Chapter 1803 Son Resembles Father

In Chuanzhou City, Chang Zhi hosted a banquet for Jie Yuan and others. It should have been a lively and noisy banquet, but as soon as Chang Zhi arrived, the whole hall was exceptionally quiet, as if it was frozen in time.

Li Zhifu burst out laughing, "This is because Lord Zhou was shocked."

Chang Zhi rolled his eyes in his heart, "You must be joking, Mr. Prefect."

Li Zhifu said, "Don't be restrained."

It was no use saying it, some people were secretly glancing at Changzhi, and Changzhi immediately turned his head away when he felt they were looking at him.

The prefect saw it and decided not to talk any more today.

Chang Zhi cleared his throat and said, "Since everyone has nothing to say, let me test you."

The people who just got hit by the lifting of the people, "!!"

They don't want to take the test.

Prefect Li didn't care. He sat there happily watching the show and drinking. It should be said that the wine in Chuanzhou was really good.

Changzhi asked ten questions, which included knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, geography, etc.

Then some people were dumbfounded, they only knew the eight-legged essay, the books they read were also about these things, and they had never read any miscellaneous knowledge.

In the end, everyone was able to answer the math questions. Since the math books were promoted, they have studied them seriously.

Some people knew some of the answers to the other questions, but no one could answer all of them.

Ding Jue stood behind the master and thought, fortunately the case took up the master's energy, otherwise the results of Sichuan Province this year would have been excellent, and Prefect Li would have cried if he took over.

Changzhi had a blank expression the whole time. He only smiled at Jieyuan because Jieyuan answered the most questions correctly. "You are not bad. Have you studied this?"

Yang Xiu said: "The student teacher is very knowledgeable. After the mathematics books were popularized, the teacher studied them seriously and accepted the student as his apprentice, teaching him everything he knew. Only then did the student understand more."

Chang Zhi thought to himself that this was due to his high talent and a good master. "Not bad, I'll give you another question."

Yang Xiu said respectfully: "Please ask the questions, sir."

Changzhi asked math questions. The math books that are currently promoted are basic and intermediate. More advanced ones have not yet been promoted. Currently, only officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue are studying them.

Chang Zhi asked questions and Yang Xiu answered them. At the end of the banquet, no one dared to look down on Yang Xiu, the top scorer in the exam, even though he was young.

This was also Chang Zhi's fault. He asked many questions and showed his appreciation for talent, which made everyone think that Yang Xiu had caught Chang Zhi's eye.

Ding Jue had the same feeling, "Master, are you going to accept a disciple?"

Chang-Chi: “Hmm?”

Ding Jue knew he had guessed wrong, "Your Excellency likes Jie Yuan very much, I thought you wanted to take him as your disciple."

Chang Zhi waved his hands, "I do value talent, but I won't accept any apprentices."

The Zhouhou Mansion is already very eye-catching, but he dare not accept any disciples. Even his third brother has never accepted a disciple in all his years away!

Changzhi returned to his residence, took out paper and pen to write a letter to his family. A few days later, Zhang Jinghong arrived and he would be going home soon too.

The next day, Zhou Shuren brought two books to court. People noticed them and thought they were the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue.

After the morning court session, Zhou Shuren followed the emperor out and arrived at the government hall. The emperor took the booklet and asked, "Is this the knowledge point compiled by your grandson?"

"yes."

The emperor signaled the prince to review the memorials, while he sat down and flipped through the book, "Well, your descendants all have good handwriting."

“I’ve been practicing this since I was a kid.”

The emperor continued to flip through the book, turning it quickly at first but becoming slower and slower as time went on. "He is quite capable."

Zhou Shuren smiled and said, "This is my wife."

The emperor paused for a second before continuing to flip through the books. After a while, he put them down and said, "They are indeed worth promoting."

Zhou Shuren's heart moved, "Your Majesty."

The emperor raised his hand and said, "It's not the right time yet. Why didn't your grandson take part in the autumn examination?"

Zhou Shuren, "This kid has big ideas. He has two older brothers who are supporting him. He said he wants to live a free life."

The emperor said quietly, "It would be nice if my son thought so."

Zhou Shuren, "."

How should he respond to this? He knew that the Second Prince was constantly on the move.

The emperor continued, "The imperial examination should indeed be changed. Forget about it this year. How about adding one more subject next year?"

Zhou Shuren's tone was excited, "Very good."

The emperor said: "Your grandson is quite good at organizing. Don't just organize knowledge points. Oh, and Zhou Mingrui, this kid is not bad either. I will give these two brothers some books, and they will organize them and hand them over to me."

Zhou Shuren: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor felt that the descendants of the Zhou family had more or less inherited Yang's abilities, and stroking his beard, he decided to carefully choose the other candidates for the prince's consorts.

Ministry of Rites, Changyi was not a person of orthodox imperial examination background, and the Ministry of Rites was busy with the Spring Examination, so no one needed his help.

After Chang Yi handed over his power, he was really free in the Ministry of Rites and spent more time studying. Because of his fourth brother, he was once again being noticed.

Chang Yi ignored the scrutinizing gazes and was speechless. It had been so many days, and you haven't seen enough?

It was almost noon when Lord Liu arrived. "I knew you had time. I'll treat you to tea."

"Are you taking a day off today?"

"Isn't my outfit conspicuous?"

Chang Yi was also unwilling to stay in the Ministry of Rites, "Come on, I'll treat you today."

"Okay then."

The two of them arrived at the teahouse, and Lord Liu helped pour tea and said, "I really envy you. Look how leisurely you are."

Chang Yi squinted his eyes, "How about we switch?"

"I would like to change, but you can't."

Changyi, "."

I'm worried that it will be difficult for him to get promoted.

Lord Liu laughed and said, "Come on, have some tea."

Chang Yi snorted, "You didn't come here just for tea, did you?"

Lord Liu coughed and said, "Didn't Zhangzhou also build a pharmaceutical factory?"

"Um?"

Lord Liu smiled and said, "In the future, all the medicinal materials in Zhangzhou will be sent to the Zhangzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. I would like to ask what the regulations of the Pharmaceutical Department are. It seems that Zhangzhou will receive medicinal materials soon."

Chang Yi knew that the tea was not tasty. "Why don't you go to the pharmacy and ask?"

Lord Liu, "I asked, why didn't I ask before? What did you say to follow the rules?"

Chang Yi, "What do you want from me?"

There is no one in their family working in the pharmacy!

Lord Liu frowned. The Ministry of Pharmacy has undergone a lot of changes in the past few years. The officials there have been replaced frequently, and the officials he was familiar with before are no longer useful. "Ahem, the old lady can have a say in the Ministry of Pharmacy, do you think?"

Changyi thought he was asking his father for help, but unexpectedly he was asking his mother, as if his mother could really have a say and ask him something!

Time flies, and after a few days, Changzhong's results were sent to the capital.

After the morning court session ended, Lord Wei and other relatives congratulated him one after another, "Congratulations, Lord Marquis."

Zhou Shuren said cheerfully, "Congratulations, everyone."

As he said this, he took out a handful of candies from his purse and said, "Let's have some good luck."

This shows how much Zhou Shuren loves his youngest son. He was not like this in the past.

Lord Wei and his friends were holding the candies, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. At their age, they seldom eat candies. When they saw the colorful packaging, the candies in their hands felt a little hot.

Old Master Wen couldn't help but speak, "Father Zixiao, congratulations to Marquis Zhou."

Zhou Shuren became unhappy after hearing this. He was like his father, so he was destined to be the runner-up as well?

(End of this chapter)