Poor Family 1

  Chapter 112 Peeping at the Solution

   Zhou Chun and the others were no longer outside the restaurant, and Li Yanqing was not in the mood to eat again. He bought five meatloaf from a roadside food stand and brought them back to the inn.

  In the room, Li Yanqing was sitting at the table while eating meatloaf and reading a book.

He calculated the time just now. From the day before yesterday until now, he has always had one thing or another every day. In three days, he only has one morning and one night to read. If things continue like this, there will be no hope for this imperial examination. It's better to go to the state school with Zhang Xian and Qin Liang.

Li Yanqing was really a little panicked. He didn't have a plan in his chest. He still had a lot of content to sharpen his guns. It will take a month, but now there are only twenty-seven days left.

  Besides studying hard, Li Yanqing has no choice. Li Yanqing decided not to go out again, and to eat in the inn.

   Right at this moment, there was a light knock on the door, "Who is it!" Li Yanqing nodded his head, who would bother him at this time?

   "It's me!" Zhou Chun's voice came from outside the door.

  Li Yanqing got up quickly, went to open the door, and saw Zhou Chun standing at the door with a face full of apology, holding a food box in his left hand and several thick notebooks in his right hand.

   "So it's Brother Zhou, please come in quickly!"

  Zhou Chun walked into the room and asked with concern: "Is there something wrong, brother?"

   "What can happen?"

  Li Yanqing scratched his head and smiled: "I reasoned with them. They used the strong to bully the weak, and things got serious. It's their bad luck. If scholars want to be reasonable, they will understand, and then I will come back."

"We went to the restaurant again later. You and the Tai students had already left. I saw the bartender sweeping the floor and repairing the walls, and asked them what happened. None of them would say anything, and all of them were terrified. We really I was very worried, and when I came back to see the shopkeeper, I found out that you were fine."

   As he spoke, Zhou Chun put the food box on the table, "I guess my brother is not full, so I brought you some food and wine."

  At this time, the waiter brought a pot of hot tea, Li Yanqing poured two cups of hot tea and said with a smile: "Let's sit down and talk, warm up the fire!"

Zhou Chun sat down, rubbed his hands on the brazier, took the hot tea from Li Yanqing, and took a big sip slowly. After the hot tea warmed his heart, he said to Li Yanqing: "What happened today This has happened before. The conflict between Tai students and local scholars has always been very deep. In the final analysis, it is because there are too few places in the Fajie Examination and the competition is too fierce.

Local scholars think that Tai students come back to rob them of their interests, while Tai students think that the admission quota of Fajie Examination is originally for Taixue, and they are sent to other places. Especially this year, when the Examination Rankings are released, there are only four local scholars On the list, Taisheng students and the four major academies occupied 16 places, and the conflict became a little bit intensified. "

Li Yanqing can always get some interesting news from Zhou Chun. In the past, he would definitely ask a few more questions, but now he is not in the mood. Time is too tight. He just hopes that Zhou Chun will hurry up after sitting down for a while. go back.

  Li Yanqing smiled perfunctorily and said, "So there is such a saying, no wonder those Tai students have eyes on the top of their heads."

   But Zhou Chun is not here to popularize knowledge to Li Yanqing. He is grateful to Li Yanqing for protecting his grandfather's reputation, but he feels guilty that he did not stay and fight side by side with Li Yanqing.

  He thought about how to compensate Li Yanqing, so as to alleviate his guilt.

   "Today Zhao Yushu humiliated my grandfather, I was very angry, but I still didn't have the courage to punch it out. It's my brother who has the courage to express this anger for me. I'm really grateful..."

Before Zhou Chun could finish speaking, Li Yanqing waved his hands and said, "Brother Zhou is too polite. In fact, I seldom do anything unless I insult my family or master. Today I restrained myself and spared Zhao Yushu. If it wasn't for Afraid of affecting the imperial examination, he may be carried back today."

Zhou Chun smiled, and handed the two notebooks in his hand to Li Yanqing, "This is the criminal law case that my grandfather compiled for me. My grandfather broke down the 400 cases announced by the court in detail. Which law is applicable? There are also brief comments, and the differences between the laws of Tang and Song Dynasties, etc., which are very useful for the criminal law examination added this year. There are four notebooks in total, my brother will read two, and I will read two, and we will exchange them in a few days."

  Li Yanqing was overjoyed immediately. This was exactly what he needed most. The case in his hands only had content and results, but no basis for judgment.

For each case, he has to compare and find the criminal law clauses, which means he has to study each case carefully. This is why he can't finish reading the cases in a month. If there are ready-made cases, he can read them in five or six days at most. , which saved him a lot of precious time.

  Li Yanqing also knew that scholars would not easily show this kind of precious secret book to others, not to mention that he and Zhou Chun had a direct competitive relationship, and Zhou Chun gave it to him to study, probably because of today's punch.

   This is called God's will in the dark.

Zhou Chun asked Li Yanqing a few more words, and then left. Li Yanqing quickly looked through the notes left by Zhou Chun. The content was indeed very detailed. To Li Yanqing's surprise, he quickly took out the pen and paper, and began to copy while reading, gradually forgetting the passage of time.

  The brawl that took place in the restaurant did not ferment due to the silence of both parties involved. Although the incident was once spread among scholars in a small area, it did not attract the attention of the government.

Soon, as the state school entrance examination registration began, more young students poured into Anyang County, making Anyang County more lively, and the topic was no longer limited to the imperial examination, and the state school entrance examination gradually became the focus of Anyang County .

In the east of Anyang County, there is a mansion covering an area of ​​40 mu. The owner of the mansion is Zheng Sheng, one of the famous landowners in Anyang. He also has another special identity, he is the father-in-law of Zhao Huan, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, He is not the father of the Crown Princess, but the father of the Crown Prince Concubine Zheng's. Although his daughter's status is not high, he is also a rare royal relative in Xiangzhou.

  In the outer study room, the potbellied Zheng Sheng was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was very fat. The flesh on his face was piled up on his chin, making his chin into four layers. His lower body was especially plump, like a hippopotamus with clothes on.

Zheng Sheng is also a little anxious these days. His youngest son, Zheng Rongtai, also came back from Taixue this year, and is preparing to take the upcoming Fajie Examination. Zheng Rongtai only studied in the outer dormitory in Taixue, and his level is relatively low. compared to.

How to make his son pass the Juren examination, and even the first place in the examination, Jieyuan, has become a problem that Zheng Sheng has been pondering over the past few months. In terms of knowledge, his son will definitely not be able to pass the Juren examination. If he can't find a test taker who is similar in size to his son, then the only way to get his son to the top is to rely on power.

Zheng Sheng had also considered asking his son-in-law, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, to come forward, but this idea was strongly opposed by the eldest son. The Crown Prince was only conferred last year, and he cheated in the imperial examination. If this matter got out, it would not only seriously affect the Crown Prince’s reputation, The daughter's position in the East Palace will also be in jeopardy, Zheng Sheng has no choice but to find a way by himself.

   Just when Zheng Sheng was anxious, a maid reported from the hall, "The Ya Nei is back!"

  When Zheng Sheng turned his head, he saw the eldest son walking into the courtyard in a hurry. Zheng Sheng waved his hand quickly to make the maidservants retreat. He stepped forward and asked, "What did Jia Tongpan say?"

Zheng Sheng's eldest son is called Zheng Rongping, he is about twenty-seven or eight years old, and he looks quite rich, but he is a little thinner than his father, and he is very smart and capable. The second high-ranking official in the mansion is equivalent to the magistrate of the Tang Dynasty.

  Jia Tongpan has a very good relationship with the Zheng family. He hopes to take the route of the prince so that he can rise to the top, so he has always taken care of the Zheng family. This time, the Zheng family wants to use his power to push his youngest son to the position of Jie Yuan.

   Zheng Rongping said with a smile: "Since my father made the request, how could Jia Tongpan refuse to agree? He has promised to let the third brother win the election, and at the same time he also stated that he will try his best to let the third brother win the Jieyuan."

   "Just doing your best?"

  Zheng Sheng was a little disappointed, the meaning of trying his best and the promise was completely different, Zheng Sheng said unhappily: "Why didn't he promise to let Rong Tai directly be Jie Yuan?"

"Jia Tongpan said that the key is that it is very difficult to deal with the examiner. Now he can't see the examiner at all, and he can't hand in the note. Jia Tongpan also said that this Ouyang Xun is notoriously straightforward. This kind of person must not Discuss with him about things like helping in the examination, otherwise he will go straight to the officials, and the officials will think that the prince ordered it, which will be very bad for the prince."

   "Then what did he say?"

   "Jia Tongpan said that the only way to start is from Guo Baisong, the deputy chief examiner. He proposed two plans. First, the third brother's paper should look good. He hoped that his father would find a knife catcher in advance."

   "Does someone take the test for you?"

"No, this will be exposed by other Tai students. It is very dangerous. Jia Tongpan said that he can create conditions for the third brother to contact the invigilator inside, and then the person who catches the knife will do the questions and then the invigilator will pass it in, because After the examination papers court is closed, the examiners will not be able to patrol, and the examiners are all his subordinates, so things will be easy to handle."

  Zheng Sheng couldn't help cursing inwardly. There were obviously many ways, but Jia Quan chose such a bad strategy, which showed that he didn't want to take risks.

   Zheng Sheng was helpless, and asked again: "Then what is the second plan?"

   "The second plan is to continue the first plan. Let us take out two thousand taels of silver and let him give it to Liang Zhizhou. Jia Tong judged that Zhizhou needs to be silent about this matter."

   Actually asking for two thousand taels of silver, Zheng Sheng really began to feel pain.

   Ask for tickets on Wednesday!

  (end of this chapter)