The date for the Jiang'an Province entrance examination is August 20th.
Candidates should register in advance... Li Qingzhi returned to Chongcheng County on the first day of August and planned to go to the provincial capital the next day.
Li Qingzhi and Zhu Xunmiao took the Zhu family's boat back to Chongcheng County, and they also agreed to take the Zhu family's boat to the provincial capital together tomorrow. Also going with them would be Xu Qifei, Li Xiucai, and several other scholars from Chongcheng County.
It was noon when Li Qingzhi got home, and Jin Xiaoye and the others were having lunch.
"Dad, you're finally back! Why did you come back only today?" Li Damao and Li Ermao were very happy to see Li Qingzhi. They put down their chopsticks and rushed towards Li Qingzhi.
Li Qingzhi used to go home every five days. He was supposed to come back at the end of July, but because he was about to take the college entrance examination, he did not come back.
"Da Mao and Er Mao, Dad misses you so much! Dad was busy studying, so I came back late..." Li Qingzhi was intimate with Li Damao and Li Ermao for a while before he took out the steamed buns he bought on the road and ate with Jin Xiaoye and the others.
While eating, he told her that he was going to the provincial capital to take part in the college entrance examination the next day.
Jin Xiaoye asked: "Do you want Xiaoshu to go with you?"
Jin Xiaoye was very concerned about Li Qingzhi's participation in the college entrance examination. He inquired about some related information and found that most of the scholars who went to take the college entrance examination were accompanied by someone.
Some were accompanied by their family members, while others hired a servant.
Even Xu Qifei was accompanied by his nephew to the provincial capital.
Li Qingzhi said, "No need, I can go alone. Xiaoshu is also very busy." He was going with Zhu Xunmiao. Zhu Xunmiao would definitely bring people with him. If he needed anything, he could just use the servants of the Zhu family.
Jin Xiaoshu has been busy with his shipping business recently. Wouldn't it be a delay if I follow him to the provincial capital
Seeing that Li Qingzhi insisted, Jin Xiaoye didn't say much.
Instead, Li Qingzhi asked, "Xiao Ye, do you want to go to the provincial capital to play? Do you want to go with me?"
"I want to go to the provincial capital, but I don't have time recently... Ah Qing, if I go with you, will it affect your studies?" Jin Xiaoye asked.
"It won't affect me. When I want to study, no one can stop me. And when I go to the provincial capital, I probably won't study anymore."
Jin Xiaoye seemed to be thinking about something.
That night, Li Qingzhi and Jin Xiaoye had a loving time together. The next morning, he got up early and began to pack the things he was going to take with him.
During this month, he exchanged letters with Governor Zhang several times, wrote several policy papers for Governor Zhang to read, and then made revisions under Governor Zhang's guidance.
These essays were written in a very balanced manner, which was the type that the examiners liked the most, and they could not find any faults. Governor Zhang said in the letter that with his essay level, he would have no problem participating in the provincial examination.
After the July issue of "Anjiang Collection of Essays" was published, Governor Zhang took the time to help him deliver these essays to Director Fang Shan.
According to Governor Zhang... In the next few months, his articles should appear in the Anjiang Collection.
Li Qingzhi was very satisfied with this.
But he actually didn't like those policy papers.
That was what he prepared for the imperial examination. It was not what he really wanted to write. As for what he really wanted to write... Li Qingzhi looked at the pile of manuscripts at his hand.