Not two days after the county examination, the annual examination began.
This is the first time since Liang Yan founded the dynasty that all the examination rooms are filled with scholars, and no children are with them.
At the end of the afternoon, many people gathered in front of the Gongyuan. There were many with gray hair and beards, and they were all accompanied by their families.
Li Hui knew that this other world was different from the ancient times he knew, but it was so different that it still surprised him.
This year's annual examination was supervised by the government and county governments. From the moment they entered the examination room, they were inspected at every level. Some old people walked in alone and were shaking when they walked.
"Dad, do you think those old men can hold the brushes firmly?"
Listening to his son's questions, he also wanted to know. The new dynasty was built to stabilize people's hearts and was tolerant everywhere, but it was indeed time to tighten things up.
"Brother Xin, please take part in the county and government examinations next year."
Yan Yixin stared in surprise and asked in disbelief:
"Uncle, can I do that?"
"It should be fine."
Li Hui is still very confident about tutoring him to take the boy student exam. Li Heng is too young and has to wait for a few more years. He is easily remembered if he shows his talents too early. He is very worried about Du Pingren this time. Zhou Fei...
…Anyway, the family is powerful, so it shouldn’t be affected.
There were regulations in the Liangyan Dynasty that the three county and provincial examinations and the rural examinations had to be taken in the ancestral home. The general examination and the palace examination required going to the capital. There was a selection before the general examination. This was the same as the general examination and took place every three years.
While chatting, Wang Sen came over——
"Brother came early?"
"How are you preparing? Have you written out all the questions?"
Li Hui shared the test questions that Master Chen asked without reservation to Wang Sen and Du Pingren.
"Some have written it, some can't. When Brother Xiao comes back, I'm going to ask him."
Li Hui nodded with a "Yeah", "We're going back first, you should be early too."
"Brother Li, why did you come to our house for dinner? My parents have always wanted to thank your family and Brother Xiao."
"Don't worry, we'll talk about it later. These are extraordinary times, so you have to be careful about what you eat. Try not to eat out."
"Yes, I took note of it."
Li Hui patted him on the shoulder and ordered the children to leave.
A few days later, the annual exam was over and the results were released. Pingyang County was completely shaken.
All the disciples were at the gate of Tengfei Academy to receive the discipline and discipline. There were also a large number of unqualified ones who all had their names posted and had their title of scholar revoked. What’s more serious is that many of the masters who failed to declare their clan studies in each village were from this group.
If qualified people are appointed, it is conceivable that the students who have studied in recent years will be delayed.
Pingyang County's actions have sounded the alarm to other states, prefectures, and counties in Liangyan Dynasty. Because of this "feat", Liangyan will completely separate the annual examination and the college examination in the future, forming the Liangyan
The unique scientific examination system of the dynasty.
The college examination is coming soon, and all the inns and inns in the county are full.
Cheng Xue has been very busy these days, preparing things and buying silver charcoal.
Fortunately, she started early and bought them all with Wang Sen, Du Pingren, and Zhou Fei.
There are some slow-reacting ones, let alone silver charcoal, and even low-quality charcoal is not available.
Although the temperature will get warmer in March, it is still very cold in the morning and evening, especially in the recent cold spring, so the children have put on thin cotton clothes. All the candidates taking the college examination took the exam in the open-air Gongyuan, no matter how much they wore, there was no charcoal
, it’s also quite annoying.
Zhou Fei had a mediocre attitude towards Li Hui at first, but because of his wife's approach of keeping secrets, he took the initiative to ask Xiao Qinglin to bring him to visit Li's house, and also brought a lot of thank-you gifts. He is the younger brother of Xiao Qinglin's classmate, and he is seventeen this year.
My ancestral home is here, so I came back for scientific research.
Cheng Xue looked at the generous thank you gift and scolded Xiao Qinglin directly:
"Why don't you stop me and just let him throw away the money? Coming all the way here to take the scientific examination costs money."
"Oh, sister-in-law, he's not an outsider. Besides, if it weren't for you, he would have to suffer from the cold during this scientific examination. My sister-in-law doesn't know something. It's hard to buy charcoal now, and the price is still high. Why is Pingyang County like this?"
"It should be like this everywhere. It's just that you are in the capital and someone is taking care of everything, so you don't know." Cheng Xue reminded.
How can serious relatives of the emperor go crazy over how many baskets of silver charcoal they have?
Zhou Fei stood up, cupped his fists and raised his hands, saying:
"Sister-in-law, don't be polite. As Brother Qinglin said, if it weren't for your help, I would have been frozen in this scientific examination."
This was the first time he came to Li Hui's house. He originally thought that the rural man was just lucky enough to save a noble person and got to where he is today. Unexpectedly, he was narrow-minded. It can be seen from the etiquette of the five children that the Li family's background was not
It’s so unbearable as imagined.
It seems that simple people also have the judgment ability of simple people, and Li Hui can definitely make friends.
Gentle and gentle, with a humble attitude, he is completely different from the past.
Cheng Xue smiled and did not refuse. She responded politely and put him on the list of those who refused to date.
He is full of scheming and cannot befriended. No wonder Li Hui rarely mentions him at home.
"Brother Li, I have an appointment with Yu Cheng, Shu Yi and the others tomorrow, why don't you come with me? Let's have a meal and get together."
Without waiting for Li Hui to answer, Xiao Qinglin spoke directly:
"The scientific examination is about to come and you still go out to eat? Aren't you afraid of something happening? Your wife can do that?"
Zhou Fei paused after hearing this, then smiled and shook his head.
"Looking at what Brother Qinglin said, how can my wife interfere with my decision? What's more, the scientific examination is coming soon. It's natural for me to go out and relax. Otherwise, if I tighten up too much, something will happen."
"Thank you Jingyu for your kindness, I won't go. Your sister-in-law recently gave me an order not to go out and eat haphazardly."
The reason for such a polite refusal shocked Zhou Fei, as if he was hearing a hallucination. Even though he was newly married, his wife did not dare to point fingers at his affairs. How could Li Hui's wife interfere?
"You heard it right, my brother said that my sister-in-law disagrees. In my brother's house, my sister-in-law is the head of the family. Also, after the scientific examination, you can do whatever you want, but now it is better to be careful. The medicine in the medicine hall is no longer complete.
Don't bother Da Jin."
"...Ah, I understand."
Although he said yes, the resistance on his face was not concealed at all.
Xiao Qinglin didn't bother to persuade him, and he wasn't his biological brother. His classmates asked him to take more care of him, and he reminded him when it was time to remind him. Yin Tan also settled the matter because of his sister-in-law, and the rest was not his responsibility.
Zhou Fei, who was really bored, found any reason to get up and leave. Xiao Qinglin didn't leave, so he stayed here to eat.
When Li Hui came back from seeing someone off, he saw his wife preparing lunch in the outer room. Xiao Qinglin was lying on the kang in the inner room, playing with Li Tian and Li Huai.
"What's going on with you? Why don't you leave?"
"Let me wait for a while. My second uncle has been dragging me out to meet people every day these days. I'm too tired." After speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to eat braised noodles with pickled vegetables and minced meat." p>
"I know, let's do it." Cheng Xue responded while taking a basin to scoop out noodles.
Li Hui shook his head speechlessly, sitting aside and trembling:
"You really don't think of yourself as an outsider, you order food as soon as you come."
"Hey, who asked my sister-in-law to love me? Little Sidan, I'm here to catch you..."