Ji Ning first studied at home for a few days, and in the middle of it, he only occasionally went to Sanwei Academy to have a look, and discussed with Mi Zhirong the textbooks of the two general education courses he had written before, and taught Mi Zhirong some basic knowledge, Mi Zhirong is still in the learning stage, according to Mi Zhirong, Sanwei Academy will open these courses, at least after the spring of next year.

The female gentleman has not yet learned, so she cannot be expected to teach the students.

"Mr. Ji, have you heard some discussion about the township test from the outside world recently?" On August 29, there were only two days left before the township test list, Ji Ning went to discuss the matter with Mi Zhirong about the scriptures, and Mi Zhirong suddenly asked.

Recently, her title to Ji Ning has also become "Mr. Ji", she has tacitly acquiesced in her heart that her talent is not as good as Ji Ning, and she has not apprenticed, but she also treats Ji Ning as a senior Confucian.

Ji Ning shook his head slightly and said, "In the past few days, I have only walked around the academy and at home, and I have not asked about the outside affairs in detail. ”

"Oh." Mi Zhirong nodded and reminded, "Maybe you should really go out and listen, there are a lot of miscellaneous discussions about the township test, many of them are involved, this township test involves bribery, some children of the family are obviously not good at learning, but they openly claim that they can pass the exam, this matter has been reported to the Temple of Literature, but because the township test was not released in the end, these things are not accurate, not only the Temple of Literature does not care, even the court has not asked." ”

Ji Ning nodded and said that he would understand, in fact, this matter is not difficult to understand, the township test has not been released, it is not clear who won or not, even if there are arrogant candidates who say that they have won the lift, it is just the words of the family, and when they really win, the court and the Confucian Temple may not be thoroughly investigated, it is a very simple thing, it is all Xiucai to take the exam, why do you think that those sons of the family must not be lifted? The children of the poor must be superior in learning?

"There are some things, I am afraid that there must be conclusive evidence before the Temple of Literature and the imperial court can carry out an investigation, and it is too early to say this." Ji Ning commented.

In this regard, Mi Zhirong also nodded in agreement, but she still said with a little puzzlement: "Master Ji, why do you think you seem to be indifferent to this?" This is a matter of whether Ji Gongzi can be lifted, maybe only if it is not about himself, can he hang it high? ”

Ji Ning laughed and said, "Are you indifferent to this?" It's just that I care about it, I don't want Miss Mi to know, don't say it, when you mention it, I should really go out to ask my former friends, I will always close my eyes and listen at home, and in the end I really become a nerd who reads behind closed doors! ”

Mi Zhirong nodded and sent Ji Ning away from Sanwei Academy.

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Ji Ning left the academy and did not take a carriage to go directly to his home, but walked on foot on the streets of Jinling City.

Today did not come out, Jinling City has changed its appearance again, at this time the autumn scene is already very thick, after all, it is the end of August, it is estimated that by the beginning of October, the first snow of winter will come, this is still the land south of the Yangtze River, if further north, the winter snow will come earlier, which is also the characteristics of an era in the Xiaoice period, the winter is cold, and the summer is not very hot.

Ji Ning went directly to Tang Jie's house to visit, Tang Xie was "practicing swords" in the courtyard at this time, and when he learned that Ji Ning was coming, he personally greeted him at the door, invited Ji Ning into the mansion, and went all the way to the main courtyard, and the people of the entire Tang Mansion hurriedly avoided it, so as not to disturb the guests who met with their "master".

The Tang family is different from ordinary people, Tang Xie lost Gao Tang very early, and now he is in charge of the family business, the main income of the Tang family is to rely on the field tax, the Tang family has at least a few hundred acres of land outside Jinling City, and there are also a few shops in the city, but a few generations before Tang Jie, no one has been an official, but there are many people who have been promoted in the examination, and even some have a certain literary name in the Confucian Temple, and the Tang family has been regarded as a large landlord class in this era.

Tang Xie invited Ji Ning to the main hall and asked what he meant, and Ji Ning told him about the bribery, Tang Xie sighed: "I didn't want to tell Yongning yet, I'm afraid you will think too much, but now some things have to be explained, this matter seems to be solid, and in this township examination, it may really be not clean." As for the final situation, it's really hard to say. ”

Ji Ning frowned and said, "That will involve the number of people who are lifted?" ”

"That's not going to happen, if you learn Yongning well, you should be lifted, and you will definitely be lifted, but it will affect the final ranking. And if the matter is big and the court investigates thoroughly, there may be some candidates who are not involved in bribery and will be implicated, so Yongning, you should still keep a snack. Tang explained, and asked the servant to bring some gifts, "Yongning, it's rare for you to come here, there are some things from your own land and shops, you bring them back, and when the list is released the day after tomorrow, we will come out to watch the list together!" ”

Ji Ning said: "There may be a lot of people on the road the day after tomorrow, especially on the side of the Gongyuan, there are too many people, I think...... It's better to stay home and wait for news. ”

"You're waiting for news at home, aren't we worried about you? In this way, Ziheng and Yuan Zhong are also going to watch the list, and I will let people inform them when I turn around, whether they are in the middle or not that day, they will definitely meet at my house in the afternoon, and we will get together in the evening, and they will still be in Tianxianglou, even if they don't win...... cough, with Yongning's talent, how can you not be hit? Tang Xie laughed.

Ji Ning thought that Tang Xie and others were concerned about whether he could make the list in the end, and his heart was full of comfort, so he nodded and agreed.

Tang Xie asked the servant to bring the gift, Ji Ning was reluctant to accept it, he rarely came to the door, and he didn't even prepare a gift, but Tang Xie gave him a gift, which made him quite embarrassed, but in the end, he still couldn't resist Tang Jie, he still brought the gift out, asked He An to put the gift in the car, and then went home.

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When Jinling City was discussing who Xie Yuan was this time, on the Yuhuatai in Jinling City, a free and easy son was looking at the mighty river, this was the Shangguan son who had seen one of the chief examiners before, Xuezheng Jiangsong.

"Alas, I don't know if the person surnamed Jiang has selected a talent that can be created according to the prince's explanation." Shangguan Gongzi's tone was a little helpless, "It's a pity that the Gongyuan has strengthened its vigilance, and it is not easy to enter again." This land south of the Yangtze River is the core that the prince relies on, if you can't select scholars here, it may be difficult to find suitable talents from elsewhere! ”

Just when Shangguan Gongzi was not quite sure, a man walked over from a distance and said, "Envoy." ”

"Something?" Shangguan Gongzi turned around and looked at the person coldly.

"Envoys, there are some big families in Jinling City, saying that they are willing to give out tens of thousands of taels of silver to help their children get the title of lifter, and they also say that they will be loyal to the prince. They will use this silver for the prince's daily scheduling, and their subordinates dare not agree casually, so they have come to ask the envoys! The visitor said with a sinister smile on his face.