The lanterns in the Gongyuan are colorful, fifteen people bathe and change clothes, everyone is wearing a snow-white Confucian robe, wearing a crown and a high hat, although Li Yanqing is young, but his figure is not lower than other scholars, and even a few more robust, after wearing a crown and high hat, it seems that he is energetic and extraordinary. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of the fifteen people admitted this time, eight were Tai students, three were local government scholars, and the other four were from Yingtian Academy and Yuelu Academy.

In the Wenyuan Hall of the Gongyuan, everyone was patiently waiting for the chief examiner and other officials to arrive, and they gathered in twos and threes to chat.

From before the start of this liberation examination, the sources of several major students participating in the imperial examination were clearly distinguished, and they did not buy each other, and the local scholars were very hostile to the Taixue and the students of the four major academies from the capital, thinking that they were here to grab the pitiful number of places in Xiangzhou.

In the past, although there were also students who returned to their hometowns to take the examination, the number of them was very small, and at most three or four people were admitted to the examination, which accounted for a very small proportion of the 30 dismissal places, and did not cause much disgust, and this phenomenon had little impact.

But this year is different, the number of places for liberation was cut in half by the imperial court, but the students of the Tai and the students of the four major academies flocked to the place again, and the last fifteen places were taken away by them Twelve places, how can they not make the local scholars angry?

In the same way, the Tai students and the students of the four major academies also looked down on the local scholars, just like the phoenix looked down on the sparrows, especially after the restaurant incident, Zhao Yushu was beaten, and the Tai students, who had always been more united, were even more disgusted with the local scholars.

And Li Yanqing took away their inevitable Xie Yuan, and this embarrassment and dissatisfaction mixed into a complex emotion, causing no one in the middle school to ignore Li Yanqing.

There is only one exception, that is Zheng Rongtai, an outlier among the students, although Zheng Fatzi is only the fifteenth, but his face is full of excitement and excitement as if he is in the middle of the Yuan.

"I had expected it a long time ago, Xie Yuan must be Lao Li, so I resolutely ..... Resolutely support Lao Li. ”

Zheng Fatzi almost said that he resolutely disagreed with his father's arrangement of him as Xie Yuan, but Li Yanqing choked back the second half of his sentence with a timely elbow blow.

He glanced at the Tai students who were chatting not far away, and pouted: "This group of people is above the top, they are a fart in Taixue, and they are self-righteous when they come back." ”

Zheng Rongtai was collectively isolated by Xiangzhou scholars in Taixue, and now he finally has a good friend who is also going to study in Taixue, how can he not be happy.

Li Yanqing was chatting with another local scholar, Liu Ji, a native of Anyang, whose father was a low-level official in Zhending Prefecture, who was third in the county examination and did not make it to the examination list, but he performed exceptionally well in the examination and won the eighth place.

Liu Ji is a state bachelor, only fifteen years old this year, relatively thin and small, very shy and introverted, he is afraid of being bullied by students, so he has been following Li Yanqing.

"My father also means this, let me go directly to Taixue to study, and I hope that the Yanqing brothers will take care of me in the future!"

Without waiting for Li Yanqing to speak, Zheng Rongtai patted Liu Ji on the shoulder and grinned: "In the future, my brother will cover you and follow my brother, and I won't let you be bullied." ”

The thin Liu Ji was like a little grass in front of the fat and huge Zheng Rongtai, he was really a little afraid of this big fat man, so he had to agree, but Li Yanqing glared at Zheng Rongtai fiercely, "You kid spends all day drinking, don't spoil others!" ”

Zheng Fatzi smiled, "Eating color, sex too!" How can I not take the teachings of the saints to heart. ”

At this time, Zhou Chun on the side said in a low voice: "They are here!" ”

As soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw Yang Du and Wu Bangchang walking over, while Zhao Yushu was still standing still, looking at Li Yanqing from afar, his eyes were full of bitter hatred.

Li Yanqing turned around, with a faint smile on his face, keeping his distance, but not losing his politeness.

Yang Du and Wu Bangchang are both children of the Anyang clan, their demeanor is calm, and they seem to be quite personable, both of them are Taixue students, and they both hope to get the status of middle students through this examination.

Although the difference between the upper and middle students is only one level, the gap between the two is like the difference between associate professors and professors in later universities, and there is a difference between the provincial examination list.

According to the regulations of Taixue, students must study for three years and pass extremely strict examinations.

But this year, Taixue has one more choice, if the three years have been completed, they can be the first in the high school entrance examination, or they can be promoted to the middle school without the examination, so the two of them and Zhao Yushu have a clear goal of returning to their hometown to participate in the solution test, just to compete for Xie Yuan.

In the end, the three of them didn't pass the exam, but they let a local scholar take away Xie Yuan, which really disappointed them.

Yang Du and Wu Bangchang stepped forward and smiled at Li Yanqing: "Congratulations to Brother Li Xian for winning the exam, we all read the poem written by Brother Li Xian just now, which really makes us ashamed." ”

Li Yanqing saw that the attitude of the two was quite friendly, so he replied: "Yanqing originally wanted to be promoted, but how could he be loved by the main exam, and he was at the top of the list, delaying the future of the two brothers, I am really uneasy!" ”

Yang Du and Wu Bangchang glanced at each other, Yang Du said with a smile: "The two of us have been classmates and friends since the elementary school, and we have been friends for fifteen years so far, and our friendship is deep, but there is only one Xie Yuan, no matter who takes it away, it will inevitably affect the friendship, although it is disappointing for Li Xiandi to take away Xie Yuan, but it also preserved our friendship, speaking of which, we should also thank Li Xiandi." ”

Wu Bangchang also smiled: "I told Lao Yang just now that Brother Li Xian's taking away Xie Yuan is actually the best ending!" ”

Li Yanqing suddenly sensitively captured that the two of them and Zhao Yushu were not as harmonious as they appeared to be, and the two of them and Zhao Yushu seemed to have some kind of subtle hostile relationship, and would rather take Xie Yuan away by themselves than want Zhao Yushu to be at the top of the list.

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "The younger brother will also go to Taixue to study in the future, and I hope the two brothers will take care of it!" ”

Yang Du glanced at Zheng Fatzi, and said meaningfully to Li Yanqing: "Taixue's interpersonal relationship is very complicated, it is called a small court, and virtuous brothers must be cautious when making friends!" ”

"Thank you two brothers for your kindness!"

The two of them arched their hands to Li Yanqing, ignored Zheng Rongtai, turned around and walked away, so angry that Zheng Rongtai snorted fiercely, and scolded in a low voice: "Two pink-faced cockroaches, do you think you are great if you are a monk?" You need them to teach you something! ”

At this time, more than a dozen officials walked in from the outside, including the chief and deputy examiners of this imperial examination, as well as officials such as Zhizhou Liang Xun and Tongju Jia Qian.

Li Gang, the superintendent of the imperial history, had already talked to Li Yanqing, the top of the Tangyin list, because of the county examination, this time Li Yanqing solved the yuan, he thought that there was no need to talk about it again, so he ended the inspection of Xiangzhou in advance, and rushed to Zhending Mansion in the morning, which made everyone breathe a long sigh of relief.

The three chief examiners, as well as Zhizhou and Tongju, sat down, and all the scholars stepped forward to bow together, Guo Baisong looked at Li Yanqing with complicated eyes, he specially visited Zhizhou and Tongju Jia Qian after the end of the locked courtyard last night, and wanted to turn the tables at the last moment, but Zhizhou Liang Xun unceremoniously criticized him, the chief examiner came to preside over the imperial examination on behalf of the imperial court, and the confrontation with the chief examiner Guan is to confront the imperial court, what a stupid idea.

Guo Baisong finally came to his senses, for the sake of the Zhao family's bribe, he continued to fight, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the final consequences, he has to accept this fact, and returned the three thousand taels of silver given by the Zhao family overnight.

The chief examiner Ouyang Xun stepped forward and said loudly: "The six-year release test of Zhenghe has ended, after two rounds of selection of the county examination and the state examination, the last fifteen outstanding ones stand out, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the fifteen winners need to be roll-called, handed over to the local state capital, and submitted to the Ministry of Rites for the record." ”

The roll call is a new regulation that only exists this year, in fact, it is a handover process, and the chief examiner representing the imperial court will hand over the Zhongbang to the local government, and the affairs of the imperial court will be over, and the management of the people will be transferred to the local government.

"The roll call ceremony begins, and the first person to accept the roll call is Li Yanqing."

Li Yanqing stepped forward and bowed, "The students are here!" ”

Ouyang Xun glanced at him and continued: "Li Yanqing is a student member of Tangyin County, the first place in the county examination, in the four state examinations, his concurrent economics subject is the top, the three classics are the top, the policy theory is the top, the criminal law and poetry test is the top, and the calligraphy is the top. ”

After speaking, Ouyang Xun stopped, waited for the objections, and was silent for a moment, and the general sentence Jia Xun took the lead in applauding, Zhizhou Liang Xun also applauded, and other officials also applauded, Guo Baisong also slapped a few times listlessly, although this was his last chance to object, he no longer had the courage to say the word 'no'.

Everyone unanimously passed, which means that Li Yanqing succeeded in the roll call and officially became the first Xie Yuan in the six-year liberation test of Zhenghe.