In mid-July, the new academic officer finally arrived in Jiangning City.
As soon as he entered the city, Walrus Gan settled in the examination studio, announced that the door would be closed, and all visits would be refused.
The college examination is actually not about gathering students from a province together to take the exam in the provincial capital. It is about going out on academic inspection tours and taking the exam in whichever county you go to.
However, as the academic administration of the past dynasties became more and more lazy, they basically gathered the children in one place to take the college examinations. Sometimes one exam was taken by one prefecture, and sometimes two prefectures were combined together, which was also called the exam.
The reason why Walrus Gan was able to hide away from people as soon as he arrived in Jiangning was because when the academic administration went to various prefectures to conduct college examinations, the local prefects acted as promotions and undertook all the supplies. All kinds of affairs were also handled by the prefectural government, so there was no need for them. Why bother with the walrus?
When the wealthy officials in Jiangning City heard about the arrangements for the college examination, they were all filled with hatred.
During the government examination, Shen Du tried every means to obstruct various requests, and even threatened to publish a list of titles. As a result, many children from aristocratic families failed to even pass the government examination and were humiliated at their grandma's house.
When it came to the college examination, not only was Shen Du still there, but he also came to work for such an inexperienced old man as Walrus.
Moreover, Walrus Dry is much more difficult to deal with than Shendu.
The Hai family has one family and five Hanlin schools. It is a Qingliu family with a well-established and prosperous family. The gentlemen of the Hai family have such bad tempers that they even dare to stand up to the emperor.
Qingliu is not afraid of the rich and powerful.
For Walrus Gan, impeachment of the imperial relatives in Tokyo City is as common as drinking water and eating, let alone "second-rate wealthy families" like Jiangning City?
If there were still people saying weird things when Shen Du demanded strict discipline in the government, then once the Walrus came, all the demons and ghosts in Jiangning City were immediately suppressed and did not dare to show up.
Not long after Walrus Qian took up his new job, he worked closely with Shen Du to protect Jiangning's aristocratic and wealthy families, leaving no chance to take advantage of any loopholes.
For a time, all the rich and powerful families lamented that this year’s scientific examination in Jiangning was really a ghost!
At the end of July, the Jiangning government office issued an announcement, ordering children in Jiangning Prefecture to go to the government office to receive their examination certificates.
Wei Chen also ended his life of ascetic cultivation in the lakeside courtyard, and together with his friends Sheng Changbai and others, came to Jiangning Mansion Yamen to receive the admission ticket for the college examination.
The clerks in front compared the transcripts one by one, and the queue to receive the test cards was very long, but Wei Chen and the others were far away from their turn.
Tao Dazhi came to Wei Chen and said, "Brother Wei, according to the usual practice, students must be admitted to the imperial examination. You can take this examination with your eyes closed."
Wei Chen smiled slightly: "No, Mr. Futai gave me this opportunity just for cultivation. If I don't do well in the college examination, wouldn't I have failed Mr. Futai for all his hard work?"
Chen Jun smiled and joked: "Brother Wei's talent and learning are much higher than ours, and now he has been taught by Mr. Qingteng, who is famous all over the world, it is even more incredible. Seeing how Brother Wei is acting like this, he wants to take over the county and government.
At the head of the third trial in the hospital, the sword is pointed at Xiao Sanyuan!"
Wei Chen didn't speak, but the smile on his face was full of confidence. It was obvious that Chen Jun had hit his mark.
In the imperial examination, in addition to testing the candidates' talents and learning, the candidates' reputation is also a very important off-site factor.
For major national examinations such as the Provincial Examination, the General Examination, and the Imperial Examination, names are not used when grading papers, but when ranking, examiners will still be affected by the candidates' previous reputation.
This is why some scholars sell their collected works to the capital at any cost before taking the examination.
And Xiao Sanyuan, although not worth mentioning compared to Big Sanyuan, is the easiest way for Wei Chen to become famous now. After all, he is only one hospital trial case leader away from Xiao Sanyuan. It can be said that he is close.
So close.
At this time, Tao Dazhi suddenly put his arms around Wei Chen's shoulders and said slyly: "Brother Wei, in my opinion, Xiao Sanyuan and other things are mostly based on luck. You are bound to win the college exam, so there is no need.
So tense, I heard that a steward came to Yichun House recently, do you want to go there together tomorrow to relax?"
Wei Chen was stunned when he heard this.
What a wonderful Tao Dazhi with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The thoughts are really vicious!
This is to mess up my mind before the exam!
No, we must be severely criticized!
Wei Chen was about to criticize Jiangning City's romantic career with Tao Dazhi, but he saw Sheng Changbai step forward and glare at Tao Dazhi.
"The college examination is about to come, but I still think about going to Goulan Washe to have fun. If word spreads, will my reputation as a good brother be lost? Go ahead and do it yourself. Don't teach my good brother a bad way!"
After Sheng Changbai's righteous words, Tao Dazhi immediately shrank, submissive, and looked aggrieved.
He also had good intentions. He couldn't bear the ascetic life of Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai, and wanted to take them to experience the beauty of Qinhuai. Who would have expected that Sheng Changbai would react so strongly?
However, looking at Chen Jun's expression next to him, he seems to be quite interested in this matter, and we can discuss it with him in private later.
In fact, Wei Chen was somewhat interested in Tao Dazhi's proposal. Even if he was too young and weak-minded, it would be fine to go see the world and open his eyes.
It's a pity that there is still such an upright gentleman as Sheng Changbai, so Wei Chen can't easily leave him alone.
That’s not enough of a friend.
I can only wait until I have the opportunity to talk about things in the world.
Wei Chen noticed that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he coughed slightly and changed the subject: "Everyone, it's boring to wait here. Let me tell you a joke!"
Tao Dazhi and Chen Jun looked at each other in a dignified manner, and Sheng Changbai, who was less angry, also turned his attention.
"A tiger came out of the mountain and returned gloomily. The other tigers came up and asked why they had found nothing. On the way of the hungry tiger, they met a man on the road, but he did not want to eat.
The tigers asked the reason, and the hungry tigers said they met a scholar who refused to eat because it was too sour. The tigers laughed.
The hungry tiger said again, and then he met a boy who also refused to eat. The other tigers were all puzzled, why the boy didn't eat? The hungry tiger said, he was afraid of hurting his teeth.
The tigers asked why they were afraid of hurting their teeth. The hungry tigers replied that Tong Sheng was too old to bite!"
After Wei Chen finished speaking, Tao Dazhi and Chen Jun both laughed.
Sheng Changbai couldn't help but laugh. He suppressed his laughter and lowered his voice: "It's better to tell our joke in private. If it gets louder and some old boy hears it, I'll give you a beating!" p>
Wei Chen smiled lightly, but said in his heart, I heard this joke from the respected Mr. Futai. If anyone has any complaints, just send it to him!
After telling the joke, the atmosphere in the room finally became lively again, and Tao Dazhi had the good sense not to mention visiting a brothel in front of Sheng Changbai.
After a lot of effort, the team finally reached them. Wei Chen stepped forward to answer the questions and receive the test card.
Many scribes in the government office knew Wei Chen, the clerk who made a big splash during the government examination. They knew that his status as a boy student was just a formality and that his enrollment as a student member was a certainty, so they couldn't help but congratulate him in advance. Wei Chen smiled in return and did not look down upon these scribes because of their low status.
The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. A prefect like Shen Du may change every few years, but these subordinate officials have been rooted here for generations, and their influence in the yamen is intricate and deep-rooted.
Jiangning is Wei Chen's hometown, and these local snakes will inevitably have to take care of him in the future.
The other children who came to register nearby saw Wei Chen talking and laughing with the yamen clerk, and they felt mixed emotions.
Each of them is still anxious about the upcoming college examination, but Wei Chen has reserved a spot early and is firmly seated in Diaoyutai.
But they have nothing to say. Who makes someone the leader of a government trial? They deserve some special treatment.
At this time, someone suddenly thought that Wei Chen was not only the head of the case in the government examination, but also the head of the case in the county examination. In this way, if he gets the first place in the college examination this time, wouldn't he be the top three in the elementary and middle schools?<
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Speaking of which, it seems that Jiangnan Province has not produced a small three yuan in more than fifty years, right?