In any case, there are a total of six passes on the long road to the imperial examination, and the first step, the county examination, has passed.
If the county examination is equivalent to the promotion from primary school to junior high school, the second step of the government examination is equivalent to the high school entrance examination.
Then the third Taoist test is equivalent to the college entrance examination. Only when you pass the Taoist test can you be considered a scholar.
In addition, if you pass the county examination and the government examination and then fail to pass the examination, you can be called a child student.
You can wear a green shirt when you are a child, and when you die, you can write the title "General or Master" on your tombstone.
The second step is that the prefectural examination and the county examination are not far apart. This year, the county examination in Wuxian County is in early April, and the prefectural examination in Suzhou Prefecture will be at the end of April.
This will be another large-scale examination with unknown numbers of thousands of people signing up to take part. The examinations in areas with developed imperial examinations are so arrogant.
The government must seize the time to complete both levels of exams before the hot and humid summer arrives.
There is still nearly a month before the government examination, and Professor Lin only hopes that this time will allow him to review his homework.
Professor Lin left Sun Shishi's home the day after the county examination results were released.
Probably because Sun Lianlian has not asked for money in the past ten days, Sun Lianlian's mother's face has become increasingly ugly.
Professor Lin is also a person with a temper. How can a man be dependent on others and look at their faces?
So he moved away decisively and returned to the entrance of Xumenwaitang.
Entering Wulong Teahouse, Lin Tailai shouted to Gao Changjiang in surprise:
"Oh! My old friend, what's the matter with you?
Your complexion is absolutely terrible, even worse than me who had a thorn in my buttocks and was preparing for the exam day and night. It’s really terrible!”
Gao Changjiang threw down the bottle of wine and started shouting: "I want to resign from the court!"
Lin Tailai pointed at Gao Changjiang and said to the Zhang brothers on his left and right:
"If a person wants to resign, it's either because he's been given less or he's been wronged. Guess which reason is Lao Gao?"
Zhang Wen replied very wittily: "Probably there are two reasons!"
Lin Tailai turned to Gao Changjiang and said: "Starting from today, you will become a regular employee ahead of schedule! And your monthly salary will be raised to five taels!"
"Okay, sit down! Thank you for your appreciation!" Gao Changjiang responded.
For ordinary people today, a monthly salary of five taels is definitely a high salary, comparable to the official salary of a county magistrate.
Lin Tailai slapped Zhang Dalang with his backhand, "You just talked nonsense! When has Mr. Gao ever been wronged?"
Then Lin Tailai asked Gao Changjiang: "In order to prepare for the county examination these days, I have only read the books of sages and ignored what is going on outside the window. Is there anything important going on in the club?"
Gao Changjiang replied: "Two days ago, Huang Wuniang and Sister Fan fought again!
I heard that a small salt seller from the salt area, Mrs. Fan, went to Hengtang Fish Market to purchase goods, and Huang Wuniang sold the salt to him. Mrs. Fan felt that Huang Wuniang had crossed the line!"
"Mother Xipi!" Lin was sitting in the restaurant with a splitting headache. It was really hard for an upright official to take care of household chores!
Gao Changjiang continued: "Fortunately, Uncle Song from the main hall came forward and settled the dispute between the two."
Lin Sitting in the hall suddenly felt what it means to have an old man in the family like a treasure.
Gao Changjiang took the opportunity to comment and said: "Using your terminology, this is probably called involution, right?
If the association does not continue to expand and make the pie big enough, the association will surely fall into endless involution!"
Professor Lin squinted and asked, "What do you mean?"
Gao Changjiang emphasized again: "Those clowns in Mudu Town used their name to repel you and raised the banner of anti-sitting. Fortunately, some people still believe it!"
According to the information, there are currently four or five Tangkou who are willing to join the Taihu East Coast Alliance!
Coupled with the existing three halls of Mudu Town, this big alliance will definitely become a serious problem for the society!"
Lin Zuituan said disdainfully: "I regard them as chickens and dogs!"
Gao Changjiang said very anxiously: "If they can really unite into a force, they can mobilize at least 500 people. Even with the bravery of sitting in the palace, it will be difficult for them to fight!
With every extra day of delay, the enemy becomes stronger, so what are you waiting for here?"
Lin sat in the pavilion facing the north, cupped his hands, and said poetically: "Wait for the north wind to come."
Gao Changjiang: "???"
He really doesn't understand. The world of martial arts is about the jungle of the jungle. It's not poetic!
After communicating the situation with Gao Changjiang, Lin Tailai was about to leave the teahouse.
But when he walked to the door, Lin Zuoguan suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked: "I heard that you claimed to be on the public stage after being drunk a few days ago?"
Gao Changjiang immediately denied: "No! No! Nonsense! Someone must have misheard!"
Lin then returned to the hall and summoned the four kings to listen to recent work reports.
Yu Gongjing, one of the Four King Kongs, said: "During this period, the area in the First Capital has been sorted out, and the chiefs of each area have expressed their cooperation with our Anle branch!"
Then he said with some unfinished meaning: "After the Shanyi Hall and the Fifth Capital were built, we should have handed them over to our branch hall to take care of them.
As a result, all the fifth capitals were handed over to the main hall, and our branch hall still only had one capital, and the brothers couldn't use it."
Lin Ziguan reprimanded: "Take a long-term view and don't always focus on the three melons and two dates in the countryside!
Most of the protection tax belongs to the government, how much money do we have in our hands?"
The Four King Kongs finally heard it. They seemed to have other ideas and asked excitedly:
"Then what are we going to do next? From the rural capital to Nanhao and Shangtang streets in the urban area?"
It is definitely better to plant flags in a bustling business district to collect numbers than to go to the countryside to collect numbers!
However, Lin Zuiguan instructed: "Next step, you should learn more about river engineering. In the future, when recruiting people, we will also give priority to those who have done river engineering!"
The four kings were suddenly puzzled. What is the use of river engineering knowledge?
Could it be that he was sent to serve on the river embankment by the county government office again, hoping to catch his brothers for supporting him?
Even if you want to work hard on the river embankment, you don't need to know anything about river engineering.
In Gusu Yili, not far from the branch of Anle Hall in Shijiaxiang, Wang Shizhen, the leader of the world literary circle, rested for a while, and his physical condition finally recovered to what it was more than half a month ago.
Wang Shisu accompanied his father for a walk in the garden and reported: "The results of the county examination have been released, and Lin Tailai is the head of the case."
Alliance Leader Wang Lao nodded: "As expected, I asked Magistrate Feng to arrange it this way."
For someone like Lin Tailai who is very good at getting around in the local area, the county examination cannot stop him at all.
Even if he was eliminated in this year's county examination, there will still be next year and beyond, and talented people like Lin Tailai will be able to pass the county examination sooner or later.
It's better to take advantage of this year's exam opportunity and make some small articles.
For example, first, you were given the first position in a high-profile county examination, and then your government examination was canceled! In the field of literature, this is a great shame!
When Wang Shisu saw that his father's physical condition had recovered, he reminded him: "The popularity of literary conferences has dropped sharply."
Alliance leader Wang Lao responded calmly: "This is also what I expected."
Wang Shisu asked: "Father, will you continue to fight with Lin Tailai?"
It can be said that most of the popularity of this literary conference was dampened by Lin Tailai!
Originally, according to the normal process, after about half a month of gradual warm-up, the candidates for the new five sons were finally announced, and the literary conference reached its climax.
As a result, from the beginning, Lin Tailai repeatedly stole the popularity of the old alliance leader, causing the old alliance leader to focus all his energy on regaining the popularity.
After repeated entanglements, the old leader Wang fell ill, and the time has been delayed for a month.
This made many attendees who came here to attend the meeting feel impatient.
At the same time, the Wulong Teahouse held a cultural forum, specializing in vulgar and explosive topics to attract people.
What's even more outrageous is that the Cultural Forum directly predicted the new five-member list, and it looked very professional and credible.
It was as if the finale, which was supposed to be the most suspenseful, was leaked in advance. Many people found the literary conference boring and left.
This has further dampened the popularity of literary conferences. In addition, many people are not rich themselves and leave because they can't afford it.
The old leader Wang did not worry about the popularity of the literary conference, but asked: "Has Feng Shike left Suzhou?"
Wang Shisu replied: "No."
"What about Hu Yinglin?" Leader Wang asked again.
Wang Shisu replied again: "He has returned to Huzhou temporarily."
The old alliance leader sighed and said: "As the saying goes, the strong wind knows the strong grass."
Wang Shisu didn't understand why his father was still paying attention to these things. Who left and who stayed had no bearing on the overall situation!
The most important thing now is how the literary conference, which has become a mess, can end with dignity, so as not to become the laughing stock of my father in his later years!
However, the old leader Wang taught his son: "You must be patient and determined, and you must be unyielding!
What ending? The literary conference does not need to end! All I am waiting for is the wind from the north!
The most important enemy in the current literary world is Lin Tailai. Only by eradicating Lin Tailai's evil influence can we ensure the smooth progress of the literary conference!"
To deal with such local evil forces, it is no longer possible to use civilian methods. We must borrow the power of the government.
Magistrate Feng of Wu County was about to resign, so he was a lame magistrate. After being caught by Lin Tailai, he was powerless.
Now that Magistrate Feng has left, and a powerful new magistrate comes, it will be the end of evil forces like Lin Tailai!
Wang Shisu was still speechless. His father's idea was correct, but there were still problems with the implementation.
It will take at least a month for Xinzhi County to come over after selecting officials from the capital.
By then, literary conferences will have become yesterday’s flowers, and even the day lilies will be cold!
But Wang Shisu didn't want to disturb his father's enjoyment, so he asked again:
"Even if Lin Tailai's poison is eliminated, what will happen next? The popularity of literary conferences has gone down."
"Then I will make the literary conference more popular again!" Leader Wang burst out with astonishing confidence!
This is the foundation accumulated by Zhu Ting’s literary circle in the past thirty years!
"Now that the popularity of the new five sons has gone down and the hearts of those who feel that they cannot be shortlisted have dispersed, then the quota will be expanded!
In addition to the new five sons, select ten or eighteen more people to form the five sons and ten heroes, or the five sons and eighteen heroes!
Those who cannot be selected as the new five sons will compete for spots again, and won't the popularity rise again?"
Wang Shisu can only say that his father is his father, and he is still as old as he is old!
Being the leader of the literary world for thirty years is really not for nothing. He is a master at manipulating people's hearts!
As long as you don't meet Mr. Lin, you are invincible in the literary world.