Eight hundred and forty-ninth chapter Jinshi and the first
The imperial examination has ended for seven days. According to regulations, tomorrow is the time for the results to be announced. Tonight will be a sleepless night for all scholars.
Chang'an City was open day and night, which gave the scholars a convenience. Although it was already the first watch, Xi'anmen Street was still brightly lit and bustling with people. Tens of thousands of scholars gathered here to drink and chat together and spend the day.
Sleepless nights.
On the second floor of Mingzhu Restaurant, several Jiangnan scholars gathered together for a drink. Today, everyone drank together. Han Yu's family was not well off, so his share was paid by Xiao Zhenye on his behalf. It was rare for Xiao Zhenye to be so generous. The reason was that Han Yu
I won the final question, this year's question for Jinshi subjects was 'Transportation to benefit the country'.
Xiao Zhenye bought several official maps for this purpose and studied them carefully. This question made Xiao Zhenye perform very well, and all the maps of the world were in his mind.
Out of gratitude, Xiao Zhenye, an iron cock, made an exception and helped Han Yu.
"Brother Xiao did well in the exam this time! He will definitely be named on the gold list tomorrow."
The speaker was Lu Nan, a scholar from Suzhou. He was also from a prominent family. The Lu family produced numerous talents in the Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. He also lived in Wenbo Inn and had a good relationship with Xiao and Xie.
However, Lu Nan himself was also very powerful. He ranked first in Suzhou's rural tribute. He should go to Chengdu to take the imperial examination, but the family elders unanimously decided to let him take the exam in Chang'an.
Xie Changming was already drunk and couldn't move while lying on the table. Xiao Zhenye was also eighty percent drunk. He pointed at Han Yu and said vaguely: "I am nothing. This guy did well in the exam. Brother Han's calligraphy is even better."
Su Du was full of praise, and if he were only tested on calligraphy, he would be the number one scholar in this subject."
At this time, the waiter brought two pots of hangover soup and said, "Dear champions, drink some hangover soup! Don't oversleep when you are drunk."
Han Yu quickly poured him a cup of hangover soup and said, "Brother Xiao, you are drunk, drink some hangover soup."
"Nonsense! I'm not drunk. If you hadn't picked the topic correctly, I should be drinking Meng Po soup now."
Everyone laughed and asked Han Yu, "Brother Han Xian, which question did you win?"
Han Yu said with an embarrassed look on his face: "I don't have that ability, so I listed a bunch of countermeasures questions. One of them involves merchant transportation, and I have a little edge."
Another scholar, Luo Jin, a scholar from Runzhou, slapped his thigh hard and said with regret on his face: "Actually, I also won the strategy question. At the beginning of the year, King Jin proposed to build a Tang straight road all the way to Anxi, but I didn't take it to heart.
I regretted not looking for information and considering it carefully!"
Han Yu took the opportunity to get off the donkey and said quickly: "After finishing the strategy test, I heard that many people had won the question and they all regretted it. In fact, it is not difficult to win the question. The key is to prepare and look for all kinds of questions.
It takes a lot of effort and time to obtain information, and most people find it troublesome.”
Lu Nan nodded, "Brother Han Xian is right. King Jin's questions are closely related to the current situation. It is easier to bet on the right question, but there is no point in betting on the right question if you don't prepare."
"Brother Lu, tell me, who is the number one guild this year?"
Lu Nan pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, the top few are all about the same talent and learning. The key depends on what the King of Jin wants. This is actually a political issue. I estimate that this year's top pick will be either the Lu family or the Cui family. The Cui family is more likely."
"Hey! When will we in the south have a chance to win the top prize?"
"Then it depends on the needs of the situation. In fact, it doesn't matter if you get the top prize. The key is fairness. Don't let someone who doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters pass the imperial examination. That would be a blessing!"
Everyone laughed. This was a mockery of Song Qiu, the Jinshi who took the imperial examination in Chengdu last year. He was Song Chaofeng's grandnephew. He didn't know more than 500 Chinese characters.
Most of the scholars came to Chang'an to take part in the imperial examination.
"It's almost time, everyone, go back! Otherwise, you won't be able to get up tomorrow."
At the suggestion of a scholar, everyone got up one after another. Lu Nan went to settle the bill, but Han Yu was a little worried. Xiao Zhenye and Xie Changming were both drunk, how could they get them back?
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While the scholars gathered in Xi'anmen Street to drink and gather, the lights in the council hall were still brightly lit. Guo Song and seven councilors gathered together to review the final admission list.
There is no palace examination in the Chang'an Imperial Examination, also to avoid suspicion. The examiner will issue a list of the top 300 Jinshi subjects and their test papers, and submit them to the Counselor Hall for review. Generally, the Counselor Hall will spend a whole day for review. If the Counselor Hall does not
If there is any doubt, then the list will basically remain unchanged. If there is any doubt, then the paper will be reviewed directly.
The entire admission list of Jinshi subjects has been released, including the specially approved 18 children from prominent families in the county. If you are the one who passed the exam, you don’t need to take special care of them.
The biggest improvement here is Xiao Zhenye, a descendant of the Yuezhou Xiao family. He was ranked 209th on the list and was rated 121st. There is also Shen Qing, a descendant of the Suzhou Shen family. He passed the 14th exam.
Twelve were promoted to one hundred and nine, and a total of six scholars were promoted this time.
However, it is everyone's consensus that scholars who are admitted under special circumstances cannot occupy the quota of other scholars, so today's admission line has been moved down by six places, and is drawn under the 126th place.
His name is Shazhou Cao Mei, Cao Wannian's nephew, and he is also a scholar who takes special care of him.
The one hundred and twenty-seventh place is the most pitiful. Maybe his level is higher than the first place in Ming Jing Ke, but it is useless. He applied for Jinshi, and he cannot squeeze the quota of Ming Jing Ke, so he can only fail to study.
If you don’t want to study Taixue and Guozixue, just go home.
The following are the top ten in the trial. The top three are decided by the King of Jin, and the fourth to tenth are decided by the Counselor Hall.
Guo Song has already drawn the top three. The first place is Cui Anlie of Beizhou, a descendant of the Cui family of Qinghe. He is ranked third in the examiner's list. In order to commend the Cui family of Qinghe for his contribution to Mingzhou, Guo Song ranked Cui Anlie as the third.
One person.
Second place Chang'an Yan Shiliang, the grandson of Yan Zhenqing, ranked sixth on the list, and Guo Song ranked him second.
To the surprise of many people, the third-ranked flower turned out to be Han Yu from Xuanzhou, who ranked tenth on the list. Although the Han family is well-known in Huaizhou and can barely be considered a county official, its influence is far less than that of the famous family in the world.
, I don’t know why, the King of Jin actually valued this Han Yu very much. Everyone vaguely guessed that this Han Yu might have some personal relationship with the King of Jin.
"Let's take a look! If you have any other comments, if you don't have any comments, just hand it over to the Examination Yuan and the results will be released tomorrow."
Generally, for Ming Jing Ke and Jin Shi Ke, the announcer will go to various inns in the morning to announce the good news. From the afternoon to the next day, other lists will be announced one after another. Those admitted to Guozixue and Taixue will also be announced together. There will definitely be some among them.
People give up Taixue and Guozixue and continue to study hard at home, so that the extra places can take care of the children of officials of fifth rank and above.
Guo Song glanced at everyone, but they all had no objections, and said: "That's it! The list will be handed over to the Examination Yuan. Please keep it a secret. I don't want to hear the sound of celebratory firecrackers tonight."
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At dawn the next day, Han Yu hurried to Wenbo Inn. The announcement point of Yonglefang was at Wenbo Inn, and all the people living in Yonglefang gathered here.
Han Yu also had another task, which was to wake up his two friends. They were very drunk last night. It took a lot of effort by himself and the two shop assistants to drag them to the room and lie down.
Han Yu rushed to their room and found that the two of them had been woken up by the waiter and were squatting on the ground washing up. When Xie Changming saw Han Yu coming in, he jumped up in surprise, "Has it started yet?"
"Not yet, let me see if you are awake?"
"Woke up!"
In the room opposite, Xiao Zhenye said in a muffled voice: "I woke up in the middle of the night and vomited several times. I had a headache all night, and I heard Lao Xie's snoring, like a bellows."
"Have you had breakfast? I'll buy you some."
As soon as Han Yu finished speaking, he heard a crisp sound of 'bang!' outside. It was an explosion coming from the building next door.
Xie Changming and Xiao Zhenye both jumped up, "It's begun!"
The sound of firecrackers means the announcement of good news has begun.
The three of them didn't bother to have breakfast and rushed downstairs.
There was a sea of people outside the inn. More than 3,000 scholars who lived in Yongle Square gathered in front of the Wenbo Inn. They stretched their necks and looked towards the entrance of the square.
I saw three public servants coming on horseback to announce the good news. The first official shouted: "Good news! Zhao Chang, Puzhou, has passed the Ming Dynasty Economics Examination and ranked 74th."
A scholar shouted "Ha!" and shouted excitedly, "I won, I passed the exam!"
Although Ming Jing Ke had a relatively large number of students, with a total of 500 people admitted, it was not easy to pass the exam. After all, 80,000 scholars took part in the imperial examination, and only one person could pass the exam out of 160 people.
But he was not the only one to pass the Ming Dynasty examination in Wenbozhan.
The official continued to read: "Qingzhou is golden, Ming Jing Ke No. 231."
One scholar shouted excitedly that he also passed the exam.
"Changzhou Li Ran, the 370th Ming Jing Ke!"
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A total of thirteen people took the exam, and one person passed the exam. The clerk lit a firecracker, and the official left. The passers-by were very excited, but more scholars showed disappointment. They also applied for the Ming Jing Ke exam, which meant that they failed.
At this time, three more officials rushed to announce the good news, and the leader shouted: "Xiao Zhenye from Yuezhou, one hundred and twenty-one Jinshi subjects!"
"ah!"
Xiao Zhenye shouted and knelt on the ground, beating the ground as hard as he could, "I passed the exam!"
All the fellow villagers lifted him up and threw him into the sky.
At this time, two more reporting teams came, and they rushed to shout: "Xie Changming from Changzhou, No. 71 Jinshi Department!"
Another person shouted: "Suzhou Lu Nan, the fourth Jinshi and passed the exam."
The whole inn was in a state of excitement. There was actually one person in the top ten who passed the Jinshi exam.
Lu Nan and Xie Changming hugged each other tightly, and both of them cried with excitement.
Han Yu's heart fell into the abyss. He had already ranked fourth, so he had no hope. He failed again this time, and he felt extremely sad.
This is actually the third time he has failed the exam. The first two times he failed were in Chengdu. He wanted to try his luck in Chang'an, but he still failed.
At this moment, another team came to announce the good news. Everyone was stunned. What was going on? Are there still top three here?
The team to announce the good news rushed forward, and the official announced loudly: "Xuanzhou Han Yu, the third Jinshi has passed!"
Han Yu's brain went blank with a 'buzz!' sound. There were congratulations and cheers all around him, but he couldn't hear anything.
At this time, Han Yu suddenly felt that he was flying into the sky. He was thrown high by everyone. Han Yu finally understood that he had passed the exam and was ranked third. Tears of excitement suddenly burst out of his eyes.