Li Dewu didn't know if Li Shanzhi didn't know that he had peeked at the document... In his opinion, it should be the entry level that Li Shan was preparing for.
This speculation is reasonable, because once the document is implemented, the biggest beneficiary will be the East Palace, and at that time, Li Shanzheng and the prince's confidant Wei Zheng were fighting fiercely.
But Li Dewu was very sure that Li Shan must have guessed that he was forcibly assigned to escort the grain and grass northward and had his own ingenuity.
This kind of speculation does not require any evidence; free-spirited verification is enough.
Moreover, Li Shan stayed in Hebei and refused to return, simply because he was afraid that Li Dewu would use his methods again, which is enough to prove it.
Why don't you die?
Li Dewu asked silently in his heart, why don't you die?
Li Shan was a little surprised. The last few times they met in Wuling County, Li Dewu always looked away every time they looked at each other, but today they didn't avoid each other... Do you have any confidence?
Too lazy to look at this face anymore, Li Shan picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and started writing to answer the question.
He does have confidence, but this confidence does not belong to Li Dewu himself, but to Li Shan.
In the city of Chang'an, it was widely spread that Li Shan and Li Huairen had made extraordinary achievements. They attacked the Beizhou camp at night and set fire to the ships twice. They first defeated the enemy and then captured and killed Liu Heitai, the king of Han Dynasty.
How many officials from the DPRK and the Central Government praised Li Shan's abilities, especially those from Shandong... Now the main people praising Li Shan are not Li Kai, Wang Renbiao, and Zhang Wenguan.
After finding out that Li Shan was not married or even committed to love, many wealthy families were already making preparations. The Du family in Jingzhao, the Wei family, the Liu family, and even the Wang family in Taiyuan were rumored to be interested in getting married.
What makes Li Dewu the most furious is that the Hedong Pei family also intends to... Could it be that he really wants to transform from father and son to brother-in-law?
Not necessarily, maybe he is even senior than me!
After the war in Hebei subsided, a lot of news came one after another. In fact, Li Dewu regretted taking the assessment in advance, not because of Li Shan's consideration... but because he was afraid that the other party would openly break his face in anger.
Li Shan may not know it, but Zhu will definitely know it.
Once they openly break up, Li Shan's future... Li Dewu won't care about it, but he can be sure that his future will be bumpy.
For this reason, Chang'an ordered Li Qianyou to return to Beijing. After hearing about the incident, he arranged a second assessment, and Li Dewu did not object.
But just the day before yesterday, news came from Shandong that shocked the whole court. Li Shan, who had no official position or nobility, beheaded Cui Bo, a descendant of the Cui family of Qinghe, in Qinghe County.
Regardless of the reason, as soon as this news reached Chang'an, after a brief silence and shock, many officials jumped out and wrote a letter accusing him of killing the children of aristocratic families without distinction between superior and inferior. Chang'an ordered him to be arrested and even arrested and imprisoned in Dali Temple.
Although there has been no conclusive news in the past few days, the scholars who praised Li Shan have shut their mouths, and the aristocratic families who are interested in marriage have withdrawn.
Even Pei Shiju mentioned when chatting with Pei Ji that this person was young after all and did not know the dangers of the world.
Li Dewu sneered and thought to himself, how could a child with a yellow mouth know that the powerful family would cause disaster in the future?
There were only fifteen fill-in-the-blank questions, plus five explanation questions, and the assessment was over in a short time.
Li Dewu gathered up the test paper, glanced at Li Shan's one, and sneered in his heart. This word really didn't make any progress!
There were only seven candidates, and none of them left. News soon came out that out of the fifteen sutra questions, thirteen of them needed to be answered correctly, and of the five interpretation questions, four of which needed to be explained in detail, five of the seven passed.
One person entered and then came out, and there were two people left outside. One was Li Shan, and the other was Li Qian, a young man in his twenties.
Li Qian went in first and came out soon, saying hello with a smile, "I've heard about Li Huairen for a long time, but when I saw him today, he was indeed remarkable."
"I don't dare." Li Shan, who was about to go in, stopped and bowed in return.
"I'm posting 14 out of 15." Li Qian smiled warmly, "Unexpectedly, Huairen got all 14."
"You know it even with a single step, and by following the scriptures...the main thing is to look at the path of luck."
Li Qian laughed and said, "De Mou once said that Li Huairen is usually kind, gentle and elegant, but every time he makes jokes, he makes people laugh. He is really good at teasing."
"You and Brother Demou..."
"De Mou is Danyang Fang, and I am An Fang's brother."
Li Shan had many contacts with Li Kai, and had learned in detail that the ancestors of Danyangfang and Anfang were both from Jibei in the Western Jin Dynasty. Li Yong, the prefect of Dongguan, had many contacts with each other and had always been friendly.
Li Qian and Li Kai had a very good relationship, and Li Shanduo exchanged a few pleasantries with each other.
"Yesterday, Demou heard the news and went to Zhujiagou." Li Qian said with a smile: "I am also a frequent visitor to Dongshan Restaurant. We will definitely get together in a few days."
It seems that Dongshan Restaurant has been very popular in the past few months, Li Shan thought as he walked in the door. A few months later, he saw Li Qianyou again, who had taken him into the army.
"Young man Li Shan pays homage to the Ming Dynasty."
Li Qianyou raised his right hand slightly and looked at Li Shan with a complicated expression. He was such a noisy little guy and couldn't calm down anywhere!
He was planning to make great achievements in Weizhou, but something like this happened in Beizhou!
But at this moment, Li Qianyou didn't want to elaborate. He only smiled and said, "You said back then that you only have a brief understanding of the meaning of the classics?"
Several minor officials on the side couldn't help laughing... When they were learning abacus from Li Shan that day, the young man was also so humble and understood a little bit.
As a result, everyone with a good reputation in Shuxue was impressed. Today, among the fifteen sutras and five explanations, only Li Shan scored full marks.
"Too humble is not good." Li Qianyou smiled and raised his pen to outline, "Prepare for next year's scientific examination."
What Li Qianyou said is...excessive modesty is pride!
But Li Shan is a little aggrieved, and he really understands it a little bit!
The clerk on the side smiled and asked: "Li Langjun, which subject should you choose?"
"Ming Jing Ke."
The clerk was a little surprised that he didn't choose the math subject that he was best at. He opened the book and took a look, "It's full..."
"Li Langjun doesn't choose the arithmetic subject...well, it's full!"
Li Qianyou's expression changed, "Is the calculation section full?"
"Yes." The clerk bowed and said, "There was still a vacancy just now, but just now Li Qian..."
After Li Qianyou returned to Chang'an, he didn't pay much attention to the matter except for ordering a make-up assessment. He took the book and flipped through it, and said in surprise: "This subject, the Mining Calculation Section, is actually full!"
The scientific examinations in the Tang Dynasty were different from those in the Ming and Qing dynasties in that they were divided into different categories, but there was a quota of candidates for each subject. According to last year's practice, the other subjects were okay, but the quota for the Ming Dynasty subject was always insufficient.
The country needs arithmetic talents, and children from aristocratic families do not despise arithmetic. However, if you enter an official position with arithmetic, it will be difficult to be promoted in the future. However, it is different with Ming Jingke, whose official career is relatively smooth.
Therefore, there are countless people who take the exam for economics, and it is common to meet the quota, but there are very few people who take the math exam, and each subject does not meet the quota.
Li Qianyou considered that Li Shan was good at arithmetic, and as long as he passed the county government assessment, there would be no problem in signing up.
But in the past few months, abacus has become very popular in Chang'an, and businessmen can often be seen in the east and west markets holding a scale in one hand and an abacus in the other.
In short, the abacus created by Li Shan greatly reduced the difficulty of calculating in the exam...at least it gave the candidates a good psychological effect, resulting in no shortage of places.
But the last one to choose Mingshu was actually Li Qian. He was young, but he was of the same generation as him. He couldn't remove members of his family, right?
What a coincidence, it happened to be Li Qian who came in before him... Li Shan's face changed slightly, and he glanced at the county lieutenant Li Dewu who had been watching coldly from the corner of his eyes... If it weren't for his operation, no one would believe it.
However, Li Shan is quite disdainful. You, Li Dewu, entered Pei's family and then the East Palace. You have more resources to leverage. In the end, you can only use such underhanded methods!