The morning sun came late again. It was already past midnight, but the sky was still dark, as if it was still a deep night. Chengxian Street in front of the Imperial College gate was gradually filled with people, but it was not the prison students who were so diligent.
, but a small stall vendor who got up early and planned to do early business.
This is a common sight on Chengxian Street. There are everything from tofu curds, soy milk, sesame seed cakes, dumplings, steamed buns, noodles, porridge... However, the first few vendors who arrived suddenly found that there were actually people competing against each other today.
They are still early!
Realizing that the previously agreed-upon territory might be occupied by these newcomers, several small vendors were all anxious. However, when these people pushed their carts and quickly rushed forward to argue, they were shocked to find that these newcomers
People were wearing black cloaks, standing silently like nails under the splayed wall in front of the Imperial Academy gate, and the distance between everyone was evenly spaced.
Just as several vendors were panicking, thinking that something had happened to the Imperial College, so they sent someone to watch over the place, someone suddenly let out a cry of surprise. Although the person who made the sound immediately covered his mouth, he still
He still pointed at the wall behind those people in black cloaks.
Seeing clearly that the wall was covered with yellow paper notices, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. They were all hawkers doing breakfast business. They might be able to calculate the prices clearly, and they might be able to recognize a few words, but it would be natural to understand so many notices.
Most people were unable to do anything about it. But the only thing everyone knew was that this notice was supposed to be a good thing.
Otherwise, why would yellow paper be used? You know, colored paper has always been used when the provincial examination results are released. As for ordinary notices, white paper and ink characters can be posted there!
Now that they knew it was not a bad thing, a group of small traders felt relieved. For a while, no one paid attention to these big men in black cloaks. They all pushed their carts to their usual business positions and started to light a fire and prepare. A quarter of an hour later
, the sky gradually became a little brighter, and most of the other vendors besides them had also arrived, and they also noticed something strange at the first time.
Although most people didn't have time to watch the excitement and were busy minding their own business, there were some people who had good things to do and knew how to read and went over to take a look after packing up. After only looking for a long time, people hurried back, but it was right.
Other vendors on the left and right shouted: "It's the result of the Imperial Academy's previous selection of the East Palace attendants, and everyone's rankings have been ranked!"
Having been doing business in front of the Imperial College for many years, most of the vendors have a consensus.
First, one must be cautious in doing business. That is, at this hour in the morning, it doesn't matter whether they block the entrance to the highest university in the world, but if they are greedy and want to extend the time, then the guards from the nearby Shuntian Government Office will come to catch them.
People!
Secondly, nine out of ten students in the Imperial College are just embroidered pillows, without much real talent and learning. Therefore, there are very few Jinshis who have been born as Imperial College students in so many years, only one in ten or twenty years. This time the prince selected the East Palace attendants, and unexpectedly
In their opinion, the Imperial College Supervisor is not as good as Jiuzhangtang! At least the supervisors of Jiuzhangtang are hard-working, easy-going, and have good teachers!
Thinking like this, we are about to reach the peak of the supervisors' patronage. No one, including the vendor who just went to watch the excitement, has time to check the rankings on the list. They all hurriedly started doing their own things.
Even though there was no shouting as agreed, as the aroma gradually dispersed, the first batch of guests finally arrived.
The prison students living in the Imperial College dormitory are naturally unlikely to be from wealthy backgrounds. Usually, most of them just have a steamed bun or sesame seed cake for breakfast. But today, they found a yellow list posted on the wall. Everyone was immediately attracted by the yellow paper on the wall.
past.
Although some people only glanced at it and found that it was a long form, so they were busy solving the problem of breakfast first, but some people were curious to see what was going on first.
They suddenly exploded.
"It's the rankings of the Eastern Palace Attendant Selection Monthly Examination. Everyone was listed, but not only the selected ones were listed!"
"Really or not? Everyone? What a long list that must be. Oh my god, could it be that all the horoscopes on the wall are all there? Impossible. Da Sicheng, Shao Sicheng and all the doctors didn't say anything before.
!”
Following this loud but talkative yell, several supervisors who had just been solving the problem of the Five Internal Organs Temple couldn't help it. Some people went over with sesame seed cakes in their mouths to watch the fun, while others walked over with bowls of noodles to look at the list.
, and others hurried back to the dormitory with steamed buns in their hands to notify more people to come and watch.
As a result, the vendors who had been selling breakfast here for many years soon witnessed the largest flow of people in history! In an instant, the supervisors swarmed out from under the university archway of the Imperial College and went to the two-character walls on both sides to wait and see.
If they know how to use idioms, they will definitely feel that there is no doubt that it is crowded!
And because there are three floors inside and three outside of the eight-character wall, from time to time there are supervisors who are squeezed to the back and fail to take a turn to look at the list, or there are supervisors who have already looked at the top few and find that there are no supervisors behind them, and come back in low spirits.
I bought breakfast and filled my stomach angrily while complaining angrily.
However, as someone in the crowd shouted something, someone from Suixing Hall was ranked over 600. The prison guards who had just been either feeling sorry for themselves or dejected suddenly became as excited as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood.
Ever since, the yellow list posted on the eight-character wall in the east was just the rankings at the bottom. At first, not many people paid attention to it, but now a lot of people came to watch. With the names that can be regarded as quite famous in the Imperial College,
When the names and rankings were read out, some laughed, some marveled, some didn't believe it... but some became angry for a moment.
There is a saying that anger starts from the heart, and evil comes from the side of the courage. A certain supervisor who claimed to be a genius, but this time his reputation was lost. After shouting angrily that it was ridiculous, he subconsciously reached out and tried to tear off the piece of paper with his name written on it.
But as soon as he stretched out his hand, his wrist was suddenly pinched tightly.
Seeing those cold and murderous eyes, the supervisor realized that there were still twenty or thirty men in black cloaks guarding the yellow list, and this was the yellow list, not the usual ones! He didn't know that the other party was Ruiqiying.
Yes, where did it come from? He finally swallowed the curse that came to his lips, but he shook his hand hard and got away. He took two steps back before uttering a harsh word.
"Such a child's play, I will never participate next time!"
Seeing the person walking away in anger, the imperial attendant immediately sneered contemptuously. After working all night, at dawn, the fortune teller from his immediate boss finally sent bowls of steaming mutton soup, saying it was a comfort food, but
Now that he had stood in the wind for so long, of course he was cold. Seeing these noisy prison students again, he couldn't help but think of the words of the fourth prince that were circulated outside.
These so-called Imperial College students are really not as good as those eunuchs in the inner study hall!
As the sky gets brighter and brighter, more and more supervisors come to see the results after receiving the news, but not many of them have time to have breakfast. Therefore, it is rare to see so many people, but I find that not only is the business not as good as
In the past, the stall vendors who seemed to be a little behind were a little disappointed, while the supervisors complained even more because these small carts and stalls took up space.
As a prisoner from a wealthy family couldn't help but complain and curse, a street vendor with the same bad temper actually retorted. At this time, Chengxian Street, which was already full of anger, suddenly seemed to explode.
There was a supervisor of the Sui Xing Hall who had the same reputation as Sun Shan. He did not dare to do anything to Huang Bang, so he wanted to instigate these vendors to cause trouble to see if he could damage the Huang Bang, which made him look embarrassed.
There are also people who curse first and then talk without thinking, and then curse and faint because they are too angry. Of course, this is because Hua Qi delivered a letter last night and took Ah Liu to a certain place early in the morning.
Zhang Shou at the scene looked down at the results of the judgment.
Some people even found that they were among the best and had a good chance of entering the East Palace, so they showed off their power there, only to be beaten in the end.
All in all, Chengxian Street, which is already considered spacious, is a mess at this moment. The small carts with the stoves burning next to the stalls and vendors are like sparks in the oil pan, which may burst into flames at any time;
A sampan would be completely submerged by a wave. At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from someone unknown.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
Because Ah Liu was able to sneak into the tallest building of the Imperial College, Zhang Shou, known as the Jianxian Pavilion, the three-story library, at this time, all he saw were the prison guards on Chengxian Street, as if their throats were suddenly stuck when they were snoring.
The rooster, the one after another chaos stopped in an instant. Although the sound did not disappear immediately, it obviously showed a sharp decrease.
Not long after, Chengxian Street, which had just seemed to be crowded with hundreds or even thousands of quacking ducks, finally took on an extremely quiet atmosphere. Then, he heard the familiar voice of Hua Qi.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and all the lecturers have arrived at Yilun Hall, and all the supervisors have returned to the Imperial Academy to supervise the training!"
It was only then that Ah Liufang whispered to Zhang Shou: "Master, are you going to Yilun Hall?"
"Everyone else is going, but if I don't go, wouldn't it be true? Go, of course." As he said this, Zhang Shou's contempt for the Imperial College increased in his heart. This was his first time entering the Imperial Academy.
When I saw Xian Pavilion, I discovered for the first time that not only was the air filled with the smell of dust, but dust was everywhere from the floor to the bookshelves, and many of the books on the shelves were rotten.
He had long heard that the Jianxian Pavilion was specially built by Emperor Taizu so that the Imperial College students could have a place to borrow books. However, due to poor management, the books were borrowed but could not be recovered, or were damaged in large quantities, which cost the Imperial College funds.
Insufficient, the academic officials had no way to ask for money from the court, and they had no other means to make money, so many years ago they had no choice but to close it up empty.
No matter how good a school is, if it doesn’t have a good system, good students, not to mention good teachers, and most importantly, it doesn’t have enough funding, then deterioration is the only result!
Early in the morning, his fourth brother suddenly climbed into bed. The third prince was so frightened that he almost kicked him off. However, he heard someone whispering about the results released by the Imperial College today. His Highness the Crown Prince really couldn't help being such a naughty child.
In addition to the entanglement, and because this was his first time to take a test, under the instigation of the fourth prince, he asked the emperor for instructions and went to the Imperial College in person with a group of lecturers.
He had just quietly entered the Imperial College where he had studied under the university archway, but he did not feel the wistful feeling of revisiting his old place. Even if he did, his full mood was completely ruined by the noise outside.
Because of this, when he stood outside the Yilun Hall where Emperor Taizu once lectured, his face turned serious without realizing it. Even when Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye rushed over, he, who had always been gentle, became serious.
His face was still tense.
And knowing what was going on outside, the Imperial Academy looked exactly like the two top leaders, and their faces were equally good. Zhou Jijiu also tried to persuade the Crown Prince by saying that he should not wear the white dragon fish costume.
By the way, he tried to lighten the atmosphere a little, but was choked back by the third prince's irrefutable reason.
"I came here to ask for instructions from my father. In addition to the teachers, I was accompanied by guards from the Ruiqi Camp. But when I entered the Imperial College, because everyone was outside looking at the yellow list, no one paid attention to me.
This group of people.”
When Hua Qi's voice came to his ears and he learned that the swarming supervisors outside had gradually returned, the third prince said in a deep voice: "I asked these three questions, and the four book questions are the examination room."
It is a common question on current affairs, and it is not a weird question. It is expected that anyone who is good at craftsmanship can answer it well. This question is from a Jinshi background, and now it is reviewed by teachers from Hanlin. I don’t think anyone will have any objections.
No one will think there is any injustice.”
"The sutra calculation question is one of the easy ones among the nine chapters of arithmetic. It can be calculated by just using your brain a little, so that when you go to govern a party in the future, you will not be subject to even the most basic taxes and servitudes. This kind of question
, right is right, wrong is wrong, it is clear at a glance, extremely clear, no one would have any objection even if you think about it.”
When he saw that many prison guards were gathering here, he raised his voice.
"But very few people can finally answer this question. It's no wonder that many local officials these days don't remember how much population and land they have in the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction, and how much more money they have to pay every year.
Taxes, and how many draftees there are, every time they report on their duties, they have to prepare clips and hide them secretly in their sleeves, but shouldn't they be familiar with these?"
"As for the question of farming, this is what my father always talked about in front of me, and Emperor Taizu also said that farming is the foundation of the country. So, thinking about how to feed more and more people with a limited land,
Isn’t it something that supervisory students who are committed to their careers should consider carefully?”
"The focus is on ditch water conservancy. Although it is not comprehensive, at least I have understood what farming is all about. What about worshiping saints when farming, about destroying forests to open up wasteland, about turning lagoons into fields, and about driving away northern barbarians?
After that, the grassland was changed into cultivated land... and even more ridiculous, they talked about how to increase wheat production in paddy fields! I wonder how many people in the Imperial College are not working hard, and they can't distinguish between grains and only talk on paper.
, don’t understand the sufferings of people’s livelihood at all!”