After holding the initiative in his hands, Zhao Yan said neatly: "Since ancient times, doing business has been based on harmony, and there are only ten taels of silver under it, so the shopkeeper will look at it." ”

The shopkeeper had seen the counteroffer, but he had never seen it so ruthless, so he was hesitant in his heart, and said with a dark face: "At least sixty taels." ”

"The shopkeeper is not kind, so let's find someone to borrow five taels in the next place, how about making up enough for fifteen taels?" Zhao Yan touched his arms, it seemed that there were only about one or two pieces of broken silver left, and it seemed that he had to ask someone to report to the cheap father.

"Fifty taels, otherwise we'll go to see the official." The shopkeeper of the silver building is a little breathless, at this time several people are standing at the door of the silver building, among the pedestrians who pass, some people have found that there seems to be a lively place to see, and they have gathered over, if it is known that their silver building is shoddy, the reputation is really bad.

"If you see an official, you will see an official, could it be that the reputation of your silver building is only worth a few dozen taels of silver?" Zhao Yan also held on and did not let go.

It felt uncomfortable to be watched and pointed out by others, and the shopkeeper of the silver building flicked his sleeves, shed tears and sold the price, and shouted angrily in a low voice: "Twenty taels." ”

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Zhao Yan didn't say more, and was about to tell the address of the Yinlou guy and ask him to go to the cheap dad to ask for money, when he heard someone outside the crowd shouting: "Brother Xian, you left early, and my brother thought you had returned home, but I didn't expect to meet here." ”

Liu Jing walked over with a few family members to push aside the crowd, and when he saw Zhao Yan surrounded by several guys from the silver building, he couldn't help frowning, and said to the shopkeeper of the silver building: "Shopkeeper Wu, what do you mean by this?" Can you know that Brother Zhao Xian is a friend of his son, and he went to the county test together, what are you letting people surround him? ”

Zhao Yan saw that Liu Jing was coming, and it seemed that he didn't need to alarm the cheap father, so he said to him across the silver building: "Brother Liu, the younger brother was careless for a while, and he was cheated by someone, and he borrowed twenty taels of silver to save the emergency first, and he will return it tomorrow." ”

Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the shopkeeper of Yinlou Wu, he never thought that Zhao Yan would actually know Liu Jing, it seems that the friendship is not shallow, if he had known earlier, he would definitely not have talked to Zhao Yan for half a day, and he must have sent him away with several courtesies. As for the silver? Lifting money hurts feelings.

"Big boy, the villain doesn't know that this Zhao Gongzi is your friend, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." Shopkeeper Wu turned his head and said to Zhao Yan: "Zhao Gongzi, the villain has been offended a lot, you have a lot of adults, don't go to your heart, this bracelet villain paid out of his own pocket, and he will send you to be shocked." ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper of the silver building was in front of him and the back of the house, judging the appearance of the two of them, Zhao Yanxin said that this Yuhua silver building seems to be deeply related to the Liu family, otherwise where would Liu Jing get such a big face.

Liu Jing is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very shrewd, and he already knows it when he sees this, on the one hand, he is the shopkeeper in his third uncle's silver building, on the other hand, he is the disciple of Li Fuzi, and Zhao Yan, who is involved in the county examination with him, he said after a little consideration: "Since it is a misunderstanding, then forget it, I, as a nephew, is not good at overstepping my responsibilities, and I will deal with you for the third uncle, and I will do it for myself in the future." ”

These few words not only pointed out to Zhao Yan the relationship between this Yuhua Yinlou and Liu Jing, but also vaguely blamed, but in the end, he gently put it down, and both sides were not offended, worthy of being the children of the official eunuch family.

After respectfully sending Liu Jing and Zhao Yan away, Shopkeeper Wu secretly congratulated: Fortunately, he didn't do anything at that time, otherwise this matter would not be so easy to settle.

Walking on the road paved with blue bricks in the state city, I heard Liu Jing's joking voice: "Brother Xian is really hidden, for his brother to return the Tao Brother Xian is a pure young man, who even knows how to buy some jewelry to please women." Quickly recruit from the truth, who is this bracelet for? ”

Zhao Yan smiled bitterly, picked and talked about the matter from beginning to end, and said at the end: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise, and Sage Kong really doesn't deceive me when he says this." ”

Liu Jing laughed when he heard this: "The little girl of the Li family in Nanzhuang was spoiled by her father, and she was ridiculous and cunning. ”

"If you don't mention it, what does Brother Liu want?" Zhao Yan saw that he had arrived at the West City Gate in front, and it was not far from his house when he went out, so he had the heart to invite Liu Jing to sit down.

Liu Jing stared at Zhao Yan and said, "If you want to go to a prostitute for your brother, do you want to go with your brother?" ”

"Uh...... Brother Liu should take care of himself. "In this era, it is the norm for literati and artists to wander around the Qinglou and prostitutes, even if Zhao Yan goes, no one will say anything about him, but his body has just been recuperated for a long time, and he is too young to go to see and eat, so it is better not to go, so as not to get angry.

Liu Jing didn't mind when he heard this, and stepped on the horse brought by the family and said with a smile: "I want to go for my brother, but unfortunately my brother is sick, and my brother has to go back to take a look, brother Xian, let's meet tomorrow." ”

"Brother Liu, let's go." Zhao Yan said goodbye, and when Liu Jing walked away with a few family members, he shook his head with a smile, and said in his heart that this Liu Dagongzi is a good person, but he is affectionate and righteous, but sometimes he always likes to see people embarrassed, and he loses stability in his words.

There was nothing to say that night, and early the next morning, Zhao Yan woke up again, and then followed the cheap father to the gate of the state school, this time Zhao Xin prepared a lot of food for him.

With the experience of the last time, this time the father and son did not squeeze into the crowd, and after the officials drove the idlers aside, Zhao Yan mixed into the crowd of candidates with a small basket on his back, and after a while, he saw Liu Jing, Qian Liangcai and other four people at the gate of the state school.

After laughing and talking with the four of them for a while, the door of the state school opened wide and began to search and enter, just like the previous time.

This second test is a treatise, five judgments, and one edict, edict, and internal department.

After the officials paraded around the examination room with a card lamp, Zhao Yan saw clearly that the topic of the discussion was "The Book of Filial Piety", that is, let the candidates discuss the "Book of Filial Piety".

As for the judgment, it is a question extracted from the "Da Ming Law", and the rest of the edicts, edicts, and internal departments are used to test the candidates' ability to write official documents and edicts for the emperor.

"The Book of Filial Piety" is the basic book of Mengxue, not to mention that Li Fuzi had also given Zhao Yan a 'special training', so writing an article on the topic of filial piety is just a small meaning for Zhao Yan.

The subsequent judgments are excerpted from "Da Ming Law", as long as you memorize the content of it, it is naturally not difficult to get these judgments, and Zhao Yan happens to have the ability to almost remember.

Finally, the edict, the edict, the table is selected as a one, the edict is the edict, the edict is the emperor's appointment or gift to his subordinates, the table refers to the table, the chapter, Zhao Yan naturally has already been confident, directly choose to do the edict.

After writing, Zhao Yan looked at the sky, but around noon, most of the other candidates were writing at their desks, and none of them handed in the papers.

Zhao Yan ate something first, and then reviewed what he had written from beginning to end, and after confirming that there was no problem, he began to copy the main scroll.

At the beginning of the day, someone had already begun to hand in the papers, and Zhao Yan had already been impatient for a long time, so when he saw this, he got up and handed over the papers.

Li Zhizhou raised his eyebrows, and Zhao Yan interpreted it as: Boy, this official took a 'big risk' to put you in the first place in the main field, and when you meet Han Zhifu, don't forget to say a few good words for this official.

Zhao Yan also raised his eyebrows, meaning: Don't worry, Li Zhizhou, you are so interesting, brother will definitely not forget your benefits, and he will definitely praise you in front of Governor Han when the time comes.

Li Zhizhou blinked again, and Zhao Yan understood: That's good, when the official is developed in the future, your benefits will definitely be indispensable.

Zhao Yan also blinked, meaning: Received, Li Zhizhou, please okay.

After the eyebrow dance was finished, Zhao Yan turned around and left, Li Zhizhou rubbed his old face and complained to the henchman next to him: "I ate something bad yesterday, and the official who harmed him ran away from the thatched house all night, at this time he was sleepy and tired, and his eyelids trembled, but he had to force himself to keep his eyes open to maintain his majesty, which is really tiring." ”

Zhao Yan naturally couldn't hear Li Zhizhou's complaints, he had already gone outside after the first release at this time, and followed the cheap dad on the way home.

Confucius said: The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night. Describe the continuous passage of time like flowing water, never to return, and feel the rapid change of life and life.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the second confession, and Zhao Yan waited until the afternoon to see it this time, and saw that his seat number was only in the middle of the inner circle, and he didn't think it was a pestle.

On February 18, it is forbidden to cut down trees to make beams, break ground and make beds, and it is advisable to marry and sacrifice, pray for blessings and heirs.

Today is the last session of the county exam, and the test is a history and current policy, and a poem should be written.

Policy questioning, also known as policy questions, is an examination question for the policy test, which began in the Western Han Dynasty.

Originally, it was the emperor who used the political affairs book to Jian Ce, and asked the virtuous and outspoken people recommended by the counties and states to answer them one by one as a reference for governance, and used it to simplify the examination of officials.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the policy question has become the examination method for the disciples of the Taixue Doctor who are proficient in scriptures and the selection and appointment, and until now, it is still used as a checkpoint in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty.

The content of the policy questions is very rich, such as politics, economy, military, law, culture, education, astronomy, geography, ethnicity, and other major events related to the national economy and people's livelihood, or questions in historical classics, can be used as policy questions.

Of course, those major events in the world are far away from the candidates who are not even Xiucai now, so Li Zhizhou was very considerate and did not come up with those heavy questions, but directly asked the candidates to write, if they are Li Zhizhou, how can Shenzhou be governed better.

Some of them have long seen that Li Zhizhou's governance measures are not pleasing to the eye, and now they have the opportunity to 'govern' the prefecture and county on his behalf, so they naturally write out what they think in their hearts one by one.