A few days later, the examination was finally over. As soon as the gantry was opened, these candidates came out one after another.
These people can be said to have different attitudes now. Some people feel that their answers are pretty good, so they are proud of themselves, some people are full of depression, and some people are even gray and gray. There are even one or two who have just come out.
Longmen began to cry loudly.
Jia Ke stood outside the dragon gate and looked at this scene with emotion. In ancient times, the imperial examination was like thousands of troops walking on a single-plank bridge.
Compared with the modern college entrance examination and the ancient imperial examination, there is a huge difference. In ancient times, no one who could stand out in the imperial examination was stupid. No matter what, these people can be called scholars in terms of reading.
Dominated.
You can think about it, only 200 were produced in three years. If calculated, each of these people can be regarded as the top three in the college entrance examination in each province.
Jia Ke had nothing to do today, so he took Li Deshan and a few soldiers to stand at the gate of Gongyuan to watch the excitement.
While Jia Ke was sighing, someone next to him spoke.
"This year's move like this can be considered a blessing."
Another person also echoed: "Who says it's not the case? I heard that one of Mr. Zhang Chaoxin's sons originally wanted to take part in the imperial examination this year, but he was suppressed by Mr. Zhang. He was afraid that others would say that he was bending the law for personal gain.
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"In the past few days, the two houses of Mr. Zhang Chaoxin and Mr. Li Wenbin and Mr. Li were surrounded by people giving gifts. As a result, the two adults did not see any of them. This was simply impossible in previous years."
"If you ask me, the Prime Minister Jia, who is currently in power, has a solution. In the past, there were many cases of fraud in the imperial examinations, but it was never as clean as this year."
As a result, as soon as this person spoke, he immediately changed the topic to Jia Ke.
Jia Ke stood aside calmly and listened to everyone's discussion. Most of them still said that their governance was pretty good and that they also considered the people.
However, a few radicals did not think so, saying only that Jia Ke would not end well sooner or later because Wang Mang was still alive.
Ben Bray, who was next to Jia Ke, was so angry when he heard these words that he went up to grab the person and beat him.
Fortunately, Jia Ke had quick eyesight and quick hands. He grabbed his arm and pulled the rude man back.
"You don't have to be acquainted with them. There are no perfect people in the world. They said let these people talk about it."
After Jia Ke said these words, he led everyone out of the park and came to a nearby famous restaurant - Zhuangyuan Building.
This Zhuangyuan Building is the gathering place for the candidates, and Jia Ke also wants to hear what these candidates are talking about. After all, the information obtained from the spies comes first.
As soon as Jia Ke arrived at the door of Zhuangyuan Building, a waiter came over to greet him.
"Uncle, do you want to work as a prostitute or stay in a hotel?"
Ben Bray was still angry, so he immediately answered the question and said loudly: "What are you talking about? Prepare a fine private room for our master. Our master wants to try your food and wine."
The waiter let Jia Ke and the others in, and said awkwardly: "Master, I'm really sorry that our private rooms in the hotel are full today. Can you deal with it in the lobby?"
Ben Bray was still angry, but Jia Ke next to him spoke.
"Then prepare a table for us by the window."
After listening to the waiter, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ben Bray was a tall and fierce man. He got angry with him just now, but the waiter was frightened. He was afraid that this rude man would give him a few blows.
The group of people came to the second floor of Zhuangyuan Building, and the waiter arranged a table for them by the window.
Jia Ke sat in the middle, with Lei from the headquarters and several other guards standing nearby to protect Jia Ke's safety.
After sitting down, Jia Ke said to the waiter: "Give me some of your specialty dishes, and then a pot of your famous Zhuangyuanhong."
Ben Bray, who was standing next to Jia Ke, saw that Jia Ke had finished giving instructions and immediately took out a certain amount of money from his pocket and threw it into the hands of the waiter.
"Ask your chef to cook faster, we can't afford to wait."
After the waiter received the reward, he naturally agreed happily.
I don't know if it was Zhuangyuanlou who cooked quickly or if the ingot of silver had an effect. It wasn't much. In a short time, there were seven or eight dishes on the table, as well as two pots of good wine.
Jia Ke picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and couldn't help but nod. The cooks here are better than those in Rongguo Mansion, and they are no different than the imperial chefs in the palace.
Jia Ke sat in the Zhuangyuan Building. About half an hour later, many candidates had already come to the Zhuangyuan Building one after another.
After these people arrived, they took their seats and let the waiter serve wine and food, and then they started talking loudly.
One of the young candidates, who originally had a good answer, was talking loudly, "Lu Mou did a good job today. I think he is sure to get into this subject. When he meets the emperor during the imperial examination, the first thing will be
The matter is to impeach Jia Ke."
There was a good-looking jade-faced scholar next to him, and he answered: "Brother Lu, why are you already drunk without drinking? Are the affairs of the adults in the court beyond our control? In my opinion, if we in this department
If you win, it’s true that you can still serve as a county magistrate honestly.”
"Dong Li, you are good at everything, but you are too worldly. Now is the time for young people of my generation to come forward. If I impeach Jia Ke in the Golden Palace in a few days, it will also let the world know that we are scholars.
of integrity."
The scholar known as Dong Li thought that Lu was crazy for wanting to be famous, and he didn't even look at where this place was.
In order not to be implicated by this person, Dong Li hurriedly said, "I don't agree with you. Since Lord Jia came to power, he has done a lot of practical things for the people of the court. To put it bluntly, Lord Jia is more treacherous than the current emperor.
The affairs of the world must be very stable."
After hearing Dong Li's words, the young man named Lu immediately became a little angry and wanted to stand up and argue with him. Fortunately, several people following him stopped him, and the two men temporarily suppressed their anger.
At another table, an older man heard what the young people at the table next to him were saying. They all looked at each other and shook their heads together.
They felt in their hearts that these young people really didn't know how high the sky was, and they didn't look at the current situation. They impeached Jia Ke in the main hall. Not only would their years of hard work be in vain, but their lives might not be saved, and the family would be hurt in the end.
These older officials have long since smoothed their edges and corners. Now they don’t care at all who is sitting in the Golden Palace. As long as it can make them prosperous and serve as officials, then whoever is sitting on it will sit there.
A dog, they will also worship.
Jia Ke sat aside, listening to two completely different voices of discussion. He felt that the decision he made this time was quite good. If these young people were to enter the court now, he would be really in a dilemma. He might as well
When he ascends the throne, it will not be too late for them to become officials.
After Jia Ke had eaten and drank enough and got the news he wanted, he had no intention of continuing shopping, so he ordered someone to settle the account, left the Zhuangyuan Building, turned around, and went back to the Prime Minister's Yamen to handle official business.
On the seventh day after the examination, Zhang Chaoxin, the chief examiner, and Li Wenbin, the deputy examiner, came to the Prime Minister's Yamen to report to Jia Ke with the list of successful candidates and their papers.
Jia Ke first took the list and looked at it. The people chosen this time were relatively suitable, and there were no young people.
Most of them are 25 years old and above, and there are even a few elderly people in their 50s and 60s.
But there was one among them that stood out to Jiaco after seeing it, and that was a 17-year-old boy named Tang Zhong.
"What's going on with this young man? It's not easy to be a high school scholar at a young age."
Jia Ke said this on the surface, but his tone was a bit bad. It was because he didn't want to select these young and accomplished geniuses at all. Did the two examiners ignore his wishes?
Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin looked at each other with helplessness on their faces. They knew this would happen when they were marking the exam.
It turned out that when the two of them were reviewing the examination papers, they did not know the names and ages of these people. They just selected those who were mature and prudent and had sophisticated writing skills. Finally, after all the rankings were determined, they began to remove the seals and saw their ages.
and name.
After unpacking the papers, they discovered that Tang Zhong was ranked fifth, but this person was too young and might not be able to pass the test at Jia Ke Station.
Originally, Zhang Chaoxin thought of demoting this person and suppressing him in this department. It would not be too late to select him after Jia Ke's world was settled.
Unexpectedly, Li Wenbin turned out to be very opposed this time. He argued with Zhang Chaoxin, but Zhang Chaoxin was actually very hesitant. After all, this person got here based on his ability, and his test paper was also very sophisticated, and he didn't have any young people's temperament.
Radical energy, otherwise they would not have selected Tang Zhong as fifth during the marking process.
In the end, the two decided to stay with Jia Ke. If Jia Ke had any objections, it would not be too late to demote him.
Now I saw Jia Ke asking about this person, so Zhang Chaoxin came out and said: "My lord, this Tang Zhong is really talented. His articles are extremely sophisticated and his arguments are clear and clear. We really can't ignore him."
Li Wenbin also stood aside and gave Zhang Chaoxin a few words of advice. After all, it was his support that saved this person, and Zhang Chaoxin couldn't stand it alone.
Jia Ke heard the two of them reply and suppressed his anger.
"Bring me this person's paper."
After hearing this, Li Wenbin immediately took out Tang Zhong's paper from the paper he was holding, and then held it in both hands before holding it in front of Jia Ke.
Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully.
It should be said that Jia Ke has also studied eight-legged essay for several years, but he is not proficient in these, and now he can only barely distinguish between good and bad.
Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully, trying to find any flaws in it.
As a result, Jia Ke was dumbfounded. He couldn't change a single word in the paper.
This is also because Jia Ke is indeed not good at stereotyped writing. He really has no say in the matters in these stereotyped essays. It is beyond his ability to correct these papers.
Jia Ke read it for a long time and felt a little embarrassed, "This article is not bad, but this person is still a bit young, so I am afraid of him, and he speaks unabashedly, which will be detrimental to his future career."
Li Wenbin hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "My lord, your age and whether you are a radical are not entirely related. The problem of young people becoming old is something that happens in all dynasties and all generations."
Jia Ke was a little hesitant when he saw Li Wenbin interceding with Tang Zhong. After all, Li Wenbin was his teacher, so it would not look good to refute him like this.
"In that case, let's do it this way. I'll take a look in person during the palace examination. If he's okay, I'll let him get the Jinshi. Otherwise, I'll just put him in the top three."
After Jia Ke dealt with this person, he continued to look at the rankings, and then nodded. There was nothing wrong with the other people. They were not too young, and their edges were smoothed by society.