This scholar was invited to a banquet by the government and was stationed in the Tribute Academy. After that, the gate of the Gongyuan was locked, and the traffic with the outside world was cut off, which was also the rule of the examination, and it would not be reopened until the early morning of the examination.

Li You saw that there was no major incident in the government, so he asked for two days off. From his father's attitude, you can see the leopard, the harem is unstable, and you must send troops to calm it down.

When I returned home, I first announced that the new house had been bought, and I would be ready to move in after the renovation and repair this month. and then went through the door to go east and west to ask for rain and dew, but only snubbed Aunt Guan.

This said, Li You's nephews Li Zheng and Li Tongsheng came to the door to visit.

"Is your good grandson ready to take the exam, how is the schoolwork prepared?" Li Tuiguan said with kind care.

Li Zheng asked strangely: "Why did the little uncle ask about me?" You should ask yourself? Or may I ask you how you are prepared? ”

"Ask me?"

Li Zheng clenched his fists and said impassionedly: "Little uncle! Whether the Li family can show their first talent this year depends on your old man! Don't take it lightly and be careless, you must do your best for the exam! The hope of the whole clan is all in you, Li Jiawenyun, in this test, everything is please! ”

Li You, who listened to it, was full of blood, and almost nodded and said, "Dare not do your best to follow the blood!" ”

Depend on... Who's going to take the test?

Of course, Li You understood Li Zheng's words, and he was just begging him to continue to open up the joints and escort him, and if he had the ability, it was also what he, a member of the Li family, should do.

But the exam is also the face of a scholar, unlike a gray person like him, who has some other ideas, don't say it so naturally and naked.

It can only be said that Li You has not dealt much with readers, and there is no upper limit to the thickness of many readers' faces these days.

Li You frowned and thought hard, feeling that this favor was not easy to help. In the college examination, the student officer is the main examiner, and it is up to one person to decide whether to take the middle test or not, and it seems useless to find others.

But he has nothing to do with the student officer, and he can't talk about his background on the stage, and he doesn't have any classmates in the same year to make friends. You must know that cheating in the imperial examination is a serious crime, and the emotional background is not hard to a certain extent, who dares to easily cross the thunder pool for you. What's more, the scholar has already been admitted to the Tribute Academy, and the door of the courtyard is closed and isolated from the outside according to regulations.

It is said that although Li Tuiguan is very familiar with the affairs of the yamen, he is limited to his background and knowledge, and he usually does not care much about the imperial examination, so he is almost meaningless about the door in the examination. People who have not participated in and have no chance to take the exam will not have cheating, figuring out the examiner's psychology and these practical experiences.

"It's also very difficult to do, a little unthinkable." Li You said worriedly.

Li Zheng was puzzled: "How can there be no way?" Do you have any friendships with Grand Masters? If you have a relationship, you can ask which book to ask from, or the agreed mark in the text. ”

This grandmaster was referring to the scholar officer, Li You shook his head and said, "I don't have any friendship at all." ”

"Then you always have face in front of the mansion, right?"

Li You nodded and said, "This one has." ”

"That's it." Li Zhengdao: "How can there be no way. ”

You seem to have a lot of ideas... Li You gestured to his nephew and grandson to continue.

"According to the usual practice, there are examiners sent from above to manage the examination papers and admissions, and there are also local promotion officials to manage the examination affairs. The chief examiner of the academy examination is the Grand Master, and the chief examiner is generally the prefect. Why don't you go and ask for the dignity of the government, and also get a promotion officer? ”

Li Zheng talked about fraud, and he was like a few treasures, "There are many kinds of errands for promotion officials, there are search officers, there are patrol officers, there are collection officers, there are transcription officers, and there are supply officers... Knowing what kind of errand you've gotten, I'm ready to prepare. ”

"If you were the inspector, I would have had a lot of smuggling, and now I would have to spend a lot of money to buy a cheat sheet; If you are a patrol officer, you can give me a secret Chen Cang; If you are the rewinder, you can help me change the test papers; If you're a supply officer... I'll hang myself! Therefore, you must prepare carefully. ”

"There are also many kinds of straps, including those rolled into the pen holder, clipped in the ink cartridge, written on the placket, stuffed in the bun, white silk, fly-headed paper, and potions..."

Seeing Li Zheng's mouth foaming, Li You sighed in his heart, is this still the simple boy who was teased by Xiaozhu at the beginning, and he learned badly after only one year of kung fu... But it's really a little bit longer to see, and sure enough, there is a specialization in the art industry. In the end, I couldn't help but put on an elder stand and said: "The family sent you to study, and you learned these foreign skills?" ”

Li Tongsheng said smoothly, and unconsciously educated the uncle of the pusher, "Why should the little uncle be so honest!" What is ability? Those who have the ability will naturally find their own way, and those who have no ability will have to rely on their knowledge to take the test. Isn't my ability to have your uncle? If anyone doesn't want to drill into the camp, they can only succeed, and I will not suffer in vain if I honestly go to the exam. People who have greater ability can directly greet the great master. ”

You dare to call me honest? No such swearing! Li You reprimanded: "You still need to teach these truths? Grandpa, I know better than you! After I asked the prefect, you go back and prepare your homework seriously, if you fail the exam this time, I will ask the patriarch to lock you up and study until you die! ”

After sending Li Zheng away, Li You thought about it carefully, studied several ways that his nephew and grandson said, and decided to seek an errand for the search officer. Other errands, although the fraud effect is better, but at the same time, he also needs to actually work, which is easy to expose and be caught, and it is often full of witnesses, and it is difficult to argue at that time.

In contrast, the investigator's errand is low-risk, and he does not need to do it himself. Even if you put in the candidates with selfishness, you can excuse yourself by saying that you are careless and make a mistake for a while, and you will be reprimanded at most. As for whether the cheat sheet brought by Li Zheng works or not, it is up to fate.

When Li You returned to Fucheng, he found that things were more troublesome than he imagined, and within two days, seven or eight people came to visit Li Tuiguan with various famous thorns. Either this person's relatives or that person's old age, and they also brought enough silver, they all have friendships and contacts, and they all expect Li You to raise his noble hand if he goes to be a promotion officer.

It seems that everyone unanimously agrees that as long as Li Tuiguan wants to, he can definitely find a place in the position of promotion officer.

For the first time, Li You felt the distress of being an official in his homeland, and his personal feelings were too wide, if he was an official in a foreign country, how could he have so many favors. Turn a blind eye and quietly help one or two people, if there are more, the more likely the problem will be.

He thought about it again and decided to grab one position first and then talk about the others, not to occupy nothing. As Li Zheng said, if you don't do it, someone else will do it, which is equivalent to you suffering a loss.

A hot topic in Suzhou this month is the upcoming college examination, and the children in the counties who have a little money can't wait for the day of the exam, so they have come to Fucheng in advance to explore the wind direction and look for opportunities to drill camps.

Compared with the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination, the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination are much more flexible in form and content. For example, the college examination can be taken separately from one county to another, or it can be taken together by several counties.

Suzhou Prefecture has a flourishing literary style, there is a tribute institute that can accommodate thousands of people, and the prefecture and county middle school examination experience is also rich, so the college examination of each county under its jurisdiction is taken together, which may be more than the number of township exams. It is also necessary to mention that the school officials have to take the exam in every county, if you want to say that you rely on reading and eating together, it is not easy to say that it is not easy, look at Li You's family, there must be some people who have studied in several lifetimes, but since the genealogy has not even been a show.

Last year, nearly 3,000 people participated in the Xujiang County Children's Examination, and finally Chen County recorded a few? One hundred. Li You's nephew Li Zheng, if Li You hadn't helped him through the joint, I'm afraid he wouldn't have the luck to become one of the hundred.

These 100 went to take the government examination again, and 50 were recorded, which can be called children. Li Zheng still relied on Li You to entrust Wang Tongzhi and opened the joint of the government to pass the customs.

The remaining 50 children, the next to participate in this month's college examination, and hundreds of children from previous years who signed up in the county to compete for the county's twenty or thirty secondary school examination places. Only after passing the test can you become a student, that is, a showman, and you can be regarded as entering the scholar class and becoming a candidate for the ruling group of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be calculated that in a place like Suzhou Prefecture, where the imperial examination is prosperous, if a person who has studied is completely fair, does he have a 1 percent chance of becoming a showman?

But becoming a showman is only the beginning, and there is a longer period of brushing off half of the school scientific examinations and the township examination with an acceptance rate of one-thirtieth waiting for you. It wasn't until he was lifted that he changed his door to heaven and entered the ruling group.

Thinking of this, Li You suddenly felt that he was very lucky. If you really want to cross into a scholar who is still studying in school, it seems that her innocence is more popular with readers, but if you are not a real nobleman, it is estimated that the probability of becoming a jinshi in the end is less than 1 in 10,000, and the probability of becoming a person is less than 1 in 1,000.

Early in the morning, the government office routinely lined up in the lobby. Wang Zhifu announced that the key work this month is to ensure the hospital examination, and everything revolves around this matter, and there must be no mistakes. He also arranged for Xia Tong, who was in charge of arresting thieves, to clean up the streets and maintain order on the periphery of the Gongyuan. As for the division of labor in the examination room, it will be announced.

After dispersing, Li You took the initiative to stay, and the prefect knew that he had an idea when he saw it. The two of them walked to the flower hall of the second hall in the backyard, and after sitting down, the prefect Wang asked, "What do you want?" ”

Li Youmao then recommended himself: "The boss is promoted to the hospital examination, and the lower officials are willing to attach the tail." ”

Governor Wang smiled and nodded in agreement.

The next day, the government announced the much-anticipated list of promotion officials, and Li You lived up to expectations and was indeed listed as a search inspector. Those who have friendships came to congratulate one after another, and for a time the crowd was full of people.

However, Li You didn't have to be proud for long, and after a while, the situation changed abruptly. Su Song's branch guarded the yamen and suddenly announced that Shi Shenzheng would be the chief official in this hospital examination, and the list published by the government office would be invalid.

When the news reached the government, it immediately aroused the anger of the masses. This is an abnormal behavior, the prefect is promoted by the prefect in the court examination, and the governor is promoted in the township examination, which is the rule of the imperial examination. Fen Shoudao's blatant interference in the hospital examination is a great contempt for the government.

However, Shi's reason for participating in politics is also very strong - how can the country's scholars and officials be teachers?

It means that you, the prefect of the Wang, are only from a student's background, and Li Tuiguan is not even a scholar, do you have the face to go to the examination room of Xiucai to be a promotion officer? Ben is a politician who is born as a jinshi and despises you two with dignity, who can say that this official is not right to despise you?

(To be continued)