In Bianjing, in front of Cai Xiangguo's mansion, a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old official was pacing back and forth anxiously, stretching his neck from time to time to look inside the mansion gate, but his gaze was always withdrawn in disappointment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This young official is Qin Hui, a professor of Mizhou state studies, in the past two years, he has been camping everywhere, and he has done everything possible to transfer back to the capital, although Qin Hui himself was born poor, but his wife is a rich family, and his father-in-law Wang Zhongshan took out tens of thousands of dollars to make a way for him, and finally got through Zhang Bangchang's path, Zhang Bangchang recommended Qin Hui to Cai Jing.

Tonight afternoon, Cai Jing met him in the mansion, after he rushed over, the porter went in for him to report, but there was no news, Qin Hui had been waiting for more than half an hour, seeing that the sun was setting in the west, he began to be anxious, and stepped forward and bowed to the guard and said: "Can you help me pass on the news again, I have been waiting for more than half an hour." ”

The guard glanced at him coldly, "It's normal, there are officials for two hours, you don't even have this patience, how can you use Xianggong?" ”

Qin Hui was speechless, so he had to retreat to the corner of the wall and continue to sigh, but not long after, a housekeeper hurriedly walked out, looked left and right and asked, "Qin Hui is here?" ”

"In! At! Qin Hui hurriedly ran over and agreed.

"Xianggong wants to see you, come with me!"

The housekeeper turned around and walked towards the mansion, Qin Hui followed suit, followed closely behind him, and after a while, the two came to Cai Jing's outer room, and the housekeeper turned to Qin Hui and said: "This is the outer study of the Xianggong, and the officials who can enter here are all their own people, and the Qin officials have to seize the opportunity by themselves." ”

Qin Hui was immediately flattered, "Thank you for the reminder, Qin Hui is grateful!" ”

"Come with me!"

The housekeeper took Qin Hui into the courtyard and reported at the door: "Xianggong, Qin Hui brings it!" ”

"Let him in!"

The housekeeper turned around and gave Qin Hui a look, Qin Hui hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and then walked into the study, in the study, Cai Jing was writing something on the desk, Qin Hui hurriedly bowed and gave a long salute, "Xiaguan Qin Hui see Cai Xiangguo!" ”

Cai Jing pointed to the chair next to him with a pen, "Sit down for a while, I'll finish writing right away." ”

"Yes!"

Qin Hui walked to the chair, but he didn't dare to sit down, and still stood with his hands down.

Cai Jing wrote for another moment, then put down the pen, glanced at Qin Hui, and said with a faint smile: "Do you know why Benxiang is looking for you?" ”

"Xiaguan.... Ignorance! ”

Cai Jing smiled, took Qin Hui's resume from the table, glanced at it and asked, "Are you Zhenghe four years Jinshi and first?" ”

"Yes! Xia Guan is the first champion. ”

"It's a bit funny how a dignified champion would go to Mizhou to be a teaching assistant! Have you offended someone? ”

Qin Hui said that he was born poor, and his wife was married after he was admitted to the Yuan Dynasty, although he was a Jiangning clan, his status in the capital was not high, in short, he had no background, so he was sent to Mizhou as a teaching assistant.

Qin Hui couldn't say a word for a long time, Cai Jing didn't embarrass him, and continued to look at his resume, "Yes, Zhenghe actually passed the word study and Maoke in the sixth year, no wonder Zhang Bangchang recommended you, you are indeed more talented." ”

Cai Jing threw his resume aside, leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "Zhang Bangchang recommended you to be Taixue Xuezheng, although the official position is not high, but it is very important, do you think you can do it?" ”

Qin Hui's heart was pounding, he had already heard that Zhang Bangchang was going to recommend him as Taixue Xuezheng, the key was whether Cai Jing agreed or not, and Cai Jing's meeting with him today was obviously the most critical step. He hurriedly said: "Xia Guan will never let Xiangguo down!" ”

Since Tong Guan successfully put his hand into Taixue in the Bow and Horse Competition last year, Tong Guan has found various reasons to inspect Taixue from time to time, talk to outstanding Taixue students, and encourage them to learn literature and martial arts and strengthen their physique.

And this spring, the newly enrolled Taixue students were dragged to the military camp for training, and it has not ended yet, which is simply a blatant interference with Taixue, Cai Jing was very annoyed, but he was helpless, he always wanted to appoint a Taixue Xuezheng to offset the influence of Tong Guan on Taixue, but he could not find a suitable candidate.

Qin Hui is the fourth person he interviewed, the first three are either lack of qualifications or lack of ability, he is not satisfied, this Qin Hui has very good qualifications, and he seems to be quite shrewd, maybe he is really a suitable candidate.

Cai Jing took another sip of tea and asked slowly: "At the beginning of this year, three hundred Taixue freshmen were pulled to the military camp for training, and it is estimated that they will not be able to return to Taixue until next year's New Year. ”

Although Cai Jing said very vaguely, Qin Hui had already learned about the specific situation from Zhang Bangchang, he knew what Cai Jing was worried about, he had also thought about this matter in the past two days, and he had a countermeasure in his heart, Qin Hui replied unhurriedly: "Xia Guan feels that since there are scholars who have no intention of studying, there is no need to study in Taixue, just go to the place where he should go." ”

Cai Jing suddenly became interested, and immediately asked, "Then how do you do it?" “

"The lower officials will conduct some special exams for them, and if the scholar is unqualified, he will naturally be invited to go to another place to study, and there is no need to stay in Taixue."

Although Qin Hui's plan is not too satisfying to Cai Jing, it is a bit general, such as how does he know who is secretly loyal to Tong Guan, this kind of thing will not be written on his face, and he can't tell it by the exam alone.

However, Qin Hui's tough attitude made Cai Jing appreciate it very much, he nodded, and said to Qin Hui: "The rectification of Taixue should first be the word 'strict', and unsuitable students should be resolutely eliminated, such as the kind of Taixue who is addicted to riding and archery, known as the first in the world, he should go to martial arts, and should not stay in Taixue, so be it!" I will give you three months to temporarily serve as Taixue Xuezheng, if the rectification of Taixue satisfies me, then I will officially appoint you as Taixue Xuezheng, and at the same time concurrently serve as Dr. Guozijian, I hope you don't let me down! ”

Qin Hui was so excited, knelt down and cried bitterly: "The grace of Xiangguo's acquaintance, Qin Hui will remember it in his heart!" ”

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Li Yanqing had been in his hometown for a month and a half, and his father, Li Daqi, sent several large boxes of books back to his old house on the second day of Li Yanqing's return to his hometown, so that Li Yanqing could go all out to prepare for the imperial examination at home.

In fact, after more than a year of painstaking study, he was almost ready, and the efficient study methods he brought from his previous life made him make great progress this year, and he was even more confident than when he solved the exam, waiting for the arrival of the imperial examination.

Early in the morning, in the woods behind the house, Li Yanqing was silently reciting more than 300 poems from the Southern Song Dynasty that he had collated, and he had no intention of taking these poems for himself, but in order to cope with the imperial examination, he had to be prepared.

Writing poetry is his biggest weakness, although the poems he writes are relatively neat, but the collection and ideas are too ordinary, if you want to stand out in the imperial examination, it is still far from enough, in desperation, he can only learn from the works of his predecessors.

"Little official!" Uncle Zhong was calling him in the distance.

Li Yanqing walked out of the woods quickly, only to see Uncle Zhong standing at the back door waving to him, Li Yanqing saw that the hour was not early, so he took the book and walked forward quickly.

"Uncle Zhong, what's the matter?"

"There's an urgent letter here, it's from the capital."

Uncle Zhong handed a letter to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing looked at it, it was actually sent by Taixue, he opened the letter, there were actually two pieces of letter paper in it, the first letter paper is the annual examination report card printed by Taixue, his scripture score is up and down, and the miscellaneous test score is up and down, which is understandable, after all, there are two questions he did not answer, the score of the poetry exam is Shangzhong, and the final total score is Shangzhong, according to the regulations of Taixue, he has passed the annual examination.

Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Taixue's score was not as strict as he imagined, and he opened the second letter again, but he was stunned, it was actually a letter ordered to be corrected, this is the third punishment notice of Taixue, second only to the expulsion announcement and the withdrawal order.

Li Yanqing continued to look down, and the letter listed three things for him to explain: In May last year and August last year, he went on two study tours, why did he not provide a study tour certificate? This is the first thing, and the second is why he didn't take the annual exam last year, and he usually skips school a lot, how can he explain it?

The third thing is that although he had asked Taixue for leave when he returned to his hometown this time, he left the school without permission before Taixue approved it, and asked him to explain and review it to Taixue.

At the end of the letter, he was asked to return to Taixue immediately to explain, otherwise Taixue would directly issue a withdrawal letter in accordance with the rules, and the payment would be 'Taixue Zheng Qin Hui!' ’

Li Yanqing's eyes widened suddenly, Qin Hui actually became a Taixue Xuezheng.