Chapter 48 48 Go and Register

The New Year has passed, and Wei Guangde should be thirteen years old this year.

It cannot be said that it is too early to take the county examination at this age. In fact, there are still many students who take the county examination and the government examination in their teens. What's more, Zhang Juzheng, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, was already a scholar at the age of 12.

From this, it can actually be inferred that Zhang Juzheng took the county-level examination at the age of 11 or 12 and passed it successfully.

In fact, many children of gentry families took the imperial examination when they were in their teens.

Of course, Wei Guangde didn't know this. He was still feeling complacent about being able to take part in the county examination at such a young age.

Counting the time, he was only in the first grade of junior high school when he was thirteen years old.

If we continue to push it forward, the government examination will be the second grade of junior high school, the college examination will be the high school entrance examination, and then the provincial examination will be the first and second grade of high school. No wonder later generations will call the top scorer in the college entrance examination the number one scholar, which seems to be in harmony with themselves.

With his thoughts rising, Wei Guangde felt happy all the way. He walked briskly and jumped back to Bengshan Castle very quickly.

From a distance, I saw two teams of soldiers training on the plain outside the fort. My eldest brother and cousin Wu Dong were both there.

For more than half a year, Wu Dong has lived directly in his house for convenience.

Studying for the imperial examination was already a luxury for Wu Dong.

The events of the year before last and the year before had a great impact on Wu Dong. The situation in the court changed too fast, which made him a little overwhelmed. After this experience, he finally understood that he could not rely on his father Wu Zhankui for the rest of his life.

It's time to wake up.

Therefore, he has spent most of his time here this year, training with Wei Wencai. Perhaps many of them will become his personal servants in the future.

Since it is a hereditary military position, there still needs to be people on hand.

The two of them were chatting together, surrounded by a group of servants. They saw Wei Guangde trotting over from a distance, and he looked up at the sky. The weather was not right.

"Xiaoer, Zai is back. He just went to school not long ago."

Seeing Wei Guangde approaching, his eldest brother Wei Wencai asked first.

"I have something to do. Sir, please let me sign up to take part in this year's county examination to get some experience."

Wei Guangde ran closer to his elder brother, then gradually stopped and panted.

"real?"

This time it was Wu Dong who called him out. He was fifteen years old when he took the exam. He didn't expect that his little cousin would take the county exam at the age of thirteen. Moreover, it seemed that his cousin would not turn 13 in two months. age.

"My husband said that you can't sign up in two days. I have to tell my father right away and go to the county today or tomorrow."

Wei Guangde has calmed down now and speaks much more smoothly.

"I didn't hear what you said a few days ago. I've already signed up for a month. Why are you suddenly asked to take the county exam?"

Wu Dong was still a little unclear about the situation, which was very strange.

No one was ready to take the exam long ago, and no one was like this. He was only allowed to sign up for the exam when the registration deadline was over.

"Do you have any classmates who are still on bail?"

"Yes, there was originally a classmate who took the imperial examination this time, but there was a funeral at home, so naturally he couldn't go."

"So that's it, you're here to get familiar with the examination room."

Hearing Wei Guangde tell the reason, Wu Dong understood that his little cousin had made a mistake, and his husband probably didn't have much confidence in him, but since there was a gap, let him try, even if If you fail, you can also gain experience in taking the exam.

"Then you go home quickly and talk to your parents so that we can arrange for you to go to the county government office and register as soon as possible."

Wei Wencai listened to their conversation and knew what was going on, so he spoke.

Wei Guangde bid farewell to the two of them and continued to run to Bengshan Fort. After a while, he entered the fort gate, and then rushed into the gate of his house along the avenue.

Father Wei is sitting in the main hall drinking tea at the moment. He has done nothing in the past year. He only has the title of military training manager, but most of them are discussed by Wei Wencai and Wu Dong. Occasionally Wei Guangde also participates. one time.

However, the two hundred or so people, trained by the eldest son and nephew, looked pretty good. After all, they were trained according to the training code.

Stand in line, line up, and become familiar with the weapons in your hands.

Father Wei would go to watch the gunsmiths' training from time to time. Other swords and guns were all for special purposes. If those big-headed soldiers couldn't use them well after a year of training, they would be punished.

Bird gunners are special in that they need to practice loading and shooting for a long time, as well as move quickly.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the three-stage firing of firearms was explored, that is, the firearms hand stood in three rows and took turns shooting at the enemy. This required the firearmsman to quickly retreat to the back of the formation to reload ammunition and prepare new weapons after firing the firearm in his hand. One launch.

Moreover, according to needs, the three-stage attack must be changed into a four-stage attack or even a five-stage attack with a higher firing frequency at any time. These require the soldiers to master their positions and complete the changes in the battle formation in the shortest time.

But most of the time, Father Wei just sits in the lobby drinking tea. He has become accustomed to leaving other matters to his eldest son to deal with, including the errands of Baihu Office and the land in the back mountain.

Today, as usual, Mr. Wei was sitting in the lobby drinking tea. At this moment, he heard hurried footsteps outside.

Father Wei curiously looked up at the door and saw his youngest son, who was supposed to be studying in the town, running in.

"Dad, dad, I'm back."

After entering the door, Wei Guangde saw Father Wei drinking tea there with a tea cup in his hand. He was just looking at him and shouted immediately.

Walking up to Wei Guangde, Wei Guangde hadn't spoken yet, but Wei Guangde asked in surprise: "Why are you back? Did the teacher get you angry and drive you out?"

Although he said so, Wei Guangde was still very surprised.

In the last year of his eldest son's life, he was often called home by the teacher because he didn't study well.

But that was the eldest son, and the boy didn't have the peace of mind to study well at that time, so he finally accepted it.

At the beginning, Wei Guangde was thinking of double insurance. As long as one of his two sons could study well, the family would be able to turn over.

After all, he only needed one son to join the army. Although the eldest son was required to inherit the position, the rule was fixed, but people were alive, and he could still handle it by moving around.

Unless he died suddenly and the second son was not yet 16 years old, the eldest son could only inherit the position.

However, the eldest son did not want to study and gave up on his own, so the younger son had to study hard. If he could not study well.

"I am thirsty, Dad."

After running all the way back, Wei Guangde felt thirsty at this moment. Seeing the teacup in Wei Lao's hand, he said it unconsciously.

"Here."

Wei Lao put down the teacup in his hand and handed it over, but his eyes were still fixed on Wei Guangde.

"The master asked me to go home and tell him to go to the county ceremony room as soon as possible to register for this year's county exam."

Wei Guangde took the teacup and tested the water temperature. It was just right, so he drank a big sip and said to Wei Lao.