Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 266

The tall and thin man who came out behind her saw a handsome young man coming to pick up Du Jinning. Both of them looked good, but they were a little different in age and height. Standing under the blue umbrella, they were actually very pleasing to the eye. He became curious, and couldn't help but raised his voice and asked: "Brother Du, this is..."

Although this tall and thin man was more curious, he was not annoying, so Du Jinning smiled and said, "This is Qi Muyuan, the county chief last year."

When everyone heard the first three words of the county case, they couldn't help but come to Qi Muyuan to see him.

Qi Muyuan didn't know what was going on with Du Jinning, who had always kept a low profile, so he couldn't help turning his head to look at her.

Du Jinning said with a smile all over his face: "Everyone just came out of the examination room, and you are full of joy. Brother Qi, you will not be stingy with this joy, will you?"

The corners of Qi Muyuan's mouth twitched, so he could only stuff the umbrella to Du Jinning, freeing up his hand to bow back to everyone.

Du Jinning noticed that the candidate who came back from other provinces did not come forward, but stood far away, looked at Qi Muyuan, and there was a flash of arrogance in his eyes.

She stroked her chin.

It seems that her county case this year is really a bit pending.

The tall and thin man was picked up by his elder brother. Seeing him standing there staring blankly at the two teenagers in the rain, his elder brother couldn't help asking, "What are you looking at?"

The tall and thin man gestured with his chin, and said, "The tall one was the chief of the case last year, and the short one may be the chief of the case today. They both look so good-looking, so naturally we have to take a closer look."

His elder brother couldn't help but look at Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning curiously.

Du Jinning knew that Qi Muyuan didn't like to talk too much with people, and he also regretted his impulsiveness.She tugged on La Qimuyuan's sleeve: "Let's go."

Qi Muyuan said something to the person who approached him, took the umbrella in Du Jinning's hand, and said, "Let's go." He followed Du Jinning towards Xu's house, and after walking a dozen steps, he asked Du Jinning, "That person who is it?"

After being in ancient times for so long, even though they fight with Guan Jiaze all day long and are inseparable from Zhang Hongwen, when it comes to tacit understanding, Qi Muyuan and Liang Xiankuan who don't know much.

Therefore, after hearing Qi Muyuan's question, she knew that Qi Muyuan had seen the person and guessed her intention of telling Qi Muyuan's case chief, so she told the situation of the person when he handed in the paper, saying: "Although you are here for the exam A few days ago, the head of the mountain, Yin Yin, told me that he wanted me to take the exam well, and it would be best to go back with a county case chief. But I am not very eager for the title of the case chief, as long as I can pass the county test. But seeing this People, thinking that the title of the chief case in our county was not given to the students in my own county, but to students from other provinces, I feel embarrassed to go back to see the head of the mountain. It is not easy to explain to them that they have failed to live up to their expectations."

"What's wrong with that? That man is seventeen or eighteen years old, right? He's the son of a Jinshi or a fellow Jinshi. At this age, it's not worth taking the title of county chief from you." As a matter of boasting, even if our academy loses the county chief, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, according to my analysis, County Magistrate Liu will probably give you the title of the county chief." Qi Muyuan said flatly.

"Oh? How did you see that?" Du Jinning looked at Qi Muyuan curiously.

"It can be analyzed from the program he wrote."

"Cheng Wen?" Du Jinning tilted his head, thoughtful.

In addition to selling story books, calligraphy and paintings, the bookstore also sells Chengwen.Qi Muyuan and the others sold a batch of this Cheng Wen before they took the scientific examination last year.Because who is the invigilator is temporarily decided by the government, and it will not be known who will come to the county to be the invigilator and grader until the exam starts, so their Chengwen business is very marketable.

Before the exam, they would send people to talk to the magistrates of the counties, and buy from them the articles they wrote when they took the exam.These county magistrates were all at least from the same Jinshi background, so they were naturally very confident in their articles.In addition, literati like to be famous and advocate the practice of preaching through writing, so everyone is happy to print their articles and spread them for everyone to read.While becoming famous, they can also earn a penny by the way, so naturally everyone is happy.

There are fifteen counties in this province, and there are fifteen county magistrates' Cheng Wen, and each county magistrate has more than one Cheng Wen.Some county magistrates are willing to publish more of their own articles, and bookstores will accept them.Anyway, after these are printed out, there is no need to worry about selling them.

Studying the preferences of invigilators is also the practice of candidates throughout the history.It's just that I have nowhere to ask for help.Now that someone has printed and sold the articles of the county magistrates, the examinees are naturally very happy, and even run around to tell everyone.So since they started Chengwen business last year, their business has done very well.

Having tasted the sweetness, they did the business again in last year's government examination and today's county examination.Because there are new county magistrates and new candidates, this year's business is not worse than last year.

Not only the Cheng Wen of these invigilators, but also the top ten articles after the government examination, the bookstore will also buy and print them into an anthology, and many candidates will also buy them, so that they can know how far they are from the top ten students.If it weren't for the fact that the content of the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty was different from that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there was no need to write stereotyped essays in the county examination, the business of the bookstore could be even bigger.Just the printing of the articles of each county's desk leader can make up a collection of essays, which attracts everyone to rush to buy.

My own bookstore is in this business, and Du Jinning, Cheng Wen of each county magistrate, got it earlier than any candidate, so it is natural to see it first.She has a good memory, and her analytical ability is not weak. Naturally, she has also analyzed and understood the writing styles of various county magistrates.

For example, the county magistrate Liu is a person with active thinking. He is not conservative and stubborn. Instead, he often puts forward some novel viewpoints in his articles.That's why Du Jinning used the solution above in the "Commentary to the Thirteen Classics" when answering Moyi's questions.If she encounters other invigilators who like to follow the rules, she will definitely not dare to do so, but honestly write according to the existing authoritative notes, and dare not be different.When doing classic questions, I will answer according to the theories of the predecessors instead of expressing my own views.

After all, in the eyes of some old-fashioned scholars, you are a twelve or thirteen-year-old child who has not studied for a few years, and you have not even fully understood the theories of the predecessors, so you put forward your own point of view, which is the same as not learning to walk. Just started running.They are very disgusted with this kind of unsteady scholar.

Magistrate Liu was not.Her approach made him appreciate and like it even more.

County magistrate Liu not only has his own views, but also insists on them. He will not change his positions and ideas just because those seniors with higher official positions disagree.If he really admired Du Jinning, he wouldn't have given the county case chief to him just because the father of the second-generation official was a fellow official.

(End of this chapter)