Lucky husband

In February, there is an annual examination for children. Because of the arrangement of the examination for children, Xinzhi County hurried over from the place he appointed before, and it took twelve days on the road.

As soon as he took office, he didn't care about other things and didn't straighten it out. Xinzhi County first looked for the questions and exam arrangements of the children's exams in the past few years. Try the servants.

Xinzhi County used to be in the remote and impoverished Renzhi County. There were not many students who took part in the children's examination every year. It was the first time he organized so many children's examinations. To be honest, he was a little nervous.

However, he has so many years of experience, and he has studied for more than ten years to be a scholar who passed the exam. He is familiar with the content of the children's exam. After two days of careful consideration, he came up with a set of children's exam Topic, began to arrange this year's children's test.

Li Chengshi has been busy since he took office in Xinzhi County. He didn't have a chance to take a breather until the end of the Tongsheng Examination and the list of this year's Tongsheng was announced.

It was already mid-March at this time, and the county government was about to start preparing for this year's county examination after two days of rest. The county examination was not only busy in the county, but also in the state and prefectural cities. Arrange to link up.

Fortunately, after the end of Tongsheng Examination, Xinzhi County has gradually become familiar with the affairs of Changping County, and there was no panic when preparing for the county examination. Everything was arranged according to Zhao Chengze's previous arrangements, and some changes were made according to the current actual situation. There was no trouble in preparation .

This year, among the people Li Mingjin knows and is familiar with, there are three people who will take part in this year's children's examination. This year's college exam.

For the three of them, both the government examination and the hospital examination are very important. They are related to their plans and marriages in the next few years. If they miss a year, many things may continue in the future. Moreover, the cost of taking an examination is not low. There is no need to waste money if you can pass it once.

Before the three of them planned to go to Zhoucheng or Fucheng, Li Mingjin had a dream about this year's talent test, perhaps because the three of them were in different locations, the three of them were divided into two different dreams.

The first dream was related to Jiang Qiming, because Jiang Qiming was going to Fucheng, so he chose a more comfortable and cost-effective waterway.

On the way, he met two students who were taking the exam in the same year. They chatted well together. After arriving in Fucheng, he decided to stay in an inn together so that they could discuss problems together.

The problem lies in his two new friends. These two people are very nervous before the exam. They burn the lamp to read every night. The lack of rest makes them both lack of energy. Jiang Qibai saw them often yawning in the morning.

One night, one of them was reading late, and he fell asleep on the table after being too sleepy. The moment he lay down, the oil lamp on the desk was accidentally knocked down by him and ignited. Side curtains.

Because they were all students from ordinary families, there were no servants, book boys and the like to accompany them when they came out to participate in the scientific examination, so no one was waiting by their side, and no one noticed the fire in the early stage.

The fire burned all the way from the curtains, and ignited all the bed curtains, books, desks, etc. in his room. This man slept too hard, and he didn't wake up until the fire burned him too hot. By then, it was too late. .

In the end, the fire not only caused the candidate to be burned and unable to take the imperial examination, but also implicated Jiang Qiming, because Jiang Qiming lived next door to him, and the fire burned all the books and notes Jiang Qiming brought.

The materials used to review before the exam were burned, and the people who lived with him had no chance to take the imperial examination because of injuries. Status, and finally failed the hospital examination.

Jiang Qiming's misfortune was unwarranted. He obviously didn't do anything. In the end, he was influenced and failed to be admitted to the scholar. He would have to wait at least one more year.

After the dream about Jiang Qiming ended, Li Mingjin went to Zhoucheng and saw Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen. They were both safe and sound before the exam. The problem was during the exam.

The serious imperial examinations are taken in the examination shed, and candidates have to stay in the small examination shed for three days, and anything can happen during these three days.

On the afternoon of the third day, the clear sky above Hongyunzhou suddenly turned black without warning, and then a torrential rain fell rapidly.

This rain fell very steeply, as if a hole had leaked in the sky, and someone was pouring water from a basin.

The small test shed can only shelter from the normal wind and rain. Faced with such a downpour, the unprepared candidates were drowned. Although many candidates risked their lives to protect the test papers, most of the test papers were wiped out by the rain. wet.

It was the afternoon of the last day of the Xiucai Examination, and many imperial examination candidates didn't even have time to rewrite an answer before the imperial examination ended.

In a hundred years, there might not be such a heavy rain during the imperial examination. In the end, those who passed the Hongyun Prefecture Examination were those who kept the examination papers intact.

Unfortunately, Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen's test papers were among those who got wet. Both of them failed the government test and had to wait until next year to try again.

Li Mingjin woke up from the dream and just wanted to sigh that the imperial examination is not only based on knowledge, but also luck, both of which are indispensable.

This time it was related to the exam, Li Mingjin got up immediately after waking up and told Jiang Zhiyun his dream.

Jiang Zhiyun didn't have lunch after hearing what happened in Li Mingjin's dream, and told Li Mingjin to stay at home, and she went back to the village first.

These two dreams are relatively easy to solve because of the accidents encountered by Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen. Prepare them with an oilcloth that can wrap the basket and let them bring them into the examination room to ensure that the test papers will not be destroyed after it rains. Just wet it with rain.

Having said that, Mrs. Li knew that Li Mingjin would have prophetic dreams, so if she told Mrs. Li about it, Li Mingde and Bai Zhiwen didn't have to worry about Jiang Zhiyun's affairs.

Relatively speaking, it is Jiang Qiming who is more troublesome, because he was involved in the fire caused by the examinee who lived next door. If he wants to avoid it, he has to be different from the two exams he met on the road or live together. Jiang's family said she needed to think about it.

On the way, Jiang Zhiyun had been thinking about how to say Jiang Qiming, and before she could think of what to do, she had already returned to Shanghe Village.

Jiang Zhiyun hastily returned to the courtyard of Li's house, closed the courtyard door, found Mrs. Li, and first told the situation of the two children who participated in the government examination.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li frowned and asked: "Your third family, I know what you said. I'll talk to Bai Yao later about it. As long as it doesn't rain, there will be no problems, right?"

Jiang Zhiyun nodded: "Well, Brother Jin said that there is no rain test paper, even if the answer is not very good, it seems that they have passed the hospital test, as long as Mingde and Zhiwen's test papers are not wet, they will pass the test without any problem."

"Won't those officials take it into account when it rains heavily during the imperial examination?" Mrs. Li wondered.

Jiang Zhiyun explained: "The test booths used by the county are only used for the three days of the exam throughout the year, and will not be used at other times. The government does not have so much money to build better and bigger test booths, and it will not spend a lot of money on daily maintenance of the test booths. As long as it can be guaranteed that the test booth will not be blown over by the wind and will not leak when it rains, it will be almost the same.”

Li Chengshi was a servant of the county government. He had personally led people to inspect the examination shed about ten days before the examination. He was very clear about the standards of the examination shed. He had told Jiang Zhiyun.

There are two examination sheds in Changping County, one is used by scholars for the middle county examination, and the other is used by children’s students. Except for the examination, the two examination sheds are empty at other times.

Moreover, the imperial examinations are very important to the scholars, and they are related to their fate, but they are insignificant in front of the entire court. There are so many provinces in the Dayu Dynasty, and each province has many states, and there are counties under the state.

Every time there are a lot of students taking part in the imperial examination, if there is a problem with the examination room in a certain place, it will have a great impact on the candidates in that place, but it is no different for the imperial court, as long as enough candidates are selected to be officials. up.

After listening to Jiang Zhiyun's explanation, Mrs. Li murmured dissatisfiedly: "In order to pay for a scholar, how many families frugal on food and expenses, but the court's attitude is like this. If it weren't for the boss and the others earning money now, we would have to pay for the Ming Dynasty. It's not that easy."

Old Madam Li said these words in private, so she would not go outside and be complained by others. She, a little old country woman, has no room to talk about the imperial court.

After talking about the government examination, Jiang Zhiyun couldn't help talking to Mrs. Li about the problems her nephew had encountered in the state examination.

The corners of Li's mouth twitched after hearing this: "This man must be stupid in his studies. He doesn't even know when the fire is burning, and he also hurts others. What kind of imperial examination do you want to take? Go home early to farm and don't waste money."

Oil lamps and candles, which are lighting objects at night, are used very carefully, not only because they are expensive, but also because they can catch fire if they are not careful. Children of six years old know this, and these scholars don’t pay attention when they are old. .

At this time, Jiang Zhiyun was not in the mood to worry about the person who caused the fire, she was more worried about her nephew: "Mother, how can I persuade elder brother and them not to stay in that inn? Do they leave earlier or later?"

"Leave earlier or later, maybe they won't meet those two people, but you can't say which inn they will stay in, let alone what will happen at that time." Granny Li shook her head, thought for a while and said, "I see How about this, you let them leave earlier, and then rent a small clean courtyard in Fucheng to live in."

"I heard from Mrs. Bai Yao last time that some candidates from other places would set off a few days earlier because they were worried about accidents on the road. After arriving in Zhoucheng, they would find a remote and clean courtyard to live in. This way, they could review quietly and also Cook and eat by yourself, clean and save money, and live directly until the grades come out before returning home.”

Staying in an inn, although the poor ones are cheap, there are mixed people living there, which is not friendly to those students who want to review for the scientific examination, while the price of a good one is too expensive, and candidates who have no spare money at home can’t afford it.

Short-term rental of a small courtyard costs one or two taels of silver a month, and the food savings almost offset the more expensive part of the cost of staying in a hotel.

Jiang Zhiyun's eyes lit up when she heard Old Madam Li's words. It was a good idea. She would persuade her family in this way when she returned to the county later, even if it was inconvenient for her eldest brother to ask for leave to leave while teaching in the school in the county, and for her sister-in-law to take care of her eldest brother, she couldn't leave either. I can only work hard for my father to take a trip.

After finding a solution to Jiang Qiming's problem, Jiang Zhiyun wished she could go to the county immediately, for fear that Jiang Qiming would leave Changping County after she was late.

However, Jiang Zhiyun didn't know much about renting a small courtyard outside, so she asked Mrs. Li carefully before getting up and returning to the county seat.

When Jiang Zhiyun rushed to the Yijin courtyard that Jiang's family rented in the county, Jiang Qiming and Jiang Wang were packing his luggage, and his plan was to set off for Fucheng by boat tomorrow.

"Yunniang, why are you back?" Jiang old man looked at his daughter who came in a hurry, and opened the door with a smile to welcome her in. "Do you know that Qi Ming is going to come to see him?"

Jiang Zhiyun tried her best to suppress her anxiety: "Well, I'll come back to see Qi Ming, how is his luggage getting ready?"

"It's almost ready." Jiang old man was happy when he thought that his grandson was going to Fucheng to take the college exam, and told Jiang Qiming all the things they brought.

"Father, I think we should prepare a small oilcloth for Qi Ming." Jiang Zhiyun suggested after listening to the contents of Jiang Qiming's luggage, "I don't know if it will rain during the exam. I heard from my husband that the exam booths are generally not very strong. If the test paper gets wet from leaking rain, the test will be for nothing this time."

After hearing this, old man Jiang felt that it made sense, so he ran into the house to find the oilcloth and came out, asking Jiang Wang to put the oilcloth in the bag, and continued to talk to Jiang Zhiyun.

Jiang Zhiyun waited until the old man Jiang finished what he was going to say, and then asked: "Father, what do you mean is that Qi Ming is the only one going to Fucheng this time? Then is he planning to stay in an inn or somewhere?"

"Last time your elder brother accompanied him to Zhouzhou City to take the imperial examination. He thought it would be no problem for him to go out to take the imperial examination alone, so this time he planned to go alone for the imperial examination. If he stayed, he should stay in a hotel." Old man Jiang replied.

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