On one side of Dacheng Hall, there is a long case that is two feet long.
Twenty or thirty staff and subordinate officials gathered around the long case, busy binding the ink rolls of new students, copying the red list of new students sent to various prefectures and counties, and other trivial matters.
Gu Yan stood next to the general list and watched the staff write the names of the newly released students neatly. One of the staff next to him checked the list, and the other wrote the invitation for the celery picking banquet according to the general list.
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This general list will be posted on the screen wall outside the gate of Gongyuan by the beginning of tomorrow, and these invitations will also be sent to all the rookies before noon tomorrow.
Gu Yan looked at it for a while, then reached for the directory and flipped through it casually.
"Of these new students, which ones will stay in the county, which ones will be transferred to the government, and on what basis?" After looking at it for a while, Gu Yan put down the list and asked very casually.
"If there are several freshmen in a county, the ones at the top will be transferred to the government, and the ones at the bottom will stay in the county." The staff member who wrote the invitation replied with a smile.
"What if there is only one new student?" Gu Yan opened the folding fan.
"The top half of the ranking will be assigned to the prefecture, and the bottom half will be assigned to the county."
Gu Yan groaned slowly, put away the folding fan, and lit Li Xuedong's name, "This Li Xuedong is marked sixteenth, why is he Liu County?"
"I specially transferred him to stay in the county." Wei Xuezheng answered from the other end of the long case.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Xuezheng.
"When governing a local area, we should not be too rigid in our rules. We should make adjustments and changes based on people, times and places." Wei Xuezheng stroked his beard and gave some pointers.
Gu Yan leaned toward his uncle and tapped Li Xuedong's name with a folding fan, signaling his uncle to explain why Li Xuedong stayed in the county.
"Li Xuedong is an orphan. He only has three older sisters and one younger sister. His family will definitely need his support and care. If he is admitted to Pingjiang Prefecture School, but his family is far away in Kunshan County, how will he take care of his family?
"Besides, in terms of food and clothing, Pingjiang Prefecture is certainly much more expensive than Kunshan County. It is extremely difficult for a small and poor family to cope with even a few quid a year." Wei Xuezheng explained with a smile while stroking his beard. p>
Gu Yan listened to Wei Xuezheng's explanation, moved a few steps, took out Li Xuedong's ink scroll, flipped to a regular poem, and pushed it in front of Wei Xuezheng, "Look at her poem. It's written like this. It can't be called poetry."
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"This Li Xuedong must have limited talent. To get to the 16th place in the exam, he can only make up for his shortcomings with hard work. He must be all focused on his studies, studying hard day and night. How can he still have time to take care of his family?
"Also, the rice money of the prefectural and county schools is different, right? How much is the difference?" Gu Yan turned to ask the staff.
"The government education costs more than half every month." The staff glanced at Wei Xuezheng and replied with a smile.
"It's half a month's worth of money! Also," Gu Yan looked at his uncle, "there are many arty and rich people in Pingjiang City. There must be many more people asking Xiucai Gong to write a few words for an article than in the county town. Please.
Do you know how much money a scholar would need to write an epitaph or something like that?"
Gu Yan looked at the staff around him and asked with a smile.
"The amount varies, as much as fifty taels of silver, as little as a box of ink, a few boxes of snacks, and some just asking for a meal." A staff member who was caught by Gu Yan's gaze hurriedly replied with a smile.
"His literary talent..." A young staff member pointed to Li Xuedong's poem, but did not dare to say anything else.
Li Xuedong's literary talent cannot be sold for a price if he sells acid writing, and his handwriting is not very good either.
"Just to guaranty children, teach a few students, etc., Pingjiang Prefecture has to be much more numerous than Kunshan County. Uncle, this is a disservice." Gu Yan ignored the young staff, looked at Wei Xuezheng and said with a smile.
"What do you think?" Wei Xuezheng looked at the staff and officials around him.
"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."
"It's half a drop of money a month."
"Pingjiang Mansion is rich and has many talented people..."
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Everyone was talking about it, most of them were in favor, and a few were vague and dismissive.
The prince's meaning is very obvious, and it is also obvious that they can study politics in both ways, so the prince's meaning shall prevail.
"Then with your wishes, let's transfer Li Xuedong back to the government school." Wei Xuedong followed the good deeds.
Gu Yan shook open the folding fan and slowly shook it. The corners of his mouth turned up, showing a slight smile, like a slightly open mantle in the morning light, which dazzled several staff members.
The prince is so good-looking!
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Outside the gate of Gongyuan, Li Wenhua stretched his neck and heard Li Xuedong's name. He picked up a man with a good face and asked a few questions to confirm that his Xuedong had indeed passed the exam. He walked around several times but couldn't find Li Xuedong and Li Jinzhu, so he hurried away.
Take me to the foot shop.
Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong had just changed their clothes, and before they had time to speak, they heard Li Wenhua ask the shopkeeper loudly, "Have you seen my eldest nephew? Have you come back? My eldest nephew got sixteenth place in the exam! My eldest nephew is now a scholar."
It’s public!”
"I'm back, I'm back! Oh! That's great! Congratulations! As for my mistress, hurry up and buy some firecrackers, they cost 500! Buy two firecrackers! Go, go, go! A talented scholar has appeared in our store!
Oh, come on, come on! I have to give our scholars justice!"
The shopkeeper’s voice was louder and more exciting than Li Wenhua’s.
Li Xuedong stood tensely at the door of the house, facing the shopkeeper's string of auspicious words, and was in a hurry.
Before the shopkeeper finished speaking his auspicious words, the customers in the store had already gathered around and congratulated Li Xuedong.
Li Xuedong’s face was red with embarrassment.
"Thank you everyone! My brother has been taking the exam all day and is exhausted. He is weak. Third uncle!" Li Jinzhu hurriedly took a step forward and stood in front of Li Xuedong.
"Yes, yes! My eldest nephew can use hard work. Let me tell you, my eldest nephew is so thin because of hard work! Let my eldest nephew have a good rest first!" Li Wenhua hurriedly stepped forward and blocked the way.
At the door of the room, he bowed his hands and thanked everyone.
Li Jinzhu pushed Li Xuedong into the house and closed the door.
Li Xuedong breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Li Jinzhu, and his voice could not be lowered, "Sister! Did you really pass the exam?"
"Well, grandma is very awesome!" Li Jinzhu was full of joy, hugged Li Xiaonan and hugged her hard.
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"There are many test questions today, so hurry up!" Li Xiaonan was writing the test questions silently, and hurriedly raised her pen to avoid rubbing the ink on the eldest sister's arm.
Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong nodded and explained today's exam. Li Jinzhu closed the door, sat against the door, doing needlework, and listened intently to what was going on outside.
Li Xiaonan looked at Li Xuedong, and Li Jinzhu looked at them. It wasn't until almost dawn that Li Xuedong memorized the test questions for the fourth and fifth sessions by heart, and the three of them got together and slept together.
Li Jinzhu only slept for an hour before getting up, but he didn't feel tired at all.
Seeing that it was dawn, Li Jinzhu hugged a few dirty clothes and gently opened the door, and saw his third uncle Li Wenhua.
"Is our Xuedong still asleep?" Li Wenhua stood on tiptoe, stretched his head, glanced into the room, and asked in a low voice.
"Well, I'm exhausted." Li Jinzhu walked to the door.
"Hey, look at my mouth. I can't call you by my first name anymore. It's disrespectful! You have to call us Xiucai Gong." Li Wenhua said happily with his hands behind his back.
"No matter how talented I am, he is also your eldest nephew. You can call him whatever you want," Li Jinzhu said with a smile.
"Hey, it can't be like this. We don't respect our scholar at home, so how can others respect us? We can no longer call us by our names in the future." Li Wenhua said solemnly, "If you call us scholar outside, you will be the boss at home. "I heard from the shopkeeper that if we post a red notice today, there will be a celery picking feast tomorrow? You have to prepare good clothes, and there are rules for clothes. Do you know this?"
"I don't know this." Li Jinzhu was stunned. She really didn't know this.
"Then I'll go and find out. You go and do the laundry. I told the shopkeeper that when our uncle wakes up, you can just tell the shopkeeper what he wants to eat." Li Wenhua confessed and went out to the shop to find out about this celery picker.
What happened to the banquet?
Li Jinzhu had just picked up a bucket of water and squatted down to wash clothes when a loud voice came from the door of the footwear shop and asked: "Does Mr. Li, the Li Xiucai from Xinzhong in Kunshan County, live here?"
Before Li Jinzhu could react, the shopkeeper had already greeted him out, "Yes, yes! It's in our store! Mrs. Li, I'm looking for your brother!"
"Oh? Oh!" Li Jinzhu was stunned first by Mr. Li Xiucai's shout, and then was stunned again by the shopkeeper's shout of Madam Li.
No one has ever called her Mrs. Li. In the village, everyone calls her Jinzhu. Outside the village, she is the eldest sister of Xuedong.
