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Chapter 210 0207 [It’s them who should worry]

An hour later, Zhang He set off with a thousand veterans of the Qingzhou Army.

Sunjia Town is more than 100 miles away from Linzi. Even if we march in a hurry, it will take at least three days to reach it.

Winning it within five days is a big test, which is why Zhang He is so anxious.

Fortunately, there are not many garrison troops in the Sun family, only [-] officers and soldiers are stationed under the command of the patrol envoy.

Inspection is a special duty, between the county police and the army. It is usually set up at the passes of various mountains and rivers.

On weekdays, he is responsible for guarding passes, checking passing merchants, and from time to time assisting counties in arresting bandits and bandits.

Inspection envoys, like county captains, are military attaches at the end of the ninth rank.

Han Zhen was not worried at all about whether Zhang He could capture Sunjia Town.

Now that the enemy is overt and secret, and they control all the officials in the county, there are a thousand ways to take over Sunjia Town without any bloodshed.

A small ninth-grade inspector is not just fooling around.

If that doesn't work, they can still be captured by force.

After handling the military affairs, Han Zhen mounted his war horse and rode back to the county town under the setting sun.

Along the street, we came to the inner city government office.

Sitting down behind the hall table, Han Zhen took the hot tea from his subordinates and ordered Zhao Ting to be summoned.

"Have the exam papers been corrected?"

Although the officials have made an internal decision in advance, the procedures that need to be followed still have to be followed.

Moreover, in the future, we will really use the lock-in hall trial to select talents, and this time we should accumulate experience.

Zhao Ting bowed and said, "Reporting to the county magistrate, I, together with other colleagues, corrected the examination papers last night."

Han Zhen asked again: "How did the determined officials do in the exam?"

Zhao Ting replied: "These six colleagues are all among the top ten."

"Not bad!"

Han Zhen glanced slightly and ordered: "Send in the top ten examination papers."

The examination papers for this locking examination are quite different from the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty.

Taking the Jinshi subject as an example, candidates are required to write one poem, one rhyme, one essay each, five essays, ten essays on the Analects of Confucius, and ten essays on the Spring and Autumn Annals or the Book of Rites.

Poems take up a large proportion, and in addition, current policy discussions also pay attention to plain and rhyme to highlight literary talent.

The examination paper for this lock-down examination only contains five policy theories, and the questions in each policy theory are sharp and clear, not the vague concepts of Jinshi subjects.

There is no requirement for pronunciation, only practicality.

In short, don’t give me all the bells and whistles to fool people, I want to see practical and effective solutions!

Such a unique examination paper made those reference subordinates who boasted outstanding literary talents and were familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics complain endlessly.

On the contrary, those subordinate officials who were not so good in literary talent but paid attention to practical work were ecstatic.

Of course, literary talent is also important, but that is a matter for the future.

After receiving the test paper from Zhao Ting, Han Zhen took out the test paper for the scheduled official and looked at it carefully.

Just looking at the test papers, he got the feeling that these subordinates had good methods, but they were a little immature and not sophisticated enough.

But these are all side details. After all, experience is something that takes time to accumulate.

After reading six exam papers in a row, the sky outside the lobby began to turn dark.

In the lobby, Zhao Ting had already ordered the clerk to light candles.

Putting down the examination papers, Han Zhen ordered: "The results will be released tomorrow, and by the way, post these six examination papers under the results!"

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Zhao Ting responded with cupped hands.

Han Zhen seemed to have thought of something, and added: "By the way, official uniforms and acknowledgments will also be issued tomorrow."

After that, he stood up, stretched out, and strode out of the government office.

When I returned to my house, night had completely enveloped the sky.

In the main hall, An Niang and Han Zhang were having dinner.

Seeing Han Zhen return, Mrs. Han Zhang immediately stood up and said, "Erlang is back, can we have dinner?"

"not yet!"

Han Zhen shook his head.

Hearing this, Mrs. Han Zhang immediately ordered the maid to serve a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

"Second uncle!"

Xiaodouzi swallowed the food in his mouth and said hello.

Picking up his rice bowl, Han Zhen said slightly apologetically: "I've been busy these days and haven't been able to take care of you."

Since returning to the county town, he has been busy without touching the ground.

An Niang said reasonably: "Erlang is doing big things now, how can he be distracted. Besides, Youyou has been with us these days."

"Yes, the Nu family and Sister An are not ignorant fools. Erlang doesn't need to worry about us." Han Zhang agreed.

"Ah."

Han Zhen nodded, glanced at Xiaodouzi, and asked, "Can you find a private school?"

An Niang chuckled and said, "I found it. Youyou helped a lot with this matter. I heard that the slave family was looking for a private school, so she suggested that Xiaodouzi go to the Ma family's private school."

"Ma's private school is good."

After all, the Ma family has been inherited for more than a hundred years, and during this period, it has trained no less than ten Jinshi scholars, which can be regarded as a family tradition.

Han Zhang said softly: "Erlang, thanks to Youyou, you have come here early every day in the past few days. He takes us around the market and gets familiar with the county. He is very attentive."

Although she was Han Zhen's concubine, after spending time together, Han Zhang and An Niang completely fell in love with this little girl.

"I saved it."

Han Zhen smiled slightly.

Ma Shuyao's recent performance is really good, so she will reward her well later.

After dinner, Han Zhen walked to the corner of the courtyard.

Hearing the footsteps, the lying tiger raised its head slightly.

When he saw clearly that the person coming was Han Zhen, he let out a low growl, as if to say hello.

Seeing this, Han Zhen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He found that this period of captivity gave the tiger a more lazy temperament.

At this moment, crawling in the iron cage, it looks like a big cat.

It's just that the smell on his body is getting stronger.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen took out the key from his waist and opened the iron cage.

Seeing the iron cage being opened, the tiger suddenly became energetic and stood up.

Being kept in an iron cage for this period of time was suffocating it. Although the iron cage was big enough, the tiger was too big to move fully.

Holding the iron chain tightly with one hand, Han Zhen led the tiger out of the iron cage.

"Roar!!!"

As soon as he got out of the iron cage, the tiger stretched his body, then looked up to the sky and roared.

Snapped!
Han Zhen slapped it on the head and scolded: "Don't bark at night!"

Naturally, the tiger couldn't understand the words, but the fear engraved in his bones made it shrink its neck.

Under the frightened and curious eyes of all the maids and servants, Han Zhen led the tiger all the way to the well.

First, he checked the wound on the back of its head and saw that it had completely healed. Then Han Zhen picked up a bucket of well water and poured it on the tiger.

Stirred by the well water, the tiger subconsciously shook its body quickly.

For a moment, Han Zhen was completely wet.

Picking up the soap locust, he began to give the tiger a bath.

In fact, cats like tigers already love to be clean and clean their hair from time to time.

But even so, Han Zhen still washed out a lot of dirty things.

After washing it three times in a row, it was finally much cleaner, and the fishy smell on my body was also much lighter. If you don't get close, you can hardly smell it.After taking a bath, Han Zhen took the tiger for a walk around the house twice to familiarize it with the environment.

After putting the tiger back into the cage, he returned to the backyard to wash up and rest.

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The next day.

The front of the government office was crowded with people.

Today is the day to release the results.

In addition to the subordinate officials, hundreds of scholars came to watch.

They want to take a look at what the high school exam papers are like, so they can have a better idea.

He Juan stood quietly in the crowd, his face neither sad nor happy, but his hands that kept clenching and unclenching into fists revealed the tension in his heart.

Unlike those scholars who joined halfway, he was born as an out-and-out subordinate.

My grandfather was a subordinate official, and my father was also a subordinate official.

After his father passed away and there were no brothers in the family, this job naturally fell on him.

The son inherits the father's business!
However, others don't know that He Junshu is very good at reading.

Even the master at the county school praised him as a good scholar, but every time he said a few words, the master would shake his head and sigh, with a complicated look in his eyes.

He Juan didn't understand it when he was young, but when he grew up, he finally understood it.

He is the son of a subordinate official and has a lowly status. He will never be able to take part in the imperial examination in his life.

No matter how good the book is, what's the use?

From then on, He Juan burned the books he bought frugally and became a cunning and lazy subordinate.

He bows his knees in front of superior officials and shows off his power in front of the common people.

He Juan originally thought that his life would be like this.

until someone shows up.

Han Zhen!

As a subordinate official in Linzi County, how could he not recognize the famous Han Er.

Although he is a scoundrel, he is righteous and bold, and loves to fight against injustice, so he has an excellent reputation.

Who would have thought that such a person suddenly transformed into a rebel who killed officials and rebelled, and captured Linzi County.

Everyone in Linzi County knew that Han Zhen was a rebel, but even such a rebel promised them one day that if they work hard, he can become an official as a subordinate!

At that moment, He Juan felt as if his head was buzzing and exploding.

When he looked at Han Zhen again, his eyes were filled with enthusiasm.

After that day, He Juan seemed to be a different person, running errands day and night, just hoping to be chosen and participate in the lock-in audition.

And now, the list is about to be released!

Thinking of this, He Juan couldn't help but breathe a little faster, and his loosened hands clenched again, and the joints turned white.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the difference between officials and officials was only in rank and salary.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although the status of subordinate officials began to decline, their promotion channels were still clear.

Until the Song Dynasty, subordinate officials were completely reduced to low status.

In the second year of Duangong reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Chen Yiqing, a subordinate of Zhongshu, took part in the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination by studying the Book of Changes. Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, was furious: "The establishment of the department level is to wait for the flow of scholars. How can we allow the officials to rush in and steal the title of the department!" "

He ordered Chen Yiqing to "recover the ultimatum he received, acquit him of his crime, and return him to the bureau." He also ordered that subordinate officials were strictly prohibited from participating in the imperial examination in the future.

Since then, subordinate officials have been completely thrown into the abyss and will never be able to stand up again.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an order with the same simplicity and clarity: "As long as the official Xu's mind is broken, he is not allowed to take the exam."

"coming!"

"It's on the list!"

At this moment, there was a burst of noise from the crowd.

He Juan looked around and saw two clerks from the official department walking out with lists in their hands.

Everyone who had been waiting for a long time immediately became energetic, standing on tiptoes one by one, stretching their necks and looking in.

As the clerk posted the list and examination papers on the bulletin board, the scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.

He Juan was pushed by the crowd and took a few steps forward, his eyes fixed on Guibang.

In just a moment, he saw his name.

Because the top six names on the list are written in vermilion plum blossom regular script, which is particularly conspicuous compared to the black ink handwriting on the list.

Number one, He Juan!

"call!"

He Juan took a long breath, feeling his head was dizzy, and the noise in his ears gradually became blurry, and finally turned into bursts of tinnitus.

"I got it! I got it!"

"Hey!"

"Just two armors missing, just two armors missing!"

At this moment, it can be said that some are happy and some are sad, but among the hundreds of subordinate officials, only the top six are chosen as officials, which means that more people are destined to be disappointed and depressed.

I don't know how long it took before He Juan gradually came back to his senses, and the voices in his ears became real again.

"Brother He, congratulations, No. 1 in high school!"

Hearing this, He Juan turned around and saw that the person congratulating him was his good friend Ye Xiangxing. He couldn't help but cup his hands and said modestly: "It's just a fluke."

Ye Xiangxing said in a complex tone: "Brother He, why do you need to be so humble? When I look at your examination papers, every word is so precious that I feel ashamed of myself."

He Juan glanced at the list again and saw that Ye Xiangxing's name was ranked No. 12, and comforted him: "Brother Ye, don't be discouraged. The gap between the top six is ​​small. I think I will definitely go to high school next time."

"Ha ha!"

Ye Xiangxing pointed to the crowd of scholars gathered around him and smiled bitterly: "Next time, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get in the first hundred."

In fact, they all know in their hearts that this lock-in test is most likely their only chance in this life.

100 people compete for six places.

Is it intense?

It's not really intense.

When the next lock-in examination comes, their competitors will become hundreds or thousands of scholars. These people are scholars, officials, and even elites who have been carefully cultivated by high-ranking families and taught by famous teachers.

At that point, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

Looking around, looking at the scholars in Confucian robes, He Juan smiled confidently and reminded: "Brother Ye, please don't belittle yourself. Compared with poems, songs, poems, poems, poems and poems, the Four Books and Five Classics may not be as good as mine. But don't do it." I forgot the questions on the exam paper.”

"You mean..."

After receiving his reminder, Ye Xiangxing's eyes suddenly lit up.

He Juan nodded and lowered his voice: "That's right! The county magistrate only focuses on hard work when selecting candidates. After the examination papers are posted, it is them who should worry, not Brother Ye!"

"Wow!"

Ye Xiangxing slapped his thigh, feeling confident again.

Yes!

There are only five policy topics in this exam, and each policy topic goes straight to the root of the problem, which is far from the ambiguity of the Zhao and Song Township Examinations.

This is enough to explain Han Zhen's attitude.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiangxing smiled and said: "Brother He's high school helmet is obviously very white. I'm treating you today, let's have a drink."

He Juan quickly waved his hand and said, "I should treat you to this meal. How can I let Brother Ye spend money?"

Nowadays, the salary of subordinate officials has been increased several times. Not only can they support the whole family, but they can also go to restaurants and have a meal from time to time.

"Dangdangdang!"

A loud and harsh gong sound exploded in everyone's ears.

Turning around, he saw the clerk in charge of publishing the results, banging the gong and loudly saying: "The top six subordinates who have been selected will have their official uniforms and reports today. Come to the government office tomorrow at Mao o'clock to order Mao." Debrief!"

For a moment, everyone looked at He Juan and the others with envy.

After today, the six of them are no longer officials, but officials!
(End of this chapter)