Li Jin nodded: "Exactly, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"
Although the man's tone was a bit aggressive, he could see from his demeanor that he was quite self-restrained.
"My name is Zou Xiujie."
This person was brought by Xu Zifan, and he quickly introduced Li Jin: "Xiujie just passed the sixteenth year this year, and is the second place in the county test."
Li Jin smiled and said, "Young and promising."
When Zou Xiujie was praised by Li Jin, the pride on his face was a little shy, and he said, "You too."
Li Jin's expression remained the same, thinking to himself, these days, gentlemen generally don't praise students, one is for his own majesty, and the other is to avoid their pride.
So ah... children can't help but boast, they will treat you as a friend.
Xu Zifan looked at Zou Xiujie's expression and felt that he really... had nothing to say.
In the beginning, this young master found him and said that he wanted to come to protect each other, but Xu Zifan did not dare to refuse because he was close to the owner of the tea garden.
But Xu Zifan can also think that this young master gave up the carriage instead of riding, and came to rent an ox cart, because of Li Jin
Zou Xiujie has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. He was supposed to take the county exam at the age of thirteen, but his husband wanted him to study for a few more years. When the time comes, he will take the 'Little Sanyuan' exam in one fell swoop. This is also a good story.
I just didn't expect that his reputation was still not as good as Li Jin's, and he became the second place appointed by the county magistrate.
Xu Zifan originally thought that if this young master found fault, he would have to help Li Jin.
But I didn't expect that Li Jin only said four words 'Young and promising', this young master is immediately shy? And it seemed that he was getting a lot closer to Li Jin, even closer than he was.
After the group signed up, Li Jin went to the academy to find Chen Xiran again.
However, the academy is strictly managed, and students from the academy are not allowed to enter, so Li Jin can only ask the concierge to help with a message.
But Chen Xiran didn't come out for the next day, so Li Jin could only follow everyone back to town.
Although he felt a little regretful about it, the city was already big, and it was normal for two people to not meet.
It is worth mentioning that the math books in the bookstore here also account for a large proportion, and Li Jin bought two more books.
The boy Zou Xiujie came over to take a look and said, "I have all of them in my family."
Even Xu Zifan couldn't do anything about this child's temper.
After returning, Li Jin practiced a lot of strategy theory, which was rarely involved in the county test before, but as a government test to screen children, strategy theory was needed to let the prefect understand whether this person has a reasonable political opinion.
After all, most people take the imperial examinations for the purpose of becoming an official. Of course, this has to be screened step by step.
The night before Li Jin was going to the house for the test, Qin Muwen was holding the little bun to feed the rice cereal, and after feeding, he had to carry him around, or the little guy would not obey.
Just as Li Jin came back from taking a bath, Xiao Baozi saw him and opened his hands towards him.
"Dia!"
Li Jin took him in his arms, was sluggish for a second, and said to him, "Li Ruo, call again."
"Yeah!"
"Not this sentence."
"Whisper!"
"Yes, keep calling."
The little bun was tired: "Yah!" Then he started to pull Li Jin's hair.
Qin Muwen was also very shocked. He had taught the little bun to be called "Daddy" for so long, and tomorrow A Jin was going to Fucheng to prepare for the exam.
He was still a little disappointed, thinking that he would have to wait for A Jin to come back before he could hear the little bun called Daddy.
Although it doesn't make much difference to call early and late, but it is a good luck that Li Jin can hear the little bun called Daddy in advance!
Before leaving in the morning, Li Jin kissed the little bun and asked him to call again.
The little bun likes his father, his father has no beard, and he doesn't have a tie, so he called out to face: "嗲嗲!"
Li Jin said, "Daddy will make money to buy you new clothes after he passes the exam."
His family was too simple, each person only had one robe a year, a jacket and two sets of underwear.
Chen Xiran doesn't care much about his appearance. Li Jin has been a classmate with him for so long, and he has never seen him like changing new clothes.
But Zou Xiujie, who went to the government office to sign up last time, had to change a set of clothes every day when riding the ox cart. All his boxes were filled with clothes.
Li Jin felt that although this was troublesome, it was really good. Coupled with the beautiful eyes of the young man, every day a set of clothes still makes people feel new highlights.
Li Jin thought that his family, Li Ruo, was good-looking and could dress like this in the future.
Li Jin went to the town first, and Zou Xiujie was already eating a meat bun.
When he saw Li Jin, he gave Li Jin one from the oil-paper bag: "This time I went to Fucheng to take a carriage. My carriage is big."
When everyone arrived, Li Jin realized that Zou Xiujie's house was not only a big carriage, but also the driver was very disciplined, and would greet them first.
In addition, there are two little bookboys waiting by the side.
After arriving in Fucheng, the inn was also booked in advance. The young master said, "If you are willing to give money, you can discuss the money with the book boy. I don't care about that."
Everyone knows that it is not good to receive favors in vain, and Zou Xiujie is also very outspoken.
Li Jin packed his bags quickly, and according to the market price, gave the book boy one tael of silver and four hundred wen to the book boy.
The book boy gave him a receipt post, and the money and goods were clear.
There were three exams in total, and when Li Jin saw Chen Xiran again, it was still early in the morning when he was called.
But there should be no noise here, and the two of them can only stare straight ahead.
Li Jin called quickly and went to search and enter the arena.
Li Jin had previously thought that the county examination was already very strict, and the yamen inspecting his body had his hands pressed against his body at that time, touching every inch, and there could be no entrainment.
Ke Fu tried a body search, and only took off his trousers. He was checked shirtless, and even his trousers had to be peeled off to see.
After he finished the inspection and put on his clothes, he found that the steamed buns in the bamboo basket had also been broken into pieces.
On second thought, though, strictness also has its benefits. This is also to ensure fairness.
Li Jin estimated that there were about 300 or 400 candidates in the prefectural examination, and this was because some counties only passed less than 20 people in the examination. The rate of screening people is also amazing.
The type of questions in the prefectural examination is fixed, unlike the last round of the county examination, which can be freely formulated by the county officials.
The content of the three exams of the government is nothing more than dividing scriptures, miscellaneous theories, and strategy theories. It is only possible to add a poem or arithmetic problem at the end of each test question, which will not be too embarrassing.
Because of this, the government exam is also more formal, and all candidates answer their papers in a uniformly built greenhouse, which is divided into two sheds, east and west.
Both the bookcase and the bench are in the same format, the long bookcase and the bench. Set up a seat every two feet (sixty-six centimeters), this distance is difficult to read the answer sheet of the person next to you, but if you are very fat, it is easy to collide.
In addition, there is a black crock under each bookcase, which exudes the smell of urine for a long time.
In the previous county exam, because the examination room was located in the county government office, and there were many candidates, the county officials directly did not allow candidates to use the toilet for the convenience of management.
But the government test is much more formal and more humane. This crock pot is for candidates to quiz.
The translation is, let go in public.
But there is nothing to be embarrassed about, everyone is a man, and they were picked up and looked at when they checked the entrainment before.
The examination process after that is not much different from the county examination, but the taste is really unbearable.
Li Jin had been asking himself "don't go to the toilet in the middle of the exam", so he wouldn't drink too much water in the morning, and he even controlled himself to eat less the night before.
But not everyone can do that.
Not long after the test started, Li Jin heard that someone around him couldn't control it, so he took a break.
He paused for a while, trying his best not to listen to any outside voices and only answer the papers seriously. After a while of self-hypnosis, it was somewhat effective.
He only drank hot soup at noon, and with this taste, he really couldn't eat steamed buns.
After the first exam, an arithmetic question was added, which happened to be Li Jin's strong point, and he still had a lot of time to check after he wrote it.
Like Li Jin, many people couldn't accept the taste in the examination room, and they didn't eat much at noon.
In the evening, he started to gorge on himself. Li Jin controlled himself not to eat too much at night. If he wanted to go to the toilet for the exam tomorrow, he would have to go to the toilet behind the greenhouse.
However, as the government test regulations, if you go to the toilet in the middle of the test, a black stamp will be stamped on the test paper.
Called a 'shit poke' by candidates.
It is said that there is this stamp, no matter how well the article is written, the examiners will not read the answer sheet carefully, and will directly miss the academy exam, and it is impossible to be a scholar.
The examiners all hated this black stamp, and the candidates naturally did not want to cover it.
But people who ate too much the night before couldn't help it the next day, so they could only go to the kennel with tears in their eyes. At the same time, the answer sheet was stamped.
Li Jin also ate less yesterday, so he can't just drink soup at noon today. He soaked the steamed buns in the soup, then held his breath and finished it in three mouthfuls.
Endured the tumult in his stomach, he still wrote his draft on plain paper.
The young master Zou Xiujie had been instructed by his husband before, such as 'don't eat too much at night', 'you have to eat something at noon even if you have to endure the smell' 'you must hold back when you want a large size'.
After Li Jin came out, he saw the young master retching while holding on to the tree.
But it was getting dark at the moment, and it had been a long time since the soup at noon, and I couldn't vomit anything.
Zou Xiujie saw Li Jin, walked up to him, gritted his teeth: "I only ate it when I saw you eating steamed buns!"
Li Jin laughed: "I'm so hungry, too. When you eat soup tomorrow, remember to hold your breath for a while, take a sip and hold your breath for a while."
Zou Xiujie glanced at the examination room with a look of disgust: "I see, let's go back and take a shower first."
In the third session, Li Jin practiced for a long time before. Although it is not a topic he is familiar with, his political remarks are generally similar.
Li Jin took into account that both the prefect and the county magistrate respected the application of arithmetic, and his main concept was closer to the aspect of rejuvenating the country through industry.
If he can do what he likes, it is naturally possible to compete for the position of the head of the case.
Although Li Jin was calm, he was not indifferent to the point of having no desires. He didn't earn money seriously these days, just for these exams.
Therefore, he still wants to fight for the seat of the desk.
The policy theory is actually somewhat similar to the policy of governing the country in the 'ideological and moral', 'Ma Yuan' and 'Mao gai' that Li Jin learned in his previous life.
Li Jin specially selected the industrial aspect to express his thoughts. In addition, he is a farmer and has a good understanding of prices, so his writing is reasonable and well-founded.
If there is nothing false, it is the same style as his last idyllic poems.
Li Jin finished writing all the drafts, and it was past noon. He ate his meal, endured the discomfort of the air, and checked it again.
Today is the last exam, and after half a day, you can be relieved.
Just when Li Jin finished checking and was about to transcribe it on the answer sheet. Suddenly there was a foul odor.
The thing he was most worried about still happened-someone went straight to the spot in order not to cover that stab... !