"Yoyou deer sings, eats wild apples, I have guests, playing zither and sing..."

"Yoyou deer sings, eats artemisia in the wild, I have guests, Deyin Kong Zhao..."

"Yuyou...Yuyou...Wuwuwu..."

Deng Cheng, with a red face, was drinking with his friends in the room while humming Lu Ming, and started crying, crying and laughing.

The friend who came to congratulate him today was Chen Qi, a businessman. Seeing that his old friend was out of control, he understood him very well and spoke from time to time to persuade him.

The day before yesterday, the provincial examination of the Yuzhou General Administration Office was released. The one who was famous on the list was the one who was the test-winner. Deng Quan, the son of Deng Cheng, ranked last. Although he was the last, he was a famous scholar on the list.

At that time, there were crowds of people in front of the examination institute. Deng Quan and other candidates lined up to enter the field to check the rankings, while Deng Cheng was waiting outside. Although he was calm, he was also uneasy.

When several fellow candidates were holding Deng Quan, who was weak in his legs, squeezed out of the crowd and congratulated him, Deng Cheng almost fainted excitedly. The father and son hugged their heads and cried bitterly, not knowing how they returned to their home.

Not long after, a line of gangs came over and stopped in front of the yard where they were temporarily living. An official came to the door to announce the good news with a red paper sealed wedding invitation. The neighbors around the yard were blocked and the scene was very lively.

On that day, Deng Quan ordered a sumptuous meal and drank with his son.

The day after the exam was released, that is, yesterday, the Yuzhou General Manager set up a "Lu Ming Banquet" in Yuzhou Prefecture to host the main examination of the provincial examination, the same examination examiners, and the officials who assisted the examiners to review the papers, deacons and candidates on the list, and the invigilator were present.

The so-called "deer song banquet" is because the deer song chapter in the Book of Songs is to be sung during the banquet, so it is called this.

Deng Cheng was not qualified to attend the grand occasion of the Lu Ming Banquet, so he naturally had no way to know, but he knew the content of Lu Ming.

Lu Mingyan, my son has gone, and he has gone with glory. He can have a seat with all the high officials, but now it is different from the past.

If you pass the provincial examination, you will become a juren and refuse to accept the governor when you see him. If you encounter a lawsuit, you will not be arrested at will. You must obtain permission from the Ministry of Rites. The juren can be exempted from labor for life and rent and transfer for twenty years.

Such privileges made Deng Quan free from his white body. Ordinary officials should be polite when they see him. In the future, if there is a minor official who wants to blackmail, he has to think twice before he can do it.

But this is secondly. The selection of the provincial examination is the next major examination. The new imperial examination will enter Beijing this fall and participate in the imperial examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites of the Shangshu Province. If the imperial examination is on the list, you must participate in the palace examination.

Not to mention whether the test can be passed, it is just that he can go to Beijing to take the test. His experience is exciting just by thinking about it. Deng Cheng, who is over fifty years old, was really crying when he saw his son so vigorously.

He is a small county chief clerk, an out-of-the-counter official, and he has no rank, and he has no hope of entering the market.

Although the Deng family has many clan members, there has never been a single official with a rank.

Now, as the only person in the clan who has the hope of becoming an official, Deng Quan can be said to be worthy of the hard study for more than ten years, and it is not in vain that Deng Cheng spent all his efforts to support his son in his studies.

During this provincial examination, Deng Cheng specially asked for leave and accompanied his son to Xuanhu to take the exam. Because he had no relatives and friends in Xuanhu, he wanted to rent a house so that he could stay with his servants.

As a result, because the rental market is booming, landlords in Xuanhu City have started their own land. Even if they are just short-term rentals, the asking price has increased by more than ten times, and they have to pay a three-fold deposit.

Although Deng Cheng had little money, he could not bear the excessive expenses and could only take his son and servant to stay in the inn in the city.

Chen Qi, who was passing by Xuanhu during business, was not from Yuzhou. When he learned that Deng Cheng and his son were crowded in a small inn, he found his acquaintance in Xuanhu and temporarily set up a quiet yard to allow Deng Cheng and his party to live there so that Deng Quan could prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Chen Qi was also very happy to have a Juren in this exam.

He and Deng Cheng have a friendship, and Deng Quan is well developed in the future and he can benefit from it himself, so he is willing to do his best to come to the door today and bring a gift.

Two servants carried a heavy box in.

Deng Cheng opened it and saw that it was a book. He picked up one and found that it was a journal from the school club. He couldn't help but wonder: "Is this?"

"You are probably just laughing these two days, but I don't know that all the academic journals in the city are sold out." Chen Qi picked up a book, flipped through it, and sighed:

"It is said that each subject has an additional question for the joint examination of these three subjects, and the test points are not necessarily within the examination syllabus. The additional questions for the Mingsuan subject are the contents of the journals of the study club."

Deng Cheng nodded after hearing this. He heard his son say that the additional questions in the calculation subject were mentioned in the special issue of the study club.

Chen Qi continued: "So, now all the academic journals in Xuanhu City have been sold out. I also got reminded to buy them quickly, and at least I caught up with them."

"There is still an exam after the provincial examination. You can't slack off when preparing for the exam. Who knows if there are additional questions in the exam? If the content of the additional questions is published by which academic society journal, and the candidates have not read it in advance, how can they answer it?"

Deng Cheng came to his senses after hearing what Chen Qi said and thanked him quickly.

In the past two days, his mind went blank, and he knew that he had smirked and forgot about preparing for the exam.

The examination content of the imperial examination is required in the examination syllabus, but additional questions may be exceptions. Therefore, just in case, it is best to take a look at all the academic journals that have been published in recent years.

If you fail the exam, you will have to take the exam again in three years. If you have a palace exam after the exam, the difficulty will be even higher.

Deng Cheng had some knowledge at least. He knew that if his son failed to be elected in the palace examination this year, the next time or next time, there would be more juren participating in the examination and the competition would become increasingly fierce.

So, we cannot relax now.

This box of books is expensive, and it can be called a big gift. Deng Cheng can't thank him any more, but Chen Qi didn't want any gifts to return them and went straight to the point: "If A Quan goes to the list in the future, don't forget my uncle!"

Deng Cheng nodded with a smile: "This is nature, this is nature!"

To put it bluntly, it is good to everyone. Deng Chengneng was appointed as the chief clerk by the county magistrate, so he is naturally not a pedantic person. Since the other party shows goodwill, the scenes should always be better.

Chen Qi is a businessman, with financial resources and many ways. When Deng becomes his son, he naturally needs to make more friends with people like Chen Qi.

As the two talked, Chen Qi suddenly asked: "I heard the news during this period and said that the court may feel that the three levels of state, county and county are too complicated and need to be changed to state, county or county?"

Deng Cheng replied: "This news is spread everywhere, and I have heard of it, but I don't know whether it is true or false."

"Old Deng, if this is the case, I'm afraid that after your promotion, you will be the county chief clerk..."

"Oh, the county magistrate is out of the way, and it will be gone. Anyway, it is rare to be in the form of a clerk. "

Deng Cheng sighed. Foreign officials like him who sound good to be officials, but in fact they are clerks and clerks. They have always been at the bottom of the officialdom. Unless there is any adventure, they will be like this for the rest of their lives.
Chapter completed!