Chapter 15 Examinations

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Moreover, Meng Jiucheng pays great attention to his appearance, although his clothes, shoes and hats are not extravagant and gorgeous, they are spotless and neat. His movements do not have to be deliberately pondered, and he can always reveal a kind of confidence in his gestures, which is probably a common problem of traversers - some superior psychology, and has not been greatly tempered, so that others feel unusual at a glance.

The drum sounded three links, and the county magistrate Jia She, walked out of the screen, and the candidates stood respectfully after giving the salute and listened to the teachings.

Jia Shi nodded with a smile, said a few words of encouragement, and then ordered the public to distribute the test questions, acting very neatly.

In fact, Meng Jiucheng felt that he could guess Jia She's thoughts. It's just to enrich your own team, mainly to be literate and hyphenated, your family background is innocent, and your lack of ability is not important, you can learn and improve it in the future! Of course, judging from Jia She's history, he is a very pragmatic and flexible person, and he definitely doesn't like pedantic types.

Meng Jiucheng opened the test questions, skimmed roughly, and confirmed his conjecture.

There are two questions: relief and resettlement of displaced people to prevent social unrest, to stabilize food prices, and to prevent corrupt officials from abusing their power for personal gain. It's all about solving practical problems, not about uselessness.

Meng Jiucheng was already prepared for this, but he was still more cautious, and after thinking about it carefully, he put pen to paper and answered.

I've never eaten pork, and I've seen pigs run. Although Meng Jiucheng is not an economic major, in a society with extremely developed information in later generations, he also knows what market leverage, cash-for-work and bill stubs are. Although the elaboration is not very profound, it is still very creative compared to the ancient ideas of the time.

For example, in ancient disaster relief, there were many corrupt Confucians who did not know the times and were stubborn, and in case of famine, they would do things such as banning, closing, and parity. In this way, local rice will naturally not be bought abroad, but rice merchants see that the official price is not high, and they do not have the enthusiasm to sell rice from other places; The local rice hoarders are afraid of causing trouble, and the government has a fixed price, so they are not allowed to sell it expensively, and there is no big profit, so they just close their positions and sit high.

Therefore, these measures seem to be for the people, but they do not conform to the laws of the economy, and often make the amount of rice in the market less and the price of rice higher, which aggravates the disaster situation and harms the people.

Since there is only a shortage of grain in Baoying or Chuzhou, and the situation is not serious, in fact, there is no need to rush to adopt any hard policies for the time being, and it is good to introduce some incentive measures for reducing or reducing commercial taxes on rice grain.

When grain prices rise, the businessmen's sense of smell is not sensitive, the government does not suppress prices, and with the support of preferential policies, grain will definitely be sold to make a profit. When large quantities of grain come in, market levers will begin to work, and food prices will naturally fall. This not only solved the suffering of lack of grain, but also dealt a blow to the local profiteers who tried to make a fortune by collecting grain.

In addition, relief and resettlement of displaced people is a burden on the surface, but with appropriate measures, it can promote the great development of local construction. Why, because the wages are low, you can work for free if you give food.

Taking advantage of the low wages, the local government can build a large number of civil projects and carry out infrastructure projects! What to build cities, build water conservancy, dredge rivers, build warehouses, and so on. In addition to the government, you can also call on wealthy businessmen and big businessmen to act together to build buildings, build houses, pave bridges and build roads......

As soon as his mind was opened, Meng Jiucheng wrote quickly, but he did not deliberately pursue any rhetoric and literary style. Recruiting officials is a person who has to have practical solutions to practical problems, not a sour Confucian who recites poetry.

Jia Shi sat on the top of the hall, brushing his beard, sipping tea, and his eyes scanned the candidates, and stayed on Meng Jiucheng's body a particularly many times. Seeing Meng Jiucheng's calm and confident appearance, he couldn't help but smile slightly and bow his head slightly.

How else is the first impression important! Regarding the matter of the distant guest Tulai money, Meng Jiucheng's judgment and words coincided with Jia She. The young scholar has such flexibility and wit, which makes Jia Shi very appreciative. Coupled with the bottom test, as soon as they met today, Jia Shi already liked it. Even if Meng Jiucheng did not perform well in the exam, Jia Shi was willing to recruit and let Meng Jiucheng mature under his hands.

More than half an hour later, when some candidates were still thinking and piling up words, Meng Jiucheng had already finished answering, checked it carefully, and got up to hand in the paper. Originally, his idea was ready-made, just to write the brush as neatly as possible, but he was slower than several people in speed.

"Let him wait a moment." Jia Shi took Meng Jiucheng's test paper from Wu Zhisi's hand, gave an order, and skimmed through it roughly at a glance and ten lines, nodded with a smile, and then read it carefully.

Although Meng Jiucheng did not add punctuation marks from later generations to the text, he imitated the practice of some bookstores at the time, adding marks at the end of each sentence (such as a small solid triangle or other symbols). This makes it easy to read quickly and without being ambiguous.

"Okay." After reading the first article, Jia Shi liked one, and then read the second and third articles, and couldn't help but take a breath out of his beard and praise: "Very good." ”

Jia She's voice was not loud, and the hall was far away, mainly for fear of affecting other candidates, but also to show fairness. This exam is not over yet, and the admission is decided, so what is it?

The voice was not loud, but Ni Yahui, a cronie behind him, heard it. As a cronie, ability is one thing, and hearing and understanding is also indispensable. Seeing that the master liked this young man named Meng Jiucheng, Ni Yahui took a step forward and chuckled: "Congratulations to Xianggong, you have a good eye for knowing pearls, and you can create a talent." ”

Jia Shi was happy in his heart, and wanted to call Meng Jiucheng to his side and discuss and study with him carefully. But when I think about it, in front of everyone, it's not appropriate. Pressing the urgency in his heart, he waved his hand to signal that Meng Jiucheng could leave the scene first, and then turned his head and whispered a few words to Ni Yahui, Ni Yahui nodded and agreed, and turned away.

Let's say that Meng Jiucheng handed in the papers and walked out of the county office, and when he looked up, he saw Wang Zhongfeng, father and son and Liuqiao standing by the ya, waiting, looking anxiously from time to time, very much like the parents in later generations who were waiting for the college entrance examination students outside the examination room.

As soon as his heart warmed, Meng Jiucheng raised his hand to say hello, and Liuqiao and Wang Yiyong ran over.

"Ah Lang, you must have done well in the exam, with a smile on your face."

"Uncle looks relaxed, he will definitely be able to pass the exam."

Meng Jiucheng smiled heartily, nodded again and again, walked up to Wang Zhongfeng, who was pretending to be reserved, and arched his hand: "Brother Lao is worried, I'm waiting here." ”

Wang Zhongfeng said with a smile: "How did the virtuous brother do in the exam? Looking at this spirit, you must be sure. ”

Meng Jiucheng waved his hand humbly and said: "I can't see until the result comes out, I feel good about myself, but I can't do it accurately." ”