Liu Ximing is training and repairing houses at home, and he is really busy, but Zhou Liangcai has already told him to hurry up and prepare for the county exam, so he doesn't dare to leave his studies behind, so he can only steal chickens in the morning and touch dogs at night.

In mid-March, Liu Ximing was still in class as usual, but when it was time to leave school, he was specially stopped by Zhou Liangcai and asked him to wait in the study in the backyard of the school.

When he arrived at Zhou Liangcai's study, Liu Ximing fixed his eyes and saw that there were several disciples in the study who were also in the school, three of them were children of the Zhang family, Zhang Mingxuan was among them, and the remaining one was Xu Wei.

Liu Ximing couldn't help muttering a little in his heart, he, Xu Wei and the two children of the Zhang family are all considered to study harder on weekdays, and the gentleman called him to say that he couldn't teach anything, Zhang Mingxuan, a straw bag, didn't learn anything in the past, and he also came here to do something.

"The student has seen Mr." Zhou Liangcai waited for a while before coming over, and the five of them hurriedly saluted when they saw this.

"Hmm" Zhou Liangcai nodded, stroked his beard and said: "You and the others are all successful people in the academy, and calling you here today is exactly a major event." After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Mingxuan without a trace.

"Now is the time when the farming is busy, and the county officials have to go to various places to inspect the spring ploughing, and they will come to Zhengyuan Township in a few days. I have received news from the county, the people who inspected this time are headed by Xie Chengzhou, the county of this county, and then they will go to the Zhang clan to learn from the culture. ”

Liu Ximing had some doubts in his heart, this inspection system has existed since ancient times, one is that the imperial court supervises the imperial history and inspects the counties and counties and supervises the officials; One is that county and county officials inspect their subordinates, persuade them to teach agriculture, and supervise education. It is not strange that the county is inspected, but the Zhang clan is a private school, so how can the head of the county officials come to supervise.

Immediately raised his hand to signal, and when Zhou Liang nodded, he asked: "The I Ching view of the hexagram has clouds: the first king used the provincial side to view the people to teach, it can be seen that the court has been inspecting since ancient times, but the inspection of private schools is rare, I don't know the reason behind it, I hope Mr. will give advice." ”

Zhou Liangcai smiled and nodded, the student's reaction was shrewd, and he stroked his beard and said: "As you said, the county officials urged that the education should inspect the county school, and there are few visits to private schools, but, this, cough, cough." ”

Zhou Liangcai wanted to say that at the end of last year, the county student examination was unfavorable, but suddenly thought that he was also a county student, and he couldn't help but lose face in front of the students when he said it, and he changed his words in a hurry: "The county magistrate of this county has said that Yaozeng County has always attached importance to culture and education, and last year he heard that many of the county gentry have opened the door to ethnic studies and educated the children of the township, and he couldn't help but be grateful. I was also present that day, so I reported the good deeds done by the Zhang clan to the county one by one, so Xie Eryin came to inspect. ”

Zhang Mingxuan and the two Zhang disciples heard Zhou Liangcai say this, and a proud look suddenly appeared on their faces, Zhang Mingxuan also took the opportunity to glare at Liu Ximing and Xu Wei, which means that Liu Ximing knows that it is thanks to him that you have books to read.

One of them was older, and Liu Ximing remembered that it seemed to be Zhang Mingyang, and hurriedly replied: "Thanks to Mr. Shi's kind words, my Zhang family will remember it." ”

Zhou Liangcai smiled and continued: "I have already explained this matter to the patriarch of the Zhang clan, Yuqinggong, how to entertain the county and his party in the school and don't care, just concentrate on dealing with the county's questioning." This Xie Eryin is also a person from the Eight Classics, poetry and songs, Shiwen Jingyi needless to say, and now I don't know what he will test, the five of you, well, a few people have the most solid foundation, these days you have to study diligently, so as not to lose the face of the Zhang clan and as a teacher, are you clear? ”

The five of them naturally nodded in response, and went down to prepare not to mention it.

The Zhang family in Zhengyuan Township has also been busy these days, buying all kinds of materials, repairing the places that should be repaired, and the whole township is not lively.

On the morning of the third day, Zhang Yuqing and the leading figures of the Zhang family all gathered at the gate of the clan school, Zhou Liangcai stood beside him, and the disciples of the school surrounded him, and a group of people looked at the entrance of the village expectantly.

"Coming, coming" before the people sent out to greet the people trotted all the way over to report the news, Liu Ximing looked along the road, more than 20 people around a four-person sedan chair slowly walked towards the school, the first two people were dressed in red and blue official uniforms, straddle waist knives, the sedan chair was surrounded by several people, and the sedan chair was followed by more than a dozen people dressed bravely.

When the sedan chair stopped in front of the school, everyone in front of the door hurriedly cleaned up their clothes, Zhang Yuqing stepped forward and bowed to the people in the sedan chair and said: "Zhang Yuqing, a member of Shunqing Mansion, and his clansmen greet Xie Xiancheng." ”

Hahaha, a hearty laughter came out of the sedan chair, Nanchong County Cheng Xie Chengzhou did not wait for the next person to open the sedan curtain, he lifted the curtain and walked down from the sedan chair, held Zhang Yuqing up, and said to him with a smile on his face: "The hospitality of the Zhang family, the official already knows, please do not be polite." ”

Liu Ximing saluted in the crowd, and couldn't help but peek over, and saw that Xie Chengzhou, the county Chengzhou, was wearing a positive eight-grade green official uniform, with a yellow oriole patch embroidered on his chest, a black gauze hat on his head, and soap boots on his feet.

When he first came to the Meng Dynasty, Liu Ximing also thought that when he saw an official, he would call him an adult, and after so many days, he realized that the word adult was specifically used to call his parents, although since the Yuan Dynasty, there were places where officials began to be called adults, but it was just a small group of people who screamed in order to pat themselves.

Most people, especially officials, will never call each other adults, otherwise it is equivalent to modern people calling others "Hello Daddy Wu" and "Hello Daddy Li" when they meet, and the whole society still mainly uses official positions or official titles to show respect.

After Zhou Liangcai also stepped forward to salute, everyone in front of the door surrounded Xie Chengzhou and walked towards the school.

Zhou Liangcai led the way in front while introducing the situation in the school to Xie Chengzhou, Xie Chengzhou paced slowly with his hands behind his back, sometimes nodding, sometimes praising a few words about the rigorous style of learning of the Zhang family, Zhou Liangcai's teaching method, etc., and everyone in the Zhang family and Zhou Liangcai smiled happily when they heard this.

Liu Ximing followed behind to see the funny, isn't this the same as the inspection of modern leaders, to say that the reception work of the Zhang family is still not professional enough, if you add some schools and people in the classroom to study hard, the county Cheng is happy to point out, and the students are moved to tears when they hear the teachings, wouldn't it be better, hahaha.

After everyone finished visiting the entire school, Zhang Yuqing and the others invited Xie Chengxing to sit in the main hall, and Liu Xi ordered them to stand in front of the hall and wait. At this time, a servant of the Zhang family immediately came forward to serve tea.

Xie Chengzhou took a sip of tea and said to Zhou Liangcai: "Last year, you praised the Zhang clan in front of the Great Order, and the official thought it was a beautiful word, but what I saw today is really worthy of its name, and the Zhang family is worthy of being a model for the county." ”

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said modestly: "Ming Gong praised it falsely, my family has been an official eunuch for generations, and it is incumbent on me to educate the township, but I really don't dare to be a model." ”

Xie Chengzhou said a few more polite words to everyone, and seeing that the scene was almost finished, Zhengse said to everyone: "Last year, the county middle school students were not good for the annual examination, and Zeng Xianzun lost face in front of the school officials, so he sighed that the county's culture and education were so unhappy, and it had the meaning of derogating all students. Although the official thought and the students missed the annual examination, but the students in our county are determined to learn and do not change, and the squires also have many people who help for the revitalization of education, so they will tell the county to Chen about the situation of the private school in the township, and the county will turn his anger into joy. ”

When everyone in the hall heard him say this, they hurriedly praised Xie County's righteous words, and Zeng County's respect for thousands of miles.

Xie Chengzhou saw that everyone accepted his favor, and continued to smile: "The official has already seen the style of the school, and now he will invite all the students in the hall to come forward to meet him, and the official will see if he really has a good talent, and then he will return to the county respect." ”

Zhou Liangcai hurriedly walked to the hall and beckoned everyone to come forward, and told Liu Ximing and a few others: "Later, when Xie County takes the exam, you must think carefully before you can answer, so as not to be seen as a joke, do you know?" ”

Liu Ximing and the others hurriedly responded, and when they got to the hall, everyone saluted Xie Chengzhou together: "After the end of school, I will go to see the county Cheng, and I am willing to listen to the teachings of the county Cheng." ”

cough, cough, Xie Chengzhou cleared his throat and said loudly to these students: "A few days ago, the Japanese officials returned from the inspection of the Chen clan in Lidu Town, and many of the children in their clan are virtuous and talented. ”

Zhou Liangcai cautiously asked, "But is the Eastern Pavilion University scholar Chen Yu in His Majesty's Chen Pavilion's hometown?" ”

Seeing Xie Chengzhou nodding his head to confirm, Zhou Liangcai smiled bitterly, the great ancestor of the Chen family is the elder of the pavilion, where is it good to compare such a family with the Zhang clan, having said that, the pressure on Zhou Liangcai is even greater.

Liu Ximing and the others, who were standing in the hall, saw Zhou Liangcai's nervous expression, and couldn't help but be infected by it, and they were also a little nervous.