After the government examination, it means that Shen Xi does not need to take the county examination and the government examination in the future, and only waits for the next year to participate in the college examination to show talents, which will be much easier for Shen Xi to take the examination task in the future.

But this year, the government examination in Tingzhou Mansion has not yet ended, and Shen Xi has to wait for the end of the initial review and recruitment to participate in the fourth exam of the government examination to determine the ranking.

For this, Shen Xi didn't care too much about it.

At the end of the first round of the government examination, most of the candidates fell off the list, disappointed, these people have a lot of opinions on the prefect Gaomingcheng, there could have been 200 people to participate in the recruitment, Gaomingcheng had to leave only 80 people, in the eyes of many candidates, this is the prefect does not give them a way to live, and some people even privately tandem and want to go to the provincial capital to complain.

In these years, the ordinary people didn't dare to go against the government, but these candidates relied on themselves to be scholars, and they didn't know how thick the sky was, thinking that the government didn't dare to do anything to them, and wanted to wrestle with the dignity of the government.

But the thunder was loud and the rain was small, but there was no one who dared to put it into action. Things seem to have subsided, but an undercurrent is brewing in the dark.

On the day of the government test, a major event occurred in the city.

Under the leadership of Hui Niang, the shopkeepers and men of the shops of the Chamber of Commerce, plus the people who gathered because of righteous indignation, a total of four or five thousand people, gathered outside the prefect's yamen to denounce the "dry road gang" for bullying and dominating the market, abusing the people, and begging the government to make decisions for the people.

Gao Mingcheng was invigilating in the examination room that day, and he was a little at a loss when he heard that there was such a big turmoil in the city.

According to the rules of the government examination, when the candidates and examiners enter the examination room, the door must be locked, and the lock cannot be opened until the last row is placed.

And now that there is an accident in the city, Gao Mingcheng must rush back to the government to deal with it, and in the end he can only put the government test aside for the time being, let people open the gate, and leave in a hurry.

The eighty candidates in the examination room were very surprised, and the examiner left before the exam was halfway through. Is this ready to leave them alone?

As Shen Xi said, Gao Mingcheng cares very much about his political achievements, and in the event of turmoil in the city, he is afraid that it will affect his black yarn hat. Gao Mingcheng did not go to talk to the demonstrators. Instead, they mobilized the officials of the Tingzhou Prefecture and Changting County Governments, and then cooperated with the people of the Inspection Department to drive away the troublemakers.

Originally, Hui Niang had already been released and was ready to meet Gao Mingcheng to express her petition. However, seeing that the situation was not right, in order to prevent the officials and officers and soldiers from taking people to prison. She had to organize people to help evacuate the people and people in the chamber of commerce.

It wasn't until the outsiders in the government were scattered that Hui Niang returned to the pharmacy worriedly.

Because of the mess outside, Shen Xi didn't go to the mansion, and he only learned the details from Hui Niang afterwards.

“…… The petition action is not without effect, at least the prefectural and county levels know that public opinion is boiling, if the government does not do anything, and is seen by the imperial history and science and road officials who inspect the political achievements, then the Kochi government will not be able to protect the future. ”

Hui Niang was frightened, and her face was full of worry. Shen Xi is full of confidence in this, "On weekdays, the people are bullied and oppressed by the 'Dry Road Gang', and the arson cases in the first two days have made the people unbearable, so we should agitate more now, even if we don't go to the government to make trouble, we must ignite the anger of the people." ”

Hui Niang felt that things were too crazy, but there was no turning back when she opened the bow, and things had to go on.

The government and county yamen strictly prohibit the people from making trouble, and the people can actually hold demonstrations among the people. It was aimed at the industries of the "dry road gang", as well as the places they frequented, such as gambling stalls and brothels in the city.

On the first day, because the government test is underway. Gaoming City, the prefect of Tingzhou, is overwhelmed on both sides. On the second day, Gao Mingcheng learned that the incident was all due to the anger of the people caused by the "Dry Road Gang" doing too much evil on weekdays, so he had to quickly cut through the chaos and calm down the situation before the officials of Yushi and Kedao reacted.

Soon. Led by the prefect's yamen, posts were posted everywhere in the city, stating that the government would severely crack down on the oppression of good people in the city, and mobilized the officers and soldiers of the inspection department to cooperate with the officials to seize the halls and properties of many "dry road gangs", and a large number of gangsters were imprisoned.

The people rushed to tell each other, and the good news soon spread throughout Tingzhou.

Although the matter subsided, the Chamber of Commerce headed by Hui Niang once again stood on the opposite side of the government, which made Hui Niang and the Chamber of Commerce behind her on the "blacklist" of the government.

Because now the government can see that it is easy to manage the merchants if they go their own way, but if these ninth-rate businessmen are united, they will have the courage to argue with the government.

If it weren't for Emperor Hongzhi's greeting of the "goddess doctor" Lu Sun, who was to take care of him, as the president of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, it is estimated that after disposing of the "Dry Road Gang", the Chamber of Commerce would also be ordered to disband.

But in any case, in this demonstration, the government finally sided with the people.

As the government launched a crackdown on all the "dry road gang" halls in the city, those arrogant and domineering "dry road gang" gangs, those who fled, scattered, and some of the first offenders who did many evils were imprisoned for questioning, and the "initiator" of the matter, Lei Wu, has been missing, and the government posted a large number of sea fishing documents and sent out to search for them, but unfortunately no one was caught.

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On 28 April, when Fucheng was in turmoil because of the government's crackdown on the "Dry Road Gang," the repetition and repetition of the case proceeded as scheduled.

As Shen Xi expected before, only 50 people were selected for this government examination, which was the smallest number of admissions in the Tingzhou government examination over the years.

Two days in advance, Shen Yongzhuo went back to Ninghua County with his mother Wang under the arrangement of his uncle Shen Mingjun, as for how to arrange his marriage with Miss Lu, the two families will discuss it after returning to Ninghua.

In the afternoon of the same day, Shen Xi, together with all the admitted candidates, went to the Confucianism Department of Tingzhou Mansion to "thank the teacher", in addition to the necessary friendship between the candidates, but also to let the candidates meet the chief examiner Gao Mingcheng this time.

When Shen Xi arrived at the Confucian Academy, he met Su Tong, who was waiting for him at the door.

Among the fifty candidates admitted, Shen Xi only recognized two, one was Su Tong and the other was Wu Xingyu, and all three of them passed the government examination on the first occasion.

The other candidates were not surprised that Su passed the government exam, but when they heard that the two youngest candidates in this exam, ten-year-old Shen Xi and fourteen-year-old Wu Xingyu, both passed the government exam on the first stage, in addition to being surprised, they all had a complicated look on their faces.

It has been rumored outside that there is a shady scene in this government test. It is rumored that this is the last prefect of Gaoming City, and he wants to take advantage of the fact that he will make a lot of money in the government examination, and no matter how well the candidates do in the exam, as long as they use the silver, they can pass it...... These rumors have noses and eyes. even listed the price code, and explained that the reason why only fifty people were taken this time was because Gao Mingcheng wanted to sit on the ground and start the price. Fewer people are admitted, but more money is collected.

All the rumors are because only fifty people were selected in the end of the government test, and if Gaoming City took one hundred and eighty people as usual, there would not be so many rumors below.

This time, 50 candidates were admitted. Originally, they didn't believe this kind of rumor, after all, they didn't buy it with money as the rumor said, but when they saw that Shen Xi and Wu Xingyu, who were rich in wealth but still young, had passed the government examination, they began to wonder if this matter was true.

But the candidates who were also admitted came to see the prefect together, and of course no one dared to question anything.

In the past few days, Gao Mingcheng has been anxious to clean up the "dry road gang" bandits in the city, and he came to the Confucian Department to meet the admitted candidates, which seemed very perfunctory. Just informed the news that the fourth session of the government examination would be held the next day, so I left in a hurry.

But in the eyes of some people, this is clearly Gao Mingcheng's "lack of heart to be a thief".

In the end, the candidates present got what they wanted and passed the government exam, and after their respective salutes, they went back to prepare for the last of the government exam. When it comes to the ranking of the provincial examination, if you do better, or it will help you pass the college examination, but the head of the provincial examination will not be qualified to send a showman, so the last of this provincial examination seems to be far less important than the county examination.

When Hui Niang came back that night, Shen Xi knew that the news that someone had taken bribes from the prefect Gaoming City during the exam had spread in the city. And the spearhead pointed out, in addition to Shen Xi and Wu Xingyu, there are also several scholars with better family backgrounds who have passed this government test.

“…… Xiaolang, don't be disturbed by these, take the test tomorrow. Start well and finish well. Hui Niang comforted.

Shen Xi adheres to the principle of self-purification of the pure, anyway, he did not pay bribes, as for whether others have it or not, it has nothing to do with him. Or because of Hui Niang's relationship, others will doubt him, but the rumors stop at the wise. There is no evidence for this kind of thing, and after a period of time, it will naturally be calm.

On April 29, Shen Xi got up very early to take the fourth exam of the government examination.

This is also the last session of the prefectural exam, plus the results of the previous exam, and the comprehensive ranking is formulated.

In the last session of the government examination, there will also be a comprehensive ability test, which is an "additional question". Or because Gao Mingcheng likes to compose a few poems on weekdays, all the questions he has in the additional questions are related to poetry, and the arithmetic questions that have appeared in the county examination do not appear in the government examination.

Shen Xi thought to himself, Gao Mingcheng was really old and weak, and Ye Mingsu also knew that he would go to "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" to find a problem to deal with, and Gao Mingcheng directly saved this step.

In the fourth exam, there are four books that must be answered, five scriptures that can be answered, and finally a few additional questions that can be done or not. In general, the prefectural examination, like the county examination, mainly examines the candidates' understanding of the "Four Books" and "Five Classics".

Shen Xi was a little perfunctory about the last exam, as long as the writing was smooth and he didn't commit taboos.

The exam lasts for one day and is only scheduled once in the afternoon.

Because Gao Mingcheng didn't ask the "Book of Songs" again this time, the questions in the four books and five scriptures were relatively simple, and this exam had nothing to do with whether they were admitted or not, and the candidates looked very relaxed after the exam.

Fifty candidates handed in their papers, all of them talking and laughing.

Shen Xi wanted to go back to the pharmacy, but Su Tong took the initiative to walk up to him and reminded him in a low voice: "Brother Shen, you have to be careful these days." ”

Shen Xi hesitated slightly, not knowing the relationship between the two, he probably thought that Su Tong was threatening him, but he knew that there must be a reason for this sentence, so he couldn't help asking, "Why is this?" ”

Su Tong said solemnly: "There are few people recorded in this government examination, and there are many unsuccessful candidates who have heard of the young owners of the Chamber of Commerce...... It's that Brother Shen has passed the government test, and they all feel that there is a situation of private teaching and receiving in the government test, and they are indignant, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to you, Brother Shen. ”

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