There is a distance of dozens of feet from the dragon gate to the roll call place at the gate, and many places have already set up bamboo woodyards here.
The bamboo and wood yard is protected by railings on both sides, and the middle can accommodate two or three people walking side by side. It is a bit like the railings at the entrance of the train station during the peak period of Spring Festival in later generations. The nine districts turn back.
So this place was named [Kowloon Field] for good luck.
After Xu He passed the Kowloon Field, he discovered that Yang Yinqiu, whom he had met at the clan school a few days ago, was sitting in the west room of the north hall, personally calling the names of the candidates.
Under him, the magistrate of Jiangdu County, the capital of Yangzhou Prefecture, the instructors of various schools, and the Linbao people all stood in the hall and stared at the children who were called out like yamen servants.
At this time, the master of ceremonies shouted "Promote officials to advance".
Xu He's old acquaintance, the prefect Peng Ruyu bowed to Yang Yinqiu and said: "Grand master, Hailing County has come in!"
Yang Yinqiu stood up according to the rules and responded to the ceremony.
When Peng Ruyu, the promotion officer for this Taoist examination, sat down, then it was the turn of the Jiangdu County Magistrate and the school instructor, and the etiquette was similar.
Finally, word came that the Linbao from Hailing County had entered. At this time, Yang Yinqiu, after all the Linbao saluted, sat motionless, dark and solemn.
All the members knew that this was a rule, and the Grand Master naturally had no reason to return the gift to them. However, seeing Yang Yinqiu's cold face, everyone could not help but tremble in their hearts.
At this moment, Yang Yinqiu discovered Wu Decao among the crowd of security guards. He pointed at Wu Decao with a serious look on his face and said: "You are just a fool who lives by being a guarantee for others. I hate scholars who have no ambitions. You You have been reduced to the fifth level of epiphysis, if you don't work hard, I will take away your shirt by the end of the year!"
Wu Decao estimated that 10,000 grass-mud horses were galloping past. He had been scolded to death in the government school yesterday. Who would have thought that the great master would not let him go and embarrass him in front of all the junior students? .
But who makes someone a great master?
If you want to make a living by being a scholar, you must not offend this person. Wu Decao, who has a bit of a fool's temper, does not dare to act against the great master at this time, so he can only be submissive and timid on the stage.
Suddenly Yang Yinqiu frowned, as if he remembered something, and he said to Wu Decao: "You are a student student in the government, why are you guarantor for the children in Hailing County? How does the yamen appoint guarantors?"
The imperial court did not stipulate that the local children could only be guaranteed by the local children.
But as a rule, local villagers generally only vouch for the township party, and the yamen rarely assign them to serve as guarantors for other prefectures and counties.
When Xu He heard this, he looked up at Yang Yinqiu. To be honest, he knew very few people. He found Wu Decao for convenience or to return a favor. He didn't expect that Yang Yinqiu would find this young man on such an occasion. Small... strange.
Wu Decao didn't know how to answer. He could only say: "The students don't know about the yamen assignment."
Yang Yinqiu looked at the promotion officer Peng Ruyu beside him.
Li Zhijie had already informed Peng Ruyu about Xu He's matter. Originally, it was not a big deal, so Peng Ruyu agreed. He did not expect that Yang Yinqiu would...
Peng Ruyu said: "Reporting to Master Ti Xue, Xu He from Hailing County doesn't know many local students because he is still young. Wu Decao was originally his protector during the government examination. This time, the student appealed to the government office. I then made my own decision and asked Wu Decao, who was originally sent as a security guard, to continue to help him protect the knot!"
In front of everyone, Peng Ruyu naturally would not say that it was Li Zhijie who asked for help, so he argued that it was his own arrangement.
But since Yang Yinqiu knew the relationship between Xu He and Li Zhijie, he didn't know the twists and turns.
However, although this matter was small, there was still something unspeakable. He wanted to trouble Xu He again, so he asked with a deep look on his face: "Is Xu He in Hailing County here?"
Upon hearing this, Xu He stepped forward and bowed: "I have met the great master!"
Yang Yinqiu looked at Xu He in the audience and was thinking about how to control him.
But after thinking about it, there is no good solution.
First of all, he didn't want to completely offend the Hailing Xu family, so even if he tried to control Xu He, he had to be careful in his approach.
Furthermore, this matter was not a big deal in the first place. If he offended Li Zhijie and Peng Ruyu, although he had the support of his second assistant, he still had to consider his official reputation.
After hesitating for a moment, he wanted to make use of the topic and chose to hold it up high and put it down gently!
He said to the attending officer on the side: "Go and check the relevant documents, ask the person who signed the bail, and see if there is any fraud in the settlement."
The check he was talking about was the piece of paper that Chen Hua asked someone to deliver when Xu He was in Hailing County.
The school officer took out the documents from the county, government, road, etc. and checked them one by one, and asked Chu Yuan again. After confirming that Xu He was Xu He, he reported back: "Grand master, Xu He is indeed the person in front of you. No one can fake anything."
Yang Yinqiu glanced at Xu He in the hall and said, "Next time, don't rely on your connections in the yamen to go around and make camp. If I find out again, you will regret it!"
When everyone heard this, they were frightened by his strictness.
Only Xu He curled his lips secretly, showing even more disdain for Yang Yinqiu.
The reason why this person is targeting himself in this way is because of the salt farm incident. A mature politician will not easily offend the other party before he has thought about breaking up with the other party. This kind of behavior is called childish.
That's right, it's just childish. Although Yang Yinqiu behaves like an iron baker, in fact, in Xu He's opinion, his many years as an official was in vain.
He is really a novice in officialdom.
Of course, this is also a common problem among many people who have stayed in important official positions for a long time.
However, Xu He knew that since the other party wanted to punish him, he would not stop there.
But he couldn't figure out the follow-up routine.
Because the imperial examination is now a college examination, the format is more formal.
Don't even think about things like Li Zhijie dictating on the spot. Even the grand master and the promotion officer are not allowed to move around freely during the exam. They can only let the soldiers keep a close eye on the rows of candidates.
Because they will be able to remember what the candidates wrote and give them a high or low score during the marking, who can tell?
When Xu He thought of this, he really scratched his head and didn't know what tricks the other party was planning to play.
After repelling Xu He, Yang Yinqiu sat in his seat and was thinking about today's preparations.
In fact, Xu He was overthinking. The imperial examination was a national talent show, and even the examiner could not do it at will. Yang Yinqiu's mind at the moment was just the simplest one - looking at the writing style.
Everyone's writing style is different, some are high-spirited, some are eloquent, some are steady, and some are frivolous.
He thought he knew Xu He's writing style quite well.
Take the essay question he asked last time in the Xu Family School.
He still clearly remembers every word in Xu He's answer, such as "Nanyang Xu Shu, who knew Wolong Mingyin's recommendation; Beihai Mi Heng." See the talent of a parrot. Therefore, we weave a sentence that is like an eagle and a hawk, but when it falls, it is necessary to divide the jade into pieces.
The writing is brilliant, the allusions are appropriate, and the contrasts are neat.
It is impossible for everyone's writing style to change suddenly, so Yang Yinqiu thought that with his understanding of Xu He, he could distinguish the two artistic problems at a glance.
When the time comes, no matter how good Xu He's article is, he will just take the low-key and hit the mark.
In this way, he also abided by the rule that the top candidate in the government examination must be successful, and he used a little clever trick to let the Xu family know how powerful he was.
Yang Yinqiu couldn't help but smile when he thought about this, thinking he had a plan.
