There was more than one famous literary gathering yesterday. Many celebrities held poetry gatherings in order to support their younger generations. There were also many families sending scholars and even scholars to give lectures. The purpose of going to these literary gatherings was purely pure.
As for the Tingshan Poetry Festival held by Qi Hua, it would be difficult to invite talented and learned people, but Mr. Qi was rich and generous.
Anyway, if you go to a celebrity poetry gathering, you may not be able to use it in the county examination, so you might as well earn some extra money and make friends with Qi Hua, the county's most important young master.
Originally, these people who participated in the Tingshan Poetry Meeting thought they would be ridiculed, but unexpectedly, Zhou Bai, a big boss, appeared out of nowhere.
It is said that praise for Lang Tao Sha spread throughout the county, and many literati followed the trend of Ci Pai.
In the future, the Tingshan Poetry Society, which flourished for 46 years, will not only be famous in history, but will at least be recorded in the county annals of Bei'an County. How proud they are!
At first, they were just cold-eyed spectators in the poetry meeting, but now they have become Zhou Bai's strong supporters. They memorize Zhou Bai's recent poems and criticize people crazily in the city.
Who says Zhou Bai's poems are not good? Then give me an original one.
"Zhou Bai is back in the city!" As soon as he returned to the city, someone who was interested recognized the carriage. There was no way it was a carriage produced by the family, and the marks on the carriage were very obvious.
Immediately, countless eyes gathered on the street, and many people who liked Zhou Bai's poems swarmed over.
The stronger ones even squeezed to the front of the car and shouted towards the car curtain: "Brother Zhou, do you have any new works?!"
The men were just asking for poems, and at most they were asking where the inspiration came from.
But some of the brides-to-be inherited some of the rugged styles from the north and got straight to the point.
"Zhou Bai, if you become a scholar, I will marry you!" He was from a businessman family.
"Young Master Zhou is at the top of the county list. Scholars must win, and those who are arrogant should stay away." This person comes from a small scholar family.
There are also some ladies from powerful families who ask servants to deliver letters, just to wait for you to win the election, and are willing to accompany you...
They are very realistic, but also very courageous.
Crazy star-chasers, this is Zhou Bai's lament. No matter where in the world, there seems to be such a group of people.
Originally, Zhou Bai would be very happy to face this situation, because becoming famous means that he can gather some foreign luck.
This was also his original plan, to use his name to bring luck. Although it was not much, it could make up for his lack of background.
But now he couldn't be happy. He couldn't smile without eating.
In the end, Zhou Bai could only whisper and tell the boss to go straight to the inn, get into the room and stay behind closed doors.
Taking into account the soldiers patrolling the city, the "star-chasers" did not dare to gather together to attack the inn. They just wandered outside and tried to talk to Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai didn't go out for the whole day. He just ate some simple meals cooked by the inn cook.
During this period, people with ulterior motives also came to provoke him. An old scholar handed Zhou Bai a letter at the door of the inn, asking Zhou Bai to come out and compete with him on the meaning of the scriptures.
Classical meaning is a common subject in the imperial examination, which requires candidates to write essays to explain the meaning of classic passages.
This is completely different from the dictation of sage classics in the county examination. It is a subject that was only added in the county examination.
The innkeeper told Zhou Bai that the old scholar became famous at a young age, but later failed the exam for a long time, so he was resentful.
In recent years, he has become old and frail, and his resentment has deepened, and he often takes pleasure in suppressing geniuses.
This time, maybe the old scholar heard about Zhou Bai's reputation and deliberately came to challenge him for a competition. He was not "good" at poetry than Zhou Bai.
Not to mention that Zhou Bai was already proficient in his studies. In his previous life, he would not have paid attention to such a slanderous person. He immediately asked Lao Shi to drag the old scholar to the county government office and accuse him of destroying the fairness of the county examination.
He wondered if there was someone behind the scenes who specifically asked him to target Zhou Bai.
Although the old method has been used for a long time, it is certainly not a problem to deal with a helpless old man.
As a result, cries of "disgraceful to politeness" could be heard in the streets, and many people gathered in front of the county government office.
He initially just found a reason to sue the official. Unexpectedly, the old scholar thought that Zhou Bai knew the inside story, but he didn't hold back under the questioning of the county magistrate.
After all, if you resist, you will be strict and if you give an explanation, you will be lenient.
Someone really arranged it, and according to his account, a boy came to his door and gave him twenty taels, and another thirty taels when the deal was done.
This time, the old scholar really put himself in jail. Maybe the county edict had to review his merit, which violated the court laws and his character was extremely poor.
With the old scholar as an example, the inn was finally quiet for a long time without being disturbed.
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On the second day, before heading to the examination room, Zhou Bai decided to light both the luck string incense sticks.
Even if he has good luck today and there are threads of red luck surrounding him, the grade of these good fortunes is not high and they are just county luck.
Through inquiring, it was found that in this county examination, the descendants of the commander-in-chief families in Bei'an County all ended up as legitimate concubines.
They have a lot of bad luck to protect them. Even if their academic performance is different from his, their luck is enough to crush them.
It is not difficult for Zhou Bai to get into the top ten with his scattered luck, but he is probably close to the case. For insurance, the luck thread is very good.
The missing entry in his life kept reminding him that the will of the world was about to find him, an outsider.
After that, everything was as usual, waiting in line for the exam, continuing with the four subjects of dictation, poetry, classic meaning, and policy theory one by one.
What Zhou Bai felt was that the county examination room was bigger, the invigilation was stricter, and the luck suppression was more severe.
Compared with the county examination, which lasts three subjects in one day, the county examination lasts four subjects in two days, and you sleep in the examination booth at night.
The county examination is carried out by the seventh-grade county magistrate's seal, while the county examination is carried out by the fifth-grade official seal of the county governor. It is even more difficult for candidates to write an extraordinary phenomenon that overflows with literary spirit.
The gold and red articles in the Zhoubai County test are not qualified. Of course, gold and red articles are enough.
In terms of poetry and strategy, Zhou Bai wrote gold-grade articles twice. The golden style of writing overflowed from the page and attracted the attention of the county invigilator.
In order to prevent the vision from disturbing other people, in addition to the fifth-grade seal, the county guard actually asked for the Emperor Zhu's official document, which was the official document that the current emperor replied to Bei'an County.
That thin slip of paper, placed next to the big seal, was like a thousand catties of weight, suppressing the fluctuating fortunes of the entire audience.
Including Zhou Bai's bronze inscriptions, they failed to stir up the slightest phenomenon.
However, after this battle, Zhou Bai really made several high-ranking officials remember that there was a scholar under their rule.
The top three Jinshi in each session are all outstanding people, and they all have a common characteristic on the road to the imperial examination.
That is the lowest red inscription, there are often bronze inscriptions, and there are also one or two indescribably precious green inscriptions.
The two-day exam passed quickly, but the results would not be announced until three days.
First, there are many reference students, one county and seven counties. This is more than just the children's reference for this year, and the number of examination papers is much larger than that of the county examination.
The second is that there are procedures to be followed in the issuance of academic titles. Every scholar is a scholar recognized by the imperial court and needs to be approved by the state government and then reported to the Ministry of Officials in Shenjing.
In order to prepare scholars for the imperial court, this was actually an extraordinary means used, otherwise three days would not even be enough to travel.
