Chapter 114 114 Preparing for the Provincial Examination

"My uncle has already arranged with the professors at the prefectural school. There is absolutely no problem for you to enter the prefectural school."

At this time, Zhang Hongfu said another sentence lightly.

A few days later, Wei Guangde received the news that he was going to study at the prefectural school, while Zeng Yuanshu chose to go back to the county school.

However, Wei Guangde knew very well that Zeng Yuanshu's return to the county school was just a cover. He had already made up his mind to study at Yuzhang Academy in Nanchang. It is estimated that the gift had been sent to the home of the county teacher in Pengze County.

Although Wei Guangde also had the idea of ​​gilding himself in the academy, there was no such thing as a turtle these days. Even if he was a turtle, he would only be regarded as a commoner when he returned, and he would have no status at all. Going to a well-known academy to study was the best way to gild himself.

However, it was already August, and it was two months before the provincial examination, so Wei Guangde still planned to give it a try.

In early February, Master Sun asked him to take the imperial examination. In half a year, he had passed the county examination, prefectural examination, and academy examination in succession and became a scholar in the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Guangde planned to get four in a row this year, and when his father came back, he would give him a surprise that he had a son who was a juren.

Wei Guangde entered the Jiujiang Prefecture School as an attached student, and Zhu Shilong, Lao Kan and others were also with him. They met on the road and at the gate of the prefectural school.

With Zhu Shilong, an old student, leading the way, Wei Guangde integrated into the place very quickly. He just wrote a letter and sent it back to Pengze through the system of the garrison.

It is worth mentioning that the last entrance examination was also a test for students in Jiujiang Prefecture. Only students who passed the test could participate in this year's provincial examination.

And now Wei Guangde has to prepare for the provincial examination in a month.

Although Wei Guangde is full of confidence in the provincial examination at this time, he also knows his shortcomings.

In the past two months, he continued to look for the eight-part essays that have been more outstanding in recent years in the prefectural city to learn, and also strengthened the writing skills of policy essays.

I also went through the old road of exam-oriented education back then, so it’s not very uncomfortable to pick it up again now, just keep doing eight-part essays and policy essays.

Of course, Wei Guangde is facing many problems now, mainly because he can’t find a teacher to guide him.

He doesn’t dare to take these papers prepared for the provincial examination to professors or instructors, and even his classmates can’t look at them. It feels a bit like working behind closed doors.

Although he knows that this operation may not be good, Wei Guangde has no choice. He really can’t find a reliable teacher to guide him.

Fortunately, so far, Wei Guangde still feels that as long as he participates in the provincial examination, the probability of passing is very high, so he doesn’t have much psychological pressure in his heart because of the approaching examination period.

“Guangde, oh my, Guangde, when you were born, was there really a strange phenomenon from the sky?”

At this time, Lao Kan, a seemingly honest and honest man, came to Wei Guangde’s desk and asked, but the smile on his face revealed his true thoughts.

"What do you think?"

Wei Guangde didn't expect the rumor to reach Jiujiang Prefecture. This is a bit scary. Who is behind this? This is a big grudge against me.

"Hehe, one of my shopkeepers came back from Pengze yesterday and said that he heard from the people there that you spread the strange phenomenon of your sky a few days ago. One moment it was Wenquxing falling into your Bengshan Fort, and the next moment it was something like a flower blooming in an instant, and the whole Pengze County was filled with fragrance. Which one is true?"

Lao Kan asked jokingly beside him.

"Even if it is true, do you think I can know it?"

Many students around heard the conversation here and turned their heads to look over.

Wei Guangde couldn't continue reading now. He closed the book and looked at Lao Kan seriously and said: 'When you passed the exam, didn't the neighbors around say that you were Wenquxing descended to earth? '

"Hehe."

"Haha."

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, several classmates around laughed out loud.

For people in small places, Wenquxing is really worthless. Maybe only people in the two capitals of the north and south, and those ancient capitals have a little more experience and know that generally only the top scholar is Wenquxing.

Just a scholar, what kind of Wenquxing is it.

Thinking of Wei Guangde's origin, it is said that he came from a town in the easternmost part of Pengze County, or a military fort in the easternmost part of the town, they can imagine that those rough soldiers have never seen any scholars, so they regard a scholar as Wenquxing.

Damn, there are several versions of the rumor, can you unify the caliber first, how can people believe it.

But listening to Lao Kan's words, there should be no malice, and he explained the whole story very clearly, especially those versions of the strange phenomenon from the sky, which were all told, and people knew it was fake as soon as they heard it, and it was fake to the extreme.

"I said, look, we are a room full of scholars, look at how young Brother Guangde is when he came in, if he is not Wenquxing, then what is he, no wonder, no wonder, hehe"

Studying is boring, and now several classmates around him have figured out the whole story and come together to make fun of this matter, which can be regarded as a way to relax after studying.

Well, according to the professor, Wei Guangde seems to be the youngest student in Jiujiang Prefecture's Fuxue in all these years.

Of course, it is also because of his young age, so although he did not excel in the entrance examination, the professor is still willing to give him a chance to stay in Fuxue to study, and the professor will never say that he has received gifts from anyone.

"Why do I feel that if Guangde's eldest brother's name is Wei Wenqu, this scholar would have nothing to do."

"We need to ask Guangde when he goes back, what strange phenomena happened when his brother was born."

"That's right, aren't the champions of our province and the champions of the imperial examination in the capital said to be Wenquxing? I feel that this Wenquxing also has big and small ones."

"That makes sense, that makes sense."

After staying in the prefectural school for half a month, Wei Guangde and his classmates in the prefectural school were familiar with each other, and he didn't know how many banquets he had had. Anyway, the money he brought was flowing out.

Poor people, in this era, really don't have the right to study.

Not only are the prices of books extremely high, but you also have to call friends and make connections, which costs a lot of money.

Of course, if Wei Guangde didn't stay in the prefectural city, but returned to Pengze, maybe the expenses wouldn't need to be so high. He could give some gifts to the teacher and it wouldn't be a problem if he didn't go to the county school. At most, he would go to the county to give gifts and articles during festivals and annual examinations.

Knowing that the joke could not continue, before Wei Guangde opened his mouth, Lao Kan smiled and asked his classmates around him: "When do you plan to leave for the provincial examination next month? Will you all go together or..."

Hearing about the provincial examination, the few who were talking excitedly before stopped talking and looked around to see what others were planning.

"Last time I heard that Yuan Shu took your boat to Nanchang Prefecture to take the exam and passed the exam as a scholar. Can you also get a boat this time so that I can be more convenient."

Lao Kan saw that no one else spoke, so he simply spoke to Wei Guangde himself.

"It's not a big problem, but you also know that I don't have the final say on the matter of the guard. I'll ask Uncle Zhang when I go back tonight. If it's convenient, we can take the boat together."

Wei Guangde smiled and said to his classmates around him.