[It's called! 】

Three days later, when the list is released.

Unlike the history of another world known to Ningjiang, where the government only posted the list for people to see, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on the day the list was released, all the candidates had to gather again, and the names of the scholars would be pronounced one by one.

At this moment, more than 200 candidates gathered in one place, lined up.

Outside the square, there were many people, some of whom were relatives of these candidates, and more of them were purely for watching the excitement.

Ning Xiaomeng stood on a high place, looking at his brother in the crowd, because he was the youngest among all the candidates, Ning Jiang at this moment, mixed in the ranks of the candidates, was not very conspicuous, if he didn't keep watching his brother enter, it would be difficult to find it all of a sudden.

"Little dream!" On the other side, someone waved to her.

Ning Xiaomeng turned her head to look at it, and saw a group of women walking in her direction, one of them was wearing a big red dress, it was the hot girl of the Hua family, and there was an old woman in it, who was the fourth grandmother of the Duan family, and the others were also women or girls from Gaosuo County, and one of them was Lu Xifu of the Lu family.

It was the hot girl of the Hua family who beckoned to her.

Ning Xiaomeng greeted the girl, and then looked at Grandma Qingsi: "Grandma, why are you here too?" ”

Qingsi's grandmother was on crutches: "Alas, it's not for my grandson." ”

Ning Xiaomeng then remembered that the grandson of Grandma Qing Si also participated in this scientific expedition, but because Grandma Qingsi's daughter was married to another county in Linjiang County, she didn't think about it for a while.

Behind Grandma Qingsi, Lu Xifu glanced at Naning Xiaomeng viciously. Although the Lu and Ning families are both big families in Gaosuo County, but last year Ningjiang rejected the Lu family's proposal, and at this year's Lantern Festival poetry meeting, Ningjiang caused her brother to lose face in public.

On the square, Sang Lezhi stood in front of all the candidates, first said some words of encouragement, and then took a list, read out the names one by one, and each time he read one, the relatives and friends outside rang out with a cheer, just like this, a total of twenty names were read before putting away the papers.

Ning Xiaomeng listened carefully, and among the twenty places, there was no elder brother. Of course, in a way, this is not a bad thing, just because the first thing that comes to mind is only epiphytic.

The so-called epiphytes, is the "end of all life", in all the show is the most inferior, also known as "attached students", although it is also a show talent, with the qualification to participate in the provincial examination, but many show talent can enjoy the treatment is not, even if they are enrolled, they can only enter the county school for free, and they can not enjoy the silver issued by the imperial court every year.

And those who become epiphytes, some are excited, as long as they don't fall off the list, it's already a happy thing for them, although they can only enter the county school, but anyway, they are already formal "students", and some are quite frustrated, although they don't fall off the list, but this ranking is somewhat different from their goals.

In the crowd, Grandma Qing Si kept worshipping, reciting the Jade Emperor's Queen Mother, Lei Gongdian Mother, etc., asking them to bless her grandson.

The spicy girl smiled: "This is not the mother of thunder!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Xuezheng continued to read the list, and this time, when he read the fourth place, Qing Si's grandmother suddenly smiled...... This is her grandson's name.

Unconsciously, after reading twenty more people, Ning Xiaomeng listened carefully...... Still doesn't have my brother's name, and I can't help but get nervous. The spicy girl comforted her beside her: "Don't worry, this is just hyperplasia, and there will be a birth later." ”

Lu Xifu sneered: "There are only ten students. Speaking of this, there is a lot of pride in my heart, just because her brother is a student, and in the last government examination, he ranked fifth among all students. She looked at Ning Xiaomeng and sneered in her heart, she didn't believe that Ning Jiang could be in the top ten among more than 200 candidates and become a student.

The batch of students who have just finished studying is called Zengsheng, also known as "Zengsheng", and they enjoy much higher treatment than Epistudents, and they have the qualifications to enter the government school for free, and they can enjoy the silver issued by the county.

And the last batch that has not yet been read out is called the first ten in the government examination.

The silver of the birth is issued by the imperial court, in fact, the silver that can be obtained in the hands of the birth and the increase is the same every year, but one is issued by the county government, and the other is issued by the imperial court, and the glory is completely different.

Theoretically, when there are a large number of vacancies in the official position, it can be directly "supplemented" as an official, although this is only theoretical, after all, even if you really want to add it, it will start from the promotion of people, but as long as you become a student, even if you fail to be promoted in the future, you will be hired as a clerk by the prefect and county order in various places, etc., you can easily mix and eat.

Of course, for the Lu and Ning families, which are also the landowners of Gaosuo County, there is no problem of mixed rice, and more importantly, it is the problem of "façade", the Lu family is because of a few talents in a row, and can become a "scholarly family", which is of course nothing for a big city like the provincial capital and the capital, but in this kind of small county, it is very face-saving.

Finally, Xuezheng began to take out the last list, starting from the tenth place forward, and read out the names of the students one by one: "Yu Chengyi, Yu Xinghe, Bao Kaiyi, Shu Guangliang......"

Xiaomeng's heart was gloomy, and after reading so much, he still didn't read his brother's name. Lu Xifu's mockery deepened, sure enough, the name of the first genius in Gaosuo County is still my brother's, and the last Lantern Festival poetry meeting was just a dog by the Ningjiang River. luck.

At the same time, in the restaurant on the other side, there were four people who were also listening to the list, and these four people were Cao Qiding and his accomplices Zuo Liangpeng, Yu Huacan, and Ao Yao. Listening to the names read one by one, Zuo Liangpeng shook his head and said, "It seems that that kid has fallen off the list." ”

Linjiang County has jurisdiction over these eight counties, and among the nearly 300 candidates from these eight counties, many of them have worked hard for many years, and they are really hardworking people who have been in the cold window for ten years.

Cao Qiding frowned tightly: "I didn't be able to get into the fame, just a filial piety and a poet of the Lantern Festival Poetry Club, it is still a little weak to say 'Dafu'." ”

The four of them glanced at each other, and they were all a little uncomfortable. If the "Great Fu" fails to come true, the kid in Ningjiang may not believe in his "catastrophe" in the second half of the year, and the plan to coax him to move the ancestral grave will be a little troublesome, after all, when it comes to the ancestral grave, no matter who it is, there will be many scruples, and there is not enough motivation, and no one will easily relocate.

Seeing that Xuezheng Sang Lezhi has finished reading nine students, only the last one is left. Cao Qiding shook his head, got up and said, "That's it, let's think of a way again." ”

The other three got up together and prepared to leave.

On the square, Sang Lezhi stepped aside, Linjiang prefect Dianhong took a step forward, and the literary atmosphere turned into official authority and spread out, sweeping the whole city. All the geniuses also looked up at him, waiting for him to say his final name.

In the crowd, the spicy girl turned her head and saw Xiaomeng's sad face, so she took her hand and smiled: "Don't worry, can't you get your brother to be the head of the case?" ”

Lu Xifu sneered: "If he is the head of the case, I will gouge out his eyes!" ”