"Take the township test?"

Hearing Li Maolin's words, Qin Yan was slightly stunned.

He has been taking the imperial examination all his life, and he is already in his fifties, to be honest, since he migrated to Nanyang, he has already extinguished his mind in this regard, and he is a rich man here with peace of mind, and his small life is also very good.

Now that he has arrived in Nanyang, Li Maolin actually asked himself to take the township test.

"Don't go, don't go~"

"I've figured it out a long time ago, fame and fortune are like a cloud of smoke, and I can plant my sugarcane here with peace of mind."

Qin Yan shook his head after thinking about it, if he really wanted to test his fame, he would not have migrated to Nanyang.

"Old Qin~"

"You may not know that this Nanyang is completely different from our Jiangxi, and it is very difficult for us in Jiangxi to take the test for fame, but in this Nanyang, the exam is very simple."

"Let me tell you the truth, this time, on the Nanyang side, as long as you have a meritorious reputation, whether you are a talent or a child, you can go to participate in this township examination, and those Luzon people have lower requirements, as long as they can write, they can go to the imperial examination."

"You are also a showman, if you go to the exam, you will be nine out of ten, and you will never be able to lift a person."

"Moreover, the Son of Heaven has set up an East List of Nanyang Province, Jiaozhi Province, Xianglin Province, Liaodong Province, and Grassland Province alone, and it will be very easy to be admitted to the Jinshi at that time."

"You are only in your fifties, Jiang Ziya only came out of the mountain at the age of eighty, and Wang Linyuan, the county commander of Crescent City, the capital of Nanyang Province, is already in his sixties, and he is not as good as he is."

"This is a godsend, who would have thought that the imperial court would also open the imperial examination here in the newly established province, and there are many graces, our Nanyang Province has more than 70 places in the township examination this time."

Li Maolin said bitterly.

On the one hand, it is also for the sake of his old friend, and on the other hand, an order has been issued from above that someone must participate in the imperial examination in every place, and all the scholars under the state capital under their jurisdiction must be sent to Crescent City to participate in this township examination.

As long as you are a reader, you can write and read, and this time it doesn't matter if you are a talented child, you can even take the science and technology exam even if you don't have any fame in your body and can write.

This may seem very absurd and ridiculous to traditional readers, and their past achievements in the past were not made by hard work and ten years of hard study.

But now, as long as you can write, you can take the imperial examination, which is really incredible.

However, this matter was approved by the imperial court for the new entry of Nanyang Province into the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court gave a certain amount of grace, which was also for the stability of Nanyang Province.

Even for those native Luzon people here in Nanyang Province, the requirements are lower and they can write.

"Really?"

Hearing Li Maolin's words, Qin Yan's mind came alive again.

This is the case with the urine of the reader.

When he was unhappy, he was a person who did not meet talents, complained about the sky, and showed a look of disdain for fame and fortune like floating clouds, and disdainful of those powerful and courtiers.

But when there is a chance to display the ambitions in his chest, he will not hesitate to be a dog, and immediately seize the opportunity with a fart.

"Am I going to lie to you?"

"This is a newspaper from the imperial court, you can see for yourself, and this is a newspaper from Daming, because of this matter, there are many scholars here in the local area who have gone to the street to make trouble, and I think this is very unfair, which is too unacceptable for them to study hard."

"But this is the thoughtfulness of His Majesty in the court of grace, and it will certainly not be wrong."

Li Maolin took out the newspapers issued by the imperial court and the newspapers shipped from Tianjin.

The Ming Dynasty has not only been distributed in the Beijing-Tianjin area, it has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and even with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, there are people in North Korea and the Japanese Kingdom who read newspapers every day.

Of course, because of the transmission, there must be a lag for a while, but even here in Nanyang Province, there are merchant ships going back and forth every day, so you can also have newspapers to read every day, although they were newspapers a few days ago, but slowly get used to reading them, and it is the same.

"This is indeed quite unfair, local students, studying hard in the cold window, getting up step by step, these overseas provinces, the requirements are so low, it is indeed too unfair."

After reading it carefully, even Qin Yan couldn't help but shout for the local students of Daming.

"This is also a special treat, Nanyang provinces, new to my Ming Dynasty, people's hearts are unstable, appropriate grace is given, this is also to stabilize people's hearts."

"However, this is a great thing for people who have immigrated to the Nanyang provinces, and it can be regarded as another benefit of immigrating."

Li Maolin also nodded, they are all people from the past, and they all know the difficulty of the imperial examination, he has been taking the exam all his life, that is, he has been mixed up, if it weren't for the need for a large number of officials on the side of the imperial court, he wouldn't even have to be a magistrate.

"There is also news for you, this time the chief examiner of Nanyang Province is the celebrity next to today's son, Liu Jin and Liu Gongzi, the champion of the Hongzhi billion-year imperial examination."

"Being able to be his protégé, his career will be smooth in the future."

Then Li Maolin revealed another piece of news to Qin Yan.

"The examiner turned out to be Liu Gongzi?"

When Qin Yan heard this, he was slightly dumbfounded.

"Yes, he just swept through the Nanyang countries and was about to return to the dynasty through the Nanyang class, but he was appointed as the chief examiner by the imperial court."

"Liu Gongzi's affairs, you must also know, and others are soaring."

"Well, I'm going to participate~"

Without any further hesitation, Qin Yan also nodded and agreed.

This is indeed a rare and good opportunity, if he misses this time, he may really not have the opportunity to rely on the top to be an official or something.

……

In Crescent City, the capital of Nanyang Province, with the proximity to the township test, the entire Crescent City has become more lively.

There are ships moored in Crescent Bay, and many captains and crews who are sailing on the sea have rushed back one by one after learning the news.

The seafarers trained by Tianjin Maritime College, although they can't write Baguwen, can write and count, walk on the sea all the year round, have nothing to do, and most of them can read books or something.

However, under the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, there is no possibility for them to become officials at all.

This time it was different, the imperial examination in the Nanyang provinces did not require any merit restrictions, as long as they could read and write, they could participate in the imperial examination, which made the people who migrated to the Nanyang region extremely happy.

Many crew members and captains also emigrated early because they knew the benefits of immigrating to Nanyang.

I ran a boat outside, and my family opened a plantation here in Nanyang, which was much better than staying in Daming.

I didn't expect that this time I would have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination, and it may be very likely that I can get a meritorious name.

In addition to these crew members, Liu Jin has always insisted on popularizing the literacy rate and basic education for his employees.

There are even more rigid requirements for the promotion of management personnel, so in many industries under Liu Jin, those managers are basically able to read and write, and everyone likes to read newspapers, and over time, they can also write some articles in the vernacular.

When these people heard the news, they also cheered one by one.

The people who immigrated here also quickly gathered from all over Nanyang Province to Crescent City, ready to show their strength, take the examination for fame, and glorify their ancestors from then on.

With the arrival of these people, the already lively Crescent City became even more noisy.

Liu Jin was wearing short sleeves and shorts, and he took Erhu and a few retinues to hang out here in Crescent City very casually.

As the capital of Nanyang Province, coupled with the earliest transit point between Daming and Nanyang, the development of Crescent City is extremely rapid.

A huge port and wharf area have been built on both sides of the estuary near the mouth of the Crescent River, which are very busy, and there are many ships, merchant ships coming from the south to the north, fishing boats returning from fishing, and warships responsible for patrolling and guarding the Nanyang Province.

Densely packed and neatly arranged in the port, on the wharf, the slaves are busy, constantly loading and unloading, a prosperous and lively scene.

On both sides of the river, concrete roads lead in all directions, and on both sides of the concrete roads are buildings, glass windows reflecting dazzling light in the sunlight.

Farther away, there are huge plantations, dense sugar cane forests, and many slaves can be faintly seen busy in them.

There is also no city wall, and the whole city is constantly radiating outward, although it cannot be compared with Tianjin, Songhu, these big cities of the Ming Dynasty, but it is already quite prosperous and lively.

Here in the commercial district, the entire street is set up by a commercial house in Nanyang's office, each card is bigger than the other, and they are all big deals.

Specialty market here, there are many merchants, you can buy goods from all over the world, things from the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese country, Korea, the South Seas native coral, pearls, agarwood, ivory, jade jewelry, etc., gems from the Western region, the Middle East Persian blanket, Tianzhu Nepalese scimitar......

In addition to the large number of migrant workers from Korea and the Japanese Kingdom, they were the favorite of plantation owners and farmers, who were hard-working, industrious, and low-paid, and were very popular with everyone.