The rankings of the government examinations are similar to those of the county examinations, they are all in the form of "round rankings", except that the circle inside is the examination number of the "first-class" candidates, and there are only ten candidates.

The big circle outside is the test number of the 'B class' candidates, and it stands to reason that there are only forty of them.After all, the government examination generally only admits [-] candidates.

But the country is very short of talents, and it is considered His Majesty's generosity not to ask the grannies to serve as guarantees during the county exams.

This time the government examination is also to promote more candidates, as long as their answer sheet level is higher than the requirements of the government examination, regardless of their rankings, they can be admitted.

For many years before that, only 50 people were admitted for each government examination.In fact, there is not much difference between the first one and the last one, and whether the admission can be made depends entirely on the prefect's adults.

His Majesty has implemented a new government this year, and the number of students admitted by the government examination will probably be more than half more than before.

But if the number of low-level officials is sufficient, the imperial examination system will return to the strictness of the past.

Li Jin still rushed to the town early in the morning, and Chen Xiran was still waiting for him in the private seat on the second floor of the teahouse. Unlike last time, Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi were also sitting at the table.

The few of them have insured each other twice, and the relationship is considered to be a little closer.

"Ajin!"

Li Jin cupped his hands in return: "I'm late."

Xu Zifan laughed and said, "We also just met here, why did Ah Jin say 'late'? Drink some hot tea to drive away the cold air."

"Thank you, Brother Xu."

The servants in the government office who were in charge of releasing the list had already prepared. When the time came, they immediately blew the gong and set off firecrackers. Along with the joyful "release of the list" from the onlookers, the red silk was gradually lifted from bottom to top.

Li Jin was on the second floor, his heart floated up with the red silk, hanging in his throat, and his hands hanging on his legs unconsciously clenched into fists.

The red silk had clearly drifted past, but there still seemed to be a phantom in front of his eyes, which caused him not to take a closer look at the content of the list in the first place.

I'm still nervous, Li Jin thought, and even more anxious than the last county test release.

If it was said that last time he only thought that his hard study these days could not be wasted, then now he just didn't want to disappoint Qin Muwen.

Only those who pass the 'A' test are eligible to rent and buy a house in the inner city of Fucheng.Although living in the inner city has many rules and you cannot go out at night, the safety factor is also high.

He didn't hear what Mr. Song said to him before, but there was more than a month between the county examination and the government examination. If he followed Mr. Song's suggestion and went to Fucheng to study, what would Qin Muwen and his children do?

The time is too tight, and it is hard to find a house in Fucheng. Baozi is only ten months old now, so he can't bear to go back and forth at all.

Therefore, at that time, Li Jin could only politely reject Mr. Song's kindness.

But the college exam is held twice every three years, and Li Jin plans to apply for the college exam next year, and this year, he will be able to bring Fu Lang and Xiao Baozi to settle in Fucheng.

After he obtains the honor of a scholar, he can return to the town again. Whether it is teaching or compiling introductory books on mathematics, his life will be much better than his current life.

As soon as Li Jin came back to his senses, he heard someone shouting from below: "One Hundred Thirteen Two! One Hundred Thirteen Two! It's the same person as the last case!"

Chen Xiran and the others obviously heard this sentence, but every time they had time to express their opinion, they lay down by the window one by one, trying to find their own examination numbers in the big and small circles.

The crowd below are still shouting: "One Hundred Thirteen Twenty! Another crime has been found in our town!"

Li Jin was slightly embarrassed for a moment, he didn't expect that some of his fellow villagers would remember his examination number.

But this doesn't stop him from being happy, the chief of the desk, this is even better than his estimated 'first class' ranking.

Li Jin scanned the test numbers in the inner circle and found that Zou Xiujie was ranked seventh, which is not a bad ranking.

But if the last match hadn't been affected, maybe his ranking would be even higher.

Xu Zifan also quickly found his ranking, he was obviously relieved.

When Chen Xiran and Zhou Qi also found their own names, he said: "Congratulations, Ah Jin, for winning the top spot again. I am finally on the list this time, and I am number nineteen."

Chen Xiran said: "I happen to be number 51. Fortunately, this year the magistrate is very kind, thank you."

Zhou Qi trembled a little when he spoke, "I am in the penultimate place, and I can finally become a Tongsheng."

"Congratulations, everyone." Li Jin smiled, "It stands to reason that I should treat you all to a drink, but today I am in a hurry to go home to receive the official who delivered the good news. I will definitely treat you some other day."

"Congratulations, Ah Jin, I must go to this banquet."

After Li Jin went back, the yamen servants arrived not long after. The process was similar to last time, except that Li Jin gave more 'happy money' this time.

After all, the yamen servant who announced the good news came all the way from Fucheng.

The man weighed the weight of the happy money and thought, the leader of the desk really deserves to be the leader of the desk, the article is well written, and he will be a man.

He also reciprocated, went to Li Jin's study, and said in a low voice: "During the grading of the government examination, the magistrate severely punished one of the chief examiners. It is said that it has something to do with the competition for the top seat."

Li Jin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this official to be so honest, so he quickly added an extra amount of happy money.

"Thank you, sir, I will pay more attention in the future."

"Don't worry about that, our lord Zhifu cherishes talents the most, as long as your articles are good, the lord prefect will keep you!"

After the yamen servant said this, he drank a cup of tea and was ready to go back to report.

In fact, the yamen servant himself didn't know how to "severely punish" him, but the other examiners of Confucianism knew it. Because of this incident, the magistrate directly demoted the student who should have been ranked second to No.12.

The magistrate has sent someone to find out that he is about to marry the daughter of Minghui (the chief examiner of Confucianism), and Mr. Lang is the eldest son of the teacher who took the first exam.

They were supposed to get engaged at the beginning of this year, but because Minghui and Minghui were selected as the examiners, the two of them deliberately pretended that they had no contact, but in fact it was for this government examination.

Afterwards, the magistrate sent people to interview a few examiners unannounced. They were exactly the same as what Feng Shanming said. They all watched Feng Shanming put Li Jin's answer sheet first!

With all the witnesses and material evidence, it must have been tampering with Minghui!

Therefore, there are still many honest people these days.

Hearing the news of the ranking drawn up by the magistrate, He Minghui turned pale, but because he changed the order of the answer sheets privately, he didn't dare to say a word.

This was originally He Minghui's fault, although he could not be imprisoned according to the law, but the magistrate also has more painful means.

This time, he and Minghui played against each other, not to mention ruining his own reputation, and that student also missed the 'A class'.

As for the student's teacher (the person who asked the examiner to do some tricks before), because there are no students who have gone out of the government to take the "A" test this year, they will not be able to compete for good students in Fucheng, and they will only lose year by year. .

Shaoyin heard the decision of the magistrate at that time, and asked in a low voice: "Is this too much?"

The magistrate's eyes widened, and he actually showed a bit of ruthlessness: "Too much? The imperial examination is the only way for the poor to get ahead. If you do this with Minghui, why don't you think about the case that he has delayed?"

If Li Jin's handwriting is only neat, without style; if Li Jin's strategy writing is only a little better than others, if you don't read carefully, you will ignore this piece of jade... Then He Minghui's method will definitely succeed directly.

The magistrate said: "At that time, I may demote an answer sheet that was originally the top of the case to the second class."

After all, there are only ten answer sheets for Class A, and the examiners selected twelve in total in order to select ten of them.

When Shaoyin heard this, he hurriedly admitted his mistake, saying that he should not talk too much.

The magistrate did not blame him: "You are still young, just practice for a while longer."

"Thank you for your advice, my lord."

The next day, Li Jin first visited Mr. Song and explained his intention to stay in Fucheng for a year.

Mr. Song was very happy, so he edited a book immediately and gave it to Li Jin: "I have studied in the academy in Fucheng before, and I have some friendship with the teachings there. You take this letter with you, and your double desk Name, the academy will definitely accept you."

Li Jin hurriedly thanked him, his eyes were full of sincerity, and he didn't show any pride and conceit in taking two cases.

"County examination and prefectural examination are the top case in succession. In the subsequent court examination, Xuezheng (the judge of the court examination) will also give face to the magistrate and county magistrate, and will not dismiss the previous case.

Li Jin, you will definitely not be able to escape from the position of scholar. "

Li Jin said solemnly: "The students will still go all out."

Mr. Song saw that he was so calm, and felt that Li Jin would definitely not be someone in the pond from now on.He almost opened his mouth to express his desire to marry Li Jin.

But when he thought about his wife's attitude, and he promised his wife to wait another two years, he finally endured it.

Li Jin saw that Mr. Song hesitated to speak, but fortunately he is not a person who likes to ask questions, so the matter just turned around.

Li Jin gave Mr. Song another tael of silver as a gift before resigning.

Afterwards, Li Jin went to Xinglintang. He made an appointment with the shopkeeper that if he agreed to sell the prescription of 'Xiaoshi Pill', he would come to Xinglintang for a detailed discussion before noon today.

Originally, Li Jin didn't want to make money by selling prescriptions. Previously, the prescriptions he prescribed were left directly in the medical clinic for Dr. Wu and Zhou Gui to check.

Besides, he didn't research the prescription of Xiaoshi Wan, so he didn't want to keep it for himself.It's the same reason that he doesn't want to borrow famous poems he has memorized in his previous life when he writes poems.

But this time it was the shopkeeper who brought it up on his own initiative, and Li Jin was short of money right now.

Li Jin is also an ordinary person, not so lonely and desolate that he can't eat the fireworks of the world. Even if he has a pimple in his heart, he can only sell this prescription first.

However, when he wrote down the formula, the very first sentence was: "This formula comes from an unknown ancient book, not created by Li Jin."

The prescription of Dashanzha Pill was not patented in his previous life, and it was already a popular science prescription.This could relieve Li Jin's psychological burden a little.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Although Doctor Li is not original, he also has the grace of preaching, so you don't have to be too strict with yourself."

The shopkeeper is actually right, how many of the prescriptions in the doctor's hands are original?

Li Jin accepted a silver note of 50 taels, and said with a wry smile, "Thank you for your comfort, shopkeeper."

After noon, Li Jin invited some of his classmates to have dinner at Baishifang, and then went to the restaurant next door to bring a jar of high-quality fermented rice.

He said: "In less than ten days, I will move with my family to Fucheng, and I would like to say goodbye to everyone here."

Chen Xiran was surprised, but he was more delighted: "I also plan to go to Fucheng."

Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi will go to the county seat, and everyone has made plans.

When the party was over, Li Jin asked Xiaoer for a cup of strong tea, sat there to sober up for a while, and then drove home in Li Zhuzi's bullock cart.

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