Chapter 49 49 Go to the County
"Sir, let me go home and tell you that we should go to the county ceremonial room to register as soon as possible to participate in this year's county examination."
Wei Guangde took the teacup, I tested the water temperature and found it was just right, so I took a sip and then said to Father Wei.
“County examination?”
Dad Wei repeated in surprise.
The eldest son Wei Wencai also studied for several years. He was looking forward to taking another two years to take the county examination, but his son stopped studying.
Dad Wei has always been looking forward to his son taking the imperial examination and going all the way to high school. It doesn't matter whether he ranks first or not, as long as he gets on the list.
Dad Wei’s requirements are really not high.
If the eldest brother can read, it doesn't matter whether the second child can read. If he can't read well, he can come back and take up the military position. Anyway, he won't be hungry.
However, when the results were about to be seen, the boss went home.
As for the second child, Father Wei feels that he still has to wait two years before taking the county examination. His current mentality is one of expectation and worry. The expectation is that his son will be able to win the gold medal, but the worry is that he is afraid of repeating the mistakes of his elder brother.
So, when I first heard the second child talking about going to the county exam, my heart skipped a beat for no reason.
"Mr. Sun said, let you register for the county examination?"
Dad Wei felt that it was not safe, and he was afraid that he had heard wrongly, so he asked again seriously.
“Yes, sir, you can’t sign up at the county government office the day after tomorrow. If you want to participate in this county examination, you must go there and register in the next two days. Mr. I will make an agreement with his friends and put my name on the bail document.”
Wei Guangde also finished speaking in one breath. As for taking Qin Jingchuan's place, he knew the other four classmates. After all, the dozen or so of them had been taught by the teacher together for more than a year. They would be in the ceremony room. Just fill in your name.
Thinking about the information on several other mutual insurance classmates, my husband will also ask his friends in the county school to handle it.
As for the friend mentioned by his husband, Wei Guangde only knew that his name was Gao Xiang, and that he was a student of the county school, and only a student of the county school could vouch for a child.
Master Sun is only a Zengguang student in the county school. He cannot directly vouch for the boy. He must be a Zhenshan student.
In the past, Master Sun still valued this status, but now, the imperial examination has been ignored, so naturally he no longer cares about this title.
"There are only two days left."
Dad Wei only pays attention to the important point of time. If he cannot go to the county office to register his name in these two days, his son will not be able to participate in the county examination. This is The most important thing.
"Mr. Sun, is there anything else to say?"
Dad Wei continued to ask.
“No, I just asked me to go to the county government office to register my name. I know all the classmates who are mutually insured, so I just fill in my name. I also know the guarantor, who is Gao Xianggao, a student from the county school. Mr. ”
Wei Guangde replied.
"Well, you go to the backyard now and tell your mother, I will ask someone to set up the car. Today we will go to the county to get this matter done."
With that said, Father Wei couldn't sit still anymore and stood up directly, urging Wei Guangde to go to the backyard. He had already quickly left the gate and asked someone to set up the car. At the end of Shenshi, that is, at almost five o'clock in the afternoon in later generations, a carriage arrived at Pengze County. However, the carriage did not enter the city directly. Instead, it turned at a fork in the road in front of the city gate and drove towards the dock. go.
Of course the carriage would not go to the pier, but stopped in front of the Qianhusuo Yamen between the county town and the pier. Then Wei Guangde jumped out of the car first, followed by Mr. Wei Dad and Mr. Wei Wu got out of the car.
The carriage left Bengshan Fort in the morning, leaving all family matters to Wei Wencai and Wu Dong. Wei Lao and Wei Wu followed Wei Guangde to the county.
As for why we don’t go directly to the city, it’s naturally because of time.
At this time, when I ran to the county government office, I was afraid that I might not see the clerk in the ceremonial room.
As for the reason, it is actually simple. To be honest, the county government office does not have much to do in normal times, and preparing for the county examination is their most important job in the year.
However, in the past, at this time, there were no students who came to register. The students who were going to participate in this county examination had already registered for a long time. How could they delay their registration until the last moment.
For this reason, Father Wei asked the carriage to go to Qianhu Station first, rest for one night, and then go to the county town to register tomorrow morning.
Wu Zhankui was surprised at first when his sister and brother-in-law suddenly arrived, and then he was amazed after knowing the purpose of coming.
"Not bad, not bad. Guangde has made great progress. Take the exam well. I will stay at my uncle's house two days before the exam. If you are afraid of inconvenience to thousands of households, my uncle also has a small courtyard in the city. You can stay in it. I live not far from the county government office and just wait for the exam."
Wu Zhankui was very happy to know that Wei Guangde came to take the county exam at such a young age, and held Wei Guangde's little hand and smiled.
Seeing Wei Guangde come to the county to register for the county examination, Wu Zhankui naturally reminded Wu Zhankui of his own son Wu Dong. It was the same three years ago. He ran to the county government office in high spirits to register for the county examination, and then passed the county examination and He passed the government examination until he failed in the Nanchang academy examination.
To be honest, in the eyes of Wu Zhankui at the time, it was really a pity that he did not have many sons, otherwise he really wanted to continue letting Wu Dong participate in the imperial examination.
What a pity, who can be blamed?
Being born in a military household, without brothers, one can only live as a military household for the rest of his life, waiting to take his place, take up the post, and continue to be a member of the ancestral family.
Wei Guangde is undoubtedly lucky. He does not need to take a military position and can participate in the imperial examination as Yu Ding without any more worries.
After a night's rest at my uncle's house, my uncle and aunt arranged a sumptuous dinner for my brother-in-law and his family.
As for why Wu Dong didn't follow him back, it was actually very simple. Because Bengshan Castle was too close to the county seat, Wu Dong rode home in half a day. In fact, he had to go home four or five times a month.
There are currently five horses in the stables of Bengshan Fort, two of which belong to Baihusuo, and three horses from Qianhusuo, which are Wu Dong’s horses, and two of them belong to him. A follower's mount.
Early the next morning, Wu Zhankui accompanied them into the city to register at the county government office.
Although in this era, military attachés were severely suppressed by civilian officials, in fact, middle and lower-level officials, especially civil and military officials who were not subordinate to each other, got along well with each other.
County magistrates need military attachés to help them stabilize the place, but military attachés actually care about military preparations and civil servants who are in charge of money and food. For local officials, everyone is not in the same system and they care about what you do.
However, the military attache is not willing to offend the civilian officials, and it would be troublesome to file a complaint against you.
So in private, the relationship between Wu Zhankui and the county magistrate was just like that. They were quite polite in person, at least in terms of face.
As for some civil servants who raise their tails high and are extremely arrogant when they see military generals, that can only happen between superiors and subordinates or people with connections. It is impossible to happen in Pengze County. .
(End of this chapter)