"Uncle, you should know that our Yizhou has not passed the examination for many years and has been promoted to the rank of Jinshi, right?"

For the imperial examination, Li Kui has an in-depth understanding, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Qing felt that it was not simple, which was mainly due to Li Kui's identity, a person from the mountain, from the moment he walked out of the mountain, he was dressed in a simple coat.

Li Qing has no objection to this: "It should be twenty or thirty years, right?" However, this shows that the imperial examination is difficult! How does it become easy in your mouth? ”

Li Qing was puzzled.

Li Kui smiled and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid you don't know." In recent years, there are still some students in Yizhou, but it is not nothing. It's just that they went to the capital to settle down, and there was less propaganda in the countryside and they were not known. The reason why they went to the capital was mostly because they were too learned. After obtaining the admission qualification of Taixue, he studied in Taixue for several years, and went to high school in one fell swoop, which is the way out for most students in the northern state capital. ”

"After Yizhou's juzi successfully obtained the qualification for the exam, he can go to Taixue to continue his studies through the recommendation of the master of Zhizhou. Of course, there are also people who have been recommended to enter Taixue because they became famous early. Or because of the evaluation of [Eight Elements], it is recommended to enter the Taixue Upper House, but this is not a beautiful thing that ordinary children such as us should think about. Among the students, they can only be a student who wants to ask for an official and obtain an evaluation above the middle school level in the evaluation before they can be given the same Jinshi background and awarded an official position. But the odds are more difficult than those of the middle jinshi, and they are negligible. We don't have to think about it. ”

"Why is it difficult for the same person to achieve the glory of Jinshi in Yizhou, but he can do it by going to Taixue?" Li Kui's words changed: "Uncle, do you know? In Wu County in the south, there are people who are admitted to the Jinshi every time they take the exam, so there are even a few in the state and county. ”

……

"The student is still the same student, but it's different when I go to Taixue." Although Li Qing is not a smart person, what Li Kui said is so straightforward, can he still turn the corner?

Li Qing exclaimed: "It's the reason for the famous teacher, it must be like this." "The teachers of Taixue are all Confucians from Jinshi, and the master is capable, and the disciples will naturally not be weak.

"That's right. But have you ever thought that without famous teachers, those talented students would choose to do this? Under Li Kui's earnest and seductive explanation, Li Qing, the head catcher in Yishui County, became enlightened.

He didn't wait for Li Kui to say the answer, so he hurriedly replied: "Naturally, I visited famous teachers and made academic progress." ”

"That's right, if it's a famous teacher, if a famous teacher from all over the world doesn't have the status of a jinshi, do they dare to call themselves a famous teacher? If there is a Jinshi status, is it difficult to enter Taixue if the children they fancy are recommended by famous teachers with meritorious reputations? ”

Li Kui quickened his tone, which was equivalent to forcing Li Qing to answer without thinking: "It's as easy as a hand!" ”

"In fact, it's okay to send money, but to give it in place, this is not a decimal number, and I don't want to think about it for the poor." Li Kui said softly.

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and he found that although Li Kui's words were not rough, everything was reasonable.

"That's right, it's as simple as that. Students who are talented in the local area and have money in their families have found the right way to enter the industry. As a result, the students left behind in states and counties like mine are either lacking in talent or their families are poor. These people will choose to do business when the former has no hope of doing business, and the latter has more choices, such as opening a museum to teach Mengxue, and working as a shopkeeper for others, because there is no capital, and it is unlikely that they will do business. ”

"And then there are students like me who are interested in their studies. For every imperial tribute, there should always be twenty or thirty people in the state, right? ”

Li Qing recalled: "I remember that the last time it seemed to be thirty people, I heard the former eldest master mention this. The solution to the top 10 has not changed. ”

When Li Kui said this, he spread his hands and said: "Uncle, you see that talented students have gone to Taixue, and they can obtain the qualification for the provincial examination in the capital." The next time I returned to the state middle school to get the quota for the exam, the quota for the exam naturally cannot be faked, and it must be assessed by the article. The high and low must convince the other students. But isn't there still twenty places to pay tribute? Do you think it's going to be difficult? If you win these places, it is of no great use, you can neither be an official nor participate in the provincial examination, and there will not be so many people staring at it. There are four counties in Yizhou, and none of them can favor one over the other, right? A quota of five people, should be given? ”

"We have eliminated all the study seeds that want to be a junior high-ranking scholar, and the rest are our opponents."

"That's the reason."

Although Li Qing was still in the fog, there was a kind of smoothness that was about to dissipate the fog.

He asked rhetorically: "But in this way, there are only five places in a county, isn't it difficult?" ”

"Uncle! You are also honest, although there are five places in a county, but you don't want to think about it, how many people are there in my Yishui County, the household is less than 5,000, the population is less than 30,000, and a solid family can cultivate one or two students at most, and ordinary people are not able to train at all. It seems that there are a lot of people, but there are not many people who are interested in studying. It shouldn't be too much to save one out of ten, right? ”

Li Kui glanced at Li Qing, he had said that this was the case, this head catcher of the same sect still didn't understand?

"Twenty is about the same."

"There are only about 200 families who are interested in cultivating students, but how many of them are interested in passing the test after paying tribute and going to the capital to fight?"

Li Qing was shocked, he finally discovered a big secret, a big secret that only Li Kui, a black boy, could see. Many families send their children to study in Mongolia, more in the hope that their children will have a decent livelihood in the future. It will be much easier for a literate person to do business than for an illiterate person.

If you can't even read the salt coupons, you still hope to become a big salt merchant?

Li Qing lowered his voice and said, "There is no one out of ten!" ”

As soon as the words came out, even Li Qing couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but doubt: "Is it really so low?" ”

If you really follow Li Kui's statement, use the elimination method and eliminate it a little bit, only to find that the difficulty of raising tribute is very low! How low? As long as you don't think stupidly about taking the exam, and then dream about the dream of the top student in high school that day. Down-to-earth, thinking about getting a tribute status. In Yizhou, the odds of winning the exam are one out of four for each tribute exam.

Brother don't take the first test among the twenty people, as long as he takes the fifth test, and you're done.

It's not easy to get first, but it's much easier to get fifth. What's more, there are only 20 competitors! This is simply a tribute status sent to the door!

With such a big chance, even Li Qing felt that if his father cultivated him when he was young, he might also be Yizhou's move.

And Li Kui took the hot railway: "Uncle, if you are always a son, it is not difficult to be a priest in the yamen, right?" ”

"It's so easy." After saying that, he was stunned, his face full of astonishment and remorse.

The priest is an official, although he is not in the stream, but he is much more beautiful than the head catcher, and he has more income and a greater face. You don't need to come and go in the wind and rain like a head catcher, and if you can't complete the task, you will be beaten by the master to vent your anger. Even if he is a big man, in the face of several guards in the county government, regardless of whether it is a torture room, a workshop, or a household, they are all courteous, and I don't know how easy my life is.

Tsk tsk.

Li Kui suddenly looked at Li Yun and shook his head slowly, as if he was sorry for what happened to Li Yun: "But uncle! It's a pity that Brother Yun, a talent, missed out on fame. It's a pity! ”

When Li Qing heard this, his face turned green. He is one of the leaders of the third class, but he is not a servant, and he is a good citizen promoted by the county order. I also have the idea of protecting the territory and the people, so I became the head catcher of Yishui County. However, it is stipulated by the imperial court that the son of the catcher cannot participate in the imperial examination, even if he is not a [servant] status, but if the son is studying, it will naturally be greatly affected.

I didn't expect that the identity that made him proud in the past would harm his son's road as a servant?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt remorseful, but Li Qing was also a decisive person, gritted his teeth and said, "I went back and resigned from this cheap job." Then he glanced down at Li Yun, who didn't know why, and warned: "Go back and study hard, if you can't pass the exam, Lao Tzu will pick your skin!" ”

Li Yun was stunned, he glanced at his father stupidly. The grievances in my heart instantly swelled into a rushing river: "Who am I trying to provoke?" ”

Because he was not motivated to study, he only went to school for two years, so he begged his father to prepare for the identity of catching fast. He likes to dance with knives and guns, although Li Yun, who has learned martial arts since childhood, is not very old, he is the same age as Li Kui, and his kung fu is really not bad among his peers. His father is an admirer of many children, and his ideal is to become the protector of Yishui County and be a glorious head catcher like his father Li Qing.

Li Yun loves to practice martial arts, but he is afraid of reading like a snake and scorpion, and he almost ran away in anger when he thought of returning to the school again. The initiator of all this is the black boy Li Kui. Li Yun swore in his heart: "Li Kui, the master is different from you!" ”