"It's actually Shen Yichen!"

"I heard that Shen Yichen came to Beijing to take the township exam, and I thought it was a rumor."

"This son's literary talent has actually reached such a point!"

Several examiners were amazed, they never thought that the leader of the Shuntianxiang test would be won by an "outsider".

And what is even more outrageous is that this title of Xie Yuan is not personally appointed by the chief examiner, but jointly elected by all the examiners.

It is equivalent to Shen Yichen's title of Xie Yuan, which has no water, and he wins completely by his own writing and strength.

At the same time, the seal of the second test paper was also opened, revealing the words "He Pingyan, a student of Daxing County, Shuntianfu".

Seeing that his guess was indeed correct, Wang Yining couldn't help but shake his head again and regret.

This He Pingyan is an honor student of Jingshi Guozijian, although he does not worship under Wang Yining's door, but he often goes to the house to ask questions, just like Shen Yichen visits Zhou Xu, but it is much more frequent.

In addition, there is another point, that is, this He Pingyan is the nephew of Wang Zhi, the current secretary of the ministry. It's just that this son has a low-key temperament, and he has not been contaminated with the habits of a gentleman, so not many people know about this relationship.

Wang Yining admires this young man very much, and this appreciation has nothing to do with Wang Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, but more because he thinks that He Pingyan is talented and diligent in learning, and his future prospects will be limitless.

So for Wang Yining, He Pingyan is not a protégé, but he is better than a protégé.

Now that he is watching He Pingyan lose in the minutiae of strategy and become the second Yayuan, how can he not feel sorry?

You must know that no matter what era it is, it can even be expanded to any competitive event, don't look at the difference between the first and the second is only one place, but the attention received by the two sides is far from the same level.

Because the first is the absolute winner, and the second place also bears the name of the loser.

"Brother Gongxu, when I was in the first game of the township test, I watched Shen Yichen hand in the papers and leave the venue in advance, and I thought that this son was young and rampant, and he acted recklessly."

"Now it seems that Brother Gongxu is right, if a young man is not vigorous, can he still be called a young man?"

Hearing Wang Yining say this, the faces of the other examiners present were even more surprised, it turned out that the candidate who handed in the first paper of the township examination was actually Shen Yichen!

This guy has so much in advance, and he can still take the middle and solve the yuan, how strong is it?

Looking at everyone's expressions of amazement, Zhou Xu's heart was full of pride, he probably didn't expect that he was this age in advance, and he could be proud of a young man.

"Brother Wentong has said it, in fact, seriously speaking, Shen Yichen is not arrogant, but has a kind of modest gentleman-like elegance."

Originally, Wang Yining was a little emotional, but Zhou Xu's words choked him.

At the beginning of Mingyuan Upstairs, it was not the young and famous person that you old boy said, but he was arrogant. Today, I just followed the original words, and became as elegant as a humble gentleman?

Good guy, what is Shen Yichen's personality, you are really jumping sideways repeatedly.

"Lord Zhou is really a discerning talent, but I didn't expect that Shen Yichen had already taken a fancy to him."

"In the past, there was Bole Xiangma, and now there is Lord Zhou's discernment."

"I thought that Shen Yichen's knowledge was not much better, but now that I look at it, I am narrow-minded, far inferior to Lord Zhou."

Hearing the rainbow fart of his colleagues, Zhou Xu waved his hand again and again and said: "False praise, your colleagues are really false praise, this official is ashamed." ”

Having said that, the wrinkles on Zhou Xu's face were deepened by the smile......

After some mutual praise, the ranking work still has to continue. Soon, the seals of the rest of the test papers were also opened, and the third, fourth, and fifth Jing Kui, as well as the sixth Yakui, were carefully determined, and the subsequent rankings were not very important.

After all, the township test is not a general test, and there is no distinction between the second and third grades, and it will not affect the distribution of officials.

At this time, all the township examination officials, including the outer curtain invigilators, will gather in the inner hall to check the ink papers of the admitted scholars one by one to ensure that there will be no mistakes in filling in the list.

However, even so, in the 35th year of Qianlong, there was an outrageous mistake, and the 20th place in the township examination was written as the 12th, and it is estimated that the officials present were collectively blind......

In addition, there are special regulations on the time of the township test list, that is, Yin and Chen will be selected for two days, of which Yin is a tiger and Chen is a dragon, so the township test list is also called the "Dragon and Tiger List".

On August 28, the ninth year of orthodoxy, this day is the time for the trial release of Shuntian Township, and the Shuntian Prefecture is already full of dense students, all looking forward to being on the list.

Even some anxious candidates kept asking the officials in front of the government about the specific time of the list, and they were already anxious during the waiting process.

Shen Yichen was sitting in the tea shed opposite the government office at the moment, leisurely sipping coarse tea, without the slightest idea of squeezing into the crowd to find out the results of the list.

You must know that it is still summer and autumn, the sun is at least 30 degrees outside, and the literati have to wear long shirts in order to maintain their image, and they can't wear short-sleeved shorts or anything like later generations.

This group of people is densely packed, and if they suffer from heat stroke inside, they may not be able to be rescued with current medical technology.

If you don't get the middle, forget it, if you are in the middle of the lift, it can really be said that you will die before you get out of the school......

"This Xianggong is really kind-hearted, the old man has opened a tea stall here for decades, and has witnessed several township test lists, but no one can taste tea as indifferently as Xianggong."

The old man who opened the tea stall watched Shen Yichen sip tea unhurriedly, even if the release time was about to come, he was unmoved, this kind of calmness was really unseen in his life.

Hearing this, Shen Yichen replied with a smile: "Anyway, there will be a roll call on the list, and now there are too many people to squeeze in, so it is better to drink tea to relieve the heat." ”

The ninth year of orthodoxy is the last township test with an explosion of numbers, and nearly 10,000 people are crowded at the door of the Shuntian Mansion Office, even if Shen Yichen has the heart to watch the list, he doesn't have the strength to fight a "bloody road".

If you think about the scene of thousands of people lining up in the reading playground in later generations, you can understand how spectacular it is to approach 10,000 people.

The dragon and tiger list of the township test is just a piece of paper of a few square sizes, and at most a dozen or so people are crowded in front, which can cover the list tightly.

In addition, the crowd will rush to the list, which leads to the fact that the people in front can't get out, and the people in the back can't get in. If you are a little further back, you won't be able to see the name of the winner on the list at all.

In later generations, the TV list was released, and the scene of dozens of people discussing it easily was pure nonsense. In fact, in addition to the candidates, there are also servants and entourage to watch the lively crowd of onlookers, which should be crowded.

In order to prevent stampede accidents and allow more candidates to know the situation of winning the test at the first time, a chanting building was built in ancient times, so that the scribes could stand on the upper floor for roll call, similar to the loudspeaker broadcast in later generations.

Not to mention, the only ancient chanting building that exists in later generations, that is, the Taiyuan chanting building, Shen Yichen has also personally watched it.

Unexpectedly, the spectators at that time have now become witnesses.

"The fair saying is reasonable, but there are very few people who can do this."

"yes, that's a mid-lift."

Shen Yichen sighed, Zhongju is a moment that can really change the fate of a person's life, how many people can be light?

Even when the results of the college entrance examination are released in later generations, various websites will collapse and telephone inquiries will explode, let alone now.

Just when Shen Yichen was chatting with the old man at the tea stall, a young student in his twenties ran into the tea shed, panted and said, "Shop, do you have any herbal tea, bring me a bowl." ”

"Yes, guest officer later."

After the old man of the tea stall answered, he poured out a bowl of herbal tea from the teapot and handed it to the student.

After drinking a bowl of herbal tea, the young student returned the bowl, only to find that there was still a student sitting in the tea shed.

So he immediately arched his hand and said: "I'm sorry brother, I came from a distance and was hungry and thirsty, and my behavior just now was really indecent." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Yichen waved his hand, the ancient literati just broke the rules a lot, and now he is bound, otherwise he would have already fanned the wind with his sleeves, why sit here and drink tea.

"I don't know what to call Brother Tai? Xiao Yi, a member of Xiahejian Mansion. ”

"Ying Tianfu Shen Yichen."

Ying Tianfu, Shen Yichen?

Hearing the words Ying Tianfu, Xiao Yi felt a little confused, shouldn't he theoretically take the township test in the Jiangnan Gongyuan, why did he come all the way to Beijing.

And the name Shen Yichen, how does it sound familiar, I always feel like I've heard it somewhere.

After thinking carefully for a while, this student named Xiao Yi looked at Shen Yichen with an expression of disbelief with his mouth wide open.

"Your Excellency, could it be Shen Yichen, the head of Yingtian's case who wrote "Linjiang Immortal" and "Sword Like a Rainbow"?"

At present, there are no other scholars around, so Shen Yichen nodded and simply admitted: "It's exactly below." ”

"Long admiration, long admiration, Brother Shen's poems have been read several times, but I didn't expect to see them in person today, I really feel honored!"

It seems that Shen Yichen's poems are indeed influential among the young scholars and literati of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Fengyuan, who met in Yingtian Hall before, and Xiao Yi, who he met now, all obeyed him.

"It's clumsy, it's not enough to worry about."

"Brother Shen is humble, and when he was confused, he was inspired by "Sword Like a Rainbow". In particular, the sentence of Feng Hou worshipping Qi Lianwai was full of heart, and it was even more of a life's wish! ”

Another fan......

Shen Yichen felt a little helpless, this person was too famous and not very good, and he was eye-catching wherever he went.

At this moment, in the distance on the chanting floor, there was the sound of "dong dong" drum beating. The originally noisy Fuya Square was instantly quiet.

Even Shen Yichen and Xiao Yi in the conversation looked in the direction of the chanting building, because the beating of the big drum meant that the township test roll call would come soon.

At the same time, a row of figures appeared on the chanting floor, triggering cheers from the waiting students below.

They are the inner curtain examiners headed by Zhou Xu and Wang Yining, the outer curtain invigilators led by the supervising imperial history, and the new Shuntian Mansion Yin Wangxian.

Looking at the ministers in the chanting building in the distance, listening to the cheers of the scholars in the square in front of the mansion, even Shen Yichen, who was light and breezy before, couldn't help but feel a sense of tension at this moment.

I have been studying diligently for more than a year, and what I am waiting for is not today's roll call?