Although the promotion officer of the rural examination has the title "official", it is not actually an official position, but just an errand. Together with the examiner and the supervisor, they are the three heads of the rural examination, each performing their own duties.
As can be seen from the introduction in the previous chapter, the promotion officer responsible for examinations needs to have strong human and material resource mobilization capabilities, otherwise the examination will not be organized at all.
Therefore, promotion officers are traditionally appointed by local administrative officials. In the provincial and provincial examinations in the two capitals, they are governors, and in the provincial and provincial examinations, they are chief ministers.
Now, as we approach the Southern Zhili Provincial Examination, the promotion official Jiang Fuyin suddenly broke out in the imperial examination fraud scandal, so it is absolutely impossible for him to continue to participate in the Provincial Examination work anyway.
During this extraordinary period, if we do not consider transferring people from other places, who should be the promotion officer in Nanjing?
First of all, the rural examination is a local examination and should not be promoted by the imperial government officials, so officials such as the Nanjing Sixth Department can be excluded.
Among the remaining prefecture and county officials, although the official position of Jiangning County Magistrate is not very high, he is a very suitable substitute. Don't forget that Gongyuan is within Jiangning County.
As a Bailihou who directly governs half of Nanjing, the county magistrate's ability to mobilize manpower and material resources is undoubtedly better than that of the remaining assistant officials in the government office.
Moreover, the county magistrate is, after all, the official official of the official seal, and his authority is stronger than that of the second official of the government office, and he can control the situation better.
However, in the officialdom, it is indispensable at all times. However, the most suitable does not mean that it must be, and it is still inseparable from personal efforts.
"So what are you doing here, the county magistrate?" Qin Dewei instructed: "Start quickly, pick up the young men as quickly as possible, and head to Gongyuan!"
Feng Zhixian raised his head and looked at the sky. It had already darkened. He hesitated and said, "There's no need to be in such a hurry, right? The news must not have spread today. It won't be too late for me to go to Gongyuan tomorrow."
Qin Dewei said: "If the magistrate of Qi County next door is serving in Jiangning County, he must be sitting in the official house of Gongyuan by now!"
Feng Zhixian immediately became angry and said that anyone can do it, but he can't say that Lao Qi next door is better than him! Why don't you just give up the wine tonight and work harder to go to Gongyuan to take advantage of the trap? Just go and go!
Immediately, they gathered some strong men, together with the servants and ceremonial servants, and gathered about thirty people. They left the gate of the county government and attacked the Gongyuan in the east with great force!
Qin Dewei stood outside the gate of the county government office, bowed his hands to Magistrate Feng and said, "I wish the county magistrate a great success!"
Feng Zhixian said in surprise: "You won't go?"
Qin Dewei stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the sunset and said calmly: "Although I am a primary school student, I know my dignity! I don't want to step into the Gongyuan as a swordsman and pen official, and I don't want to appear in front of three thousand people as a swordsman and pen official!"
Feng Zhixian sighed and said: "I know you have great ambitions. When you get fame in the future, I will send you to Gongyuan!"
Both sides were caught, and the servants who might have to lay the floor at the gate of Gongyuan tonight sighed together. They are worthy of being primary school students, and they are so refreshing and refined even if they are lazy.
However, it was said that Feng Zhixian led the army alone and reached a crossroads. When he was about to turn south, he suddenly saw a group of troops coming out from the opposite side!
There were about ten or twenty people in this group. They walked quickly with their coins in their hands without making a sound, but they were blocked at the intersection with their own party.
Feng Zhixian was very angry. Who dared to block his own road on the territory of Jiangning County? Aren't you afraid of the sentence before "exterminate the primary school students"!
He got off the sedan and took a closer look, and found that the leading general of the people on the opposite side was actually the magistrate of Qixian County next door!
As soon as Feng Zhixian saw this person, he couldn't help being furious. He stepped forward and shouted: "Master Qi! You, Shangyuan County Zhixian, dare to cross the border. Aren't you afraid of being punished on the spot?"
Qi Zhixian was also surprised when he bumped into the local master halfway! When did Feng En react so quickly? He must have been taught by a primary school student!
Hearing Feng En question him, Qi Zhixian also revealed his origin: "By order of the Yamen Zuotang, I went to Gongyuan on an errand!"
The left hall of the government office is the Fu Cheng of Ying Tianfu. The Fu Yin was exposed today and was ordered to wait behind closed doors by the Imperial Envoy of the Great Sima. The miscellaneous affairs of the government office can only be temporarily handled by the Fu Cheng.
Feng Zhixian was not really stupid. When he heard what Lao Qi next door said, he understood instantly.
Yingtianfu government office is built in Shangyuan County, which is closer to Shangyuan County government office. Qizhi County must have heard the news, and then quickly hooked up with Fu Cheng and borrowed Fu Cheng's authorization!
Immediately afterwards, the team quietly sneaked into Jiangning County, and before Jiangning County could react, they directly attacked Gongyuan!
What a treacherous old man! Feng Zhixian was incompetent and furious. If the primary school students hadn't urged him, Gongyuan would have really lost the horse racing event tonight! In this way, he was almost a step late and was passed by the other party!
At present, dozens of people on both sides are confronting each other, blocking the intersection and making it difficult for anyone to pass.
Qi Zhixian shouted from the opposite side again: "I have received orders from the Prime Minister, Mr. Feng must resist the government!"
Feng Zhixian said proudly: "What kind of orders are there from the Prime Minister? In our Jiangning County, even primary school students will not listen!"
These words made sense, and Qi Zhixian was speechless. It was rare that he lost the argument with Feng Zhixian. But it is impossible to leave. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we must not give up lightly!
Feng Zhixian was a little upset, and there was no way to confront him like this. He took the fire stick from the servant next door and planned to show the old man next door what it means to lead by example.
Suddenly a clerk rushed over and said, "Master Feng! It's not that bad!" He took out a handful of notes from his shoulder bag and said, "There are notes, there are notes!"
Feng Zhixian looked at the clerk with questioning eyes, and the clerk nodded heavily in response, saying nothing.
Feng Zhixian Mo was so moved that he took the note. After reading it, he handed it to the servant next to him and ordered: "Do as you please!"
The soap boy made a grimace: "The little one is illiterate!"
Feng Zhixian had no choice but to read without emotion: "If we encounter uninvited guests from outside, we will exempt the nearby merchants along the street from official silver tax for one year, so that they can come out to support us."
Several servants followed the instructions and went to shout. After a while, more than a hundred men and middle-aged women appeared and surrounded the Qizhi County team at the intersection.
They didn't do anything or talk, they just relied on the crowd to watch. But Qizhi County didn't dare to take action. This is within Jiangning County, not Shangyuan County's territory!
Feng Zhixian no longer had to take care of Qi Zhixian at this time. He left a few people to monitor, and then led the team to continue rushing to Gongyuan.
It is said that they occupy the Gongyuan, but in fact they only occupy the main entrance, as well as the official residence and hall near the entrance.
Further inside are the examination halls with thousands of dormitories, and the innermost part is the inner courtyard where the examiners are to be stationed, which cannot be occupied by the promotion officers.
Theoretically, the promotion officer will not live in Gongyuan day and night, so the facilities near the entrance are very rudimentary.
Feng Zhixian entered the official house provided for the temporary office of the promotion officer, but saw that it was simply furnished with tables, chairs, and filing cabinets.
The following clerk took out another folded and sealed special note and silently handed it to Magistrate Feng.
Feng Zhixian: ""
If you are riding a horse in an official house with no other people around, what else do you need to teach yourself?
Feng Zhixian looked up and saw the words on the outside of the note: "Burn after reading."
When I opened the seal and looked at it, I saw that it read: "The official residence's paperwork cabinet must have hidden compartments where items can be secretly placed in advance. When entering the township examination, the promotion officer will sit at the gantry to call the roll call. This cabinet is used to store the list of candidates.
Around the promotion officer seat.
After a candidate has been called and checked, and after entering the examination room, you can secretly take out hidden items and have someone give them to the candidate."
Feng Zhixian: ""
But Zhen Ta Ma has a lot of knowledge and insight into the world. He has obviously passed the provincial examination, passed the examination and successfully passed the examination. How come he is not understood by a primary school student!