Zhang Qian, a scholar in Yangzhou, came to the Yamen of the inspection envoy again, for the purpose of this Yangzhou college examination.

Seeing that the exam is approaching, many arrangements will have to be decided, as a triennial event in Yangzhou, Mr. Zhang is still very cautious and attaches great importance to it.

This is his tenth year as a scholar, and there was nothing to worry about about this kind of thing, but unfortunately this time it was different, the matter of the bandits had already made the former inspector carry the punishment, and this college examination became especially important.

Yangzhou is not a big state, but it also manages six prefectures and 27 counties, Yangzhou is in the middle of Sizhou, Huaiyang is in the north, Shuyang, Taiyang is east, and Yangzhou and Gaoyou are in the middle.

The gap between the large and small counties in the state is very obvious, and the counties below Yangzhou and Taiyang are almost all the cradles of outstanding students, followed by Shuyang.

However, many counties in the north are scattered, and there is no complete teaching system at all, so there will be a few formal government students in the county.

Therefore, in each hospital trial, the total number of people in Sizhou, Gaoyou, and Huaiyang is not more than a dozen.

Let's just say that the nearly 1,000 people who participated in the college examination this time are considered good in a medium-sized county like Tonghai, with nearly 50 students, while some counties under Huaiyang are even less than 10 people.

Cao Yuan, the new inspector, looked at Zhang Qian's somewhat anxious look and smiled indifferently.

"Zhang Xuezheng, have a cup of tea first, you have already said this matter several times, and I have arranged it all, I don't know what you are anxious about."

Cao Yuan was still familiar with Zhang Qian, so he made a joke, this person is a real scholar, unlike those literati who sell their fame.

"My lord, this college exam is the first time after you took office, you must not make a mistake, even the capital side is staring at this side, you don't want to think about how many relationships there are in Yangzhou and the capital side."

Zhang Qian is really anxious, and now even he, a scholar who doesn't care about political affairs, has heard the news from the capital, and many people are staring at the mistakes of Yangzhou, pulling Cao Yuan off the horse, hindering the implementation of the new policy, and giving the court a blow to the public party.

"You don't have to pay attention to the affairs of the court, just concentrate on doing a good job in this hospital examination, and according to our original agreement, the number of people in this hospital examination will remain unchanged, and one hundred and eighty people will be the upper limit."

Cao Yuan actually knew that his expression had become solemn, but he knew that as long as he did his duty well, he could be invincible.

"News has already come from the court, and this time a master of the Hanlin Academy has been sent to Yangzhou to supervise the school."

Cao Yuan mentioned it vaguely again and glanced at Zhang Qian.

"You've also been in the Hanlin Academy, so I won't say much about what to do."

When Zhang Qian heard the news for the first time, his heart was shocked, he had been in the Hanlin Academy for eight years, and he knew most of the people to some extent, if it was close, it would be fine, if it was ......, it seemed that he could only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven!

There is a busy scene on the river, and the festival is approaching, and the merchants from the south to the north and the wanderers returning home are hurrying to hurry.

It seems that there is also a tacit understanding, those who go with the current are on one side, and those who are against the current are on the other side. In fact, it is no wonder, because the speed of the downstream is obviously much faster, and it is much more difficult to go against the current, and if you don't do it well, you will collide with the boat in chaos.

There is a passenger boat slowly going down the river not far from the river, it should be worried that its speed is slow, for fear of affecting other ships in the river, so it is more to the side, a little far away from the ships in the middle of the channel.

At this time, a little maid stuck her head out of the cabin, looked at the green mountains on both sides, and suddenly shouted in surprise.

"Miss, Miss, come and see, there are a few big white birds," he said, reaching out to pull the lady on the side.

"You dead girl, when you go out, you hear you shouting, you shout when you see big fish, you shout when you see birds, as if you haven't gone out, and those who don't know think it's our house that locks you up every day."

The young lady who was annoyed by the maid to death along the way still couldn't help it, and scolded again.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have taken you out and let you stay at home."

Along the way, it took only half a day to come out of Kyoto, and this maid was amazed at what she saw.

In fact, the young lady also knows that the personal maid Ziyi has been in the Meng Mansion since she was eight years old, and she has always accompanied herself, and she has hardly gone far away.

When I was a child, I was fine, and I often traveled from Kyoto to Yangzhou, and this road was somewhat familiar.

But since my grandmother passed away eight years ago, I have never come back. This time it wasn't my father's business trip to Yangzhou, and I happened to be on the way, so I may not have a chance to come back and have a look.

While the two were laughing, the servant in front came over and told the young lady that the master said that the dock was not far ahead, and he would take a break and then take a carriage to Yangzhou.

Master Meng sat in the cabin and pondered, as a fourth-grade bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, he has always been conscientious, diligent, not standing in line, not forming a party, doing work when he has a job, never bargaining, and is recognized as a good person in the Hanlin Academy.

It's not that no one wants to win him over or suppress him, but he can't stand his good background and solid learning.

Meng Qinghe, whose name is Yizhang, is a descendant of Mencius, a thirty-seventh generation grandson, and his great-grandfather is the thirty-third generation grandson of Mencius.

It's just that Meng Qing and his grandfather ranked second, and after they separated as adults, they moved out of the Meng family compound, and after the war, they went south to settle in Gaoyou, and then moved to Kyoto.

Meng Qing, his grandfather and father have been teaching and educating people in the countryside all their lives, and they never thought of raising the court, and now many officials near Gaoyou are from their enlightenment.

After Meng Qinghe was born, his father changed his mind, the country is already very strong, as the saying goes, the troubled times are prosperous in the countryside, and at this time we need to uphold the inheritance of our ancestors and contribute to the country and the people.

Coincidentally, Meng Qinghe is the fifth in Shaoning's twenty-three years of the first list, and the second list of Jinshi.

He has successively done Ji Jishi, editing, and compiling, and has been in the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, from the seventh grade to the current fourth grade, and finally entered the leadership class.

In the current Hanlin Academy, the university scholars in charge are in charge of the entire Hanlin Academy, and there are three scholars who do not care about miscellaneous affairs, and are simply responsible for serving the current saints, that is, honorary titles, and the final ones who do things are actually six or seven Hanlin scholars, also known as attendant scholars.

Meng Qinghe was very depressed, he still didn't figure out why he came to Yangzhou by himself this time.

Generally, the bachelor does not go out of Beijing, and the most that is done to supervise the local academic administration is that the Hanlin Academy sent a compilation of six or seven grades, after all, the academic administration is originally the fourth grade.

If you want to say that you have offended someone, you will not be able to, besides, if you offend anyone, you can't put yourself in this position.

Yangzhou is a beautiful difference, there is no shoddy relationship here, and looking for it with your eyes closed is fully in line with the requirements.

Indeed, you think, Yangzhou is originally a place where the literary style flourishes, as long as it is not the kind of defeated gentleman, which pure literati are not selected by the county government at the two levels, it is the best of the best, and there are no two brushes that want to spit out from here, it is a dream.

Mr. Meng does not fight or grab, and is indifferent to fame and fortune, which does not mean that he is a fool. He doesn't care about the battle in the court, and he doesn't participate in it, but he still knows the powerful relationship, don't say anything else, if you come, you can settle down.

How did he know that for this position, the court almost turned upside down.

Originally, the appointment of Cao Yuan as the Yangzhou inspector was a helpless move by King Wu and Yu Gong, but Yang Kun was transferred to Jianye, putting Yangzhou in an unfavorable situation.

Cao Yuan's qualifications are a little reluctant, and he is a little underserved than other candidates, but it was only in order to convince the saint in order to quickly implement the new policy, and he was able to pass it in the cabinet.

The nine-year robbery of the bandits in Xining pushed the original patrol Yang Kun to a disadvantage, and he still lacked actual combat experience, and underestimated the bandits, which caused such a big loss.

Strictly speaking, dismissal is a normal punishment, and it is Yu Gong who protects him.

The new inspector made Cao Yuan much more stable, learned a lesson, made full use of some of the original resources, maintained the current stable situation in Yangzhou, and saw that economic development entered the fast lane.

Of course, there is also the credit of Yuan Rui, it is his series of actions that revitalize private funds and promote the further development of financing.

It is precisely this general environment that makes the conservatives feel the crisis, and according to the current situation, it is inevitable that Cao Yuan will further implement the new policy in Yangzhou, which cannot be allowed.

They didn't think about using the hospital test to bring down Cao Yuan, this is unlikely, but it's okay to add some chaos to him, as long as there is a truth, there are other ways to do it next.

So the supervision of this hospital examination is particularly important, the game between the two sides started, a chaotic battle, and finally, a non-reliable Meng bachelor was revealed.

The New Deal believes that Mr. Meng is a fair person and will never show favoritism or frame him, at least he can ensure that there is no problem with planting false accusations.

Conservatives are also satisfied, this Bachelor Meng, other things can be done, you can turn a blind eye, just learn this point, it's very serious, what should be is how, as long as something goes wrong, it's useless for anyone to say, a tendon.

The group found an inn that looked pretty good, found a private room, ordered a table of dishes, and prepared to eat.

To say that according to the tolerance of Master Meng to Yangzhou, you can go to the post station at the wharf, or it is free.

However, this time, Mr. Meng came in his private name, thinking to see the real appearance of Yangzhou in recent years, and bringing his daughter to visit relatives in advance, which is a private matter, where would Mr. Meng leave this kind of tongue for others.

In fact, there were only four people in the private room upstairs, Mr. Meng and his daughter were sitting, and a housekeeper and a personal maid were standing on the side and waiting. When the food came up, Mr. Meng waved his hand and asked the housekeeper and the maid to go downstairs to eat, so there was no need to wait on the side.

"Niuniu, you have to come out with me this time, I didn't want to, but I never hid it from you for the big and small things in my father's family, some of the rights and wrongs in the officialdom, you know a little bit about it, this errand for my father is not easy to handle."

Mr. Meng also knew that his daughter was also a smart person.

"Daddy, you're worried again, no wonder my mother wants me to follow," Miss Meng looked at no one, but she didn't care so much.

"Then you give Daddy a support, I'm really bored!" The old man sighed.

Miss Meng smiled and came out of the capital, but a lot of news came in, and she already had a countermeasure.