In a very strange atmosphere, the financial reform of the Fu Han Army for this time kicked off, and at the same time, the first Spring Festival ceremony held by the Fu Han Army was also in progress at the same time.

Traditionally, there should be an autumn exam before the spring season, that is, the township exam in each province, which is generally held in August and is presided over by the local state and government. Only those who pass the township examination can participate in the spring examination in February of the following year, that is, the examination held by the Beijing Division.

However, the problem is that for the Fu Han Army, they were still fighting in Huguang and Jiangxi in August last year, and they had no time to think about these things, so they did not have such an autumn examination, but directly conducted the spring examination in April to select talents.

For this kind of behavior, the Qing court naturally felt that its orthodoxy had been greatly humiliated, so there were many people in the Qing court who asked to send troops to fight again, but the Qing army had just returned from a miserable defeat, where was there such leisure to take care of these, even Yongzheng lost his temper.

"A group of rotten Confucians, I really can't stand it, so I took a knife and went to Huguang to fight with Chu Rebellion!"

I have to say that Yongzheng is still much more upright than Kangxi, and he is even more ruthless, where did the Confucian scholars who can only play with the pen get the courage to go to the battlefield, and this matter will be over.

However, because of this incident, many people in the world know that the Fu Han Army is engaged in the imperial examination, and there is no so-called township examination, as long as you go to Wuchang, you can directly participate in the examination, as long as you win the Jinshi, then you can get a one-and-a-half official position, and if you don't have a Jinshi, you still have the opportunity to get a lifter, and there is nothing wrong with being a petty official.

It's terrible at this time, many unambitious scholars began to try their best to run to Huguang, and their reasons are also very substantial, you are an official in the Qing Dynasty, but you really can't pass the exam! But now the officials of the Fu Han Army are easy to test, even if they are rebels, they are still officials!

These people have been poor for half their lives, and what they are asking for is not just for an official and a half-position, you don't see that even Ning Yu's seventh uncle, Ning Zhongquan, a half-scooped scholar, also took a long time to get a county official, or in the case of the family's money, can get a county order.

This illustrates a very serious problem, that is, when the Qing Dynasty used the imperial examination as a net to recruit talents from all over the world, the mesh was too large, and the average number of people in each subject was only more than 200, but there were more than 200 scholars in the world? Although this move has taken away all the top talents, most of the remaining middle talents are still eliminated under the curtain of the imperial examination.

In this case, the Fu Han Army came up with an official shop, although it was not from the Qing Dynasty, but it was also a real official shop, and the scholars who could not get officials in the Qing Dynasty naturally flocked to it.

This is the first imperial examination held by the Fu Han Army, and the chief examiner is naturally Cui Wancai, the left senator of the Fu Han Army, if Li Fu is in Wuchang, it is estimated that it will not be a big problem to be a deputy examiner. It's just that with a Shilin Confucian town like Cui Wancai, there are really a lot of talents.

On the eighth day of April in the 61st year of Kangxi, the first imperial examination of the Han army was officially started, and more than 13,500 people came to participate in the examination, which greatly exceeded the volume of the original Wuchang Gongyuan.

For this kind of thing, it is naturally the original garrison division that is stationed in charge of it, of course, the current garrison division has changed its name and is called the Praetorian Guard Division, but it is majestic. In just four days, thousands of soldiers set up simple sheds, which were short, narrow and damp, and the branches on many of them were still blue.

But after all, having such a thing is better than nothing. Although the soldiers occasionally complained, but looking at the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were holding bright bayonets, they did not dare to make mistakes easily, it was obvious that those soldiers were not comparable to the gang of wastes in the Green Battalion, this is the master who has really killed people on the battlefield.

As the so-called wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear. But at the moment, Cui Wancai is looking forward to God giving him some face, at least not to rain in the next few days, otherwise this shed may not be able to withstand it, and if it really collapses then, it will be a joke.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that in such a rainy weather in April, God really gave face, and the six-day examination process was only a little bit of light rain, which did not affect the process of the exam at all, and it was not until the end of the last question test that it rained heavily in the sky.

In April, the rain comes in Wuchang, and everyone is used to the rain in this river city. However, there were many people in the street who were anxious to escape from the rain, but one of the young men took off his robe despite the heavy rain, and walked through the rain along the way, chanting poetry from time to time.

"Brother Tai is so Yaxing, writing poetry in this rain, life is really happy!"

An oil caravan stopped in front of the young man, and a voice came from the carriage, and then the person who spoke opened the curtain of the car, it was an extremely handsome young man, but it was Ning Yu who quietly returned to Wuchang.

Ning Yu was worried that this financial reform would be frustrated, so he thought about coming back to promote this matter, but now that he was about to go east, rashly getting out of the army would inevitably be gossip, so Ning Yu chose to travel in a low-key manner and returned to Wuchang by boat all the way.

However, it is also a coincidence that when Ning Yu first entered Wuchang, he just caught up with the end of the imperial examination and the heavy rain. Therefore, when Ning Yu was on the way back to the Chu Palace, he met such a young man who was chanting poetry in the rain, so he sighed.

The young man laughed, and then saluted with his fists: "I don't deserve to be praised by my brother, this god wants to rain, then let him rain, this rain has become inevitable, so why bother with a sad face?" ”

These words made Ning Yu feel a lot of good feelings in his heart in an instant, and he bowed his hand and said: "Writing poetry in the rain will inevitably lead to the risk of getting sick, how about Brother Tai drinking and writing poetry with me?" ”

"This rain can be drenched, and this wine can naturally be drunk, and it is better for the students to be respectful than to obey their fate."

Ning Yu then glanced at Ning Si, Ning Si understood in his heart, and then the oil caravan changed direction and headed towards the Chunxiang Building in Wuchang City, which has now become the largest restaurant in the entire Wuchang City.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Ning Yu was observing the young man's actions, and saw that although the young man was dressed plainly, he didn't act like a poor scholar at all, and he could treat everything he saw and heard indifferently.

In this world, Ning Yu, who has been a second-generation gentleman since birth, still does not have that elegance and calmness, so he has quickly determined the identity of the other party in his heart, and then thinks of the other party's simple dress, Ning Yu is basically sure that this young man must be in the middle of the family.

Although the two only met for the first time, but with the good wine and good food, they also opened the conversation box and began to talk, although the young man was not very old, but his belly full of knowledge was not false at all, which made Ning Yu more and more curious about the identity of the other party.

And for Ning Yu, a modern soul who has been educated by a famous teacher, everything is a bit to the point, but it makes the young man impressed, and he also has a little reverence for Ning Yu.

Ning Yu didn't ask the young man's name, and the young man didn't ask Ning Yu's identity, the two only cared about drinking and talking, but before they knew it, they had already drunk three rounds, and both of them were a little smoky.

The young man carried the flask, but he struggled to stand up, and he walked to the railing of the restaurant step by step, looking at the pouring rain outside, ignoring the cold wind blowing in, and chanting loudly.

"There is no evidence for fame and wealth, and I always mistake the streamer with all my heart. Three glasses of turbid wine are drunk, where do you know the flow of water? ”

Hearing the poems recited by the young man, Ning Yu felt a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember it, but the poems were really good, and he said loudly: "Good poems!" Good poetry! Three glasses of turbid wine are drunk, and the water flows to know where, which is really wonderful! ”

The young man smiled, then walked in with a wine jug, and said with a wry smile: "This poem is the work of the students' spirit, and it deserves the praise of Brother Tai...... It's just that the students thought of the past, but it was Meng Lang who was a little bit older. ”

Ning Yu poured himself a glass of wine, for some reason, he felt that getting drunk today was also a very good thing, "This life is really hard, if there is an opportunity to have fun, naturally don't let it go." It's just that Brother Tai knows at a glance that it is an official eunuch, how can he come to suffer? ”

The young man smiled, "The student is indeed the home of the official eunuch, but now that his father has died, the student has been bullied by the clansmen, so he has to leave his hometown and come to Huguang to participate in the imperial examination, just to get a chance to survive." ”

A few numbers, but it outlines a bleak picture, and the sinister heart of the human heart is nothing more sinister than this.

However, Ning Yu heard that he came to participate in the Huguang Imperial Examination, but he smiled in his heart, since this is the case, there is no need to ask this name, this person who is really talented and learns is naturally like a cone in his bag, as long as he shows his edge, he will naturally be able to stand out.

Ning Yu smiled, raised his wine glass and said, "Since Brother Tai has come to the Han Army to participate in the imperial examination, this time it will definitely be a big show!" Then he drank a glass and turned away.

The young man's eyes were a little clearer, and he looked at Ning Yu's back, his face showing a little doubt.

After returning to the Chu Palace, Ning Yu went to bathe and change clothes first, and waited for the smell of wine to dissipate before he could kowtow to the old lady, while Cui Xi sent the maids away and stood alone outside, waiting for Ning Yu to come out.

Originally, Cui Xi was quite surprised that Ning Yu came back, but he didn't think that this person was full of alcohol, and the White Lotus Sect demon girl that the maids talked about before, this heart was straight pantothenic.

"Husband is so drunk, where did you go to drink flower wine?"

If it was Cui Ji a year ago, I am afraid that she would never say such a thing, she has always been such a shrewd and strong person, how could she ever think of fighting for others and being jealous? But for Ning Yu, her heart was already full.

Because of Chen Caiwei's matter, Ning Yu felt a little sorry for Cui Xi in her heart, so when she saw Cui Xi being petty, she had no choice but to start coaxing: "Don't blame the lady, this time it's really the husband's no, this time I came back, but I also brought a lot of collected scraps to the lady." ”

When Cui Ji heard this, the jealousy in her heart slowly dissipated, she naturally understood that this was not an ordinary person, if she just circled around herself, I am afraid that the first person to come to train people would be her father Cui Wancai, after all, such a big foundation, if there are no heirs, it is a big thing.

Now that Ning Yu is back, she still remembers to bring gifts, Cui Xi's heart is much better, at least when her husband gets better, it will be really good, and the rest will seem a little ignorant if you think about it.

After the two of them had a good time, they went to kowtow to the old lady and stayed at the old lady to eat, and Cui Xi also sat aside with a smile on her face.

The old lady looked at her dark and thin grandson in front of her, and her eyes turned a little red, "Look at my good grandson..... This year is hard, but your father is ruthless, and now he is a prince, but you are still outside, which really breaks the heart of the old body, and the number of times he worships the Buddha is much more than in the past. ”

These words were said, but Ning Yu felt that something was wrong, he didn't want to explain to the old lady what it meant to lead troops to fight, so he had to make a look at Cui Xi.

Cui Xi hurriedly comforted the old lady, because they have been together for a long time, the old lady is also quite satisfied with Cui Xi's granddaughter-in-law, not only knowledgeable, but also gentle and virtuous, is indeed a good candidate to be a housewife. Therefore, she also attaches great importance to her ideas.

After a while, Ning Yu and Cui Xi got away and went to meet Ning Zhongyuan and his wife, after seeing Ning Yu come back, Mrs. Ning's performance was even more unbearable than the old lady, her tears flowed out, and she looked at her son carefully, for fear that there was a missing piece and a piece missing.

"God bless, Yu'er can come back safely, but I have been worried about my mother for a long time, but my mother has heard that Kangxi's cannons have one or two hundred miles, if this is rubbed and touched, then it will be necessary?"

Seeing his mother like this, Ning Yu had no choice but to smile bitterly, and Ning Zhongyuan's face was also a little embarrassed, he also rolled out of the battlefield, so he naturally understood that there must be danger, but if he didn't go to the battlefield because of danger, it would only put himself in a more dangerous situation.

Ning Yu then repeated the old trick and stuffed his daughter-in-law Cui Ji to Mrs. Ning, asking her to persuade her well, and she followed Ning Zhongyuan into the study, and it has basically been more than half a year since the last secret conversation.

As soon as he entered the study, Ning Yu soon found that Ning Zhongjing's hair was much whiter than the last time, and his mental state had become much worse, which made Ning Yu feel a little uneasy in his heart.