This palace examination, the palace will prepare a unified study of the four treasures, do not need to get the people to bring their own tools, and the topic will be decided by the emperor temporarily, usually the palace examination is a strange topic, the test is the candidate's adaptability, from the Tianqian Emperor, the Yonghe Emperor to the Zhengxing Emperor, are to give the candidates a difficult test questions for fun, as if this can more and more reflect that the emperor is also a well-educated person.

Li Guan held a sheepskin bag in his arms, and drank two sips from time to time, this wine was very good, he found that it could refresh his mind, and he had been drinking it for the past few days, but every time he took a few sips, he could not drink it anymore when he entered the palace gate.

Li Guan thought about it, opened the sheepskin bag, and drank the last few sips of wine, and exhaled with a strong smell of wine.

Li Guanchong waved his hand sixteen times and threw the sheepskin bag over.

"You candidates, you're about to take the exam, and you're still drinking!"

A civil official twisted his beard and said: "Wine is prosperous, poetry is prosperous, and this article can also be thought of!" ”

Li Guan came late and slept until the fifth watch before getting up, but some timid candidates were afraid of delaying the hour, so they simply got up and lined up for the third watch.

Since the imperial court has set up a palace examination, it will not miss any candidates, unless they do not come.

Before the end of the day, all the candidates entered the examination room.

The emperor had already thought of the topic, and the nomination was written, and the chief manager pulled his throat, "The examination questions of this palace examination, quoting the scriptures and the classics of the prosperous era of Dayan, the topic is self-drafted, and the exam will begin!" ”

A palace exam without exam questions? I only talked about the general content, which is a little difficult now.

However, most of the candidates still did it.

Li Guan sat in front of the case, frowning slightly, guessing all kinds of things, he didn't think it was this topic, he remembered that he had discussed this issue with Jiang Ruoning three years ago, he said that today is the prosperous world, but Jiang Ruoning scolded "Fart!" How many people can't eat enough, and they are still prosperous! Then, she refuted it again and again from culture, ethics, and the suffering of the people, in short, in Jiang Ruoning's view, this is not a prosperous era at all, but is touted by their literati.

Writing an article at an hour, and the topic is suddenly set by the emperor, this tests the students' usual experience and knowledge.

Several examiners were pacing back and forth in the huge hall, and the examiners who loved talent stayed in front of a certain student from time to time, and Du Bai was struggling to study, because he was Huiyuan, and at this moment there were already two Wenchen standing next to him to watch.

The words are well written, the pen is strong, the rhetoric is simple, and the words are carefully studied, no wonder this residence is Huiyuan, this person's style of writing is too much in line with the style of His Royal Highness King Jing, His Royal Highness King Jing is a simple and capable person, the kind of rhetoric is gorgeous, the content is empty, he will put it aside with just a glance, but one of the deputy examiners likes this rhetoric gorgeous, which also makes the person who won this session, what style of article has.

Lin Zhengjie and Yuan Zhen also set up a few ministers around them, everyone just appreciates their calligraphy, this Yuan Zhen is a native of Yuezhou, today into the palace dressed as a Dayan scribe, is moving the pen like a god.

There was silence in the main hall, the emperor set the exam questions and left, sitting in the lower left position of the emperor's throne was His Royal Highness King Jing who was drinking tea, he squinted his eyes slightly, and swept all the five hundred candidates in the hall.

Half an hour later, some candidates submitted their answers one after another.

After half of the incense, there was a group of Wenchen examiners and Murong Qi left in the main hall.

Murong Qi said: "Reading the papers, follow the rules of the previous session!" ”

The palace people immediately reorganized the main hall, and immediately turned into a marking officer composed of twenty scholars.

Murong Qi sat in front of the Jiaolong case, tapping lightly on the table, waiting for them to present the good articles they found.

Immediately, I heard someone scolding: "Crazy life! It's really crazy! actually said that my Dayan was not a prosperous world, and I was a mess! It's crazy! ”

Murong Qi listened freshly, "Come on, present his answer sheet!" ”

He took the volume, but saw that the words "Fengtianfu Li Guan" were written on it, and the title was more interesting, directly "The Theory of the Prosperous Age" actually said that the prosperous era had not arrived, how arrogant, Murong Qi took a closer look, the writing was capable, and there was a kind of calmness in the intensive study of words, but it should be sharp, and it also pointed to all kinds of places that were not prosperous, from culture, from the economy, the suffering of the people, and talked about the problem of corruption in the management of officials, too heavy taxes, and so on.

Murong Qi looked fresh, but felt that what he said everywhere was reasonable, "This king remembers that his article was decent when he was going to test, and today's article is like that one." He tilted his head and pondered, this sharp words hit the nail on the head, how could he feel familiar, Murong Qi thought for a moment, and immediately thought of Jiang Ruoning.

Murong Qi put aside the answers, read hundreds more, picked out the thirty favorite copies of the scholars, and then took Li Guan's answer sheet to the emperor.

*

On the morning of March 29, there was another black and oppressive person under the emperor's list.

This time the palace test emperor list, and the test post list rules are different, this is from the back of the past, and then paste the top three, the people who participated in the palace test, the more they didn't see their names, the higher the ranking, paste one, someone read it aloud.

"One thousand eight hundred and three...... The 1,800th ...... "read the person who reads it is more interesting, and it also comes to the ranking of the inverted reading."

Wen Lingshu sent her mother-in-law and Xiaoshi to look at the list early in the morning, in order to stand in a good position, they stood in the place where the top three and top fifty were posted, motionless, like stones, waiting for the Royal Forest Army to post the list, and they could see it clearly.

One thousand eight hundred and three, only fifty people's names can be written on an imperial list, which means that there must be twenty-one lists, and the Imperial Forest Army stickers alone will be posted for a long time.

Xiao Shi stared at his eyes and listened attentively, for fear of missing Li Guan's name, and the top fifty were about to be posted.

Xiaoshi and mother-in-law looked at the last red list, the name of the top three is to be written in gold characters, and they breathe frequently, and in the position of the first champion, the words "Li Guan, Fengtianfu" were suddenly written.

The position of the second place on the list is written "Du Bai, Cangzhou". Looking further down, the position of the third Tanhualang reads "Tao Jue, Jin Ling." ”

Xiao Shizi was afraid of making a mistake, so he rubbed his eyes a few times before he saw it clearly, screamed, and ran to Wen's mansion with his legs.

"County Lord! Hit! Hit! Li Gongzi is the champion of middle and high school in the palace, and he will enter the palace early in the morning to see the saint! ”

Wen Lingshu bounced suddenly, "Li Gongzi was hit?" Have you taken a closer look? ”

Xiaoshi said: "Yes, the slave maid really looks at it, it is the first name of Yuanlang, Huiyuan Du Bai hit the list, Tanhualang is Jinling Taoju, the fourth place is Yuezhou Yuanzhen, the fifth place is Murong Lu, the son of King Rong, and the sixth place is Lin Zhengjie, I can't remember the back." ”

Wen Lingshu held her chest and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Cicada Yu, take my Meihong County main robe, I'm going to the Li family's garden to congratulate Li Gongzi, hurry up." ”

Cicada Feather frowned, "County Lord, Li Gongzi High School, you are going over at this time......"

"If you want to go, why are you so verbose?"

If she doesn't see him today, how does he know that the first three emperors will have a will, and if he doesn't fight for it, it will be too late.

At this moment, Li Guan said to the steward: "If a female guest comes to visit later, she will say that I will visit an old man outside the city." ”

Wen Lingshu will definitely come.

He can't see her anymore, what he likes is Jiang Ruoning, and it would be inappropriate to cause Jiang Ruoning to misunderstand.

Wen Lingshu approached the Li family's garden, and before anyone could enter the gate, he was tactfully told by the steward: "My fourth son went to visit an old man outside the city." ”

Cicada Yu was displeased, what a glory it was for the county lord of her family to come to visit him, but he was good, he went out early, "Why did he go out today?" ”

The steward waved his hand and said: "This old man is good friends with my son-in-law, I heard that he is sick, my son-in-law only heard about it last night, and he went out at dawn today." ”

Wen Lingshu couldn't hide her regret, turned around and got into her carriage, and was about to go home, but she heard Cicada Yu exclaim: "County Lord, it's sixteen who came back from outside." ”

Sixteen ran sweating profusely, shouting as he ran: "Sixth Shunbo, the fourth son is the champion and the first!" Hit! Hit! Fourth son, you're in high school, you're in high school! ”

Cicada Feather Flower lost her face and gritted her teeth in anger: "County Lord, he is at home at all." ”

Wen Lingshu couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, he lied to her, obviously at home, but said that he went to visit friends outside the city, was this to avoid her? It's not good to marry her, she is a county lord with a different surname, and it will not hinder his career.

At this moment, I saw a few students who looked like scribes running in the alley in front of me, one after another, talking and laughing as they ran, "Brother Li Xian doesn't know that he is the top student in high school yet." ”

"Brother Heren, I knew early on that our Fengtian Mansion was going to produce a champion, haha, Shaoyou is the most talented of our people."

He Jiazu laughed: "Hurry up, ask him for a glass of wine!" ”

This time, he was admitted to the Tongjinshi, and there were 1,000 Tongjinshi, and he took the examination for 517 of the Tongjinshi. It's not backward, but it's not bad, because of the Red Chamber case two years ago, the imperial court cleared a large number of officials.

Wen Lingshu's original annoyance immediately turned into joy: "Li Gongzi is to avoid suspicion, he is not the kind of person who tends to be inflammatory, he thinks about the problem more carefully than our family, you said that if we went in just now, these students will come and see me and her together, how embarrassing it is." ”

Cicada Feather nodded repeatedly, "Even so, he should say it clearly." ”

"It's us who are reckless, and go home first, prepare a congratulatory gift, and then you let the little stone be delivered, and then ...... When the time comes...... And I will send him my letters. ”

There were four students in front, and after a while, two more students rushed to hear the news, listening to their accents, it was like Jiangnan people's clan, talking and laughing, jubilant, and looking at the high school people, the joy of the whole body could not be stopped.

Wen Lingshu returned to the attic, sat in front of the window and was stunned for a while, and was so timid that she might as well put down her pen from where to write, "Cicada Yu, how should I tell me about the Golden Palace tomorrow?" ”

Cicada Yu said: "County Lord, if you want the slave to say, how noble you are, don't write to him." The slave and maid will go on your behalf and hand over the words. ”

"It's not good, if he doesn't understand what I mean? Isn't that mistaken? He's proud, and I don't want him to think I'm forcing her. Wen Lingshu recalled that at the beginning, Jiang Ruoning wanted to keep him, but because of understanding, he asked him to go to Jiangnan to study. (To be continued.) )