After the end of the examination, the academic wind in Beijing has not weakened in the slightest, on the contrary, this academic wind is increasing, and the exciting time is not when the examination is carried out, but when the apricot list is released.

Even if the candidates feel that they are not good at swinging, they will not admit that they must fail, and all the candidates who take the exam have a stubborn idea in their hearts, that is, they feel that they will be in the Jinshi, so after the end of the examination, no candidate will admit that their results are not good and leave the Beijing Division, they are all waiting for results in the capital.

Before the examination, the candidates still have the mind to study in the residence, but when the examination is over, there are no candidates who are willing to review their homework during the period when the examination results are released.

Candidates will have an idea: "If I can pass the examination, I will be a tribute, and then there will be at most one palace examination, and I will become a jinshi." Even if I have to take the exams of the Confucian Temple and the Hanlin Academy, it won't have much impact, why am I in a hurry to study for a while, isn't that the same as telling others that I'm preparing for the next exam, which makes people laugh at me? ”

In mid to late February after the end of the examination, the number of literary meetings in the capital is amazing, and the content discussed in these literary meetings is one, that is, the examination questions, most of the candidates will go to participate in a lot of literary meetings, even if they don't want to be ugly, but they will also listen to what others say, and estimate in their hearts how sure they are to be able to take the Gongshi.

Among all the candidates, the most calm is Ji Ning.

Because Ji Ning didn't think about the question of whether the title of the gold list was after the exam, he decided not to do anything against his will in academic thinking when the exam was conducted, so his answers in some of the questions of the exam would be slightly biased, but in general, his writing style is definitely among the best among all the candidates, and he doesn't recall the content of the exam questions too much.

He doesn't want to do it himself, there will always be people who try to make him think about it, such as Tang Xie and others.

As a friend of Ji Ning's side, Tang Xie and the others also wanted to know how Ji Ning was doing in the exam, and they all wanted Ji Ning to write the article, so everyone sat down and referred to it together to see how much Ji Ning's article had the confidence of Zhongjinshi.

Like Ji Ning's reaction after the township test, he didn't refrain from his friend's proposal, but the content of the article he wrote was selective, he just wrote down part of the article and let Tang Xie take it for reference, as for the article that he himself thought might be controversial, he wouldn't write it, also to avoid provoking right and wrong.

"Yongning is also worthy of being the Xie Yuan of my Jinling Township Test, just looking at your article, I feel that I have benefited a lot, such an article is the best model Wen I am afraid it is not as good as it!" After reading Ji Ning's article, Han Yu was complimented, it was February 19 at this time, after two days of rest, Ji Ning's physical condition was much better, and when he came out to see his friends, Ji Ning's mental state was also very good, and it seemed that the sequelae of "confinement" in the Gongyuan had been eliminated.

Tang Xie and others also picked it up and looked at it, and they were all amazed.

Ji Ning has read the articles of several people around him, and he also feels that the writing of these friends around him is outstanding, and he doesn't have to pick, it is actually difficult to distinguish the high and low in the article, just look at the depth and breadth of the article, and Ji Ning's longest point lies in his erudition, and the discussion points quoted are not only very accurate, but also the kind of discussion points that make people feel very profound, and even some points that make people feel wonderful.

"Brother Gongtai is complimented, in this bit of writing, I'm afraid there is still a distance from Zhongjinshi!" Ji Ning said.

Tang Xie sighed on the side: "Yongning's articles are also outstanding, but there is one thing...... Actually, I didn't want to tell you, but since I met you today, it's not good not to say it. After the end of this examination, I heard that one of the people in Fanbang, who was an envoy of the tribute of the Loulan State, also participated in an examination outside the venue, and the test papers made made by those Hanlin should also be ashamed of themselves. I just got the envoy's article here, Yongning, take a look...... It's inseparable from your article! ”

"Oh?" Ji Ning himself was also very curious, and took the articles that Tang Xie found someone to transcribe and took a look, and sure enough, several articles were quite old and spicy in terms of discussion, and they showed a strong Hanlin flavor, which made Ji Ning feel that this was simply an article written by those old Hanlin.

Ji Ning looked at it carefully, and felt that these articles were different from the articles written by Hanlin.

The article does not blindly promote Confucianism, but on the contrary, it also carries a reflection on the unification of academic thought, which is obviously contrary to the mainstream Confucianism in the Central Plains.

Even so, Ji Ning has to admit that the people who wrote these articles are absolutely excellent, and even he himself has to admire them a little more.

"Know who this man is?" Ji Ning asked.

"The names of the Fanbang people are very long and can't be remembered, but I've heard people say that there seems to be a name of the Han people, I can't remember it!" Tang explained.

Han Yu added: "The name of the Han people is called Song Jian, and the sword is the sword of the sword. ”

Song Rui said: "I think he is against us, otherwise why would he write an article on his own, and make the article public, isn't it just to show his brilliant writing?" After all, my Dayong Dynasty has won and lost in the wars on the frontier in recent years, and the people of Fanbang began to disobey my Dayong Dynasty, and there are even Hui people who insult my envoys. ”

Regarding the frontier, Ji Ning didn't know much about the frontier before, but he knew that the frontier of the Great Yong Dynasty was not peaceful.

Many of the ethnic groups that appeared in the Chinese history that he was familiar with also existed in this time and space, occupying a lot of frontier places outside the Central Plains, among which there were also some big ethnic groups that could compete with the Central Plains Dynasty, but because of the strength of the Central Plains nations, these Fanbang nationalities, even if they occasionally could compete with the Central Plains Dynasty, would soon decline.

"Then this Song Jian is very beautiful in Beijing?" Ji Ning asked.

"How beautiful can he be? I'm afraid that after the official tribute, he doesn't dare to come out blatantly these days, after all, he hasn't paid the letter of state, and casually coming out to see the scholars of the Dayong Dynasty will make the court directly fight with Loulan State, this Song Jian has not yet had such a big birth! Han Yu said.

Ji Ning nodded slightly and said, "Since we didn't come out to meet, it has nothing to do with us, so why bother?" ”