Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

The news that Lin Dongdong was robbed and pushed to the ground by the tramp quickly reached Lin Ze's ears.

Hurriedly rushing home, seeing the bruises on the elbows of his precious son made Lin Ze feel distressed. Zhang Yu hugged Dongdong and coaxed his crying son distressedly while rubbing the medicinal wine.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

In fact, the injury wasn't that serious, but as a child, the more he coaxed, the more delicate he became, and the more he cried, and Lin Dongdong's favorite thing to do on weekdays was to act like a spoiled child with his parents, so how could he control his tears at this moment.

"Brother eats Qiaoqiao."

"Domi gives my brother Huhu, it doesn't hurt or hurt."

The two little twins felt very distressed when they saw their brother crying so hard, and kept coaxing him.

Dad said that my elder brother is a younger brother, he looks the same, but his body is very weak, and the two younger brothers want to protect his elder brother.

"Uh, Gu Gu Mi Mi, bring nuts for my brother, er, the taste is so clever... woo woo."

Lin Dongdong couldn't forget to eat even though he was crying.

Lin Zezhangyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "..."

But if you can eat it, it proves that it is really all right. I asked the doctor to check carefully that there is nothing wrong with my little baby. After coaxing my son to sleep for a long time, the person who took people to search the mountains over there also grabbed people and finally came back. up.

At first I thought it was just a few homeless vagrants running around, but I didn't expect the security team to catch hundreds of them back!

"%#@￥%..."

A group of "people" who were so dirty that they could not be seen at all knelt on the ground trembling and kept kowtowing, muttering words that everyone could not understand.

But Lin Ze understood. These beggars and tramps spoke Nanyang language, and the other party was begging for mercy. Looking carefully at the dirty hair, he could vaguely see the characteristics of red, yellow and so on.

"What's the situation?"

Lin Ze frowned, this matter seemed not as simple as he thought.

"My lord, we don't know what's going on. These people don't know when they came here. They have been hiding beside the orchard where the children play, and live by stealing the fruits of the orchard and wild animals in the mountains. Because the orchard We left it for the children to play, so we didn't count it, so we never found out..."

The person in charge of the orchard was ashamed and felt a little dereliction of duty.

These hundreds of people have been wandering in their orchard for so long, but they didn't realize it at all. If the snacks that Young Master Lin brought out today were so tempting, those homeless people who had been hungry for a long time would turn their eyes green and couldn't help running away. Go out and grab it, I'm afraid I won't find it yet.

Follow the people to trace the past, and found hundreds of homeless people living in the cave, men, women and children!

"Judging from the traces of life in the cave, this group of people should have been here for at least two months. We couldn't understand what they were saying, so we couldn't ask anything."

"Can you tell who is the leader of them? Bring him up and I'll ask."

Lin Ze looked around at a group of trembling Nanyang beggars and pondered.

The person in charge of the orchard nodded, and hurriedly signaled his subordinates to bring him up. He was a very strong and strong man, but his feet were weak and he couldn't walk. It looked like he had been hungry for too long, and he even had many whiplash scars on his body.

Lin Ze took a few glances before tentatively asking in the Nanyang language he knew.

Although the characters in Daji are the same, there are also many dialects, and the Nanyang side is similar, and the accents of people in different regions will be different, which leads to incomprehension.

Fortunately, what he learned from those Nanyang slaves was the official Nanyang dialect, which is not too standard, but it is enough for the Nanyang people in front of him to understand.

The Nanyang people could see that Lin Ze must be a very big person here, and the other party even understood their Nanyang words, so he didn't dare to hide it, and honestly explained the origins of hundreds of them.

Things are much easier if there is no language barrier.

According to the Nanyang man who was the leader in front of him, they were originally from a small tribe in Nanyang, but because they were defeated in the war, they became prisoners of war of a big tribe. According to the custom, men and beautiful women should be sold to rich people in Daji. The country came, while the other daughters and children were kept as slaves.

Everyone was unwilling, so they took the opportunity to rebel, snatched the ship of the big tribe, and fled hastily to the sea. Finally, they successfully ran to the border of Daji, and successfully escaped the eyes of the border soldiers and slipped in!

"How did you escape the eyes of border soldiers?"

Lin Ze's eyelids twitched when he heard this, this is not a small problem, let so many Nanyang people smuggle in casually, how loopholes are there in the defense of the border!

"We accidentally bypassed a small river, and then came in over the mountain. The terrain there is steep and unguarded. There are about 2 people with us. We are afraid of being discovered. We will be scattered when we enter Daji Kingdom. Make a living..."

This Nanyang man confessed very honestly, even confessed to the other accomplices, and tried hard to beg for mercy.

"My lord, you don't know how terrible it is to be a prisoner of war in Nanyang. Every year when our harvest is not enough, the prisoner of war is food. We are willing to work as slaves for you Daji, as long as the lord gives us a bite of food, please. My lord, don't send us back, they will kill us and dry us into dry food."

Following the words of the leading Nanyang people, the rest of the Nanyang people also cried and kowtowed and begged for mercy. Anyway, they would rather be slaves to other countries than return to their own land as prisoners of war.

At least as slaves in other countries, they can have food if they work honestly and obediently, at most they will die from exhaustion; but as prisoners of war in other tribes, they will be made into dry food alive. The products in Nanyang are poor and the competition for survival It's very big, and it's not unreasonable to be called a barbarian by the people of Daji.

Although they have been hiding in Daji for two months, they are still hungry and unstable, but it is really much better than their hometown. God knows how surprised they were when they saw the patches of fruit trees.

Daji is heaven!The food of Daji grows everywhere!The rumors are true!

They didn't even know that Qingshan County was a special Nanyang. The people completely believed in their own thoughts and ideas. Anyway, they didn't want to go back to Nanyang after being beaten to death.

"Not everyone can be a slave in Daji. It is an unforgivable provocation to illegally sneak into our country, but we Daji people are kind. We need to ask His Majesty for the specific situation. Now you are obedient and accept the arrangement. , and then tell me the whereabouts of your other accomplices... Don't worry, no one will starve to death in Daji."

Lin Ze waved his hand seriously, and after a few words of explanation, he asked the officials to send these people to the construction team to work as coolies, and the specific arrangements will be discussed later.

Send these people back?He's crazy to do that.

According to ancient traffic, how much would it cost them to send these people back?Then send it back and what benefits do they get?In addition to thanking Nanyang, can you send them treasures for these careless prisoners of war?

Such a loss and self-defeating thing will only be done when the brain is flooded. Now that Daji is lacking coolies for construction, the more than 2 laborers should not be wasted.

If it is done well... I am afraid that some coolies can be blackmailed from Nanyang.

Thinking about it in his mind, Lin Ze immediately went back to the study, wrote a letter to the capital, and told the emperor teacher about this matter and his thoughts.

Then that night, the mayors and officials of all the towns in Qingshan County, as well as the officials of several neighboring counties, all received orders to 'search for Nanyang stowaways', and all the officials and soldiers stationed in Qingshan County took action in thunder.

The number of Nanyang people who smuggled in this time is very large. They dare not go outside to show their faces, so they can only hide in the mountains, so it is not difficult to find.

In a few days, according to the clues given by the Nanyang leader at the beginning, all the remaining 2 Nanyang smugglers were found, and all of them looked like savages with dirty faces, skinny and skinny.

But generally speaking, the mental outlook is actually very good. Daji’s land and products are much richer than Nanyang’s, and after five years of development, Qingshan County has engaged in a large number of planting and breeding. No matter what happens, people will not be hungry. die.

Among the more than 2 Nanyang smugglers, about one-third are women, elders, elders and children, and the rest are sturdy young people.

Fortunately, these people came here with the intention of settling down, and they were a little bit measured in their actions. Apart from stealing some things, they didn't mess around, otherwise they didn't know how much panic and commotion would be caused.

Although natural dangers are difficult, no matter how great the difficulty is, they can't stop human beings' desire to survive.

"Send all these strong laborers to the construction team to work, and send the rest of the elderly, children, and women to the Lin family's factory to help. Don't be stingy with food, let them have enough food, and then send some doctors to check these people. The government will bear the expenses for the treatment of the sick, and the rest will be dealt with after His Majesty's decree comes..."

Although these are all foreigners, Lin Ze does not have the feeling of belonging to the same kind of black hair, black eyes and yellow skin as himself, but he still can't do it with so many people watching them starve to death.

In Qingshan County, he was in charge, no one refuted the order, and no one could be ruthless than grass and trees. Looking at this group of Nanyang refugees with yellow and thin faces, everyone was still very emotional.

Everyone was glad that they were born in the current country. The outside world was too terrifying. What kind of scene would it be like to flee collectively? The worst famine in the Great Ji Dynasty was never so severe.

On the other side of the capital, after receiving the news of Lin Ze's speeding up his horse, the emperor immediately issued an order to reprimand the soldiers on the border for not being good at guarding, and to increase troops to guard the border.

At the same time, envoys were canonized, and troops were sent to Nanyang to inquire about their crimes, and they demanded compensation from Nanyang under the pretext of "smugglers".

Now Daji is the center of economic and trade exchanges between various countries. Nanyang is afraid that Daji will interfere with surrounding countries to close the sea gates, prohibit Nanyang merchants from coming and going, and even send troops to attack.

Today's Nanyang tribes stand in clusters, like a mess of loose sand, no one will accept and no one can unite. If the eastern countries really send troops, they must be in a hurry. Even if they win, they will lose the opportunity to exchange products and be trapped in the barren land forever.

Therefore, after several discussions, the tribes in Nanyang had no choice but to agree to compensation, and gathered nearly [-] slaves to make amends to Daji.

However, the condition is that some of the preferential policies of the Great Ji Dynasty for merchants must also be open to Nanyang merchants.

This is no problem at all. The emperor also realized the benefits of economic and trade prosperity. The more businessmen come and go, the more revenue the treasury will have, so he nodded without saying a word.

With such a toss, plus the Nanyang people who smuggled in before, Daji instantly increased the number of coolies by nearly 12.

"Send these slaves to the barracks for adjustment and training, and then I will make arrangements."

The emperor waved his hand and made no arrangements for the time being. He will send the people to the military camp for training first, so as to prevent riots from causing trouble in the future.

Anyway, with Daji's treasury and grain reserves, it is not a problem to feed these 12 people without starving to death.

"In addition, go to Qingshan County to bring His Highness back, and prepare to draft a decree to establish a crown prince."

Sheng Yongxuan stroked his beard, looked at the test paper and detailed evaluation sent by Lin Ze, and nodded in satisfaction.

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Beijing took over the matter of the Nanyang stowaways, but Lin Ze let it go.

The most important thing for everyone now is the results of the provincial examination. As the students who took the examination came back one after another, waiting for the results to be released has become the news that everyone cares about and looks forward to the most.

After a rural examination, the students who came back were haggard and exhausted, and the life in the dormitory for nine days was simply not human. Even if the conditions of the government were better than before, it was still very torture.

When the students came back from the exam, Lin Ze decided to give everyone a one-month long vacation to go home and have a good rest.

By the end of the holiday, the results of the rankings just came out.

Not surprisingly, 200% of the more than 90 students of Junxian Academy who participated in the provincial examination passed successfully. This teaching data is amazing, and the entire Qingshan County is boiling!

Such a high pass rate is unprecedented in any academy, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a miracle.

But Lin Ze knew very well that this brilliant achievement was not only due to the teaching in their academy, but also many other factors.

All the students who enter the academy have passed the entrance examination. First of all, the quality of students in Junxian Academy is better than other academies and private schools. Afterwards, he combines the advantages of ancient and modern teaching, students' learning efficiency and The knowledge reserve has won the second chip.

In the end, all the students who took the exam this time were selected by the academy and felt that they could pass the exam. Those with poor grades were basically not recommended to take the exam.

Therefore, under this kind of screening, if the pass rate is too low, all the deans should reflect on themselves.

If it wasn't for the lack of mental quality among them, it would not be surprising if the pass rate reached [-]%.

But in any case, Junxian Academy's reputation this time is absolutely certain.

In order to celebrate, Lin Ze asked the academy to organize a celebration party. All the students in the school participated. He also invited the parents of these students to come. In a happy and crying atmosphere, he affirmed and praised these students.

Regardless of whether you can pass the next Juren examination or not, now that you have won the title of scholar, you deserve cheers and praise.

Appropriate encouragement is the motivation for students to cheer.

After the results of the township examination were released, the Juren examination was immediately followed. Lin Ze also funded the college to organize it and sent the students to participate.

There were not so many people this time. Most of the students who had just passed the provincial examination were very self-aware.

Only those who are very confident continue to participate, and there are also students who have been in the talent class for many years.

Everyone set off with high spirits and burdens on their backs, and worked hard to complete their test papers. After many years of cold windows, it was just for that moment in high school.

The students who have already passed the test have already developed their basic psychological qualities, and rarely perform abnormally. Therefore, everyone is still very satisfied with their answers after writing the test papers. Regardless of whether they get in or not, they have done their best. .

The mentality of the three of Li Sheng is the best. Although Lin Ze has sternly instructed them, but they have been squeezed and threatened by him for a long time these years, and the three brothers have long since become green beans.

Everyone also knows that the teacher is a sharp-mouthed and tofu-hearted, so there is no pressure at all. Anyway, if you fail this time, you will try harder next time. Doesn’t the teacher always say that failure is success?

After the few people came back from the exam, they played and ate, and Zhang Yirong led Lin Dongdong to run around, without the nervousness of other people waiting for the result.

Especially Li Sheng is the most heartless, and still has the mind to wander around in brothels!

In fact, I didn’t do anything, I just watched my peers around me become fathers, and he didn’t even have an engagement partner, so it’s rare to see, anyway, he is now 18 years old, puberty has arrived, and he looks at the girl and brother in his heart It's time to move around.

But what happened to Rare was that he was finally dragged back by Guo Zian and taught him a hard lesson.

Of course, Guo Zian wouldn't be so cruel to beat him up, but the child who came out of Lin Ze's hands has many methods, and there are many ways to teach others without bloodshed.

Li Sheng was timid towards Guo Zian at first, but now he is even more cowardly. For a long time, Guo Zian said to go east, but this guy would never dare to go west. Seeing him is like a mouse seeing a cat.

Lin Ze wondered what method Guo Zian used to make Li Sheng look like this?

But no matter how he asked, Guo Zian still had a paralyzed face, and Li Sheng also kept his mouth very tight and refused to say anything, which made him very regretful and sighed. As expected, he taught the disciples to starve the master to death, and he couldn't control these two disciples... …

These are later stories.

A good mentality is very important, and Lin Ze is very satisfied with the kindness of the three apprentices. What he fears most is not that the children are too stupid, but that they cannot withstand the blows and tribulations, and they value a certain victory or loss too much.

He often told his students the story of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. In life, you can lose countless times, lose your dignity and be humiliated, but as long as you win the most critical one, you are the biggest winner.

As long as you still have the strength and time to start over, any loss doesn't count.

When the results of the Juren Examination came out, it was no surprise that Junxian Academy became the focus of everyone's attention. More than 60 students went there, and 20 of them passed the exam.

20 Juren, not 20 scholars, this statistic is even more eye-catching than the provincial examination!

The academy held a celebration party again, and the guests at the meeting were no longer just the students and parents of the academy, but also many uninvited masters who came here to build relationships on the pretext of charitable donations to the academy's education funds...

Because Guo Zian won two leaders in a row, Lin Ze specially prepared a celebration banquet for the three apprentices at home.

The celebration banquets at home are all from my own family, plus the parents of the three apprentices. There is basically no one else. The meals on the whole table are basically made by Lin Ze. He seldom cooks now and wants to eat his The craft is extremely difficult.

"Mr. Lin, it's all thanks to you that our family's Zi'an is today. If it weren't for you, Zi'an wouldn't be able to talk about the glory of his ancestors in the exam. I'm afraid he still can't even speak clearly..."

Guo Yuanwai and his wife held wine glasses and expressed their deep gratitude to Lin Ze.

They never thought that their son could really have such a promising day. They just wanted to be happy and comforted by the monk's orders before. They didn't really take it seriously. They just hoped that their son could be like a normal person and inherit the family business. That's it.

Now his son's achievements and prospects have far exceeded their expectations.

"Mr. Lin, our husband and wife are the same, let's not be polite, and our husband and wife toast to you."

Li Guangcai followed closely behind, holding up his wine glass to thank him from the bottom of his heart.

Grandma Zhang couldn't speak, so she could only raise her glass, trembling with age, her old eyes were red.

"Teaching is not strict and the teacher is lazy. They call me teacher. I can't listen to it for nothing, right? Although the ancients said that they were poor and alone; they wanted to save the world, but you three teachers don't require you to make achievements and contributions. You only want to be worthy of yourself in everything. Conscience, just don’t regret it.”

Lin Ze drank with a smile, accepted the thanks of several parents, and told the three apprentices by the way.

He worked so hard for his ideal modern country, but Li Sheng and others don't need to bear his burden and expectations. No matter whether the children can make any achievements in the future, he doesn't necessarily ask for them.

I just hope that these children can live a smooth life without regrets, do things worthy of their own conscience, and don't go astray with what they learned from him.

"Teacher, we must remember."

The three apprentices have been nurtured by him for many years. Although they are not too straight, at least they are not crooked, and their moral bottom line is still passable.

Several parents nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, finding a good teacher for their children is a matter that will affect their lives.

However, everything about Mr. Lin is very good. The only bad thing is that his son has to be 20 years old to get married. It is really sad. The other students in the academy are only 18, okay?

Li Sheng is better, he is only 18 years old this year; Guo Zian is older, he will be 20 soon, he finally waited until he could get married, but now he has to go to Beijing to continue the exam delay, if the time comes, he will enter the officialdom and get busy It takes the Year of the Monkey and the Horse and Moon to settle the marriage?

In fact, if Guo Zian can really break through in the examination in the capital, he will not worry about marriage. Most of the officials recruit him to be his son-in-law.

But in that case, the difference in family background is too great. On the surface, they are marrying a daughter, but in fact they are recruiting a son-in-law. The Guo family has only one son, and the other children are either daughters or younger brothers. How can they 'marry' their son out.

Therefore, Guo Yuanwai and his wife were very worried. While eating, they hurriedly asked Lin Ze for help. They wanted Lin Ze to help talk about it and let their son marry a relative before leaving.

They had already talked to their son at home, but Guo Zian just refused to agree with his face. Anyway, he just said a word, the girl he didn't like didn't want to get married, and then he kept silent and ignored everyone, like a stubborn donkey.

Lin Ze could understand the feelings of the Guo family and his wife, but he couldn't persuade them about this kind of thing. If the donkey didn't drink water, could it be possible to feed the donkey by its head?

Moreover, Guo Zian has a very high IQ. An ordinary girl and younger brother really can’t catch each other’s eyes. The gap in thinking is too big. Guo Zian is also reserved and silent. Even if you rashly become a pro, you won't be happy.

"Zian is still young, and his IQ is different from that of ordinary people. Girls and brothers with ordinary knowledge can't get along with him, and he is barely happy. Let him make more progress and mature. Sometimes fate will come naturally. It won't be too late to talk about marriage after he finishes the palace exam..."

Lin Ze is actually a bit spoiled by children.

Moreover, he thinks modernly. In his opinion, 20 years old is really too young. There is no need to worry at all. It is also a kind of responsibility for other girls and brothers when a man matures before getting married.

Guo Yuanwai and his wife were helpless. Although they were a little regretful, their son was indeed different from ordinary people, so they had to give up.

"Yes, brother Guo, don't worry, wait until your child finishes the exam, don't count on the big ones, don't you have a small one at home, get a son-in-law for your little brother-in-law, and hold your grandson in the same way. Open up."

Li Guangcai, who was not in a hurry because his son was younger, echoed and comforted him cheerfully.

Guo Yuanwai was annoyed, "You have two sons, of course you can think about it!"

In the minds of the natives of this era, only a kid is considered a serious successor to incense.

"My youngest son is only five years old, and he got married and gave birth to a grandson in the year of the monkey. I also count on my boss. The old boy doesn't appreciate comforting you...Forget it, eat and eat, old temper."

Li Guangcai pushed his old brother amusedly, showing his usual smile.

Hearing this, Li Sheng glanced at his father with a guilty conscience, then at Guo Zian who was sitting across from him staring at him, then silently buried his head in the rice bowl, pretending that he was an invisible man who could eat well...