The noisy cars and horses are about to rise to the sky, and the list of people visiting the East Hall has been suspended.

Thousands of miles of gold and eagles, and Santai still borrows jade money.

The words are floating and the wine is shining, and the sun is shining brightly.

On the pavilion in front of the twelfth street, the roller shutters who don't look at the immortals.

- Don Xu Kun, "Release Day"

There is nothing more painful in the world than waiting. From the end of the exam to the release of the results, this period of time is so long for students who want to know if they can go to high school.

It is not an exaggeration to say that life is like a year, three autumns a day. After ten years of hard study, whether they can be named on the gold list is too important for them, especially for those students from poor backgrounds, the scientific examination is their only chance to change their destiny.

In that era when the class was very obvious, it was really difficult for people from the bottom society to step out of the circle of the upper class, and it could be said that there was no other choice but scientific research.

However, there are too many people who want to go through this only ascending passage, just like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, which can be passed smoothly, and few reach the opposite bank, but there are countless people who fall into the water.

But as long as you jump over the dragon gate, it will be a different story. There is a saying called "Chao is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall." It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a step to the sky.

Compared with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination system was also a progressive way of selecting officials.

From the point of view of the methods and principles of selecting talents, the imperial examination system takes the examination as the core, divides the subjects, and conducts public examinations for the vast number of scholars, and to a certain extent, has the principle of fair competition and merit-based admission.

It is the intellectuals of the Shu nationality who have entered the official career and stepped onto the political stage. It has broken the previous method of selecting officials by the door of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, and also broken the phenomenon of "the upper grade has no poor family, and the lower grade has no scholars".

Tang Taizong Li Shimin still attaches more importance to the cultivation and selection of talents, and in the years since he ascended the throne, he has continuously expanded the scale of Chinese studies, expanded the school, and increased the number of students.

Since the exam, her mother Zhang Cuihua has been looking forward to the arrival of the list release date, so that she can know if her aunt can pass in high school. As a mother-in-law, it is not good to nag in front of her son-in-law, so Wang Dazhui naturally became one of the targets of her chatter.

"Sledgehammer, have you inquired? When exactly will the list be released? ”

"There will be no surprises."

"Your brother-in-law Bo Ran, can he go to high school?"

“……”

His mother could ask Wang Dazhui at least three times a day about such a question, and his ears were almost calloused when he heard it.

After several days, the Gongyuan finally released the exact news that it will be released on April 28.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an City, and for those who were looking forward to it, it was like a long drought and a rainstorm. Wang Dazhui was also overjoyed, after all, as long as the list was released, the stone in his mother's heart would fall to the ground, and he would not have to be asked endlessly by her every day.

In fact, not only Wang Dazhui's mother Zhang Cuihua is like this, but there are not a few people in Chang'an City who are looking forward to this.

In this scientific expedition, there are a lot of people who bet in the gambling house, from the princes and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, who are good at gambling, and inevitably want to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

In the early morning of April 28, the candidates living in the inn got up early to eat breakfast, and then went to the Gongyuan to see the list.

Wang Dazhui was also called out of the bed by his mother early, and Li Boran was the same, and was urged by his daughter-in-law Wang Aoyu to get up early: "Bo Ran, Bai Ran, get up quickly, have breakfast, hurry up and go to the list with Sledgehammer, if you go late, you won't be able to squeeze in front of you." ”

The daughter-in-law urged, Li Boran naturally didn't dare to afford it, so did Wang Dazhui, and his mother naturally got up quickly if she had a life.

Hurriedly got up, washed up, and had breakfast, under the urging of their mother and eldest sister, Wang Dazhui and Li Boran had to get into the carriage and hurry out.

Li Boran saw that Wang Dazhui didn't wake up, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly at him. "I'm sorry, you didn't even get a good night's sleep."

"It's high school later, just have a few drinks with me." Wang Dazhui said with a smile.

Most of the candidates who came to see the list were themselves, they were both excited and apprehensive, hoping that they would be able to win the title of the gold list, but they were afraid that they would unfortunately lose their name.

In addition, there are many people who come to see the list, most of these people are betting or coming to catch their sons-in-law under the list, they keep talking about who can come out on top, who will be on the gold list, what is the character and family background?

When I arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, there were already a lot of people here, and there were really a lot of people watching the list, noisy and shouting, as if there was no end in sight.

Wang Dazhui and Li Boran had just gotten out of the carriage and walked towards the front, when they suddenly heard someone shouting, "Wang Bo is here." ”

I saw that the crowd was boiling in an instant, and people turned their heads to look at the way they came, and consciously separated a road. Wang Dazhui and Li Boran also stopped and looked over.

I saw a young man in a light white Confucian robe, strolling in with the support of everyone, looking magnificent, and walked in to see his eyebrows and eyes.

"Look, everyone, this is Lord Wang Jue's nephew - Wang Bo, handsome and chic, talented, and well-off, maybe this year's champion is him." Someone in the crowd shouted.

Wang Da Hammer said how this name was so familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"Young master, uncle, this Wang Bo is a big favorite to win the championship this time, many people have bought him as the champion, I heard that he has been a prodigy since he was a child, and he can write articles at the age of six, and his writing is smooth; When he was nine years old, he also wrote a book called "Finger Flaws" and corrected his mistakes in the "Book of Han" for Yan Shigu's notes. I'm only 16 years old this year. Uncle Bao explained beside him.

Could it be that he is Wang Bo, the head of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty in history? It stands to reason that he shouldn't have been born at this time, why has he appeared now? It seems that there are many deviations between this world and the history in my memory.

"Since we met, let's go say hello, maybe he and his brother-in-law will become colleagues in the future." Wang Dazhui suggested.

"Well, it is naturally a blessing in life to be able to meet such talents." Li Boran said happily.

However, without waiting for Wang Dazhui and Li Boran to pass, Wang Ao took the initiative to come to them: "I didn't expect the prince to come to see the list, presumably this one next to him must be Li Boran and Brother Li." ”

"Oh, the prince actually knows us?" Wang Dazhui asked curiously.

"The prince is famous all over Kyoto, who doesn't know?" Wang Bo politely hugged his fists and saluted.

"Prince Wang is polite, since meeting is fate, why don't we go to see the list together?" Li Boran smiled at Wang Bo and gave up.

"It's naturally a blessing to be able to walk with the prince and brother Bai Ran." Wang Bo didn't, because his uncle was an important minister of the court like Wang Qi, so he was unpopular and arrogant.

(End of chapter)