After the township examination was over, he went back to the rented yard to have dinner, and then Li Qiao took Tao Zhu back to his room to sleep.
This time he slept soundly, and when he woke up again, the sun was shining outside and the room was bright.
Opening his eyes, he saw Tao Zhu's face.
Tao Zhu was lying on his side, his body was not in his arms, but his legs were on Tao Zhu's waist, and his hands were on Tao Zhu's stomach.
At this time, Tao Zhu opened a pair of watery eyes, and the dark eyeballs rolled from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Obviously, Tao Zhu woke up a long time ago, but in order not to wake him up, he lay down obediently, just thinking about something with his clear eyes.
Li Qiao was immediately amused by his pensive appearance.
On weekdays, he always said something, the days went smoothly, and he didn't encounter any major events worth thinking about, so Li Qiao rarely saw him like this.
"What are you thinking?" Li Qiao couldn't help but move her hand to his cheek, pinching the flesh on his face and gently pulling it.
"Are you awake?" Tao Zhu looked at Li Qiao upon hearing the sound, saw that he was looking at him with a smile, so he laughed too, and stretched out his hand to grab his big hand that was making trouble on his face.
"I'm thinking about going to the capital. We need to bring a lot of luggage to the capital, and we don't know the way, so don't go the wrong way." He explained.
Seeing Tao Zhu's frown subconsciously, Li Qiao grabbed his body with a big hand and pulled him into his arms.
His bamboo brother is so cute.
First, he hugged Tao Zhu and rubbed it for a while, until he was out of breath and his cheeks turned red, then Li Qiao kissed his lips, and said with a smile, "It's still early, we'll talk about it after the results of the local examination."
"And don't be afraid of going the wrong way. At that time, we can follow the caravan. Last year, some merchants from the capital city came, and there will definitely be some this year."
After being rubbed by Li Qiao, Tao Zhu's mind had been diverted, and he lay on his stomach. On Li Qiao's body, there was a layer of water vapor in his eyes, and his hands wrapped around Li Qiao's neck.
Hearing Li Qiao's words, he opened his eyes wide, his thoughts turned back, and he showed annoyance.
too stupid.
He didn't even think about the caravan!
He just thought about what if only Li Qiao passed the provincial examination. Of course, he didn't mean to curse Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue, and Xu Ying, he was just thinking wildly.
If he and Li Qiao were the only ones going to the capital... they would probably bring the Li family with them.
But after all, there are only a few people.
The capital is so far away, and the road is so long, if you make a mistake along the way, or get sick due to acclimatization, or encounter robbers or wild animals, it will be too bad.
He never thought of going on the road with the caravan!
"You have such a good brain." He couldn't help but praise Li Qiao, looking at Li Qiao's eyes sparkling.
"It was you who didn't remember it for a while, after all, you haven't traveled far." Li Qiao pulled the man into his arms, turned over and pressed the man under him.
He was too familiar with Tao Zhu's expression, if he hadn't spoken just now, Tao Zhu would definitely have stripped off his clothes right now.
Ever since he was preparing for the provincial examination, the number of times he and Tao Zhu had fun had been greatly reduced, especially for this provincial examination, his brain was filled with test papers for nine days in a row.
Now I can finally relax.
He also misses Tao Zhu very much, very much.
When Li Qiao's lips fell, Tao Zhu actually wanted to say that you have never traveled far, but he missed Li Qiao so much, he kicked this sentence out of his mind without hesitation, and responded enthusiastically to Li Qiao.
The two who hadn't been happy for a long time, without the pressure of the imperial examination, expressed their strong love and longing with practical actions. When the two finished, it was already noon.
The two got up refreshed and went to the front yard holding hands.
In the front yard, Li Ershan and Li Xia had already prepared the meal, and the two of them and Li Chunsheng were no strangers to their husband and wife's habit of getting up late every now and then.
The five of them ate together. At the dinner table, Li Chunsheng talked about what happened this morning, and many people came to visit Li Qiao.
However, Li Qiao made a special confession yesterday that he rejected all visitors today, so Li Xia only wrote down the names of the visitors.
After hearing this, Li Qiao couldn't help sighing: "These people have really good physical strength." He
just finished the nine-day provincial examination, so he has the strength to visit him today?
As a supernatural being, he slept until the sun was up.
When Tao Zhu heard the word physical strength, he turned his head and glanced at him. Although he didn't speak, the corners of his mouth could not be stretched.
In terms of physical strength, Tao Zhu dared to say that no one in this year's candidates could surpass Li Qiao.
As for the tricks that Li Qiao had tormented him just now, if he was allowed to do it, it would definitely be more tiring than a day's hard work, but this man looked like a normal person after doing it, and he looked more energetic.
Now this person sighs that other people have good physical strength, and he just wants to laugh when he hears it.
Only he knows how good this person's physical strength is~
"Actually, those scholars look very tired. They probably know that you won't see them, Uncle Qiao, so they just came to show your face first."
Li Xia said.
When he and Tao Zhu were waiting outside the tribute courtyard, they heard others talking about his Uncle Qiao.
Those scholars in the Hexi Mansion revealed Uncle Qiao's habits and deeds to the people in the outer mansion clearly. Now the people in the outer mansion also know that Uncle Qiao will take a break after the exam, so let's first brush up his presence.
The faster you run and the more active you are, the only way he can be remembered by Uncle Qiao.
Zhujiacun is the best example.
"...All right." Li Qiao wanted to sigh.
He doesn't like socializing.
The scholars in Hexi Mansion and him can barely be called fellow villagers, but now the scholars in the entire Yuanhe Province... Sigh.
Being a celebrity is exhausting.
He had to take a rest now, so after lunch, he took Tao Zhu back to the backyard.
He didn't do anything, just laying on the bed with Tao Zhu to pass the time.
In the evening, Zhuang Wen came.
Zhuang Wen was really exhausted this time. Even though he slept for half a day, he still hadn't recovered, but he really didn't know what to do, so he came to let Li Qiao read his article, so he had a rough prediction in his heart.
Of course, he also wanted to know how Li Qiao's article was written.
When mentioning his article this time, Li Qiao couldn't help but smile wryly, he really didn't have confidence.
I'm not confident in being opportunistic during the test.
Since the draft was finalized, he has been thinking and revising, except for sleeping, he never stopped thinking about it.
Even so, however, his writing was not brilliant. Because this question is too big and too difficult to answer.
Since Zhuang Wen is curious, he won't let it go.
He first explained the importance of the Yellow River, and then listed the methods of controlling the Yellow River in the past dynasties. From Dayu's flood control to Dasheng, every dynasty built dams by combining blocking and dredging.
These measures cannot solve the fundamental problem, because there is a lot of silt in the water of the Yellow River, and the silt sinks to the bottom, so the embankment can only be built higher and higher, which has caused the river to hang above the ground.
Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of sediment carried by the water of the Yellow River, efforts must be made in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River.
Especially the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches, this is the top priority.
It is necessary to plant trees and afforestation on the Loess Plateau to expand vegetation coverage and maintain soil and water.
The upper reaches of the Yellow River should also pay attention to ecological problems.
In fact, as early as in "Guanzi", there was a description that "trees use thorns to secure the ground, and mixed with cypresses to prepare for breaking water". The ancients also knew about planting trees.
However, due to some limitations, at this time and space, before Dasheng, including Dasheng, afforestation was not used in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River.
After all, at this time, Dasheng could not even determine where the source of the Yellow River was.
Therefore, when Li Qiao explained this method, he also mentioned the source of the Yellow River.
"Shangshu·Yugong", "Shanhaijing" and "Erya" all mentioned the source of the Yellow River, but the explanations are different. Moreover, some emperors in the previous dynasty specially sent people to find the source of the Yellow River, but the explanation is still doubtful.
Li Qiao wrote down all these knowledge points conveniently. When enumerating the measures of the past dynasties, he also tried his best to write down the things in his mind, so that the examiner would know that he had a wider range of knowledge than other candidates.
In short, this time he focused on the necessity of afforestation in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. This is not the first time he has put forward this statement, so the whole article seems ordinary and cannot be overwhelmed.
But Zhuang Wen was very surprised after hearing his words.
"Your writing is very good, very good. If you are mediocre, then I will feel ashamed." "I'm just
joking, brother Wen, your writing is also very good." "
No, no, it's not as good as yours. " It's far away."
Zhuang Wen said with a sigh.
He was pointed out by Li Qiao, and he wrote an article on mudslides when he was a scholar. Therefore, this time he also re-wrote how to prevent the Yellow River from bursting.
But he doesn't know much about the Yellow River, and his writing on this part is not as detailed as Li Qiao's.
He had paid attention to the Yellow River when he was researching how to deal with flood disasters before, but at that time he never expected that the Yellow River would become the subject of this provincial examination. In addition, there were no books dedicated to the Yellow River, and the knowledge points related to the Yellow River were scattered. In various books, so he didn't spend much time studying it.
His article this time is not as good as Li Qiao's, it's not innovative, and it's too general.
However, he also wrote about planting trees, so he still has hope, right?
Meng Yue and Xu Ying also thought so.
The two of them came to Li Qiao on the second day after the exam.
Knowing that Li Qiao's article focuses on planting trees, the two of them couldn't help grinning haha.
They wrote this point!
Li Qiao told them that in the face of various natural disasters, preventive measures are often more important than post-disaster governance. Therefore, after getting the topic, the two of them thought hard and finally focused on prevention.
In addition to strengthening the dikes and dams on weekdays, the sediment in the Yellow River has to be removed from the source.
Where did the sand in the Yellow River come from?
It can't just come out of nowhere.
The two of them really don't know the provinces that the Yellow River passes through, but it doesn't matter, just use the upper reaches to generalize.
The Yellow River has a lot of silt, presumably because there is little vegetation in the upper reaches, so the two wrote this point.
Like Zhuang Wen, because they don't know much about the Yellow River, they are not as detailed as Li Qiao.
However, if they can think of this, it should be half a step ahead of other candidates, right?
However, Meng Yue was still a little apprehensive. The test-taking experience that Li Qiao had summed up was known to all candidates in this class. What if other people also thought of this point?
He is not as knowledgeable as Li Qiao, Xu Ying, and Zhuang Wenguang, and he has read few books. His article this time is not as good as Li Qiao, Xu Ying, and Zhuang Wen. There are several basic knowledge points related to the Yellow River written by Li Qiao and Xu Ying Zhuang. He doesn't know.
Therefore, if other candidates also write about afforestation, then he will not have an advantage.
Worrying is nothing but worrying, but I have already passed the exam, and it is useless to think about it at this time.
It is rare to come to the capital once, so I have to go around the capital.
So, after Li Qiao entertained the examinees who came to visit, they spent several days touring the capital.
The capital is more prosperous than that of Hexi Prefecture, with a rich variety of goods. Li Qiao, Tao Zhu and the others are the same as last time. Whenever they see something they like, they buy it. They also choose a lot of gifts for the Li family.
Soon it will be the day of the announcement.
The process of posting the list is the same as the Tongsheng Examination. The guards first beat the gongs and drums to create an atmosphere, and then post the yellow list.
Only 40 people were admitted in this township examination, but there are more than 7,000 candidates. This kind of admission rate is really cruel.
Li Qiao felt that her articles were mediocre, but later she knew that Zhuang Wen, Mengyue and Xu Ying had written about planting trees, so she felt even more uncertain.
The candidates of this year all know the set of experiences he summed up. When entertaining the candidates who came to visit him, some candidates also said that they wrote about afforestation. Therefore, if there is a student in this year, then Jie Yuan will It can't fall on him.
Therefore, he couldn't calm down, he and Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue and Xu Ying followed the crowd to the place where the yellow list was posted.
Meng Yuechang was tall and burly, and he was not afraid of being looked down upon by others. He opened the way in front, and the four of them quickly squeezed into the front row.
A few servants were painting paste on the walls of the Gongyuan.
Although the number of admissions is small, the font is large, and the yellow list is a full three meters long, so the paste must be brushed well, and the yellow list must be stuck firmly, so that the yellow list cannot fall off.
After the paste was brushed, two servants picked up the yellow list from the tray.
The test papers pressed under the tray were exposed to everyone.
"Is this Li Qiao's paper?" Someone exclaimed.
Not to mention since the establishment of Dasheng, even after the appearance of the imperial examination, I have never seen any test papers under the yellow list of the provincial examination.
Is Mr. Zhao doing as the Romans do?
"It must be. Throughout the ages, only Li Qiao's papers have been suppressed under the yellow list!"
Li Qiao: "..."
He stared at the test papers on the tray, a little dazed.
So, he got the solution this time?
But can his article convince the public this time?
Don't execute it publicly...
Just when Li Qiao was worried, Zhuang Wen, Mengyue and Xu Ying beside him had already congratulated him, and he hurriedly said, "Look at the list, look at the list. The list hasn't been posted yet." I didn't see it with my own eyes
. When his name appears at the first place in the first column, the solution will not be counted.
The servants who posted the list were not secretive. A few people first unfolded the yellow list, and then stood on the chairs and pasted the paste. Accompanied by their actions, a sharp-eyed examinee saw his name, and immediately screamed, hugging
the person beside him, crying and laughing: "I got it, I got it!"
Roar, the hearts of the other candidates are raised in their throats, and they are staring at Huang Bang.
More and more names were revealed to everyone.
Candidates who passed the exam danced happily, expressing their joy in ways such as howling, crying, and laughing.
Candidates who did not see their own names became even more concerned.
After a few servants had completely posted the yellow list, the yellow list had already become polarized.
Li Qiao looked at the seven characters in the first column, and finally his heart fell back into his stomach.
Tianzi No. 18 Li Qiao
He stared at these seven characters for a full ten seconds before looking at the names of the others.
The names on the yellow list are divided into two parts.
The top six are next to each other, and the last thirty-four are next to each other.
He scanned the five names after his name, and then looked at the remaining thirty-four names. From the beginning to the end, he saw Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, Meng Yue's name.
Eighteenth place: Zhuangwen, No. 13, Jinzi
No. 29: Xu Ying, No. 37,
Yuzi The last place: No. 52, Xuanzi
, Mengyue Zhuangwen belongs to the middle. bingo.
Li Qiao turned her head to look at the people around her, Xu Ying narrowed her eyes with a smile, and stared at Huang Bang stupidly.
Meng Yue raised her hands and waved them in the air, her mouth opened wide, but she couldn't say a word.
Zhuang Wen opened his eyes wide, the eyeballs were about to fall out, he looked like he couldn't believe it, and his whole body turned into a sculpture.
Even if a person fails to win a Jinshi, he still has the qualifications to select officials and become an official, which is tantamount to entering the ruling class.
In the former dynasty, even if Juren did not become an official, he would become a country gentry and a big landlord, and manage local affairs and people together with the county magistrate.
When it came to Dasheng, because neither the Supreme Emperor nor the Holy One liked the squires, the influence of juren was not as good as before.
But in the end, he entered the ruling class, and his identity was fundamentally different from that of a scholar.
Therefore, it is very normal for the three of them to be happy like this.
The significance of winning the exam is really too great, those who passed the exam were ecstatic, those who failed the exam were distraught, and for a while no one read Li Qiao's article.
Li Qiao was so happy, he greeted Zhuang Wen, Mengyue and Xu Ying, then turned to look for Tao Zhu.
He wants to share this joy with Tao Zhu, he won the exam!
Tao Zhu was also very happy. Although everyone knew that Li Qiao was going to fly, the Tongsheng Exam was nothing. Only after passing the provincial examination would Li Qiao truly fly with both feet off the ground.
His man could bear the pressure, not only won the exam, but also got Jieyuan, super amazing!
"Where are we going to celebrate?" He took Li Qiao's hand and asked with a smile.
"Wait for Brother Wen and the three of them first, they haven't reacted yet." Li Qiao pointed at Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue and Xu Ying with a smile.
These three are still in the crowd.
But both the Zhuang family and the Xu family rushed over to share this great joy with them.
"Let's go shopping tomorrow and bring them home for the family to enjoy." Li Qiao said to Tao Zhu again.
Before Tao Zhu said anything, Li Ershan clicked his tongue: "Uncle, are you still buying it?"
This time, his uncle and Uncle Zhu spent nearly three thousand taels of silver just to buy gifts for the family!
"This is a great event, and of course the family must be happy."
"...Then you are happy." Li Ershan remembered what his elder brother once said, he would accept whatever their uncle gave him, so he didn't try to persuade him any more.
Li Chunsheng at the side originally wanted to persuade a few words, but seeing the happy faces of Li Qiao and Tao Zhu, he swallowed his words back.
After passing the country test, Li Qiao is really going to the capital. Before leaving, Li Qiao wants to buy more gifts for his family.
They couldn't refuse this kind of intention.
However, since the capital is so far away, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu must not be allowed to drive an ox cart. Well, after returning home, they have to discuss with the village chief and choose some strong men from the village to escort them to the capital. .
Li Qiao didn't know what Li Chunsheng was thinking. He held hands with Tao Zhu to discuss what else he needed to buy. Suddenly, a middle-aged man who looked like Lian's son in black clothes stood in front of him.
The man bowed to Li Qiao: "I have seen Master Li, the younger one is Mr. Zhao's servant, surnamed Zhang and Mingsan. Mr. Zhao is waiting for you in the tribute courtyard right now." "..." Zhao Youzhi wants to see
him
?
Li Qiao couldn't help but grabbed Tao Zhu's hand, but said with a smile on his face, "So the strong man belongs to Mr. Zhao's family, so please lead the way." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and told Li Chunsheng, Li Ershan, and Li Xia to follow
. The bankers go back together, don't stay here and wait for them.
Li Chunsheng and Li Ershan and Li Xia were both startled, they just nodded in a daze.
Seeing this, Li Qiao sighed inwardly, then led Tao Zhu to follow Zhang San's pace.
Zhang San didn't seem to see Li Qiao and Tao Zhu holding hands together, he led the two into the Gongyuan, passed the gate, passed the Mingyuan Building, and then walked towards the buildings south of the Gongyuan.
Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't ask Master Zhao if he was the only one he saw just now, he wanted to fool him, he didn't want to leave Tao Zhu outside alone.
Judging by Zhang San's attitude, Mr. Zhao probably doesn't mind him taking Tao Zhu with him.
In the tribute courtyard, the halls are on the east and west sides, and the chief examiner lives in the building on the south side.
As the chief examiner, Zhao Youzhi entered the Gongyuan after taking the provincial examination, and has not left until now.
Tao Zhu's mind went blank, he mechanically followed Li Qiao's pace and walked forward.
He, a little brother, actually entered the tribute courtyard?
This is Li Qiao's battlefield half a month ago, and he actually stood here?
His mind was dizzy, and his breathing was a little short, and he followed Li Qiao subconsciously for everything that followed.
Li Qiao dragged him into the main room where Mr. Zhao was, and he went in.
Li Qiao knelt down, and he followed suit.
Li Qiao sat down, and he followed him on the chair beside Li Qiao.
When he regained consciousness from various negative states such as nervousness, shortness of breath, and stiff brain, he only heard that Mr. Zhao was talking with Li Qiao about harnessing the Yellow River.
...
He breathed lightly, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, trying to reduce the sense of existence.
In fact, he shouldn't appear on this occasion, but fortunately Mr. Zhao doesn't care.
Zhao Youzhi was in his fifties, with gray hair and a kind face.
He called Li Qiao here today because he wanted to ask about soil erosion and afforestation mentioned in Li Qiao's article.
As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he was very interested in this method.
This time he chose Li Qiao as Jie Yuan, and it was also because of this method.
Although he was a Jinshi, if he got this test paper back then, he would definitely not be able to answer Li Qiao's level.
When he was taking the Jinshi examination, the current Supreme Emperor and the former Holy Majesty had never asked such wicked questions.
At that time, he only had sage books in his mind.
But it is precisely because there are only sage books, after passing the examination and being assigned to the Ministry of Industry, he has to learn a lot of knowledge from scratch.
Therefore, now that His Majesty came up with such a wicked topic, he is extremely supportive.
I didn't suffer this kind of suffering when I was studying, but I always have to suffer when I become an official. It's better to suffer early than late. The Holy One doesn't want a bookworm who only talks empty words.
Now that Li Qiao answered the test paper so well, he couldn't help but see this young man who even the Holy Majesty wrote articles for him.
And what's interesting is that among the candidates in this year, hundreds of people have written about the afforestation in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River.
What the imperial court didn't even think of, was actually mentioned by hundreds of candidates in Yuanhe province this year.
This made him couldn't help asking the prefect of the capital, why?
The magistrate Zhang of the capital directly gave him Li Qiao's article on Tongsheng's life test. After reading it, he became more determined to meet Li Qiao.
Li Qiao has indeed influenced hundreds of candidates, and it is frightening for future generations to let these candidates write such an important measure.
The author has something to say:
In fact, it is too buggy to let Zhuang Wen, Meng Yue, and Xu Ying all win the exam, but the three of them are deeply influenced by Li Qiao. If I didn't write that the three of them failed the exam, it would be a bit illogical , so in the end all three of them won.
Of course, this is not important, the important thing is Li Qiao!
Everything is made up by me, you guys have fun watching it, don't be serious, okay~
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