This year, the college will be tested for students from Shuntian Prefecture. The top 20 students will enter the prefecture school, while the other students will enter the prefecture school according to their hometowns. To be honest, it is not a good thing for ordinary people to enter the prefecture school.
Because the competition for students in Shuntian Prefecture's official school is the most intense, forty people enter the provincial school every three years, and four hundred people in thirty years. Among them, the students are divided into third-class students, and the students are divided into third-class students.
There are only 40 students with additional students.
However, because the students of Shuntian Prefecture Official School were all outstanding students in the college examination, the number of people who passed the imperial examination was also large. After the imperial examination, the new juren left the official school, which made the mobility of the prefecture schools much faster than that of the county schools.
Even so, the number of students in Shuntian Prefecture School is 2 or 300.
Among these two or three hundred people, they have to pass the annual examination every three years and re-rank the rankings. The competition for students in the rank of the rank of the county is much more intense than that in the county.
However, for Shen Rui, he did not take the treatment of the student in the ruling department seriously.
One of the great benefits of entering the capital is that the boy exam and the annual exam are much higher than those in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces with strong literary styles.
The population of Zhili is not as good as that of the southern provinces, and the education of articles is not as good as that of the rich places in Jiangnan.
However, because of the capital, the number of people in the provincial examinations in the two capitals has the highest number of people, and now it has increased to 135. According to the probability of one in 30, there are 4,000 students who are qualified to take the provincial examinations Zhili examination.
The total population of Northern Zhili is 3.4 million, and the number of students is around 20,000, including the elderly and the young and the sick. Among these people, it is not difficult to obtain the provincial examination qualification.
If it were in Nanzhili, the population base was 8 million, and the number of students in the household doubled. If you want to obtain the provincial examination qualification, you have to go through a fight.
In the public school, if you don’t care about the qualifications of a student and only think about the annual exam, the pressure is not great. After all, students who can enter the public school are already admitted to the public school. Unless you feel fainted and make your articles into paste, it will not
Sad to pass
Among the newly enrolled students, Wang Ding and Zhou Ran met each other. But Zhou Ran was fine. She was polite with Shen Ruike. Wang Ding obviously looked out of touch with Shen Rui.
Seeing this, Shen Rui didn't take it in his heart.
He entered the provincial school mainly to downplay the traces of studying in Chunshan Academy. As for classmates, they did not care about their relationships in the same year.
Although "members" and "same year" and "same school" are all extremely important relationships in the officialdom, these relationships do not come from the level of students.
"Jin Juren" and "Yin Jinshi" will only touch the edge of the officialdom after passing the provincial examination.
Shen Rui started his life in the palace, and Shen Cang's body gradually improved after conditioning, but Old Mrs. Qiao fell ill.
Starting last winter, there were even a few blizzards in Zhili, and it has been raining since the beginning of spring this year. For Zhili, which has been drought for nine years, abundant rainfall is a good thing.
However, from the end of June and early July, the rain continued for half a month, and the result was that the two embankments in the capital collapsed, not only flooding fertile fields, but also destroyed two villages, killing and injuring more than 40 officials and civilians.
The capital of the capital is where the emperor is, and the collapse of the dam is not a trivial matter. If you hold it accountable, in addition to the local government, there is also the Yushi of the Ministry of Works.
The Qiao family is in a weak position, and Master Qiao is not an imperial examination officer, and he is an insignificant person in the Ministry of Works. This time he was pushed to take charge of the Yu family.
The reason why the two dams collapsed was because they cut corners when building the dam last winter, which was related to the official silver.
Master Qiao is not innocent and also participated in the sharing of the spoils. But to say that he is the mastermind, it is also unfair because he does not have that much energy.
Master Qiao was taken away directly from the Ministry of Works. Then the Jinyiwei came to the door and searched Master Qiao's study, but no piece of paper was left behind.
The Qiao family was immediately in chaos, and Old Mrs. Qiao almost fainted.
Although the female family members did not know the government affairs, they also knew that the famous Jinyiwei and the "Zhuozhu" were so scared. They really couldn't imagine how the great master, the big master, would have recruited Jinyiwei.
Although Mr. Qiao Er is not in the officialdom, he is a native of the capital after all, and the news is quite well-informed. After inquiring about it, he learned about the cause and effect and knew that Mr. Qiao was pushed out to the top of the tank.
Otherwise, if a minister has a chief officer and a doctor above, it will not be his turn to be the "master" if he is.
Although the second master complained to his brother, he knew that it was so powerful that he immediately went to the Shen family for help. Chen Cang was the Minister of Justice. Even if he was not a person from the Ministry of Justice this time, his weight as a nine minister was not comparable to that of the Qiao family. of.
Although Chen Cang didn't like the Qiao family, he did not stand by. The Qiao family was not only his cousin, but also the Yue family of the second master.
If he really ignores his actions, others will be treated as his brother and his second master. The next step is to step on the second master who is released.
Although the emperor was so angry that he used the Jinyiwei, he was actually just a loud thunder and a small raindrop.
After all, everyone knows that this kind of corruption project is not a single person, and both of them can accomplish anything. If they really need to study it carefully, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, it will be impossible to mention anyone.
Although Chen Cang helped, he had no intention of showing his attention for Master Qiao.
In the final analysis, Master Qiao is not innocent. It is not easy to not memorize the sequel at all.
Even if Chen Cang doesn't have to spend all his energy, he will still have to spend a lot of money. After all, this case has already reached the front line of the imperial court, and it is not a small case.
Although Chen Cang and Master Qiao are cousins, they are different and do not plan for each other and are not close to each other.
What Chen Cang could do was to accompany two favors, give out a few dollars, and move around with the relationship, turning Chen Cang from the crime of "corrupt corruption" into "miss supervision".
Although Mrs. Qiao was in her seventies and her eldest son was still strong. Even though she was sick to the outside world, she was actually not seriously injured.
In her opinion, since Chen Cang was concerned about the relationship between the two families and gave help, the eldest son would definitely be in danger. Even if the Jinyiwei arrested people, the Ministry of Justice could be in charge of the criminal responsibility, and Chen Cang was the chief official. In this case, the senior executives of the capital would also know that the Qiao family is the closest relative of the Shen family and cannot be moved easily.
Although the Qiao family is counting on Chen Cang, Old Mrs. Qiao is very complaining about Chen Cang. If Chen Cang was willing to help the Qiao family last year, Master Qiao would have been promoted and left the Ministry of Works, and he would not have caught up with the rest. thing.
Now Chen Cang helps the Qiao family, which is also a "reparing the merits and demerits".
For this little thought, because he was reluctant to leave his private house, when the second master asked for money to leave, Mrs. Qiao pretended to be confused and cried poor, and only paid out five hundred taels of silver.
The second master looked very ugly when he saw those bank tickets.
You should know that Mr. Qiao’s case is handled by the Jinyiwei, so it is so easy to do it? He needs money everywhere to open up the road.
Even if we clear the relationship, "saving life" and "protecting officials" are not the same price. What the Qiao family should do at this time is to keep enough money. Not to mention that they can make up all the money in their family, they are just It is also necessary to sell the industry.
It is not easy for Chen Cang to come forward to take this hot yam. Do you still have to pay the money from the Shen family?
The second master told Mrs. Qiao that it was not easy, but Mrs. Qiao's eyes were questioning, and she said intently that he used this matter to make money from the family.
In the eyes of Mrs. Qiao, Chen Cang is already the Great Nine Minister and the head of the Ministry of Justice. It would not be too difficult to catch a fifth-rank official. It would not be a matter of saying a word. If you really want to send money, it would not be too difficult. It fell into Xu's hands.
On the contrary, the second master, in the past half month, spent more than 500 taels of silver from the shop to inquire about the news from the master, and now he wants to speak out again.
For the sake of the elder brother, the second master has been traveling outside for half a month, and has been with him for a lot of care. He is exhausted both physically and mentally. Now, when he hears such heart-wrenching words at home, he feels extremely cold.
Chen Cang is around and the master's life is fine, so the second master let go of his hand and no longer worry about this
The old lady felt good, but the mother and son were in love, and the eldest son was reluctant to let go, and he was also worried. He had to send the second master to the Shen family to urge him.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the case of collapse of the dam was settled, and Master Qiao also punished him, "dismissed from office and never hired", and "a fine of 3,000 taels of silver."
When Mrs. Qiao heard the news, she immediately vomited blood and fainted.
Not to mention that Master Qiao is less than fifty years old, he has lost his career. Even if he fined 3,000 silver, it would be a large amount for the Qiao family.
Mr. Qiao was born into a family of officials and was spoiled as a child. Although he had no prospects in his life, he was smooth and smooth. Now he has been in prison for about a month, and his originally fat figure has lost a lot of weight.
After awakening, Old Mrs. Qiao cursed Chen Cang, feeling regretful, and remembered the second master's previous words, and felt very regretful.
She felt that Chen Cang was careless and reluctant to spend money, which made the eldest master not keep his official position.
Now it’s too late to say anything, Master Qiao’s future is completely ruined.
"There is no money at home, so I'll borrow it from Chen Cang and tell him that if he doesn't lend it, I'll sell the house. If he can watch his aunt wandering on the streets begging for food, he won't care." Old Mrs. Qiao said angrily.
She was really angry.
Over the past month, she was worried at home, but Chen Cang didn't even show her face. Only Xu came to check on her illness once. If Chen Cang was really in trouble, she came to tell her that she could give up her son's future just to feel sorry for money?
Now that he doesn't say anything, he cheated the Qiao family.
Fortunately, Master Qiao was just mediocre, not stupid. After coaxing Mrs. Qiao to sleep, he came out to discuss the matter of collecting money with the second master.
Mr. Qiao experienced a prison disaster and was already afraid of the officialdom. He was not willing to accept the result of such a deal, but was very grateful to Chen Cang.
After his life after the disaster, he was both an official and well-versed in the law. If Chen Cang had not come forward to act, he would have been doomed, which would have been accused of beheading.
Now that it is just a dismissal from office and fined the silver medal, it is already light enough. Otherwise, if you really have to bear criminal responsibility, the descendants will not be able to take the imperial examination for the three generations, and the Qiao family will become a commoner.
There are only a few dozen taels left on the Qiao family’s books.
"What should I do?" Master Qiao said with a bitter face: "It seems that I can only sell the land."
The Qiao family is an old family in the capital, and has been an official for generations. It has two farms and two shops.
Master Qiao saw Chen Cang's ability and was hoping that Chen Cang would continue to be cute in the Qiao family. How could he force the Shen family to pay the money as the old lady said? With Chen Cang and Xu's temper, it was not just a few words. Can be paid for nothing.
However, if you sell your own property, you are worried that Master Qiao Er will oppose it.
He prepared a lot of words and was about to persuade the second master to nod. He didn't expect that the second master would agree happily after listening to his words: "Yes, such a large sum of money, except for the old lady's private house, he could only sell his ancestral property."
When Master Qiao heard this, he was surprised: "The old lady's private house is still there? Where did the money for the relationship before come from?"
Master Qiao Er said lightly: "I moved three hundred from the shop, two hundred from my sister-in-law, and five hundred from my old lady."
Master Qiao said this and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, it turns out that my bad life is only worth five hundred taels of silver in the eyes of the old lady..."