In the meeting hall of the Qinxue Building, ten county priests who were about to participate in the children's examination on behalf of Wu County sat in front of a long table.

On the other side of the table sat the county magistrate Gao Fei, the county Cheng Yang Han, the academic administrator Zhao Xiuwen and the county academic advisor Zhang Ruoying.

Zhao Xiuwen slowly said to everyone: "I just came back from Changzhou County, and all the fifty candidates for the children's examination in Pingjiang Mansion have been selected, and this time it can be described as a strong player.

Needless to say, at the end of last year, in the county school examination, ten county scholars occupied the top ten in the big examination, which is said to be the strongest session, they mobilized the day before yesterday, and the Wen County Order clearly required them to take the five boys' tribute places.

This year, Kunshan County is also very powerful, and 10 outstanding students have been selected from 1,200 students, not to mention Wujiang County, which has strengthened the training of 10 county scholars behind closed doors two years ago.

We are the same as Changshu County, two years ago after the selection of ten county scholars in the county school to study with ordinary students, from the county examination, the county scholars generally have to do well, the first place in each academy is the county scholars, but there are a few county scholars let me down, actually only a dozen of them. ”

When Zhao Xiuwen said this, his eyes swept towards several county soldiers.

Zhao Changgeng of Gufeng Academy, Cheng Yao of Jiayu Academy, and Ma Baolong of Hongyan Academy all bowed their heads in shame.

Zhao Changgeng ranked 14th in Gufeng Academy, Cheng Yao from Jiayu Academy ranked 10th, and Ma Baolong only ranked 12th in Hongyan Academy.

After two years of studying, the potential of the ten county soldiers has been brought into play, and the potential of these three county soldiers is insufficient, and they are gradually falling behind.

At this time, the county commander Gao Fei asked, "Who does Xuezheng think the most powerful opponent will be this time?" ”

Zhao Xiuwen sighed and said: "Naturally Changzhou County, they have won most of the places for three consecutive sessions, our Wu County in the past five children's examinations, a total of only three tribute scholars, and Changzhou County took away sixteen places, Wujiang was admitted to three people, Kunshan was admitted to two people, Changshu County was the worst, only one person was admitted in the past fifteen years."

And this time, Changzhou County is said to be the strongest, and we are under a lot of pressure to take away all the five tribute warriors in Pingjiang Prefecture! ”

Gao Fei frowned, he has not paid much attention to the boy test in the past two years, he has an illusion that the boy test is fifty people competing for five tribute scholars, that is, ten people competing for one place.

And the solution test is almost forty people competing for a lifting place, and it should be more difficult to solve the test.

But listening to Zhao Xiuwen's explanation, he suddenly found that it seemed that it was more difficult to be admitted to the children's exam.

Fifty people are all top masters, and Changzhou County has long occupied most of the places, and it is very difficult for forty people from the other four counties to compete for one or two places that have slipped through the net.

Zhao Xiuwen continued: "This time Changzhou County has produced three very demonic prodigy county scholars, one is called Jiang Feng, one is called Yao Xi, and the other is called Luo Zaidao, these three are all twelve years old, but their knowledge is far beyond their age, at the beginning of the year they went to the capital to take the entrance exam of Taixue, and the three of them took away the top three, if nothing else, all three of them can seize the place of tribute. ”

When everyone heard that they had taken the top three places in Taixue, they all gasped.

Gao Fei's gaze became heavy, and he asked again, "In addition to these three people, what other county soldiers are particularly powerful?" ”

Zhao Xiuwen got up and hung a picture on a wooden board and said to everyone: "This is a picture I drew based on the information collected by all parties, and I divided the fifty county soldiers in the five counties into four levels, upper A, middle A, lower A, and B. ”

Fan Ning carefully looked at the diagram drawn by Zhao Xiuwen, which was in the shape of a pagoda, in which the top of the pagoda was Shangjia, and the names of three people were written, which were Jiang Feng, Yao Xi and Luo Zaidao from Changzhou County.

On the second floor of the pagoda were the names of five people, they were Zhongjia, and Fanning found his name in the middle, and he was the third of the five.

The third layer had the largest number of people, with more than 20 people, including Su Liang, Duan Yu, Zhang Zhen of Jiayu Academy, and Li Wenhan of Hongyan Academy.

There are also about 20 people on the fourth floor, which belong to the relatively backward county magistrates, and the organization is very clear and clear at a glance.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the five people on the second floor of the pagoda, and if nothing else, the remaining two places were fought for by these five people.

"Who are Wei Feng and Zhao Yan?" County Cheng Yang Han asked.

These two people are in front of Fanning, indicating that the strength is very strong.

Zhao Xiuwen smiled bitterly and said: "These two people are also county magistrates of Changzhou County, and their strength is also quite strong, but they are only second only to the three people on the spire in front, which is where Changzhou claims to have the confidence to win the five tribute places." ”

"What about the two behind Fanning?" Goofy interjected.

"The two behind Fan Ning, one is Liu Ran, the county magistrate of Wujiang County, and the other is Yan Qing, the county magistrate of Kunshan County, their strength is very strong, in fact, the strength of these five people is about the same, between the two people, it depends on who plays well in the end."

Gao Fei took a few steps and asked, "How credible is this "County Scholar Distribution Strength List"?" ”

Zhao Xiuwen smiled and said, "Let's say so!" Except for Changshu County, the other four counties have drawn similar "County Scholar Distribution Map", except for the third and fourth levels are slightly different, the first two levels are exactly the same, and even the ranking is the same, which is considered a recognized strength list. ”

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"Fanning, I'm completely finished this time!"

As soon as he went out, Su Liang shouted sadly, "I'm only ranked eighth in the third level, and there are fifteen people in front of me who are stronger than me, how can I be on the list." ”

Although Duan Yu was not as excited as Su Liang, his expression was equally gloomy, he ranked fourteenth in the third level, and the situation was even more grim.

Fanning smiled and shook his head, "I think this list is unfair, why are the three of them at the top of the tower, just because they performed well in the Taixue entrance exam?" This is inevitably too arbitrary, you Su Liang haven't taken the test, Duan Yu hasn't taken the test, and I, Fan Ning, haven't taken the test, how do you know that we can't do it? ”

"But that's the Taixue exam!" Su Liang sighed.

"Taixue exam is very bullish? Do you have the ability to take the imperial examination? Besides, it's just the entrance exam of Taixue, and it's just a group of scholars who failed in the imperial examination looking for a way out, I don't think there's anything to marvel at! ”

Fan Ning paused and continued: "There is also the so-called ranking, I think since you want to rank, you must first have a basis for ranking, such as everyone sitting together in the exam, ranking according to the ranking, this is convincing, just because Changzhou County has good grades in the past, they are ranked in front?" What kind of bastard reason is this, is it true that the three of us are inherently inferior to others? ”

Fan Ning's words made Su Liang and Duan Yu's mood a little better, I have to say that Fan Ning's words also have some truth, the ranking list does not have a foundation, it is a little unreasonable.

However, Fanning's words did not completely change the attitude of the two, and they still cast a shadow in their hearts on the children's test two months later.

"Listen to me!"

Fan Ning said earnestly to the two of them: "Regarding the countermeasures for solving the test, I still think it is related to persuading farmers, you had better take the time to go deep into the countryside to investigate, and then combine Wang Anshi's green seedling method to consolidate these two points, it is definitely good for you, listen to me!" ”

Su Liang nodded, "I'll ask for leave later, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning to investigate in the countryside." ”

"What about Brother Duan?" Fanning turned to Duan Yu again.

Duan Yu hesitated and said: "I can only say as much as possible, I may have to go to Beijing in two days, I have been in poor health recently, my father contacted a famous doctor in Beijing to treat me, if there is time, I will definitely investigate." ”

Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "If you really don't have time, then you can take a step back, copy a copy of Dong Kun's persuasion survey in Yin County, and go back to take a closer look, so it's barely okay." ”

Duan Yu's physique is weak, how can he be allowed to go deep into the countryside to investigate, Fan Ning's method is not bad, he smiled happily: "I'll go to Dong Kun to ask for information when I go back." ”