After the deer-crowing banquet, the state examination was completely over.
The 240 newly promoted candidates from Lingzhou and two neighboring states will take the provincial examination in March next year.
Although it is still early, most students will pack their bags and rush to the capital in the next few days.
Tang Ning is not in a hurry. The provincial examination will start on March 9th. It won't be too late for him to start in February. Lingzhou is not that far from the capital. Half a month is enough. To be on the safe side, leave another half month.
Nothing is lost.
After all, he is different from most candidates. Although the provincial exam is much more difficult than the state exam, the types of questions will not change. In this way, his problems in the first two games are not big. The only problem is
Strategy for the third game.
Even if the policy is to be restructured, it will not be so fast. When it comes to the provincial examination, he can no longer rely on luck like the state examination. Therefore, in the next nearly six months, the only thing he needs to do is to write the article
Try to write as beautifully as possible.
His father-in-law had specifically told him to ask him if he had anything he didn't understand. After thinking about it, Tangning decided that it would be better to let Zhong Yi teach him how to write articles.
After all, Zhong Yi is the most talented woman in Lingzhou. Not only can she write poems well, but she can also write colorful articles. As for my father-in-law, he even passed the state examination three times...
I came back from the Luming Banquet last night and went to Zhong Yi's room to sit for a while.
At that time, the two of them had agreed that Tang Ning would write a policy essay every day, and Zhong Yi would help him review it and correct the grammar. In a few months, even if he still couldn't write as beautiful an article as she did, he wouldn't be able to write it.
Being called bullshit.
When Tang Yaoyao came to see Zhong Yi, she was very surprised at his diligence and asked, "Are you really planning to take the top prize this time?"
Tangning nodded.
Tang Yaoyao thought for a moment and said, "I remember you said before that you didn't want to take part in the imperial examination."
"Didn't you smash my head in at that time?" Tangning looked at her and explained, "What's the difference between a scholar who doesn't want to win the top prize and a salted fish?"
After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, then looked at Zhong Yi and asked, "Does what you said that day count?"
Zhong Yi turned slightly red and nodded.
Tang Ning finally felt relieved and continued to write. Scholars who didn't want to win the first prize were salty fish, and salty fish couldn't get happiness.
For the sake of his lifelong happiness, he will write ten articles today and will not sleep until he finishes.
When Tang Yaoyao and Zhong Yi walked out of the room and walked into the yard, they finally couldn't help but ask, "What did you say?"
"Nothing..." Zhong Yi shook his head and changed the subject: "Did you send the letter I wrote to Miss Qing last time?"
"My father asked the manager of the store to send it to him a long time ago." Tang Yaoyao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, you will receive a reply in a few days."
Zhong Yi said with some embarrassment: "Sorry for bothering Uncle Tang."
"It's no trouble." Tang Yaoyao shook his head and said, "Anyway, they often have to run from Lingzhou to the capital, and they just bring a letter along the way. It's nothing."
Zhong Yi held her hand and said, "No matter what, thank you."
"If you really want to thank me, tell me what you said to him?" Tang Yaoyao looked at her with a gossipy face and said, "It's impossible for him to suddenly think of taking the No. 1 exam. This matter must have something to do with you.
what relationship!"
Zhong Yi thought for a while, finally made a decision, and whispered something in her ear.
Tang Yaoyao's beautiful eyes widened, she looked at her, and said in disbelief: "You, you are crazy, how could this be possible..."
Zhong Yi looked at her without speaking.
Tang Yaoyao covered her face, sighed, and then said bitterly: "It's an advantage for him!"
"Okay..." Zhong Yi tugged on her sleeves and said, "Xiao Ru's shop is almost ready, let's go take a look..."
…
Tang Ning was full of motivation when she woke up early in the morning. She originally wanted to write ten policy papers in one go, but she was interrupted after writing only two.
It was his father-in-law who interrupted him.
And Zhang Hao, the doctor from the Ministry of Water who I met yesterday.
They seemed to have something to say last night, but then left it alone. Unexpectedly, today they actually chased her straight to the house.
After Zhang Hao sat down, he said straight to the point: "Tang Jieyuan, I still have some questions about controlling floods and speeding up shipping, and I would like to discuss them with Tang Jieyuan."
Tang Ning cupped her hands and said politely, "It's okay, Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Hao cleared his throat and said: "Tang Jieyuan mentioned in the policy discussion about the Jingjiang section..."
…
The number of words in the policy discussion is limited, and it is impossible for Tang Ning to expand on every point. The examples given are also concise and to the point. Today, I can expand on them in detail.
Of course, he is not a water conservancy major and can put forward opinions and explain the principles, but it is impossible to get to the root cause.
But for the discussion between the two, this was enough. Some modern concepts of water control were a bit unimaginable to the ancients, but they were not fantasy. Zhang Hao frowned for a while, suddenly realized it, and grasped for a while.
A few hairs came down, and after a while, he patted his thigh and cheered...
While listening, he picked up a pen to take notes. When a piece of paper was filled with his writing, he put down the pen, looked at Tang Ning, and said excitedly: "I thought that Tang Jieyuan's policy would save the national treasury at least 500,000 taels of silver."
, now it seems that it is much more than that!”
He grabbed Tang Ning's arm and said happily: "When I go back this time, I will definitely report Tang Jieyuan's contribution in front of His Majesty. If Tang Jieyuan goes to high school in the future, he might as well consider our water department. The water department lacks Tang Jieyuan.
Zhang Hao glanced at Zhong Mingli, then looked at Tang Ning, and sighed with regret.
The person in front of him is Jieyuan, the state examiner of Lingzhou. He is the first person in Lingzhou and Chen State in more than ten years. Such a person will definitely shine in the provincial examination. He may not become the number one scholar, but he can still
List A.
The position of the Ministry of Industry is extremely low among the six ministries. It is not as rich as the Ministry of Husbandry, and it is not as powerful as the Ministry of Personnel. Even the most useless Ministry of Rites has a better status than them. The Ministry of Water, as the Ministry of Works,
Among the top two Jinshis in a thankless department, who would want to go to a Qingshui Yamen with no future?
Zhang Hao calmed down, bowed and said: "On behalf of all the people affected by the disaster, I would like to thank Tang Jieyuan."
Tang Ning quickly said: "This is what we should do. Mr. Zhang doesn't have to be like this..."
He had long heard that Zhang Hao was upright and had a bad temper, but when he saw him today, he didn't feel any of this. Not only did he not have these, he also didn't have the slightest tact and sophistication. What he had was a sincere heart to be humble and ask for advice.
When Zhang Hao left, Zhong Mingli looked at him and said, "Master Song suddenly had official business and left Lingzhou early in the morning. Otherwise, he would have come together today."
Tang Ning nodded. Song Qian was not in charge of Lingzhou alone, but Jingdong and nearly ten states. It was impossible to stay in Lingzhou for a long time.
In addition to him, Fang Hong, Zhang Hao, Ling Yihong and other examiners will probably leave for Beijing in the next two days.
The Lingzhou Prefectural Examination has completely come to an end.
"Official life is like a battlefield. It's better to have more friends than more enemies." Zhong Mingli looked at him and said, "Although Mr. Zhang has an upright temper, he is a person who can be friends with. You are kind to Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang.
I am grateful to you, but you must be self-responsible and not take any favors for granted; and Mr. Ling, although you are his uncle, he is also the imperial physician. If you meet again in the future, you must save his face in front of outsiders.
…”
Tang Ning nodded, and his father-in-law started nagging mode again, but his nagging was mostly based on his heart and experience, and there was little nonsense.
Zhong Mingli watched Tang Ning walk out of the house, withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.
Everyone knows that many examiners of the Lingzhou Prefectural Examination are leaving for Beijing today, but few people know that there is also an examination paper leaving with them.
It is still unknown whether this thin examination paper is a gravel that cannot splash a few splashes of water, or a meteor that can set off huge waves.
The expression on Zhong Mingli's face was a little relieved, but more worried.
After a long time, he sighed, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly back to the house...
