After some investigation, he asked a few people who had good grades but average or poor family background, and persuaded them to study while working in the county government.
Isn't it nice to make money to support yourself to study, and you can also subsidize your family
It is said that people who are poor, but able to study, their families are not far behind at worst. If they are really poor, those who can continue to study in the county school at this time must be people with great perseverance. Such people It is more cost-effective, and I naturally know how to choose better for myself.
Needless to say, Bai Shan really convinced three people.
He was instantly refreshed.
The county examination in Luojiang County is earlier, just when the weather is getting warmer here, and the busy farming will be soon.
It was the first time for Zhou Lizhong to take the exam in the exam room for so many years. Not to mention, although he did the papers in private according to the rules of the exam room according to what his sister-in-law and uncle said, he was still very nervous when he actually sat in the exam room.
He swallowed and pressed his heart, feeling that he was too nervous, so he took out a medicine bag and put it in front of his nose to smell it.
A cool smell was inhaled from his nose, his mind was cleared, he took two deep breaths, and slowly calmed down, then put the medicine bag aside, and looked down at the paper in his hand.
The county magistrate who invigilated the examination glanced at the students sitting below, saw the medicine bag that Zhou Lizhong put down, walked over, bent down, picked up the medicine bag and smelled it...
County magistrate: ...
He was refreshed and refreshed, looked down at Zhou Lizhong, saw that he was answering a question, and didn't notice his arrival at all, so he twitched the corners of his mouth, put down the medicine bag, and went to see other students.
At noon, when the exam was over, Zhou Lizhong nervously flipped through the paper again. He was sure that he had written everything that could be written, and it was quite full, so he breathed a sigh of relief and handed in the paper respectfully.
After leaving the county office, the students sitting behind him and the students on the left and right immediately surrounded him, grabbed him and asked, "What did you take in the examination room just now?"
Zhou Lizhong took out the medicine bag, "You mean this?"
One of them took it quickly, followed Zhou Lizhong's example and smelled it, and his eyes widened immediately.
"What's the matter, what's the matter, I seem to smell a scent. This is a sachet? Why not make it into a sachet? It's too cheap to sew it with gauze."
Zhou Lizhong: "I packed it casually. My sewing is not very good, so I can't make a sachet."
"Where's your wife?"
"She's in the capital," Zhou Lizhong said: "She's an imperial doctor, how can she come back with me for the exam when she's free?"
Everyone: ...
The three of them suppressed their sadness and jealousy, and the other quickly pulled the medicine bag, "What does it smell like..."
With just one breath, his eyes straightened.
"What's the matter, what's the matter, I heard..."
"Clear mind, good stuff, what is this?"
"Mint," said one person, "you can tell it has mint when you smell this refreshing smell."
Zhou Li said again: "My sister-in-law prescribed the refreshing pill for me. She said that if you are nervous about the exam, or if you feel dizzy, you can smell it."
"I'm just dizzy, brother Zhou, do you still have this medicine bag?"
Zhou Lizhong nodded and said: "Yes, I made a lot of them when I made them. If you need them, I will get you a pack later. But most of them are kept at home, and there are few here."
"Fortunately, the exam is only half a day in the afternoon, which is enough."
The three of them were about to cry, and couldn't help asking Zhou Lizhong, "How did you do this morning?"
The Zhou family has always been confident. Zhou Man grew up behind him when he was a child. Zhou Lizhong was naturally very confident. He thought about his answer carefully and felt that there was no big problem, so he nodded and said: "I think I The writing is good, but the handwriting is a bit ugly, and I basically answered all the answers I could."
At this time, the doctor of the county school and the county magistrate were grading the papers. Zhou Lizhong's papers were drawn out, and the doctor looked at them one by one and curled his lips.
The county magistrate saw it and asked, "Why, the answer was bad?" Then it would be difficult to go through the back door.
The doctor said in distaste: "It's okay, the scriptures here got five questions right, and two questions were wrong, but the words are too ugly."
As far as right and wrong are concerned, in fact, Zhou Li's mistakes are not too outrageous. He obviously misremembered, because both articles mentioned it and the sentences were similar, so he made a silent mistake.
"But his Mo Yi is all right." This is beyond the expectations of the doctors.
The county magistrate went to look and found that Mo Yi was right. His eyes twinkled slightly, and he said with a smile, "Let's take a look at his theory."
The doctor dug out his theory.
In fact, the requirements of the county examination are not so strict. It is said to be policy theory, but there is not much requirement for literary talent. After all, it is just an official of the county government.
There are not even too strict requirements on the length of the article. It is said to be policy theory, but it is actually asking about some common sense in government affairs, and citing cases to ask about politics.
Zhou Lizhong has no literary talents, but policy theory is still his forte.
Because his sister-in-law was an editor, his uncle was a member of Hanlin and Zhongshushe, and his wife was an imperial physician. He had a much deeper understanding of some government affairs than ordinary students, and at the request of his uncle, he had read their books before. Official document, he knows how to write this thing, he even knows what is the most urgent issue of the court today, and his knowledge is not much worse than that of the officials in the county government.
The doctor raised his eyebrows after reading it through, and handed it to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Okay! It's clear, it can be designated as the first class."
The other doctors hurried over to look at it. Although they nodded slightly, they still said: "The handwriting is too bad, and points should be deducted."
"There are two wrong questions in the scripture, so it shouldn't be taken as the first class." Everyone quietly went to see the county magistrate. Although he passed it, but it was too obvious to be flattering when he was rated as the first class
An old doctor stroked his beard and said solemnly: "Medium is the most suitable."
County magistrate: "...his policy theory is really good."
"Is there no policy theory better than his?" The old doctor flipped through a pile of papers, and showed two papers to the county magistrate, "these two papers are not inferior to his policy theory, and even have a little literary talent , there is nothing wrong with Mo Yi's post scriptures, and the handwriting is more beautiful, if Zhou Li re-determines Shangpin, how should these two people decide?"
"That's right, how can Zhou Lizhong be of the same rank as them?"
The county magistrate: "... All right, then it will be medium."
It's just an official, and the other party is the Zhou family, so what's wrong with turning a blind eye
That's all, that's all, so as not to cause public anger, and the Zhou family didn't say hello to him, then let's do it according to the real results.
Zhou Lizhong was tentatively rated as middle grade, but in the afternoon there was still a math test, which was also very important.
The county magistrate was also worried that he was biased. Who knew that he was really biased, but it was not biased in the scriptures and Mo Yi's policy theory, but biased in spells!
Although Zhou Lizhong's handwriting was still ugly, he did all the questions correctly, and even the accounts he gave were correct. The county magistrate laughed out loud and looked at the others. This subject was rated as top grade.
But when the two sides are added together, he is still only in the upper middle, ranking fifth. Oh, this time there are twelve officials in the county government, including government officials, dispatch officials, and prison officials.
Yamen officials and prison officials are ranked behind by everyone, and what everyone wants to do most is to be an official, because these are mainly the clerks and small officials of household houses, punishment rooms, and workshops, then the government officials, and finally the prison officials .