The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

"Little Sanyuan..."

Bai Gui clenched his fists tightly and bit his lower lip. He felt that everything on the noisy street was completely silent. Only the sound of the government officials singing the song just now echoed in his heart over and over again.

However, this was only a short moment.

It wasn't until the classmate next to him called him that he came back to his senses.

At this moment, he saw countless eyes from passers-by, diners, Confucian scholars, etc. falling on him on the street and inside the railings of the surrounding restaurants.

"Brother Bai, congratulations on being honored with the honor of being recommended by the Emperor. You have lived up to your hard work all day long!"

Zhou Yuan was the first to praise.

Wu Huaixian and others on the side also expressed their congratulations.

They all accompanied Bai Gui to look at the rankings. Bai Gui was the head of the palace first and was also the most favored candidate to win the head of the house.

Honoring the owl recommendation is what Kong Rong said when recommending Ni Heng in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "There are many birds of prey, but they are not as good as an osprey. If Heng is established in the dynasty, he will be impressive."

Therefore, later generations used "honored as the owl recommendation" as a eulogy to congratulate people on their admission.

"Thank you, thank you so much..."

Bai Gui took a few deep breaths, suppressed his inner excitement, and then bowed to his classmate.

"Go, go, academic administration is still waiting for you."

Several people said that if they were selected to be the first in the Taoist examination, they would go to meet with the academic administration as a rule to thank him for this favor.

The same is true for other students.

The number of junior students selected each time is small, and the number of places is limited, which varies by state and county. In Qin Province, the number of first-class junior students selected in one hospital trial is often no more than ten.

As for the state and county official schools, it seems that there are many junior students, but that is accumulated over several decades.

Linsheng is equivalent to a formal establishment, and food is distributed every month. And then there are second-class students who are supernumerary. Although they have benefits, they are not as good as the junior students. Their full name is "increasing students". The last thing is the third-class attached students, who are at the bottom of all living beings and are called "affiliated students". This type of scholar is the worst...

The crowd was shouted by the government officials and separated into a wide road.

Bai Gu immediately composed himself, bowed his hands to the people behind him, then took a long step, held his head high, and walked towards the gate of Gongyuan. When he reached the archways on the left and right sides of Gongyuan, he paused.

The panels of the archway are painted with dragons flying into the air and phoenixes flying in the sky.

Tengjiao! Rising Phoenix!

"Student Bai Gui, Xie Xuetai Zhu Yi will count his forehead today."

He saluted loudly.

"Hmm..., yes, our Qin Province inherits the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties. You are both civil and military. You can not only hold a three-inch pen, but also lift a three-foot sword. Now that the country is exhausted, we need young heroes like you..."

Chen Xuezheng nodded slightly, looked at Bai Gui with praise in his eyes, and said a few simple words of praise.

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the clerk next to him immediately brought over the wooden case that had been prepared long ago, with ribbons on it.

This is a gentleman's belt!

Wang Bo's preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion mentions: "Bo, three feet is a micrometer."

These three feet are the gentry's belt, which does not mean that Wang Bo is only three feet tall. It is recorded in "Book of Rites Tamamo": "The system of gentry chiefs means that the officials are three feet tall."

The higher the rank, the longer the tied part of the belt hangs down.

The gentry belt was exclusive to scholar-bureaucrats.

Putting on this gentleman's belt means that he is different from his previous identity.

The clerk tied up the gentleman's belt for Bai Gui and girded his waist.

"Thank you Xuetai for your teaching."

Bai Gui lowered his head and said this, then obediently stepped aside, waiting for the yamen servant to continue singing. He could not leave early at this time.

"Second place in this Taoist test..."

…

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

After taking the lead in the crime, Bai Gui said goodbye to his classmates, left the normal school, and prepared to return to the village. It will probably be a few years before he comes back this time.

After leaving the provincial capital, we rode horses along the way.

He has the skill of riding a horse, which is complementary to his ability to ride a horse. There were slight bumps on the road, but his legs were clamped on the saddle and did not move at all.

Soon, less than two hours.

Bailu Village.

Smoke curls from the kitchen.

The government servant who announced the good news was one step ahead and had already arrived in the village. As soon as we walked to Yuanshang, we could see red firecrackers scattered along the main road. When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we heard the villagers chatting and laughing noisily.

The village was built on the original site and the terrain was high.

He looked up and saw that from the ancestral hall to the streets and alleys, there were many flowing mats, with more than a dozen tables. The dishes on the tables were quite simple, including stewed cabbage and pork, stewed radish and pork, stewed tofu, and a bowl of cold bean sprouts. There is gourd chicken in the middle,

"Guiwazi is back?"

"What's your name? You're my husband now!"

"Mr. Sanyuan, is Mr. Xiang back?"

The villagers all stood up on the long stools, but they did not dare to sit down when they saw Mr. Xianggong.

Bai Gui dismounted and quickly refused to let the villagers sit down, saying there was no need to be so open-minded. After waiting for the several senior elders and slightly capable people in the village to greet him at the banquet, he went straight to the main room of the ancestral hall after saying hello a few times.

There is also a banquet in the main room.

There are three seats inside, one of which is for the tallest elder in the village. Elders are treasures, and respecting elders is a must. Regardless of status, anyone over the age of sixty can take a seat. One table was for relatives, which Bai Gui was a little unfamiliar with, while the other table was for people with high status in the village.

The dishes on these three tables are rich, including crystal pork elbow, sweet and sour fish, and other large items.

"Xiangong Bai is back, hurry up and pick up a set of chopsticks."

With a smile on his face, the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan asked the neighboring people to give up their seats. He gave the main seat facing north and south to Bai Gui. This is a rule. Scholars have merit and fame, which is equivalent to official status. They cannot be subordinate to others.

If he was Bai Gui's direct elder, it would be okay to sit on the main seat, but if he was the entrusted elder, there would be a problem.

"Bai Gui's success today is also related to the benevolence and righteousness of the clan leader... but he dare not sit in the main seat."

Bai Gui immediately gave way and took the second seat, leaving the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan to remain in the main seat.

He can give in to some small things and rules, because he has a reputation, and no matter how humble he is, others will not think he is weak and can be bullied.

Because what he obeys is the small rules, and fame is the big rules outside.

For example, the much-talked-about anecdote of Liuchi Alley tells about Zhang Ying, a bachelor during the Kangxi period. When he was in the capital, he received a letter from his family, arguing with his neighbors for three feet of land, asking him to use his official position to oppress his neighbors. He directly wrote: "It took thousands of miles to build a wall just for the wall, so why not give it three feet? The Great Wall is still there today, and Qin Shihuang is nowhere to be seen.", and took the initiative to give up the three-foot homestead.

It's hard to know what Zhang Ying was thinking. Maybe he was open-minded, or maybe he didn't want to tarnish his reputation over such trivial matters. But what is worth thinking about is that after the neighbor knew about this, he immediately gave in...

My husband will not fight, but there is no one in the world who can fight with me!

"Where is Mr. Xu?" Bai Gui saw his father Bai Youde greeting the guests and did not come forward to disturb him. The father and son closed the door and said that no one can be missing at this banquet, but Xu cannot be missing. Scholar.

"He just went to Xujiayuan a few days ago. He probably doesn't know the news yet. He has already sent a young man from the village to communicate." The clan leader Bai Jiaxuan said.