Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 403

"Master, I'll follow you." Jiang Bei also got up and looked at Du Jinning expectantly.

Uncle Wang said, now that the young master doesn't have a personal servant, he has to learn to be smart and take this position, so as not to be robbed by the newcomers.

"No need." Du Jinning's words made him quickly frustrated.

But before the depression spread, an envelope was handed to him: "You can help me send a letter to the county hall to the eldest uncle. When you come back, go to the entrance of the Gongyuan to guard if you have nothing to do. If the list is released, let me know." .”

Jiang Bei was immediately happy, and replied loudly: "Yes."

"Are you literate?" Du Jinning thought of this and asked again.Thinking about it, when there are more servants in the family, she has to ask Yao Shuqi to hold two literacy classes so that all the servants can read and write.

The reason why there are two is naturally one male and one female.Du Jinning is not prepared to challenge the worldview and code of conduct of this era.

"I've been in a private school for several years." Jiang Bei said proudly, patting his chest.

Du Jinning nodded, turned back to the room, wrote a note, and handed it to Jiang Bei: "At that time, you can see where these seats are on the list."

The seat numbers of Zhou Zhi and Du Zheyan were written on the note - it wasn't that Du Jinning didn't care about Qi Muyuan and the others, but that the test numbers were only issued when they entered the door. She came back after the test last night and didn't talk to those people. When they meet, naturally they don't know their test numbers.The only ones who knew were Zhou Zhi and Du Zheyan.

Of course, wanting to know how Du Zheyan did in the exam is entirely out of her curiosity, not caring about that bastard.

Seeing that Jiang Bei nodded when he saw the note, she warned again: "You ask the cook to cook two good dishes and take them to the county hall. If someone is in front of the eldest son-in-law, don't take out the letter, just take it to the county hall. He said he was here to deliver food. You will hand it over to my aunt after the person leaves. You tell him by the way that it is not convenient for me to go there, and I can’t talk properly after I go there. He can tell his classmates what he said in the letter, as long as it is me who said it. of."

"The villain knows, and must do as the young master ordered."

Seeing that Jiang Bei still understood that he wasn't so confused, Du Jinning went out with confidence.

For the Qi Mansion, Du Jinning is already a frequent visitor.Old man Shen, who was guarding the gate, saw her and led her directly to the gate of Qi Muyuan's courtyard without notifying her, and shouted inside: "Young Master, Young Master Du is here."

Seeing Qi Muyuan came out to greet them, he bowed to them and then retreated.

Qi Bokun was also at home, and when he heard that Du Jinning was coming, he didn't call her over, but went to Qi Muyuan's courtyard himself.

When a grandfather enters his grandson's yard, there is naturally no need to notify him.He went in directly at the door, just in time to hear Du Jinning talking: "I have studied the questions of the imperial court's provincial and rural examinations over the years, and found that the imperial court is paying more and more attention to mathematics and law."

Hearing these words, Qi Bokun walked more and more slowly, and finally stopped at the door, listening carefully to the conversation inside.

Just listen to Du Jinning continuing: "You have also seen arithmetic. Because of the advocacy of the Ministry of Households in the past two years, we have given a lot of arithmetic questions in the county and government examinations. The law questions have not been given in the college examination, but the last year Laws appeared in the township examination questions in many provinces this year. Those questions were not just to test whether they were familiar with the laws and regulations, but to test some case studies. This was only the content that appeared in the general examination before. It can be seen that the court There is more and more emphasis on this.”

"You mean that Zhao Liang will ask a legal question?" Qi Muyuan asked, "Is it because he used to work in the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Yes." Du Jinning said, "And according to my inference, he will not ask case analysis questions like the provincial examination and general examination, but will examine the degree of familiarity with laws and regulations. After all, this is just a hospital examination. The assessment of the law has not been spread out on a large scale. If he came up with case analysis questions in the court exam, he would be criticized by others. But he will not be able to do so in the law and regulations. This is the basis of case analysis. The memory of the court exam regulations , Case analysis of the township examination, this is more logical, not only will he not be blamed, but he will be greatly appreciated."

Hearing this, Qi Bokun couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and walked in the door, saying, "Okay, well said, very well said."

Hearing the voice, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan both stood up and saluted together: "Grandpa Qi."

"grandfather."

Qi Bokun pressed his palms, signaled them to sit down, walked to the main seat and sat down, looked up and down at Du Jinning, and his admiration was beyond words: "Jinning, I thought that I already thought highly of you. You look down, you are better than what I look like. We, Xiaoyuan, are so lucky to have you as a friend."

"Grandpa Qi, don't say that. Without your guidance and Qi Muyuan's help, I would be just a frog in a well, unable to see the sky outside." Du Jinning hurriedly stood up and said modestly.

Qi Bokun waved his hand: "Let's not talk nonsense. Since I praise you, you deserve my praise."

Signaling Du Jinning to sit down, he asked, "Where did you find out about the provincial and general examination questions in other provinces in previous years?"

"Didn't Qi Muyuan and I open a bookstore in partnership? This bookstore not only sells the Four Books and Five Classics and the scriptures, but also sends people to various places to collect their provincial examination, college examination, and government examination questions for printing and selling."

Qi Bokun was even more shocked.

He knew that the two children opened a bookstore. At that time, he only thought that Qi Muyuan saw that Du Jinning was short of money and wanted to help him, so he contributed money to help start this business.And Du Jinning is just selling his own scripts, and then selling some calligraphy and painting, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, that's all.

Unexpectedly, Du Jinning could use these resources at hand to see clearly the scientific research trend of the whole country.This kind of overall view, this insight, is not something ordinary people can have.Even though his grandson Qi Muyuan was very smart, he probably didn't think of this.

Now that Du Jinning can judge the trend of the entire country's scientific examination through these test questions, can he clearly see the changes in the court through these?
He asked calmly: "If that's the case, what do you think of Chaotang?"

Du Jinning looks down on the current Song Dynasty from the perspective of God, and naturally has her views on the court.But in front of Qi Bokun, an old fox, she didn't dare to reveal too much.

She is so wise and close to a monster, she doesn't want people to see her as a monster.

She shook her head, and said in a daze, "I haven't been in contact with the court, so I haven't thought about it."

Qi Bokun smiled, shook his head and said: "That's right, I was confused. You are so young, and you have only been able to read and write for a few years. It is very remarkable to have the knowledge you have now. If you can understand the movements of the court, then we The old guy really doesn't know how to live."

Du Jinning smiled, but did not speak.

(End of this chapter)