At this time, the Hui'an County Ya, Qinzhitang, and the county commander Liu Shouliang were slowly rotating around his seat.

From time to time he gestured with his hands on the seat, and stroked his beard in contemplation, like an old carpenter.

That's right, he's an old carpenter.

Two days ago, someone else gave him a few pieces of beech wood, and now he is preparing to make a new Taishi chair for himself.

Isn't he a county magistrate, why did he become a carpenter again?

It is true that he is a county magistrate, but he is a carpenter, or rather, his family is a craftsman.

The reason why he has not been promoted is ostensibly because his results in the imperial examination are too poor and he is the bottom of the top three, but in fact, the fundamental reason is that his background is too low, otherwise, he would not have been able to be the county magistrate for more than ten years.

Although this artisan household belongs to the category of "worker", and its status seems to be a little higher than that of the merchant, in fact, it is not, because the merchant still has money, and the artisan household, not only has no money, but in many cases does not even have personal freedom.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were really miserable, because they had to go to the capital to work in shifts, and they had to work for the court for free every year to offset the labor.

This guy, this article is simply the life of most of the craftsmen, you know, when the court recruits craftsmen, it doesn't matter how far or near it is, and it doesn't give the travel fee, it's better to be closer to the capital, it's hard to work, and you will be there in a few days, if you are far away from the capital, you may have to walk for a few months or even more than half a year on the road.

I spend most of the year on the road, and when I get to the capital, I have to work for the court for free, and the court doesn't pay the money to go back, who can afford it, the artisan family far away from the capital, when I go to the shift, it's just like going to the execution ground, and there are few people who can return to their hometown alive!

Therefore, this shift system is changed again and again, at first it was recruited once a year, and then it slowly became two years, three years, and four years, but most of the artisan households were still overwhelmed, and many artisan households fled directly, and went to be homeless people without household registration, and some simply lived around the capital.

Liu Shouliang's family is still good, because at the beginning of the capital in Nanzhili, his family is in Nanzhili, so, saving the pain of this long distance, plus his family's carpentry skills are well-known for good, and the income is quite rich, this family slowly multiplied, and after the capital moved to Beizhili, their family simply sent a branch to live in Shuntianfu to deal with the conscription of the imperial court, and the family is becoming more and more prosperous in Nanzhili.

Now, Liu Shouliang has been admitted to the Jinshi, and his family is equivalent to breaking away from the craftsman status and being exempted from hard labor, and the family has benefited a lot.

However, because his family is a well-known old craftsman, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he was accidentally obsessed with carpenter work, even after becoming the magistrate of the county, he is still obsessed, and he thinks about doing carpenter work one day, and does not think about government affairs, so he has been a county magistrate for more than ten years, but has not made any achievements, perhaps, this is also a reason why he has not been promoted.

This carpenter work doesn't know why it's so fascinating, in history, Shuxi Sect Tianqi is addicted to carpenter work all day long, ignoring the government, and as a result, after seven years as the emperor, he left a mess and threw it to his younger brother Chongzhen, Chongzhen didn't carry it, and more than ten years later, the Ming Dynasty died!

Fortunately, this Liu Shouliang is just a county order, and he doesn't dare to slack off on government, he still stays in Qinzhitang honestly during normal work hours, and he is a monk for a day and hits the clock for a day, and does everything he needs to do, and only when he is not on duty will he go to do his carpenter work.

Therefore, the places he governs are basically maintained in the same state, and they will not get better or worse.

He was thinking about what flowers were carved on the chair of the new Taishi, when the official at the door suddenly said loudly: "My lord, Mr. Yan asks to see you." ”

Strict?

What is this old guy doing?

The two have been close friends for many years, and he was not bored by Yan Xing's arrival, but smiled and said, "Please." ”

Soon, Yan Xing walked in with Yang Cong's test papers, and said excitedly: "Brother Junsui, congratulations, congratulations!" ”

Congratulations?

What is there to congratulate?

Liu Shouliang couldn't help but say inexplicably: "Brother Jianwen, where does this joy come from?" ”

Yan Xing handed Yang Cong's test paper to him as if offering a treasure, and then said mysteriously: "You can understand it by looking at it." ”

Liu Shouhao took it and looked at it curiously, it was an eight-strand essay for the exam, which was very standardized, and the words were also written well, looking at its content, it was also at the level of ordinary talents, what is there to congratulate?

He asked puzzledly, "Brother Jianwen, is there anything surprising about this article?" ”

Yan Xing touched his beard proudly and said: "This article is not brilliant, but the person who made the article is quite good, guess what is his identity?" ”

It's not hard to guess, this person who made a fuss is definitely not a showman, or even a child, otherwise there would be nothing to congratulate.

Liu Shouliang said with interest: "Could it be that this article was made by Bai Ding, who has never participated in the imperial examination?" ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Brother Junsui, it's amazing, you guessed it right at once." ”

Liu Shouliang smiled and shook his head: "What's this, if it's a show to do such an article, how can you be so excited, who did this article?" ”

Yan Xing smiled proudly: "Hehe, Brother Junsui, you can't think of it, this is made by a student of my county school." ”

The students in the county school, isn't that a show, what's so happy about doing such an article, Liu Shouliang was stunned for a moment, and then he was surprised: "This can't be done by the students in the county school, right?" ”

Yan Xing couldn't help but invite merit and said: "Yes, it is done by a regular student, Brother Jun Sui, you are afraid that you are going to be developed, and there is such a genius under your rule, if you take a different day and even try to shine, this merit is absolutely indispensable to you." When the time comes, if you are promoted, you can't forget that this genius was taught to you by the younger brother. ”

The meaning of these words, Liu Shouliang understands, he seems to have a genius under his rule, and he is very willing to obtain good merits for this.

It is not easy for ordinary local officials to obtain merit, especially for a county magistrate like him, who does nothing to rule, and it is even more difficult to obtain merit.

He hasn't been able to mention this, it has a lot to do with his background, but merit is also a factor, he has to have good merit, no matter what, he should be promoted.

Of course, promotion does not have to rely on merit, if he can get into the powerful, it is easy to be promoted.

It's a pity that Chen Wenjie of the Longxi Chen clan put an opportunity in front of him, but because he was obsessed with his carpenter work, he didn't go to the other family at all, and he missed the opportunity in vain.

In fact, the reason why he didn't go to Chen Wenjie, obsessed with carpentry work is only one aspect, and a more important reason is Chen Wenjie's identity, a wealthy maritime businessman, and he doesn't like it, so he simply didn't take care of others.

This time it's different, there is a genius under the rule, it is a great educational achievement, this kind of thing, he is still more interested.

Question, can you only be considered a genius if you are admitted to a show?

It seems that he can't be regarded as the work of education, no matter how much he drops, this person must be ranked first in the township examination, or a high school jinshi, in order to be regarded as the work of education, right?

He carefully looked at the article in front of him, and said with some puzzlement: "Brother Jianwen, this article can be tested for a show at most, right?" ”

Yan Xing proudly explained: "Yes, if this article is made by him in one day, he will be able to take the test at most, the problem is that this article was made by him in two hours!" ”

Two hours to do a test-taking eight-strand essay, Liu Shouliang asked himself that he didn't have this ability, this is definitely a genius among geniuses!

It's not that he can't produce an eight-strand essay in two hours, the eight-strand essay style used in the county test, the government test and the hospital test is the most standard and time-consuming, while the township test and the meeting test are divided into righteousness, theory and policy.

The requirements of Yihece are not as high as the standard eight-strand essay, Yihece is generally about 300 words, and it is not required that the next four paragraphs are all written as dual sentences, there are one or two groups, such an article, it is not strange to write one in one or two hours.

The theory is different, the theory is the most standard eight-strand essay, generally more than 400 words must be written, and there must be four groups of comparison and dual sentences, such an article, the township test and the palace test are a test for one day, that is to say, it takes about a day for Jinshi to write such an article!

Who is this genius?

He couldn't help but ask, "Brother Jianwen, who is this student you are talking about?" ”

Yan Xing said without hesitation: "It's Yang Cong of the Yang family in Hui'an, he asked me to help inquire yesterday to see if you are free recently, he wants to invite you to have a light meal." ”

Yang Cong of the Yang family of Hui'an!

Isn't that the confidant of Lord Xu Jie, who was sentenced by the government to pass the sentence?

Want to treat me to a light meal?

All right!