After the Lu Ming Banquet, the state examination was completely over.

The 240 new candidates from Lingzhou and the two nearby states will all take part in the provincial examination in March next year.

Although it was still early, most students would pack their bags and rush to the capital in the past few days.

Tang Ning was not in a hurry. The provincial examination began on March 9th, and it was not too late for him to set out again in February. Lingzhou is not that far from the capital. Half a month is enough. To be on the safe side, it should be foolproof to leave another half a month.

After all, he is different from most candidates. Although the difficulty of the provincial exam is much greater than that of the state exam, the type of question will not change. In this way, his first two games have little problems. The only problem with the third game is the strategy theory.

Even if the policy theory is to be restructured, it will not be so fast. When the trial is supervised, he will no longer be as lucky as the state trial. Therefore, in the next nearly half a year, the only thing he needs to do is to write the article as beautiful as possible.

My father-in-law specifically told him that if you don’t understand anything, he would ask him. Tang Ning thought about it, but he still thought it would be better to let Zhong Yi teach him to write articles.

After all, Zhong Yi is the number one talented woman in Lingzhou. Not only is she good at writing poetry, but she can also write articles. But his father-in-law, he even took the state exam three times...

I came back from Lu Ming Banquet last night and went to Zhongyi's room to sit for a while.

At that time, the two had already agreed that Tang Ning would write a policy article every day, and Zhong Yi would help him review and correct the grammar. In a few months, even if he still couldn't write a beautiful article like her, he would not be scolded as nonsense.

When Tang Yaoyao came to find Zhong Yi, she was very surprised by his diligence and asked, "Are you really planning to take the top scorer this time?"

Tang Ning nodded.

Tang Yaoyao thought for a while and said, "I remember you said before that you don't want to participate in the imperial examination."

"Aren't you smashed my head at that time?" Tang Ning looked at her and explained: "Scholars don't want to win the top scorer. What's the difference between them and salted fish?"

After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, then looked at Zhong Yi and asked, "Does what you said that day count?"

Zhong Yi's face turned slightly red and he nodded.

Tang Ning finally felt relieved and continued to pick up his pen and start writing. Those who didn't want to win the top scorer were all salted fish, and salted fish would not be happy.

For his lifelong happiness, he will write ten articles today, and he will not sleep until he can't finish it.

When Tang Yaoyao and Zhong Yi walked out of the door and reached the yard, they finally couldn't help asking, "What did you say?"

"Nothing..." Zhong Yi shook his head and changed the subject: "Have you sent the letter I wrote to Miss Qing last time?"

"My father has already asked the shop manager to send it." Tang Yaoyao patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, you will receive a reply in a few days."

Zhong Yi said embarrassedly: "Please trouble Uncle Tang."

"Nothing hassle." Tang Yaoyao shook his head and said, "Anyway, they often have to run from Lingzhou to the capital and bring a letter by the way, nothing."

Zhong Yi held her hand and said, "No matter what, thank you."

"If you really want to thank me, tell me what you said to him?" Tang Yaoyao looked at her with a gossip and said, "He couldn't suddenly think that he would be the top scorer in the exam. This matter must have something to do with you!"

Zhong Yi thought about it, finally made a decision, and said softly in her ear.

Tang Yaoyao's beautiful eyes widened, looking at her, and said in disbelief: "You, you are crazy, how can this be..."

Zhong Yi looked at her and didn't speak.

Tang Yaoyao covered her face, sighed, and then said angrily: "It's a bargain!"

"Okay..." Zhong Yi pulled her sleeve and said, "Xiaoru's shop has been almost done, let's go and have a look..."

...

He was full of motivation when he woke up early in the morning. Tang Ning originally wanted to write ten strategy articles in one breath, but he was interrupted after just two of them.

The person who interrupted him was his father-in-law.

There is also Zhang Hao, a doctor from the Water Department whom I met yesterday.

Last night, they seemed to have something to say, but then they left it alone. Unexpectedly, they chased them directly to their homes today.

After Zhang Hao sat down, he said straight to the point: "Tang Jieyuan, I still have some questions about managing floods and speeding up shipping. I want to discuss with Tang Jieyuan."

Tang Ning bowed and said politely: "Mr. Zhang, but it's okay."

Zhang Hao cleared his throat and said, "Tang Jieyuan mentioned in his strategy theory about the Jingjiang River section..."

...

The number of words in the strategy theory is limited, so Tang Ning cannot write every point out. The examples he gives are also concise, but today we can explain them in detail.

Of course, he is not a professional water conservancy company. He can make suggestions and explain the principles, and it is impossible to go deep into the root cause.

However, for the discussion between the two, these are enough. The modern concept of water control was a bit incredible to the ancients, but it was not a fantasy. Zhang Hao frowned for a while, suddenly realized, grabbed a few strands of hair, and then patted his thighs and applauded...

While listening, he picked up the pen to record. When he was full of paper, he put down his pen. Looking at Tang Ning, he said excitedly: "I thought that Tang Jieyuan's strategy could save at least 500,000 taels of silver for the national treasury. Now it seems that it is much more than that!"

He grabbed Tang Ning's arm and said happily: "I will definitely report Tang Jieyuan's contribution to his Majesty when I go back this time. If Tang Jieyuan is in high school in the future, I might as well consider our Water Department. The Water Department will lack talents like Tang Jieyuan..."

"Cough!" Zhong Mingli coughed lightly, interrupting Zhang Hao's passion.

Zhang Hao glanced at Zhong Mingli, then looked at Tang Ning, and sighed with regret.

The person in front of him was the Jieyuan test of Lingzhou, the first person in Lingzhou and Chen State in more than ten years. Such a person will definitely shine in the provincial test, and will not become the top scorer, but will be ranked first.

The Ministry of Works is extremely low among the six ministries, which is not as rich as the Ministry of Revenue, nor is it as powerful as the Ministry of Personnel. Even the most useless Ministry of Rites is stronger than theirs. As a thankless department in the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Water is ranked among the top two Jinshi. Who would like to go to a Qingshui Office with no future?

Zhang Hao calmed down and bowed to him, "I thanked Tang Jieyuan for all the affected people."

Tang Ning hurriedly said: "This is all right, Lord Zhang doesn't have to do this..."

He had long heard that Zhang Hao was honest and had a bad temper. When he saw him today, he did not feel these things. Not only did he not have these, but he did not have any sleekness and sophistication. He only had a humble and sincere heart to ask for advice.

When Zhang Hao left, Zhong Mingli looked at him and said, "Mr. Song suddenly had official duties and left Lingzhou early in the morning, otherwise he would have come together today."

Tang Ning nodded. Song Qian was not in Lingzhou, but in Jingdong Road, nearly ten states, and it was impossible for him to stay in Lingzhou for a long time.

In addition to him, examiners such as Fang Hong, Zhang Hao, and Ling Yihong will probably set off for Beijing in the next two days.

The Lingzhou Prefecture Trial came to an end here.

"The officialdom is like a battlefield. It is better to make more friends than to have more enemies." Zhong Mingli looked at him and said, "Although Lord Zhang has a straightforward temper, he is a person who can make friends with him. If you have a kindness to Lord Fang, Lord Fang is grateful to you, and you must also take self-control and not respect yourself. And Lord Ling, although you are his uncle, he is also the Imperial Physician. If you can meet him in the future, you must save face in front of outsiders..."

Tang Ning nodded, and his father-in-law started nagging again, but his nagging was mostly about heartfelt and experience, and there was little nonsense.

Zhong Mingli watched Tang Ning walk out of the mansion, withdrew her gaze and looked into the distance.

Everyone knows that many examiners in Lingzhou Prefecture Test will set off for Beijing today, but few people know that there is also an examination paper that left with them.

Whether this thin test paper cannot splash a few gravels or can cause shocking waves to be seen in the moment.

Zhong Mingli's expression on his face was a little relieved, but more worried.

After a long time, he sighed, walked back to the mansion with his hands behind his back...
Chapter completed!