Chapter 1,175 Water can moisturize trees, and forests can prosper men.
In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, the February examination finally arrived.
The eighth day of February.
The ugly time has just arrived.
Su Mingzhe, who was still having a sweet dream while holding Meiren in his arms, was woken up by the attacker.
Looking at the busy figures of the girls, Su Mingzhe yawned and comforted:
"Xi Ren, you don't need to be so early today. You have a whole day to enter the venue!"
It is different from the previous county examination, prefecture examination, hospital examination, and township examination.
Because candidates from all over the country basically come to Beijing to take the exam, and there are so many of them, it takes a lot of time just to get in.
Therefore, the imperial court stipulated that during the examination, scholars must enter the venue one day in advance.
For example, for the first examination on the ninth day of the second lunar month, you will enter the venue on the eighth day of the lunar month, the exam questions and papers will be distributed in the morning of the ninth lunar month, and you will leave on the tenth day of the lunar month.
Then the second session on February 12th and the third session on February 15th followed the same process.
For the three examinations, all candidates had to stay in the examination room for a total of nine days and six nights.
Just imagining it is extremely refreshing!
"Second Master, if we go early, we can enter the venue early. I have inquired about it. We are late and we have to queue up all day!"
Xiren was really worried about his master.
Because he had to stay for three days and two nights this time, Xiren not only prepared a lot of dry food for Su Mingzhe, but also specially prepared a lot of thousand-year-old ginseng slices, fearing that his second master would become depressed and fail the exam.
When the maids put everything together, they found that there were too many items and the previous examination basket could not fit them.
Fortunately, everyone has prepared a big test box.
Seeing everyone stuffing the boxes, Xi Ren suddenly thought of another question and quickly stopped Su Mingzhe who was eating:
"Second Master, come here and carry it on your back to see if it's heavy."
Su Mingzhe walked over obediently, carried him on his back for two steps, and said nonchalantly:
"This weight is just so-so!"
"That's good, that's good!"
Xiren had several maids working as maids for Su Mingzhe, and they had never done any heavy work. The boxes weighing dozens of kilograms were placed there, and they needed two people to carry them.
Seeing the magical power of their second master, the maids no longer worried.
A moment of Yin hour.
Li Gui held a lantern and led Su Mingzhe to the entrance of the Confucian Temple.
Because of the prosperity of culture and education, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of people who went to Beijing to participate in the examinations continued to increase.
Three years ago, more than 12,000 people participated in the ceremony.
This year the number is even greater, with a handful of 15,000.
These many people could only form a long queue of ten, waiting at the gate of the dragon gate, and were slowly searched by Souzi before entering.
There are about 1,500 people in each queue. If you arrive late, you really have to wait a whole day before you can get in.
In order to maintain order in the team, the imperial court even sent Yulin Guards over.
When Su Mingzhe followed the team and walked slowly forward, he saw Jia Rong who had joined Long Jinwei.
When Jia Rong saw his second uncle, he bowed his hands and bowed from a distance.
Because Su Mingzhe came early, the queue time was not very long, just over an hour.
After entering Longmen, Su Mingzhe saw a dozen naked scholars.
The body search during the test is also more stringent than before.
Not only did the scholar need to take off all his clothes, but everything in the examination box was also inspected inch by inch.
Things like rice balls and ginseng slices, which can be chopped up by the souzi, were all chopped into pieces.
Foreign objects that cannot be shredded are thrown aside directly.
When it was Su Mingzhe's turn to search him, the imperial guards recognized Su Mingzhe, the uncle of the current dynasty, and quickly knelt down and saluted.
"Search carefully and don't show any favoritism!"
Su Mingzhe didn't like being special, so he consciously took off his clothes before the forbidden soldier could speak.
In the early morning of February, it was still freezing cold.
Su Mingzhe just stood for a while
, I felt a chill all over my body.
After the imperial army's search was completed, Su Mingzhe discovered that his test box had been packed with the help of the searcher.
"Thank you very much!"
Su Mingzhe cupped his hands and thanked him, then walked towards the place where he received his number plate.
At the end of the day, Su Mingzhe finally got his number plate and came to his dormitory.
At this time, Su Mingzhe's consciousness expanded and he discovered many classmates from the Imperial College.
When everyone saw each other, they all looked at each other and smiled, full of energy, which made Su Mingzhe sigh that it is great to be young.
Liu Xianglian's location was not far from Su Mingzhe. After seeing Su Mingzhe, she waved and said hello.
This is also because the exam has not started yet. As long as everyone does not act randomly, the guards will not prohibit everyone from leaving the dormitory.
Tomorrow is the official exam, and if I say hello again, it will definitely not work.
Even if you want to leave the dormitory to go to the toilet, you need to raise your hand and ask the examiner to accompany you.
Soon, the lively day passed.
A quarter of the ninth hour on the ninth day of the lunar month.
Mr. Qin Ge, the cabinet bachelor and first assistant, served as the examiner and led everyone to worship the saints in the Confucian Temple.
At this moment, it started to curl.
Because the time was very long, Su Mingzhe was not in a hurry to answer the test questions after getting them. Instead, he had some breakfast, stretched his fists and feet, and started thinking about Mr. Qin Ge's life and deeds during his free time.
After some thought.
Only then did Su Mingzhe start thinking about how to answer the question.
The nine-day examination passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Mingzhe thought that the article he wrote was good, and it was more in line with Mr. Qin's habits. As for how many names he would get, it would depend on God's will.
Anyway, Su Mingzhe disdains cheating on this kind of thing.
After the exam, I went home and rested for ten days.
At the end of February, the rankings were released on this day.
According to regulations, 300 students will be admitted to the undergraduate program.
After Su Mingzhe had breakfast, he did not leave. He stayed in the backyard, chatting with Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, and other sisters.
Chen hour has just passed.
Three poles in the sun.
The voice announcing the good news appeared on Rongning Street from far to near.
Li Gui was so full of sparks and lightning that he almost broke his leg while running. He was the first to run back to Rongguo Mansion and came to the backyard to announce the good news:
"Old lady, our second master has won again, and our second master has won the first place again!"
"Hit?!"
Everyone who was waiting for the news immediately congratulated Su Mingzhe when they heard the good news:
"Congratulations to Brother Bao!"
"Congratulations to my second brother, congratulations to my second brother!"
"Our Rongguo Mansion is also going to have Jinshi!"
In the face of many happy voices, Su Mingzhe cupped his fists and bowed, then sat down again and smiled back at Sister Lin:
"Same joy, same joy!"
"You are the top one in high school, not me. How happy is that?"
Sister Lin was a little puzzled after hearing what the man said, so she couldn't help but lower her head and asked back.
Tanchun next to him heard this and laughed directly:
"I'm afraid Sister Lin has forgotten that you and your second brother are about to become a family. My second brother has topped the exam, so naturally I want to congratulate you, Sister Lin."
"Sister Tanchun is talking nonsense again!"
Sister Lin didn't expect to be embarrassed by Tan Chun. Just as she was about to retort, Xichun on the side smiled and said:
"Third sister is not talking nonsense. The old Taoist priests have said it. Sister Lin is born with water, and the second brother is born with wood. You two have the same horoscope. If you get married, you will be able to live together forever!"
After hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement.
Before Sister Lin came to Rongguo Mansion, Su Mingzhe was a devil incarnate. He would drop jade at every turn and make a big fuss, causing no peace in the whole house.
After Sister Lin came, Su Mingzhe seemed to be a different person, surrounding Sister Lin all day long.
When I wander around, I no longer throw jade, nor make a fuss. I even have much less time to go out and play.
More importantly, after Sister Lin came, Su Mingzhe began to study consciously. In one year, he passed the county examination, prefectural examination, hospital examination, township examination and joint examination.
This kind of miracle was unimaginable in people's minds in the past.
Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, Zhang Laodao said that Sister Lin is born with water and Su Mingzhe is born with wood. When they are together, they can complement each other and grow old together.
Everyone agreed with his order.
Although Mrs. Wang dislikes Sister Lin, she does not dare to deny Sister Lin's influence on her son when it comes to her son.
Therefore, after seeing that everyone agreed with Sister Lin and Su Mingzhe, Mrs. Wang could only look at each other and expressed her "apology".
It’s not that my sister doesn’t like your daughter, it’s just that the “good match” your family created has no market!