My country, you can pinch it

Early the next morning, the posthouse was busy up and down, and the twins took the test basket and counted them again according to the list given by Gao Xueli, for fear of missing something and delaying Shang Jinling's exam.

Gao Xueli told Shang Jinling: "Don't rush to write the paper when you get it. There is blank paper for drafting. After writing, you can copy it into the answer sheet word by word. With your knowledge, as long as you do as usual, there must be no problem. Don't be nervous."

"Okay." Shang Jinling nodded obediently.

"The environment in the examination room is harsh. If your body can't bear it, don't insist on it. You have the opportunity every year, and you don't need to struggle with your body."

Shang Jinling nodded again, "Understood."

Taking a break, Shang Yangyang held up the pancake in his hand and approached Shang Jinling and said, "Little uncle, eat a top-ranked pancake to guarantee the top spot."

Shang Jinling didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and he didn't correct it. He just begged today, and there was nothing to say, "Excuse me." He lowered his head and took a bite, only to find that the cake was still warm.

Shang Yangyang said with a smile: "The kitchen aunt said that the young uncle must finish eating, so that he can be a complete champion."

For Shang Jinling's ordinary children's exam, the whole Shang family wanted to confess him, and it seemed like the whole family would help the college entrance examination together.

There is no way, it is not easy for the Xiling Hou Mansion to produce a descendant who can read.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go."

Those who rode horses and those who rode in carriages formed a mighty escort team. When they arrived at the examination room, Shang Jinling blushed rarely in the face of the astonishment of the examinees and examiners.

"Go."

Knowing his embarrassment, Gao Xueli suppressed a smile and took the test basket from Shang Xiaoshuang and handed it to Chang Kong, asking him to accompany Shang Jinling to take the test.

"Lingling, we'll be waiting nearby, you'll see us as soon as you come out." Shang Xiaowu waved to him, preparing for a day of accompanying exams.

There are really not many candidates in Yongliang, and there are only a few dozen people at a glance. It is really eye-catching for Shang Jinling to drag his family around, but fortunately, no one asks much.

After the roll call, the place of origin was checked, and the body was searched, he carried the examination basket and followed the yamen into the examination room.

I thought it would be good to have a clean examination environment in a place like Yongliang, which doesn't pay much attention to imperial examinations. I didn't expect the inside to look brand new. The separate squatter room is spacious and tidy, and the tables and chairs are brand new without any strange smell.

Shang Jinling couldn't help but be amazed, even the candidates next door were all amazed, which is obviously different from what the seniors said that the exam is like suffering.

"Master Gong is here."

Hearing a loud singing from the yamen servant, the main examiner of the county examination walked into the examination room, and all the candidates stood up and saluted one after another.

"I'm afraid you will be very surprised when you enter here and look at everything around you, especially the candidates who have passed the test last year. The comparison between before and after is very obvious. This officer once went to Qingzhou to take the college test, and the conditions there are far worse than now. It is the grace of His Highness Prince Ning. His Highness attaches great importance to scholars and regards you as Yongliang's hope, and ordered me to renovate the examination room so that everyone can get good grades in the exam with a happy mind and body, and climb up step by step."

"It's His Royal Highness King Ning!"

"Your Highness is truly benevolent and righteous, and loves the people like a son!"

"Your Highness is far-sighted, we all look up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Ning!"

A sound of admiration came from both sides of Shang Jinling, which showed how much Liu Ke liked this move. The harsh environment of the examination room is sometimes more disgusting than the difficult problems on the test paper.

But how could Liu Ke take such a small county test seriously?No matter how humble Shang Jinling is, he still knows that King Ning, who reads the scripts with enthusiasm, and avoids the serious ones, will do this, and he has nothing to do with it.

"The exam lasted for four days. You enter early and leave late. Lunch can only be used in the dormitory. His Highness is concerned about the examinees. The special chef will make another hot meal for each person at noon. You don't need to bring it, it will be provided by the examination room." Master Gong continued.

"is this real?"

"Great, if it weren't for the fact that the examination room couldn't be entered or exited, who would want to eat Shi Laozi's hard cake?"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Thank you, Your Highness King Ning, for your kindness!"

Shang Jinling took a look at the two cakes in his test basket. Although the kitchen aunt put all kinds of delicious fillings as much as possible, there was no heat preservation, and it was getting cold gradually, becoming cold and greasy and difficult to eat.

His body is very delicate, it can't be hot or cold, but the discipline of the examination room can't deliver food, so he can only eat some reluctantly, and eat some good ones after he goes out.

Now... Now that Liu Ke is sending Xiao Zao openly, he will not touch these things again.

Let's just say that he took the exam today, and with how much this guy cares about him, it's impossible to ignore him, but he didn't expect that he had already arranged everything secretly for him.Although it was for the benefit of the public, but hearing the gratitude and admiration around him, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips in admiration. He liked this kind of convenience.

In the evening, the door of the examination room opened only to hear the sound of the cloud board, and then the examinees came out one after another following the yamen servants.

On both sides were the family members of the examinees who were waiting eagerly. Among them, the twins were at the front. As soon as the two of them stood, no one dared to crowd up.

"Lingling." Shang Xiaowu's eyes lit up, and when he saw the handsome young man with the test basket, he immediately waved and rushed forward, "How are you, are you okay, can you take it well?"

"The two of us were waiting outside. I heard people say that some candidates were carried out before halfway through the exam. We were so scared that we didn't dare to walk around. I'm afraid you won't find anyone when you come out." Shang Xiaoshuang also went up to meet her. , took the test basket from Shang Jinling's hand, and led others away from the door, "Is the test environment really so bad?"

"No..." Before Shang Jinling finished speaking, Shang Xiaowu opened the bamboo kettle that he had been holding in his hand, and immediately poured out a cup of warm water and handed it over, "Lingling, take a drink first."

Shang Jinling took it, drank it slowly, and said, "Actually, I'm fine, there's already..."

"Hey, why hasn't the carriage come yet?" Shang Xiaowu turned around and shouted.

"Miss Seven, here we come." Changkong followed the coachman with the carriage, jumped down and put the small wide stool, and helped Shang Jinling up, and as soon as the curtain was lowered, the coachman raised the whip and drove the carriage, and the sound of horses sounded. Just click forward.

From the beginning to the end, Shang Jinling didn't have a chance to explain, he just sat in the carriage and fell asleep for a while.

Gao Xueli has officially taken office, and the few people sent by Master Wang are now under his control, so they should be very busy, but he has Shang Jinling in his heart, and he returned to the inn early, and when he saw that there was no silk in the test basket, The cake that was moving suddenly frowned and said, "Lingling, are you useless for lunch?"

"Ah, you can't even eat?" Shang Xiaoshuang carefully looked at Shang Jinling's face, "Should I call a doctor?"

"Is it so difficult? It will take three days in a row. Or, Lingling, let's take the exam next time?"

Gao Xueli was most worried about Shang Jinling's body, so he didn't refute it.

Shang Jinling sat down, sighed heavily, and said weakly under four or five pairs of eyes: "Can you listen to me first?"

Everyone nodded.

"I've had lunch. It was provided in the examination room. There are three dishes and one soup. There are meat and vegetables. It's hot, so I didn't eat pancakes."

After Shang Jinling finished speaking, Gao Xueli showed surprise, "Lunch is also provided?"

"Well, so I don't have to prepare lunch for me tomorrow, and the basket can be lighter."

"so good?"

"In addition, the environment is not bad. The huts are very spacious and are all new. When they are used up, the clerk will help to take them out. There is no strange smell. There are thin blankets and beds. I took a nap. So not tired."

"Why doesn't this sound like an examination room, but an inn?" Shang Xiaowu wondered, "It's completely different from the cramped places I heard outside where people eat, drink, and hang out."

Not only did she hear about it, but she also went through various exams, and she was surprised except for the last high school ceremony that she didn't attend.

Generally, the examination rooms are simple and simple. In order to avoid cheating by candidates and to avoid risks, they would rather be harsh and not cause trouble for the candidates to seek convenience. Therefore, even in the capital city, it is impossible to have lunches, redemption buckets and the like.

"This is too strange." After Gao Xueli finished speaking, he looked at Shang Jinling, "Did the examiner say anything?"

Shang Jinling bent his eyes and laughed, then said after a pause: "His Royal Highness Ning Wang is kind."

As soon as the words came out, all the mysteries were solved, and both eyes fell on Shang Jinling's nonchalant face.

Shang Xiaoshuang was speechless: "This brother can do it, I just said it's strange, he has disappeared these few days, he didn't even send someone for Ling Ling's exam, show his face, so he left it here!"

"It's too cunning, isn't this a fake public benefit?" Shang Xiaowu gritted her teeth.

"However, this is a good thing. All the examinees are very grateful and lamented His Highness's blessings, and they can't wait to be overwhelmed." Shang Jinling stated lightly, and then looked at Gao Xueli, "Brother-in-law, if it wasn't because of me, wouldn't it be because of you? deserve a compliment?"

Gao Xueli had no choice but to nod, "En."

"So you don't care about your deeds, sister, don't be angry." After Shang Jinling finished speaking, she quietly held the tea and was in a happy mood. "By the way, brother-in-law, are the people your Highness gave you useful?"

Mentioning this, Gao Xueli nodded slightly: "Nothing can be hidden from you, you are a scholar, and you are arrogant. The things His Highness ordered are all low-level officials, and these people are quite contemptuous. But the strange thing is that although there are many complaints and expressions of displeasure, they have never slacked off, and they have already gone to the countryside, and they look like they have to make some achievements."

Gao Xueli is obviously very satisfied. As someone who has experienced the arrogance of a scholar, he understands it very well, so he is very tolerant.

"I don't know where these ten scholars come from?"

Although Gao Xueli has not had much contact with Liu Ke, but through his speech and behavior, he can roughly see that this King Ning is not the same as the scholar.However, for the prince to gain a firm foothold in Yongliang, there are always countless relationships behind it.Gao Xueli didn't care about it, and as long as he had the opportunity to display his ambitions, he wouldn't go into it.

"Brother-in-law, why should you care about this? Since His Highness entrusted it to you, you can lead them to do things well. They will also respect you for the son of Mr. Gao Zixiu, who is highly respected, and will rarely offend you." Shang Jinling laughed. "Furthermore, not only they are doing this, but the government is also doing it. Whoever does it well will be able to show his face in front of His Highness. Naturally, he has to work hard to prove himself. As long as my brother-in-law masters this point, it should not be difficult to command them. "

Gao Xueli couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "You, I don't know where you have so many thoughts at such a young age. Compared with you, I really feel ashamed."

Shang Jinling opened his eyes, showing an innocent look, "Probably the difference is that my brother-in-law is a scholar and I am a politician."

These ten people, before coming to Yongliang, must have been instructed, and they will try their best to gain a firm foothold here, and try their best to get in front of King Ning and gain his trust.How could it be possible to throw up your sleeves and leave because you were only assigned to rural villages to popularize the New Deal and investigate such trivial matters as households?If you go away in a fit of anger, don't say it's hard to explain in front of Master Wang, you won't have any future in the future, so you not only have to do it, but you have to do it well.

And Zhao Bufan had already been reminded by Liu Ke, knowing that some people would come, and he would not allow his subordinates to make mistakes and let them be caught. Under the competition between the two parties, the rural population census and legal popularization will probably be very thorough.

"Calculating the time, after the first tranche of servile money collected by the Exemption Act enters the national treasury, will the Immunization Act soon be here?"

Ximiao is in the season when the green and yellow are in contact. The imperial court lends to farmers at a low interest rate of two cents to buy grain and seeds to survive the difficult winter. Private usury, but exactly how, remains to be seen.

The imperial court is short of money. If you want to implement it, you must have money before you can borrow money. Although the local finance can support itself, if it is not enough, you have to allocate money from the treasury. Therefore, this is the fastest way to raise money, so Yang Shenxing did not choose the second method. One was implemented, but a more secure immunity method was used.

Although Gao Xueli didn't want it to be implemented so soon, he had no way to intervene in the court's decision, so he could only nod, "That's right."

"Since this is the case, take this opportunity, brother-in-law, and measure the fields of Yongliang."

Population and land have always been the foundation of the country, and all laws and regulations must be aligned with this, regardless of whether the Ximiao Law can be issued or not, they must be liquidated.