It has been seven days since the imperial examination ended, and according to the regulations, tomorrow is the time for the results to be announced, and tonight will be a sleepless night for all scholars.

Chang'an City day and night, poured a convenience to the scholars, although it is a watch, Xi'anmen Street is still brightly lit, the voice of the people is boiling, tens of thousands of scholars are gathered here, drink and chat together, spend this sleepless night.

On the second floor of the Pearl Restaurant, several Jiangnan scholars gathered together to drink, today everyone got together to drink, Han Yu's family background is not good, his share was made by Xiao Zhenye for him, it is rare for Xiao Zhenye to be so generous, the reason is that Han Yu bet on the last topic, this year's Jinshike's countermeasure is 'traffic to benefit the country'.

Xiao Zhenye also bought a few official road maps for this reason and studied them carefully, and this question made Xiao Zhenye play very well, and the maps of the world were all in his mind.

Out of gratitude, Xiao Zhenye, the iron rooster, made an exception for Han.

"Brother Xiao did well in the exam this time! Tomorrow will definitely be the title of the gold list. ”

The one who spoke was Lu Nan, a scholar from Suzhou, who was also a scholar of the Wang family, the Lu family was in the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties were full of talents, and he also lived in the Wenbo Stack, and had a good relationship with Xiao and Xie.

However, Lu Nan himself is also very powerful, the first place in Suzhou Xianggong, he should go to Chengdu to participate in the imperial examination, but the family elders unanimously decided to let him come to Chang'an to take the exam.

Xie Changming was already drunk, lying on the table and couldn't move, Xiao Zhenye was already eight points drunk, he pointed at Han Yu and said vaguely: "I'm nothing, this guy did well in the exam, Brother Han's calligraphy is even full of praise for Huaisu, if you only test calligraphy, he is the best student in this department." ”

At this time, the guy brought two pots of decanting soup, "Ladies and gentlemen, drink some decanting soup!" Don't get drunk and oversleep. ”

Han Yu hurriedly poured him a cup of sobering soup, "Brother Xiao, you're drunk, drink some sobering soup." ”

"Nonsense! I'm not drunk, and if you hadn't been right, I would have drunk Meng Po soup by now. ”

Everyone laughed and asked Han Yu one after another, "Brother Han Xian, which question did you bet on?" ”

Han Yu said with an embarrassed face: "Where do I have that ability, I have listed a bunch of countermeasures, one of which involves business traffic, and I wiped it a little bit." ”

Another scholar, Luo Jin, a scholar from Runzhou, slapped his thigh heavily, and said with remorse on his face: "Actually, I also bet on the countermeasures, the king of Jin proposed to build the Tang Straight Road at the beginning of the year, and it was paved all the way to Anxi, but I didn't take it to heart, I didn't go to find the information to carefully scrutinize, and I regretted it!" ”

Han Yu took the opportunity to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and hurriedly said: "When I finished the countermeasures, I heard that many people were betting on the question, and they all regretted it, in fact, it is not difficult to bet on the question, the key is to prepare, to find all kinds of information, it takes a lot of energy and time, and most people are troublesome." ”

Lu Nan nodded, "Brother Han Xian is right, King Jin's questions are closely related to the current situation, and it is easier to bet on the middle question, but if you don't prepare for the middle question, there is no point in betting on the middle question." ”

"Brother Lu, tell me, who is the champion guild this year?"

Lu Nan groaned and said: "In fact, the top few talents are almost the same, the key depends on how the King of Jin is, this is actually a political issue, I estimate that this year's champion is either the Lu family or the Cui family, and the Cui family is more likely." ”

"Hey! When will our South have a chance to win the champion? ”

"Then it depends on the needs of the situation, in fact, it doesn't matter if the champion is the champion, the key is fairness, don't come to a person who doesn't know a lot of big words and can't be admitted to the imperial examination, then it's lucky!"

Everyone laughed, this is ridiculing Song Yu, the jinshi of the Chengdu imperial examination last year, he is the nephew of Song Chaofeng, and he knows no more than 500 words, and he actually won the third place in the Tanhua, which caused an uproar in public opinion, resulting in the fact that scholars from all over the south of the Yangtze River basically came to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination this year.

"It's almost time, guys, 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 account, but Han Yu was a little worried, Xiao Zhenye and Xie Changming were drunk, how to get them back?

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Just when the scholars gathered on Xi'anmen Street to drink and gather, the meeting hall of the counselor's hall was still brightly lit, and Guo Song and the seven counselors gathered together to review the final admission list.

There is no palace examination in the Chang'an imperial examination, but also in order to avoid suspicion, the chief examiner will issue a list of the top 300 in the Jinshi Department and their test papers, and submit them to the Counselor's Hall for approval.

The full admission list of Jinshi has come out, including the specially approved eighteen children of the county wang family, if you are admitted by yourself, then don't take special care.

The biggest promotion in this is Xiao Zhenye, a disciple of the Xiao family in Yuezhou, who is on the list of two hundred and nine, and is set as one hundred and twenty-one, and Shen Qing, a child of the Shen family in Suzhou, who was one hundred and forty-two in the examination and was promoted to one hundred and nine, and this time a total of six scholars were promoted.

But the exceptionally admitted scholars can't crowd out other scholars, this is everyone's consensus, so today's admission line has moved down by six places, drawn below the one hundred and twenty-sixth, the one hundred and twenty-sixth is Shazhou Cao Mei, Cao Wannian's nephew, and he is also an exceptional care of the scholar.

The one hundred and twenty-seventh is the most pitiful, maybe his level is higher than the first place in the Ming Jing Branch, but it is useless, he is enrolled in the Jinshi Branch, and he can't squeeze out the quota of the Ming Jing Branch, so he can only fall off the list to study Taixue and Guozi Studies, if you don't want to read, then go home directly.

The following are the top 10 trials, the top three are decided by the King of Jin, and the fourth to tenth are decided by the Counsellor's Hall.

Guo Song has already drawn the top three, the first place is Beizhou Cui Anlie, Qinghe Cui's son, he ranks third in the list of examiners, Guo Song in order to reward Qinghe Cui's dedication to the state, Cui Anlie is listed as the first.

The second place, Chang'an Yan Shiliang, Yan Zhenqing's grandson, ranked sixth on the list, and Guo Song promoted him to the top of the list.

To the surprise of many people, the third Tanhua turned out to be the tenth in the list of Xuanzhou Han Yu, although the Han family is well-known in Huaizhou, can barely be regarded as a county, but the influence is far less than the world's family, I don't know why, the King of Jin actually values this Han Yu very much, everyone vaguely guessed that this Han Yu may have a personal relationship with the King of Jin.

"Let's take a look! If you have any opinions, if you don't have any opinions, you will submit them to the examination institute and release the list tomorrow. ”

Generally, the Ming Jing Department and the Jinshi Department are reported by the good news officer in the morning to the inns everywhere, and other lists are promulgated from the afternoon to the next day, and those who are admitted to Guozixue and Taixue will also be promulgated together, and there will definitely be some people who give up Taixue and Guozixue, and go home to continue to study hard, so that the extra places can take care of the children of officials above the fifth grade.

Guo Song glanced at everyone, but they had no opinions, and said, "That's it!" The list is handed over to the examination institute, 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 the Wenbo Stack, and the good news point of Yongle Fang was in the Wen Blog Stack, and all the people who lived in Yongle Fang gathered here.

Han Yu also had a task, which was to wake up the two friends, the two of them were so drunk last night that he and the two shopkeepers did everything they could before dragging them to the room and lying down.

Han Yu rushed to their room and found that the two had been woken up by the guys and were squatting on the ground to wash, Xie Changming saw Han Yu coming in, and immediately jumped up in shock, "Has it started?" ”

"Not yet, I'll see if you're awake?"

"Get up!"

Xiao Zhenye in the opposite room said in a sullen voice: "I woke up in the middle of the night last night and vomited a few times, and I had a headache all night, and I heard Lao Xie's snoring, like pulling a bellows." ”

"Have you had breakfast, I'll buy you some."

As soon as Han Yu's words fell, he heard a 'bang!' outside. There was a crisp sound, it was an explosion, coming from the next door.

Xie Changming and Xiao Zhenye both jumped up, "It's started!" ”

The sound of firecrackers means that the annunciation has begun.

The three of them didn't care about eating breakfast and rushed downstairs.

Outside the inn was already crowded with people, and more than 3,000 scholars who lived in Yongle Fang gathered in front of the Wen Blog Inn, stretched their necks one by one, and looked at the door of the workshop.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "It's coming!" Here it comes! ”

I saw three annunciation attendants galloping on horseback, shouting for the first male: "Good news!" Zhao Chang, Puzhou, ranked 74 in the Ming Economics Department. ”

A gentleman 'Ha! A shout, excitedly shouted, "I've been hit, I've passed the exam!" ”

Although there were more records in the Ming Jing Section, a total of 500 people were admitted, but it was not easy to pass the examination, after all, 80,000 scholars participated in the imperial examination, and only 160 people could pass the examination.

But he is not the only one who has taken the Ming Jing test.

He continued to read: "Gyeongju Jincan, the second hundred and thirty-first in the Ming Jing Division." ”

A gentleman shouted excitedly, he also passed the test.

"Changzhou Li Ran, three hundred and seventy members of the Ming Jing Branch!"

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A total of thirteen people were read, one person was in the exam, the guy lit a firecracker, the tolerance was gone, the examiners were excited, and more scholars showed disappointment, they also applied for the Ming Jing subject, which means that they fell off the list.

At this time, three more annunciation tolerances rushed to the annunciation, and shouted for the first tolerance: "Yuezhou Xiao Zhenye, one hundred and twenty-one Jinshike!" ”

"Ahh

Xiao Zhenye screamed, knelt on the ground and pounded the ground desperately, "I passed the exam!" ”

The townsfolk lifted him up and threw him into the sky together.

At this time, two more reporting teams came, and they scrambled to shout: "Changzhou Xie Changming, seventy-one Jinshike!" ”

Another person shouted: "Suzhou Lu Nan, the fourth Jinshi and the first." ”

The whole inn was boiling, and they actually had a top ten here, and they were admitted to the Jinshi and the first.

Lu Nan and Xie Changming hugged tightly, and both of them cried excitedly.

Han Yu's heart fell into the abyss, he had already come out in fourth place, then he had no hope, and this time he fell off the list again, and he was extremely sad in his heart.

In fact, he has fallen off the list for the third time, the first two times in Chengdu, I wanted to come to Chang'an to try my luck, but I didn't expect to fall off the list.

At this moment, another team of annunciations came, and everyone froze, what was going on? Is there still a top three here?

The annunciation team rushed to the front, and the annunciation officer said loudly: "Xuanzhou Han Yu, the third Jinshi and the first!" ”

Han Yu's brain is 'buzzing!' It turned into a blank space, and there were congratulations and cheers all around, but he couldn't hear anything.

At this time, Han Yu suddenly felt that he was rising into the air, he was thrown high by everyone, Han Yu finally understood, he was admitted to the exam, and he was the third Tanhua, and tears of excitement suddenly poured out.