While Li Xiaonan was sitting in a honeycomb-like room, racking her brains to make up rhymes, the fleet of Prince Rui's son Gu Yan docked at the private pier of Prince Rui's Mansion outside Hangzhou.
Outside Hangzhou and Hepingjiang City, there is a villa left by the ancestors of Prince Rui's Mansion.
The pier in Hangcheng Bieye is connected to the sea and is deep and wide enough to berth warships.
In the villa of Hangzhou, there is also a cemetery that is no different from the cemetery of ordinary people. Every year when the court pays tribute to the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, it will select chamberlains to come here to make grand sacrifices.
There are even more sacrifices at Prince Rui's Mansion, and every prince who inherits the title must come here to offer sacrifices before it is considered a ceremony.
In the past, Gu Yan was very tired of these old rules and felt that they were outdated. Now, he is full of respect and gratitude for the mausoleum and the two villas.
The anchor was dropped into the water, the anchor chain clattered down, and the boatmen were busy building the springboard.
Gu Yan wore a gold crown on his head and a black python-patterned gown. He stood upright and had a solemn expression. He strode off the boat and followed the old steward who was guarding the business, walking all the way to the cemetery to pay homage.
I have knelt down and worshiped at more than a hundred cemeteries one by one, and burned two memorials written by the emperor and his father. It is already late.
Gu Yan ate his meal in a hurry and told the stewards to prepare it. When he came back, he would immediately set off for Pingjiang Mansion.
Gu Yan came out and mounted his horse, and went straight to Hangcheng Gongyuan from his other business.
On his trip to the south of the Yangtze River, he led an envoy to watch the wind and inspect the government affairs and people's sentiments in the south of the Yangtze River. It took ten days to complete a series of events.
For such a big event as the Liangzhe Road Tongsheng Academy Examination, he, as a spectator, had to go and take a look, but he just went over to take a look - the examiner of the Wei School Class was his biological uncle.
The first academic administrator of Liangzhe Road had not passed half of his term. He died of a serious illness in the twelfth lunar month last year. His sixth uncle Wei Yuming was appointed as the academic administrator of Liangzhe Road. Before the Spring Festival, he hurriedly set off south to preside over the annual scientific examination of Liangzhe Road.
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Uncle Six was Gu Yan's mentor. His knowledge and character were impeccable. The only criticism he could criticize for the exam he presided over was that it was too difficult.
However, this is Jiangnan, where the literary style is at its peak and talented people emerge in large numbers, so it’s no big deal that the exam questions are more difficult.
Gu Yan thought about his sixth uncle, with a warm smile on his stern face.
Around the third quarter of Shen Zheng, Gu Yan rushed to Gongyuan,
There were people standing outside the gate of Gongyuan, all craning their necks, waiting for their family members to pass the exam.
Chang followed the lead, Gu Yan and others bypassed the crowd and went to the side door of Gongyuan.
When he arrived at the narrow alley leading to the side gate, Gu Yan stepped on the stirrups, turned over and dismounted, and glanced across the crowd, and at a glance he saw Li Xiaonan rushing towards Li Jinzhu from the steps of the Gongyuan Yimen.
Gu Yan seemed to have been struck by lightning, his eyes widened and his whole body stiffened.
"Master?" Shi Gun, the chamberlain, rushed forward and stretched out his arms in preparation. If his eldest son fell, he had to catch it!
Alas, since his eldest son fell seriously ill in the twelfth lunar month, he has had fits of convulsions from time to time. For example, right now, it's fine, but why does he feel like he's seen a ghost?
The sound of the stone rolling woke up Gu Yan. Gu Yan lowered his eyes to hide the expression in his eyes, turned over and dismounted, and said coldly: "Let's go."
Gu Yan strode forward.
The chief attendant used Gu Yan's imperial envoy to guard the gate and called open the side door of Gongyuan.
Wei Yuming, Wei Xuezheng, was standing on the steps of the hall with his hands behind his back. When he heard footsteps, he turned around and saw Gu Yan, and his face suddenly burst into smiles.
"I figured it was time for you to arrive, how about it? Did the journey go smoothly?" Wei Xuezheng looked lovingly at his only nephew and student.
"Fortunately, I didn't catch up with the Qionghua in Yangzhou, but fortunately I didn't miss the Jingui in Hangzhou. Hmm? There don't seem to be many candidates for this subject." Gu Yan scanned around.
"Three percent of the people have been deposed in the ancient history." Wei Xuezheng snorted, raised his chin, and said proudly, "Nearly 20% of the people didn't even answer the question. It's really too indulgent." p>
"Which prefectures and counties are taking the exam today? Is there any prefecture or county that you kicked out of the country after an ancient battle?" Gu Yan asked with a smile.
"Today is Pingjiang Prefecture. Huh! Even if all the prefectures and counties were deposed, it means they are not living up to expectations. I am selfless." Wei Xuezheng raised his chin.
"Is that the ink scroll that was just collected? I'll go take a look." Gu Yan said, turning around and walking towards the long case where the rosters and ink scrolls were placed in the hall.
The staff came up to him, and Gu Yan waved his hand to indicate that he should be ignored. He walked to the long desk, picked up an ink roll, looked at it carefully, took another one, put it down, took another one, and slowly moved forward while reading.
, walked to the stack of rosters, picked up the top one, and read through it slowly.
Turning to the second book, Gu Yan saw Li Xuedong's name, and the note behind it was Kunshan County.
Gu Yan's eyes flashed slightly, but his hand did not pause at all. He continued to look through it. After reading this roster, he read another one, put it down, and walked back to Wei Xuezheng.
It's already dusk outside, and there are only about ten rooms available for those who haven't handed in their papers.
"The results will be posted tomorrow. Can you read through so many articles?" Gu Yan opened his folding fan and shook it, his expression and tone were very casual.
"How much is this? Tomorrow Chenzheng will release the results, and I will submit a reply immediately.
"Your mother-in-law said that you have been making noises about going south since the twelfth lunar month last year. She doesn't know what you are going to do. What are your plans?" Wei Xuezheng looked at Gu Yan from top to bottom.
"My uncle ordered me to do academic administration here, and I just wanted to come over and learn from him." Gu Yan looked serious.
"You're talking nonsense to your uncle again!" Wei Xuezheng didn't believe it at all.
"I will mark the exam with my uncle tonight. I will rush over early tomorrow morning and then study with my uncle."
Wei Xuezheng raised his eyebrows and looked Gu Yan up and down again, "Your mother said that since you got sick in the twelfth lunar month, you have become more sensible. Are you really sensible?"
Gu Yan glanced sideways at Wei Xuezheng but did not answer.
Wei Xuezheng stroked his beard and looked at his precious nephew with fondness.
There is nothing bad or beautiful about this nephew of his, and I don’t know which girl will be better off in the future!
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There is no set rule by the imperial court as to whether to submit for an interview after the results of the college examination are released. It is left up to the academic administration.
In the previous two academic administrations, dozens of people were randomly selected to submit comments. They asked one or two sentences of scriptures and regulations in person and then passed. However, no one knows how this academic administration will be this year.
Li Xiaonan did not dare to be careless, and together with the eldest sister, they rushed to the gate of Gongyuan before Chen Zheng, hid in a corner, and waited for the draft list to be hung up.
Several scribes beat the gongs and pasted a large piece of mulberry paper on the screen wall outside the gate of Gongyuan.
The waiting crowd surged forward.
Li Xiaonan was next to Li Jinzhu, following the flow of people forward, standing on the periphery of the crowd, listening attentively to the chaotic chanting.
"Thirty-seven famous merchants..."
This draft list is published by table number, and Shang is Li Xiaonan’s table number.
Li Xiaonan pulled Li Jinzhu hard, and Li Jinzhu hurriedly looked at Li Xiaonan. Li Xiaonan looked up at Li Jinzhu, a smile overflowed from her bent eyes, and her face turned into a blooming flower.
Five or six steps away from the two of them, Li Wenhua put his arms on his chest and looked confused as he listened.
"Tell him after the exam." Li Xiaonan glanced at Li Wenhua and said in a low voice.
"Yeah!" Li Jinzhu thought the same way. The two of them stared at Li Wenhua, squeezed into the crowd when he wasn't paying attention, and waited behind the screen wall for the entrance.
Two clerks came out of the Yimen, opened a roster, and called out the table number.
Li Xiaonan let go of Li Jinzhu's hand and walked towards Yimen.
There is a thick roster of two hundred people who have entered the Dacheng Sect.
Li Xiaonan walked in the middle of the huge petition team, slowly adjusting her breathing, thinking about Mr. Gao's explanation:
If there are many people on the draft and they all submit comments, then the comments are used to depose people, so be careful.
This time I didn’t enter the numbered room. There were rows of tables in front of Dacheng Hall, and the tables were still numbered with the Three Character Classic.
Li Xiaonan sat behind the Shangzihao table.
After a moment, there was a clear sound of a copper chime, and Wei Xuezheng's voice sounded: "The test questions have been placed on everyone's desk. Just choose a question. The limit is one stick of incense. Okay, let's break down the questions."
Li Xiaonan hurriedly opened the lacquer seal, and there were three papers in total: classics, historical theory, and poetry.
Li Xiaonan chose the classics without hesitation and began to formulate ideas immediately.
The clerk walked past the table and put away the other two question papers.
From the moment Li Xiaonan entered the scene, Gu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her.
Wearing rough black and gray clothes, with a slender neck and thin arms, her head is lowered, she is very careful, but does not appear to be timid. Well, this little girl is so courageous that she even dares to take the exam under her own name. It’s really
Awesome!
After Wei Xuezheng announced the start of the exam, Gu Yan walked down the steps, walked slowly in the examination room and looked at Li Xiaonan step by step.
