In the early days, the city of Wuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River was full of talents: three people won the first place in the six provincial examinations; nine people won the jinshi in the capital examination at the same time. The entrance examination is held once every three years, and only one or two hundred supervisors are selected each time. It is amazing that Wuzhou can win nine in one fell swoop. The archway next to the Confucian Temple in the city is engraved with a couplet, "Six subjects three solve the yuan, one list nine jinshi", which is what it says.

Speaking of which, this was still during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In this year's capital examination, Emperor Qianlong issued an imperial decree and ordered Qin Huitian to take the examiner. Qin Huitian was from Wuzhou, and the Wuzhou examiners were elated when they learned that they were enough. They went to the Qin family's son-in-law and said, "Well, the examiner is your father-in-law.

The son-in-law of the Qin family shook his head again and again: "You don't know my father-in-law's temper. He always does things well, but I don't dare go to him. If it doesn't bother me, I will be scolded by him."

But everyone was unwilling, and they talked about him for a while. The son-in-law of the Qin family was finally persuaded, so he went to the capital. After all the hard work, he didn't care about resting, so he went to see his father-in-law.

Qin Huitian was taking a shower when her son-in-law suddenly came to the door. "What's the matter with you coming to the capital now?"

The son-in-law replied, "The son-in-law is here in the name of merit."

"Oh?Qin Huitian thought you were here to take the exam. She was very happy and encouraged him, "A good boy should have ambition. Now that the exam is approaching, you can study hard and hope for fame."

Who thought of his son-in-law but sighed. "Alas, my father-in-law. Poetry is like a sea, and literature is like a mountain. Where do you want me to start? Since you are the examiner, can you give my son-in-law some pointers?"

When Qin Huitian heard that, he was furious: "You want to be famous even if you don't want to read poetry?" He threw a pack of face towels, picked up a copper basin, and poured a basin of face-washing water into the courtyard with a "wow" sound, saying, "You looked up and saw that all the birds in the sky fly back, why don't you hurry back and prepare?"

The son-in-law's ears were all red when he was scolded. Thinking about having no way to explore, he had to return to Wuzhou the next day.

As soon as the son-in-law of the Qin family returned home, those examinees came to the door one by one to inquire about the news. The son-in-law of the Qin family complained: "It was all your bad ideas that caused me to be scolded by the old father-in-law."

These people were discouraged when they heard that there was no play.

However, a few unreconciled people chased after him and asked, "Beating is kissing and scolding is love. How did he say to you? Did he really not leak out at all?"

The son-in-law of the Qin family was asked anxiously, so he went through the details of his trip to the capital in detail. Even Qin Huitian explained the details of how to throw a face towel and pour face water, and even asked him to see the birds in the sky.

When one of the examiners heard this, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "There is a way, there is a way!"

Everyone asked, "What way?"

The examiner said, "You think, 'All the birds in the sky have flown back,' isn't that the answer to the mystery of Yuan Fei Rui Tian in the Book of Songs?"

This sentence made everyone smile, so they all went back to preparing accordingly.

A few months later, the examinees from all over the country came to Beijing one after another. On the day of the exam, the examinees entered the venue to take a look at the exam questions, and it was really "Yuan Fei is violent." The four words were really "sesame fell into the eye of the needle - coincidence." This year, nine examinees in Wuzhou won the jinshi at the same time.

A few ministers who were at odds with Qin Huitian went to Emperor Qianlong to report Qin Huitian's status, saying that he had corruptive practices and wanted to pull the township party, so Emperor Qianlong sent the imperial envoy to visit Wuzhou privately. When Qin Huitian heard the news, he immediately repaired a book and sent his confidants to Wuzhou day and night to deliver it to the county magistrate.

The imperial envoy had not yet arrived in Wuzhou, and the county magistrate had already received the handwritten letter from Qin Huitian. The county magistrate thought to himself: If you are ranked among the nine scholars, your face will also be radiant, and if you really want to be found out, you will naturally be unlucky. So he immediately summoned the master to discuss that he would order his men to compile and print the booklet overnight, and deliver it to the people of the whole city the next morning, regardless of men, women and children.

Besides, the imperial envoy's boat came all the way along the canal, and he heard the sound of reading on the shore from time to time. The imperial envoy looked ashore through the window and saw those cowherds being arrogant on the back of the cattle. He couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the Wuzhou people heard the wind and deliberately made a appearance for me to see?

The imperial envoy was thinking, when the boat docked at the dock, the imperial envoy immediately went ashore with his entourage to visit the streets. Sometimes he went to the teahouse on the street to sit down and drink a cup of wine and a sip of tea, but no matter where he was, he could hear the sound of reading, picking green onions and selling vegetables, running to make tea, whether old or young, everyone had a booklet on their body, and they took it out to read when they had time. The imperial envoy visited for a day and saw the same scene. He was very surprised.

After dinner, he lay in the cabin and couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about the scene he'd seen during the day. At this time, there was a sudden sound of reading in his ear.

At that moment, there was only mother and daughter in the tofu mill, grinding tofu. The imperial envoy asked them, "You have to study while grinding tofu. What's the fun in that?"

The mother said, "Studying and grinding tofu saves effort and doesn't feel bitter!"

The imperial envoy asked again. "Did the government issue this booklet or did you buy it yourself?"

The daughter said, "The government issued it and read it at home."

The imperial envoy could not help but ask: "If you read it, you will write poetry."

The mother and daughter laughed: "I can't write poetry, and I'm so-so to the right pair."

The imperial envoy couldn't help but get interested when he heard it: "Well, I'll make a pair for you." He rolled his eyes and read the upper couplet casually, "The rain blows the canopy, and the wind sends the sound of reading on the shore."

When her mother heard that, she hurriedly said, "The tofu grinds the eyes, and the water rushes the white stone pulp under the umbilical cord."

The imperial envoy nodded unconsciously, and issued another couplet: "The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, the sound of reading, the sound is in my ears."

As soon as the daughter heard it, she immediately said without blinking: "Push and pull the grinding hand to grind, and grind the pulp."

The imperial envoy was very impressed. Even the mother and daughter in the tofu house had such a good literary talent. It seemed that the reading atmosphere here was not fake.

The next day, the imperial envoy returned to Beijing to report his order. Emperor Qianlong listened to the results of the imperial envoy's visit, and you were very happy to immediately issue an imperial decree to reward the Wuzhou county magistrate, and you also personally made a pair of pairs: six subjects and three solutions, one ranking and nine jinshi.