Chapter 642: If you sit crookedly, haha, lets go to the top three!
The palace gate was wide open, and a group of internal officials holding lanterns lined up on both sides of the gate. Officials from the Liang Ministry of Etiquette lined up in front of the gate and preached the discipline of the examination room and the rules in the palace...
"When entering the palace, it is forbidden to make loud noises, and don't fall behind..." The two officials saw more than 300 tribute soldiers lined up in three rows under the command of the internal officials. After reaffirming the palace rules, they led
The candidates stepped into the high wall.
Most of the tributes entered the palace for the first time. They were all like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden - they were dazzled.
Chen Mancang saw a magnificent hall not far away. It was majestic and surrounded by corridors. It was engraved with dragons and phoenixes flying clouds, carved and painted buildings, jué layers of eaves, black pottery tiles and green glazed tiles in Chuyang.
Shining brightly below.
After seeing that no one was paying attention, he whispered to Wang Lidong behind him, "Brother Qi, what kind of hall is that?"
Wang Lidong glanced at the direction pointed by Chen Mancang and whispered, "Daqing Hall."
"Where's that one?"
"Tianzhang Pavilion."
"Where is that one with the two ears on the top?"
"Zhengshitang."
"Is this where the prime minister and ministers work?" Chen Mancang didn't pay attention for a moment, and his voice was a little loud. A large group of people happened to be passing by. The leader of the purple-clothed official with raised eyebrows stopped and glanced at the candidates coldly, "Who is studying in the palace?"
Are you making any noise inside?"
Chen Mancang hurriedly tightened his neck and muttered loudly in his heart, "I didn't see it, I didn't see it..."
There is a sedan chair in the team. Anyone who can sit on this thing in the palace must be a noble person. If he really wants to be arrested... the more he thinks about it, the more frightened he becomes, and a large amount of cold sweat breaks out on his forehead.
It's a pity...Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel!
All the Gongsheng students all turned their attention to him and Wang Lidong, and a few people around him moved two meters aside in an interesting move. The two of them were like fireflies in the dark night... dazzling in the wind.
Wang Lidong glanced at the official with an eyebrow and recognized him, but he was not very familiar with him. He was Concubine Rong's personal eunuch. He stepped forward and saluted, "I have met the high official Ximen." A 100-yuan silver note slipped into the eunuch's sleeve.
inside.
Before the Chinese New Year, Sihai Bank launched silver dollar gold coins and silver notes. 100 silver notes are equal to 100 silver dollars and are equal to two hundred copper coins. After more than two months of promotion, and with the credit blessing of the God of Wealth of the Song Dynasty, several currencies have gradually become popular.
In Kailai, most of those doing business with Sihai Trading Co., Ltd. accepted silver dollars and gold coins. As for silver notes, a small number of merchants also began to use them.
"It turns out to be Young Master Qi," Ximen Neiguan twirled his fingers and knew it was a Sihai bank note with a face value of 100. A smile immediately appeared on his face. He liked new things very much and gently folded a small piece of paper.
The film costs tens of thousands.
Wang Lidong asked in a low voice who the person in Jianyu was, and when he found out it was Concubine Rong, he just asked him to report truthfully.
"Young Master, wait a moment."
The internal officer of Ximen walked back to the red gold shoulder carriage with nine phoenixes and carved red sandalwood in the middle of the team, and explained the situation to Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong gently lifted the curtain, glanced at Wang Lidong not far away, sighed slightly, put down the curtain and said, "Let's go."
After Concubine Rong's team left and the tribute team started again, Wang Lidong pulled the pale-faced Chen Mancang and said, "It's okay, let's go."
After walking a few steps, Chen Mancang whispered, "Brother Qi, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness."
Wang Lidong waved his hand and said, "Concubine Rong is the most humble and will not care about such a trivial matter with you. At most, she will just say a few words to you."
Chen Mancang twitched the corners of his mouth, opened his eyes and told lies.
Although he is not a native of the capital, he still knows a little about the deeds of Concubine Rong. I heard that these old ladies are the most petty and can remember a small thing for a lifetime. If it weren't for Wang Lidong today, he would definitely be in bad luck.
Chen Mancang cupped his hands and said nothing more.
Now in the palace, there are so many people around, so it is better to be cautious.
learn from mistakes.
After half a cup of tea, all the candidates arrived at the examination room, Chongzheng Hall.
Under the eaves on both sides of the hall, hundreds of officials in red and purple robes were standing cheering and cheering. When the tribute students arrived, there was a lot of noise and comments. Wang Lidong felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
, I remember going to the zoo when I was a child, and a group of people gathered around the monkey mountain, pointing, laughing and joking...
"Sheng Sheng, who is your son?" The left minister of the Ministry of Industry looked at all the tributes, crowded around Sheng Hong, and asked. His second daughter had just passed the wedding ceremony and was looking for a suitable son-in-law. Previously,
Sheng Hong approached him with the intention of getting married, but at that time Sheng Changbai had just passed the imperial examination. Now he has passed the joint examination and is ranked eighteenth. In addition, Sheng Hong's youngest daughter has just married Qi Guogong, and the two families can barely count.
Right at your doorstep.
"Master Li." Sheng Hong cupped his hands slightly and pointed his finger at Sheng Changbai, who was standing three feet away. "The scholar with the sky blue brocade robe and thick eyebrows and big eyes is Quanzi."
Seeing the satisfaction flashing in the eyes of his boss Li Shilang, Sheng Hong felt proud. At the end of last year, he tested this man and wanted to promote his second son. Unfortunately, he didn't look at him well at all and was disappointed.
. He was so angry that he didn’t go to sleep with Miss Lin for several days.
"Sheng Shanda, the young man in the green robe is next to you, the Young Master?" An official in red robe standing next to Sheng Hong looked at Sheng Changbai and asked eagerly, "Sheng Shanda, how old is the Young Master this year? Have you decided to get married?"
Sheng Hong smiled and said, "I am twenty this year and I am not married yet."
"Shangda people...."
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When Cheng Guogong saw Wang Lidong standing in the group of candidates, he walked up to the Marquis of Xiangyang, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Bin Zhou, your grandson has made us proud this time. Isn't he just the Four Books and Five Classics? It's not difficult."
Yes. As long as we rough guys put a little thought into it, we can get Jinshi at our fingertips. If a big turban dares to call us rough guys next time, I won’t be able to fight him to death!"
The Marquis of Xiangyang slapped Duke Cheng's palm away and said, "Be gentle, kid, my old bones can't withstand three punches from you."
Cheng Guogong said with a slight regret, "It's a pity that my daughters are all married. Otherwise, it would be robbery, and your grandson would be my son-in-law."
The Marquis of Xiangyang rolled his eyes and said, "I want to eat it. As for your strong daughters, my Heng'er will definitely look down on it."
Duke Cheng Guo laughed and said, "With that boy Qi Heng's eyes, he can definitely catch her. Look at the little wife he chose. She is as thin as a ponytail, and her face is only slightly prettier than my mistress."
He pushed the Marquis of Xiangyang with his elbow and glanced at the British Duke not far away, "I heard that he was planning to go to your son-in-law's house to propose marriage and make Guifen your grandson's wife. It's a pity that it's too late. Haha~~
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"Don't talk nonsense! His Guifen is very discerning, how can he like my Heng'er!"
The Marquis of Xiangyang had this plan before, but unfortunately after careful inquiry, he immediately backed down. The girl was good-looking, but she had been spoiled since she was a child. She had the same virtues as his daughter. If she really wanted to become a grandson's wife, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would definitely
It's going to be a fight. When Zhang Guifen comes home and starts crying and yelling, Old Zhang will definitely knock on the door with his four embryo-killing sons... There will be no way to survive that day.
"In the eleventh year of Emperor Xuan's reign, the tributes of Xinchou Ke entered the palace." An internal official walked out of Chongzheng Palace and stood in front of the main hall and said loudly.
The Gongsheng students arranged themselves into three rows again and followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites into the main hall.
In the examination room, there are rows of small tables less than two feet high, and there is a square stool behind the table.
Before the Southern Song Dynasty, the examination table had several seats made in the Tang Dynasty. Candidates had to kneel down and bow their heads to sit down. It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the examination tables were abandoned and tables and chairs were used.
Wang Lidong followed the seat number posted on the palace wall yesterday, checked the names of the candidates posted on the upper left corner of the small table next to him, followed the order, and found his seat. This time, he was lucky. The seat was in a corner of the hall, and there were
There is a big red pillar that you can lean on and take a nap after finishing writing your papers.
As soon as I sat down and tried it, the table was too short and I had to bend my waist when writing. Fortunately, it only lasted one day. If I had been there for three days, my waist would have been broken.
Picking up the pens, inks, paper and inkstones placed on the desk, they are all high-quality tributes. Such a set of stationery can sell for at least eight or nine hundred guan in the market.
In addition, there is a sterling silver knife used to correct typos. Because the test paper is made of special rice paper, which is much thicker than ordinary rice paper, if you write a typo, you can use a knife to scrape it off before writing, otherwise it will be regarded as "dirty"
Volume" will be downgraded.
All stationery can be packed and taken away after the exam, which is regarded as a reward from the official family.
What a luxury!
When converted, it is worth about half a million. After going out to find a bookstore to pawn, if you don't marry a wife, you can go out for fun a few times a month and you will be happy for several years.
Soon after all the candidates sat down, the current official, supported by two internal officials, walked up to the hall tremblingly.
Hula, everyone in the hall fell to their knees,
"Student *** pays homage to Your Majesty, long live our emperor, long live long live."
After the old emperor sat firmly, he raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please get down."
Looking at the hundreds of energetic students, the official family felt much better.
Maybe he was old, maybe he knew that this was the last imperial examination he would preside over in his life, so he kept talking for half an hour, during which time he had two more cups of tea.
Towards the end, the old emperor finally said a few honest words, asking everyone to take the exam seriously and not to just do it half-heartedly thinking that they would not fail. The first-class Jinshi, the third-class Jinshi, and the third-class Jinshi, when allocating jobs, everyone will be treated like heaven.
, one is halfway up the mountain.
The first-level students can directly enter the Hanlin Academy, which is equivalent to the advanced class of the Zhongyang Party School. After a few years, they can become a small leader in the Zhongyang Provisional Committee, and they can be promoted quickly. Most of the ministers and ministers came here like this.
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Those who were born in the same Jinshi class as the top three, and those who were unlucky (those with no background) would be given the position of county lieutenant or chief clerk, similar to the director of the police station, deputy township chief, etc. Those who were lucky (there was someone behind them) would be given the position of chief clerk at most.
A Bailihou.
The Gongsheng students who had been a little relaxed at first were all very excited, especially the grassroots candidates, who were all very energetic.
Those who travel a hundred miles are half-ninety, and those who lead to victory accumulate steps!
Those who can enter this hall today, even those who are ranked last in the exams, are selected from hundreds of thousands of candidates, and are all the top academics of the Song Dynasty.
No one wants to be at the bottom, and then be assigned to a small county town to work as a township clerk, facing trivial things every day, while sitting in a magnificent hall in the same year, talking and laughing about national events.
The old emperor was very pleased to see that all the candidates had listened to his words. He turned to the examiner and ordered the palace examination to begin, and then walked out of the hall with the support of the internal officials.
A group of internal officials held the test papers and distributed them one by one.
After Wang Lidong got the test paper and opened it, there were three questions in total, one poem, one poem and one policy theory.
Fill in your name, age and other information first, so as not to forget it in the end. No matter how well you answer the questions, you will still get a zero score.
After filling in the information, I carefully read the three test questions this time, "Poems of Lord Saints and Virtuous Ministers", "Ode to Civil Supervisors" and "On Confucianism and Shou Cheng Lun".
Whether it is poetry, fu or policy, the imperial examination essays can be ranked among the top in high school. Someone has summarized the historical experience and there is one thing in common, that is, we must flatter the current generation and praise their virtues! Otherwise, no matter how wonderful the writing is, the emperor will take a look
Everyone said that he was not good at what he did. Zheng Ce had some big loopholes and it would be damned if he could be given a high position.
The other is the issue of "position, line, political team". To put it simply, is your pg sitting on the current side? If it is crooked, haha, go to the top three!
After thinking for a moment, Wang Lidong finished the draft. He studied the ink and picked up the pen. The pen fell like a storm, and he wrote as if he was inspired.
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Evening, Shengfu
The afterglow of the setting sun was intoxicating. Ru Lan held her little hands behind her back and walked back and forth at the gate. From time to time, she peeked out the door. Unfortunately, the sun was about to fall into the sea, and her second brother and father were nowhere to be seen.
"Xie Ge, you said that dad and second brother won't go out for a drink, right? It's almost Youshi (5 p.m.). Second brother said yesterday that the palace examination will end at Shenshi four quarters (4 p.m.). Come out of the palace
When I get home, it will only take half an hour at most."
After thinking about it for a moment, Magpie nodded and said, "It's really possible. After today, the Second Young Master won't have to take the exam anymore. Girl, why don't you go back to the small courtyard first. I'll let Xiao Mu wait here for the Master and Second Young Master.
As soon as the young master comes back, let him report back to the courtyard."
Ru Lan thought for a while, she had been waiting for a long time, and said unwillingly, "Just wait a little longer..."
Magpie caught a glimpse of the familiar carriage driving outside the gate and said hurriedly, "Girl, the master and the second young master are back."
ha!
Ru Lan glanced outside, picked up her skirt, and hurried out of the door.
As soon as Sheng Changbai got off the carriage, "Bang!" he was hit all over his chest and staggered. Fortunately, the book boy on the side saw the opportunity quickly and reached out to help him, otherwise he might have been bitten by a dog.
Sheng Changbai saw that it was his little sister who bumped into him, he frowned and said,
"Fifth sister, you are so panicked. Did something happen at home?"
"No, everything is fine." Ru Lan quickly waved her hand, looked at her second brother, and said with concern, "Second brother, did I hurt you?"
Sheng Changbai rubbed his still aching arm and said, "I'm fine. Why did you run out?"
Ru Lan put on a smile and said, "Second brother, did the imperial examination go well today?"
Sheng Changbai understood immediately and joked, "What you want to ask is not me, but your second brother Heng?"
Ru Lan's pretty face turned red and she shook her head vigorously, "What about Brother Heng? Whether he does well in the exam has nothing to do with me..."
"Okay. Stop shaking. Your second brother Heng should have done well in the exam. He prepared the test papers in the morning." Sheng Changbai recalled the scene of the imperial examination and said, "After a good meal, I saw him leaning against a pillar.
I dozed off."
"real?"
"real."
"Second brother, my mother has been worried all day long, and she didn't even eat two bites of food at noon." After getting the news she wanted, Ru Lan walked home, "I'm going to tell my mother, second brother, that you are back.
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Sheng Changbai finally realized what it meant to be 'duplicitous...throw it away after use'...