The autumn wind is blowing, and the world is vast.

A ox cart is heading towards the Ye family in Jiangnan and Hexi County.

Ye Jingtian in the car coughed desperately, and he looked decadent, but when he saw his son Ye Zhiqiu in the car, he still smiled a few times.

Ye Zhiqiu was also very filial. He immediately took out the bamboo tube and handed it to his father's hand, saying, "Dad, the window is strong, let's drink a little water, it's dry."

Ye Jingtian was once a scholar, but his grades were average, and he was not the boss at home and had no inheritance rights. After breaking up, he married a woman from a commoner family, and lived a different life than others.

In the late Ming Dynasty, life in Jiangnan was not easy. His wife gave birth to several sons, but only Ye Zhiqiu survived.

And my wife also died last year due to re-breasting.

Ye Jingtian, who was almost destroyed, had to take his son back and forth to his old family, one to make a living, and the other was that he thought his son was a material for studying and did not want to bury him!

A few hours later, a large mansion appeared in the distance. Ye Jingtian sat on the shaft of the car, coughed, and looked at the familiar mansion with sentimental eyes and sighed:

"Zhiqiu, when I took your mother away more than ten years ago, I secretly swear in my heart that I will never come back if I don't leave for the rest of my life. But now I have to come back because you are old and it is not easy to live outside with my father. At that time, your eldest father once said to my father: 'Everything is inferior, only high school students'. Now, the same sentence is given to you by my father, I hope you will be successful."

"Yes!" When Ye Zhiqiu thought of studying, especially reading the eight-legged essay, he looked depressed. He prefers to study and play in the fields.

Soon, the ox cart finally stopped in front of the Ye family's house.

An old servant, after seeing the person who got off the ox cart, his mouth was as big as an egg, shouted in surprise: "Second...Second Master...Second Master is back."

By the time Ye Jingtian and Ye Zhiqiu walked inside, there were already many people standing or sitting here.

Ye Jing's eyes were flashing with tears, and with a thud, he bowed his knees in front of his father, and choked and said, "Father is here, the child is unfilial... He hasn't come back to visit him for many years."

Next, naturally, there is a picture of reunion.

As a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, Ye Zhiqiu can also feel that his father's brothers are lukewarm when he feels this kind of warmth. Obviously, he doesn't want his father to come.

Such a big family... is so complicated and very problematic!

After staying there, Ye Zhiqiu's study was put on the agenda. Ye Jingtian repeatedly asked his elder brother and finally said hello to the clan school.

In the days that followed, Ye Jingtian urged his son's homework every day. However, Ye Zhiqiu's homework and thoughts were always on the algorithm and the fields. The learning was not concerned!

One month later, the Ming Dynasty capital issued an order to the whole world.

Because of the emperor's will, the memorial of the Duke (Zhu Zilong) was expressed that the prince was kind and the queen followed the will of heaven, so she specially opened a new course to pilot the new course in Jiangnan.

Any student over the age of 12, regardless of whether he has a school record, can participate in the provincial examination, county examination, government examination, etc. for the country’s selection of talents, the first pilot is Jiangnan and Hexi County!

So, Ye Jingtian asked his father to let Ye Zhiqiu take a try.

The old man of the Ye family thought to himself that it was his grandson, so it would be better to let him participate in the training.

However, his eldest son Ye Shoucheng and his eldest grandson Ye Shengcai looked down on Ye Zhiqiu and mixed with personal emotions. From time to time, the concubine's son never learned much, so he took the exam, but was afraid it was a joke. Something like that was revealed!

This made Old Lady Ye very confused. Later, seeing that his second son had not returned for many years and had a very hard life, he insisted on letting Ye Zhiqiu participate.

He smiled at the outside world and said, "It's better to be familiar with the examination. If the article is too bad and people are teased, I hope he will be able to know shame and become brave in the future and work hard!"

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The day for the pilot county exam is coming soon!

Ye Zhiqiu was born with a calf and was not afraid of a tiger. He smiled and said to his father Ye Jingtian: "Dad, wait for the good news for his son. I will definitely come back from the first case exam."

The sound was heard around, arousing ridicule and a silence from other children of the Ye family.

The county exam is just a junior exam, and it is not very harsh, but you still have to verify your integrity, search your body, and play the role of a guarantee.

However, now, due to Zhu Zilong's pilot project in Jiangnan, the requirements are not as strict as before.

The reason for this is actually Zhu Zilong thought that I have thrown some of the contents of the modern exams into the Ming Dynasty. I am giving you the chance to kill the Ming Dynasty people. I am afraid you can't answer them. That's all the trouble!

After the candidates settle down, the answers were sent.

The students were shocked when they saw it. What the hell is the test question?

It’s not that it’s aware of the call, nor is it the content of the eight-legged essay. It’s a calculation problem? Is this good to choose a country? Is this a fuss? Choosing a sir to the accountant?

Only Ye Zhiqiu's eyes lit up at the scene. Eight-legged essays were his shortcomings, but if you take this test, haha, there was no hesitation.

When I was in the middle of the exam, I had another test question, and the Master said...Learn...

Finally, the content of the eight-legged essay made other students sigh and thought that they almost handed in the blank paper.

Fortunately, luckily!

Eight-legged essays are really not Ye Zhiqiu’s strengths, so he wrote some casually, then left the exam room in advance, sat outside to eat.

Others in the examination room looked up inadvertently. Seeing this scene, they suddenly stepped by ten thousand grass horses in their hearts, thinking: "This guy must have not done the test yet, and he has such leisure and elegance to appear in advance... I guess he is here to go through the motions... I heard that it is that, the illegitimate son of the Ye family? Haha, it is indeed an ineffective thing!"

Especially when Ye Shengcai, the son of the eldest son of the Ye family, came out.

Seeing Ye Zhiqiu's appearance, he thought he had done well in the exam, so he pretended to be a passerby and left without knowing Ye Zhiqiu's appearance.

But what these candidates don’t know is that this time the case reviewed was not the county magistrate.

Back hall, because this is the first pilot.

It was Zhu Zilong who took the initiative to take charge of the case and wanted to mark the case himself.

The county examination is just the primary examination for the imperial examination, so the marking of the papers is not very formal, and even the children's examination does not have to be named. Zhu Zilong quickly reads one paper after another, and then mutters: "Bad reviews, this is also a bad review, this is the same, this is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is, it is one teenager who can't answer such a simple math question,!"

While speaking, Zhu Zilong threw dozens of rolls in a row and went straight into the trash can.

To be honest, Zhu Zilong never likes eight-legged essays, so he didn't study much. Even if you ask him to write, he couldn't write any good eight-legged essays. The focus of his attention is the arithmetic issue.

If all candidates answer the arithmetic questions incorrectly or incorrectly, Zhu Zilong would not even read the second half of the eight-legged essay. Then they would announce the paper directly and lose the election.

At this moment, the county magistrate was sweating profusely on the side.

However, the county magistrate didn't dare to say much. He was a small county magistrate, which was equivalent to the deputy county magistrate of later generations, and Zhu Zilong was equivalent to the prime minister of the country. Plus the top leader of the military region, he could determine his life and death with just one finger. It was not something that people like him could afford!

County magistrates are often from Jinshi, and their eight-legged essays are of great skill. However, today he is destined to be useless!

Oh no, it should be from the next few years that the eight-legged essay officials will go home to eat rice.

Finally, Zhu Zilong's eyes stopped on Ye Zhiqiu's roll, and his eyes lit up on the spot.

"The list will be released the next day, on the third day of March, those who are among the best will be given a seat number."

As soon as Zhu Zilong spoke, the county magistrate nodded and said yes.

Outside, a servant was waiting in the corridor secretly. This was an informant. After the exam, the informant would check out the approximate rankings in advance, and then pass them to the victim to earn some kickbacks and red envelopes.

Before officially entering the list, except for those who are generally ranked, the first few times the candidates will go to each company to report good news, and the people who pass the exam will often give generous amounts of good money, which has become a hidden rule.

At this time, when eavesdropping on the clerk, he only pointed out a few people, but did not tell the names of the high school people. This did not delay the good news, but also prevented the county magistrate from prosecuting them.

The informant only heard that the Ye family in Hexi, the three people, and the head of the case also came from their family... and ran towards the Ye family.

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When the Ye family heard the informant report, there were three people in the family, and the head of the case was also his own family.

The moment he was very happy, he quickly started a thank-you banquet and invited relatives and friends to come and have fun.

Subconsciously, most people, including the old lady of the Ye family, believe that the head of the case was the son of the eldest son, his eldest grandson Ye Shengcai.

After all, Ye Shengcai has the best eight-legged essay knowledge, and the chance and call of this time are the highest.

Almost recognized, I will definitely be the top three in high school!

It was not yet dark, but the Ye Family Hall had already decorated with lights and guests. When they entered the hall, they saw Old Lady Ye sitting high in the first place. Next to the school teacher, Master Wang.

Some of the students were the head of the case, so it was naturally the teacher's credit.

So, he, an outsider, would also sit in the seat.

Ye Shoucheng, the eldest son of the Ye family, sat on the left, his son, who is suspected to be the head of the high school case, also sat here.

At this time, he was whispering to the old lady, and many people flattered the eldest young master.

If a child tests a case leader, he will definitely be 100% able to be a scholar. A scholar is considered to be half a famous person, so he is naturally superior. Moreover, the person who wins the case leader must have a bright future. If you don’t make friends at this time, when will you wait?

Ye Zhiqiu, who was not valued and believed that he had lost his brother, and his father Ye Jingtian, arranged to sit in an extremely inconspicuous position in the hall, and the seats were moved out of the hall. They were even more tilted than some outsiders!

At this moment, a servant rushed in and shouted: "Good news, good news... the official good news in the yamen... has arrived!"

Then, as soon as the consignee came in, he said happily: "Congratulations to the head of the county case, Mr. Ye for being the top, congratulations...congratulations!"

Old Lady Ye quickly asked someone to give me a reward for the promise, while Ye Shoucheng took the good news and opened it to take a look.

On the spot, the next second, Ye Shoucheng's smile froze on his face!

Everyone was confused, but when they saw him, they twitched their lips and stared at the good news blankly, as if they were seeing a ghost.

Why is this? Everyone was confused and thought, isn’t it a big joy?

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