Candidates who have passed the county examination, all of them are students of the county magistrate, the head of the county examination is even more important, it is necessary to meet the teacher, respect for the teacher is very important to the imperial court and officials at all levels, the more to the prefecture and county, the more obvious the embodiment, for example, in the school, the status of the teacher is very high, and the punishment of disobedient or unmotivated students is a matter of course, parents or elders will not only not be angry, but will thank Mr. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The formation of such an atmosphere is also because the status of the famous scholars of the Ming Dynasty is not ordinary, even if it is a Xiucai who cannot be an official, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is also a person who must be respected, the imperial court exempted Xiucai from part of the taxes and servitude, and allowed Xiucai not to kneel when he sees the county, after Xiucai commits a crime, unless he is deprived of his fame, he is not allowed to be punished casually.

On the seventh day of the county trial list, Wu Fanhui, as the head of the county trial case, had to go to meet the county magistrate.

The reason why we have to wait for seven days is to follow the practice of Mizhi County, the candidates who have passed the county examination, their names and other details, the county government should sort out them, and send a special person to Yan'an Fucheng, Mizhi County is more than 400 miles away from Yan'an Fucheng, from the county trial list to all the documents delivered to Yan'an Fucheng, to complete this series of procedures, about seven days.

Wu Mianqing, the patriarch of the Wu family, sent a housekeeper and sent fifteen taels of silver, which was Wu Fanhui's filial piety to meet his teacher.

Fifteen taels of silver, may not be a lot in the eyes of the county magistrate, but for ordinary people, it is an unimaginable huge amount of money, even if it is Wu Fanhui, who has a small amount of savings, after getting the fifteen taels of silver, there is also a lot of emotion, the first time he went to visit the county magistrate, Wu Mianqing also gave him ten taels of silver, but the ten taels of silver were swallowed by him privately, not given to the magistrate, but this time the fifteen taels of silver, must be presented.

Wu Fanhui couldn't help but settle the accounts, the five major families in Mizhi County spent a lot of effort on the matter of the county test, including the children of each family meeting the county magistrate before the county test, thanking the magistrate after the county exam, and the family secretly contacting the magistrate.

And what the county magistrate paid was nothing more than a stroke of the pen, so that the children of the family could pass the county exam.

You must know that the county magistrate's annual income is no more than fifty taels of silver, and it is estimated that it is very difficult to eat cabbage for a meal, let alone to feed the family, it is impossible to make the magistrate starving, and it is even more unimaginable to make his family beggar-like, but it takes money to eat and drink spicy food, and the source of money in other aspects is very important.

In comparison, the annual income of the magistrate is negligible.

The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, is indeed eloquent, through his own efforts to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and create the Ming Dynasty, but after ascending the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have a natural hatred for officials at all levels.

It is a pity that in order to be able to act well in the government affairs within a county, the county must invite the master, and also prepare a sedan chair, and hire a sedan chair man, the county magistrate will take office in the local area, and he is not allowed to bring his family members, and he still needs to serve the people around him, which all need to pay for silver, otherwise who will do things for you, but these silver expenses, Zhu Yuanzhang will not admit it, and the county must bear it himself.

In this way, the magistrate can't afford to take off his underwear.

So at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention Qipinzhi County, even if it was a high-ranking official in the capital, he couldn't survive if he was too honest.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he didn't care whether the officials could survive or not, and didn't want to improve the treatment of officials, but vigorously promoted the so-called moral education, what starvation to death is a small thing, a big loss of moderation, etc., and Zhu Xi's "Notes on the Four Books" is to unlimitedly elevate the idea that officials are willing to suffer poverty, do not pay attention to material life, and starve to death, which is just in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas and has been vigorously promoted by the imperial court and the royal family.

This kind of practice that violates the law is doomed to failure, Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously punished corruption and corruption, but the matter of officials greedy for ink emerged in endlessly, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, officials were greedy for ink has become the norm.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the wind of greed for ink became more and more intense, and it was not only the people at the bottom who suffered, including the army.

Wu Fanhui packed fifteen taels of silver, ready to go to meet the teacher, when he went out, he pondered a little, added five taels of silver, a total of twenty taels of silver, carefully sealed, no matter what, it has to be a whole number.

When he came to the county office, the official was already waiting at the door, and when he saw Wu Fanhui, he was smiling, and he said congratulations repeatedly, Wu Fanhui stuffed a tael of silver, and the smile of the official was even more cordial.

The official took Wu Fanhui and quickly came to the second hall without delaying the time, and the official reported loudly in front of him outside the second hall without evading it.

The second hall is smaller than the main hall, the layout is similar, and it doesn't look so majestic.

Wu Fanhui entered the second hall, quite hesitant, according to the rules of Daming to meet his teacher, he needs to kneel, but this is a very difficult thing for him, the man has gold under his knees, and he kneels to the sky and kneels to his parents.

After hesitating slightly, Wu Fanhui chose to insist, he hugged his fists and saluted, without kneeling.

Lu Weibiao in the hall looked at all this, and he didn't reprimand.

"Student Wu Fanhui, meet your teacher."

"Wu Fanhui, sit down and talk."

The tone of the magistrate is not very good, Wu Fanhui understands the reason, but he does not regret it, the bottom line must be adhered to, even if it will suffer, unless it is in danger of his life and has to give in temporarily.

"The teacher's love for the students cannot be repaid, and the parents and family often warn them to always be grateful, and the students think about it, and the only way to repay the teacher's kindness is to study harder."

Wu Fanhui's action was very quick, he didn't sit down immediately, but put the sealed silver on the case.

Lu Weibiao's movements were also very natural, and he picked up the sealed silver.

When he picked up the silver, Lu Weibiao's eyes blinked, and he could certainly estimate the amount.

The students came to meet the teacher, it was very good to be able to seal five taels of silver, ten taels of silver was rare, I didn't expect Wu Fanhui to seal twenty taels of silver, that is, at this moment, Lu Weibiao suddenly felt that he was not wrong about the young man in front of him, although he said that when this young man visited his teacher, he did not kneel.

The thoughts in his mind wandered several times, and Lu Weibiao made up his mind.

"Qian Jue, you can become the head of the county test, and you deserve it, I hope you can cherish the opportunity and have a better performance in the next government test, I believe in you."

Wu Fanhui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, money can be channeled, although this statement will not work at some times, maybe the county magistrate is not entirely for the sake of silver, but anyway, he did not kneel down this move, and has been forgiven by the magistrate.

"The students are grateful for the encouragement of their teachers and will definitely redouble their efforts."

"There are three sessions of sticking scriptures, essays and policy arguments in the government examination, which are similar to those in the county examination, but they are more strict, presumably these, the Wu family naturally told you, I don't say much, although you are very talented, the article of the county examination is very good, but you can't take it lightly, my expectations for you, not only to pass the government exam, but also to hope that you can be among the best."

Wu Fanhui nodded, he didn't answer, and he didn't need to answer.

"There are a large number of candidates for the government examination, a total of nearly 500 people from 16 counties in three states under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture participated, and it is not a very simple thing to stand out, I believe that you will be able to pass the government examination, don't forget to tell me the good news when the time comes."

"The students remembered."

Lu Weibiao picked up the teacup, which was a performance of sending off guests, and just when Wu Fanhui got up and was about to say goodbye, Lu Weibiao suddenly put down the teacup and spoke again.

"I heard that the patriarch of the He family came to your house in person and congratulated you, it is rare, I have been an official in Mizhi County for three years, and I have never seen the patriarch of the He family come out in person to congratulate anyone, it seems that your talent has been recognized by the patriarch He."

After saying these words, Lu Weibiao picked up the teacup again.

Wu Fanhui got up and said goodbye.

Back home, Wu Mianqing was already waiting.

Wu Fanhui did not hide it, and told Wu Mianqing everything that the county magistrate said word for word, of course, he would not say anything about not kneeling down to worship the teacher, and sealing twenty taels of silver.

All the previous words are ceremonial words, without much substance, Lu Weibiao will also say such words when he sees other students, but the last paragraph caused Wu Mianqing's contemplation.

When Wu Qingchao went to the back of the lobby to see how the wine and food were prepared, Wu Mianqing spoke.

"Qian Jue, how did you read this passage from Lord Zhixian."

"Patriarch, the county magistrate's words, Qian Jue thinks that he needs to listen in reverse, the so-called He patriarch's recognition of Qian Jue's talent is actually that the He patriarch is not convinced, since he is not convinced, then he must vent this breath."

"Yes, I see it this way too, okay, the government test is imminent, you will go to Yan'an Mansion at the beginning of June, now it is the end of March, there are still two months to prepare, you don't take it lightly, as for the matter of the He family, I will deal with it, you don't have to be distracted."

Wu Mianqing had dinner at Wu Fanhui's house for the first time, such a situation is also rare, and in the process of eating and drinking, Wu Mianqing continued to encourage Wu Fanhui to study hard and strive to achieve better results in the government examination.