Chapter 123： County examination

Jiang Ning slapped him on the head from behind, "You're so stupid! You can't even settle accounts!"

"That's right." Yang Sizhuang hid behind Jiang Ning and stuck out his tongue at Yang Santie, "Third brother is so stupid! You can be exempted from taxes and corvee by studying to be a scholar, how can you be so short-sighted!"

“Yang Sizhuang!” Yang Santie gritted his teeth and rushed over to beat him.

The two brothers had a quarrel and all ran to throw adobes. Yang Santie had only one purpose, to save as much money as possible for himself within five days. Yang Sizhuang did it because he had promised Jiang Ning to help with the work. Work hard to prove yourself.

Mrs. Li wanted them to go to school. Jiang Ning said, "Mom, don't worry about them. Scholars are the same as us. You can't be superior just because you study. You won't know anything. If you don't pass the exam in the future, you will still be indiscriminate and even **** you." If you don’t know which way it’s going, you’re doomed!”

 Li shut up immediately after being reminded like this. To be honest, she really dreamed of her grandson taking the exam, but deep down she still felt that taking the exam was unrealistic. If she could recognize a few words, she would be better than others.

Seeing that Mr. Li stopped interfering, Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to get busy.

Here at the county government office.

Ming Boxheng took He Xiucai and Lin Xiucai to meet several other scholars at the county government office.

County Lieutenant Xu Dongming saw that they were a little confused. Since these were respectable people in the county, he did not dare to offend him. He politely brought them to Xie Yucheng and whispered: "Sir, the county examination is about to begin. Yes, sir, please move to Qingyun Garden."

 Qingyunyuan is an examination room specially built for the imperial examination, and it can be found everywhere.

Xie Yucheng frowned and asked with a sigh: "Have the scholars from the county come?"

"They are all here! Sir, what are they?" Xu Dongming had no idea what Xie Yucheng was asking them to do, and looked confused, "My lord, the county examination is the top priority."

Xie Yucheng nodded slightly, "I know it, but because something went wrong, I had to take a backup plan. They were all invited by me to help with marking."

Xu Dongming's face looked a little unnatural, "Sir, in the past, the lower officials and others reviewed the papers before the county magistrate reviewed them. Why did it suddenly change this time?"

Xie Yucheng suddenly looked apologetic, "I know Mr. Xu is capable, but there are too many things going on in Ping'an County this year, and the county exam has been delayed for so long. I feel uneasy! And there is something I can't talk about! Wait until the exam is over. You’ll know!”

Xu Dongming looked suspicious and uneasy, and wanted to ask again. Dong Ze had already come in to report: "Sir, Qingyun Garden has begun to let the candidates in, Xu County Lieutenant! Aren't you going to the examination room?"

Xu Dongming looked at Xie Yucheng and then at Dong Ze, and was forced to leave.

As soon as he left, Dong Ze nodded to Xie Yucheng.

Xie Yucheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then went to Qingyun Garden. The first exam began. Xu Dongming was always worried about Xie Yucheng's words, and his mind was not on the candidates. Naturally, he did not know the situation of the test papers.

Until the first exam was over, everyone was rushing to mark the papers that night. Xu Dongming held back his anger and rushed into Xie Yucheng's study, "Sir! You changed the test papers! Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with your subordinates?"

Xie Yucheng looked up from his writing desk and looked at him with feigned dissatisfaction, "Xu County Lieutenant, if I remember correctly, I am responsible for all county examination matters. It's just a change of test paper. What's the fuss?"

Xu Dongming's expression changed, and he was startled, with a serious look on his face, "Sir! This is against the rules! According to the past, the test questions must be finalized in advance, approved by the prefect, and then sealed and guarded. No one is allowed to open the seal to avoid the leakage of the test questions.

You changed the test papers temporarily. Firstly, you have not been approved by the prefect that it is against the rules. Secondly, you have not been strictly sealed and there is a risk of leakage. After all, it is a county examination, how can you be such a child's play! If the prefect knew and blamed him, could you bear it? " Xie Yucheng chuckled and said: "It turns out that Xu County Lieutenant is worried about his official! Don't worry, since I dare to use this paper, it is naturally reasonable and compliant, and there is no problem. "

Xu County Lieutenant subconsciously blurted out, "Impossible!"

Ming Boxheng raised his head from a pile of papers and asked puzzledly: "Why is Xu County Lieutenant so sure?"

"I" Xu Dongming couldn't tell the reason, his eyes flickered but he was unwilling to give in. He clenched his fists and forced a smile, "I'm just guessing."

Everyone looked at him with a more probing look. Because there were too many papers and they had to rush to release the results before the second game, no one was in the mood to continue observing Xu County Lieutenant.

After Xu Dongming left the study, he returned home with a gloomy face, wrote a letter, and asked someone to send it out quickly.

Before the second exam even started, the yamen officials found several people with cheating notes and immediately disqualified them from taking the exam. After calculation, there were as many as five people.

Xie Yucheng was furious and punished them not to take the county examination again for three years.

Xu Dongming got the list of the five people, his face became more and more sinister, and he even gritted his teeth.

After the second exam ended and the test questions came out, he didn't even want to see Xie Yucheng's face. His confidant Lao Tian said with a sad face: "Master, the county magistrate really ruined our big event this time! Those who bought yesterday The people who took the exam have already come here, and I used both soft and hard tactics to calm them down. If they fail to answer the questions for five consecutive times, they will definitely make things worse! "

Xu County Lieutenant sneered, "Making trouble? Why are you making trouble? Unless they don't want their son's future! Go tell them that if there is an accident this year, you will give them free exams next year. If you make trouble again, we will end the fun together!"

Lao Tian hurriedly went to do it.

Xu County Lieutenant looked at the window, his expression gradually becoming ferocious, "Xie Yucheng! I want to see how capable you are of fighting us!"

Xu Dongming made no move in the next few days. The five exams ended successfully. On the day when the results were released, a group of people entered Ping'an County.

Wu Changfeng looked at the familiar streets and grinned at the buddies beside him, "We are finally back!"

Liu Yaozu was so happy, "Brother! Let's have a drink!"

Wu Changfeng pretended to be worried and said with a smile: "I have to go back to the **** office for a while. My wife and children are all waiting at home, so I have to go back. The day after tomorrow, I will drink the day after tomorrow!"

"Sure! I have to go back and take a look, so that my family won't complain about it." Everyone said and walked quickly towards the **** office. When they passed the county government gate, they happened to see the county examination results, and several people were stunned.

Liu Yaozu looked strange, "Isn't the county examination in February? Why are the results released now?"

Wu Changfeng frowned slightly and inquired specifically. Before he left the city, he saw a group of officials entering the city and heading straight to the county government office.

Xie Yucheng received the news and came out with a bunch of people. When he saw that the person who came was actually the magistrate of Quzhou Prefecture, Xie Yucheng was shocked, "Master Zhao! Why are you here?"

Zhao Kui had a cold expression on his face. As soon as he met him, he called out his troops and asked, "Xie County Magistrate, you are so brave!"