The rankings of the prefectural exams are similar to those of the county exams. They are all based on the "round list" method, except that there are only ten candidates in the circle.

The big circle outside is the exam number of the second-class candidates. There are only forty candidates.After all, under normal circumstances, only fifty candidates are admitted.

However, the country is very short of talents, and it is considered that your majesty is magnanimous if you do not require Linsheng to guarantee the test.

This time, in order to promote more candidates, as long as their answer level is higher than the requirements of the government examination, they can be admitted regardless of the ranking.

For many years before, only 50 people were admitted for each government examination.There is not much difference between the fifty-first place and the previous one. Whether it can be admitted or not depends on the prefect.

Your Majesty has implemented the New Deal this year, and the number of students admitted by the government will probably be more than half than before.

But if the number of grassroots officials is abundant, the imperial examination system will return to its previous harshness.

Li Jin still arrived in the town early in the morning. Chen Xiran was still waiting for him in the second floor of the tea house. Unlike last time, Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi were also sitting at the table.

The two of them have mutually insured each other twice, and the relationship is considered closer.

"A Jin!"

Li Jin bowed his hand in return: "I'm late."

Xu Zifan smiled and said: "We also happened to meet here, why did A Jin say'late'? Drink some hot tea to dispel the cold."

"Thank you brother Xu."

The government officials responsible for releasing the list had been prepared long ago. As soon as the time came, gongs and firecrackers would be sounded. With the onlookers beaming "release the list", the red silk was gradually lifted from bottom to top.

Li Jin was on the second floor, and his heart floated up with the red silk, hanging in his throat, and his hands hanging on his legs did not consciously make fists.

The red silk has clearly drifted by, but there still seems to be a phantom in front of him, which causes him not to read the contents of the list carefully in the first time.

I'm still nervous, Li Jin thought, and his mood is even more anxious than the last county trial.

If he only thought that his hard study in these days could not be wasted last time, then he did not want to disappoint Qin Muwen.

Only if you pass the exam, you are eligible to rent and buy a house in the inner city of Fucheng.Although there are many rules for living in the inner city, and you cannot go out at night, the safety factor is also high.

He didn't get his left ear in and right out of what Mr. Song told him before, but there was more than a month between the county exam and the official exam. If he followed Mr. Song's suggestion to go to Fucheng to study, what should Qin Muwen and the child do?

Time is too tight, and the house in Fucheng is not easy to find. Baozi is only ten months old now, and he can't stand it.

Therefore, Li Jin could only tactfully reject Mr. Song's kindness.

But the hospital exam is twice every three years. Li Jin intends to apply for the hospital exam next year. This year, he can take Fulang and Xiaobao to settle in Fucheng.

After he gets the fame as a scholar, he can return to town again. Whether it is teaching or compiling introductory books on mathematics, his life is much better than his current life.

As soon as Li Jin came back to his senses, he heard someone chanting from below: "One hundred and three hundred and two! One hundred and three and two! The same person as the case leader last time!"

Chen Xiran and the others apparently heard this sentence too, but every time they had time to express their opinions, they lay down at the window one by one, trying to find their exam numbers in the big and small circles.

The crowd below is still yelling: "One hundred three and two! Our town is the first case again!"

Li Jin was slightly embarrassed for a moment. He didn't expect that some of the folks would remember his exam number.

But this does not prevent him from being happy, the case chief, this is even better than the'A' ranking he estimated.

Li Jin scanned the test number in the inner circle and found that Zou Xiujie was seventh, which was considered a good place.

But if the last game is not affected, maybe his ranking will be even higher.

Xu Zifan also quickly found his place, and he was obviously relieved.

When Chen Xiran and Zhou Qi also found their own names, he said, "Congratulations, A Jin won the case again. I finally made the list this time. I was 19th."

Chen Xiran said: "I happen to be the fifty-one. Fortunately, the prefect this year is very kind, thank God."

Zhou Qi trembled as he spoke, "I am second to last, and I can finally become a child."

"Congratulations, everyone." Li Jin said with a smile, "It stands to reason that I should invite you all to have a drink, but I am eager to go home today to receive the official who delivered the good news. I will definitely treat you to another day."

"Congratulations A Jin, I must go to this banquet."

After Li Jin went back, the government officials arrived soon afterwards. The process was similar to the last time, except that this time Li Jin gave more'happy money'.

After all, the government officials of the Annunciation came from far away from the city.

The man weighed the weight of the happy money, and thought, the case chief is indeed the case chief, and the article is well written, and he will be more capable.

He also reciprocated, went to Li Jin's study, and said in a low voice: "During the examination papers this time, the prefect severely punished a chief examiner, which is said to be related to the fight for the first place in the case."

Li Jin was stunned. He didn't expect this official to be so real, so he quickly added an extra bonus.

"Thank you, the official, I will pay more attention to it from now on."

"Don't worry about that. Our prefects cherish talent the most. As long as you write well, the prefects will protect you!"

After that, the servant had finished talking, drank a cup of tea, and was ready to return to life.

In fact, the Ya Ya himself didn't know how to'severely punish' it, but other examiners of Confucianism knew about it. Because of this, the prefect directly demoted the student who was supposed to be second to twelfth.

The prefect has sent someone to find out that He Minghui (the chief examiner of Confucianism)'s daughter is about to talk to each other, and Lang Jun is the eldest son of the teacher who took the first answer.

It was originally supposed to make an appointment at the beginning of this year, but because He Minghui was selected as the examiner, the two of them deliberately pretended that they were not in touch. In fact, it was just for the test.

Later, the prefect sent someone to visit several examiners unannounced. They were exactly the same as Feng Shanming's statement. They all watched Feng Shanming put Li Jin's answer sheet first!

Human evidence and physical evidence are there, it must be the hands and feet of Minghui!

Therefore, there are still many upright people these days.

Hearing the news about the rankings drawn up by the prefect, Minghui and Minghui turned white, but because they changed the order of the answer sheets privately, they didn't dare to say a word.

This was originally He Minghui's fault. Although he could not be imprisoned in accordance with the law, the prefect also had more painful methods.

This time, Minghui and Minghui were self-defeating. Not to mention the fact that he had corrupted his reputation, the student also missed the first class.

And the student’s teacher (the one who asked the examiner to do some tricks before), because there were no students who went to the government to test the “Class A” this year, they would not be able to compete for a good source of students in the city, and they would only lose every year. .

At that time, Shaoyin heard the decision of the prefect, and asked in a low voice, "Is this too much?"

The prefect's eyes widened, and he actually showed a little cruel look: "Too much? The imperial examination is the only way for the poor students to get ahead. When He Minghui does this, why don't you think about the case chief who was delayed by him?"

If Li Jin's writing is only neat, without character; if Li Jin's policy is only slightly better than others, this piece of jade will be ignored if you don't read it carefully... Then He Minghui's method will definitely succeed.

The prefect said: "At that time, I might demote an answer sheet that was originally the case leader to second-class."

After all, there are only ten answer sheets for Grade A. Before that, the examiners picked out twelve copies in order to select ten of them.

When Shao Yin heard this, he rushed to admit his mistake and said that he shouldn't talk too much.

The prefect did not blame him: "You are still young, so you can practice for a while."

"Thank you, sir, for the suggestion."

The next day, Li Jin went to visit Mr. Song first, explaining that he wanted to stay in Fucheng for a year.

Mr. Song was very happy. He revised a book right now and gave it to Li Jin: "I had studied in the academy in Fucheng before, and I had some friendship with the teachings there. You take this letter with you, plus your double case leader. The title, the college will definitely accept you."

Li Jin hurriedly thanked him, with sincerity in his eyes, and did not see the pride and arrogance of taking the two case leaders.

"The case leader of the county examination and the prefectural examination company, in the subsequent academic examinations, Xuezheng (the scorer of the examination) will also give the prefect and county officials face, and will not brush down the previous case leader.

Li Jin, you will definitely not be able to run away as a talent."

Li Jin said sternly: "The students will still go all out."

Seeing him so calm, Mr. Song felt that Li Jin would definitely not be in the pool from now on.Nearly speaking, he was about to say his idea of ​​marrying Li Jin.

But when he thought of his wife's attitude, and he promised to wait another two years for his wife, he finally endured it.

Seeing Mr. Song hesitated to speak, Li Jin stopped. Fortunately, he is not a person who likes to ask questions, so the story turned over.

Li Jin gave Mr. Song another one or two silver bundles before leaving.

After that, Li Jin went to Xinglintang. He made an appointment with the shopkeeper that if he agreed to sell the prescription for the'Xiaoshiwan', he would come to Xinglintang before noon today.

Originally, Li Jin didn't want to make money by selling prescriptions. Prior to this, the prescriptions he prescribed were left directly in the hospital, allowing Dr. Wu and Zhou Gui to consult them.

Besides, the prescription of Xiaoshiwan was not developed by him, so he didn't want to take it for himself.Just writing poems with him is not willing to learn from the famous poems he has memorized in his previous life.

But this time it was the shopkeeper's initiative to mention it, plus Li Jin is now short of money.

Li Jin is also an ordinary person. He hasn't been so lonely and deserted that he can't eat the fireworks. Even if he has a knot in his heart, he can only sell this recipe first.

However, when he wrote the following sentence, the first sentence was: "This is from an unknown ancient book, not created by Li Jin."

The prescription of Dashanhawan pills had no patent in his previous life, and it was already a popular science prescription.This can reduce Li Jin's psychological burden.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Although Doctor Li is not original, he also has the grace of preaching. You don't need to be too strict with yourself."

The shopkeeper is actually right. How many of the prescriptions the doctors of the medical clinic are holding are their own originals?

Li Jin accepted a fifty-two tael banknote, smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your comfort."

After noon, Li Jin invited a few classmates to eat at Baishifang, and then went to the restaurant next door to bring a jar of fine fermented wine.

He said: "I will move to the city with my family in less than a decade, and I will say goodbye to everyone here."

Chen Xiran was surprised, but he was more delighted: "I also plan to go to Fucheng."

Xu Zifan and Zhou Qi will go to the county seat, and everyone has made plans.

When the party was over, Li Jin asked Xiao Er for a cup of strong tea, sat there and woke up for a while, and then drove back home in Li Zhuzi's ox cart.