With another shout inside, Dong Li was a little stunned for a while, and the first thing that came to mind was not that he could become an official after being promoted, but that his mother and sister appeared.

Chen Luoyun, a friend on the side, showed envy on his face, and said: "Brother Dong, congratulations, the thirty-six second-class winners!" ”

Dong Li reacted after a while, and immediately said according to the pounding mood in his heart: "Joy and joy, wait for everyone's names to come out!" ”

Sure enough, not long after, the head of the audience shouted loudly: "One hundred and sixty-eight third-class people, Chen Luoyun of Yuhang County, Hangzhou Prefecture!" ”

Chen Luoyun immediately showed ecstasy, and then hugged Wen Changlin beside him fiercely, but Wen Changlin, who was also a good friend, waited until after the third class two hundred, and his name still did not appear.

In this Zhejiang Township Examination, there are only 200 students admitted, 10 first-class students, 50 second-class students, and 140 third-class students, for a total of 200 students.

But among these two hundred people, there is no Wen Changlin!

Among Dong Li's five or six friends, he Dong Li and Chen Luoyun are among them, and several other people are all missing, so this small group of people has different colors, and Dong Li and Chen Luoyun, who have been selected, in order to take care of the mood of these friends, are not good at expressing their joy all the time, but instead comforting a few friends who have failed the list, encouraging them to study hard and take the exam again in the next year.

Wen Changlin sighed deeply: "Alas, I am not good at learning, and I am afraid that there will be no hope for the next year!" ”

However, just when everyone was lamenting the gains and losses, there was another list from inside, but this time there were not many people on the list, and it was not an official list. It is a top 10 of four minor subjects, but Wen Changlin is ranked eighth in physics.

Take a closer look. I also saw a few more sentences at the end of the list, saying that the top 10 in each of the four minor subjects could enter the Imperial University without examination. After graduation, you can also participate in the special economic courses held in the future, and the middle students will be given Jinshi and Tongjinshi backgrounds. He also said that the Imperial University will enroll students for the first time in October, and in addition to the top 10 of the four minor subjects in the provincial and township examinations, students from various provinces need to be recommended by local officials to participate in the entrance examination.

"Imperial University?" As a standard second-generation official, Wen Changlin mostly knew some of the political trends of the empire, but this was the first time he had heard of the Imperial University.

"After graduation, he will be given a background, which looks a little similar to Guozijian!" Chen Luoyun on the side also said the same.

For a while, everyone was talking about this imperial university again. However, Dong Li and Chen Luoyun, the two people who have already won the lift, are not too concerned, they will go to Nanjing in September to participate in the examination, if they can pass the examination, they can become Jinshi, even if they can't win, according to the current shortage of officials in the empire, even the current fame is enough to get an official and a half position.

But Wen Changlin, who failed to make the list, attaches great importance to Imperial University, and he ranked eighth in the physics subject of the four small subjects. This is undoubtedly another path for Wen Changlin, who is hopeless.

Immediately, he hurriedly said goodbye to his family and went home directly to discuss with the old man!

After Wen Changlin returned home, his family said that his father was meeting guests, so he could only wait outside. After waiting for half an hour, I saw my father and another person walking out of the study.

Wen Changlin's father's name is Wen Mengxiang, and in the early years, he also studied the scriptures and tried to be lifted, but he didn't get into the examination when he was forty. However, his family is also a solid family, so he donated a candidate magistrate with silver. He also spent money to make up for the real shortage of a low-class county, although this official donated it. However, Wen Mengxiang's ability was not bad, and he soon excelled in the language test for six consecutive years, so he was transferred to Yuhang County as the magistrate, and last year, like most of the middle and low-level officials in Zhejiang Province, he defected to the Chinese Empire.

As a result, he shaved his head, changed into Chinese clothes and became an official of the Chinese Empire, and still served as the magistrate of Yuhang County.

After Wen Changlin saw his father appear, he secretly glanced at the person next to his father, who was also wearing Chinese clothes like his father, and the leather shoes under his feet, and the whole person also exuded a unique temperament of an official, Wen Changlin guessed that this should also be an official, and seeing that his father's attitude towards him was more respectful, and he personally sent them out, he should be higher than his old man in terms of official position.

It didn't take long for Wen Mengxiang to send people back, only to see him glance at Wen Changlin, and he went directly into the study, and Wen Changlin hurriedly followed.

"Didn't hit this time?" As soon as he entered, Wen Changlin heard his father's question, but although this was a question, there was a positive tone in his tone.

Wen Changlin replied honestly: "My son is not filial, I disappointed you!" ”

Wen Mengxiang looked at Wen Changlin for a long time, and then sighed: "Alas, the imperial examination is as difficult as climbing to the sky, don't be too frustrated if you don't get in, just take the exam next time, in this way, we are going to set up a middle school in Zhejiang recently, when the time comes, you go to school there, and after a year of study, go to Nanjing to study at the Imperial University!" ”

Hearing that his father also said about the Imperial University, Wen Changlin immediately looked puzzled and said, "Father, you also know about the Imperial University?"

Saying that, he also said that when he released the list today, he said that he was ranked eighth in the physics of the four minor subjects and could be admitted to the Imperial University without examination.

But he didn't expect Wen Mengxiang to be ecstatic after hearing it: "Ranked eighth? Test-free admission? What you're saying is true! ”

This can still be fake, give Wen Changlin a hundred words, and dare not joke with the old man about this kind of thing!

Immediately, he said respectfully: "Yes, the child personally looked at the list, and the people from the education department in the house said that I will wait for tomorrow to get the admission certificate!" ”

Wen Mengxiang immediately laughed when he heard this: "Okay, I didn't expect your kid to take an imperial university without taking the entrance exam." ”

Seeing his father so happy, Wen Changlin was a little disapproving, Imperial University, although the name was a little strange, but he guessed that it should be similar to Guozijian, even if he graduated after going to study and was given a lifting background, but in the future, it is estimated that he will not be able to raise his head when he sees those who are born on the right path. But my father was so happy, could it be said that this imperial university was different.

Immediately, he asked, "Father knows about this Imperial University. What's in it? ”

Wen Mengxiang said: "I also just learned about this not long ago, and it is said that this academy was opened by the Holy Lord himself. It is the same specification as the Royal Army Military Academy, the Royal Navy Military Academy, which selects talents from all over the country to enroll, and once you have learned something, you can choose the best and reuse it! ”

Speaking of this, Wen Mengxiang paused for a while, and then said earnestly: "Now the times have changed, and what our generation has learned and understood has fallen behind the times. But there are still too few new talents. And this Imperial University was specially established to cultivate new talents.

If you succeed in your studies at Imperial University, you will be able to go further than I do! ”

Wen Changlin listened carefully, his old man was already the magistrate of Yuhang County, and he also heard that the organization department had already transferred his old man to serve in northern Jiangsu, and it was very likely that he would directly serve as the prefect of a prefecture, and if he went to study at the Imperial University, would he be able to go further than his own old man in the future?

With a hint of apprehension and expectation, Wen Changlin went to comprehend the relevant documents for admission to Imperial University the next day, and then went north to Nanjing with Dong Li and Chen Luoyun, who were preparing to go to Nanjing to take the examination.

Like them, they went north to Nanjing. There are other lifters who went to Nanjing to participate in the examination, including the lifting of the new middle school in the township examination this time, and the lifting of people in the former Qing Dynasty can also participate. And in addition to these lifters, there are other students. Like Wen Changlin, they are in the top 10 of the four minor subjects in each province and can be admitted to Imperial University without examination.

In addition, there are students who are recommended by local officials. They will also go to Nanjing Imperial University to take the entrance exam, and those who excel will be admitted to Imperial University.

September. After the trauma of war, the people and merchants have not yet recovered. At the same time, there are many in the city, and Nanjing City, which is still under construction, has ushered in students from three provinces.

Although these students have taken over the new disciplines, they are still traditional Confucian scholars in their bones, and scholars generally like to play with the wind and snow.

As a result, the Qinglou Liquor Factory, which has been silent for many years, has regained its vitality, even though the scale is far less large than before the arrival of the Taiping Army, but after nightfall, it can be regarded as a red wine and green lights, laughter and laughter.

However, Dong Li did not indulge himself like other students who came to Beijing for the exam, after arriving in Nanjing, he and Chen Luoyun were also unfamiliar, plus both of them were poor families, although they had 20 yuan of room and board expenses issued after the middle school, but they did not dare to spend it indiscriminately, after all, after an exam, they had to stay in Nanjing for more than half a month, and Nanjing, as the capital of the Chinese Empire, needed to be shipped for all living materials, and the price was much more expensive than Hangzhou.

So they followed Wen Changlin and took refuge with a distant cousin of Wen Changlin, Wen Changlin's Wen family is a family of gentry with deep roots, and Wen Mengxiang is not the only one who is an official, there are a few others, but they are all petty officials.

Wen Changlin's distant cousin is a former Qing Ju person, but he has already been an early candidate to enter the officialdom, before being a low-level official in the Jiangsu political envoy Yamen, and now he is serving as the head of a section under the Department of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing.

The capital, there are not many other than officials!

Wen Changlin's cousin is also in his forties, and he also brought a large family to live in Nanjing, it is said that he lives in the dormitory allocated by their civil affairs department, so naturally he can no longer live in three big men, so Wen Changlin's cousin arranged a small courtyard for them, although the place is small and simple, but it is quiet, and the rent is not expensive, it is much better than going directly to the guest house.

After settling down a little, Dong Li and Chen Luoyun buried themselves in the books, while Wen Changlin took this admission document to the Imperial University to sign up. (To be continued......)