Chapter 593: chapter_593

In the county office of Jinchuan, the magistrate stared at the message delivered by a carrier pigeon, remaining silent for a long time. Cai Liuyang and Zhou Youda were both renowned scholars in their region, achieving the highest imperial examination degree (Jinshi) at a young age. Both families had ancestors who held government positions, but none of them were high-ranking officials.

In fact, Cai Liuyang's situation was even more dire than Zhou Youda's. Cai Liuyang was several years older than Zhou Youda and had passed the Jinshi examination after first passing the lower-level Huishi examination. During the feudal era, scholars were a scarce resource.

A scholar in any small town was considered an important figure. Those who passed the Huishi examination were even rarer. Passing the Huishi examination was like having a "ticket" to enter government service.