In Nanjing, there is such a special place, called the guild hall.

Each province has a guild hall in Nanjing, but it is not a government office, but a private office, which is different in nature from the Beijing office in later generations, mainly to facilitate the students who go to Beijing to take the examination to have a place to live, and it is also a place to breed the interaction between officials and businessmen.

At this time, the person in charge of the guild will contact the wealthy businessmen in Beijing and let them subsidize the silver two entanglements, and the students who generally live in the guild hall will write a word or paint a picture for the rich businessmen as a return gift, and at the same time, they also have a friendship.

If the students are recorded, after the list is released, the wealthy businessmen of the same nationality will also send a rich congratulatory ceremony, so that this friendship will be considered solid.

If you want to talk about the most famous of the halls in Beijing at this time, it is naturally the first to recommend the Zhejiang Hall and the Jiangxi Hall.

The advantage of the former is that at this time, the cabinet cabinet Lao Fang Xiaoru, the Ministry of Industry Secretary Yan Zhenzhi, the Ministry of Officials Secretary Mao Tai, and the Ministry of Counter-Rites Zheng Yi are all from Zhejiang.

In the past two years, the Jiangxi Hall has faintly overwhelmed the signs of the Zhejiang Hall, the two assistant scholars Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi are both from Jiangxi, the minister of the Jianwen Emperor's palace, and Huang Zicheng, who is currently the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, is also from Jiangxi, plus Jiangxi has always been at the peak of the literary style, since the Hongwu period, all the imperial examinations have been recorded in Jiangxi nationality.

On the academic exam, students from Jiangxi are really qualified to say, "Everyone here is rubbish." ”

Sure enough, after the end of the examination, the Jiangxi Hall once again became the biggest winner, and among the tribute students who could participate in the palace examination, half of the Jiangxi nationality stood up!

"Decades later, the court will be respected by the Jiangxi Party."

The overjoyed Jiangxi Hall held a big banquet that night, and many drunk students also made wild remarks.

That night, I don't know how many wealthy businessmen from Jiangxi donated generously, and overnight, the Jiangxi Hall received nearly three thousand taels of congratulations, and everyone was full of ambition for the next palace test, but the situation changed, and everyone woke up dumbfounded.

On March 30, the imperial court posted a list, and the palace examination was postponed.

On April 30, the imperial court posted a list and the palace examination was postponed.

May 30th...

Postponement, continue to postpone, keep postponing.

The guild halls in the capital suddenly panicked.

With so many students eating, drinking, and Lazar, who can afford this expense.

At this time, the guilds of other provinces are happy to see Jiangxi's jokes, in terms of wealth, Jiangxi is far inferior to Zhejiang, Fujian and Nanzhili, even Shanxi, so that the people have been supported by the coal industry in the past two years, besides, how many scholars have stayed in Beijing?

How powerful you are in Jiangxi, you will admit hundreds of people at a time, so keep it.

After only two months, the Jiangxi Guild Hall was on the verge of bankruptcy, and had to continue to make a fortune with the Jiangxi wealthy businessmen in Beijing, and only after the mouth was about to wear out did it to ask for 10,000 taels of silver, and then it was panicked in the endless postponement.

In the end, the Jiangxi students in the guild hall had to bite the bill and ask for a job teaching in a private school in the capital.

I can't go, I finally passed the exam, and I was one step away from the palace exam, in case I got the champion, who wouldn't look forward to becoming the next Xie Dashen and Yang Shiqi?

Don't say postpone it for a few months, if you postpone it for a few years, they have to hold on!

I'd rather starve to death than stink a piece of land in Nanjing!

A group of Jiangxi students have been prepared for a long-term struggle, and began to look for jobs in the city of Nanjing.

The temple examination is scheduled for the third day of September.

The Jiangxi Hall almost set off firecrackers in advance to celebrate.

On the first night of the palace examination, the Jiangxi Hall once again held a banquet to cheer for all the students who stayed in Beijing for reference.

"Everyone, and drink this cup to the fullest, I wish you all a record in one fell swoop, and shine on the lintel."

The steward of the guild hall raised his glass, he couldn't help himself with joy, after the palace test, the list would be released within ten days, and he would no longer have to serve so many ancestors!

All the students responded in unison, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Encourage them together." ”

The palace exam, a student only has one exam in his life, this is not the college exam, the government exam, the exam can be re-examined, the palace exam is not successful, there is no entry, that is also the identity of a tribute student to perform his duties, but there is no Jinshi identity, can not be directly out of the official, can only mix the identity of a Xu official, even if he is lucky in the future, he can go straight to the top, the column of academic qualifications, he will always be a tribute student.

Of course, there is another one to be happy about: the face saint!

Look at what the legendary emperor looks like, but every Ming person dreams of something, who doesn't have the emperor's immortal tablet at home? On weekdays, I burn incense at home, but now I can see living people.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, these students who were waiting for the exam began to show their teeth and claws again, talking about the palace test that will come tomorrow.

"I and other Jiangxi students are all rich and rich, in my opinion, this champion will be selected from among themselves."

An ordinary-looking, even ugly student stood up and staggered.

"Over the years, Zhejiang students have been suppressing us, and tomorrow, we will let them know that they are powerful."

The big guys laughed.

"Respect, don't you be so confident, how can you say such a firm word, according to me, this one is ours."

"What Zi Xing said is bad, in my opinion, we have all the first and second first, just leave a fellow jinshi for those brothers in other provinces."

"Hahahaha."

There was a confident word in the Jiangxi hall, and the manager of the hall saw this sign, good guy, if you blow it again, this will go to heaven, so hurry up and make a statement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter of this examination room is the most taboo and arrogant, I have heard a lot of news in the past few months, and I heard that among the candidates who participated in the palace examination this time, there are also many capable people."

"Huh, capable people?"

The student in front of Fang who was called Zixing smiled disdainfully, "Look at me and wait, Hu Guang and Hu Guangda, a family heirloom of poetry and books, after the famous minister Hu Quan, he is only eight buckets."

Wang Gen Wang Jingzhi, not only proficient in rhyme, but also talented, on the basis of the former Song Dynasty science master Shao Yongzhi's learning, there is still diligence, the plum blossom poems written by 100 songs, are sung in the provinces south of the Yangtze River.

Jin Youzi Jin Zixing, is the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials Lian Zining was a classmate back then, Lian Ming Gong has said many times, Zi Xing is talented, and the holiday will be a pillar of the society. ”

All the students who were praised by name all stood up, looked around with a smile, and then thanked him, "Zixing should not be humble, the name of Li Guan of you, in Ji'an, that is like thunder." ”

Only a student named Wu Pu stood up and poured a basin of cold water.

"I entered the country a few years ago to study, Ping Suli relied on selling calligraphy and painting on Chang'an Street to make a living, these days I have heard three names, namely Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Hu Yan, all of them are good talents, you still don't want to be too confident, this wine also drink a little, rest early, wait for tomorrow to prepare enough spirit, participate in the palace test, don't lose the square inch in front of the emperor."

Wu Pu's words are still very appealing, because in terms of identity, Wu Pu is their senior brother, he was promoted in his early years, but he missed the examination because of illness, and the province took pity on him and recommended him to enter the Guozi Supervision School, and he caught this year's examination and won it in one fell swoop.

As soon as he opened his mouth, some people gradually withdrew from the banquet, and the banquet gradually lost its heat, and the steward of the guild hall hurriedly proposed that it should end here, and the big guys had to disperse, and each went back to his room to sleep, making the steward laugh with him, and confess again and again.

When everyone returned to the room, the steward breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly beckoned the little guy to clean up the mess, more than 100 people, sitting at more than a dozen tables, and the leftovers were wasted to clean up.

"Phew!"

A guy took a sip, "A group of sour students who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains, have eaten white food here for a few months, and we have to wait behind our butts every day. ”

The steward glared and slapped the little guy on the head.

"You don't know what to do, you know what to do, tomorrow once they pass the palace test, that is, they have an official body, become an official master, if you let you hear this, you will not be able to smash your mouth in the future."

"Aren't the people who are in charge of the officials?"

The guy whispered a curse.

"Curse that none of you are admitted, just go and jump the Yangtze River."

On the third day of September in the second year of Jianwen, the Gengchen Hall test was opened, and a group of famous ministers in the early Ming Dynasty stepped onto the stage of new history.