Chapter 76 Sledgehammer Brothers
Wan Yichen and Zeng Changsong were extremely disgusted with poor young people. Yu Wan actually dared to stand opposite them, which made Wan Zeng and others extremely angry at Yu Wan.
"Brother Wan, your family has a great career. It seems that the position of magistrate is bound to be achieved."
For Yu Wan, playboys like this need to be eliminated first. What really interested him is the family forces behind them. He is familiar with history books and knows that on the road to the implementation of the new policy, these interest groups will become huge obstacles.
"You low-level ant young man is brother to me!" Wan Yichen glanced at Yu Wan in disgust, "My Wan family is like a bright moon. It is easier to pinch you to death than to pinch an ant!"
After saying that, he sat down and stopped quarreling with Yu Wan, for fear of lowering his level.
The poor young man bowed gratitude and thanked him, "Fortunately, my brothers speak up, otherwise Chen would be unable to argue. How dare I ask what the benefactor is called?"
Yu Wan had a very good impression of this man. Although he was low-key, he was not afraid of the powerful and noble heart. When he saw that the exam preparation began, he pulled him to the ground and sat on the ground and said, "My name is Yao Dachui, brother Taigao's name is a big name?"
"I am the next surname Chen and Zongjun, and I am a Susong person. As the saying goes, the grace of a drop of water will be repaid with a spring of water. Chen, the great kindness of the brothers of the Sledgehammer, will be repaid in the future!"
Although Chen Zongjun was five or six years older than Yu, he had liked each other and met later, so he became familiar with each other quickly. Yu Wanjing learned that Chen Zongjun's parents had both died of death since childhood, and his only brother also died of serious illness during labor service.
Although he was later named Juren, he was in troubled times and had not yet arrived in Beijing to report on the Ming Dynasty. He did not come out again until now.
After the two chatted for a while, the exam began. Zheng Yixue was the chief examiner and Xu Hu was responsible for invigilating the exam. On the way, those who cheated and cheated were detained by the soldiers.
Time is precious, and everyone is racing against time to answer. Only Yu Wanbai is lying bored on the table, circling with the examiner Miss Zheng frequently.
Chen Zongjun saw Yu Wan staring at Zheng Zheng Yixue and smirking, and couldn't help but be puzzled. Are Brother Dahammer planning to hand in the blank paper? He is too bold, dare to look at the woman of Prefect Yu!
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Seeing the nervous and busy appearance of others, Yu Wan remembered her life when she was in college. She would cram in the exams temporarily, and read all the books for a semester in two or three days, and then stayed up late to write a copy...
When he was immersed in his memories, the exam was soon over. After handing over the papers, everyone left in an orderly manner, with different expressions, some people were very happy and some were frowning.
Wan Yichen and Zeng Changsong were very confident, as if the position of the county magistrate was already in his pocket.
As for Chen Zongjun, he kept shook his head and sighed. It seemed that his exam was not very ideal.
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After dinner, Yu Wan began to stay in seclusion in the room to correct the test papers. Even though he was fierce and decisive, he still couldn't help but feel dizzy when facing more than 300 test papers. Fortunately, Zheng Yixue helped him to hold on.
The couple fought nervously until early morning before the completion of the work was finally announced.
There were four candidates who finally entered the interview, namely Wan Yichen, Zeng Changsong, Zhu Jianqiang and Chen Zongjun in the ranking order.
What surprised Yu Wan was that Wan Zeng and the other two had almost the same answer as the standard answer. If they hadn't seen their dandy virtues, Yu Wan would have really thought they had picked up rare treasures. Needless to say, these two must have problems!
But the test questions were given by oneself, and only Zheng Yixue and the other three deputy examiners knew the test questions. Moreover, Yu Wan could see clearly below that these two people did not cheat, so there was only one explanation, and they must have bribed the deputy examiner!
Zhu Jianqiang, who ranked third, was not very proficient in politics and economy, but his article was written very beautifully. Yu Wan secretly checked. This person was born as a tribute scholar and had been a county magistrate under Zheng Zongwang for a period of time, so Yu Wan still gave him a chance to interview.
As for Chen Zongjun, he ranked last, with average writing style and ordinary calligraphy, but his strategy for economic and political aspects was the best answer among the four. Although his score was not enough to rank fourth, Yu Wan also gave him a chance to interview.
The number of applicants was more than 300, only four people entered the interview, and only one person was hired in the end. This level of competition was comparable to that of civil servants in later generations.
Early in the morning, a large number of people gathered in the city lord's mansion. In addition to yesterday's candidates, there were also many people watching the fun.
When the interview list was posted, some candidates slapped their butts and left.
But hundreds of people still gathered at the gate of Yu Mansion, and they all wanted to witness how the Anqing County Magistrate was born.
Among the four shortlisted people, the most popular among the onlookers were naturally Wan Yichen and Zeng Changsong. They not only ranked the top, but also had the most wealthy family background. The new magistrate is very likely to choose them to win over the local gentry.
Under Xu Hu's leadership, the four interviewers soon came to the study and waited for the prefect to "come and interrogate".
"Brother Sledgehammer really failed to enter the interview, alas, what a pity."
Sitting on the chair, Chen Zongjun sighed to himself and said.
"What can you do if you are a low-level ants like you enter the interview? You just study with the prince. The county magistrate is still not from Mr. Wan and Mr. Zeng in the end!"
Zhu Jianqiang has always been accustomed to changing his mind when he knew that his chances of passing were extremely low, so he gave up his thoughts and wanted to flatter the two big trees of the Zeng family. Yesterday, he saw the conflict between Chen Zongjun and the two young masters, so he took the opportunity to flatter him.
Sure enough, Wan Yichen said with great benefit to the spring breeze on his face, "Old Zhu, just understand. Without the support of our aristocratic families, the new magistrate would be unable to move forward in Anqing! But I don't know if the flowers will fall into my Wan family or the Zeng family."
Zeng Changsong also smiled gracefully and said, "Brother Wan, does the family still speak two families? You and my father are friends of eight worships, and we are brothers together. Who is different from the county magistrate? Haha!"
Zhu Jianqiang hurried over and answered, "The two young masters are indifferent to fame and fortune than Jin Jian. I really want to admire you very much. I am here to pay my respects to the county magistrate in advance!"
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Listening to these flattering words, Chen Zongjun couldn't help feeling stingy, shook his head and sighed and stood on the other side.
After a stick of incense, under the shout of Xu Hu, general of the Imperial Guard, Yu Wan, the prefect of Anqing, finally opened the door and walked in slowly!
"Candidates pay homage to Prime Minister Yu!"
The four of them bent down and bowed, and respectfully gave Yu Wan a great gift.
"There will be no more red tape, please sit down."
After Yu Wanping left and right, he said to the people who were bent down in front of him.
‘Hey, why is Master Yu’s voice so familiar?’
Not only Chen Zongjun had the same questions, but even Wan, Zeng and Zhu couldn't help but look up at the prefect Yu in the main position.
It doesn't matter if this sounds bad, and they almost scared them to death!
Although this young man is young, he is handsome and extraordinary. His deep and bright eyes contain powerful power. It makes people tremble in their hearts and shake their whole body.
It's him!
"Why do we all have this expression? Didn't we see them all yesterday?"
Yu Wan smiled faintly and glanced at the four of them.
"Big...Big...Sledgehammer Brother...You..."
Chen Zongjun looked at Yu Wan with amazement, stuttering for a long time and couldn't speak.
"Bold! Brother Dahammer, this is my magistrate of Anqing, so how can you name it at will!"
The person who spoke was Wan Yichen. He had the desire to die after recognizing Yu Wan. Who would have thought that the torn beggar yesterday was the famous prefect of Yu!
Who else can I blame myself for being unlucky? Thinking of his attitude towards Yu Wan yesterday, he was sweating profusely and his spine was cold behind him.
Zeng Changsong is not much better than Zhu Jianqiang. He just brags about how awesome he is, but when a truly awesome person appears in front of him, they know what majesty and fear are.
Two updates tomorrow, a happy weekend!
Chapter completed!