Zhou Erlang and Zhou Lang were very moved when they heard this, but they did not dare to accept it easily and said, "How is this good?"
Guan Lizheng smiled and said: "What's wrong? What's the relationship between our two families? Yong'er wrote back and said that he could pass the exam thanks to your family's help. Now they and his wife are in need of you in the capital."
Take more care of your in-laws and your in-laws, they are meant to love each other and help each other."
Zhou Erlang and Zhou Lang looked at each other and did not refuse, but they did not agree immediately. Instead, they said: "You have to ask your eldest brother and Lixin about this."
However, he relaxed a lot and said to Zhou Lizhong: "Although there is a way out, you have to study hard. It is always better to pass the exam yourself."
Zhou Lizhong responded. He had seen the questions for the county government examination in the past two years. The questions for the small official examination were not difficult. It was just that there were few people who could read and write, so it seemed difficult to take the test.
He himself is still very confident.
Seeing his confidence, Guan Li couldn't help but narrow his eyes with a smile. The more powerful his grandson's natal family is, the greater the help his grandson will receive in the future. Fortunately, this marriage was decided early, otherwise they would definitely not be able to marry a grandson with such a family background.
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After the New Year, as soon as February passed, the county government successively posted lists to recruit officials and convened student examinations.
Zhou Lichong went to sign up excitedly.
There were quite a few people who signed up, but there were only three students from the county school who signed up. Including Zhou Lizhong, the student who was auditing, the total number was four.
Other students are not taking the civil service exam. They will take the exam in June and try to get a quota before going to Beijing to take the Jinshi Examination or the Ming Jing Examination the following year.
This year, six students have gone to Beijing, and I don’t know if they can pass the exam.
Those who would go to the county government examination with Zhou Lizhong were mostly those with poor grades or poor family backgrounds.
Two of them came from poor families. They were two or three years younger than Zhou Lizhong. After signing up, they took Zhou Lizhong to a restaurant for dinner. He sighed and said, "I'm getting married. My parents said, I'll go
I don’t even have the qualifications to take the prefecture-level exam, let alone go to the capital to take the county exam. If I study for two more years, even if I can go to the capital to take the exam, I’m afraid I won’t pass the exam and it will be a waste of money.”
"It's better to take the county official exam now and stay a few more years while you're young. Maybe you can become a chief registrar, county lieutenant or county magistrate in the future?"
Generally, the chief registrar, county lieutenant and county magistrate are all promoted from the county officials. Only some upper and middle counties will occasionally have deputies appointed from above.
The speaker couldn't help but look at Zhou Lizhong, lowered his voice and asked, "What did Brother Zhou plan to do, but did he go the way of the county magistrate?"
Now the Zhou family is very famous in Luojiang County, because the largest number of officials in Luojiang County comes from his family, and the most officials are still in his family. Oh, now only the Bai family is above them, like the old landowner Luo Jiang.
The family and the Shi family now have to take a step back from the Zhou family.
It's just that the Zhou family is very low-key and rarely participates in any activities in the county. Occasionally, when donations are needed, the second master of the Zhou family will come out to donate some things. The rest of the time, they farm in Qili Village.
The family tradition is very simple.
But the Zhou family is low-key, but they cannot underestimate the Zhou family. They think the county magistrate can't do it either, so did Zhou Lizhong say hello to the county magistrate?
Zhou Lizhong's face turned red and he said, "The county magistrate has recommended me to attend the county school."
He said: "As for the examination, with the fairness of the county magistrate, we will naturally compete fairly."
One person's eyes flashed and he asked with a smile: "Brother Zhou, have you thought about what you will do after you fail the exam?"
Zhou Lizhong thought about it seriously and then said honestly: "Maybe Enyin will become a government servant."
The other three people:…
"...You have a quota for Enyin, why do you still need to take the exam?"
Zhou Lizhong said embarrassedly: "That's not from my family, it's from my eldest brother-in-law's family. I don't want to take it in vain, so I still want to take the exam based on my own ability. If I don't pass the exam, I'll give it a try."
"Your eldest brother-in-law's family..."
"We are the ones in Li Zheng. The Guan family has managed the place for many years and has made many contributions, so we received a reward of grace three years ago."
This is normal. The wages paid to Li Zheng by the county government are negligible, but Li Zheng works so diligently, firstly for fame, and secondly for profit.
Needless to say, who can be upright and not a person of high moral character and prestige?
Etiquette, in addition to being one step closer to the officials of the county government, is this kind of favor quota.
Those who are virtuous, talented and wealthy can be regarded as meritorious deeds, and when they are accumulated to a certain level, they can be rewarded with such rewards.
Not everyone can get such a reward, it's good if you can get one.
The reason why he is Guan Lizheng actually has a lot to do with the Zhou family.
The first is that Zhou Man came back from the Western Regions three years ago and brought back the vaccination method; the second is that the Zhou family has developed well, and the Qili Village has become much richer; the third is that Guanli has been under management for many years, and the county government gave it to him as soon as his multiple achievements came out.
He has a quota.
The Zhou family doesn't know much about it, but Guan Lizheng knows it, so he has been holding back and not using this quota.
He just thought that if Guan Yong failed to pass the exam, he would come back and use this quota; if he passed the exam, he would definitely need help from the Zhou family in his career in the future, so this quota could be given to the Zhou family...
Zhou Lizhong was willing to tell the story about Enyin's quota. The three of them felt that they were one step closer to him, so they spoke more relaxedly. One of them said: "Master Zhou is also a fourth-rank official in the imperial court. It is said that he should have Enyin's quota. You
Why not use it?"
Zhou Lizhong said: "I have never tried, so how can I know that I can't pass the exam with my own ability? Moreover, my sister-in-law will also have children of her own in the future. Enyin's quota is limited. How can we, the elders, take advantage of theirs?"
Where’s the quota?”
The three of them were speechless for a long time, and one of them sighed: "It's because we are short-sighted. It's also true that we can pass the exam on our own merits, so why should we ask for favor?"
It's just that they ask themselves that they can't do it. If they can get a quota from Enyin, why do they have to study so hard?
Isn’t it better to just lie down and win?
The three of them did not realize that they were looking at Zhou Lizhong with admiration.
Luojiang County is preparing to take the civil service examination, and Beihai County is also preparing to take the civil service examination.
Bai Shan is making too much noise in Beihai County. From the salt field to Guantian and then to the dock, there is also a medical department, which requires a particularly large number of talents.
There is no need for them to read a lot of poetry and books, but they must be able to learn the most basic poetry, arithmetic and accounting.
There are also many people who have signed up for the exam, and many of them are people from other counties.
Bai Shan asked people to post vacant positions to attract more talents.
In fact, if the students in the county school weren't so ambitious, he would have wanted to encourage them to take the exam.
However, although he cannot encourage openly, he can encourage secretly.