Now that the government test is approaching, Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song can't stay in Qili Village for a long time.

The people of the Yan clan are very reluctant to Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song, especially the big prince Yan who is stupid and has a lot of money.

Aunt Li was even more dazzled.

"Brother Heng, remember to come back after the test to see your aunt, your aunt will make you a pair of good shoes for you to wear when you come back."

"Brother Heng, reading is a brainstorm, take this egg, you and Xiao Song'er eat more!"

"Brother Heng, and Xiao Song'er, strive to earn a champion for the Yan family as soon as possible!"

There is no good for no reason in this world, and there is no bad for no reason.

Yan Heng sold all his fields to Ouyang Jin in order to protect his fields from falling into the hands of his clansmen, so that the clansmen could not get a little cheap and were ridiculed.

Now, in order to control the Yan clan, a little favor to the clansmen will make the clansmen cherish themselves in every way.

Cang Liao knows etiquette, food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace, and only after satisfying material needs can people know to express their feelings.

At this moment, the emotions of the clansmen are true, and the disgust with himself at the beginning is also true, Yan Heng did not like it or hate it, he only knew that he had achieved his goal.

In the days to come, he Yan Heng gave the clan the impression that people were stupid and had a lot of money, and in another way of narrating, they were rich and noble without forgetting their roots, and they were virtuous without complaining.

This kind of person is naturally the most likable and the most acceptable.

Yan Heng wants to achieve this kind of goal now, after all, people are social animals, and loftiness and arrogance will only bring you loneliness, and if you want to live a better life in the world, you can only forget the pain and create happiness.

Xiao Yan Song sat silently beside Yan Heng, the changes in the clan months ago and months later made him seem to understand something, and began to consciously memorize the ancient texts.

Daddy Yan Zhun only thought that his two sons were so quiet because he was worried about the government test, and he didn't bother to continue to say that Yan Heng spent money too well for the people in the clan, he just looked at the red sun rising outside the car window, and only hoped that his family could get better and better.

Fenyi County belongs to Yuanzhou Mansion, so the government test is naturally also held in Yuanzhou Mansion.

On the third day after Yan Heng returned to Fenyi County, he and Xiao Yan Song set off to prepare to go to Fucheng.

Daddy Yan Zhun has been very fragile recently, and he is more squeamish than Xiao Yan Song, and he occasionally feels cold when he returns to the county, so Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song have to go to Fucheng to take the exam without one to accompany him.

Fortunately, when Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song bid farewell to Xiong Xiu, who was the governor of the county, they heard that Xiong Xiu was going to enter the capital to meet the prefect of Yuanzhou, so Xiong Xiu decided to take Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song to the city by the way.

The magistrate is also regarded as a seven-rank official and also has his own deacon honor guard.

The opening gong is followed by a blue and red umbrella, then a solemn sign, then an accompanying official holding sticks and flags and parasols, and the most striking thing is a wooden sign with the words "Qin Zhi County" and "Qin Ci Jinshi".

As soon as these honor guards that show the status and power of officials appear, they give people a sense of majesty and majesty.

Yan Heng and Xiao Yan Song shared the master of Xiong Xiu in Zhixian County, Wei Kai, who followed behind the guard of honor in a carriage, although he could not take the official sedan chair in Xiong Zhixian County, but he also felt a sense of solemnity.

Xiao Yan Song was very interested in this, and his eyes did not leave the guard of honor marching in front of the carriage, and Tong Yan said unscrupulously: "Brother, when can we do this?" ”

Yan Heng wanted to tell Xiao Yan Song that he would be a thirty-six sedan chair in the future and put on a guard of honor for a senior member, but he was afraid of making a mistake in front of Master Liu, so he just touched Xiao Yan Song's head.

Master Liu didn't have the slightest excitement, and sighed, saying that his master's seven-grade honor guard had been fighting for almost six years, and he hadn't changed it.

Yan Heng heard that Master Liu had something to say, so he asked the reason in detail.

After listening to Master Liu's explanation, Yan Heng realized that his mentor Xiong Zhixian had been in the county magistrate for six years!

Yan Heng remembered that in the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing official was inspected every six years, and the foreign official was examined every three years, which was called a great plan.

And county officials like Xiong Xiu, who were born in Jinshi, basically completed the examination in three years, as long as the evaluation was excellent, they would skip the level and move, either entering Beijing to do the head of the six departments, or being promoted to the fifth grade, and even directly serving as the Taoist.

But now Xiong Zhi County has been a county magistrate for six years, which shows that his evaluation three years ago was not excellent.

Yan Heng didn't know why his mentor was not rated as excellent three years ago and stayed in office until now, so he could only say with good words:

"The teacher loves the people like a son, is honest and honest, and his plan for this year is that he will definitely be listed as excellent, and it is unknown whether he will be able to enter Beijing as a court counselor at that time."

has always been an official, a Beijing official is more important than a foreign official, and the foreign official's affairs are heavy and the responsibility is far away from the Son of Heaven, and there are few opportunities for promotion; And the Beijing officials are idle and noble, and it is easy to get the opportunity of the Son of Heaven to be promoted.

Yan Heng believes that as a second-class jinshi of his mentor Xiong Xiu, he should always want to return to Beijing to be a Beijing official;

Otherwise, if he would not be so diligent in government affairs and not make much money, a discerning person would know at a glance that he wanted to brush up his political achievements and get a good evaluation in the big plan and get the opportunity to be promoted back to Beijing.

Master Liu only smiled bitterly after listening to Yan Heng's words of blessing, saying that this matter is difficult, today's prefect of Yuanzhou was promoted to the prefect because he was born in a person, and he was promoted to the prefect because he had an uncle who was a clerk in the capital, but as a lifter, he could only be promoted here, so he only cared about making money, and Xiong Zhixian has always been a clean breeze with both sleeves, where is the money to make friends with Shangguan, I am afraid that I will not be able to get the excellent evaluation this year.

Yan Heng heard Master Liu's words, and it was clear that he was looking for himself for silver.

What kind of two-sleeved breeze, Yan Heng just wanted to laugh when he heard Master Liu's words, he admitted that his mentor Xiong Zhixian was a cadre who could do practical things, but if he wanted to say that he was a clean official, he naturally didn't believe it.

Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, how can anyone who wants to be an official in the Ming Dynasty who doesn't want to make money, otherwise how can he live on that low fortune.

"Dare to ask how much the teacher needs", Yan Heng was very direct, and he didn't say that he had just spent thousands of taels of silver a few days ago, and now it was the time when he was in short supply.

This kind of thing that can solve problems for his teacher, he naturally can't shirk it, otherwise he doesn't know how to raise it, and he doesn't want to mix in Fenyi County.

Master Liu smiled dumbly:

"Yan Xiaoyou misunderstood, my lord was born to be a weird person, Shangguan asked him to do anything, but he just couldn't let him pay for the silver;

He said that this is to cherish his feathers, and he is afraid that he will be caught by the official in the future, so Yan Xiaoyou's heart, I can only understand it for my master!

However, since Yan Xiaoyou is so knowledgeable, and you are the head of the case, and you are still a student valued by my master, the old man is not hiding it, so I will reveal a little news to Yan Xiaoyou, my brother is now working as a staff member in the prefect's yamen, and told me what to say, the people of the Changshi Mansion stuffed silver to the Futai to divide the two brothers of the Yan family in Yi County;

And this year, the two brothers surnamed Yan in my county are only Xiaoyou, you and your brother, so I advise Yan Xiaoyou to do the activity after entering the city this time, as long as the money is used correctly, it will be of great use. ”