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

In the end, Su Min's family did not borrow the fine because Yu Zhengqing gave a win-win solution.

It can be said that...he, like Shen Zheng, had long been eyeing the papers of the government officials, but their purposes were different.

Shen Zheng wanted to let the students get some benefits.

And Yu Zhengqing......

It was Chunchun who was dissatisfied with the prefectural education policy.

The government education official deliberately delayed the exam time, and it is obvious who he is targeting.

The other party made Yu Zhengqing unhappy, so... he should also make the other party unhappy, so that they would be even, right?

Su Min had no idea that he was involved in the fight between the two sides. He signed the confession with tears and sold all the bamboo and hemp paper at the dock to the government office at a low price.

The gavel fell and the case was closed.

Shen Zheng sat in the hall, looking at the backs of Su Min and his wife, and she sighed silently.

After everyone else left, she talked to Yu Zhengqing about going to Beijing.

The prefectural examination was supervised by the academician. During the examination, Yu Zhengqing, the prefect, did not have to stay in the examination hall, but after the examination was over, he was supposed to have a share in the marking of the papers.

so......

He was unable to go to the capital in person to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday.

When Yu Zhengqing thought of this, his teeth ground into pieces.

"After the Japanese official returned from Tongan County, the Superintendent of Education came to my house and talked to me about the examination. I guess... he knew that I wanted to go to Beijing to report him."

Shen Zheng was silent for a moment, "We have also made them unhappy this time. There are more than a dozen students from the county school taking the exam... Sir, I am not that worried about the children because you are watching over them in the mansion."

Moreover, there were not many officials who went to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday. Most of them just asked officials they were familiar with to present gifts. After all, officials could not leave the place for too long for fear of causing chaos.

Yu Zhengqing was very unhappy when he heard this. "You guys are traveling to the capital with all your luggage, and I can only stay in the city to look after the house. How can this be justified?"

After that, he sighed and said quietly, "On the 30th, I will be reviewing the papers, so I won't be able to see you off at the dock. Your aunt hasn't been feeling well these past two days, so she can't see you off either. Be careful on your way... and send a message back when you get there."

"Aunt, are you feeling unwell?" Shen Zheng stood up and walked out.

"Where are you going?" Yu Zhengqing asked her from behind.

"Take Nan Shu home." Shen Zheng answered with the back of his head.

......

"Governor, Yu Zhengqing is deliberately trying to cause trouble for us!"

The provincial school was quiet and peaceful, with many bamboo bird cages hanging under the eaves. The official took down the cages and cleaned them one by one. After they were clean, he put colorful birds with clipped feathers into them.

The little birds didn't want to go in, but their feathers had been clipped, so they could only flutter around and couldn't fly.

The governor of education was over fifty years old, with a fair face and no beard, and the demeanor of an elegant scholar. A gray parrot, the size of a kitten, was perched on his arm, busy grooming its feathers.

"He wants to cause trouble, what can you do to him?"

The governor raised his arm, and the gray parrot flapped its wings and flew up, the pink dots on its feathers particularly visible in the sunlight.

"Supervisor..." The academic official turned his gaze to the grey parrot perched on the eaves and asked curiously, "Your parrot...has not had its feathers clipped?"

"What are you cutting?" The governor lifted his eyelids and chuckled, "If you cut the feathers, you won't be able to fly anymore."

"But what if it flies away...?"

"If you fly away, you will starve to death outside."

......

March 28th is the day of the provincial examination.

At three quarters past three in the morning, the crowing of cocks stops, the sky turns from black to grey, and the sounds of night insects gradually cease.

Lanterns are hung high at the entrance of the prefectural school, and it is bustling under the lanterns.

The students stood casually and chatted with each other to relieve their tension. From time to time, someone would utter a few words about reading, which would be directly "criticized by thousands of people".

"I've told you not to read on the day of the exam. Relax your mind and think less, so you can be smarter on the day of the exam!"

"That's right, don't read it anymore. We have studied hard for many years, so we don't need to waste some time here."

"But...what if the exam ends here?"

"Do you believe that I can get here through the exam, or do you believe that I can become the prime minister in the future?"

"Then I still believe that I can get here in the exam..."

"Screw you!"

In the crowd, Yu Nanshu took the bun from Fang Ziyan and frowned, saying, "After you enter the examination hall, you really can't eat too much, you know? Once you are full, you will want to sleep, and once you sleep, you can't be woken up. No one will wake you up during the exam."

Fang Ziyan followed Roubaozi with a reluctant look in his eyes, "I understand, Nanshu. No matter whether I can answer the questions or not, I will answer them well. I will definitely pass the exam and impress my father and elder brother!"

Yu Nanshu had a complicated expression. After a long while, she managed to say, "Just do your best. Don't put pressure on yourself."

Fang Ziyan smiled innocently and nodded.

He actually had no pressure at all.

He never regarded "passing the imperial examination" as his life goal, and would never make things difficult for himself because of it.

But he still asked Pei Zhaoqi: "Zhaoqi, are you nervous?"

Pei Zhaoqi didn't read books today. He smiled and shook his head, "Compared with the provincial examination, going to the capital makes me more nervous."

To him, the provincial examination seemed just a "formality", a "formality" to obtain the title of scholar.

At the front of the crowd, Zhou Hanjiang and Li Hongmao were counting the number of people.

The students gradually quieted down and stood in line. Half a minute later, the head count was completed and everyone was ready to set off.

The provincial school and the Examination Yuan were only two streets apart, and it would only take about fifteen minutes to walk there. If they set out now, they would be able to arrive before the physical examination began.

A large group of people marched towards the examination hall. Shen Zheng and Yu Shizhang walked among the students of the county school and talked to them in a low voice.

"The provincial examination was as easy for me as eating and sleeping." Shen Zheng didn't even think about it and started bragging: "I went in with my back held high and came out with my back held high. After I came out, I even gained two pounds! It was just a small exam, tsk——"

"Wow!" The students looked admiring.

Shen Zheng smiled secretly in her heart and deliberately said it lightly, "So when you go in, don't think about anything. Just get the test paper and work hard, just like you are in the county school. When the test is over, I and the uncle will come to pick you up and treat you to a big meal!"

"it is good--!"

The county school was very lively, and the students from the prefectural school couldn't help but cast envious glances.

Zhou Hanjiang became anxious when he saw this, and raised his folding fan high, refusing to show weakness and said, "Children! When the time comes, wherever Tong'an County School is having a feast, our prefectural school will also go!"

The miser has been plucked!

The students of the prefectural school were afraid that he would go back on his word, and their responses grew louder and louder.

Before arriving at the examination hall, Shen Zheng and his companions stopped and did not move forward.

Zhou Hanjiang pursed his lips into a line, and after a moment of silence, he said loudly: "Children, the rest of the road is up to you to walk on your own. I'll wait for your good news!"

Shen Zheng also smiled and waved at them, "Go in and eat and drink, don't embarrass our county."

Each student carried a bag containing their household registration information, reference books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and other daily necessities.

In Shen Zheng's eyes, the big bag made them look smaller.

The student waved to them, then turned around and walked towards the examination hall slowly but firmly.

After the Yin hour, the Chen hour arrives, the darkness gradually fades away, and the sunlight takes over the sky.

Shen Zheng and others stood at the corner for a long time, watching the students come forward one by one, submit their household registration, verify their identities, and check their luggage.

Not until the last student entered the examination hall did Shen Zheng retract his gaze, stomped his numb soles on the spot, and turned to leave.