Song Lixian was overjoyed after reading the recruitment order. It was great. Wasn't the county magistrate's move tailor-made for him? Looking at Shanyun County, who is as knowledgeable as him?

He signed up as soon as possible, with a vague smile on his face on the way back, imagining that he would be admitted to the county government over everyone else, and become the right-hand man of the county magistrate. From then on, his life would be smooth, and he would be a high-ranking official with a generous salary.

, prosperous and wealthy, reaching the pinnacle of life.

"Dad, starting from today, 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 county magistrate will ask? It is better to review more homework before the exam.

"Yes, yes, yes, you study hard and try to pass the exam. Don't worry about family affairs. Your elder brother is here." The head of the Song family agreed very much.

He said it in front of everyone. His eldest daughter-in-law, Luo Shi, happened to be present. After hearing this, she felt angry and sad. She couldn't help but said: "Dad, my husband has not been feeling well for the past two days. In the first month of the new year,

, I didn’t say anything out loud and just kept holding back. Do you think this social event is..." She looked like she felt sorry for her husband but had no idea.

"Sick?" The head of the Song family frowned, "Why didn't you call a doctor?" No wonder he didn't look good these past two days.

"My husband didn't let me go. He said he was tired from traveling all year ago and just wanted to take a rest. It's the Chinese New Year and he's in bad spirits." Luo Shi lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes.

Although the head of the Song family complained in his heart that his eldest son was ill at an untimely time, he was still his son after all. "Since he is ill, let's have a good rest. We are busy all year round, so let's take advantage of the first month to take good care of him." After a pause, he added,

"If you need to call a doctor, call a doctor."

Luo Shi felt relieved and expressed gratitude, "Thank you dad for your consideration! My daughter-in-law wants to see my husband, but I have to leave." She wanted to tell her husband the good news.

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The head of the Song family nodded indifferently, "Go ahead."

Wen Jiuxiao was also discussing with Zhuo Zhengyang how to come up with test questions. One of these two people was a top scholar and the other was a civil servant. They were naturally talented and learned. It would be easy to write at least one test paper.

But the two of them felt that something was wrong, "Sir, are these test questions a little difficult?" Zhuo Zhengyang stopped writing. He took the time to visit the county school a few years ago and had a thorough understanding of the current education situation in Shanyun County.

It is deeply understood.

Let's put it this way, some villages don't have a single scholar, and only the village chief knows a few words. The city is slightly better. Except for the Song family, which has its own school, none of the students in the two private schools outside are rushing to study for the imperial examination.

All of them studied for one or two years, learned a few words, and were able to find jobs like accounting. The tutors in the private school were not even scholars, they were just children.

"It's already easy." Wen Jiuxiao was also in a dilemma. Considering the actual situation in Shanyun County, the test questions he asked were already the most simple. "It's really not possible..." He wanted to choose the general among the cripples.

The words felt indecent when they came to my lips, and I frowned in thought.

The two of them were in a dilemma, but it was Zhuo Zhengyang who came up with the idea, "How about asking the young madam." On the way from the capital to Shanyun County, Zhuo Zhengyang felt that the young madam was different from ordinary housewives in terms of martial arts skills.

Gao Qiang, knows how to do business, and is very independent and has ideas. Maybe there will be a good solution.

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 purifying coarse salt and was a little surprised when she heard Wen Jiuxiao looking for her. "Do you know why the third master is looking for me?" he asked while wiping his hands.

Qingfeng said: "It's about taking the exam to recruit talents."

Exam questions? Yu Zhi knew what was going on after thinking about it for a moment. When she arrived at the front office, she first looked at the questions that Wen Jiuxiao and Zhuo Zhengyang had given. She laughed while looking at them. After she finished laughing, she cleared her throat and said seriously: "Three

Master, I'm very sorry. Based on my many years of reading experience, I can't understand the test questions you asked."

Wen Jiuxiao's mouth twitched. Is it from years of experience reading story books?

"Can't you put it more plainly? It's not like taking the imperial examination. You just pick a few people to help you with the work. You just need to be literate and able to write! It's useless if you have too high requirements. No matter how much you study, no matter how good you are,

If you don't understand farming and don't understand people's livelihood and people's conditions, can you do a good job? What subset of classics and history is tested? You test people's livelihood and people's conditions! For example, how to prevent floods during the flood season, how to deal with drought, and how to mediate disputes between two families. Another example is the clerk in charge of the warehouse.

, you have to be able to use an abacus, right? You have to be cautious and patient in doing things, right? Even if you are not proficient in arithmetic, you still need to be able to do it, right? So there must be questions about arithmetic.

"Whether you are an official or a clerk, even a jailer in the county government prison, what should you use to regulate your behavior? That is the law! You know the law and abide by the law, and you know what you can do and what you cannot do. So the Daqing law is

Don’t you also have to take a test?

"I think, after you have selected the people, first educate them about the law, and then educate the people about the law. You must ensure that the government's decrees are passed smoothly here. If you do this, you, the county magistrate, will have achieved more than half of your success."

"That's right, why didn't I think of this?" Zhuo Zhengyang clapped his hands and applauded, "The young lady still has a way." Women are not inferior to men. If the young lady were a man, I would probably go further in the officialdom than the adults.

Although Wen Jiuxiao said nothing, his eyes looked at Yu Zhi full of pride.

Such a powerful Zhizhi belongs to his family.

Yu Zhi was also very proud in her heart, but she had a look of disapproval on her face, "Okay, I've told you everything that needs to be said. You can come up with the questions slowly. There's something else going on in my backyard."

The refined salt is related to her earning money, so shouldn't she be too concerned about it?

Since it involves many aspects of people's livelihood and people's sentiments, the examination paper covers a lot more areas. Wen Jiuxiao and Zhuo Zhengyang spent three days deleting, deleting, and editing one examination paper, and then copied out dozens more.

.

Yes, it is a county after all, and less than a hundred people have signed up. Although the conditions on 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 matter, and if you don't study for a few years, who would dare to sign up easily?

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 if you think about it, you can understand it. If you don't have enough to eat, why study?

A few days later, Qingfeng hurriedly entered the county government office from outside. His expression was extremely excited, especially the moment he saw Wen Jiuxiao, his eyes were astonishingly bright, "Third Master, it's really amazing." beside the pond.

There's salt frost, it's salty.

Wen Jiuxiao's hand holding the tea cup suddenly paused, and he stood up suddenly, "Let's go and have a look."

He just raised his feet and stopped again, "Go and invite the young lady and Mr. Zhuo." Zhuo Zhengyang is his right-hand man, and the salt-drying matter cannot be hidden from him, nor can it be hidden. The key is that Wen Jiuxiao has no intention of hiding it.

Isn't it a political achievement to show off his salt? Reporting it to the court was enough for him to be promoted to the third level.
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