who is indifferent to worldly affairs and governs this world.
According to various unofficial historical records, the Taoist sect was once at the top of the world in ancient times. If ordinary people wanted to live forever, they had to worship the mountains and learn Taoism, and be accepted into the gate by a high Taoist.
The status of Taoists was once higher than that of princes. Even today, when the Taoist sect is in decline, Taoists with a slightly higher level of cultivation will be mistaken for true immortals by mortals and are often called immortals.
As for why the Taoist sect is now subject to various restrictions and is regarded as a side path by the imperial examination righteousness, Zhou Bai has no definite information.
All I know is that heaven prefers scholars who came from the imperial examination. Before the two candidates have entered the path, they are entered into the heavenly register and trained as direct descendants.
As for people from the Taoist sect, if they want to live forever and succeed in the Tao, they must move forward step by step. Nine out of ten will die in disaster.
In the end, most of those who transcended tribulations and ascended were not reused in heaven. After all, they were used to being carefree.
Zhou Bai deduced based on the theory of luck that most of the top two scholars who can make it through the imperial examination are those who have both talent and luck.
Learning Taoism is a genius, and being listed in the heavenly book can also provide luck to the heaven. This is not a direct lineage, what should be regarded as a direct lineage.
Coming from a Taoist sect, not to mention that all aspects have been finalized, but to say that the cultivation level is so integrated that it is difficult to be offered any luck, and being included in the heaven is almost considered a burden.
In his previous life, when he was elected in the same year, he often called the Taoist priests who lived in seclusion in the mountains "Tao thieves". The Taoist priests also looked down upon the scholars who enjoyed preferential treatment and regarded them as "common people" who were stuck in the quagmire.
The two don't like each other, and running up to them may cause trouble. Please be careful in the future. Zhou Bai's thoughts were divergent as he walked out of the county government office.
How can a commoner who is not even a scholar worry so much and think too much.
Zhou Bai shook his head and laughed, but Zhou Rui didn't see the self-mockery in it. He only felt that his friend was generous and generous.
When he was young, he often played with Zhou Bai, but since his enlightenment, he was trained by his family to do business because of his dull talent, and the two have lost much contact.
A few days ago, because there was a clan sacrifice and the county examination was about to take place, he returned to the clan's residence in Hongni Township. His father would not give up his blessing quota.
However, in recent contact, Zhou Ruizhen felt that Zhou Bai was not like his fifteen-year-old peers.
"Zhou Bai, you have changed a lot. If you become a scholar, you will definitely be more promising than me in the future." Zhou Rui said, looking at his somewhat incomprehensible friend.
He didn't feel it in the yamen, but he was covered in cold sweat when he came out. No matter whether the Taoist official had extraordinary power or not, he was still a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and he was not someone he could offend.
Zhou Bai stood on the steps, searching for something with his eyes, and joked to Zhou Rui: "Why did you give up? It's better to learn business honestly, earn some family business, and train the next generation."
"I just hope to be a child student, so that I won't be able to get a title when I die. As for scholar, haha." Zhou Rui shook his head and told his true purpose.
Although being a child student does not count as an honor, in "barbaric" places where literary fortune is not strong, such as Pingcang County, many children are qualified to be elementary teachers.
It is not easy for many families to provide a child. After death, the name is engraved on the tombstone as an honor, and there is no shame in going down to see the ancestors.
The two ignored some jealous glances, all coming from the candidates queuing up. Most of them were from small families or even common people.
"Let's go. Your groom is here to take us to the inn. You really have to improvise your studies, otherwise it will be difficult for you to be a child."
"Don't want to go shopping? The city is very lively these two days."
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Zhou Bai was well versed in the examinations for children. Not only did he know the examination questions in his previous life, but he also knew that the academic training in that life was not a lie.
But after all, it was the first time since his rebirth that he actually stayed in the inn for two days and read the Four Books and Five Classics. This was because he was adjusting his own level, and he was too experienced and skillful in writing poems, poems, poems, strategies and essays.
Of course, Zhou Rui didn't run away either. Zhou Bai gave him a surprise training in private, and included several high-scoring test questions during the back whipping.
On February 13, the forty-sixth year of Daxu Xiangxing, the first county examination in Pingcang County began.
As soon as it dawned, there was a lot of noise outside the Yuelai Inn. People and cars were coming and going, most of them rushing to the examination room.
Zhou Bai had also woken up early. He did a good job of personal cleaning and did not go out immediately. Instead, he took out the luck string incense from the heavenly book.
He discovered that the Book of Luck has another storage function, but currently it seems that it can only store tangible objects. Except for three incense sticks, the rest cannot be stored.
The Tongsheng test does not require too much luck. One stick should be enough. Zhou Bai thought slightly and made arrangements.
He immediately took out the flint and ignited it very skillfully. It was colorless and gasless, and burned at an extremely fast speed.
The incense stick left no ashes, and even the wooden stick carrier in the hand turned into nothingness, at least to the naked eye.
Just in case, Zhou Bai summoned the Book of Luck and checked the first page.
As the pages of the book flickered, Zhou Bai's own figure appeared on it, which was still the empty spiritual platform.
An increasingly urgent feeling of anxiety emerged in his mind, and there seemed to be a wall of air pressing in around him. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before Tiandao would discover his alien nature.
There is no way to change your destiny for the time being, but your luck around you has changed a lot.
A wisp of light red air circulates slowly and regularly around the figure, and wisps of white air closely follow the red air, forming a stable pattern of good luck.
Not to mention the gray gas that is being tested from the outside and dare not step forward, even the pale white gas is transforming into pure white due to the presence of red gas.
Red luck is the luck that only talents in a county can have. The luck pattern of the highest officials in a county is also red luck.
This mere wisp controls Zhou Bai's current thin fortune. If it weren't for the lack of his destiny, the red luck would not last long. If he lights up the luck incense as soon as possible, he can add more white luck.
The Zhou family is not a red house. It is amazing if the ancestral spirit can bless the clan members with a little bit of good luck. Therefore, Zhou Bai's current luck should be much greater than that of ordinary direct descendants of the villagers. Even the descendants of ordinary county magnates may not have a ray of good luck to suppress them.
If your luck is red, in a county, you are considered a noble person.
They were waiting for the county exam. Everyone was lining up in an orderly manner. Zhou Bai pulled Zhou Rui, who was still awake, to line up honestly. The county magnate was also among them. There was no privilege when the exam officially started.
Nearly a thousand students have consulted, and I don’t know how many people have the red destiny, and they will be able to get a glimpse of Bailihou’s position in the future.
