Chapter 164 Preparing for the County Exam
Walking back to Cizhou City, Li Chengyou was filled with anger and couldn't help but speak, "Sir, that kid is really ignorant!"
"From the seventh-rank small flag official, this is a beautiful misfortune that many noble children in the capital are not easy to get. He even refused it!"
But Meng Wenda glanced at Li Chengyou indifferently. In view of the simple nature of this young man, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Chengyou, do you think he is not worthy of the position of a small banner official?"
"It's worthy, but it's worthy..." Li Chengyou was angry when he saw He Jin, but when he was out of sight, he was objective and fair: "It was obviously because of his existence that the White Lotus Sect bandits failed. And his vicious plan, although it was sinister and cruel, was a trick for the court to solve the urgent needs!"
"Then why are you still angry?"
"Hui, Beizhi just thinks that this kid is a bit evil. He has the urge to punch twice..."
As soon as these naive words were spoken, Lee Seung-woo blushed.
Unexpectedly, Meng Wenda pondered for a moment, nodded in agreement and responded: "Well, I have this idea too. This kid is indeed a bit different from ordinary people!"
"..." Lee Seung-woo was speechless.
He then reacted, and he couldn't help but smile and shook his head gently, "However, after we part today, he probably won't have much contact with us. Just take it as seeing different people and scenery."
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words were said, a strange smile appeared on Meng Wenda's cold face: "Chengyou, do you really think that when we part today, we will forget each other in the world? Judging from my official, there will probably be stories between him and us in the future."
"How is that possible?"
"How is it impossible?" Meng Wenda continued to smile and explained: "He asked us to hide in the darkness of the bandits when he waited for a vicious plan. And now, which county in Henan Province is more hidden and safer than Cizhou?"
Li Chengyou's expression changed drastically and said, "What do you mean by sir?...Is it necessary to set up a thousand-household office that was originally planned to be established in Anyang to Cizhou?"
"Yes, the imperial court's will requires us to quell the treacherous chaos in Henan Province, but it did not require where to set up a thousand-household office. If his vicious plan was approved by His Majesty and the Cabinet, my official would naturally regard Cizhou as his first choice."
As he said that, Meng Wenda turned around and took a leisurely look at the sacks carried by the Jinyiwei and the Jinyiwei said in a slight manner: "What's more, there are these things, how can we not secretly guard them?"
"Ah?..." Li Chengyou's expression suddenly looked ugly as if he had eaten bitter gourd: "So, will I see that kid in the future?"
"That's natural!"
Meng Wenda smiled sincerely this time, and couldn't help but say to the bright moon in the night sky, saying leisurely: "Hmph, that kid naively thought that he could reject the Jinyiwei and escape from the palm of his official's hand?"
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"Ah Yeh!"
The next morning, He Jin, who had just woken up, suddenly sneezes.
He rubbed his nose and couldn't help but mutter, "It must have been blown on the mountain last night... Those Jinyiwei are really uninvited plague gods. Fortunately, they were finally sent away."
After washing his face and having breakfast, He Jin returned to his house.
From today on, he would not have to go to the Yamen or the Fuyang River. Because the state has issued an announcement, the county examination is scheduled to be held in a month and registration will begin.
The county examination was the first level of the scholar's mistress exam. As soon as the list was released, all the students who were consciously successful in their studies began to mobilize and prepare.
According to regulations, if you want to obtain a child's birth, you must first register with the instructor of the prefecture (county) study, then report to the prefecture (county) ceremony room, fill in your name, hometown, age, and resume of the three generations, and obtain joint guarantee of the prefecture (county) students, ensuring that it is not a fake, hiding, or advocating Youzaili, etc.
These things are not big, but registration, asking for help, and insurance... It is too cumbersome to go through a series of things, and it can't be completed in just three or five days.
But for He Jin, it's not a big deal.
In order to make He Sixing feel at ease to warm up his books, Li Xuezheng from the State School and Feng Sili from Lifang took the initiative to run to He Jin's home and personally came to handle all the documents for him.
"He Sixing, you must take the exam well. I am waiting for you to come to the state school to report as a scholar!"
He Jin looked at Li Xuezheng who was eagerly looking forward to it and felt very strange: I have only met this old man and worked together in a show. Why is the old man so affectionate to me?
"Who doesn't know He Sixing, is the boy Shancai from our Cizhou?"
However, Li Xuezheng abandoned his integrity as a teacher and said bluntly: "If you become a scholar and come to the state to study, how can you not give our state some funds and some sponsorship?"
He Jin couldn't help but feel speechless.
Fortunately, when we arrived at Feng Sili, we became much more harmonious.
"Feng Sili, I snatch the head of your tribe's clan member now. He won't blame me, right?"
"He dares!" Feng Sili was angry when she heard this and said fiercely: "For the Fuyang River Project, He Sixing does not use any sand and gravel from any family, but uses their family's. Isn't this giving him money?"
"Don't mention the money for sand and gravel, it has already exceeded 500 acres of fertile land. Just say that this was sent, and there is also He Sixing's kind face. How dare he not continue?"
That's right, He Jin had someone to inquire. Feng Sili's clan opened a sand and gravel factory. It just so happened that cement concrete was indispensable for sand and gravel, and that person also knew each other and gave gifts to him. Of course, He Jin would repay his kindness.
If you have money, everyone should make money together. If you are greedy, you should have the bottom line and technical content.
In addition, according to the regulations, when registering at the prefecture (county) instructor office, you have to ask a familiar student to be a guarantee. If you cannot find a scholar who is willing to be a guarantee, you cannot register. After you have a good registration, the instructor will have another student to be a deputy guarantee. Without this person, you cannot take the exam.
This regulation has become a good opportunity for scholars to play in the autumn wind. According to the market, even if they are deputy guards, they have to spend two taels of silver and a banquet.
Just because it is more expensive, it has to be politely begged... So the imperial examination is really a money-burning business, and it is not surprising that many scholars are penniless.
But He Jin didn't have to worry about this. He didn't even think about whether to go to find Yan Xiucai, so Wu Heming, Wei Liang and others took the initiative to visit him.
It has to be said that these officials' children are indeed much better than poor children who study hard in terms of human relationships.
Although the two were taught a lesson by He Jin in Xiao Qinhuai, it was not considered a big grudge. Especially when He Jin was rising, the two seized the opportunity to make a good relationship.
He Jin was not a narrow-minded person, so he naturally warmly received the two of them. After a meal, it was as good as something.
It can be seen that the fickle things in this world are not only the mood of women, but also the relationship between men...
After finishing these, He Jin began to memorize them at home and prepare for the final exam for the county exam.
Although Yao Jing had revealed the questions of the county examination to him and appointed him as the leader of the case, he also knew that he had become a monk halfway through and took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Therefore, before the exam, you must be well prepared. At least, you must write a few decent eight-legged essays during the county exam so that you will not be able to get rid of the words.
Fortunately, after he got the Dharma, no matter how tired he was, he would memorize a piece of Cheng Wen and fall asleep every night. Over time, he had nearly a hundred pieces of Cheng Wen in his mind.
Youdao read 300 Tang poems, and you can steal them if you can't write poems.
He Jin's plan is to try to memorize three hundred chapters of Cheng's articles before the exam to cultivate a good sense of writing. With the last three days left, he will write two very good eight-legged essays according to the county exam questions.
With goals and plans, time passes quickly.
In a blink of an eye, it was already spring.
On this day, He Jin had recited all the things he should recite. Before the desk, he slowly spread out a piece of white paper and was about to try to write a few eight-legged essays.
But just as my mind was filled with thoughts and was about to write to the paper, Jin Yuan's hesitant voice came from outside the door: "Young master, a strange person came outside the door. I asked you for your name..."
Chapter completed!