On the way to the provincial capital, Governor Zhang took out the article that Li Qingzhi had revised and gave it to him.
At first glance, Governor Zhang was attracted by Li Qingzhi's calligraphy, and then he read the article...
The article that Li Qingzhi originally wrote was just average, but after he helped revise it, the article looked much better, and now... Li Qingzhi made some more revisions to the article based on his revisions.
Now the article is pleasing to the eye, reads smoothly, and contains more depth.
Governor Zhang suspected that the two previous essays were written casually by Li Qingzhi without any effort at all.
Actually... it's true. Li Qingzhi wrote these two essays urgently the day before he decided to visit Mr. Zhou, without spending too much time on them.
He didn't dare to write too much... This was a feudal society after all, and he was afraid that he would accidentally write something he shouldn't.
No matter what... After seeing the article revised by Li Qingzhi, Governor Zhang had a feeling - this article will definitely be included in the "Anjiang Collection"!
"Did you write this? You finally have some time?" Director Fang took the two articles.
He admired Governor Zhang's sharp writing style. After Governor Zhang was demoted to be the prefect of Hexing Prefecture, he asked Governor Zhang to write articles for the "Anjiang Collection of Essays" several times.
For ordinary students, it is a great honor to have their articles published in "Anjiang Collection of Essays".
But for Anjiang Academy... articles written by people like Governor Zhang can also increase the weight of "Anjiang Collection of Essays".
"It's not written by me. You can take a look at it first." said Governor Zhang.
Shanzhang Fang lowered his head and read it. After reading it, he said, "Not bad... Your handwriting is not so stable. Who wrote this? An official who just came to Jiang'an Province? Why haven't I heard of this person before?"
When Director Fang saw this article and these words, his first feeling was... this was written by a Jinshi who was not too young.
This article is not amazing, but it is well-balanced and has no mistakes. Even the words are arranged neatly... Is this a special practice? It should be written by someone who has just passed the imperial examination not long ago.
Such articles are a bit too mechanical and lack original thoughts. He didn't feel anything after reading them, but it can already be included in the "Anjiang Collection of Essays".
The most important thing is... those readers who bought "An Jiang's Collected Works" like articles like this.
Dean Fang felt that the eight-legged essay test in the imperial examination buried some good talents, and instead allowed those who had no special skills but did not make mistakes to stand out, which was quite boring.
But he also knew that he couldn't change the situation.
Governor Zhang said, "It wasn't written by a newly appointed official."
"Which scholar wrote that? You came from Hexing Prefecture. How could there be a scholar in Hexing Prefecture who can write so well?" Principal Fang was surprised: "This article is almost as good as that of Principal Zhou from Chongwen Academy."
"Not really," said Governor Zhang, "he hasn't passed the imperial examination yet."
Director Fang was stunned, and then asked, "Did you write this for me?"
Governor Zhang was speechless: "Is this something I can write?"
That's right... Shanzhang Fang read it again and asked, "Why hasn't he passed the exam yet?"
Governor Zhang said, "He took part in the county exam for the first time at the beginning of this year and won first place. He then took part in the prefectural exam and won first place again. It won't be long before he comes to the provincial capital to take part in the imperial examination. It won't be a problem for him to pass the exam and become a scholar."