The time is approaching, and there are already crowds of people outside the Donghua Gate of Bianliang City. Without him, the name of the current Kejin Shi would be conveyed to all corners of the Great Song Dynasty from here. Lu Chongyuan was chatting with Lu Chengjian in Lu's chariot at the moment, and his eyes skimmed towards Donghua Gate from time to time. Lu Chengjian quipped on the side: "Brother Lu, I didn't see you so anxious a few days ago. Aren't you afraid that if you can't get on the top of the rank, your father won't marry Yue'er to you? Lu Chongyuan teased the second ancestor in his heart. replied angrily: "There is no such a good life as Brother Shi, Jinke is the champion Lang, and when he sees Brother Shi, he has to call Shangguan." ”

Lu Chengjian was silent after hearing this, and he didn't seem to be annoyed when he looked at him, but he scared Qinghuan, who served the two, into a cold sweat. As a descendant of the Lu family, he knows the character of this gentleman of his family. Looking at the entire Bianliang City, there are no more than five fingers of peers who dare to laugh with Lang Jun like this, this uncle is really bold. Didn't we have a proverb in the Song Dynasty that "the roll call outside the Donghua Gate is a good man", and I don't know if my uncle can get this honor. But my uncle is really majestic when he wears this Jinshi uniform.

Before the ranking is awarded, the tribute students who have not been deposed in the palace examination will be uniformed into the palace today. Their final ranking will be announced by Zhao Kuangyi himself, which shows how much the imperial court attaches importance to them. The officers and soldiers guarding the city slowly opened the city gate, and the two eunuchs in blue and purple official robes exchanged for a moment, and one of them spoke: "All the new science and technology scholars, our family knows Tang Si in the province, and I am ordered to lead you into the palace to face the saints. ”

When passing the state bridge, Lu Chongyuan glanced at the location of Li's baked cake shop, but it was difficult to find the slightest trace. From the Suzaku Gate to the Xuande Gate, the Chongzheng Hall slowly unveiled its mysterious veil. All beings are full of curiosity about the palace, and they can't wait to have two more eyes. The chamberlain in the blue and purple official robe had long been accustomed to this, and it seemed that he was constantly reminding these new science and technology scholars not to look at incivility.

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Kuangyi flipped through the list of today's scholars. I finally saw the familiar name on the catalog of Yijia, and glanced at Lu Mengzheng meaningfully. At three o'clock, officials of the Ministry of Rites presented the imperial edict, and Zhao Kuangyi motioned to Prime Minister Li Fang to read the edict. Li Fang took it from the hands of the inner servant, stood in front of the hundred officials, slowly opened the edict, and read it out: "On April 15 of the third year of Chunhua, I will try to test the tribute students of the world. Ten people in the first class were given the birth of Jinshi, sixty-five people in the second class were given the birth of Jinshi, and two hundred and forty-five people in the third class were given the birth of Jinshi. ”

After the edict is announced, it is time to reveal the ranking.

Zhao Kuangyi took the directory that he had already been familiar with in advance, and flipped through it a few times at will. He took out an opening and said, "Today, I will only read out the first ten names, and the rest of the people will be announced by the Ministry of Rites and all living beings. What do you think? Zhao Kuangyi's move made the hundred officials a little confused, and Lu Meng was holding the wat board and made a list: "Official, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate." If you only roll the name of the first-class jinshi, it will not make the rest of the beings feel cold. Zhao Kuangyi looked at him with interest: "What does Lu Qing think?" ”

Lu Meng was thinking for a moment and replied; "The minister thought that Li Xiangke could do the roll call for the remaining two lists for the official family." Zhao Kuangyi sighed meaningfully and did not express his position. Li Fang saw that the situation was not right, and immediately went out of class: "Official, the old minister thinks what Lu Shangshu said is reasonable. But I don't know if Lao Chen and Lu Shangshu can be divided into two or three Jinshi? ”

Lu Mengzheng ignored Li Fang's proposal and looked at Zhao Kuangyi: "It's all up to the officials. The hundred officials didn't know which one these three people were singing, and they all looked at their noses, and they were afraid that they would make some movement and be piggybacked. Lu Mengzheng, as the former Zaifu, is still understandable if he does not deal with Li Fang. But the attitude of the official family towards this matter makes people can't help but speculate, Li Fang is old, does the official family have the intention of using Lu Mengzheng as the prime minister again.

"Then according to what Li Qing said, the two Aiqing will announce it on my behalf." Xuanbang has always been the dictatorship of the Son of Heaven, and Lu Mengzheng has no grudges with his past and no enmity in recent days, which undoubtedly pushes him to the forefront. The official family blames you and me for announcing a list, and I want to see if you are selling Laoshzi medicine in this gourd.

Zhao Kuangyi signaled the chamberlain to send the list of the second and third class to Li and Lu, and Lu Mengzheng got a general glance at the catalog, and his son-in-law was not on this list of top three. Li Fang didn't open the list, closed his eyes, and waited for Zhao Kuangyi to read out the top ten.

On the dragon chair, Zhao Kuangyi looked at the first-class list and was silent for a few breaths, and immediately opened his mouth to announce.

"First place, Ruzhou Sun He."

The herald officer sang Zhao Kuangyi's voice.

"The first place in the first class of Jinshi, Sun He of Ruzhou."

The sound was like thunder, and it reached the ears of all the beings outside the temple.

Lu Chongyuan had expected this, Sun He was the first in both the solution test and the provincial test, and now he has won the first place in high school three times in three tests.

Zhao Kuangyi then began to read out the information on the list.

"Second place in the first class, Luoyang Zhou Bowen."

The official is still like thunder, passing Zhao Kuangyi's roll call to the outside of the hall.

"Second place in the first class of Jinshi, Luoyang Zhou Bowen."

Although he was a little disappointed, Lu Chongyuan knew that he was unlikely to appear in the top three. It wasn't until the official reported that he was not the eighth in the first class, and the sweat on Lu Chongyuan's palms had already wet his clothes. There have already been eight Jinshi in the first class of this department, and this unusual ratio makes him feel very uncertain.

Another roll call came from the herald.

"Jinshi first class ninth, Huizhou Gaoyuan."

The ninth first-class jinshi is here, and all beings are also palpitating. Without waiting for them to react, the preacher passed Zhao Kuangyi's last roll call today.

"The tenth place in the first class of Jinshi, Kaifeng Lu Chongyuan."