On the fifth day of the first month of March, Lu Jing and Ge Yin and Li Yi visited Xu Jingnian together.

Now Xu Jingnian is regarded as the teacher of the three hundred scholars in the list of today's subjects, since the imperial examination, the relationship between the teacher and the protégé is quite close, and the teacher will generally vigorously promote the protégé he values.

Of course, the emperor didn't want to see this happen, so after the palace examination, the tribute students who would take the high school entrance examination would be transformed into new science and technology scholars, and they would be crowned as the protégés of the Son of Heaven.

But after all, the emperor only attaches importance to the Jinshi with excellent grades in the palace examination, and most people directly ignore them, so everyone attaches great importance to the sitting teacher who will take the test, and many people need to rely on the sitting teacher to support.

The Xu family lives in Yashi Street, and the left and right are all the bigwigs of the court, on the left is Wang Changyan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and on the right is Zhou Lang, the deputy envoy of the General Political Envoy Department.

When Lu Jing and the three of them arrived, more than a dozen carriages had already stopped by the wall at the corner gate of Xufu.

Ge Yin smiled: "Huaijin, it seems that we are late." ”

He didn't expect that it was not yet the end of the day, and so many people came to visit Scholar Xu before he went down to the court.

"I guess there were more people yesterday." Li Yi smiled bitterly, he wanted to come to see him again when there were few people, but he was too lazy, and he was worried about causing the dissatisfaction of Scholar Xu, so he thought about coming to meet him early the next morning, but he never thought that there were so many people.

"In my opinion, this is just right, and it won't be unobtrusive." Lu Jing said that Lin Ruhai and Xu Jingnian are good friends, so he naturally has to keep a low profile and be honest in the province.

Li Yi said with emotion: "Xu University has been in front of the emperor for a long time, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, and the door of Xu Mansion is extremely high, so it will be difficult to have a chance to come to the door in the future." ”

"Who doesn't want to leave a good impression on Lord Xu this time."

Afterwards, the three of them reported their names to the steward of the Xu Mansion.

The steward guarding the door has received dozens or hundreds of scholars in the past few days, and he is already familiar with the road, so he hurriedly led the three of them to the living room to sit down.

At this time, in the huge hall of the Xu Mansion, there were already twenty or thirty people seated, and the scholars of Xu University had not yet descended to the court, and these people were all sitting honestly, or closing their eyes to recuperate, or talking in a low voice with the scholars around them.

When everyone saw Lu Jing and the three of them coming, they didn't get up, and a few people who knew each other only nodded in greeting.

Lu Jing and the three of them found three adjacent seats, sat down in turn, and after a while, a small servant came to serve tea.

Not long after, more than a dozen people came.

It wasn't until two o'clock that the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion walked in, and after saluting everyone, he said with a smile: "There is a delay in the court today, the lord is a little late in the court, and the sons of Lao have been waiting for a long time, and they are really not well entertained." ”

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly got up and saluted, and said one after another: State affairs are important, and it is the proper duty to wait here, but they are bothered.

Not long after, Xu Jingnian, who had changed out of his official uniform, Shi Shiran came to the main hall.

Everyone hurriedly got up to pay respects, Xu Jingnian motioned for everyone to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea again.

Xu Jingnian took a look, among the dozens of scholars who came to visit this morning, only four or five were older, and the rest were only about 30 years old, and a few of them were young, and their hearts were relatively satisfied, and their attitudes were much gentler.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, and he is familiar with the rules of officialdom, and most of the ten people who will try the first list in this department are around thirty years old, and if there is help behind them, they can achieve good results.

Especially Zhao Xian, Su Yun, and Lu Jing are all around 20 years old, if they are well promoted, it will not take them 20 years to become a powerful minister.

Of course, according to Emperor Yuanyong's temperament, young people are very likely to be deliberately suppressed by the emperor.

Xu Jingnian only gave a few words of encouragement to some older scholars with limited potential.

For those who have more potential, they will comment on the articles they will try, and even ask questions on the spot and let them answer them to show their closeness.

Lu Jing blended in the crowd in a low-key manner, and after a visit, he was also named to answer a question.

About an hour later, Xu Jingnian stayed with everyone for a simple lunch according to custom.

After the meal, everyone offered to leave, and Xu Jingnian did not stay, but just told everyone to prepare for the palace test carefully, and then let everyone leave.

However, he left Lu Jing alone, which caused others to be surprised, but looking at Lu Jing's age, they all knew a little in their hearts, and of course many people were a little jealous in their hearts.

Xu Jingnian was quite close to Lu Jing, and after a brief chat with Lu Jing, he then said: "The real estate master in your room recommended you as the first place, and two of the three deputy examiners recommended you as Huiyuan, but they were all suppressed by the old man, do you have any complaints in your heart?" ”

Lu Jing hurriedly bowed and said: "Adults are also thinking about students, and students will not complain." ”

Xu Jingnian nodded and said: "The young man has no good future, and the old man can't bear to ruin a good seedling when he sees that your article is quite skilled." ”

He has been in the palace for many years, and he has a lot of understanding of Emperor Yuanyong's temperament, if he points Lu Jing as Huiyuan at the beginning, when he goes to the palace test, I am afraid that Emperor Yuanyong will also put pressure on him, and the ranking in Lu Jing's palace test is unfavorable.

"Thank you, student, for your consideration!" Lu Jing thanked him, he had a good impression of Xu Jingnian in his heart, he was already low-key, so he naturally didn't want to show off his false name.

Xu Jingnian said with a smile: "It's good that you can understand, it's enough for the township test to fall on the first list, and the key is in the palace test." ”

"Students remember what adults teach." Lu Jing thanked.

Later, Xu Jingnian instructed Lu Jing on the precautions in the palace test, and let Lu Jing leave.

On the ninth day of the first month of March, it has been seven days since the trial release of the list, and the scholars in Beijing have silently walked seventy or eighty percent, and there are not too many farewell banquets, they all say hello and leave.

The remaining one or two percent of the children are either people near Gyeonggi, or they want to stay and see the situation of the current Kedian examination, of course, there are also many shameless people who face the elders in their hometowns, refuse to return to their hometowns, continue to rent a house in Beijing, and plan to prepare for the exam in Beijing for three years.

Lin Ruhai's three lifters who were gathered in Gusu at the beginning were unlucky, and they were all named Sun Shan, and Lin Gu and Lin Qing among the three chose to return to Gusu, intending to fight in Beijing again three years later.

Lin Chen is already over forty years old, even if he can be in the middle of three years, he can only rise to the realm of five or six grades in his life, so he followed Lin Ruhai's suggestion, sent someone to connect his family to the Beijing Division, and became Lin Ruhai's staff.

On March 15, the temple examination began.

The palace examination is the last step of the imperial examination, and the ranking of the palace examination will largely determine the starting point and end point of the candidate's career.

The ranking of the palace examination is divided into a first, second, third, and first three people to give Jinshi and the first birth, not only can get the honorary title of champion, Bangyan, Tanhua, but also roll call in front of Fengtian Palace, in Chang'an Street on the royal street boasting officials, the most important thing is that the first three people are directly entitled, enter the Hanlin Academy, the champion is from the revision of the six products, and the list eye and Tanhua are the editing of the seven products.

The number of the second class is different, and the number of the top three is also different, and the number of the top three is also different, and the number of the same jinshi is given.

The Jinshi who rank second and third in the first and third grades, if they can be selected as a Shujishi, they can continue their studies in the Hanlin Academy, and after three years, they will be assessed, and those with excellent grades will remain in the Hanlin Academy, and they will be awarded the compilation or review, and they will officially become the Hanlin Academy.

Others were sent to the six ministries as chiefs, imperial historians, and some were sent to various places to serve as officials. Generally speaking, whether it is released or served in the sixth department, most of them are the seventh grade or the seventh grade.

The second- and third-class jinshi who have not been admitted to the Shuji Shishi need to observe the government in the six departments for three months, and can only be awarded three months later.

Those who have connections can also rely on some connections to find an errand in Beijing, otherwise they can only be released and let go to the local county or county officials, and it is basically difficult to have the opportunity to return to Beijing. And you can only start from the eighth grade or from the eighth grade, and if you are unlucky, you will even fall to the ninth grade.

The day before the palace examination, the officials of Honglu Temple have already set up the throne, the imperial case, and the examination table in the Baohe Palace, and at the same time arranged the seats of the candidates.

Before the end of the day, before the sky was clear, Lu Jing and others were taken to wait in front of the Baohe Palace.

Everyone was excited, eager to try, and eager to complete the last leap of the carp leaping into the dragon gate.

Because the palace examination will not dismiss the candidates, but will only be the ranking of the examination, according to the results of the palace examination, reordered, and the palace examination only tests the theory of policy, which makes many candidates who are good at strategy very happy.

When the hour came, the bell rang, and the door of the Baohe Hall slowly opened under the attention of a group of scholars.

The three hundred tribute students were all nervous, and they all had a lot of energy in their hearts, wanting to perform well in front of the emperor.

After the door of the palace was opened, first of all, the officials entered, the six Shangshu and the left and right attendants, the left and right imperial history of the Inspectorate and the left and right imperial history, and the cabinet university scholars and other officialdom bigwigs entered the main hall in the reverent gaze of a group of scholars.

After the officials entered the venue, the salute officer of the Ministry of Rites came to the front of the tribute students and preached loudly: "Xuanyuan Yongyi Wei Kegong Shengjin!" ”

The candidates entered the Bohol Hall in turn under the guidance of the Ministry of Rites, and stood behind the officials on the left and right.

After everyone stood still, the eunuch sang and played, and Emperor Yuanyong walked slowly and appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone immediately saluted and worshipped, and after Emperor Yuanyong ordered everyone to be exempted, he said a few simple words with a serious face, which was regarded as an encouragement to the three hundred scholars below.

In the process of listening to the hadith, many of the scholars trembled with excitement and almost fainted.

Although it was the first time for Lu Jing to witness Tianyan, his heart only fluctuated slightly, and he regained his calm.

After Emperor Yuan Yong's speech, he personally unsealed the test questions on the imperial case, and then handed them to Xu Jingnian.

Xu Jingnian held the test questions in his hand and said with a serious expression: "In the eighth year of Yuanyong, the Yiwei Hall exam has begun!" ”

Subsequently, some unrelated officials withdrew, leaving only the six scholars, the cabinet scholars, and the officials of the Imperial History and the Ministry of Rites of the Inspectorate.

Chen Ju and Xu Bo, the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Rites, led everyone in the Ministry of Rites to act as invigilators.

Under the arrangement of the invigilator, the three hundred scholars found their seats one by one, and after everyone sat down in turn, the ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Rites began to roll call.

After the roll call was completed, Li Shangshu nodded, and began to scatter the scrolls.

After the volume was completed, Xu Jingnian led everyone to get up and worship Emperor Yuanyong.

After a series of processes are completed, the three hundred scholars begin to answer the questions.

Emperor Yuan Yong stood in the center of the front of the main hall, looking at many candidates with a majestic face, observing the performance of this year's candidates.

The six Shangshu behind him, the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, the Cabinet Scholars and others also began to pay attention to the candidates they knew.

Lu Jing's performance all the way is decent, very low-key, so it is not eye-catching.

After he opened the title on the table, he saw that the title was: "The money, the power of the king, and the currency of the world." Public and private, and lack of money, department stores are not accessible, people are embarrassed, and it is called a shortage of money. Money is scarce and expensive, extremely much older than this year, how to solve it? ”