Even far away in the south of the Yangtze River, the piglets in the capital are still growing well. Wen Geer, a former pig farmer, is very pleased.

It would be nice to make more messy vows!

He collected these letters first, and if this piggy misbehaved in the future, he would take them out and ask him if he had forgotten what he had said!

Wang Xiaowen is the one who can speak out and dare to admonish the iron-faced censor, and he is right!

Relatives and friends were very happy to know that he had won the first prize and sent letters to congratulate him.

Only Li Dongyang revealed a terrible news to him, saying that one day he heard his senior teacher discussing with his father that if he failed the examination in another country, he would use his father's quota of Imperial College students to send him to study. They, the teachers, were still

It’s not as good as a formal official education! It would be even better if you pass the provincial examination but not the general examination. According to the usual practice, those who fail can be directly arranged to enter the Imperial College without wasting the quota!

Anyway, as long as he doesn't pass the Jinshi examination, he will be admitted to the Ding Imperial College.

I remember that some people said when they were young that they would never go to the Imperial College. The food in the Imperial College was not delicious, and students were not allowed to say it tasted bad. If they said it tasted bad, they would be beaten!

Alas, I didn’t expect that at that time he vowed not to go, but he might still end up in the Imperial College after going round and round!

Brother Wen:

What's going on

What's going on!

Didn't he go to the examination room to gain experience for the examination? Why did he have to go to the Imperial College to study if he failed in the examination?!

Brother Wen re-read Li Dongyang's letter. He was too angry with Mr. Da to speak out (after all, he had seen the painful scenes of Dou Dou being beaten many times), so he could only angrily complain about his father.

Someone wants to persecute his son, but he, as a father, doesn't stop him, but he still agrees with it!

What kind of parents can bear to send their eight-year-old son to a full-time boarding school!

So many students who have obtained quotas to study in prisons choose to study with their parents!

Too cruel, too heartless, and too disrespectful of the bond between father and son!

Brother Wen picked up his pen and copied Qian Fu's article, which was called a wonderful advertisement, and told Li Dongyang that his father was now the most daring in Yuyao.

His father's reputation as Wang DaDa will be famous throughout Jiangnan and even the entire Ming Dynasty in the future!

You're welcome, this is what a son should do!

Brother Wen wrote hard and wrote letters to his relatives and friends in the capital. Only then did he remember that he had been playing for more than half a month since the exam.

Brother Wen was extremely worried when he thought that he would have to go to the Imperial College to study if he failed in the provincial examination. He sighed and went to Qian Fu, saying that he finally remembered that there might be several more exams to take.

Qian Fu had already taken advantage of Brother Wen's exam period to play around in Zhejiang. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Pack up, let's go to Mr. Gao'an's place."

Qian Fu was never a strict teacher. He would never hold back when Brother Wen wanted to play. If he didn't learn, he wouldn't learn. What's the big deal.

But since Brother Wen remembered that he was still a candidate, Qian Fu didn't mind giving him special training for another two or three months.

When it comes to preparing for exams, Wu Kuan is more suitable.

Yuyao not only lacks Wu Kuan, the number one teacher, but also has many unnecessary friendships.

For example, when the elders of the clan come, you, the younger generation, can’t miss them, right? If you greet them without being polite, be careful of others saying you don’t respect your elders!

It's different with Wu Kuan. Wu Kuan now lives at home and doesn't bother anyone. All the people who come and go are well-educated people from Wuzhong. Brother Wen might be able to ask for advice if he meets him.

Didn’t you see that Wen Zhengming stayed in Dongzhuang and studied with Wu Kuan?

As soon as Brother Wen heard that he was going back to Dongzhuang, he immediately took active action and asked Jin Sheng to clean up while he went to say goodbye to his uncles and brothers at home.

Counting the days, it was time for the cherries in Dongzhuang to bear fruit. He had to go over there and wait to pick the first handful of red fruits!

Although the Wang family was reluctant to part with it, they also knew that Brother Wen was at a critical stage of preparing for the exam, and no one in the family could help, so they helped pack a lot of things and send Brother Wen to board the ship.

Brother Wen said happily: "I will be back at the end of July!"

At that time, he should go to Hangzhou to take the exam with the county student members who got the top grade.

It takes more than 200 miles of waterway from Yuyao to Changzhou. Along the way, Qian Fu began to give Brother Wen questions again and again, so that he could relive the time of preparing for the exam on the way.

He is not unilaterally making things difficult for Brother Wen. He also welcomes Brother Wen to give him questions to test him.

The two of them quickly returned to the state of preparation before taking the annual exam. Even when they peed together, they seized the opportunity to answer questions.

There was an unknown scholar on the road who listened for half the time and wanted to join them in setting out questions. Qian Fu leaned on the side and drank again, and asked Brother Wen to take exams with each other.

The passenger ship arrived in Suzhou in such a lively manner. Qian Fu called a small boat to take Brother Wen and the others to Dongzhuang, and then went to the city to wander around.

Wen Ge'er and Jin Sheng returned to Dongzhuang together. When Wen Zhengming heard the news, he brought his servants out to help carry and salute.

When Wen Zhengming met Brother Wen, he said with emotion: "I heard that you won the first place."

Brother Wen said: "I just got the top grade, I don't know if it's the first place."

Wen Zhengming said: "There is an academic officer in your county who has written to Mr. Gao'an. You are the number one."

As for who knows the rules of ranking best, it must be the academic officials! Knowing that Brother Wen is a student of Wu Kuan, someone who knows him will naturally pass the news to Wu Kuan.

Brother Wen was very happy after hearing this, but since the exam was over, he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he complained to Wen Zhengming all the way, talking about the abominable behavior of his eldest son and his father.

He, Wang Xiaowen, is only eight years old!

Why should he endure such a thing!

Why let him go to the Imperial College to study!

This is too much!

Wen Zhengming knew that he disliked restraint the most, so he followed his words and said, "Then you take the exam well. If you can pass the Jinshi exam, you don't have to go."

Brother Wen said: "The Jinshi exam is really so easy, why do you still have to study so hard in a cold window?"

Wen Zhengming said: "Let's prepare together."

When Brother Wen thought of someone working hard with him, he suddenly felt less tired.

After he went to visit Wu Kuan with Wen Zhengming and heard that Wu Kuan asked him to rest for a day before starting to study, he immediately ran to see how big the cherry fruit was.

Seeing that the green cherries have grown quite big, Brother Wen is particularly looking forward to the day when they are ripe. He decides to come here for a walk every morning so as not to miss the first bite of cherries this summer. .

When the cherries are ripe, there are also peaches and plums!

This is the advantage of having a big farm. Not only can you produce wheat and rice for your own use, but you can also plant many fruit trees. All the fruits can be picked and eaten right away, so they are fresh and juicy!

There is even a pond of lotus planted in the north of Zhuangzi. Brother Wen thought he could have a meal of lotus roots after finishing the provincial examination!

Brother Wen took a walk around Dongzhuang and felt completely comfortable. What he felt in his heart was "I can eat this and I can eat that" and "I want to eat this and that."

Brother Wen also ran back to Wu Kuan and told him that when he returns home from his official career in the future, he will build a village like this and grow whatever is delicious!

Seeing his lively energy, Wu Kuan couldn't imagine what it would be like if he really wanted to win the Jinshi.

If you follow the rules in everything you do in the officialdom, you will not be free; if you are unwilling to abide by the rules, you will also be unable to move forward. Once you enter the officialdom, it does not matter how old you are, but only how capable and well-connected you are.

How wide.

Wu Kuan smiled and said: "If you are in high school, you will have to wait until you are seventy to become an official. It is too early to consider this matter now."

Brother Wen said: "A few years ago, didn't the officials say that as long as you resign voluntarily, you can become an official regardless of your age?"

Qian Fu took advantage of the loopholes in this regulation. When he was in his thirties, he submitted a letter to resign and went back to his hometown to live freely!

Wu Kuan gave Brother Wen a meaningful look and then said: "If the court is not willing to let him go, he will have to do what Mr. Wang Ge did until he is eighty years old."

Brother Wen groaned and said: "I heard that Mr. Wangge once served as an official during the Chenghua period."

This is a re-employment after the new emperor takes office, and does not count!

Wu Kuan said: "Mr. Qiu Ge is in his mid-seventies, right?"

Brother Wen: “…………”

hateful!

That is Lao Qiu’s personal pursuit, and it doesn’t count!

Wang Xiaowen must retire early and go back to his hometown to start a big business!

Considering that Brother Wen was still preparing for the exam, Wu Kuan did not tell him too much about the various shackles in officialdom. He only gave him the same homework as Wen Zhengming and asked him to use it for his comments tomorrow morning.

Brother Wen started preparing for the exam honestly again.

Zhang Ling and the others often packed all kinds of delicious food and drinks to visit him, an eight-year-old candidate, but they still took turns giving him questions, and only allowed him to take a bite if he answered correctly!

Brother Wen was indignant: "Why doesn't Senior Brother answer the questions?"

Wen Zhengming will also take the provincial examination this year!

Wen Zhengming was stunned when he heard this, and said slowly: "I, it's okay if I don't eat."

Zhang Ling shrugged at Brother Wen, meaning "You see, because he doesn't want to eat it as much as you do."

Brother Wen had no choice but to drown himself in the mountains and seas of questions every day.

I always feel that I have almost finished all the questions available on the market.

The Tactics of Questioning the Sea has a long history!

Surrounded by the two champions from the south of the Yangtze River and the talented people from Wuzhong, Wen Geer once again entered the intense sprint stage of preparation for the exam. Not long after, the capital side received the last letter from Wen Geer sent back from his hometown in Yuyao.
To be continued...