After becoming the protagonist of abuse

Zhou Ju's family is well-known in the village, and there is no other reason. Zhou Ju is a joke in the eyes of everyone.

Zhou Ju's grandfather has always claimed that his ancestors were once a branch of a certain family, but later fell into disrepair, but knowledge should not be lost, and there will always be a chance to recover in the future.

The people around were giggling, thinking that he was bragging after drinking too much, but they didn't take it seriously.

Zhou Ju’s grandfather insisted on his own opinion. The son had no talent for reading, so he raised his grandson. The elder grandson had the best memory and the smartest, so let the elder grandson stop working and study more, and spend money to go to school.

"Mother, I'm going to work in the field today," Zhou Ju said with shame on his face.

The peasant woman grabbed Zhou Ju, gasping for breath, gritted her teeth and said, "Could it be that those wretched women are talking nonsense in front of you again?"

Zhou Ju wanted to pull back his sleeves, but he didn't, "No, it's because I don't want to stay at home anymore."

After studying for twenty years, no one cares about studying hard in the cold window.

Yesterday, Zhou Ju went to a famous shop and wanted to talk to the shopkeeper, to see if he could be an accountant.

The shopkeeper looked at him contemptuously, "You are just a farm boy, if you steal something or accidentally break something valuable, I will lose a lot instead."

Zhou Ju blushed and tried to reason, "This is a letter of guarantee written by three adults in the city for me. I can settle the accounts very quickly. If the shopkeeper doesn't believe me, I can demonstrate it on the spot."

The shopkeeper waved his hands impatiently, "Go, go, stand far away, our Xu family's shop has always been used to give birth to children, where there is an outsider like you to be the accountant, even the waiter doesn't want an outsider."

After leaving the shop, Zhou Ju was in a daze, and went to a smaller shop nearby, but it was not a family business after all.

The shopkeeper was kind, and he patiently listened to Zhou Ju for a long time, but he couldn't help, "Little brother, it's not that I deliberately made it difficult for you, but my shop is only so big, and I don't need extra staff. I, my wife, My brother, the shop will support the family at first, where can I find the money to hire an accountant?"

Zhou Ju was speechless and had to leave again.

Back in the village, some peasant women still laughed when they saw Zhou Ju, "Boy Zhou, you have read so many books, how much do you pay per month?"

"Zhou family boy, why didn't a matchmaker come to your house to propose marriage?"

He eats and eats at home every day, but doesn't do anything, even because of him, brother's marriage is blocked.Zhou Ju even dared not see his parents, let alone his grandfather who had the highest expectations for him, and became more and more at a loss when he was outside.

Fortunately, after changing the prefect, the tax in the village has been reduced a lot, and the rest of the family are working hard, so it is not difficult to raise a Zhou Ju.But Zhou Ju didn't want to be raised at all.

Zhou Ju glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw his grandfather entering the house.

The grandfather's face straightened, and he shouted, "Zhou Ju, come quickly, we have an academy here."

Zhou Ju didn't look at it, but just showed embarrassment, "Grandfather, even if I go to the academy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a difference." Besides...the family is running out of money.

He doesn't want to let his family down again and again, and bear a lot for him.

There is also the behavior of watching people order food in the academy. Even if you are knowledgeable, the teacher is willing to write a letter and recommend you to the aristocratic family as an aide. It's hard to find clothes for a party.

Grandpa took the newspaper and patted it directly on Zhou Ju's hand, "It's only a year in Huguang University. If you pass the assessment, you can directly appoint eighth-rank officials to take office in the government office. This is the best opportunity. I think the prefect's mansion The yamen is short of manpower, you must go."

Even if the family has no money at all, they have to borrow enough money from outside.

Being dragged by his grandfather to sign up, after filling in the information and writing down the exam time, Zhou Ju held the exam admission ticket, still a little in disbelief.

The little official nodded kindly, "You can't lose the admission ticket. If you lose it, you won't be able to enter the examination room. If you can get in the top three, the tuition fee will be waived. If you can get in the top fifty, the academy can help you pay the tuition fee, as long as you pay it back within three years."

The number of university enrollment is the smallest, but 200 people.Primary schools can be directly enrolled, and the examinations of middle schools are relatively basic, while the examinations of universities are invigilated in the open air, with closed marking and scoring, and rankings.

Just as Zhou Ju was about to turn around and leave, a sedan chair landed on the ground, and Ning Wan walked out, clenching her hands hidden in her sleeves, "I want to sign up."

Zhou Ju looked over in shock, this seemed to be a woman? !

The little official raised his head and couldn't help being amazed. Although the registration started yesterday, Ning Wan was the first woman to come here.

Ning Wan ignored the gazes of the people around her and reiterated again, "I want to apply for university."

The little official wanted to ask a lot of questions, but he also knew that this was not his place to ask, so he registered according to the procedure and handed Ning Wan the admission ticket.

Seeing the successful registration, Ning Wan gradually relaxed. As early as when she saw the newspaper, she knew that this was her chance.

Since there is no requirement that she can only be a man, she naturally wants to give it a try.

Bringing a newspaper back home, Ning Wan took the initiative to knock on the door of Ning's father's study, not only detailing what she had seen and heard at Luo Zhi's banquet, but also saying that she was going to enroll in university.

Father Ning was silent for a long time, and finally agreed to her to give it a try. If she could successfully sign up, then the Ning family would also be willing to support her.

After receiving the admission ticket, Ning Wan left with a smile on her face.

Zhou Ju had no choice but to sigh, "This girl is truly courageous."

The little official nodded in agreement, "It's really rare."

The exam time is a week later in the government office. The number of applicants exceeds a thousand. Luo Xi divides it into fifteen small examination rooms. Randomly selected people are randomly selected to enter the exam. All paper and pens are provided by the government office. No items are allowed to enter the examination room.

The content of the exam was not too difficult, Zhou Ju was left in the government office after he finished answering in two hours.

All the staff on Luo Xi's side were mobilized to change the questions by section. Many questions had fixed answers. Soon, the score statistics table came out.

Zhou Ju ate the lunch prepared by the government office, feeling a little uneasy, and didn't know if he could pass the exam.

An hour later, Zhou Ju received a notification, "Congratulations, you have passed the written test, please prepare for the retest."

Zhou Ju was taken aback, "Why is there still a retest?"

In the past, didn't all the colleges disappear after one exam?

The little official laughed and said, "The eunuch attaches great importance to it. This year, we simply added an interview session. 500 candidates will be selected for the written test, and 300 candidates will be selected from among the best candidates in the interview. Moreover, the eunuch will personally give questions to the academy this year, and then we will have to discuss some questions face-to-face. "

Zhou Ju thought that the re-examination was just a simple salute and chat with the teacher, so he felt relieved.

An hour later, Zhou Ju entered a room with nine other people.

The person in charge of the interview was a sixth-rank officer under Luo Xi, who was also selected from Jiangnan College.

The interviewer took a look at the process, and asked all ten of them to sit down, and said, "Now you have your own numbers and materials in front of you, and I will give you an incense stick of time to read the materials, and then everyone will have half an incense stick of time to state their opinions. I will give you another half an hour for your discussion, and at the end you need to elect a representative to present your views and your plans from the discussion."

Luo Xi chose to copy the modern structured interview process, and then according to the local conditions in Huguang, selected basic issues such as water conservancy, fishery, agriculture and mulberry, provided data, and made ten different materials.

Zhou Ju was at a loss for a moment, and quickly understood the process. Before he had time to be surprised, the people who came in with him were Ning Wan, who signed up that day, and a woman he didn't know. Put your mind and body into this material.

The material reads: Although Huguang is rich, it also suffers from frequent floods. Building dams is good for flood control, but it is difficult to find manpower, which also affects autumn harvest and spring planting. At present, the areas most affected by floods are mainly xx. The population is xx, and there are mainly three types of opinions in the government office...

There are no high-level governance strategies and extraordinarily macroscopic political layouts. All materials involve local policies and data and are implemented at the lowest level.

It was okay when he stated his opinions. Although Zhou Ju was nervous, he stuttered and finished the main points. When it came time to discuss, Zhou Ju was still reserved, but he saw that Ning Wan's point of view was sharp and he described the pros and cons, criticizing other people's opinions out of reality. Contrary to Ning Wan's opinion, thinking that this is not in line with the local reality, Zhou Ju also quickly joined the battle and participated in the discussion.

The interviewer is only responsible for recording, without saying a word during the whole process.

After the interview, Zhou Ju looked exhausted, feeling that he had never talked so much at one time, and he also paid attention to women in his heart. Just looking at Ning Wan's performance, he did not lose to any man during the discussion.

The results came out faster than expected. With a score of 47 in the overall ranking, Zhou Ju chose to get a loan first and then compensate the tuition later, and came to the school to study.

As a result, on the first day of enrollment, Zhou Ju met the familiar interviewer again. The interviewer directly formed a group and divided everyone who had the same opinion in the interview into a group, and said kindly: "Since you already had a support plan and corresponding If you have a plan, then start to act directly, I am your instructor."

Zhou Ju: "!"

Ning Wan spoke first, "Teacher, what do you mean, we need to do this work?"

The interviewer nodded, "The content of what I said at the time was relatively shallow. If you need it, the government office can provide more data. You don't have to stay in the academy. You can go wherever you want to collect data and organize plans."

Only Zhou’s father and Zhou’s mother, who were working as farmers at home, looked blank, “Son, didn’t you go to college, why did you come back home again? Who are these people?”

Zhou Ju coughed lightly, "Father, mother, this is my classmate. I came here to ask your opinions..."

"So you let these students go directly to work?" Yang Yan listened interestingly to Luo Xi's story about the academy.

Luo Xi smiled and said, "Although these people have never done anything before, they have a lot of ideas. There are also a few people who disagreed during the interview in the examination room, and even dropped the table."

Just as Yang Yan was about to say something, he saw a carrier pigeon passing by outside.

Luo Xi took a look at the pigeon and couldn't help frowning, "Uncle told me to go back to Beijing immediately."

"What's wrong?" Yang Yan asked.

Luo Xi handed him the letter, "An envoy from Yue State brought a princess here directly, saying that he wanted to make a marriage."

Yang Yan's movements were a beat slower.

It was self-evident to get married at this time and ask Luo Xi to rush back.

But now is also a critical time, the frontier cannot be chaotic, and the envoys of the Yue Kingdom must be well received.

Luo Xi said abruptly, "Why don't you just stuff my father in his backyard before he comes back."

Anyway, it's fine if it's from the Luo family, why don't you ask his father to sacrifice?