The ranking of the prefectural exam is similar to that of the county exam, which is based on the 'round list' method, except that the inner circle is the exam number of the 'A-level' candidates, and there are only ten candidates.
The big circle outside is the test number of the 'Class B' candidates, and it stands to reason that there are only 40 candidates. After all, the government test usually only admits fifty people.
However, the country is short of talents, and it is considered magnanimous for His Majesty to not require linsheng to bail out during the county examination.
This government exam is also to recruit more candidates, as long as their answer sheet level is higher than the government exam requirements, regardless of the ranking, they can be admitted.
For many years before, only 50 people were admitted for each government examination. In fact, there is not much difference between the 51st and the previous one. Whether or not the prefect can be admitted is all in the mind of the prefect.
His Majesty has implemented a new government this year, and the number of students admitted to the government exam will probably be more than half than before.
But if the number of grass-roots officials is abundant, the imperial examination system will return to its previous strictness.
Li Jin still arrived in the town early in the morning, and Chen Xiran was still waiting for him in the second floor of the teahouse. Unlike last time, Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi were also sitting at the table.
The two of them have mutually insured twice together, and their relationship is considered a little closer.
"Ajin!"
Li Jin bowed his hands in return: "I'm late."
Xu Zifan smiled and said, "We also happened to meet here, why did A Jin say it's 'late'? Drink some hot tea to dispel the cold."
"Thank you, Brother Xu."
The yamen in charge of publishing the rankings was already ready. When the time was up, they sounded the gongs and set off firecrackers. The red silk was gradually lifted from the bottom to the top, along with the beaming crowd of onlookers.
Li Jin was on the second floor, his heart floated up with the red silk, hanging in his throat, his hands hanging on his legs unconsciously clenched into fists.
The red silk had clearly drifted by, but there seemed to be a phantom left in front of his eyes, so he didn't take a closer look at the contents of the list right away.
Still nervous, Li Jin thought, and was even more anxious than the last county test.
If the last time he only thought that his hard work in the cold window could not be in vain, then now he just doesn't want to disappoint Qin Muwen.
Only after passing the 'A-class' test are they eligible to rent and buy a house in the inner city of Fucheng. Although there are many rules for living in the inner city, and you cannot go out at night, the safety factor is also high.
What Mr. Song told him before did not go into his left ear and the other came out, but there was a gap of more than a month between the county exam and the government exam. If he followed Mr. Song's suggestion to study in the city, what would Qin Muwen and the children do
The time is too tight, and it is not easy to find a house in Fucheng. Baozi is only ten months old now, and he can't afford to go back and forth at all.
Therefore, at that time, Li Jin could only politely reject Mr. Song's kindness.
However, the academy exam is twice every three years. Li Jin plans to apply for the academy exam next year. This year, he will be able to bring his husband and little buns to settle in Fucheng.
After he has obtained the title of scholar, he can come back to town again. Whether it is teaching or compiling introductory books on arithmetic, his life is much better than his current life.
As soon as Li Jin came back to his senses, he heard someone shouting: "One hundred and three hundred and two! One hundred and three hundred and two! It's the same person as the case chief last time!"
Chen Xiran and the others obviously heard this, but every time they had time to express their opinions, they all lay at the window, trying to find their test numbers in the two circles, big and small.
The crowd below is still shouting: "One hundred and three dozen! Our town has a crime chief again!"
Li Jin was slightly embarrassed for a moment. He didn't expect that someone among the villagers would actually remember his test number.
But that didn't stop him from being happy. The desk leader, this was even better than his estimated 'A-Class' ranking.
Li Jin scanned the test numbers in the inner circle and found that Zou Xiujie ranked seventh, which was a good ranking.
But if the last game is not affected, maybe his ranking will be higher.
Xu Zifan also quickly found his place, and he was obviously relieved.
When Chen Xiran and Zhou Qi also found their names, he said, "Congratulations to A Jin for winning the desk again. I finally made it to the list this time. It's the nineteenth."
Chen Xiran said: "I happen to be fifty-one. Fortunately, the prefect is very kind this year, thank God."
Zhou Qi trembled a little when he spoke, "I'm second to last, and I can finally become a Tongsheng."
"Congratulations to you all." Li Jin smiled, "It stands to reason that I should invite you to a drink, but I am in a hurry to go home today to receive the official who delivered the good news. I will definitely treat you another day."
"Congratulations A Jin, I must go to this banquet."
After Li Jin returned, the yamen arrived not long after, the process was similar to the last time, but this time Li Jin gave more 'happy money'.
After all, the yamen who announced the good news came all the way from Fucheng.
The man weighed the weight of the happy money and thought to himself, the desk leader is indeed a desk leader, the article is well written, and he is a good man.
He also reciprocated, went to Li Jin's study, and whispered: "During the examination and grading of the paper, the prefect severely punished a chief examiner. It is said that it is related to the competition for the seat of the case leader."
Li Jin was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect this official to be so real, and hurriedly added an extra bonus.
"Thank you sir, I will pay more attention in the future."
"Don't worry about this, our prefect is the most cherished of talents. As long as your essay is good, the prefect will protect you!"
After the yamen finished talking, he drank a cup of tea and was ready to go back to his life.
In fact, the yamen himself did not know how to 'severely punish', but other examiners of Confucianism knew that because of this incident, the prefect directly demoted the student who should have been ranked second to the twelfth.
The prefect has already sent someone to find out, and the daughter of Minghui (the chief examiner of Confucianism) is about to marry, and Lang Jun is the eldest son of the teacher of the first answer sheet.
They were supposed to get engaged at the beginning of this year, but because Minghui and Minghui were selected as examiners, the two of them deliberately pretended not to have any connection, but in fact it was just for the exam.
Afterwards, the prefect sent people to make unannounced visits to several examiners. They were exactly the same as what Feng Shanming said. They all watched Feng Shanming put Li Jin's answer sheet first!
There are witnesses and physical evidence, and it must be the hands and feet of Minghui!
Therefore, there are still many honest people these days.
Hearing the news of the rankings prepared by the prefect, He Minghui's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to say a word because he changed the order of the answers privately.
This is He Minghui's fault in the first place. Although he cannot be imprisoned according to the law, the prefect also has more painful means.
This time, Minghui and Minghui were self-defeating. Not to mention his reputation was ruined, and that student also missed the "Class A".
As for the student's teacher (who had previously asked the examiner to do some tricks), because there are no 'A-class' students in the school this year, they will not be able to compete for a good source of students in Fucheng, and they will only lose year by year. .
When Shaoyin heard the decision of the prefect, he asked in a low voice, "Is this too much?"
The prefect's eyes widened, revealing a bit of ruthlessness: "Too much? The imperial examination is the only way for underprivileged children to get ahead, and Minghui did this, why don't you think about the case chief who was delayed by him?"
If Li Jin's words were just neat, but not bold; if Li Jin's writing was only a little better than others, if he didn't look carefully, he would have overlooked this rough jade... Then He Minghui's method would definitely succeed.
The prefect said: "At that time, I may have demoted an answer sheet that was originally the head of the case to a second class."
After all, there are only ten answer sheets for Grade A. Previously, the examiners picked out a total of twelve in order to select ten of them.
When Shao Yin heard this, he hurriedly admitted his mistake and said that he should not talk too much.
The prefect didn't blame him: "You are still young, you just need to practice for a while."
"Thank you for your suggestion."
The next day, Li Jin went to visit Mr. Song first, explaining his plan to stay in Fucheng for a year.
Mr. Song was very happy, and immediately repaired a letter and gave it to Li Jin: "I have studied in the academy in Fucheng before, and I have some friendship with the teaching there. You go with this letter, plus your double case leader's Name, the academy will definitely accept you."
Li Jin hurriedly thanked him, his eyes were full of sincerity, and he didn't see any pride and conceit that he had taken two desks.
"The county test and the prefectural test are consecutively successful, and in the subsequent hospital test, Xuezheng (the grader of the hospital test) will also give face to the prefect and the county official, and will not brush the previous case.
Li Jin, you will definitely not be able to run away from your position as a scholar. "
Li Jin said sternly: "Students will still go all out."
Seeing that he was so calm, Mr. Song felt that Li Jin would definitely not be in the pool from now on. He almost said that he wanted to marry Li Jin.
But when he thought of his wife's attitude, and he promised his wife to wait for another two years, he finally put up with it.
Li Jin saw that Mr. Song hesitated, but fortunately, he was not a person who liked to ask questions, so this matter was turned over like this.
Li Jin gave Mr. Song a tael of silver for the repairing ceremony before retiring.
After that, Li Jin went to Xinglintang. He made an appointment with the shopkeeper. If he agreed to sell the recipe for 'Xiaoshi Pills', he would come to Xinglintang to discuss in detail before noon today.
Originally, Li Jin didn't want to make money by selling prescriptions. Previously, the prescriptions he prescribed were left directly in the medical center, allowing Doctor Wu and Zhou Gui to check them.
Besides, the recipe for Xiaoshi Pills was not researched by him, so he didn't want to take it for himself. It's the same reason that he doesn't want to learn from the famous poems he has memorized in his previous life when he writes poems.
But this time, it was the shopkeeper's initiative to mention it, and Li Jin is now short of money.
Li Jin is also an ordinary person, and he is not lonely and lonely enough to not eat the fireworks of the world. Even if he has a pimple in his heart, he can only sell this recipe first.
However, when he wrote his words, the first sentence was: "This recipe comes from an unknown ancient book, not created by Li Jin."
The recipe for Dashan Hawthorn Pill had no patent in his previous life, and it already belonged to the popular science prescription. This can relieve Li Jin's psychological burden a little.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Although Dr. Li is not original, he has the grace of preaching, so he doesn't have to be too strict with himself."
The shopkeeper is actually right. How many of the prescriptions in the doctor's hands are his own
Li Jin accepted a 50 taels silver note and said with a wry smile, "Thank you the shopkeeper for your comfort."
After noon, Li Jin invited a few of his classmates to go to Baishifang for dinner, and then went to the restaurant next door to bring a jar of good wine.
He said, "I will move to Fucheng with my family in less than ten days. I will say goodbye to everyone here first."
Chen Xiran was surprised, but he was more happy: "I also plan to go to Fucheng."
Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi will go to the county seat, and everyone has made plans.
When the party was over, Li Jin asked Xiao Er for a cup of strong tea, sat on the spot and woke up for a while, and then swayed home in Li Zhuzi's ox cart.