It's not easy to come to Ningyuan in person. In the future, the Shen family's fleet will carry the military rations of the imperial court, and they will not let Shen Shuren personally escort them with the ship.

So this time, since he took the line of Qiu Minyang and Wu Sangui, Shen Shuren did not hesitate to spend a little more than two or three days to rest and replenish, and find out more details.

Shen Shuren will never be stingy with the small amount of money that should be spent, so soon everyone will know his reputation for righteousness and squandering money.

He also said that in the future, if the Shen family's grain fleet has a surplus capacity, it can also bring some luxury private goods of silk and cotton cloth to the generals of the Guanning Army, and the freight is only the cost. In this way, if the generals of the Guanning Army have a channel to ship, they can also earn some private money by themselves.

Of course, Shen Shuren is very measured in this matter, he will only sell the daily consumption luxury things in the south, and will definitely not involve any strategic materials. In this way, even if it falls into the hands of the Tartars, it will only corrode the life style of a few more Tartars, and will not increase the military potential of the Tartars.

Over the course of a few days, he basically became familiar with Wu Sangui's subordinate officers at and above the guerrilla level, and he also mastered a lot of military information that he could never understand by reading history books alone.

Now Wu Sangui's subordinates are either unknown people who are not recorded in the history books, or they will be sent away by Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou in the battles of Songshan and Xingshan in the next two years.

In the later "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories", none of the top ten generals under the command of Wu Sangui had not appeared except for Zhang Guozhu, the head of the coastal defense capital who was responsible for bringing water and grain that day.

It is estimated that many of those people are not Wu Sangui's original descendants, some of them were surrendered by the peasant army later, and there are also Ming generals who surrendered from other channels.

This fact made Shen Shuren calm down a lot, and he had to reassess Wu Sangui's strength-

Before coming, he overestimated the size of the Guanning army, thinking that there would be fifty or sixty thousand elite soldiers, plus the soldiers of Shanhaiguan Gaodi, seventy or eighty thousand would definitely be there.

He would think so, and it was also reversed from the "Stone War" a few years later. After all, the history books record that during the Great War of a stone, both sides claimed to have nearly 200,000 people, even if there was a discount, Wu Sangui would always have 50,000 people.

In fact, now there are 20,000 soldiers in Ningyuan City, and in fact, there are a little more than 10,000 left in the empty salary, which has already included the Wu family.

Counting all the regular soldiers in the cities outside the pass, it is estimated that it is more than 20,000.

Although there are still many people on the side of Gaodi in Shanhaiguan, considering that the Ming army of Liaodi will be sent by Hong Chengchou in the future, the two will be offset, and in the end, there will be only 20,000 people who can give Wu Sangui.

Of the 50,000 Guan Ning troops in the future stone battle, it is estimated that more than half of them are Zhuangding Xiangyong who were temporarily captured, and a few thousand are the men and horses who were absorbed by Wu Sangui's army when Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, came to persuade Wu Sangui to surrender.

"After a long time, I was busy designing and enveloping, and in the end, the target was only 20,000 people in total, and it was impossible to pull them all away. The loss was great, and I thought there were 50,000 people. ”

Shen Shuren was a little depressed, but fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mentality.

Maybe it's better to be flexible with fewer people. As long as he achieves the governor level in the next three and a half years, plus the Shen family's family wealth and crazy farming and financial resources in the next few years, he can still absorb 20,000 people.

If it is really 50,000 people, then it will have to share more profits with the Southern Ming Dynasty.

……

Staying in Ningyuan until the sixth day of February, the freezing of the shallow waters in the western part of the Bohai Sea has basically melted away.

Shen Shuren and his entourage also saved the pain of traveling by land, and could directly return from Ningyuan along the coastline to Tianjin Wei, and then land on the shore to enter Beijing.

Of course, the vast majority of the ships in the grain convoy have already returned to Jiangnan by the same route. Or in Tianjin, Denglai near the import of some goods from the north, and then back to the south.

The Shen family is a family of maritime trade, and it is impossible for more than 100 sea ships to return empty. The furs, medicinal herbs, and mountain delicacies of the north can be collected as much as you can. The high-priced goods are not enough to carry the load, and then take the dried mutton and the like to make up the number.

The journey by sea was three days, and the land route was another two days, and it was February 11 when I arrived in the capital, and there were still five or six days to go before the Spring Festival.

The examiners and supervisors also had to set aside a few days in advance to confirm their reference qualifications, and Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi rushed to the Gongyuan and the Ministry of Rites to go through the formalities without stopping.

When the officials in charge of the Ministry of Rites verified their identities, they were also taken aback: "Nanzhili Xie Yuan Fang Yizhi? The exam is going to start in a few days, why can't you wait for it, and only now go to Beijing to handle it? The soldiers are in chaos, and they don't know how to go out early. ”

Fang Yizhi also politely explained a few words, and when he learned that he had gone north to Beijing by sea, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were surprised again, and admired Fang Yizhi's courage.

Nowadays, there are not many scholars who dare to take the sea route, and the vast majority of those who are unfettered regard the sea as a daunting path.

After finishing Fang Yizhi, it was Shen Shuren's turn, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites checked it a little, and suddenly found that the surprise just now was not worth surprising.

It's a long time to see.

"You are Suzhou Shenlin Shen Shuren? The first person in this dynasty to rely on the prison students to enter the official residence of the seventh grade, but he still has to come to the Jinshi again? ”

This question was Shen Shuren's turn, and he said with a smile on his face: "Xia Guan is indeed a prisoner, but he is an eight-rank warden in the Yamen of Susong River." ”

The official of the Ministry of Rites immediately smiled:

"You also entered Beijing by sea, right? No wonder the news is ill-informed. The Ministry of Officials has reported your excellent performance, and I heard that it has also been heard by the heavens, reviewed with the household department, and promoted you to be the envoy of the Zhengqipin River Channel.

When the candidates' resumes were sent a few days ago, we were all amazed that His Majesty was really eclectic in employing people. If you go up a little more, you don't have to take this subject. The officials who can be awarded in the examination may be smaller than the previous ones. ”

After listening to this, Shen Shuren also fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, the previous efforts were really not in vain, it seems that Yang Gelao's energy is still great, and he has made a little contribution, and he can immediately be amplified and promoted, and he will be promoted in full, so he doesn't have to worry about being ignored.

The official of the Ministry of Rites in front of him, it is said that he doesn't have to worry about his business, but it is really Shen Shuren's deeds that it is difficult for the manager to forget it as long as he takes a look at his resume.

In the Ming Dynasty system, even if you take the first place in the palace examination, and finally get the champion, it is only awarded to the Hanlin Academy for revision, and it is the seventh grade.

Since Shen Shuren is now a positive seventh grade, the most he can pass the exam is to adjust and change to a more expensive position, but it is unlikely to be upgraded, unless something unexpected happens.

……

After completing the formalities, there was not much time left before the exam, and Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi didn't have time to learn from other humanities associations who were rushing to take the exam. Just after adjusting the state and adapting to the water and soil climate of the capital, the exam began.

The Ming Dynasty's examination was divided into three sessions, and it was not three consecutive three-day sessions, with an interval in between. It's late February after the exam.

In these three sessions, not every one of them is a test of eight strands, and sometimes there are policy theories, official document writing, and scripture and meaning understanding. It's just that the proportion of the policy theory score is relatively low when the test is taken, so as not to make the candidates pat themselves by catering to the political position of the examiner.

For those who have come to this point, the writing of official documents and the understanding of scriptures and meanings cannot open up the gap, and everyone can basically get a full score, which leads to the main reliance on the eight-strand essay to open the difference.

Those who are in the exam will take the palace exam in March, and if there is no accident in the palace exam, they will not brush people, and they are only responsible for re-ranking them. The content of the examination is essays, sparseness, and poetry, and the proportion of essays has increased.

This was personally tested by the emperor, and the emperor did not have to worry about others "catering to the political views of the ruling party", so he did not care about subjective deviations.

Therefore, the quality of the eight-strand text can determine whether a person can rank in the top 300 in the country and become a jinshi.

The vision of the current policy theory can affect how you will be ranked after you enter the top 300.

Many people who only seek high school all their lives and don't care about the ranking can spend less energy on current policy theory.

For example, if you can't even guarantee that you will get into Peking University in the college entrance examination, then you can concentrate on brushing the questions within the scope of the college entrance examination syllabus, and there is no need to waste energy to learn "after admission to Peking University, the internal experimental class will be selected and tested".

That's not something ordinary people are qualified to worry about.

Shen Shuren's knowledge has relied on the past month or so, following Nan Zhili to solve Yuan Fang's evil supplements, plus his knowledge of "History of the Ming Dynasty. The understanding of the Biography of Wei Zaode has secretly polished the article in advance.

After entering the examination room, the basic questions were simply answered, and the Baguwen was directly memorized and written down by himself, which was not troublesome.

The key is that Shen Shuren has a very good mentality, he just does his best anyway, and he doesn't expect to be promoted in the examination and become a local real power.

After a few days, not to mention anything else, the graceful and elegant attitude made the invigilator feel that this person was good.

In fact, there is a mysterious power behind Shen Shuren that he himself does not dare to believe in - Yang Sichang Yang Ge Lao, who is far away in Wuchang, has paid attention to him before, heard that he has performed well in meritorious service, and has written letters to his colleagues in Beijing many times to praise him, so that his friends in Beijing can help him.

It is now the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and everyone sees how chaotic the world is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the imperial examination system is a ruin of etiquette and happiness.

Those in the Ministry of Rites who have a good relationship with Yang Sichang, of course, know that serving the front line is the most important thing now, and this Shen Shuren is the old Yang Ge to be reused, and he can let go.

……

Five days after the exam, it seems that it will be the day of the list.

Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi teamed up to look at the list and found that both of them passed the test easily.

Fang Yizhi was quite surprised, he was the only one who knew the true strength of Shen Shuren's Baguwen, and when he saw Shen Shuren's name, he was speechless for a long time.

"Brother Xian, you are really blessed with stars, and this can be given to you. Now it's okay, I'll give it a try, with your practical talent, the palace test is not so difficult.

Your Majesty asks, I like to ask about the thief's strategy, and our other candidates can only talk about the big truth, but they don't have actual opinions than you. ”

Fang Yizhi could only be convinced in the end.

"Thanks to Brother Fang for helping me sharpen my gun, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to go this far. Let's go, I have to thank the teacher today, I'll be the east. Shen Shuren said, and invited Fang Yizhi to the best restaurant in the capital to feast and entertain.

The crowd waited for a few days to rest, and in a blink of an eye, it was March, which was the day of the temple examination.

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PS: Thank you very much for the reward from the alliance leader "Brother Yun's Fans"! Take a bow!

I'm ashamed that it took me three days to find out the news, thanks for being late.

You don't believe it, the main reason is that this book is not on the list at the moment, and it is more difficult to get up to the slow-burning book, so I have developed a habit of not looking at the background data for more than a week, so that I don't know the leader of the "Brother Yun's Fans".

Now it is easy to affect the mood when you look at the backstage, and when you see that there are only three or four hundred collections a day, it is easy to destroy your perseverance to persevere.

(I must finish this book well, everyone is absolutely assured.) This is different from the previous book "I Want It All Again", that book didn't insist because I found that the whole track of serious urban struggle was finished, and the whole city changed to lie flat and rotten and get it for nothing, so it made no sense for me to insist.

Historical texts still have a readership, and there are still quite a few serious old white readers reading them at the starting point. As long as this kind of readers are around, I have to be worthy of this part of the readers. Even if the results of this book are not good, it should be used to accumulate character and popularity for similar historical texts in the future.

I know very well the boundaries of my ability, and I can only write historical essays in my life, and if one day the readership base of Gambit completely disappears, I can only quit the online literature industry and go back to become a full-time patent attorney. So as long as I am still in the online literature industry for one day, it is impossible for me to betray this genre, unless I am eliminated by the times and directly forced out of the online literature world. ）

In addition, I also said before that the new rules of the current starting point, and everyone should not break the alliance leader like the previous book. Now that there are alliance leaders, they can't save the new book list, so let's save some money.

The starting point is also afraid of brushes, because money and tickets are easy to brush, and now the highest weight data on the list is chasing more, once there is fattening, it will be judged by the APP as zombie fans. I can't say that I don't like this new deal, because objectively speaking, it does have a certain effect on spending money to buy brushes, and it is the most difficult to chase fakes, which is also a way out for newcomers.

Although my slow writing has been damaged, I also understand the progressive significance of this regulation.

So, let's save some money, I don't even ask for a dollar of live powder now, I've been asking for it for several years. The current employment situation is not good, and the money is not easy to make, so there is really no need for the alliance leader, just subscribe in the future.

I often don't look at the backstage for a long time, and I can't find out at the first time with the alliance leader, so I'm embarrassed, but I'm really ashamed.

The alliance leader of "Brother Yun's Fans" has been added, and it will definitely be returned after it is put on the shelves.