Therefore, before today, no matter how others asked, he refused to reveal anything.
He didn't even want the prefect to name him as the head of the case, lest this article become known to the public.
well.
As thick-skinned as he is, he can't bear the strange gazes of everyone at this moment.
This case is taken with a guilty conscience.
"There is no opportunism. You pointed out the most critical point. No one else thought of it, but you were the only one who thought of it. You deserve to be the leader of this case."
Xu Ying looked admiring.
He also thought about all aspects, but his thinking was limited to his vision, but Li Qiao had practice, so he had feelings that others did not have, so he jumped out of the limitations and wrote an angle that no one else had thought of.
The reason why Li Qiao can break out of his limitations is because of Li Qiao himself.
Therefore, Xu Ying truly admired Li Qiao.
Meng Yue also said: "Without your example as support, your article would be just following the trend, but because of your example, your article would be based on your feelings. It is full of emotions and not flattering. "
From this perspective, only Li Qiao can write. Only Li Qiao can write.
Moreover, Li Qiao also grasped this angle, so the head of this case could only belong to Li Qiao.
"Brother Li, congratulations." Meng Yue said with a smile.
Xu Ying also expressed congratulations: "It looks like we are indeed going to pocket the little three yuan."
"Same joy, same joy." Seeing that these two people did not show any contempt or contempt, Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and congratulated them with a smile.
Meng Yue and Xu Ying also passed the imperial examination this time, and the three of them can still be friends with each other when they wait for the next academic examination.
"Let's go and celebrate."
Xu Ying said with a smile.
Although I had been eating and drinking before, because the final result had not yet been released, I couldn’t enjoy myself even if I was playing.
Now you can let go and play casually.
At this time, those candidates who were kind to Li Qiao also came over and congratulated Li Qiao one after another.
By the time Li Qiao finished socializing, it was almost noon.
There were no rumors this time, Magistrate Ming did not help him clarify anything, and he had no personal contact with Magistrate Ming, so he did not visit Magistrate Ming immediately.
However, knowing that the prefect named him the head of the case was considered a push. If nothing unexpected happened, after the court trial, the title of Xiao Sanyuan would really fall into his hands.
After much hesitation, Li Qiao decided to visit Magistrate Ming.
Ming Zhifu is also a good official for the people.
In this way, after celebrating for two days, Li Qiao took Tao Zhu and some tea leaves to the prefect's Yamen to meet the prefect Ming.
If it were an ordinary case, the magistrate would definitely ignore it.
The head of the small case is not even a scholar, but the magistrate Ming is a fourth-rank official.
The gap is too big.
But Li Qiao is not an ordinary case manager. The Lord just wrote a short composition for him.
Magistrate Ming received Li Qiao with a smile. He was as approachable and amiable as Magistrate Jiang. He first praised him for his good writing and solid basic skills, then praised him for his good vermicelli, and finally encouraged him not to be proud, not to slack off, and to strive for success in the next hospital examination. Also take the case head in the test.
Li Qiao nodded in agreement, this is natural.
The case this time was indeed somewhat opportunistic.
Next time he will be honest and upright.
After visiting Magistrate Ming, and having already purchased all the gifts for relatives and friends, and it has been almost two months since they left, both Li Qiao and Tao Zhu are eager to return home.
Although Fucheng is lively, it is not their home.
Their roots are in Sanliu Village.
Xu Ying will not return to Pingcheng for the time being. He stayed in Pingcheng for a year for the examination. Now there is still a year before the next college examination, so he will stay in Fucheng for a while.
Xu Ying didn't return to Pingcheng, and Shen Hua didn't return either, so Meng Yue took Li Qiao's ox cart home.
Because he bought too many gifts, Li Qiao bought another bullock cart.
So, at the end of April, four ox carts swayed out of Fucheng and embarked on the road back to Pingcheng.
The weather has warmed up, and there are a lot of things to buy, so the journey back home is more difficult than when we came here.
After walking for more than three days, they finally returned to Pingcheng.
It was already evening when they returned to Pingcheng. Li Qiao and his party did not return to the village, but stayed in the county town for one night.
That night, we first got together with Zhuang Wen to celebrate.
The next day, Meng Yue said goodbye and went home to announce the good news.
After passing the government examination, he will be a child. He is only one college examination away from being a scholar. It is a great event. He will go home and have fun with his family!
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu did not rush back to the village, but went to visit Jiang Zhixian.
Jiangzhi County has long received the news that Li Qiao has obtained the case, and also knows what Li Qiao's policy article is about. In addition, there is the Holy Sage's short essay. When the three items are added together, Jiangzhi County can see at this time Li Qiao's eyes were kinder than when he looked at his own son.
Jiang Zhi County is really happy. Not only Li Qiao was mentioned in the holy essay, but he, the Pingcheng County Magistrate, was also mentioned. From now on, he, the County Magistrate, will also become famous.
This is extremely beneficial to his promotion. Even if he goes to a more remote place to serve as an official in the future, the Holy Emperor will still have a place for him in his heart.
What's more, Li Qiao wrote an article for him this time!
Li Qiao's words in this article are simple and not packed with rhetoric, but every word is appropriate and praiseworthy. He was so strict that he only raised the corners of his mouth.
Hehe, as Li Qiao becomes famous, this article will inevitably spread. As a supplement to the Holy Lord's essay, this article will also help him become famous and deepen his impression in the Holy Lord's heart.
whee.
The Holy One wrote an article for Li Qiao.
And Li Qiao wrote an article for him.
In the past few days, he had been happily watching the stray dogs on the roadside with smiles on their faces.
Promotion and ambition are all possible!
Jiang Zhixian first humbled himself and said that Li Qiao's policy articles were exaggerated and he could not be that good. Then let Li Qiao have a good rest.
There is still one year left before the hospital examination, so Li Qiao's tense nerves can relax.
Finally, he personally delivered Li Qiao and Tao Zhu to the door. Before leaving, he patted Li Qiao on the shoulder and told him to have a good rest and rest for a while before talking about the college examination. His concern for Li Qiao was compared to He has many parents.
Of course, Li Qiao would not be proud. Faced with Jiang Zhixian's promotion, he always kept his identity in mind and did not show any arrogance or disrespect that would make Jiang Zhixian uncomfortable.
Everyone thinks he can fly, but he hasn't flown yet.
After leaving the county government office, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu returned to the yard of the county town to pack their luggage and prepare to go home. Huang Youming and his son returned to the Huang family. After being out for so long, the father and son had to go home for a visit.
However, before the four of them, Li Qiao, Tao Zhu, Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian, left the county, they saw Zhuang Fengshou walking towards them with an ox cart.
When Zhuang Fengshou saw Li Qiao, he immediately smiled: "I'm finally back! Let's go back to the village."
The yamen servant had already gone to the village to announce the good news, so he would come to the county every day in the past few days, and today he actually met Li Qiao.
"The big fat pigs in the village have been prepared and the stoves have been set up, waiting for you to come back."
"Besides, the adobe road has been repaired. Come on, let's go up there and see if it's flat."
Zhuang Fengshou had too many things to say to Li Qiao, but he picked up the two most important things at this time.
Especially the second piece of road construction.
As soon as Li Qiao left for Fucheng, construction started in Sanliu Village.
Before the Holy Sage's reward came down, many people came to him and wanted to contribute to this road. After the Holy Sage's imperial pen plaque was hung at Li Qiao's house, the number of people who came to him increased sharply.
When Li Qiao passed the county examination, the number of people increased a lot.
Therefore, before the construction started, he received more than 5,000 taels of sponsorship money.
This is because he refused some large donations, such as shopkeeper Zhao, who wanted to donate three thousand taels. How could this be done? He refused, and three hundred taels was not enough.
People from other villages not only donated money, but also came to help after the construction actually started.
It was not the wheat harvest yet, so the work in the fields was not very heavy for every household, so all the villages along the way came to help.
With more people and greater strength, it only took half a month to build the road.
Nowadays, this road has been opened to pedestrians. If you walk, it is not much different from before, but if you take a car, the speed is faster.
"It used to take more than an hour even if we took a bullock cart, but now we can get back to the village from the county seat in less than an hour."
Zhuang Feng said happily to Li Qiao and others.
At this time, several of them had already set foot on this newly built road.
The road is more than four meters wide and is paved with adobe bricks, so the whole road is earthy brown, but very flat. The bricks fit well together, just like the blue brick floor of Li Qiao's house. There is almost no bumpiness when walking on it.
After carefully feeling more than 100 meters, Li Qiao smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work. With this road, it will be much more convenient for everyone to travel in the future."
"Building the road is not hard at all, and it is convenient for everyone. Everyone is very active during the construction."
"Look, there is the Monument of Merit in front of you."
Zhuang Fengshou pointed to the large stone monument not far away.
There were so many people donating that the stone tablet was not only huge, but also three in total.
On it, the name of each person and the amount of donation are written in the village.
The first name on the first tablet is Li Qiao, who paid the most silver.
Following closely behind him were the people of Sanliu Village.
Then there is Zhujia Village, Dahe Village...
When they came to the stone monument, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu got off the bullock cart and stood close to watch it carefully.
Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar names above, and then looking at the winding and flat road at his feet, Li Qiao couldn't help but curl his lips.
This change was brought about by him.
