Han Zhifu took a sip of tea, this Shifeng Longjing soup is green, fragrant like an orchid, and the taste is mellow and fresh, which is the most satisfying to him. It's just that good tea is like a beauty, there are always some things that can be met but not sought, a few days ago, the Han prefect finally got a little bit of it, and regarded it as a treasure, today he came to the main examination of this house test, in order to refresh himself, he brought some over, at this time the tea soup has become quite light, but the Han prefect is still smacking with relish.

Seeing a few small officials walking over with the exam box, Han Zhifu put down the fine porcelain tea set in his hand and beckoned: "Has anyone already handed in the papers?" Let's take it and let the house take a look at it first. ”

Several old men came over when they heard the sound, and after the little officials took out dozens of test papers in the examination box, they also picked up a vague test paper and looked at it.

"Huh? This article is written smoothly and straightforwardly, but it is a rare good article, please take a look. An old man presented the test paper in his hand to the Han Governor's Mansion, and he and several other old men were all well-known scribes in their respective states and counties, and the lowest ones were all famous.

According to the law, in addition to the prefect of the prefecture Hangul, the professors and instructors of the government school are not allowed to participate in the marking of the papers, for the sake of fairness, but also to share the workload for themselves, Hangul invited these people from various states and counties to help invigilate the examination papers, which is quite praised by the people.

Han Wen took the volume, nodded after reading it, and said, "It's really good, it's just that the volume has been named, but I don't know who made it." ”

The old man was from Jizhou, and said with a smile: "The old man is a little familiar with this text, it must be the article of Jiang Youbin, the head of the county trial case in Jizhou." ”

"Hehe, Senior Zhou is blunt." Han Zhifu laughed disapprovingly, and then drew a circle on the frontispiece, which means that this volume has been taken, and if there is no accident at the time of the case, it should be in the inner circle on the list.

Dozens of test papers were read by a few people in a while, and only four or five copies could be circled.

Another gray-bearded old man was holding a scroll to read carefully, and after a while, he suddenly patted his thigh and praised: "Fuzun, look at this volume." This article is rigorous and long-meaning, and it reads like a sweet wine, which is really a rare and good article. ”

Seeing that the old man was overjoyed, and there was a tendency for the old man to talk about juvenile madness, he was amused in his heart, but he couldn't help but be curious about the article on the volume, and then took it in his hand and looked at it intently.

After the tea time, Governor Han looked surprised, and sighed: "What the old man Liao said is true, this article is indeed rare. Since the beginning of our country's dynasty, the southeast literary style has flourished, and there are many talents, and the official only thought that only the literati there could write such articles, but he did not think that I really decided that the mansion was also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, if there was no accident, this article should be the head of the case. ”

"Fuzun Mingjian, this person's first four-book writing is already good, I didn't think that the second article 'The gentleman is sick and unworthy of the world', and the problem is even more brilliant. There is no name of posterity, and the worries of the saints are also the worries of our old people. ”

The gray-bearded Liao Lao spoke in a low voice, he is now sixty-five, and he has been promoted to the rank of scholar during the Yongle period, and then entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the imperial history.

In the sixteenth year of Yongle, Zhou Xin was falsely imprisoned by Ji Gang, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Liao Lao repeatedly and directly admonished Chen to intercede for Zhou Xin, but it turned out to be useless, and finally Zhou Xin was still asked by Yongle Emperor Zhu Di for capital crimes.

Afterwards, Liao Lao was also hated by Ji Gang for interceding for Zhou Xin, and was finally dismissed from office, and was ordered by Zhu Di not to be used for life, although Zhou Xin was later rehabilitated, and Ji Gang also deserved to be executed, but the court seems to have forgotten that there is such a person as Liao Lao in the world.

Decades have passed in a blink of an eye, and Liao Lao is already dying, and he has taken a light look at the past, but at this time, this article has aroused his heart.

There is no name of posterity, and the worries of the saints are also my worries. When you die, will the world still remember what you have done, and will you still remember yourself as a person?

That's it, time flies, like a white cloud and a dog, the old man is just a mortal, and it is useless to think more, but this person's article has won the hearts of people in my generation, and presumably the name of a case leader can't run.

Liao Lao is the oldest and respects others, at this time, seeing that he and the Han Governor's Mansion have opened their mouths, the rest of the people also feel that it is really good after reading the article.

Two days later, the first case of the government examination began to occur, Zhao Yan and Liu Jing walked to the front of the trial hospital, and from time to time someone on the road gave up to Zhao Yan, saying that 'insisting on Qingshan will not relax'.

Seeing this, Liu Jing teased: "Brother Xian, you are also a celebrity in the city now, I don't know if you go to the Spring Pavilion again, will the girl in it still accept your money?" ”

Zhao Yan replied when he heard this: "Brother Liu laughed, if the fame can be eaten, then how about the younger brother invite Brother Liu to the Spring Pavilion every day?" ”

Liu Jing laughed: "Very good, it's decided." ”

A few people were laughing and talking to themselves, and the case had already begun to be committed over there.

The list of cases in the main venue of the government examination is the same as that of the county test, and it is still the marked seat number.

"Jiaxu, haha, this son is in the inner circle, it seems that the government test is expected to pass......"

"Alas, it's in the outer circle again, why can't I always pass the government test......"

The examination is heavy on the first one, and the four books are already the unspoken rules of the imperial examination at this time, if the first case is in the inner circle, it is almost a certainty that the government examination will be selected.

From time to time, some people in the crowd were elated, some sighed, and there were many people in their forties and even a few in their fifties and sixties, covering their sleeves and crying sadly for not being able to enter the inner circle this time.

Among Zhao Yan's several people, only the little fat man squeezed in with his weight, and after a while, he squeezed out in a rampage, and said excitedly: "Brother Zhao, you said before that your seat number was 'Gengzi', I don't know if it is?" ”

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "Exactly, is it out of the circle?" ”

"No, congratulations to Brother Zhao, he ranked first in the main field, it seems that Brother Zhao is the first person in this government test." The little fat man looked even happier than Zhao Yan, and those who didn't know probably thought he was the first.

Liu Jing was weak and couldn't squeeze in for a long time, and then the little fat man volunteered to remember the seat numbers of several people one by one, and then squeezed in to see the list, at this time these people heard that Zhao Yannai was the first, and they were happy for him, but they were also more concerned about whether they were on the list, so they asked anxiously on the side: "Brother Liu Xian, how many people should I wait?" ”

Liu Quanyou thought for a while before saying: "Brother Zhang is seventh in the inner circle, Brother Liu is at the end of the inner circle, and although Brother Qian and the younger brother are out of the circle, they are within the five hundred." ”

There is another difference between the prefectural exam and the county exam, that is, a group of people will be brushed down for each exam.

After the first case was discovered, only 500 people were selected, and only these 500 people could take the second exam, and after the exam, half of them were brushed down, and the remaining 250 people took the third exam, and finally 100 people from these 250 people passed the government exam.

Since ancient times, there have been no fathers and sons in the field, and a few families are happy and a few people are sad.

The little fat man participated in the government examination only to participate, and he didn't expect to get any good rankings, but Qian Liangcai was open-minded, and he was just relieved for a moment.

"It's okay, this is only the first one, there are two more in the back, maybe I will do well in the next back, and then be favored by the examiner." Qian Liangcai smiled and said: "Brother Zhao Xian can be promoted to the first place in the main field, and Brother Liu and Brother Zhang Xian are also in the inner circle, congratulations, how about I go back to the inn to celebrate?" ”

"Good."

Everyone knew that Qian Liangcai felt uncomfortable, and they didn't break his thoughts, so they went back to the inn to gather the crowd for a big meal, but they didn't drink the wine, because there was a second exam tomorrow.

On the second day, the second exam was held as scheduled, and all the procedures were the same as before, but the number of participants was significantly lower.

Zhao Yan consciously played well, and during the time waiting for the release of the rehearsal after handing in the papers, Zhang Wenyuan also handed in the papers, and after the rehearsals, the two went back to the inn together, and then ordered the wine and food and waited for the rest of the people to come back.

After an interval of two days, the second case began to occur, and all of the people except the little fat man were selected and allowed to take the third exam.

The little fat man was deposed and fell down and was not discouraged, still giggling and not in shape, after sending a few people into the examination room on the second day, he took two family members to hang out in Fucheng by himself, estimated that the third test was almost over, so he went to the Hengsheng Inn to call for good wine and food, and waited for a few people to come back.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the last case of the government examination, and although there were crowds of people in front of the Zhending Examination Hospital, there were mostly people watching the excitement.

"Brother Sun, I heard that you were promoted to the head of the case in the county test in Lu County, if this government test is also the head of the case, it is even two yuan, and when you go to the hospital to take the test, there will be another case leader, and Xiao Sanyuan is afraid that he will not be able to run."

"Haha, Brother Wu is too high-minded, I really set the house Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, this government test is just to be on the list, but the head of the case doesn't dare to look forward to it."

"Brother Sun is too humble......"

"Brother Wu, look at it, the case has been reported, I don't know who will be the first to take this government test."

"Huh? The head of the case is Zhao Yan of Shenzhou, isn't this the recent rise of fame 'insisting on Qingshan not relaxing'? The county test is the head of the case, the government test is the head of the case, it seems that there is no vain under the fame, for this small case leader, we still need to make friends. ”

The 'long case' of the government examination is slightly different from the 'long case' of the county examination, and the list is divided into two lists, A and B, with 30 people on the A list and 70 people on the B list.

At this time, the rankings on the first list are: first place Shenzhou Zhao Yan, second place Zhending County Kang Quan, third place Shenzhou Zhang Wenyuan, fourth place Jizhou Jiang Shu, fifth place Lu County Sun Wang...... The thirtieth Dingzhou Cui Zhongping.

After Liu Jing saw it, he smiled at Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan: "Two virtuous brothers, you two occupy two of the top three, but you have won glory for my Shenzhou." ”