The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin guessed that Wang Shouren and Fu Nanshe had run into each other.

But the capital and Hainan were too far apart, so the news could not reach the capital for a while.

"Old Gao, the science exam in Liangxiang is about to start again, right?" Zhu Houzhao asked happily.

"Your Highness wants to participate again?" Yan Chengjin warned slightly: "Did you forget that Master Yang caught you out of the exam room last time? Your Highness, don't go and make trouble.

This exam is related to many people's places in the imperial examination."

The autumn examination is approaching, and among the engineers in Liangxiang, only Xie Pi can participate.

Before Xie Pi entered the science school in Liangxiang, he had passed the junior three yuan exam and could participate in the provincial examination.

And the children of other clerks had to start from the county school.

But the fact that Liangxiang engineers could participate in the imperial examination spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and the children of clerks all over the world came to Liangxiang to study.

"I heard that Zhang Xian went to Jingxiang, and there is no one to supervise the exam. Let me be the examiner? I have never been an examiner before." Zhu Houzhao danced with joy.

"I don't know anything."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly had an idea. Lao Gao said so, which meant he agreed.

Yan Chengjin hurried back to the Censorate. He gave a set of test questions, and then Song Jing gave another set of test questions.

The test paper was handed over to Wang Bushui for printing.

On June 20th of the 14th year of Hongzhi, Liangxiang had a tense atmosphere before the exam. Many children of clerks came to Liangxiang early from thousands of miles away, carrying bamboo boxes on their backs.

Just to compete for a place in the imperial examination.

Now that the exam has finally started, the children of clerks are crying with joy. His ancestors were all clerks, who could read and write, and were quite talented, but they could not take the imperial examination.

They are all full of confidence, and they have more advantages than the children of refugees.

"Brother Feng An is a good student, please take care of him."

"There must be one place for the science class this time."

Several clerks' sons admired one person very much, and that person was Feng An. He was from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and came to Liangxiang half a year ago.

He failed the last time, but this time he studied hard in a thatched house for several months and made great progress.

Some people wanted to take the imperial examination, while others wanted to become engineers and receive three taels of silver from the Liangxiang workshop every month.

Song Jing has become a legend in Liangxiang.

He received one hundred taels of silver every month and became a role model for all ordinary people in Liangxiang.

Even the sons of Liangxiang gentry coveted Song Jing's salary and wanted to take the Liangxiang engineer exam.

"Master Song, are the questions difficult this time?" Xie Yu smiled awkwardly.

He failed the exam last time and missed the monthly salary of an engineer, which was very unwilling.

"Thank you, President." Song Jing bowed slightly and saluted: "This is the question asked by the adults, I don't know how deep it is."

The bell rang, and the candidates began to search their bodies before entering the examination room.

The yamen runners stood in every corner of the examination room, just like last time, with their backs to each other, supervising the candidates.

After the candidates finished, Zhu Houzhao happily walked into the examination room holding the test paper.

"This... This engineer is supervising for the first time, you can cheat at will."

There was an uproar in the audience.

Song Jing's brain was full of black lines, and he secretly reminded him: "No, Your Highness, you can't cheat!"

Zhu Houzhao realized that something was wrong, his eyes moved, and he quickly corrected: "Don't make a fuss, you can't cheat, hum! I was just testing it, and you really took out the book? That, and that! Yes, that's right, it's you, come on, drag this engineer out!"

The few people who happily took out the books were stunned.

This guy is definitely a master of cheating, otherwise how could he use such a clever method to lure us into being fooled.

Song Jing secretly admired that His Highness was smart and had caught several fish that slipped through the net.

Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Quick, hand out the test papers."

The yamen runners handed out the test papers. Xie Yu looked at Zhu Houzhao and felt a little strange. How could the young scholar Zhu become an engineer when he obviously did not pass the engineer exam?

There is a deal!

Does this exam count?

"Let's answer the questions first. I will definitely pass this time." Xie Yu was proficient in mathematics, and writing math papers was no problem.

The only thing that stumped him was chemistry.

This was a newly emerging subject, and he often felt confused when he heard it.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the high platform with great pride. It was a rare opportunity for him to be an examiner.

Everything under the stage was clearly visible.

"The sixteenth candidate in row A, drag him out."

"Have mercy, I didn't cheat!"

"The sixth candidate in row C, drag him out."

"Have mercy...have mercy."

These guys, they cheated, but they still dare to quibble, they are so shameless.

This palace has been cheating professionally for seven years, and the best result can deceive the current university scholar Li Dongyang, but they dare to show off in front of Guan Gong.

Zhu Houzhao felt insulted.

"Master Song, the note was found as expected." The yamen runner reported.

Yan Chengjin ordered that Song Jing was responsible for everything in the examination room.

So, the yamen runner came to report to Song Jing.

Song Jing was slightly startled, thinking that Zhu Houzhao was playing a prank, but he didn't expect it to be cheating.

"Don't be too surprised, I was still a child when I cheated."

The implication is that this palace started cheating at the age of four.

After Zhu Houzhao's crazy arrest, no one dared to make any small moves, and they all wrote the papers honestly.

Beijing, Yan Mansion.

Yan Chengjin took out two kilograms of wolfberries and gave them to Wang Ji: "This is my favorite thing, I give it to Brother Wang. I hope that Brother Wang will help me when I am in trouble in the future."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Wang Ji was slightly moved. After failing the imperial examination, he followed his father to study medicine, traveled all over the country, and had very few friends.

This was the first time he had such a close relationship with Yan Chengjin.

"Let's go, see Lord Wang off."

Yan Chengjin told He Neng to send Wang Ji out of the city.

Then he prepared to get up and go to Liangxiang to take a look. Today was the science exam in Liangxiang.

...

Hainan,

Wang Shouren had people build barracks overnight, all over the open space in the camp.

He also ordered the soldiers of the Tuntian Camp to patrol the camp back and forth in teams of twelve, just like in the army.

"Lord Wang, a Li spy was caught outside the camp."

"Let him go." Wang Shouren said, "My intention is to let him go back and report the news."

After that, he walked to the cornfield to see what was different about the soil.

The soil in the capital can only be planted once a year, but the soil in Hainan can be planted three times a year. It's amazing.

Seeing that he was not slow, Xu Jinzhong felt anxious, "Master Coach, if we continue like this, we will be discovered sooner or later.

How can we break the situation?"

Wang Shouren squatted on the ground and uttered a word: "Wait."

"Wait? Wait for what?"

"Wait for Brother Gao to see my letter."

If Wang Shouren wants to use troops, he must get the transfer order from the Ministry of War. Xu Jinzhong also understands this truth, but the capital is separated from Hainan by sea and mountains...

It will take at least more than a month to take a boat from Tianjin.

"Master Coach, I'm afraid two months..."

"No need to wait for two months, as long as we estimate that Brother Gao sees the letter, we can start the army."

Xu Jinzhong was a little confused. Can we mobilize troops without the order?

Wang Shouren continued: "No, but I have an agreement with Brother Gao."

No matter how much Xu Jinzhong and Li Kang asked, Wang Shouren just didn't say anything. He squatted on the ground and looked at the black soil for a long time.

"Sir, I found Fu Nan Snake." Hai Han hurried into the barracks.

A month ago, Xu Jinzhong sent Hai Han to find the whereabouts of Fu Nanshe. He was a Hui people, and he could be considered a chieftain, so it was not easy to be discovered.

"Where is it?" Wang Shouren, who had been silent for a long time, finally stood up.

"In Qifangdong, Danzhou."

Wang Shouren took nothing with him, and rode on his horse and said, "Take me to see it."

Dare to break into the enemy camp of 100,000 people alone?

"I will go too." Xu Jinzhong said very righteously.

"No, you still need Xu Qianhu to guard the camp for the next few days. Don't let the Li people find out."