At the same time as Li Yanqing and Manager Luo bargained, four gentry from Xiaohe Township were invited to the school by Yao Ding.

These four great gentry are all top figures in Xiaohe Township, including Li Wenyou, Wang Gui's grandfather Wang Wanhao, Tang Huai's grandfather Tang Lian, and a gentry named Zhang Baojun, who is also a large clan leader.

These four gentry were also investors of the school. Although the school has been changed to an official office, Yao Ding still has to discuss with the four of them with important matters.

"I guess you have guessed what it is to invite everyone to come. I went to the county this morning and Xuezheng set the time for this year's boy meeting, which is set on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, four days earlier than last year."

The Song Dynasty had a very strong literary style, and every imperial examination was highly valued from the court to the local government. High school Jinshi was not only a great honor for scholars, but also a glory for his hometown. Even the parents and officials in his hometown would receive good reviews for their academic performance, which was extremely beneficial for their career advancement.

Therefore, local governments attach great importance to the selection of young talents in the county. Some magistrates with vision even started arresting since childhood. Liu Zhen, the magistrate of Tangyin, is such an official.

After he became the magistrate four years ago, he personally formulated a set of young elite selection plans. Among them, eight primary schools under the county hold a winter examination in December, called the Boys' Association. Each of the eight primary schools selects four students to participate. This year is the fifth session.

How to select the four places is determined by each township? Yao Ding wanted to use the examination method to select them, but the four gentry of the school firmly disagreed. They went to the magistrate together, but Liu Magistrate compromised and promised that the four of them would recommend the students in Xiaohe Township, and Yao Ding nominated them to Xuezheng.

Therefore, the students who represent Xiaohe Township to attend the Boys Association every year are children of their four families. You can imagine the results. They ranked eighth every year, rose a little last year, and ranked seventh because of some accident in Tangbei Township School and withdrew halfway through.

Yao Ding was also frustrated. Every year, the four of them nominated, he just reported it, but today he had an idea.

Wang Wanhao was the most cheerful, and he immediately smiled and said, "Then follow the list last year! There has been no change anyway, what do you think?"

Tang Lian was quite smart. In the past, Master Yao posted a post to them and asked him to recommend it himself. He never discussed it together, but today he summoned everyone together, and there must be a change.

He asked with a smile: "Master Yao, will there be any changes in the boy this year?"

Yao Ding shook his head, "There is no change, but I want to recommend one person in the quota, so I will discuss it with you."

Everyone laughed, "Master Yao wants to recommend Grandson Ling!"

Last year, all four of them agreed that this year's boy would give a place to Yao Ding's grandson Yue Fei, which is also a thank you for his hard work over the past few years.

Yao Ding pondered for a moment and said, "Although my grandson Yue Fei is indeed good, I want to give this quota to another person. This person is Li Yanqing, who is a new student."

Li Wenyou was stunned for a moment, "Qing'er?"

Li Wenyou really didn't expect that Qing'er was so valued by Yao Ding, so he actually invited four gentry to discuss this matter. Perhaps Qing'er also had the literary talent of the great ancestor, so it must be like this.

"Master Yao, whose child is this Li Yanqing?" Wang Wanhao asked.

Although the other three people did not know that Li Yanqing was the grandson of Li Wenyou, Li Wenyou couldn't hold his face back. He laughed dryly and said, "I understand Master Yao's intentions, but the rules cannot be broken. Two Li family members will also criticize the villagers when they go to the boy exam. Master Yao doesn't have to give up the quota. I will recommend Yanqing."

Everyone then realized that Li Yanqing was from the Li clan, but Yao Ding was a little embarrassed: "But two days ago, Baozheng told me that the Li family would recommend Li Feng this year."

Du Baozheng is Li Wengui, the younger brother of Li Wenyou, and Li Feng is his eldest grandson, and he has to occupy a place every year.

Li Wenyou smiled, "This is a matter among my clan. I will tell him when I go back, but the Li family recommends Yanqing."

Even if Li Yanqing has decided to occupy the Li family's quota, the following problem is that the other three families want to give up a quota to Yao Ding's grandson.

Wang Wanhao's face suddenly turned dark. Last year, the four families decided to draw lots. Wang Wanhao got the lottery. He originally wanted to fool him, but he didn't expect Yao Ding to bring up the matter again. Helplessly, he had to express his opinion: "Okay! I won't participate in the Wang family this year."

Yao Ding was very pleased that his grandson had the best academic performance in the school, but he did not have the opportunity to take the boy exam, which really made him feel unfair. Today, he finally got what he wanted.

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At night, the lights in the west room of Aunt Hu's house were bright and soft. Li Yanqing was sitting on the kang and doing his homework intently. Tonight's homework was to silently sutra "Thousand Characters" and "Hundred Family Names" three times each, and then copy twenty Tang poems. "Thousand Characters" and "Hundred Family Names" were taught two years ago. Master Yao was afraid that the students would forget it, so he let them review the old and learn about the new.

Most of the students stayed in the school for two years and had a little foundation. Now they not only have to study "The Analects of Confucius", but also memorize ancient Chinese and Tang poetry. Some older students with long academic studies even try to write poems and write lyrics and write lyrics.

Although Yao Ding has a strange temper, he is a wise master. Li Yanqing also calmed down and followed his master to study and study seriously.

The room was very quiet. Dahei was lying behind Li Yanqing and was working hard to deal with a big bone. This was a reward that Li Daqi bought for it, and he was rewarded for his life to protect his little master.

Li Daqi sat at the big table in a daze. This afternoon, he found his cousin Li Daguang and learned the whole story from him. Before he could recover from his shock, the patriarch Li Wenyou sent someone to send him 50 stagnant coins, which was the return of his four-year wages, and also his son's thirty stagnant coins, which was converted into thirty taels of silver.

At this time, in front of Li Daqi, in addition to three ingots of white silver, there was also a land deed and ten guan coins. Ten guan coins were his hard-earned money for four years of copying books. It was stolen by Liu Chenghong and the housekeeper returned it to them. However, the three acres of land deeds were the ancestral land left by his grandfather. A few years ago, Li Zhen, Baozheng, was forcibly bought at an extremely low price.

Li Daqi's nose felt aroused, and everything he had lost was back. It would be great if Qing'er's mother was still there.

After a while, Li Daqi wiped away his tears, got up and came to the kang. He sat cross-legged across from his son, and asked with a forced smile: "Qing'er, have you gained from studying?"

Li Yanqing replied while writing: "How come there is no gain? Although today is the second day, the homework in the school was released yesterday. Master Yao criticized me for writing with the hidden edge of official script, but there was no change in regular script. It was neither regular script nor official script, and it was inappropriate. He suggested that I write one year of official script first, then two years of regular script, and finally two years of running script."

Li Daqi used to write like a ghost talisman, but later he suddenly wrote very beautifully, so he was always very excited, but he didn't pay attention to the details of his son's writing. Today, when he said this, he carefully looked at his son's homework, and it was true.

"Your master is very accurate and the method is right. Just listen to your master's teachings carefully."

"Well! If he is right, I'll listen."

Li Daqi was worried, but he didn't hear anything in his son's words. He pondered for a moment and said, "Qing'er, Daddy discusses something with you."

"What are Daddy saying?"

"Dad has agreed with Manager Luo today that you can write at most three novels."

"Why?" Li Yanqing stopped writing and looked at his father in confusion.

"Actually you are right today. If you want to study, you are very busy with your studies and have no time to write novels. If you want to get into the imperial examination, you must do your best. After ten years of hard study, you must not be half-hearted."

Li Yanqing suddenly felt disgusted. Why is it the imperial examination again? I went to study by myself, not to take the imperial examination.

Seeing that his son's face was wrong, Li Daqi quickly changed his tactics and said, "You like to write novels, but Daddy doesn't agree, but you are still young, and you also know the story of Fang Zhongyong. When you have been studying hard for ten years, when you are sixteen years old, then you will write novels wholeheartedly, and Daddy will never stop you again."

Li Yanqing felt a little more comfortable when his father said. He also knew that he was writing novels too early. He just wanted to change the poverty of his family. However, if he did not write novels, what would his family rely on in the future?

Li Daqi understood his son's concerns and hurriedly said, "Today, your fourth uncle told me that the county is planning to jointly review the village agenda with the major gentry at the beginning of next year. The patriarch recommended me and two other two major ceremonies of Xiaohe Township Agenda. They earn five jin of money every month. This cultivation will take at least several years. I plan to rent out three acres of ancestral land. I will also have some grain and rice income every year. Although I can't say it's rich, at least I have no worries about food and clothing."

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Let's plant three acres of land for Uncle Hu! Don't rent any land. Uncle Hu has helped us enough."

"Yes! Yes you!"

Li Daqi agreed repeatedly that as long as his son is willing to study hard, these small things are not a problem. He was happy and smiled and said, "Tomorrow I will buy some clothes, grain and rice, and then some furniture. When the house is repaired, we will move back to start a new life."

Li Yanqing laughed, "Marry another wife for daddy."
Chapter completed!