Chapter 1071 Evil Day
The Jinshi exam was held on April 28, and the exam lasted for three consecutive days until the first day of May, and it ended early in the morning.
Immediately, after five days of review by the chief examiner and deputy examiner, the date of the release date suddenly appeared on the fifth day of the fifth month.
As we all know, the fifth day of the fifth month is the Dragon Boat Festival. As mentioned earlier, superstition is now prevalent. The fifth day of the fifth month is considered an evil day. People believe that children born will kill their parents.
Therefore, most children will be abandoned and drowned by their parents on this day. There are even rumors that the so-called throwing rice dumplings into the lake actually refers to babies at first, but later they turn into rice dumplings.
For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Tian Wen was disgusted by his father, as well as Yuanhao of the Western Xia, and Emperor Huizong of Song, who was disgusted by Shenzong and fostered him to the Taoist temple outside the city.
This is also why Emperor Huizong of Song called himself the Emperor of Taoism, because it was Taoism who protected him and grew up.
Feudal superstition is very harmful to people.
The issuance of decrees and publicity was prohibited, and Li Jia was afraid that it would be useless. Therefore, after his rigorous calculations, he chose to publish the Jinshi list on the fifth day of the fifth month to clean up those people's thoughts.
The Dragon Boat Festival is actually not a big meaning to commemorate Qu Yuan. Whether it is rice dumplings or rowing, they just want to expel poison.
On this day, Bianliang was very busy, and the streets and alleys were discussing the situation of the Jinshi ranking.
"Shouwen, you went to the exam, are you sure?"
"Zhang Sanlang, how did you do the exam?"
Zhang Shouwen walked on the street and bought half a kilo of pastries. Although he was a juren, his neighbors had little respect for him.
There is no such thing as he was born on the fifth day of the fifth month. His father died of illness the following year. When he was ten years old, his mother also went there. Now he lives with his brother.
If he hadn't been a scholar or a juren, he would have had a hard life.
Sometimes, he is definitely a disaster star, and his parents die one after another. Only by studying can he have the courage to survive.
I nodded along the way, and just returned home, in the open courtyard, blood flowed everywhere, and a bloody smell came to my nose.
Then, he smelled another smell of meat.
"Uncle, I asked your elder brother to buy two pounds of mutton, and today I will celebrate my birthday--"
Wearing an apron, my sister-in-law was busy in the kitchen. When she saw her return, she had a smile on her face.
"Thank you sister-in-law--" Zhang Shouwen smiled and put down the pastry. The two little nephews suddenly rushed out and rushed forward.
"Hehe, it's so delicious-" the two little guys said with a smile, their mouths bulging.
At this time, the door was open, and two or three naked men walked in, put down half of the pork, and left quickly, leaving behind a big man with a shiny face, fat belly and big face.
"Third brother, you are back!" the big man said with a smile.
"Why are you back now?" Zhang Shouwen said in surprise: "I have half a day left!"
"No more buy--" Zhang Shouchang shook his head, shaking a lot of sweat. He sat down and panted and said, "It's the day when the Jinshi list is out. The neighbors are all going to watch the fun. The firecrackers are set off and the rewards are also a lot of money. If I hadn't had a shop, I would have wanted to go--"
"Bah——" At this time, the sister-in-law who had been busy for a long time walked out and smiled at her husband and cursed: "Why are you just coming back now? My third brother has also passed the imperial examination. If he passes the imperial examination, how can we be busy?"
"Hehe--" Zhang Shouchang touched his head, smiled, and said, "I knew it a long time ago, so I closed the stall in advance and took back all the copper coins at the counter, just as a reward."
As he said that, he picked up a sack from the ground and made a rumbling sound, about a dozen cents of coins.
"Brother——" Zhang Shouwen's face was flushed and said, "This is the money you earned. Now I've taken it back, so what about tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow's business, let's talk about it tomorrow. If my brother passes the Jinshi exam, my family will be prosperous. Are you afraid that no one will sell my pork?"
Zhang Shouchang patted his chest and said loudly: "Third brother, you don't know that those who buy meat have heard that you are a juren. The business has improved a lot in the past few months. The police department and the county government rarely give a tooth sacrifice. The meat shop's teeth are respectful. My pork is so majestic, and you give it to me-"
"You want to tell me this?" The sister-in-law smiled and said, "The matchmakers who want to introduce to my brother-in-law have all broken the threshold. Before, they all disliked it as a bad day, but now they all regret it to death-"
"You little girl, you are talking about it-" Zhang Shouchang quickly scolded, looking at his brother's bitter look, he couldn't help but comfort him: "The evil days of Shinniao are all fake. I heard from people. The mansion said that more than a thousand years ago, the one named Tian Wen was born on this day, and he was the prime minister of Qi?"
"And the one named Wang Zhenye, who is also a famous general of the Destroyed Kingdom..."
Mengchangjun Tian Wen and Wang Zhenye, the son of Wang Meng, were born on the evil day and classified as wealthy families. They also had many disasters and difficulties in growing up, let alone ordinary people.
"It's okay!" Zhang Shouwen shook his head, because of this damn birthday, he has never been married now on the 25th. Now, I hope that this day can make him high school!
As long as you pass the Jinshi exam, who dares to speak nonsense?
The sister-in-law on the side also knew that she had made a mistake and ran back to the kitchen.
It doesn't matter to my two nephews, and they are happily eating pastries, which is hard to eat on weekdays.
Uneasy in his heart, Zhang Shouwen picked up the book again.
The identity of a juren is enough to allow him to enter the officialdom, but if he fails to become a Jinshi, how can he become a prime minister?
Only by becoming the prime minister like Tian Wen just mentioned can you leave your name in history and let the so-called evil sun disappear like smoke.
Soon, the sun was already in the middle and the whole family was anxious.
Several teams passed, but none of them stopped, which made people nervous.
"Third brother, it's not a problem. You are a juren and can also be an official. I heard that you can be a county magistrate--"
Zhang Shouchang comforted that the oily face could not hide the discomfort on his face. As the elder brother, he was actually more nervous than his younger brother.
"Dongdongdongdongdong, dabiao--"
Suddenly, another team of gongs and drums came, and the few people thought they were passing by like usual, but the sound was getting louder and louder and slowly approaching.
I saw a slick man walking in, smiling all over his face, and asking with his head stretched out, "Is this Zhang Shouwen, Zhang Juren's family?"
"It's-" Zhang Shouchang responded loudly and laughed: "Hahaha, you are here just right. My third brother took the Jinshi exam a few days ago-"
The man was overjoyed and waved his hand: "Rise up the sign and continue playing--"
In an instant, these men used their energy to make the gongs and drums, and the whole alley was shaken.
The neighbors all ran over and kept congratulating each other.
I saw that the flag was fluttering in the wind, and it was written - congratulations to Henan Prefecture, Bianzhou, Kaifeng County, Zhang Huishouwen, a high school Jinshi-
"Ba——" Zhang Shouwen was very excited and knelt down to his brother: "I was born on a bad day and was lonely when I was young. I was hungry and cold. Only my brother did not bother me and personally protected and raised me. Until today, I thanked my brother for his kindness!"
As he said that, he kowtowed three times.
Everyone pointed and admired each other, saying that they were a filial son, brothers and brothers were respectful.
Zhang Shouchang and his wife were filled with emotion, and their tears were wet.
At this time, such a harmonious scene was broken by a man. He laughed and said anxiously: "Well, Mr. Zhang, our brother has a next family..."
"Oh, yes, yes—"
Chapter completed!