After early school, Chen Yichen did not go to the canteen of the public servant for dinner as soon as possible, but sat at the desk and started to compile a "letter to home".

He had been confident in his promise to Li Da, but he was not sure if he wanted to let Duke Cheng Zhu Yong listen to it.

Chen Yichen’s biggest reliance at present is that in the afternoon after the family dinner, Zhu Yong showed his “reward” for himself and the unsauthorized “all prospers and all prospers”.

Since Zhu Yong believes that he will become stronger and help the prosperity of the Duke of Chengguo, he will inevitably understand the benefits of letting Li Da join the army. Especially now that Mongolia is in power, the frontier will be powerful, and under heavy pressure on the border, it will rely more on military generals. It will not be a bad thing to have more of his confidants.

In a sense, Chen Yichen deserves to be the blood of Duke Cheng, and both of them have a vague ambition to consolidate power in their hearts.

After the course, Chen Yichen went home alone. Now Zhao Hongjie and others have become accustomed to his "study-loving" style. They will not easily pull him to play with anything important.

However, when he stepped out of the corner gate and came to the alley next to the Gong Mansion, Chen Yichen saw Chen Qingtong and his maid Xueer, looking around anxiously.

Seeing Chen Yichen come out, Chen Qingtong showed joy on her face and ran over with her skirt.

"Slow down, be careful of the stones under your feet."

For some reason, it may have been a long time since I saw Chen Qingtong coming out, and Chen Yichen also felt a sense of joy in his heart.

"Brother Yichen, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you doing well recently?"

"fine."

"By the way, you passed the county exam and I have never had the chance to congratulate you."

"It's okay, let's say you're here now?"

"The meaning is different now, I should have seen you earlier."

Chen Qingtong seemed to have a lot of words to tell Chen Yichen, and she kept talking as soon as she met, but when she talked about meeting, she couldn't hide a sense of loss in her tone.

"Brother Yichen, have you heard about the Japanese pirates? I heard my father talk to the Minister of War in Nanjing. It seemed that the Japanese pirates were attacking Songjiang Prefecture. The soldiers of the Nanzhili Guard and Shenji Camp had already begun to gather and prepare to go to Songjiang Prefecture to assist in defense."

There have been many incidents in the private school and the outer courtyard, let alone the inner courtyard. For Chen Qingtong, he can already know the specific military deployment.

"I heard that, but it shouldn't be a big deal."

Although Chen Yichen was not sure whether history would change, he really did not believe that only a few Japanese pirates during the Zhengtong period could defeat Nanjing City.

You should know that even if the Ming Dynasty was already corrupt during the Wanning period and entered the recession period of the dynasty, it could still defeat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invading army in Korea. What are the Japanese pirates now?

Of course, due to the amount of information received, everyone cannot be required to have the perspective of Chen Yichen. After all, in ancient times, thieves were like combs and soldiers were like combs. Whether it was a just or an injustice war, winning or losing, the people must be the ones who suffered in the end.

With so many bloody and tears in front of you, it is normal for ordinary people to worry about fighting for soldiers.

"I heard that the Japanese pirates are very cruel. If something really happens, Brother Yichen, you will come to Taining Marquis' Mansion to take refuge. Nanjing Five Army Governor's Mansion, Five City Military Command and other soldiers will focus on defense, so there will definitely be no problem."

Therefore, the content of the book writing should not be too unfamiliar, and too close to him would not have the emotional foundation. He worked until midnight and Chen Yichen finally finished writing the letter. He breathed a long sigh of relief. This may be more difficult than writing the subject paper by himself!

After going to school the next day, Chen Yichen handed over this "family letter" to Li Da. What he should have done has been done. As for when he could convince his father to go to the capital, he could only leave it to fate.

In addition, the news of the Japanese riots had not been circulated for long. Before the Governor's Office of the Five Army in Nanjing sent troops to assist in the defense of Yingtian Prefecture, the Japanese pirates retreated on their own.

Because compared with the garrisons along the Zhejiang coast of Fujian, Songjiang Prefecture can be called a strong city. Unless it opens the city gate to meet the enemy, it is simply a dream to cut it down with those broken samurai swords.

The temporary quellation of the Japanese riots also allowed Yingtian Prefecture Examination to be held smoothly. Compared with the children from the private schools in the outer courtyards and the only one who participated in the Prefecture Examination this time was Chen Yichen, who was almost "imperfected".

To be honest, even Chen Yichen himself did not expect that the students in the outer hospital would be so depressed. He won one of them if so many people participated, which was not as good as the average admission rate for the county examination.

The examination room for the prefecture examination is still Xiajiang examination room, but the candidates who take the examination have expanded from the previous Jiangning County to the entire eight counties including Shangyuan, Jiangning, Jiangpu, and Liuhe under Yingtian Prefecture.

Although the scope has been expanded, the number of candidates taking the exam has been reduced a lot. The number of candidates in each county's test is between 50 and 100, which means that the full amount of the plan is full, and the number of candidates in the entire palace examination will not exceed 800.

Standing in the open space in front of the bright examination room and looking at the sparse crowd of test takers, Chen Yichen suddenly felt a sigh.

This is the cruelty of the imperial examination. Some people will lose their lives as they take the exam.

But soon Chen Yichen saw several "outliers". Zhu Qingyu and others from the inner courtyard and private school actually appeared in the examination room, which meant that they passed the county examination.

Chen Yichen didn’t know much about Zhu Qingyu and others, but during this period, he also roughly understood the virtues of these aristocratic families by observing Li Da’s group of second-generation officials.

Just like Li Da, a person with "noble character" among the playboys from aristocratic families, Zhu Qingyu would only be even worse than him.

Even if some of them are talented and intelligent, they can pass the county exam, how could all of them pass? This is obviously outrageous!

Imperial Examination fraud!

Four big words popped up in Chen Yichen's mind, and only this one can explain why they passed.

To be honest, Chen Yichen has always known that there was corruption in the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty, and primary examinations such as county examinations were even more severely affected. Especially in the Chenghua period of Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty, the secret operation had already come out.

But at least the orthodox period is still twenty or thirty years away from Chenghua, is it already so blatant?

On the other hand, under the Xuzhuan Academy's signboard, Xu Donghai and others were also waiting for the scene and unexpectedly met Chen Yichen and Zhu Yuqing and other school children in Chengguogong's Mansion.

"Donghai, is Chengguo Duke's Mansion so strong? Juran County passed so many tests, which is comparable to our Zhaowen Academy."

After all, Xu Donghai is also a child of an official, and in theory the same class is familiar with the Duke Cheng Mansion, so a student of Zhaowen Academy asked him.
Chapter completed!