Chapter 57: Cursed Water (5)

But in a few moments, the peace was interrupted by a loud conversation. Liu Guanshan frowned and looked over, only to see a few gray-haired people repeating those words in the teahouse in the old tune, and couldn't help but feel speechless: Why don't you like these and come to the test? A bunch of guys who can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour!

Without paying attention, Liu Guanshan read his mind out with his mouth.

"Housheng, who do you say can't eat grapes, saying that grapes are sour?"

"Yo, looking at the fair-skinned face, it can't be a turtle male, right?"

The men came over with bad intentions and made a gesture of wanting to fight.

"You just can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, what? Kind of kill me here? If I didn't kill it, I would be on the list by then, and you would be named after Sun Shan, believe it or not, I would kill you all these things that have no fame? ”

"Seeing that your hair is gray and bald, if you have a fame, why do you want to participate in this time? I have been reading the books of sages for decades but I am still an old child, and it seems that I don't read very well? The old won't, the new won't, just learn to bully the less? ”

Although Liu Kanshan has fair skin, he is not a powerless person, he uses the methods taught to him by the Ming soldiers he once got along, clenched his fists and put them on his chest to prepare to fight.

Seeing that there was going to be a fight here, several candidates dressed as military men took the initiative to come up and pull the rack: "Both sides are extinguished, and it is better to settle the dispute...", he persuaded the fight, but in action, he formed a human wall around Liu Kanshan, which is an obvious deviation.

Those people were also interested, and they sat back in place after a few cruel words. Liu Kanshan whispered to them.

"Thanks to a few helpers, if it weren't for a few, I'm afraid I would have lost my beaten teeth and wouldn't be able to eat."

Wang Qinian's cultural level is far inferior to Liu Guanshan, and when Liu Guanshan is enjoying a rare cool moment, he is still writing the last question of the test paper - strategy.

Although there are strategies for the Jinshi exam, it is not important. The examiner only looked at the eight-strand essay written in the first place, and as for the things in the back, it is estimated that they were all sold as waste paper by the officials in charge of the examination room to supplement the family. In this writing course, which is read as a civil servant exam, the policy theory accounts for one-third of the score in one breath, which is obviously much more important than the policy theory in the Jinshi exam.

The topic of the policy discussion was personally chosen by Zhu Youlang. The title is naturally not the mode of taking the "original text of the textbook" as the title of the Baguwen, but adopts the material composition that was common in later generations.

"Thirty miles south of the city of Ava, there is a small town called Junpu, after Wang Shiying punished the tyranny of Burma, he set up a governance office here to manage twenty-three nearby villages, the population is estimated to be about 50,000 people. Its city is square and has a circumference of six miles. There are often mobile bandits in the area, and the bandits have rudimentary firearms such as wooden cannons...... If the political envoy orders you to be the commander of the military shop, how will you govern within a year? Try to state briefly. The number of words should not exceed 600 words. ”

Wang Qinian saw that he happened to encounter this type of question, and he also practiced two articles before the exam, and picked up the pen at the moment.

"Banditry is the county's top priority, and according to the current situation, there should be one or two companies of permanent officers and soldiers stationed in the local area to sweep up bandits from time to time. Organize militia training in each village, and give preferential treatment to the militia in terms of food taxes. Lightly resigned... rely on the financial support of the central government..."

The same is true for the city. The gates of the city were strictly controlled to prevent bandits from entering. ”

"Since the bandits are on the run, there may be big local households who support them, and they will be investigated for grievances and eliminated as much as possible."

Grievance investigation is a new word coined after the Ming army entered Burma, similar to the land reform in later generations. However, the Ming army's grievances and investigations were only for those guys who used their mantis arms as cars, blowing up the dirt enclosures of the recalcitrant households, and then letting people go to the public trial. With the increasing number of large households that "accept their fate", this kind of complaint investigation is gradually decreasing.

"Try to hold exams locally and appoint temporary officials ......"

This was something he came up with on his own, but he unconsciously became the same as the temporary workers in later generations.

"After the summer harvest, increase the investigation of the militia and the defense of villages in various places to prevent bandits from looting grain..."

"Go to various places in person, don't be clay puppets in the city......"

After carefully reading the article several times and erasing out a few typos, Wang Qinian let out a long sigh. Just as he was about to check the question in front of him, a hand-crumbling bell rang outside.

"Put down the pen and stand on the side, the bell doesn't ring and you still hold the pen don't take the test!" The fierce little official's voice was not so fierce, just enough for the people inside to hear clearly.

At this time, there are still many people who have not finished writing, and most of them are wearing long shirts. But they didn't believe that they would really give a zero score, and they still worked hard to write on their own.

"Don't write it, it's already a zero score, what else to write?" The clerk snatched the test paper of an overtime candidate and tore the paper in half with a bang.

"Insulting Sven! I thought of the society of the country, and abandoned the sage book to test these trivial things, you ninth-rate little official, a dog-like character, dare to be bad..."

The one who was mad was a petty official who ran all the way from the mainland, and the physical fitness that could run here was not bad. The little servant was emaciated and had his teeth knocked out in a few strokes.

"What are you doing?" A few other officials put down the test paper and surrounded him, pulled the madman who opened the rampaging BUFF away, and handed it to the soldiers guarding outside, before returning to clean up the test paper.

Many people made up their minds, and took this opportunity to write a few more lines to make up the article, and they couldn't help but feel that it was really a blessing, and there was one more fool to give them overtime!

There was no real-time monitoring camera, so the four officials had to turn a blind eye, took away the test papers written in horizontal rows in order, sorted them together, and sent them out with a large stack each.

"Hey!" A strong hand patted Liu Guanshan's shoulder.

"How's it going?" Liu didn't look back at the mountain to know who it was.

"Fortunately, the strategy has just been written. Eh, sir, how are you with my brother? ”

"Is it a brother or a sworn one?" The man at the head smiled, "We saw that this fellow was going to be beaten by a few rotten people, so we came over to help, so we met." ”

"What? Someone is going to hit you? Wang Qinian's muscles tightened all of a sudden, and he subconsciously touched his waist.

"Everyone is gone, just stop fighting, we'll have to look at the list in a few days." Liu Guanshan persuaded, "Those bad old men probably won't be able to win, and if they get into a lawsuit, it won't be beautiful." ”

Several former comrades-in-arms also advised him not to be impulsive.

"The day before yesterday, I also beat a rotten Confucian, Brother Liu, these rotten Confucians, if it weren't for Your Majesty's genius, would have died outside the city to feed the fish! I don't know how to repay the emperor's grace, and I still complain about Your Majesty everywhere, it's really disgusting! If it hadn't been for the old chief's persuasion, I would have had to blow his head off today! ”

Looking at Wang Qinian's familiar appearance, the old chief's eyes suddenly darkened, but he was immediately relieved. "Don't talk about these unhappy ones, Qi Nian. Let's meet again after a long absence, let me, as a chief, please have a good meal! ”