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

When Chen Lang drank a pound of wine and was completely drunk, the lights in the Education Office were brightly on.

Dozens of education officials were writing furiously and marking the test papers.

The marking of examination papers is divided into three steps. The first step is to screen out excellent examination papers, the second step is to cross-examine them, and the examination papers that are approved by more than five education officials will be submitted to the education inspector Chang Anmin for final marking.

After Chang Anmin took office, he dealt with several education officials and revoked the titles of many scholars. He quickly established his prestige in the education office.

The education officials were trembling with fear, as if they were walking on thin ice, fearing that they would do something wrong and attract the attention of this god of death.

Take marking as an example. In the past, there was no need to mark the papers all night long for the college entrance examinations, because there were four days between the end of the exam and the announcement of the results, which was more than enough time to mark the papers.

Most of the education officials felt that only hard laborers needed to work late at night. They were all noble, so how could they do such shameful things?

It's a beautiful night, wouldn't it be nice to go to a brothel and chat with the girls?

However, with just one word from Chang Anmin, these education officials lost their nightlife and had to stay in the education office to review papers.

Although he was complaining in his heart, he still had to be honest in his actual actions and not dare to do anything weird.

By the second half of the night, dozens of top-notch test papers were sorted out and delivered to Chang Anmin's desk.

Chang Anmin brought a few academic officials who were close to him to do the final review of the dozens of test papers.

After flipping through a few articles, Chang Anmin suddenly exclaimed.

"This Ke Jin... must be Han Qi's disciple from Guangling Prefecture."

The officers nodded.

Chang Anmin said, "The article is indeed well written. I had heard that he had the title of genius before, and I thought Han Qi deliberately used it to build momentum for his own students. After reading this article, I found that his talent is indeed worthy of the title of genius."

A scholar echoed, "Ke Jin once won first place in both the county and prefectural examinations, but due to illness, he was delayed until this year to take the imperial examination. I've also read many essays, and while some are well written, they're still not as good as Ke Jin's."

Chang Anmin picked up his pen, wrote a few comments, and then put Ke Jin's paper directly on his desk.

The academic officials present all knew what this action meant.

It seems that the first place in this college entrance examination should be Ke Jin.

With Ke Jin's excellent performance as an example, Chang Anmin felt something was not right when he looked at the subsequent test papers.

It's like being used to eating big meals in China, and then coming to Korea and eating kimchi every day, it feels strange.

Chang Anmin rubbed his brows, suddenly remembering something, and asked, "The first case in Guangling Prefecture, Chen Lang, has his paper passed the second review?"

An officer immediately raised his hand: "Sir, Chen Lang's paper is here with me."

Chang Anmin said, "Show it to me."

The school official came forward with the test paper, his face a little strange, and whispered, "Sir, Chen Lang's article is well written, but..."

Chang Anmin frowned: "What is it? Tell me."

The school official said, "He is just not as good as Ke Jin."

Chang Anmin thought the scholar could come up with something concise, but after all the fuss he just said he was not as good as Ke Jin.

"His talent and learning are not as good as Ke Jin's to begin with, so what's so strange about that?"

After saying that, he took the test paper and turned directly to the last policy essay question.

After reading the first sentence, Chang Anmin's expression changed slightly.

Looking down further, his expression became more solemn.

Chang Anmin didn't rush to finish reading, but put down the paper and picked up the teacup.

Taking the opportunity of drinking tea, Chang Anmin slowly swept his eyes across the faces of every academic official present and found that there was nothing unusual in their expressions.

Chang'an people calmed down. It seemed that this group of students did not notice the message conveyed in Chen Lang's article.

"Did this brat deliberately write this article to irritate me after being scolded by me, or did he see through the purpose of my coming to Qinzhou Prefecture?"

"Impossible, this matter is top secret. Not only a mere student like him, even Xiao Yu has no way of knowing it."

"As for Chen Lang's teacher, Sheng Chuliang, an old scholar who had been away from officialdom for many years, how could he have noticed these subtle details in the court?"

Chang Anmin slowly put down the teacup and thought, no matter what kind of mentality Chen Lang had when writing this article, this article can help me achieve my goal.

I have waited for so many years just for an opportunity.

It’s not about proving how great I am, but about proving that I will get back everything I lost!

Chang Anmin suppressed his excitement, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and placed Chen Lang's test paper on top of Ke Jin's. He said calmly, "Chen Lang should be the first in this academy examination."

Thunder breaks out from the ground!

All the school officials looked up suddenly, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Chen Lang's article was no match for Ke Jin's, and Chang Anmin had scolded Chen Lang in the exam room, acting as if he completely looked down on him.

Why is Chen Lang being made the first in the case now?

A student asked this question cautiously.

Chang Anmin said calmly, "Because the idea of Chen Lang's article is stronger than Ke Jin's."

"Ke Jin's articles may appear flowery, but upon closer reading, they seem somewhat hollow. Meanwhile, Chen Lang's articles, while not as flowery, possess a far stronger core than Ke Jin's."

The academic officials were obviously not convinced by this explanation.

They have also read Chen Lang's articles. The core of the article is completely unacceptable. It has been advocating that gentlemen should make money and the court should make money. It is completely contrary to the current cabinet's proposition.

Chang Anmin ignored the puzzled looks of the crowd and said, "Everyone please work hard tonight and grade all the papers. The results will be announced tomorrow."

Everyone was confused again.

This is too anxious.

I haven't seen that college entrance examination. The results were announced the next day after the exam.

Why is the Inspector of Education so anxious? What exactly does he want to do?

Chang Anmin didn't explain and walked straight to the backyard of the yamen.

When he arrived at the backyard, Chang Anmin did not go to rest immediately, but stood quietly in the study, recalling every word of Chen Lang's article.

Soon after, a clear voice came from outside the door, "Brother, it's late, aren't you going to bed yet?"

Chang Anmin recovered and opened the door and said, "Come in and talk."

Standing outside the door was a young woman with a graceful figure and unparalleled beauty. Her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Chang Anmin.

"Brother, I heard that you asked those academic officials to stay up all night to mark the papers, and the results will be announced tomorrow?"

“Isn’t this too hasty?”

Chang Anmin said: "If production is low, the people will not be rich, and if the people are not rich, the country will not be strong."

The woman's expression changed slightly.

Chang Anmin said, "This is the beginning of a policy paper. Interesting, isn't it?"

The woman pondered and said, "Although it's interesting, the academy examination is only a local examination after all, and it's not as eye-catching as the provincial examination..."

"Brother wants to borrow this article... I'm afraid..."