Gao Changjiang sat bored on the podium of Wulong Teahouse, talking about the latest jokes.
The government refused to let him become the chief accountant, so he had to continue doing such a boring job as a storyteller.
Lin Tailai, who had returned from the county government office, suddenly broke into the teahouse and pulled Gao Changjiang off the podium.
After that, I heard Lin Zuoguan's instructions: "Pang Sili of the county government has said that the registration of military reports will be closed immediately, and the guarantee documents must be filled in as soon as possible!
You are on your way now, go back to my house immediately and ask the village chief to make a guarantee!"
Gao Changjiang resisted and said, "Why me?"
Lin Tailai yelled: "Who asked you to go to my house? Who will go if you don't go to my house where we are familiar with each other?"
Gao Changjiang wanted to raise conditions again: "Then I will be the chief planner."
Lin Tailai replied: "The plan has changed because the martial arts competition is about to start and there is no time to do anything else.
After I finish the martial arts exam this month, I will re-adjust the organizational structure of the society and send you to be the chief accountant of the city management office."
Gao Changjiang muttered: "Then you can't always use me as a military advisor to run errands!"
Lin Zuiguan said earnestly: "How can you think like this? There is no distinction between high and low in club affairs, only the errands are different.
And letting you run errands at my house is my care for you!
Think about it, if you and my father get to know each other well, who in the club will dare to disobey you in the future?"
Gao Changjiang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that there was some truth to what he said about sitting in the restaurant, so he regained his passion for work and hit the road.
In the afternoon of the next day, Gao Changjiang returned to the hall with the bonds signed by the village chief and his neighbors.
Lin Tailai then quickly entered the city with the letter of guarantee, and held a banquet for Secretary Pang from the county government barracks that night.
Secretary Pang calmly put a large ingot of silver into his pocket, and then said to Lin Tai:
"If it were someone else, even if they came with a guarantee letter, I would tell them that the county government inspection process has ended and registration will no longer be accepted.
But if you are Lin Daguan, then you can handle special matters!
There is no need to take a test at the county government, I will directly report your name to the government office, and you will directly take the government office test in a few days!"
Lin Tailai asked: "Is it so casual? Is it in compliance with the rules?"
Pang Sili smiled and said: "From the imperial court to the local government, they don't pay much attention to martial arts, and the following links are very casual.
Besides, with your abilities as an official, Lin, do you still need the county government examination? Just send it in!"
Lin Tailai thanked him and said, "Then I will be commended by the military service letter!"
After drinking for a few rounds, Secretary Pang said drunkenly: "I have to say that you are really lucky and have caught up with the good times.
Take martial arts examinations as an example. Originally, the content of the test was divided into two categories.
One is arts, science and strategy; the other is archery, which is subdivided into infantry archery and mounted archery.
Archery, especially mounted archery, except for the children of military families, how can ordinary people come into contact with it? Let alone practice it!"
The Ming Dynasty government did not control swords, so it was no problem for Professor Lin to show off with two iron whips.
However, the control over crossbows and firearms is very strict, and private ownership is prohibited by law.
That's why Secretary Pang said that ordinary civilians have no chance to come into contact with archery, especially mounted archery.
Lin Tailai asked rhetorically: "If the martial arts examination only tests archery skills in addition to literary skills, wouldn't it mean that people like me have no way to serve the country?"
Hearing the words "There is no way to serve the country," Secretary Pang couldn't help but laugh: "You have heard that I am done. I just said that you are lucky!
In recent decades, in addition to archery, martial arts has also added other options such as physical strength, knives, and guns!"
"That's it!" Although Lin Tailai had known this for a long time, he still said it with confidence. After all, he was asking for help from others.
In fact, Lin Tailai now has some doubts. Did Qi Shaobao have this in mind when he forced himself to learn marksmanship?
As long as you learn a few marksmanship skills and hear that there are martial arts exercises, you will inevitably feel itchy and want to try it in the examination room.
Finally, Secretary Pang said: "Furthermore, when the martial arts examination reaches the provincial examination and the general examination level, there is an admission principle, which is to determine admission and retention based on literature and Taoism, and to distinguish superiority based on martial arts."
So if you are good at making up nonsense, you should hurry up and read the Seven Books of Martial Arts, and you will have a lot of potential in the martial arts examination room."
The more he learned about martial arts, the stronger Lin Tailai's sense of anticipation became, and he couldn't help but look forward to the government test.
Probably this is also the nature that Dr. Lin brought from his previous life. This is what a professional question-answer is like. All the honors you can get in the exam should not be wasted!
What's more, this martial arts examination sounds like a very easy test. As the saying goes, "Many certificates are not overwhelming," and it might come in handy one day.
For example, if you are dismissed from the civil service system in the future, if you have a martial arts diploma in your pocket, you can seamlessly switch to the Ministry of War and choose a military attaché.
Besides, for him, Lin Tailai, the next liberal arts exam is the Taoist exam next year. There are no liberal arts exam tasks this year, so he has free time to concentrate on martial arts.
In the past few days in early May, Lin Tailai bought a set of "Seven Books of Martial Arts" and read them in the hall when he had nothing to do.
"The Seven Books of Martial Arts" also includes "Sun Tzu's Art of War". Lin Daguan couldn't help but sigh that he finally started to like "Sun Tzu's Art of War".
At the same time, Lin Daguan was remotely guiding the preparatory work for the Mudu Port branch customs, striving to officially open it next month, that is, June.
They also sent the newly recruited clerks to the countryside to collect some tax arrears from previous years in order to cope with the county government's procrastination and to train the team.
Everything has its own priorities. It is not yet the peak tax collection season, so there is no need to rush to "meet alliances" with several halls around Mudu Town.
When energy is insufficient, especially after rapid expansion, you should focus on cultivating your internal strength and digesting the results, not to mention rushing to open new businesses such as "municipal management office".
On the eve of the government office test of the martial arts examination, Secretary Pang brought news from the government office - Lin Tailai, a candidate for the examination, was exempted from the test and was submitted directly to the inspector.
Official Lin said in astonishment: "Is the martial arts examination really so casual?"
I was really looking forward to the first martial arts exam, but it turned out that it was gone and I was promoted without taking the exam again.
Pang Sili smiled and said: "In Suzhou, there are not many people who sign up for martial arts examinations.
Therefore, the purpose of the Yamen test is not to eliminate people, but to verify the candidates' strength and avoid fraud.
And the strength of you, Mr. Lin, is well known and recognized by the whole city and does not need to be specifically verified.
The martial arts examinations are all like this, and it won't be a little more standardized until the provincial examination and the joint examination."
After waiting for a few more days, it was late May and the weather gradually became hotter.
Xing Dong, the Jiangnan Inspector who went on inspection tours in other counties, returned to Suzhou City to preside over the "Taoist Examination" of martial arts.
Lin Daguan once again lamented that compared with the meticulous and standardized liberal arts examination, the martial arts examination was really like a grass-roots team.
For the Taoist examinations in liberal arts, the imperial court specially sent academic officials to each province to supervise the examinations. The time and frequency were prescribed two examinations every three years.
As for the martial arts examination, it is for the patrol censor to take some time out of his busy schedule to examine it part-time.
The people below don’t pay attention to it, and the people above don’t pay attention to it either.
