At noon on this day, Fang Yingwu did not go out to eat and drink, but dined with Hong Song, Xiang Chengxian, Liu Yandao and others in the county school canteen.

"Have you heard? That Xu Huai took sick leave and went home to recuperate. Xiang Chengxian said with a smile: "I went to my husband's room just now to do some errands, and I heard it by chance, no wonder he hasn't shown up in the past few days, it turns out that he has left temporarily." ”

Hong Song Laocheng said solemnly: "Senior Xu has lost face again and again, made jokes, and it is human nature that he can't think about it for a while. ”

Fang Yingwu was a little surprised, "He's going home?" Didn't you even care about this year's annual exam? ”

Xiang Chengxian sneered: "It's not that he doesn't care about it, but he has lost confidence in the annual exam, so he doesn't want to participate this time, and he simply can't get sick." ”

Is this a loss of confidence? Fang Yingwu, who is still resolute, said that he was very incomprehensible, and Xu Lao Xueba's psychological quality was too poor.

Xiang Chengxian continued to explain: "If you want to get the quota for the township examination, you must either be a student and not lower than the third class in the annual examination, or you will be in the top ten in the examination. That Xu Huai originally had the intention of plotting for your position, but he was hit by you repeatedly, how can he still have this momentum now?

Since he is not a student, he must be in the top ten to get the provincial township test solution. But with you next to him, he is an ordinary person, and he has no confidence to get the top ten.

The most worrying thing is that maybe you have some unexpected tricks, directly beating him to the sixth rank, and you can't even keep your reputation. Therefore, Senior Xu simply took a sick leave and did not participate in this annual test, which is called avoiding the enemy's edge in the art of war. ”

Fang Yingwu was speechless, Brother Xiang's analysis was too exaggerated, and he knew his own affairs. It's good that he can pass the annual test this time, how can he be distracted to care about others? Not to mention suppressing others to a downgrade. It's just a fool's talk.

Fang Yingwu sighed: "This is to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, am I that kind of person?" The crowd laughed and said nothing. burying his head in eating, he follows the gentleman's demeanor of eating without saying a word.

I happened to catch a glimpse of someone entering the door from the door of the dining hall, and Fang Yingwu, who was facing the door, unconsciously looked at him a few more times.

However, he saw this person turn around and walk over to this side, and then the other party said respectfully: "I don't know what classmate Fang has to say, listen to it." ”

After a few more glances at this person, he ran over with low eyebrows and asked for advice? What is the rhythm of this? Fang Yingwu was stunned, "Oh, it's okay." ”

"Then I'll take my leave." The man saluted again, and departed respectfully. Fang Yingwu watched him leave. I really feel like it hurts.

Hong Song quipped: "A few days ago, you were always worried and unconfident, do you feel this way now-even if you deliberately write an essay in the exam, who in the county school will dare to talk about you below the fourth grade?" ”

Xiang Chengxian said: "It's not all. This time, Brother Fang Xian used the county respect as an arm to command, but I was afraid that it would scare Mr. Meng? Does Mr. Meng still dare to break the net with Brother Fang Xian in the annual exam? ”

Seeing the few people in front of him laughing in a low voice, Fang Yingwu couldn't cry or laugh.

Nowadays, the world is really declining, and the people's hearts are not ancient, and a few students even dare to laugh at the county school instructors, which is unimaginable when the discipline was serious a few decades ago.

But Fang Yingwu thought in a trance, this is the benefit of Xueba? It's really not a teenager who is a bully. It turned out that it was boring to study in just one county and compete for what kind of academic tyrant, so it seems to be interesting.

But it is said that summer goes to autumn, and time is like an arrow. In a flash, it has entered August, and in another month, it will be the date of the county school year examination.

Fang Yingwu gradually became less worried about his annual exam. Indeed, as friends said, except for Xu Huai, who has other plans. Who would be stupid enough to tear his face to make him a fourth-class?

During this period, the concubine Wang Lan was taken to the county seat and lived in the outer courtyard of Xiang's house. During the day, he studied in the county. Entertainment at the end of the bed at night, there is not much to say in life. The days are leisurely and peaceful, just like the life of ordinary readers.

In late August, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Yingwu left with Xiang Chengxian and Hong Song after listening to the lecture at the county school.

The three of them were discussing going out to fight for a tooth sacrifice at night, and suddenly there was a county official waiting outside the county school gate, and the other party responded to the object: "Fang Xianggong, the county lord is invited!" ”

Fang Yingwu had no choice but to say goodbye to his friends and went to the county government with the officials. When I arrived at the back hall again, I saw Wang Zhixian and heard Wang Zhixian say: "I received a text today, and the Zhejiang Patrol Imperial History will be in this county." ”

Patrol the imperial history to come? Fang Yingwu glanced at Wang Zhixian sympathetically, but he was afraid that this county honorable person would have a hard time.

If you want to select the most hard-working seven-rank officials in the Ming Dynasty, Zhixian is definitely one of the popular choices. Don't say anything else, just talk about the number of mothers-in-law on the top of the head, and there is no one on the right side of the county among the seven products in the world.

The government office, the sub-guard, the sub-patrol road, the inspection department, the political envoy department, and the governor, which is not the boss of the county? Which one does the county dare to treat slowly? Any one of them can suppress the lowest-level pro-people officials.

Of course, although the above mothers-in-law can manage the county, according to the national dynasty system, from the prefect to the governor, they will not easily go down to the county. Therefore, for the county, these mothers-in-law can barely be called out of sight and out of mind.

However, in addition, there is a special boss, who will not only personally go down to the county, but also inspect all county affairs in detail, including criminal names, money and grain, warehouses, folk customs, schools, and so on.

Anyone who knows everything about officialdom knows that this is the kind of boss who gives the magistrate the most headache. After all, government affairs are complicated, and no magistrate dares to say that he has no problems.

This kind of boss who is the most troublesome for the magistrate is the patrol imperial history that Wang Zhixian just mentioned.

Although the patrol imperial history is only seven grades, the same as the county, it is the identity of the imperial court sent by the imperial court. This position is to select the best candidates from the supervision of the imperial history, and the duty is to patrol all places in the name of patrolling the heavens, and all government affairs are all-encompassing. Moreover, the Imperial Governor was completely independent of the local government and was not subject to the jurisdiction of any local yamen.

The power of patrolling the imperial history is great, the big things are played, the small things are judged, and the place where you go can be called the first level of the official, which is the embodiment of the big idea of the small system in the Ming official system, and the common Shang Fang sword in the opera is the artistic image of the imperial history.

On the other hand, when it comes to the significance of the existence of the imperial history, it is probably that the imperial court uses independent commissioners to balance the local officials and feudal officials, so as not to lose the tail.

Fang Yingwu understood in his heart that Wang Zhixian must not be untargeted when it comes to patrolling the imperial history, and he must have asked for himself. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the patrol is in the imperial history, he is also here to inspect the official yamen, what does it have to do with him being a showman?

Fang Yingwu, who has been helped repeatedly, has no moral reason to refuse Wang Zhixian. He thought, in this case, it is better to take the initiative than wait for Wang Zhixian to speak.

So after Fang Yingwu saluted, he said to Wang Zhixian: "Patrolling the imperial history and pressing this county is really a trivial matter, and the old father must deal with it carefully." If it is useful to get a place for late life, it is commanded. ”

Wang Zhixian said with a smile: "Since the arrival of this official, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he has a clear conscience, and he is not afraid of patrolling the imperial history and picketing. It's just that according to the convention, the patrol is in one place according to the imperial history, and it is necessary to go to the school to observe the wind. In this regard, I have to ask you to pay more attention to it. ”

Fang Yingwu suddenly realized, no wonder Wang Zhixian wanted to find himself. It turned out that he wanted to help do a good job in the county school, so as not to poke out any baskets when the county students went to the county school to observe according to the imperial history.

After all, Daming is known as a hundred years of monks, and the student Xiu is the most active thinker, the most daring and the most able to say in the county, and it is normal for Wang Zhi County to be uneasy about the school. Indeed, in the Ming Dynasty, there were many phenomena of Xiucai making trouble, but the punishment was very light.

"Late life knows, old father, but please rest assured." Fang Yingwu agreed without hesitation, and asked with great concern: "I just don't know when the patrol press will come?" ”

Wang Zhixian was very satisfied with Fang Yingwu's attitude, this son is indeed a sensible person, and he also knows how to measure. He replied: "The governor has just taken office, and he has already arrived at the Hangzhou Mansion to meet with the governor according to the regulations, and it will probably be in ten days before he will be in this county." ”

New Patrol Press? And he is a new official who ran to Chun'an County as soon as he took office? Fang Yingwu immediately sensed the key point, which was quite interesting.

weishenme said "again"? He remembered that the last time he did this was Li Shishi, a provincial education official, who also came to Chun'an County as soon as he arrived.

Li Shishi did this, and the new governor of the imperial history also did this, when did Chun'an, a small county in the remote mountainous area of western Zhejiang with a sparse population and not abundant money and food, become a fragrant bait, causing various imperial officials to run here one after another?

Fang Yingwu knew that the purpose of the Grand Master Li Shishi of Linchun'an County last time was to follow the order of Wan'an Wan Shoufu and come to observe the movements of Shang Xianggong. And so on, could it be that the same is true for the new patrol press? The more Fang Yingwu thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.

In the past few months, Zhejiang Province's political envoys and envoys have been in turmoil, so it has aroused Wan'an's attention and vigilance, and it seems that it is also appropriate to send individuals to inspect the situation.

That's probably the case! This is not the first time, and it is not the first time that zuihou has done so, and it is estimated that there will be similar situations in the future. As long as Shang Xianggong is still in good health, Wan'an Wan Shoufu will not take it lightly.

However, Fang Yingwu also knew that just by mentioning the scholar and patrolling the imperial history, he couldn't move the Shang Xianggong, and there was no need for his generation to risk the world's greatness to move the former first assistant.

All they can do is to inspect the situation and report it secretly, which is a kind of surveillance in disguise, and it is unlikely that there will be actual action.

Therefore, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, there is nothing to worry about, even if the Shang Xianggong side does nothing, it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and there is always a reason for it. (To be continued......)

PS: I wanted to hold back until the evening and send another three chapters together, but the growth of the monthly pass slowed down, and I couldn't help but send a chapter first to brush up on the sense of existence, which was far from the front, and begged the monthly pass to shorten the distance!