Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Thinking of Yu Nanshu's situation, Xu Zhubu shook his head helplessly.

"Nan Shu did not take the entrance examination in Shangjing before, so she cannot take the provincial examination now."

Is there a backdoor?

Actually there are.

After all, if a person can achieve good results in the provincial examination, then he will definitely have no problem passing the entrance examination for children.

Therefore, for those who are relatively intelligent and have the county magistrate, the prefecture and county school teachers and the students as guarantors, they can go to the prefecture to negotiate and see if the "child prodigy" can be allowed to directly participate in the prefectural examination.

But at the moment, Yu Nanshu can't do it.

Because she is the daughter of the prefect Liuyang, and Yu Zhengqing is one of the examiners, both parties should avoid suspicion at all costs.

As a result, Yu Nanshu could only miss the chance to take the provincial examination and had to wait obediently for the next entrance examination for children.

But the little girl probably wasn't sad.

Xu Zhubu said: "I asked Nan Shu what she thought. Nan Shu said that she has been too busy lately and does not want to take part in the provincial examination. She also said..."

He paused, and Shen Zheng raised her eyes. "What did you say?"

Xu Zhubu laughed, "She said, it's just a test to become a scholar, if she takes the test two years later, she can still catch up with Ziyan."

Shen Zheng felt that if she were Fang Ziyan, the pressure would be reaching her throat.

"Do you think Zi Yan can pass the exam?" Shen Zheng asked.

She still remembered the first time she met Fang Ziyan, he was shouting that he wanted to take the provincial examination to become a scholar, and threatened to go to jail, and he felt like the sky was falling.

Although this kid is still playful in the past year, when Pei Zhaoqi and others study seriously, he can only follow them, otherwise no one will play with him.

"It's hard to say." Xu Zhubu was also a little uncertain. "I asked Li Shanzhang, and Li Shanzhang said that Ziyan's performance was very unstable, and he was not familiar with many types of questions. But if he was tested on the types of questions he was familiar with, he still had a chance to pass the exam."

"This is not just a matter of luck." Shen Zheng curled the corners of his mouth.

If Fang Ziyan could really pass the exam, he would be so proud of himself.

That’s why I say that luck is also part of strength.

At this time, Shen Zheng had no idea that she had forgotten something.

"That's about right." Xu Zhubu said with a smile, "The questions for the provincial examination are all set by the academic official, and we have no way of knowing them, so all we can do is... guess the questions."

Shen Zheng raised her head.

She suddenly realized that as the county magistrate, she could predict the questions for the students!

It is said that a sailor who doesn't want to be a cook is not a good county magistrate. Which county magistrate doesn't want his students to pass the imperial examinations and bring honor to the county?

As long as it has nothing to do with the academic affairs, then you can just guess the answer to this question, right?

After all, whether you guess right or wrong is up to each person. Maybe other county magistrates are already scratching their heads and guessing the answer.

"Bet!" Shen Zheng slapped the table lightly, "We have to bet, but we have to know when to bet. Has the academic official who sets the questions changed in recent years? Or... has the question type and content changed a lot?"

If you want to predict the questions, the safest way is to check the real questions in previous years, and make a comprehensive prediction based on political and legal adjustments, current affairs and the style of the question setter.

"The academic officials are still the same group of people. They will be rotated in the next autumn examination." Xu Zhubu said, "But their question styles are very changeable, and I feel...our county may be targeted this year."

Shen Zheng fell into deep thought.

"You have a point. Our county has been very popular this year. There are many officials from Beijing. Among the ten people who can be the academic officials, at least nine are old-fashioned. They will feel that... this is unfair to the students from other counties."

Even if the other party does not deliberately target Tongan County, they will subconsciously avoid the strengths of Tongan students and choose comprehensive examinations.

In this way, whether it is Shen Zheng or Yu Shizhang and others, the possibility of guessing correctly will be smaller.

That......

Shen Zheng held her chin and looked at Xu Zhubu, "We have to find a hexagonal warrior."

Xu Zhubu had heard the adjective "hexagonal warrior" from her before, and it was used to praise him, and its meaning was - comprehensive.

Perhaps the meaning in Shen Zheng's eyes was too obvious, and Xu Zhubu was stunned for only a moment before he reacted.

"You mean... your subordinate teacher?"

"That's right." Shen Zheng nodded and said, "The government school should be able to predict the exam questions, right? Mr. Zhou is highly respected, and when the exam papers are predicted... can we get one too? We can exchange the books with him."

Before, Xu Zhubu had never thought of going to Zhou Xuezhen's place, but after Shen Zheng said that, he couldn't help but be tempted.

Zhou Xuezhen was able to become the principal of the provincial school, which shows that he has real abilities.

Every time Zhou Xuezhen predicted the exam questions, he could not say that he would get them right every time, but he would at least get one or two questions right. Although it was only one or two questions, in a short time, thousands of students could be squeezed out.

However, the predicted exam papers of the provincial school have never been circulated to outsiders. They are kept before the exams and are the treasures of the provincial school.

Xu Zhubu hesitated for a moment, "I think it's feasible, but I don't know if the teacher will agree. I will do my best to mediate."

Shen Zheng expressed her understanding.

"After all, the students are all in a competitive relationship. It's either you or me. You should ask first. If Zhou Xuezheng doesn't agree, we will just bite the bullet and do it ourselves. I don't believe that three officials from the capital in our county can't guess a single question correctly."

If they really didn't guess correctly, and then it got out, it would be a disgrace to Yu Shizhang and the others.

"How about this..." Shen Zheng pondered for a moment, "We still have to do what we should do. Let the uncles take a look. After all, it's just a few sets of test questions, and there's still enough time."

Xu Zhubu nodded and said yes.

The two discussed it in detail again, and then walked towards the public kitchen together.

Halfway along the way, they met Liang Fu again, and traveling with Liang Fu was Diwu Tanwei.

The fifth exploration?

Shen Zheng was distracted for a moment, then looked carefully and found that it was indeed her.

"Sir Shen." The Fifth Tanwei walked in front of Shen Zheng with a long step. "I went to the printing house just now but couldn't find you. Sir Liang said you were in the county government office, so I came here with Sir Liang."

After that, she pointed outside the government office and said, "The plaster paper has been completed, so I wanted to bring it here for you to see. I also brought the things you asked me to find before. Oh, and I'd like to ask you to take a look at the locations of the cloth shop and the bookstore."

The fifth tank talked about a series of serious matters, and Shen Zheng's eyes lit up.

Gypsum paper, mirror coating materials, diatomaceous earth, cloth shop and bookstore location selection are all great things.

She looked up at the sky and said thoughtfully, "Is your county government closed tomorrow?"

The Fifth Tanwei nodded: "Take a day off tomorrow."

"That's fine." Shen Zheng took her to the public kitchen. "Are you in a hurry to go back? If not, stay in the yamen and have a meal. We can talk in detail after the meal. How about going back tomorrow? There are guest rooms in my courtyard. You can rest assured and rest there."

The main reason was that Shen Zheng was a little worried about Wu Tanwei, a young girl, so she asked her to travel at night.