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Lou was dragged into the house, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Fei Yinghuan held out a wooden box, and said as if offering a treasure: "Brother Han is a smart one, and according to his idea, my husband asked someone to carve a set of mahjong tiles out of wood, and also specially equipped dice for this. Sit down and teach you how to play cards for your husband."

Lou finally couldn't bear it any longer, and asked with a look on his face, "You left home and went to the mountain to retreat and read, and then came out after reading a set of mahjong tiles?"

Fei Yinghuan smiled and said cheekily, "Madam, don't worry, I don't play cards every day. I'm bored with reading and just for pastime."

Lou was sulking when he sat down.

Fei Yinghuan was stubborn, and the coaxing finally worked, and the couple began to study the art of mahjong.

……

Zhao Han usually spends his time at the private school at the foot of the mountain. He has never been to the academy on the mountain, and wanders around with everyone for a while.

The library here is very large, and its scale is far better than that of the mountain.

13-year-old Fei Rulan looked up at the library, and whispered to herself, "If I were a boy, I would be fine. I don't have to hide at home all day and learn how to work as a girl."

Fei Ruhe smiled and said, "My elder sister is smarter than me. If it is a man, I am afraid that she has already become a scholar."

Fei Rulan smiled helplessly and said no more.

Her fiancé was born in a prestigious family in Jiujiang, and his reputation for slutty has spread to Lead Mountain.

A dandy, even a scholar could not pass the exam, Meng Yin became a student of the Imperial College, and some time ago spent money to buy a small official.

Governor Wei Zhaocheng kept his promise, collected 2000 taels of silver, and soon helped to get the real shortage.

Yin Jiansheng certainly couldn't be a magistrate, but he could be a full-fledged county magistrate, and he could go to Shanxi to take office only after the Chinese New Year.

The price of this purchase is also rising year by year.

In the mid-Jiajing period, a state sentence only needed 300 taels, and Langzhong only needed 3000 taels.Being so cheap and affordable, firstly, silver was scarce at that time, and secondly, the buyers themselves had sufficient qualifications.

In the late Jiajing period, the price of Langzhong had risen to tens of thousands of taels. At that time, the inflow of silver in the Americas increased, and they dared to sell official positions to those with insufficient qualifications.

As for now, 3000 taels is enough to buy a small county magistrate, and a wealthy county must cost seven to eight thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels.

In addition, supporting financial services have also appeared, and Beijing's powerful people specialize in usury loans.

You have no money to buy an official?

Don't worry, just borrow usury.

This kind of usury is called "Beijing debt". If you borrow 1 taels, you actually only get 5000 taels, and the interest is horribly high.After borrowing money to buy an official, you must search the place quickly, otherwise you will have to do nothing in this life.

Fei Rulan thought that in a year or two, she would have to fulfill her marriage contract and marry a bastard, and she immediately wanted to die.

Walking slowly to the edge of the cliff, Fei Rulan looked at the field and had the urge to jump.When she looked back, she was surrounded by little kids, and she couldn't help but recite a poem: "Three winters in the year of the moon and the dragon, the wind and the wind go out of Bachuan. From a distance, I can see that the electric leaping dragon becomes a horse, and I look back at the frost and the jade."

Zhao Han found a stone, sat down with his buttocks crooked, stood up again feeling cold, and said with a smile, "Do you want to be a Shangguan Wan'er? It's a pity that the current emperor is a man."

Fei Rulan was a little surprised: "Have you learned this rare poem? Even if you are a scholar, I am afraid you have rarely heard it."

"My father taught me that before he died." Zhao Han is used to pushing everything on his own father.

Fei Rulan praised: "Ling Zun wants to come to be a learned person."

Zhao Zhenfang said quickly: "My father is amazing, he has read a lot of books."

Fei Rumei was not to be outdone: "My father is also very good, and he has read a lot of books."

The two little girls of six or seven years old didn't know anything, they only knew who was more powerful than their father.

Fei Ruhe felt that he couldn't speak, so he deliberately looked for a topic and said, "Zhao Han is amazing. Mr. taught us arithmetic. He only learned it for a few days. Mr. will ask him in turn."

"Really?" Fei Rulan didn't believe it.

"I didn't lie, my sister asked Fei Chun if she didn't believe me." Fei Ruhe said.

Fei Chun nodded vigorously: "Really, Brother Han's arithmetic has made my mind dizzy."

After all, Fei Rulan was only 13 years old, her suicidal thoughts swirled and disappeared, and now she regained her girlish vigor.She said with a smile: "Then let me test you. Today there are pheasant rabbits in the same cage. There are 35 heads on the top and 94 feet on the bottom. How many are the pheasant rabbits?"

Uh, chickens and rabbits are in the same cage, can you be a little new?

This question seems to be difficult for the first grade of junior high school, or it may be the sixth grade of primary school.

Zhao Han didn't bother to work out the formula, and replied, "23 chickens, 12 rabbits."

"Sure enough!" Fei Rulan praised.

Zhao Han said modestly, "I only understand a little."

Fei Rulan has lived in a deep boudoir for a long time, and can go out on three or five festivals every year.In ancient times, there was no Internet, and it was uncomfortable to be a house girl, even if there were a few novels to read.

Seeing that Zhao Han was quite interesting, she immediately came to talk about sex, and hurriedly asked, "Can you write poetry?"

"No." Zhao Han replied succinctly.

Fei Rulan was slightly disappointed, and asked again, "Could it be against each other?"

"Neither." Zhao Han was too lazy to waste his brain cells.

Zhao Zhenfang suddenly said: "Second brother will. Daddy taught him to be the opposite. When we were fleeing, Daddy was still teaching."

"Uh..." Zhao Han was speechless.

Fei Rulan thought about it for a while, and then asked the question, "Why is Jun Xiu Cai drunk? You are right for the next link."

Zhao Han said casually, "A good cabbage can't be compared to a pig."

"No, no, it's a big mistake," Fei Rulan shook her head again and again, and then burst out laughing, "How can you be so antagonistic, not polite at all."

Alas, I don't want to talk nonsense with you anymore, this kind of game is too naive, it's better to practice martial arts with your brother.

Fei Rulan finally found someone to chat with and kept talking all the way.Zhao Han casually replied a few words, which made her laugh while covering her mouth, not knowing why her laughter was so low.

At noon, he ate at the academy, rested for half an hour, and then Mr. Lou took his daughter down the mountain.

Fei Rulan was a little reluctant to part with her, and once she got home, no one spoke to her, only the maids could play.

Dinner was eaten in Pang Chunlai's thatched hut, and Xu Ying's family was there.

Master Pang was very happy, drank a few more glasses, and then fell ill, because he didn't cover the quilt at night.

Heck weather!

The cold snap hit in the middle of the night, and it snowed heavily.

Zhao Han got up in the morning, opened the door and saw that the mountains and plains were all white.

He finally understood the power of the Little Glacier. This is Jiangxi Province, and there was a half-foot of snow overnight.

Fortunately, I didn't stay in the north, otherwise I wouldn't know what the hell would be frozen.

Master Pang was ill, and for the next half month, the teaching assistants were used as substitutes.

Zhao Han studied scriptures in the morning, martial arts at noon, calligraphy in the afternoon, and tutored students in arithmetic in the evening.

Regardless of the academy or private school, the students have all gone home.

Fei Yinghuan personally tutored her son's homework. Because there was a boy's test in the spring, Fei Ruhe was forced to take the boy's test.

There is no suspense about whether or not to be admitted, but the emphasis is on experiencing the atmosphere of the examination room.

Chapter 043: Admission on the spot? 】

In the winter of the first year of Chongzhen, two feet of snow accumulated in Yanshan County, and it was unknown how many people and livestock were frozen to death.

Compared with Shaanxi, it is already heaven.

The drought in Shaanxi is still going on, and the central court did not even dispatch a commissioner to inspect the disaster, not to mention disaster relief.

Moreover, the court continued to press for taxation.

Emperor Chongzhen was merciful and exempted the tax from three years ago, but the tax arrears in the sixth and seventh years of Apocalypse had to be paid.The first year of Chongzhen was even more outrageous. What about the severe drought in Shaanxi Province, and the fact that 5.2 taels of taxes were owed, it simply did not give the new emperor face!

Taxes, continue to be taxed, and Liaoning rates must be levied in full!

In the blink of an eye, it was the second year of Chongzhen.

Just after the Lantern Festival holiday ended, Emperor Chongzhen summoned important ministers in the cabinet to rule on the case of "Wei Zhongxian's treason".

The newly released first assistant Han Xu, although he is a boss of the Donglin Party, does not want to continue to engage in party disputes, and requires that the list of eunuchs be limited to 50 people.

Emperor Chongzhen was not happy, saying that there must be fish that slip through the net.

Han Xu resisted the pressure from all parties and still did not want to expand. The second time he gave out the list of eunuchs, there were still only a few dozen people.

Emperor Chongzhen was finally angry, and he personally set up various crimes, and those who flattered Wei Zhongxian were considered eunuchs!

The first assistant Han Xu was helpless, and finally reported 258 people on the list of eunuchs.

Emperor Chongzhen was still suspicious, and he continued to install factory guard spies, which made people panic for a while.

Partisanship?

After being dealt with like this by Chongzhen, the imperial court was no longer able to play with the party.The minister, who is good at figuring out the holy will, has been making preparations in private. As long as he waits for a good opportunity, he can overthrow the Donglin party cabinet in one fell swoop.

From a certain point of view, Chongzhen is also a master in political battles, and he gains supreme authority even if he eliminates and fights.

……

Spring in March.

Zhao Han took a boat to Yanshan County to participate in the boy test with Fei Ruhe.

He didn't want the imperial examination at first, but Fei Yinghuan persuaded him to try it, and Pang Chunlai also persuaded him to try it, so he could just take the test.

In order to obtain the qualification for the examination, Zhao Han temporarily changed his name to Fei Han, and finally changed from a black household to an adopted son, and his household registration was in the Fei family's household registration book.

The day before the county test, everyone stayed in the county seat.

There were Fei Ruhe and Xu Ying in the same exam. Although Fei Chun was also a book boy, he didn't even have the qualifications for the exam.

Everyone got up in the middle of the night, came to wait outside the examination room early, and checked their identities to enter the hall at dawn.

The examination conditions in Yanshan County are very good. You don't need to bring your own examination table and bench, let alone make do with the county government office as a temporary examination room.

Fei Ruhe still owed money and complained, "Why haven't you opened the door for inspection? I'm still waiting to go in to make up for my sleep."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "The whole day of the exam is enough for you to sleep."

Fei Ruhe sighed and said, "Hey, I just finished studying the Analects, but I haven't read Mencius or The Doctrine of the Mean. Dad insisted that I take the exam for a boy!"

"The family didn't help you buy a notification county?" Zhao Han teased in a low voice.

Fei Ruhe rubbed his chubby face: "What's the use of buying notice to the county? You just passed the county exam, and you're still a schoolboy. If you want to be a boy student, you have to buy the magistrate as well."

Zhao Han turned around and asked Xu Ying, "How sure are you?"

Xu Ying shook her head and said, "I can't be sure. I started too late, and I haven't finished studying "Mencius". If my husband didn't let me take the test, I would definitely take the test again next year."

"This year's exam is for your own good, so as not to be unfamiliar with everything next year. Don't be nervous, just come and visit the exam room." Zhao Han comforted.

Outside the examination room, only Fei Chun followed.

Fei Yinghuan also came, with the heart of the piano, the guts of the sword, and the spirit of wine. Now they are all sleeping soundly in the inn, saying that they will go to Shitang Town to visit friends when it is dawn.

As for his son's exam, Fei Yinghuan was too lazy to take care of it, and it was only a day trip to the exam room.

Young Master Fei's only role is to find a few talented people and give Zhao Han and the others a joint guarantee.

At dawn, the candidates began to enter.

The officer confirmed Zhao Han's identity and let him in to search for him.

The county test and inspection are pure foolishness. You don't need to take off your clothes. Just touch it a few times to make a look. Anyway, it doesn't matter if someone cheats.

Entering the examination room, Zhao Han hurriedly grabbed the number, making sure not to be next to the toilet.

The sky suddenly began to rain lightly, and Zhao Han grabbed time to nail the oilcloth, and his body was already wet when everything was done.

sleep!

Zhao Han and Fei Ruhe were not far from each other, and they didn't take the exam seriously.

Only Xu Ying was very nervous and forgot that she was here for a day trip.

The morning light was slightly bright, and Zhao Han was woken up.

The guard held the question board and walked between the test booths. The light was too dark to see clearly, so he had to wait for the guard to get closer.

Two questions, only four books, and the time is one day.