Zhao Jian said to the young man: "Is your father lying to me, what kind of exam question is this?" How to regulate prices, but also so that people can eat meat regularly? What kind of mess is this? What a solemn event the scientific examination is, how can such an examination question be produced! ”

The young man and Wu Wenshi glanced at each other, as if they had long expected Zhao Jian to say such a thing, and the young man said: "How can it be messy, the people take food as the sky, and the people can eat and dress warmly, which is the first priority of the imperial court, how can it not be solemn?" ”

Zhao Jian was furious when he heard this, he now had a feeling that this young man was just entertaining him, and that old man Wang was deceiving him and cheating him of his money, two hundred and fifty yuan, it was not a decimal, it was a lot of money!

Zhao Jian said angrily: "How much money did you spend on shopping, what kind of food you ate tonight, that's something that only women who revolve around the stove will care about, my generation is a scholar who wants to rule the country and level the world, how can I care about such trivial things, this can't be the exam question of this subject at all!" ”

Without waiting for the young man to speak, Wu Wenshi said: "This benevolent brother, I don't dare to agree with your words, you said that this is a trivial matter, then, what way do you have to adjust prices, and what way can the people eat meat often?" ”

Zhao Jian sighed, and suddenly, he felt that he really couldn't solve this problem, adjusting prices, and allowing the people to eat meat often, which was easier said than done, but it was too difficult to do, not only was it difficult to do, even if he asked him to analyze it and then make suggestions, it was extremely difficult!

The suggestion should not be put forward randomly, it must be feasible, at least it must seem that it can be implemented, otherwise it will be impossible for the official who marks the paper to pass this test paper!

Zhao Jiandao: "This, this, this...... I'll have to think about it! ”

The young man said: "This year's exam questions are very difficult, and they are very biased, which is not something that ordinary people can expect, so this exam question is definitely worth two hundred and fifty times." Otherwise, if this exam question is not right, then my family lives here, don't you know, you came to smash my house, or go to the official meeting to report my father, anyway, if the question is not right, you have to kill or chop, me and my father, whatever you do, how about it? ”

Wu Wenshi was also beside him to help, and he said: "The words are about to come to this, this benevolent brother, you better hurry home and think about how to answer the questions, don't waste time here!" ”

Zhao Jian's mind was full of this exam question at this time, he listened to the words of the two people, nodded, and said: "Okay, if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, then I will believe you once today, and then I will see it after the exam!" ”

After Zhao Jian finished speaking, he turned around and left, Wu Wenshi hurriedly followed, took a few steps, he turned around and glanced at the young man, the young man nodded at him, Wu Wenshi followed Zhao Jian, and the young man turned around and entered the courtyard.

After the young man entered the door, he saw that the old man Wang was still standing in the courtyard, and he said angrily: "You don't have a long heart, how can you come up with an exam question, how can you let you eat more meat when it comes out of the imperial court, you think it's beautiful, but can you eat meat, it's a matter of the court, and there are exam questions, are you caught in the door!" ”

Old man Wang was not polite or angry when he heard him, he smiled and said: "Two days ago, I heard my daughter-in-law say that these days, the price of things in Chang'an City has risen too fast, and the meat is expensive, rice and cloth are also expensive, and Chang'an is big, and it is not easy to live, so I thought of some topics, almost all of which are made up around people's livelihood!" ”

The young man snorted and said, "You didn't listen to what the wronged boss just said, you want to come up with a Liaodong question, or a southwest question or something, that's what the scientific examination can really test, you hurry up and think about it!" Don't be like just now, almost goof, if it weren't for the stupid boss who was wronged and was fooled by us for a while and left, then the consequences would be unimaginable, if he made trouble, none of us would be able to escape! ”

Old Man Wang nodded slightly, and said, "Fortunately, he is stupid, then I will think about other exam questions, anyway, don't worry, I will definitely not come out again in the future, it is indeed a bit nonsense!" ”

Speaking of this, the two of them suddenly laughed together, clapped their hands together and said: "Two hundred and fifty times, it's here, a few more transactions will be done in this business, and we can all go back to our hometown to buy a house and buy land!" ”

Wu Wenshi followed Zhao Jian out of a long way, he saw that Zhao Jian was still muttering about the exam questions, he was afraid that it would be too late to go back, the young man and the old man Wang had already divided the money, so he said: "This benevolent brother, you go back and study it slowly, I still have something to do, we will have a date later!" ”

Zhao Jian glanced back at him and said strangely: "You have been following me?" What are you doing with me, we'll meet indefinitely! By the way, you have to keep your mouth shut about today's events, and don't talk about it to others, anyway, even if you tell others, I won't admit it! ”

Wu Wenshi thought to himself: "Then it's good to be in love, I really don't want to meet you again!" He agreed, turned and walked away.

Zhao Jian turned back to the Taoist Academy, and as he walked, he was still thinking that if the exam questions he bought with money were true, then such questions would be too difficult, the first few fragmentary questions were actually not simple, and the later questions were even more difficult!

In fact, the national economy and people's livelihood, this has always been the most difficult thing for every dynasty to do, if it is dealt with, the country is prosperous, if it is not handled well, the country will perish, to the big one, you can talk about it, but if it is specific, the small details to adjust prices, and so that the people can often eat meat, then just talk about it, it is obviously not good!

Zhao Jian thought to himself: "Who came up with such a question, this is too different from the usual scientific examination questions, it looks like a woman's question, this is really strange!" ”

He walked all the way, returned to the Taoist Temple, entered the house, lay on the bed, and then thought about the exam questions, what kind of essay does he have to make in order to make himself a jinshi, which is really nerve-wracking!

Seeing Zhao Jian's contemplative expression, Quan Shufang stepped forward and asked, what's wrong with Zhao Jian, is he sick?

Of course, Zhao Jian can't tell Quanshufang, he has already bought the exam questions, just waiting for this year's imperial examination, he has to keep it secret, although Quanshufang lent him money, but that can't let Quanshufang know the exam questions, the exam questions, before the exam, the fewer people who know, the better, so that there are fewer people competing with themselves!

Zhao Jian said a few perfunctory words, and Quan Shufang saw that he didn't want to say more, and he didn't ask more, so he was busy with his own affairs.

Suddenly more than ten days later.

Li Rizhi has been going to Ji Datong in the morning these days, wandering around with him, inviting Ji Datong to have a light meal at noon, and then he will go back to his residence in the afternoon to review his homework, feeling that the days go by quickly!

Most of the time the things of the people in the workshop are trivial things, Ji Datong deals with disputes in the pavilion, and Li Rizhi chats with the people, the east and the west are short, the food rises and falls, who killed a sheep again, everyone goes to drink sheep soup at night, and so on, Li Rizhi chatted with them enthusiastically, and he really felt the life of the small people in the market.

Through chatting with the people, Li Rizhi knew what kind of rice the rice shop sells now, how much is polished rice, how much is brown rice, how much is the meat strips, how much is the green vegetables, and if the income of a person who works as a coolie on the street is used, how to spend it, so that his wife and children can be fed and clothed!

Every morning to study these things, Li Rizhi will soon be able to deal with disputes alone, he has Tang law all over his belly, before dealing with disputes, he often reads a paragraph of Tang law first, makes people dizzy, and then begins to solve disputes!

Time passed like this, until five days before the exam, Li Rizhi explained to Ji Datong that he was going to participate in the scientific examination, and he had to seize the time to review his homework in the past few days, and he really couldn't come again, Ji Datong deeply agreed, he was really a little reluctant Li Rizhi!

Five days passed in a flash, and in the evening of that day, Chen Yingying asked the housekeeper to prepare food, and knew to Li Ri: "You have to take the test all day tomorrow, I will ask the housekeeper to prepare a day's meals for you, but I am afraid that it will not taste good if it is cold!" ”

Li Ri knew: "I'm going to take the exam, not to have a picnic, don't prepare any meals, just bread and pickles, and I also need a bladder of water, boiled and cooled water, hear it clearly, let me know that I am drinking water as soon as I touch my lips, not water with anything else." ”

Chen Yingying said: "Why, are you afraid that someone will drug the water you drink?" ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "This possibility is very small, but it is not impossible, we have come here for scientific research, so all dangerous possibilities must be avoided as much as possible." ”

These days, he has followed Ji Datong to deal with disputes, and he has really seen a lot of untrustworthy and very obscene things, which are really only unthinkable and undoable, so everything is still careful.

Chen Yingying thought to herself: "We don't seem to have any enemies, no one will want to harm you!" But she didn't dare to say it seriously, and if it did, wouldn't it be foolish for her not to take precautions in advance.

According to Li Rizhi's explanation, he prepared the food and the four treasures of the study in advance, and put them in the basket, this night Li Rizhi went to bed early, Fu Guibao and Cheng Zizi and they too, only Chen Yingying couldn't sleep, and kept sitting by the window, praying silently, hoping that it would not rain tomorrow.

On the fourth watch of the next day, Li Rizhi got up, first went to the thatched house, emptied his stomach, and then washed, drank porridge with honey, and then drank a bowl of old ginseng soup.

Fu Guibao and Cheng Zizi were riding horses, Li Rizhi was in the car, Li Rizhi was in the car with his eyes closed and recuperating, the three of them were silent, and when they arrived at the street in front of the gate of Guozijian, they saw that the street was already full of people, I am afraid that there must be thousands of them, among which there are many relatives and friends of the candidates, just like Li Rizhi.

At this time, the sky has not yet reached the fifth watch, and the sky is not yet bright, but there are not many scholars who come to take the exam, but although there are many people, it is very quiet.

The scholars were all in a high degree of nervousness before the exam, and they were not in the mood to greet or anything, if there was anything to say after the exam, it was not too late to say anything, there was no need to chirp crookedly at this time.

When he got to the crowd, the carriage couldn't go in anymore, so Li Rizhi got out of the car, he held a bamboo basket in his hand, and said to Fu Guibao and Cheng Zizi: "Okay, just send me here, you can go back!" ”

Cheng Zizi said: "Let's not go back first, let's go back together in the evening, you take the exam inside, we just wait outside, stay anywhere for a day, it makes no difference!" ”

Li Rizhi understood that it was almost impossible to let them go back at this time, so he nodded and said: "Then you can find a teahouse to sit in, I will come out at a normal time, this exam, I am still a little sure!" ”

The exam time is quite relaxed, you can burn out three big candles after dark, and then you have to hand in the papers, but, then again, how much time you give the candidates will not be enough.

Li Rizhi slowly walked towards the crowd, and suddenly, he saw Quan Shufang, and also saw a group of scholars from Zhengzhou, among them there was a scholar muttering to himself, Li Rizhi recognized him, this scholar's name was Zhao Jian.