The test will be completed in February, and there will be a temple exam in March. Although the palace examination will basically not dismiss the candidates, but the first, second, and third grades are different, and the future careers are also very different.

However, since the list of exams has come out, there are many people who copy the list, and the top few are also well-known by the eunuchs in the capital. Huiyuan is the Yayuan of Nanzhili Township, and Yayuan is the Nanzhili Township Test, and these two people are bright for a while. There is also Xie Ge Lao's second son Xie Pi, although he is ranked fourth, but he is a test of Zhili Township, and he has long been famous in Beijing. The above three people have become the most popular candidates for the champion of the current branch of the spring, and some people have already opened a village and used these people to sit in the game.

When Shen Rui heard Changshou mention this, he also made fun of it, and asked Changshou to press five hundred taels of silver to press Shen Jinzhong.

When Changshou came back and told Shen Rui about the matter, he said: "I really let the second brother say it, and Young Master Jin has the highest odds among the three...... It's really a small person, even if Young Master Jin is only Yayuan this time, it may not be as good as Huiyuan if he is only talented. Even if everyone thinks that Huiyuan's eyes are hot now, Young Master Jin should be in front of Second Prince Xie......"

The banker opens the bank, in order to make money and pump, the more promising the odds of the winner at the end of the month, the more biased the odds. As early as before the start of February, there were also people in the capital who were doing the bureau, and at that time they were candidates for Huiyuan, and Shen Jin was still the hottest. Now that the examination is over, although Shen Jin is still among the popular candidates, the heat is getting colder, and it is not as good as the newly released Huiyuan Gu Dingchen and the old man Xie Pi.

Shen Rui said: "Isn't it better to have high odds? If you lose less, it's not interesting. ”

Changshou couldn't help but be curious: "Second brother is so confident in Young Master Jin?" ”

Shen Rui said: "Since it's a gambling game, it's all about luck." ”

Changshou said with a smile: "That villain has to hope that Young Master Jin is lucky, otherwise the second brother's silver will be lost." ”

Shen Rui smiled, Shen Jin's luck was not good, he no longer played in the examination room, but outside the examination room.

Although "father and son double champion" is a good story, Wang Hua and Wang Shouren did not succeed back then, and now Xie Qian, Xie Pi and his son may not succeed. Xie Qian is already an elder of the pavilion, and others may not be happy to Xie Jia's "icing on the cake".

As for Shen Jin's luck, it depends on Emperor Hongzhi's intentions. "Father and son double champion" is a good story, "brother double champion" is also a good story, Shen Li is a bachelor, and he is also a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he is not as prominent as Xie Qian. There are many people in the Shen family, but after Shen Cang's death, the rest of the grades are not high.

Although Shen Cang's "100-day sacrifice" has passed, according to the current rules, Shen Rui, a filial son, should still be filial piety behind closed doors and refuse all kinds of communication. Therefore, in addition to the in-laws of the clan, after Shen Rui showed his face, he began to study at home again. Before that, I wish Yunming to resign.

Wei Xiao's results are here, as long as the palace examination is not abnormal, most of them are in the top of the second grade, and they can also be Beijing officials if they are not admitted to the Changyuan, so Zhu Yunming decided to leave Beijing first.

I don't know if it was the previous frustration or Xu's persuasion, Zhu Yunming didn't show too much frustration. However, he did not give up on the imperial examination, otherwise he would not have politely rejected Xu's proposal to go directly to the office. Supplementing officials with people is not the right way after all, Zhu Yunming wants to be an official in the imperial examination, and it is normal that he does not want to do so.

Xu is just an aunt, only suggested, and can't make decisions for Zhu Yunming, even if he doesn't want to, he will not mention it again. However, in front of Shen Rui, Xu couldn't help but sigh: "This is the fifth time that I have failed the Ministry of Etiquette test, so it can be seen that I have no luck in this...... Although it is difficult for miscellaneous officials to achieve the top five grades, at this age, even if they are admitted to the Jinshi and have survived their seniority, do they still want to go to the pavilion to pay respects? ”

Shen Rui said: "Maybe it's because I wish my cousin doesn't want to fall to the glory of his ancestors......"

Zhu Yunming's grandfather is a Jinshi, and his maternal grandfather is a Jinshi, if he hadn't lost his father at a young age, he wouldn't have said that his father was also a Jinshi. In the eyes of ordinary cultivators, lifting people is already a great fame, but in the eyes of Zhu Yunming, it is nothing.

Xu sighed: "If you are really committed to your career, you shouldn't go back to Suzhou, and you can't be too arrogant." ”

Zhu Yunming's teacher Tanhua Wang Wei is now a servant of the Ministry of Officials, even if he is preparing for the exam, the communication knowledge in Beijing is definitely much broader than in Suzhou, but Zhu Yunming is easy-going and easy-going, but he has the innocence of a literati in his bones. Every time he came to Beijing for the exam, he left Beijing after falling behind, and did not rely on Wang Wei in the name of master and apprentice. The two are called master and apprentice, in fact, Wang Wei is only ten years older than Zhu Yunming, and it is sad that Zhu Yunming can't pull his face to climb.

Xu could say these words, but Shen Rui was not good at what to say, so he diverged and said: "Cousin Wei is a young talent, he will definitely be able to get a good ranking in the palace examination, and the second class should be no hindrance, and he can't say that he is often hopeful." ”

This year, there will be 303 people who will try to get the first class, 3 people in the first class, and 95 people in the second class are fixed, and the remaining 205 people are the same jinshi. The results of the Wei school examination are in the front, and as long as the palace examination does not go wrong, it is also the top second, and it is expected to be admitted to the Shuchang Academy.

Shen Rui remembered that there was another person on the list of today's science and technology examinations, that is, Yan Song, the famous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty. Yan Song is a current Kegong scholar, and his results in the examination are also in the forefront. Wei Xiao is not only the same year as Yan Song, but are the two still in the same house?

Xu's face was not happy, but shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily. ”

Shen Rui was puzzled for a while.

Although the regular examination after each temple examination is not strictly in accordance with the ranking of the palace examination to obtain the examination qualifications, only the new jinshi in the top two and third grades are eligible to take the examination. Those who are over forty years old, even if they are ranked in the second class, may not be able to be admitted to the Jishi.

Wei Xiao is twenty-three years old, and he has a good ranking in the examination, so he is the best candidate for Shu Jishi.

Xu sighed and said: "The examination of the Shuchang Academy is not only an article, but also a check of the three generations of ancestors. Although the Xu family is just a school brother's family, I am afraid that someone will mention it. ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

It is a common practice in this dynasty that non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin is not allowed to enter the cabinet, so the Shujishi is called "the prime minister". Even if there is an exam, the number of admissions is not fixed, more than a dozen to twenty or thirty people, it can be seen that every place is hot, and it is common for candidates to fall into each other.

However, although Xu Youzhen was falsely accused and exiled, wasn't she later rehabilitated? Will this affect the future of my grandson? If Wei Xiao is hindered in his career because of this, then Shen Rui, He Taizhi and others, who are also the grandsons of the Xu family, will not be the same in the future? But why is it that no one else has ever mentioned this concern in front of me?

Xu saw what Shen Rui was thinking, and said, "You are different from your brother in the same school, you are a child of the Shen family." ”

Shen Rui thought about it and understood.

Wei Xiao's father is not obvious, his grandfather is a showman, his father is a lifter, and he is a big gentry in Suzhou, so it is really nothing when he arrives in Beijing. If the father and ancestor are not obvious, and the flaws of the mother's family are magnified, it will become a reason to be attacked, and in the final analysis, it will be pinched as a "soft bun".

Shen Rui is different, the Shen family has been out for several generations, the third master did not regret his marriage because of the defeat of the Xu family, and Shen Cang did not wait for his wife because of this, the father and son can reach the high position of Jiuqing, which shows that in the eyes of the two generations of emperors, there is no intention to turn over the accounts. Besides, if you really want to talk about it, Xu Youzhen has all kinds of wrongs, but for Emperor Yingzong, he is also a hero of the restoration.

Shen Rui has the Shen family behind him, if he wants to be embarrassed by others when he comes to the Shu Changshi exam, he must consider the consequences of facing the Shen family; In the same way, what is the family behind He Taizhi, these two people are not "soft buns".

Compared with He Taizhi, Shen Rui is only an heir, not the Xu family's biological son, and it is barely ridiculous to attack him with the reasons of the Xu family.

"Mother, don't you have to help Cousin Wei think of ideas?" Shen Ruidao.

Xu shook his head and said: "Brother Xiao is too young, and he is not a stable and thoughtful character, and there is no help at home, so it is better to go with the flow than to squeeze his head into the regular courtyard." Although it is a good thing to enter the Hanlin Academy, there are also many people who have been delayed for ten or twenty years and cannot enter an inch. ”

Although Wei Xiao is Xu's nephew, he really has no affection for Shen Rui. The Xu family didn't want to interfere, so of course Shen Rui wouldn't have much to do.

It was because of Wei Xiao that Shen Rui thought of Shen Jin.

Shen Jin's three generations are innocent, and there is nothing worth criticizing, if he falls to the second grade, it should be no obstacle to participate in the Shuchang Academy exam. Wei Xiao is the son-in-law of the family, and his parents are pampered, bringing the innocence of the literati; Shen Jin is not like that, he looks old, he is serious, and he can't say that he is in the eyes of those old adults.

In a blink of an eye, it was March, and the red willow trees were flowering, and it seemed that it was the period of the palace examination.

Shen Quan came to look for Shen Rui, and the two brothers went to Shen Jin in Nancheng together.

"It's going to end tomorrow, so we're going to have to come and have a look." Shen Quan rode on the horse and said.

Shen Rui nodded yes.

Shen Quan hesitated: "Although Brother Jin is filial piety, but the Zheng family has left the Shen family, and now that he lives here, how should he calculate it?" ”

If it is the aunt of the Shen family, she is not qualified to accept the greetings of other sisters-in-law; If you don't count the aunt of the Shen family, you are only an outsider, what qualifications do you have to appear as Shen Jin's elders? Shen Quan hesitated like this, because he didn't know how to greet him after arriving at Shen's house.

Shen Rui said: "Let's see what Brother Jin arranges." ”

Shen Jin is no longer a fourteen-year-old boy, a twenty-two-year-old quasi-jinshi, if he still doesn't know what the legislative rules are, then what good will he fall above the officialdom.

Shen Quan glanced at Shen Rui and said, "Brother Jin is just too soft-hearted, and he is the biological mother in the end." I persuaded him in a moment, even if he wanted to be filial, he should not live like this. ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Although the third brother is kind, he is not alienated, so it is better to let Brother Jin make his own ideas." ”

Shen Quan frowned and said, "Let's see, if he is stubborn, I still have to say it." ”

As a test-taker, Shen Jin took his biological mother to his side, no one would think about it, the mother and son had been separated for many years, and a temporary reunion was also a favor, but in the long run, there was no such reason. After all, from the perspective of theory, Shen Jin and Sun are not the relationship between the mother and the concubine, but the mother and son, and the biological mother of the Zheng family only became the concubine. The Zheng family left the Shen family, and even the relationship between mother and son was gone......