Chapter 368 Don't worry

   Song Lixian, who read the recruitment order, was ecstatic. Great, isn't the county magistrate's move just tailor-made for him? Looking at Shanyun County, who is more knowledgeable than him?

He signed up immediately, with a confused smile on his face on the way back, imagining that he would overwhelm everyone and be admitted to the county government, and become the right-hand man of the county magistrate. , prosperity and wealth, has reached the pinnacle of life.

   "Father, from today on, my son will study behind closed doors to prepare for the exam in half a month." Although Song Lixian is very confident, who knows what questions the magistrate will ask? Before the exam, you should review your homework more.

   "Yes, yes, yes, you study hard and try to pass the exam. You don't have to worry about family affairs, you have your elder brother." Patriarch Song agreed very much.

He said it in front of everyone, and the eldest daughter-in-law, Luo Shi, happened to be present. Hearing this, she felt angry and sad, and couldn't help saying: "Father, my husband was not feeling well two days ago. , so I didn’t say anything, just endured it all the time. Look at this entertainment, isn’t it..." She looked distressed for her husband and had no idea.

   "Ill?" Patriarch Song frowned, "Why didn't you invite a doctor?" No wonder his complexion hasn't looked good these two days.

   "Msister-in-law didn't let him go, he said he was tired from the journey a year ago, and it would be good to take a rest. It's the New Year's Eve, and he's not in a good mood." Luo Shi lowered his eyebrows.

Although Patriarch Song complained in his heart that his eldest son was ill at an untimely time, he was still his own son, "Since he is ill, let's rest well. We are busy all year round, so let's take advantage of the first month to take care of it." After a pause, he added, "If you should call a doctor, call a doctor."

  Luo Shi felt relieved, and showed gratitude, "Thank you for your compassion! My daughter-in-law wants to go to see my husband, but my daughter-in-law is resigning." She wanted to tell him the good news.

   Patriarch Song nodded indifferently, "Go."

  Wen Jiuxiao was also discussing with Zhuo Zhengyang how to write the exam questions. One of the two was the number one scholar and the other was a juren.

But the two of them felt something was wrong, "My lord, are these exam questions a little difficult?" Zhuo Zhengyang stopped writing. A few years ago, he took time to go to the county school to understand the current situation of education in Shanyun County. It is deeply understood.

  Let’s put it this way, some villages don’t even have a single scholar, and only the village head knows a few words. The city is a bit better, except that the Song family has its own school, and none of the students in the two private schools outside are rushing to study for the imperial examination. . The master of the private school is not even a scholar, but a child.

   "It's become easier." Wen Jiuxiao was also in a dilemma. Considering the actual situation in Shanyun County, the questions he gave were already the most obvious. "It's really impossible..." He wanted to say that the **** was picking the general, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt indecent, and he frowned and thought.

The two were in a dilemma, but it was Zhuo Zhengyang who came up with an idea, "Why don't you just ask the young lady." On the way from the capital to Shanyun County, Zhuo Zhengyang felt that the young lady was different from ordinary housewives. High-strength, good at doing business, and especially assertive, with ideas. Maybe there is a better way.

  Wen Jiuxiao's eyes lit up, "Yes, Qingfeng, go and invite the young lady over." Zhuo Zhengyang is not an outsider, so there is no need to avoid suspicion.

  Yu Zhi was doing an experiment on the purification of coarse salt, and was a little surprised to hear Wen Jiuxiao approach her, "Do you know why the third master is looking for me?" He asked while wiping his hands.

  Qingfeng said: "For recruiting talents and taking exam questions."

   Exam questions? Yu Zhi thought about it for a while and knew what was going on. When she arrived at the official office in front, she first read the questions Wen Jiuxiao and Zhuo Zhengyang had posed, and laughed while watching. After laughing, she cleared her throat and said solemnly: "Master, I'm sorry, but with my many years of experience in reading books, you I can't understand the question asked."

  Wen Jiuxiao's mouth twitched, is it from years of experience in reading scripts?

"Can't you be more straightforward? It's not the imperial examination to get a scholar. You just pick a few people to help you do the work. You can read and write! It's useless if the requirements are too high. No matter how many books you read, the better. If you don’t understand farming, don’t understand people’s livelihood and people’s conditions, can you do your job well? What subset of classics and history is the test? You test people’s livelihood and people’s conditions! For example, how to prevent floods during flood seasons, how to deal with droughts, and how to mediate disputes between two families. Another example is the small official in charge of the warehouse , You must know how to calculate the abacus? Do you have to be cautious and patient in doing things? Even if you are not proficient in arithmetic, you must know it? So you must have math problems.

"Whether you are an official or an official, even a jailer in the county government prison, how do you regulate your own behavior? That is the law! You know the law and obey the law, and you know what you can do and what you can't do. So the Daqing law is Don't you have to take a test?

   "I think, after you have selected the people, first popularize the law to them, and then to the people, to ensure that the government's government orders are unimpeded here. If you do this, you, the county magistrate, will be more than half successful."

   "That's right, why didn't this subordinate think of it?" Zhuo Zhengyang clapped his hands and applauded, "Young Madam can do something about it." Women don't give way to men, if Young Madam is a man, she may go farther than adults in officialdom.

  Although Wen Jiuxiao didn't speak, he looked at Yu Zhi with pride.

   Such a powerful Zhizhi belongs to his family.

  Yu Zhi was also very proud in his heart, but on the face he looked disapproving, "Okay, I've told you all what needs to be said, you can take your time to come up with questions, I still have something to do in my backyard."

  Refined salt is related to her important matter of earning money, shouldn't she be more concerned?

Since it involves many aspects of people's livelihood and people's sentiments, the examination paper covers a lot. It took Wen Jiuxiao and Zhuo Zhengyang two days to delete, delete, and modify it. It took three days to produce one examination paper, and then copied out dozens of copies. .

  Yes, it is a county at any rate, and less than a hundred people signed up. Although the requirements in the notice are very low, as long as you can read and write, you can sign up, but the exam is such a high-level thing, who dares to sign up without studying for a few years?

   Not having the confidence to sign up is one aspect, but the most important thing is that the education in Shanyun County is too backward. But I can understand it when I think about it. I can’t get enough to eat. What are we talking about studying?

A few days later, Qingfeng hurried into the county government office from the outside, with an extremely excited expression, especially at the moment when he saw Wen Jiuxiao, his eyes were amazingly bright, "Third Master, really, really exposed the salt." It's salty, salty.

   Wen Jiuxiao's hand holding the teacup suddenly stopped, and he stood up abruptly, "Go, go and have a look."

  Just raised his feet and stopped again, "Go and invite Mrs. Zhuo and Mrs. Zhuo." Zhuo Zhengyang is his right-hand man, and the matter of drying the salt cannot be hidden from him, nor can it be hidden. The key is that Wen Jiuxiao didn't even intend to hide it.

  Sunning salt is also a political achievement, isn’t it? Reporting to the court is enough for him to be promoted to the third rank.

   Reporting must be reported, but there is no rush.

  (end of this chapter)