After the two settled on the status of teacher and student, they said a few words, and Zhang Jiuzheng stood up and left. There were many new Gong students waiting for Wei Chen to receive him, so they couldn't chat for too long.
Wei Chen stood up and sent Zhang Jiuzheng to the entrance of the hall, and said in a gentle tone: "The palace examination will be held soon. You are the first member of Jinke Huiyuan. You are above the palace examination. You can be among the top five in the second class, but you may not be able to do so."
Reaching the top of the Three Cauldrons still depends on your own luck.
Although the top five in the second class are not as good as the third class, they can still be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a common scholar, or to be a director of the six ministries, or to be a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In short, they can stay in Bianjing as an official.
My future career is still guaranteed."
Zhang Jiuzheng has always been very thoughtful. When he heard Wei Chen's words, he immediately understood the meaning behind Wei Chen's words and couldn't help but feel sad.
It seems that in this palace examination, I have no hope of ranking in the top three ranks!
The Imperial Examination is different from the General Examination. It is not just a written test, but also an interview. In particular, the Three-Tripod Armor is the face of the court. The appearance and demeanor of the scholars are always important during selection. Therefore, many dynasties have used appearance to determine the Three-Tripod Armor.
The story of belonging.
Naturally, a person as outstanding and charming as Wei Chen doesn’t have to worry about this.
But for a scholar like Zhang Jiucheng, who is not very good-looking and can even be said to be somewhat ugly, it is easy for him to get stuck in terms of appearance.
Even if he is a member of Jinke Huiyuan, if he wants to be among the Three Tripods during the palace examination, he can only rely on luck, and most likely he will not succeed.
What Wei Chen said just now was actually to give Zhang Jiuzheng a vaccination, so that Zhang Jiuzheng would not find that the reality was too different from his expectations and his mood would be disturbed.
At this time, Zhang Jiuzheng was indeed a little frustrated, but he could understand Wei Chen's painstaking efforts in saying this to him.
If he didn't really regard himself as Zhang Jiucheng's teacher, why would Wei Chen talk so much?
Zhang Jiucheng is not a person who is good at words, so he did not express too much in front of Wei Chen. He just bowed deeply to Wei Chen and remembered Wei Chen's kindness in his heart to repay him in the future.<
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After sending Zhang Jiuzheng away, Wei Chen continued to meet with other Xinke Gong students. After some conversations, Wei Chen really found a lot of useful talents among them.
For example, Wang Ang of Kaifeng, Huo Changyan of Jiujiang, Wang Shize of Xiangyang and others all showed their excellence in their words and deeds. Although their knowledge and talents are still slightly inferior to Zhang Jiucheng, they are still good choices.
The most important thing is that these people are not boasters, but they all have beautiful things in their hearts. They only need to work hard for a few more years to be of great use to the country and society.
Wei Chen was quite pleased to see Xinke Gongsheng with so many talents.
It seems that when the examiners discussed and weighed the essay rules, my decision to increase the importance of the essay was quite correct.
If this were not the case, I am afraid that among the Xinke Gong students who came to see me today, many talents who are not very outstanding in literary talent would have been buried long ago.
At the end of the reception, seeing that the sky was getting a little dark, Wei Chen ordered a banquet to be held at home to entertain the Xinke Gong students, and by the way, he met the remaining people who had not had time to meet.
At the banquet, everything was taken care of by the two wise helpers Ru Lan and Ming Lan, without Wei Chen having to worry about it at all.
Wei Chen, on the other hand, was invited to the main seat by the new disciples, and he smiled as he watched the new disciples and disciples rush to him to toast and salute.
At this moment, Wei Chen suddenly felt the pride and pride that Emperor Taizong Li Shimin had when he lamented, "I have all the heroes in the world."
At present, these new Kegong students can only be regarded as young seedlings that have just grown out of the ground. Although they look full of vitality and are growing gratifyingly, they have a shallow foundation after all. Even if they can become officials in the court, they will be in a humble position in a short period of time. For Wei Chen
Not very helpful.
But as long as they accumulate savings for three to five years or even ten or twenty years, the situation will be completely different. By then, for Wei Chen, it will be a fruitful harvest season, with so many disciples and disciples supporting him in the court.
Whatever Wei Chen does, he can avoid many obstacles.
Thinking of this, Wei Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he couldn't help but drink a few more drinks.
The banquet was over and everyone dispersed, everyone returned home happily.
After sending everyone away, Wei Chen, who was somewhat drunk, returned to the inner house. Ru Lan had already prepared sobering soup and hot water towels, waiting for him in the house.
"Ru'er?"
Seeing that it was Ru Lan, Wei Chen was a little surprised. According to the schedule of these two girls, isn't it Minglan's turn today?
"My sister is not feeling well these days, so I will take care of my husband."
Rulan explained in a low voice, with a charming blush on her face, as if she was the drunk one.
"Inconvenient? Oh, I understand..."
Wei Chen was just stunned for a moment, then showed an understanding smile, and stopped asking any more questions at the moment, just lying on the bed with his arms stretched out, closing his eyes and enjoying Rulan's meticulous service, and he was so comfortable that he hummed.
Unconsciously, his hands were placed on the smooth and slender waist of his lovely wife beside him.
When Ru Lan first became a woman, she was just beginning to taste the marrow. When she was gently touched by Wei Chen, she felt half of her delicate body soften. She had to hold on and said: "Brother Chen, don't make trouble. I have something serious to talk to you about."
It’s here!”
However, Wei Chen didn't give her a chance to continue talking at all. With a beautiful kite, he turned over and pushed his beloved wife down on the couch, becoming wantonly frivolous.
"Don't worry, I'll kill you little goblin with my sword first, sir!"
A battle continued until the third watch of the night.
After the clouds had settled and the rain had stopped, Rulan's cheeks were still hot, and she leaned lazily in her husband's arms like a little kitten, saying in a sweet voice: "You bad guy, I haven't seen anyone for more than a month, so you can't show mercy."
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Wei Chen smiled and flicked the tip of Ru Lan's nose: "My husband, I haven't been affectionate with my wife for more than a month. I'm almost lovesick. Why can't I be considerate of my wife?"
Ru Lan wrinkled her nose with a groan, gave Wei Chen a big white eye in return, and pinched Wei Chen hard.
The couple laughed for a while, and Ru Lan turned over and lay on Wei Chen's chest, with a serious expression: "Ms. sir, I really have something serious to talk to you about. Today when you were entertaining guests in the front hall, my mother sent someone to deliver a message to me.
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Seeing that Ru Lan's pretty face was solemn and did not look like a joke, Wei Chen's expression also became serious: "Oh, what is going on?"
"My mother didn't know where she heard that the chief examiner of the general examination usually serves as the examiner for the palace examination. She came to me and asked me to ask you to take care of a Runzhou scholar named Wang Xu during the palace examination on March 15th.
Son."
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Chen became furious and sat up from the bed.
Since he was appointed as the examiner of the joint examination, he has always regarded himself as impartial and strict, being careful and cautious in everything, and not daring to go beyond the rules.
Now that the imperial examination is about to take place, my mother-in-law has come forward in person to seek out her son-in-law with the intention of cheating on the imperial examination. This is simply nonsense!