The imperial examination (literature) and martial arts were successfully completed, and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War were also methodically judging the results of the lifters, deciding who would obtain the Jinshi and be eligible to meet the Holy Lord (temple examination).

When the list was posted, there were three layers inside and three layers outside the street, and the red list was surrounded by water, some people pulled the crowd, and some people stepped on their feet to look. Li Fan squeezed in from the crowd with a lot of effort, looked left and right, looked up and down, but didn't see his name?

Li Fanyi watched it several times like this, but he really didn't have his own name, and for a while, the whole person was disappointed and extremely disappointed.

Li Fan hung his head and walked out of the crowd with his head drooping, not knowing where to go, and returning to the house with the smell of the stable? Or back to the mountains? When he was sad, someone accosted him, "Hey, brother stay," "Brother stay," he didn't even hear Li Fan call him a few times.

Liu Zhou stepped forward, grabbed Li Fanyi's arm and said, "Brother, why is this why your name is not on the list?" When you were in martial arts, my brother saw your kung fu with his own eyes, not to mention the martial champion, at least the top three! ”

Li Fanyi came back to his senses at this time, "Oh, it turned out to be Brother Liu Zhou, I was quite confident, but I didn't expect this result, maybe my skills are not as good as others,"

Li Fanyi sighed and continued: "I see your name on the list, congratulations here,"

Liu Zhou said: "My brother is better than me, but he was defeated, and I am not happy at all." Fuck it, the military department is all his horseman, such a good person can be defeated, what kind of bird officer to do,"

Liu Zhou still wanted to scold the street, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he stood in the crowd and shouted to vent the unhappiness in his heart, which attracted everyone to turn around for a while, and then continued: "Brother, don't be discouraged, maybe the military department made a mistake, wait a minute, you and my brother will go to the nearest tavern for a glass of wine for the time being, don't think about anything else,"

When they came to the tavern, the two of them simply ordered a few dishes and drank them, Liu Zhou looked around, and said in a low voice: "Brother, brother asks here, before the scientific expedition, did my brother go to the house of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, handed over the stickers, and gave silver?"

Li Fan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said: "I've never been there, isn't martial arts a kung fu strategy?" Aren't there notices posted on the streets, and those who engage in favoritism and irregularities must be severely punished? ”

Liu Zhou said: "Brother is so real, even if there is no notice, everyone knows that favoritism is not allowed." Most of the people who participated in the martial arts would go to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, hand over the stickers, and give them silver, just to write down your name,"

Then he continued: "Now I understand what's going on, my brother hasn't been to Shangshu Mansion, nine times out of ten, your name was manipulated by the people of the military department, which caused my brother to be nameless,"

Li Fan said: "Brother Liu Zhou's words are true? The emperor recruits talents, and there is such unfair treatment, aren't these ministers afraid of being denounced? ”

Liu Zhou said: "Brother is so real, where do you go to sue, all yamen and law divisions, who can not buy the face of the military department, and we can't easily enter the gate of the palace." Even if you really see the emperor, with your words, can you argue with those ministers? ”

Li Fan said: "I see, it's really unfair," and then continued: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the important ministers of the state know the law and break the law, and they can still get away with it, but they have suffered the people of the world,"

Liu Zhou said: "These birdmen in the military department eat the food of the people of the world, and they really want to slaughter them, only caring about eating alone, where to think about the country." And every year like this, those who really have the ability are not recruited, and those who are not capable can be officials by sending some silver, if there is a war in the country one day, and the military department is all a few puppets, how to protect the family and defend the country,"

Then he continued: "Brother and relieved, these birdmen, one day, their affairs will be revealed, and when the time comes, see how the Lord of Banzai cleans up these things,"

Let's say that Zhang Wenbo is on the list and has obtained the qualification of Jinshi. This master lives on the edge of the stables of the Qingfeng Inn, and when he endures the smell of the stable, he is tired and tired, needless to say, he has not failed himself.

In the twenty-sixth year of Shuntian, at the end of April, the palace examination was grand and grand, and it would be held in the Sanhe Palace, and dozens of warriors came to this royal court. I saw that under the palace is the blue and white stone base, the yellow glazed tile roof, the eaves are carved with exquisite paintings, the gold bricks covering the ground, and the white marble railing, which looks like it is brilliant and incomparable.

Shun Tianye wore a brocade dragon yellow robe, sat in the middle of the court, surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs and yellow coat guards to the Sanhe Palace, everyone saw this, they all knelt down one after another, shouting "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Shun Tianye looked at the martial artists who had been selected through layers of people in the audience, and laughed, these people will be people who will defend the family and defend the country in the future, and they will be born and die for me, so he hurriedly said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

After Shun Tianye respectfully performed the ceremony, the military department Shangshu Wujie, presented the roster of all the martial artists, Sun Yanren and Sun eunuchs submitted it to the emperor, after Shun Tianye read it, Sun Yanren was named one by one, in addition to the test results, appearance also accounted for a certain component, and the person who practiced martial arts must at least be burly, dignified, full of energy, and energetic; Of course, in addition to appearance, as a general, there must be blood in his bones.

Then, where the names of the people are named, you need to look up and face the saints, and Lord Shun will look at the faces of all the people, and will ask some random personal information.

Shun Tianye picked up the roster and hand-picked the top three of the first class, the champion of science and martial arts, the eye of the martial arts, and the flower of the martial arts, and won the qualification of "giving the martial arts and the first"; Then Shun Tianye appointed the second class, and there were ten of the second class, and they were "born as a martial artist"; The remaining more than ten people are all in the top three and have been given the same background as martial artists, and Liu Zhou is in the second class.

After the hand-picking, the roll call was held in the Sanhe Palace, the list was hung outside the city gate, and the armor of the martial champion was given, and the martial champion was naturally out of the limelight.

When the time was almost noon, everyone came to the military department and participated in the grand "trial banquet", in the banquet, it was naturally very lively, and the military department rewarded the first three armors, waist knives, horses, and silver taels; The rest of the jinshi also gave each a silver tael.

After the banquet, Wu Zhuangyuan was escorted home by the patrol camp, and everyone cast envious eyes along the way. The so-called return to the hometown is just like this.

Not to mention Wu Zhuangyuan, the time came to the next day, it was still in the Sanhe Palace, Zhang Wenbo and the Jinshi had to participate in the re-examination first, so as not to be mixed, if the re-examination was not passed, the previous results would be cancelled.

After the re-examination, the next thing is the palace examination, all the jinshi are people with literary talents, looking at the royal courtyard, so brilliant, majestic, atmospheric, majestic, all of them can't help but open their minds, poetry and praise.

The palace examination is about to be examined, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites send the questions that have already been prepared to the Jinshi; The things you ask can not only test your literary knowledge, but also the country's economy and culture, how to plan and develop, which can test your personal ability, and you can usually cover a wide range of topics, and you can care about national affairs, and come up with good methods and coping strategies, and explain your own views and specific implementation steps.

Of course, the article needs to be clear and neat, and the handwriting is square and beautiful, which will test your calligraphy, the so-called words are like their people.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites read the papers, the excellent examination papers were selected, and Zhao Yujin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presented them to Shun Tianye.

Zhang Wenbo's handwriting is neat, his thinking is clear, and his feelings are all over the world, which is appreciated by Shun Tianye. This erudite and hard-working Zhang Wenbo was appointed by Lord Shuntian as the champion.

The emperor lives up to the painstaking people, and it is gratifying to congratulate Brother Wenbo,

Dengke and the first do not live up, and the future is like a bright blessing,

Brother Wenbo: Congratulations.

Then, Shun Tianye hand-picked a number of people from the second class and gave them "Jinshi origin", and the rest were both third-class and gave "Tongjinshi origin"; The boy who wanted to cheat was as expected, and he was not on the list, I don't know where this master would be merry and happy, let's not talk about him.

Then, the official wrote the names of the scholars, ready to make the list, the most dazzling is the champion Lang Zhang Wenbo, after the roll call in the Sanhe Palace, the Ministry of Rites awarded the champion Lang official position and silver two on the spot, for the "Hanlin Academy Revision", and at the same time awarded the list and the position of Tanhua.

The civil and military lists are posted outside the city gate and are admired by passers-by. Zhang Wenbo is dressed in red and hung colors, escorted by soldiers, gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing in unison, showing brilliance on the streets of the city, and the title of the gold list of great joy in life, Zhang Wenbo can be described as proud of the spring breeze at this time, full of scenery.

Zhang Wenbo rode a high-headed horse, with a smile on his face and a surging heart, and he kept receiving people's envy and blessings all the way. I did not live up to my father's nurturing grace, and I did not live up to the years and myself; The previous dedication, suffering, lowness, poverty, and inequality are all worth it at this moment, thinking of this, Zhang Wenbo cried with joy, such tears are not only happy, but also past grievances, and also accompanied by happiness.

"Brother Wenbo, congratulations, Fan Yi waited for his brother to eat and drink all night," in addition to being lost, Li Fanyi still wanted to bless this brother.

Zhang Wenbo replied: "Haha, it's Brother Xian, you must eat this wine tonight, Brother Xian, go back and wait for me."

With Li Fan, there was also the shopkeeper Zhao Jin, when he saw Zhang Wenbo's state, he was jealous and envious in his heart, he gave a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "Master, congratulations, get up early this morning, the little one thinks it's a good day, here is the champion Lang, I want to lead you a horse, the capital is a small and familiar place, take you around, how about it?" As soon as Zhao Jin's words fell, he was scolded by the accompanying officers and soldiers.

Then Zhao Jin followed Zhang Wenbo and continued: "I said master, when it comes to serving people, you can see it, the small one is a strong point, or you think about it, the little one is willing to follow the saddled horse and serve without complaints."

Zhang Wenbo laughed when he heard this, and said: "I said Zhao Jin, you go back first, if the master uses people, he will definitely think of you, if you entangle like this again, be careful that the official will hurt you."

Zhao Jin said: "That master's words have to be counted, and the small moment is waiting for the good news of the master," Zhao Jin said after speaking, he didn't want to go back, and continued to follow Zhang Wenbo, flattering all the way.

Walking and walking, I suddenly met an old man, "Yo, master, congratulations, the grass people are here to ask for peace for the champion, from now on there will be a place for the villain, you can squeak, the villain will do his best to help!" ”

Zhang Wenbo took a closer look, it was none other than the stinky scoundrel Liu San.