Chapter 104 Targeting Everywhere
For the sake of his own future and life, Li Nuo decided to check Zhou Yu's progress every month.
After personally experiencing the difficulty of the Imperial Examination, he deeply realized that it would be too late for him to pass this subject by his own efforts.
For the time being, he placed all his hopes on Zhou Yu.
One day, Zhou Yu’s imperial examination results will be recognized by the law, and he will also be able to benefit from it.
The skills acquired through the code cannot be stronger than the original one.
By then, if Zhou Yu passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer, he would be able to rank second or third, or even in the top five or ten.
In short, this subject will not hold him back in any way.
Li Nuo didn't think about becoming the top scholar, he just wanted to be on the list.
He looked at Song Yu and said, "During this period of time, you should supervise him and don't let him be lazy."
To Song Yu, his brother-in-law's words were like an imperial edict.
Even though he didn't know why his brother-in-law cared so much about Zhou Yu, he still nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will keep a close eye on him..."
After explaining things to Song Yu, Li Nuo discovered that his wife had gotten on the same carriage.
Also sat in the driving seat.
Judging from her expression, she also seems to want to try Yu Ke’s project.
The most important thing about Yu Ke is the experience of the passengers.
So he also got on the carriage, and seeing that there was another seat next to him, he looked down, intending to ask Song Yu to come up and experience it together, but he saw that Song Yu and the other two had walked away without him knowing when.
Song Jiaren shook the reins violently.
The carriage suddenly started.
Bang!
Li Nuo was caught off guard and hit his head on the beam at the rear of the carriage.
Before he could react, the vehicle had already reached the bumpy road.
Along the way, the bells in the car rang and the vehicle was shaking. Li Nuo held on tightly to the crossbar in front of the car, trying his best not to be thrown out.
After a moment.
Li Nuo lay in Song Jiaren's arms. She asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Li Nuo was fine, he just felt dizzy and couldn't speak.
The lady proved to him that martial arts and driving skills really had nothing to do with each other.
"Ming He Luan" He was almost thrown away.
She used her true Qi to control the carriage to fly straight through the several "S" turns of the "Zhu Shui Qu".
She knocked down four of the five gates of "Guo Jun Biao" and crippled the last one.
She was driving too fast and didn't take the right road at the fork in the road called "Wu Jiao Qu".
"Zhu Qin Zuo" she hit the bull's eye, but because she drifted too fast, Li Nuo was thrown out of the car.
If she hadn't flown over to catch him at the critical moment, he would have flown out of the stable...
"vomit!"
Li Nuo held onto the carriage and vomited violently.
After a few days of recuperation, his overdrawn body had recovered a little, but after taking a ride in her car, he felt drained again.
Driving without a license kills people.
After vomiting, he felt dizzy and fell down weakly into a soft and fragrant embrace.
Li Nuo lay in her arms obediently and said, "My dear, let's go home..."
Seeing how weak he looked, Song Jiaren picked him up with an apologetic look on her face and walked out of the horse farm.
When passing by Song Yu, the three of them cast admiring glances at Li Nuo at the same time.
Do you really think Yu Ke is a vegetarian?
The imperial examination was like a huge crowd crossing a single-plank bridge, the purpose of which was to screen talents, and each subject was extremely difficult.
How can someone who doesn't even know what the Five Guards are pass these five levels smoothly?
Even though she was at the fourth level of martial arts, she still had to practice a lot to master the Five Controls.
Li Nuo lay on his wife's back. Although his body was weak and about to fall apart, he was happy in his heart.
I have known her for such a long time, and until today, the distance between us has finally made a breakthrough from "positive" to "zero".
If we keep this pace, there will be a promising future.
When Song Jiaren carried Li Nuo on her back just now, she didn't feel anything.
But when she really carried him on her back, the air from his breath blew on her neck, making her feel tingling and making her face a little red.
She couldn't help but quicken her pace, and soon she was out of the stable and put him on the carriage.
Butler Wu asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little dizzy and weak. I'll be fine after going back and resting."
Butler Wu shook the reins and the carriage slowly drove towards the Song Mansion.
Before leaving, they paid compensation for the damage to the carriage and the gate.
Li Nuo leaned against the carriage, and as the carriage swayed, his head hit the wall again and again.
There is no harm without comparison.
Just now, Zhou Yu was driving on an uneven road, but the driving was not as bumpy as Butler Wu's. Moreover, the road they were driving on was paved with flat bluestone slabs, so it shouldn't be more shaky than before.
Bang!
The carriage rolled over a pit between the stone slabs and the body of the carriage shook violently.
Inside the carriage, Li Nuo's body was shaking even more violently. When his head was about to hit the wall of the carriage, a soft hand cushioned his head.
Song Jiaren sat next to Li Nuo, with her right hand behind his head. She said nothing, looking at the bustling crowd outside.
Li Nuo didn't say anything either.
Bang!
Butler Wu made another sharp turn, and Li Nuo lost his balance and fell heavily into his wife's arms.
Li Nuo finally couldn't help but reminded: "Watch the road!"
Outside the carriage, Butler Wu shook the reins lightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his old face.
In the car, when Li Nuo was struggling to get up, Song Jiaren put her hand on his shoulder and said softly: "You are very weak now, just lie down like this..."
Li Nuo then lay on her legs.
The lady's legs are long and straight. Because of her martial arts training, the lines are very smooth without a trace of fat. When used as a pillow, they are neither soft nor hard and are very comfortable to lie on.
As if she felt that the carriage was a little quiet, Song Jiaren took the initiative to speak: "Why do the imperial examinations test driving but not riding horses? It's really strange..."
Li Nuo lay on her legs and explained to her briefly.
The Six Arts, as subjects of the imperial examination, were, after all, meant to serve the ruling class.
In terms of comfort, riding in a car is definitely better than riding a horse.
When the boss travels, subordinates cannot always take him on horseback.
Not only can it not shelter you from the wind and rain, but it also makes your butt uncomfortable.
Not to mention Daxia, in another world, the leaders’ cars are sedans instead of motorcycles.
Song Jiaren nodded, then seemed to remember something and looked down at him: "Don't you know?"
Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, then he touched his forehead and said, "I suddenly remembered that I had read about it in a book before. I feel a little dizzy, so I'll take a nap first..."
…
After returning to the Song Mansion, Li Nuo still had not recovered much strength.
Song Jiaren carried Li Nuo down from the carriage.
Coincidentally, another carriage also stopped in front of the Song Mansion.
The curtain was opened, and inside the carriage were the president of Qingfeng Academy, Tang Xian, and four old gentlemen.
Mr. Chen was slightly startled when he saw this scene, and immediately jumped off his carriage, asking with concern: "Mr. Xiao Li, what happened?"
Mr. Chen, who was in his sixties, could jump up and down on the carriage, but when he was eighteen, he still needed his wife to carry him when he got off.
Li Nuo forced a smile and said, "It's nothing serious. I'm just a little weak today. I'm afraid I can't give you a lecture."
Several old gentlemen also jumped off the carriage.
"No lecture, no lecture, Mr. Li's health is important!"
"Please take good care of yourself..."
"Wasn't it better a few days ago? How come it got worse again?"
Song Jiaren lowered her head silently.
I felt a little ashamed when several elderly people told me to take care of my health.
Li Nuo looked at the middle-aged man and changed the subject, "Dean Tang, I wonder if the gentlemen have mentioned to you that I want to enter Qingfeng Academy?"
Tang Xian looked embarrassed, sighed, and said, "That's why I came here. Mr. Li, to be honest, your admission was originally arranged, but then something unexpected happened..."
Li Nuo was slightly stunned: "What happened?"
…
There are many academies in Chang'an, among which the four major academies, Qingfeng, Yunmeng, Beixi and Dongshan, are directly under the imperial court and under the jurisdiction of the Imperial College.
Every March, the imperial court would hold a selection examination known as the Spring Examination.
Students who rank top in the spring exam can enter the four major academies and enjoy the best teacher education.
Even if one is not admitted to one of the four major colleges, as long as one's scores in the spring exam meet a certain standard, one can still enter a private college. Of course, the tuition fee will be more than ten times that of the four major colleges.
Only by passing the spring examination are one eligible to take part in the imperial examination.
This year's spring exam has already passed.
However, the spring examination is not the only way to enter the four major academies.
In addition to the spring examination, the four major academies also have a certain number of special recruitment quotas.
People like Han Zhuo, who came from a poor family, and Zhou Hao, who was killed by Li Yuan, both entered the four major academies through special recruitment.
In addition, if you are willing to pay a large sum of money, the academy is not impossible to make an exception.
The operation of the academy could not be supported solely by the annual appropriation from the imperial court. Every academy had similar means of generating income.
The wealthy and powerful spent a large sum of money to send their children here to be gilded.
This little money was nothing to the rich and powerful, but it allowed the academy to pay the teachers' tuition fees, buy pens, inks and paints for the students, build a horse farm and shooting range, and let students from poor families practice the imperial examinations and archery...
Among Song Yu's friends, except Zhou Yu who was specially recruited based on the Imperial Examination, all of them, including Song Yu, paid money to enter Yunmeng Academy.
Their goal was not to take the imperial examination, but to participate in military selection after gaining experience in academy.
In the past, the imperial court did not stop this way of generating income.
But these measures were abolished a day ago.
From now on, if you want to enter the academy, you can only pass the imperial examination.
The four major academies no longer have the qualifications for special recruitment, and the wealthy and powerful can no longer spend money to gild their children.
Everything seemed to be fairer, but in fact it was a further monopoly of the imperial examination by the upper class.
The spring examination will test all six arts.
It was impossible for those students from poor families to master all six arts, and they were able to enter the academy only through special recruitment.
The four major academies recruited students with specialties in mathematics and literature. In the next few years, they used the resources of the academy to make them familiar with the imperial examination, archery, music...
In a few years, a diligent student from a poor family can catch up with the ten years of accumulation of the children of the powerful and wealthy.
The spring exams don’t start until mid-March.
The imperial examination ended in early March.
After the reform, Li Nuo could never catch up with the next imperial examination.
Dean Tang sighed and said, "These things are actually pushed by the powerful. Although poor students cannot compare with the rich children who have studied the six arts since childhood in the spring examination, their tenacious character is something that the rich children cannot match. It usually only takes a few years for them to catch up in all subjects, and they occupy a large number of places in each Jinshi..."
In Daxia, the only way to become an official was to take the imperial examination.
Over the years, the powerful and aristocratic families of Daxia have been pushing for the reform of the imperial examination system step by step in order to monopolize the officialdom.
He said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. I couldn't help Mr. Li with such a small matter..."
Li Nuo comforted him, "Dean Tang, don't blame yourself. This is not your fault."
Tang Xian handed a wooden sign to Li Nuo and said, "Although Mr. Li cannot officially become a student of the academy for the time being, I have already made arrangements. With this sign, Mr. Li can attend classes at the academy at any time. The academy's horse farm and shooting range are also open to you..."
He looked at Li Nuo and said with a smile: "I believe that with Mr. Li's intelligence, it will not be difficult for you to pass the spring exam. As long as you can pass the spring exam, even if you rank low, the academy can make an exception and admit you. It doesn't matter if you fail the first time. You can take the spring exam every year..."
Mr. Lu glanced at him and said unhappily, "What are you talking about? What do you mean even if you rank low? If Mr. Li were to take the spring exam, how could he be ranked low?"
Among the six arts, he was undoubtedly the best in mathematics.
As for calligraphy, several people have already seen his painting skills, and he is only one step away from being as good as everyone else.
With this level of painting skills, he could definitely pass the imperial examination by sweeping all the students, but he could definitely get a place in the top five.
Although his calligraphy is a little lacking, he is so proficient in painting that his calligraphy will not be much worse as long as he is willing to practice a little.
Needless to say, he himself was a lawmaker. No one had ever been a lawmaker before the imperial examination. How could those young students possibly surpass him in the subject of law?
As for writing, his poems are good, even if his political commentaries are average, but the first three items can make up for this shortcoming.
The etiquette subject is not difficult. It is almost impossible to get an A, but it is also difficult to get a B.
The focus is on music, chariot driving and archery.
These three subjects are difficult to master quickly, and even with extreme diligence, they still require several years of practice.
But with the financial resources of the Li family, it is not difficult to hire a few good teachers for him.
Tang Xian had followed several teachers to attend classes several times, so he certainly knew Mr. Li. He smiled and said, "Master Lu is right. With Mr. Li's intelligence, as long as he works harder on other subjects, he will undoubtedly be able to pass the imperial examination. If he can't take part in the imperial examination this time, he will surely achieve something in the next one..."
After he finished speaking, Mr. Chen looked at Li Nuo and said, "Mr. Li is not feeling well, so we won't bother you anymore. You should rest and take care of yourself. We will visit you another day..."
After seeing off several gentlemen and Dean Tang, Li Nuo returned to the courtyard of the Song Mansion.
Sitting on the stone chair in the yard, he unconsciously played with the wooden sign in his hand, his eyes lost in thought.
This reform of the imperial examination system can hardly be said to be unfortunate.
He did not enter Qingfeng Academy.
Nothing happened.
He is going to enter Qingfeng Academy today, and the academy will be reformed tomorrow.
If someone says that there is no one behind this, he would never believe it even if you kill him.
It was obvious that someone was preventing him from taking the imperial examination.
To be precise, it was to prevent him from amending the law.
Those people are very cunning.
Not only did he order the three provinces to issue an imperial decree to confer his title.
They also used legislative means to block his IP, making it impossible for him to participate in the next imperial examination.
Li Nuo took a deep breath.
Okay, okay, you really have to play it this way, right?
…
Chang'an, the Mansion of Marquis Yongshou.
In a hall somewhere, dancers were dancing gracefully and the sound of stringed instruments continued.
Those sitting on both sides of the hall were all dignitaries of the dynasty.
After the dance ended and the dancers slowly withdrew, one of them turned around and asked, "It's not worth it to go to such great lengths for this person. It's not the right time to launch this proposal. In order to pass it in advance, we spent at least 100,000 taels more in the court..."
A man beside him also spoke up: "What the Marquis of Lantian said makes sense. If this proposal had been introduced a few years later, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver could have been saved. Is the Marquis of Yongshou acting too hastily?"
Yongshou Hou looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "If it was someone else, it would be fine, but this person entered Qingfeng Academy at this time, obviously for the purpose of the next imperial examination. Do you hope to see him pass the imperial examination and become an official in the court?"
He picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in it, and said: "Don't forget, everyone, he is a law-abiding person. Before he entered the court, he beheaded the son of a first-class marquis. If he were to become an official, wouldn't Chang'an be in turmoil?"
Lantian Hou smiled and said, "Did Yongshou Hou think too highly of him? Two months ago, he was still a fool who knew nothing. The imperial examination is only half a year away. Does Yongshou Hou think he can pass the exam? How can it be so easy to pass the imperial examination in Daxia?"
In the past few imperial examinations in Daxia, the number of candidates has exceeded 100,000.
Only one hundred people were selected from one hundred thousand people, and almost every Jinshi was a master of six subjects, selected from thousands of people.
And these 100,000 people were no ordinary people. Before taking part in the imperial examination, they were already talents who had emerged from the spring examinations in various states.
They know better than anyone how difficult the imperial examination is.
Their own children, under the instruction of famous teachers, learned the six arts since childhood, spending countless amounts of money, but they could not even pass the first level of the provincial examination.
If a fool who had just recovered from a serious illness could pass the imperial examination, wouldn't all the money they had spent over the years be wasted?
A group of dignitaries also laughed.
"Marquis Yongshou is too cautious."
"What kind of trouble can a young boy who is still wet behind the ears cause?"
"If he can pass the imperial examination, I will eat the table in front of me..."
Yongshou Hou glanced down and said calmly, "Don't forget, his father is Li Xuanjing."
The laughter in the hall stopped abruptly.
Nineteen years ago, when Li Xuanjing took part in the imperial examination, they were teenagers.
Many of them even participated in the imperial examination that year.
Yongshou Hou's reminder reminded them of some things that happened in the past.
Top scorer in six subjects, unprecedented.
The wealthy families in Chang'an went crazy and offered extremely generous prices to recruit him.
Countless daughters of noble families lined up outside the inn where he lived, offering themselves to him.
Chang'an Avenue is so spacious that it can accommodate eight carriages at the same time.
That day, the crowds were so tight that even passing cars and sedans had to give way.
All they knew was that the man was the son of Li Xuanjing, the then Minister of Dali Temple.
But people overlooked that he was also the son of Li Xuanjing, the new top scholar nineteen years ago.
The smile on Lantian Hou's face froze. After secretly swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, he said, "Yongshou Hou's concerns are not unreasonable. These hundreds of thousands of taels of silver should indeed be spent..."
(End of this chapter)
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