Chapter 33 County Examination Registration
After many twists and turns, we finally found a guarantor student and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back, everyone found out why Dr. Su thought that the student Liang Anyuan would agree on the way here.
That was when Doctor Su was passing through the provincial capital on his way back to Lin'an County. He saved Liang Anyuan, who was sick and about to be kicked out by the innkeeper. Liang Anyuan had not yet taken the college entrance examination at that time.
I didn't expect that he remembered this favor, but others had already forgotten it.
Doctor Su, who had long seen through the ways of the world in the capital, did not say anything when Liang Anyuan politely refused.
However, from then on, Liang Anyuan had become a stranger to him again.
After this incident, Liang Anyuan also went to Lin'an County to visit Doctor Su, but was told by Su's servants that the old man was not at home and it was not appropriate to receive guests, so he was turned away.
The next day, early in the morning.
An Xin washed up, put on a lotus-white Confucian robe, and took six people to the county government to register.
The county examination is usually held in the second month of the lunar calendar every year. One month before the examination, the county government will announce the specific examination date.
Candidates need to register in advance.
When registering, you need to provide three pieces of supporting documents: "personal confession", "mutual guarantee" and "affirmation".
The personal confession is equivalent to the basic information form of modern candidates, including information of three generations of ancestors, the candidate's name, age, place of origin, physique, and facial features.
There are also three generations of names and resumes of great-grandparents, grandparents and parents to ensure that your family is a good family.
The so-called mutual commitment means that five candidates taking the exam together write a letter of commitment, promising that if one of them cheats, all five will be held responsible, in order to prevent cheating in the imperial examination.
The guaranty is to ask the county's students who have received stipends, that is, the top scholars in the academy examination, to provide guarantee materials.
Proof that the candidate is not a fake, is not hiding his/her death, is not a substitute, is not using a false name, is of a clean background, and is not the descendant of a prostitute or a police official...
An Xin took them to the county government office where registration was specially conducted.
Six people began to fill out the registration information for the county exam.
An Xin found that many people were secretly looking at her. It seemed that she, a female teacher who was going to take her students to participate in the imperial examinations, was quite popular among these students.
Some students who come here to register are brought by teachers, while others come on their own.
An Xin had the memories of the original owner. She saw several teachers who had taught at Wanhua Academy coming to register with their students.
Those who are shy will avoid her when they see her, and the teachers who don't remember their past friendship at Wanhua Academy will ignore An Xin as if they have never met her.
An Xin curled the corners of her lips. She didn't care about these people.
"Headmaster, we can go now."
An Xin: "It's all filled out, let's go back."
They did not come to the yamen in a carriage today, and several of them planned to stroll back to the academy.
"To celebrate our successful registration, cousin, let's go to Fuyuanlou for lunch today. The braised pigeon there is really amazing."
Liu Boxing raised his hand in agreement: "The white-cut chicken at Shanzhang's place is also very delicious."
An Xin looked at the two of them, and if he was not mistaken, they were swallowing their saliva.
It is conceivable how tempting delicious food is to foodies.
Then he looked at the other four people. Although they all appeared calm, they did not refuse, which meant that they also agreed with this idea.
An Xin asked a very sincere question: "It's okay to go out for dinner, but who will pay the bill?"
Zhu Shijing, who was standing aside and had nothing to do with the matter, suddenly felt five pairs of burning eyes staring at him, and his handsome face, as handsome as a sculpture, paused for a moment.
He took a deep breath and said regretfully, "The pigeons and chickens in the restaurant were released yesterday, so Fuyuanlou doesn't have these two dishes today."
Everyone: “…” You can even express this kind of panic, you are worthy of being the miser Zhu Koumen.
Zhu Shijing was not bothered by the contempt of his fellow disciples and pretended not to see it.
The ingredients of braised pigeon and poached chicken are very expensive. That's all hard-earned money. These heartless people want to take advantage of him for free. Isn't this asking for his life?
Just as the brothers were about to take Zhu Shijing to his knees, a servant ran down from the teahouse next to the street and stopped them, "Miss An, my master wants you to go to the teahouse on the second floor for a chat."
An Xin looked up at the second floor of the teahouse next to him and felt that he was indeed a little thirsty. He thought it would be nice to have some free tea.
"Let's go!"
An Xin, along with Li Ziyu and six others, were invited by the servant into the teahouse and went up to the second floor.
An Xin was not surprised when he saw Wang Renjie.
Wanhua Academy is first-class in Lin'an County in terms of location, environment, and construction. It would be strange if the shrewd Wang Renjie gave it up easily.
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"Miss An, please take a seat." Wang Renjie stood up and invited her.
An Xin glanced at the other people at the tea table who were wearing Confucian robes. It was obvious that they were also scholars.
Judging from the arrogance on their faces, they must be scholars with a certain level of achievement.
An Xin smiled slightly and sat down generously.
Li Ziyu and his friends chose a table nearby, ordered a pot of tea, and sat quietly listening to whatever nonsense Wang Renjie could come up with.
An Xin ordered a cup of the most expensive tea here, and drank his tea leisurely, regardless of the prying or contemptuous looks from other people on the second floor.
Anyway, she was just thirsty and came up to drink tea. Others are not in a hurry, so why should she be in a hurry?
As for the sudden quiet atmosphere on the second floor, it was none of her business. She didn't cover anyone's mouth to stop them from continuing to drink tea and chat.
There were some clear-headed people in the teahouse who couldn't help but show admiration in their eyes when they saw the woman in front of them who was so calm and courageous.
Wang Renjie: "Miss An, I heard that you also want to let several of your students take the county exam this year, and you are looking for a student to guarantee them. Have you found one?"
The scholars in the teahouse have heard recently that An Xin, the daughter of the former principal of Wanhua Academy, will be taking several students she taught to participate in this county examination.
In the literary circle of Lin'an County, there were those who were indifferent, those who were there to watch the fun, and the majority of the literati who ultimately showed disdain and ridiculed the matter.
An Xin took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup and raised one of her eyebrows. "I have been looking for the student who guaranteed several of his students in Lin'an County. Shouldn't Principal Wang know more about this than I do?"
"This...how would this old man know?" Elder Wang Shan blushed and touched his nose.
It seems that others have already guessed who spread those rumors in the county.
However, facing so many scholars in the teahouse, Director Wang would never admit that he had sent someone to do this.
Just in order to make Wanhua Academy completely deserted, he could buy it at a lower price.
Wang Renjie looked at the other people at the table.
One of them was a man in his thirties with a mustache, and said with contempt and arrogance: "What knowledge do you, a little girl, have? How much knowledge can you teach the students? And you still want them to take the imperial examination.
As a woman, you should stay in the back house honestly. Why do you dare to call yourself the headmaster of Wanhua Academy? What virtue and ability do you have to be a teacher and teach others knowledge? "
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