Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang was very frightened.

The Inspector of Education is an educational official. Normally, he should be a well-read and gentle civil servant.

But this superintendent of education...had a fierce look in his eyes, and looked more like a judicial officer than an academic official.

Although he was confused, Chen Lang stood up and saluted.

"Student Chen Lang greets the Superintendent of Education."

Chang Anmin's eyes remained calm, and his tone was extremely indifferent. "Are you Chen Lang, the man who wrote the Peach Blossom Cottage Song? I've heard a lot about you."

Chen Lang sensed a hint of an intention to bring an army to bear against an enemy from this sentence.

I heard that officials from Qinzhou Prefecture and Guangling Prefecture had a heated debate about the Peach Blossom Temple Song. Some supported it and some opposed it. I think this Supervisor of Education should be on the opposition side.

"The Superintendent of Education is asking you a question. Why are you standing there in a daze?" An official standing beside Chen Lang saw him standing there in a daze and scolded him.

Chen Lang recovered and replied politely, "It was done by a student. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, sir."

Chang Anmin seemed to be waiting for this sentence. Before Chen Lang finished speaking, he immediately rebuked him harshly: "If you know it will make people laugh, why do you have to make so much trouble? Scholars don't study hard, but think about those money-making things all day long, doing those low-class things. How can it be disgraceful."

"I've reviewed your previous exam papers. They were too tricky and embarrassing. If it weren't for that incident, you wouldn't be worthy of being the top candidate!"

"I will be marking the entire examination this time, so you won't be so lucky."

After saying this, he left with the officials beside him.

The people around Chen Lang stared at him with gloating eyes, as if they had already foreseen Chen Lang's miserable appearance if he failed the exam.

Chen Lang was also stunned by Chang Anmin's sudden and violent attack.

Chen Lang had two hopes for the results of this college entrance examination: first, to pass the exam and obtain the title of scholar. Second, to surpass Ke Jin and vent his anger on his teacher's behalf.

However, Chang Anmin's words almost sentenced him to death.

"Could this Chang Anmin be one of my teacher's former enemies in the officialdom? Is that why he's deliberately trying to intimidate me?"

Chen Lang's mentality, which had finally stabilized, was tossed up and down again like a small boat in the waves because of this incident.

Chen Lang didn't mind losing in terms of knowledge, but losing in the examiner's attitude really made Chen Lang feel aggrieved.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

Gongs and drums sounded, and the clerk shouted, "Silence!"

Then the officer carried the examination board and walked slowly along the corridor in the center of the examination room.

Chen Lang put aside all the chaotic thoughts in his mind and quickly copied down the questions.

When Chen Lang copied the last policy essay question, he was stunned for a moment.

Because this title is... a bit weird.

"A gentleman seeks wealth."

How could a teacher like you give such a simple question?

What's more, what Chang Anmin said to him just now vaguely revealed his disgust for vendors.

A person who hates vendors actually asked a question related to money.

What is intended?

A core member of the Shilin Party? Someone specially assigned by the cabinet to eliminate the supporters of the Shang Party?

The more Chen Lang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

It seems that I am destined to fail this time.

Because Chang Anmin would never allow a candidate who had done business to pass the academy examination and become a scholar.

"Damn it!" Chen Lang clenched his pen tightly, his teeth grinding. "Since I'm destined to fail, I might as well do something drastic!"

"Chang Anmin, don't you just want this year's candidates to think that it's dirty for scholars to do business?"

"I want to prove that there is nothing dirty about scholars doing business."

After making up his mind, Chen Lang felt a surge of inspiration and wrote: "A gentleman's acquisition of wealth is the true strength of the country."

"If production is low, the people will not be rich; if the people are not rich, the country will not be strong."

Chen Lang directly brought out the ideas of the great master Wang Anshi.

If you want to seek excitement, you must follow through to the end!

Two hours later, Chen Lang finished writing the article.

He took out a piece of white paper and copied the article again, making sure there were no typos.

As for the previous questions, Chen Lang answered them more casually. He answered the ones he could answer and gave up on the ones he couldn't answer. He didn't even have the interest to fill in the blanks.

After all, the result is already determined, and no matter how hard you rack your brains to figure it out, it is doomed to be in vain.

The exam finally ended in the afternoon of the next day.

This time, Chen Lang did not hand in the paper in advance, but waited for the officer to come and collect the papers.

Because he didn't want to meet Chang Anmin.

After the papers were collected, Chen Lang walked out of the examination hall carrying the examination basket.

The incident of being scolded by Chang Anmin before the exam spread throughout the entire circle of candidates as the exam ended.

Those who originally planned to get close to Chen Lang also regarded him as a vicious person and avoided him as much as possible.

Chen Lang was not interested in chatting with these people. After leaving the examination hall, he lowered his head and walked quickly, and soon disappeared around the corner.

After Ke Jin came out of the examination hall, he immediately searched for Chen Lang in the crowd. When he didn't see him, a trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes.

"Mr. Ke, how did you do in the exam?" asked the people around him.

Ke Jin retracted his gaze and sighed, "His performance was a bit off, and he might fall out of the top three."

Seemingly humble, but actually arrogant.

This is like a top student in modern society. After the exam, when others ask him how he did, he keeps saying that he performed poorly and did not answer many questions well.

When the results came out, I was first in the school again.

However, the people around him had already heard this kind of talk so many times that their ears were already callused. The more Ke Jin said this, the more it showed that he was determined to win the first place in this case!

As for Chen Lang, after returning to the inn, he threw himself on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, and said to Xiao Qi, "Xiao Qi, from now until the day the results are announced, I will not see anyone, not even the emperor."

When Chen Lang entered the room, Xiao Qi noticed that his son's face was ashen, and thought, oh no, the son must have failed the exam.

But he didn't dare ask, for fear of upsetting the young master.

"Sir, what do you want to eat? I'll go out and buy it for you?" Xiao Qi asked cautiously.

Chen Lang lifted the quilt and said, "Go buy a roast chicken and two pounds of wine."

"I will get drunk first."

Xiaoqi went out for a quarter of an hour. When he came back, he was holding a bulging oil-paper bag in his left hand and a jar of wine in his right hand.

Chen Lang sat down at the table, pulled off a greasy chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, shouting, "Fill it up!"

Xiao Qi poured Chen Lang a bowl of wine, but couldn't help herself and asked, "Sir, did you not do well in the exam?"

"It doesn't matter if you fail this time, you can always take the exam again in the future. You are so young, you will definitely pass."

Chen Lang drank the wine in one gulp, took a long breath, and said, "It's not that I didn't do well in the exam, but I over-examined myself."

"If the Superintendent of Education reads that article, he might be so angry that he'll revoke my title on the spot."