Learn to become a literary and martial artist, and sell it to the emperor's family. It is something that every scholar thinks about for a long time, and the imperial examination is the only way for them to get ahead.

In the Qing Dynasty, before the palace examination, the re-examination was held in the Baohe Hall in the Forbidden City, and after the re-examination, they could participate in the palace examination that was also held in the Baohe Palace. Test takers have to go through the rituals such as roll call, loose papers, praise, and salute before they begin to issue test books and conduct exams. In the Qing Dynasty, the palace examination was only a test of the current policy, and the questions in the early Qing Dynasty were about two or three hundred words long, and after the Kangxi Dynasty, they became about five or six hundred words, and sometimes the questions would reach about 1,000 words. In the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong (1761), it was changed to four of the eight articles circled by the minister of reading the papers. At dusk, the papers are handed in, and the palace examination is over.

The test paper should be collected and stored by the examiner, the official in charge of the examiner, and other officials, and when the marking day is reached, it will be handed over to eight graders for review, each with a table, and each will be read in turn, and each according to its own judgment plus "O" or "△" or "" or "1" or "x" of the five kinds of marks, and the one with the most "O" is the best paper. And in the end, the top 10 books were selected from the volume with the most "O" and sent to the star emperor, and the emperor judged the first and third places, namely "champion", "list eye", and "tanhua". Finally, the list filler fills in the list and publishes the list to the world.

The palace examination is not degraded, and the participants in the palace examination are collectively called Jinshi, but the candidates are ranked first through the examination, and the list is divided into three grades: the first and third are respectively "champion", "list eye" and "tanhua", and give the title of "Jinshi and first". The first three people were immediately awarded officials, and the champion was awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing; A number of second-class students, accounting for one-third of the admitted, are given the title of "Jinshi Origin", and the first name is passed on; A number of top three, accounting for two-thirds of the admitted, will be given the title of "Tongjinshi Origin".

Let's say that the next day, a group of candidates entered the imperial city of the Forbidden City under the escort of a large group of soldiers and horses, and accepted the pre-palace examination of the Son of Heaven in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

All the candidates are nervous, looking at the brocade box, they know in their hearts that if their papers are in the brocade box, this palace exam is considered to be showing their faces, the palace exam is determined by the origin of the jinshi, although after the exam, it is considered to have entered the official class, but the future is all in this palace exam, if it is a first-class, immediately famous in the world, the future will be a steady progress, if it is a second-class, it is not bad, as long as you don't make a fool, this life is almost still steady and have a chance to enter a high position, but if it is a third-class, it will be miserable, If you are unlucky, you can only put a Yungui or a county magistrate or county order in Liaodong, and you will play with mud for half your life.

Once the list is released, some people are happy and some are worried, and a narrow list carries too much bitterness. Some candidates are eager to sharpen their heads and drill into them. Let's say that Mei Jiding heard about the release of the list, and hurriedly pulled Wu Yunlin and others straight to Xizhimen.

When I arrived at Xizhimen, there was already a crowd of people, and the huge place was already crowded with people on the three floors and the outer three floors, and someone in the crowd shouted excitedly from time to time:

"I'm in, I'm in." But there are also lamentations from the unsuccessful candidates.

Mei Jiding shouted as he squeezed inside: "Who is the champion, who is the champion."

Someone replied: "Enke champion Guangxi Lingui Long Qirui"

Suddenly, hearing this, Mei Jiding chuckled in his heart, and Zhao Kuo also looked at Wu Yunlin dumbfounded. Wu Yunlin only said lightly: "Fame and me are like floating clouds, what does it matter if I am high or not, besides, I don't want to refer to it, it is the intention of the Son of Heaven." But having said that, but listening to the position of the champion in his family, it is really uncomfortable in my heart, no matter what, people are always vulgar, and sometimes the surface is down, but the heart is not.

Several people finally squeezed into the front, looked at the list, searched in turn, and finally saw a few familiar names on the list. Guizhou Wu Yunlin ranked 88th in the second grade, and Mei Jiding was unsurprisingly nameless on the list.

At this time, Songtao Zhili Hall Shixian Weinei.

Wu Shangzhi was constantly walking back and forth at home. "Why hasn't there been any news from Yunlin yet? Could it be that he fell off the list? ”

After hearing Wu Shangzhi's words, Wu Shengwu smiled at Wu Shangzhi.

"Dad, Lin Er is Tianzi is smart, according to the time, the test will come out soon, why will you know so quickly, don't be impatient, after all, the test is a big deal, if the news comes back, it must be known all over the city, and everyone will definitely discuss it."

"No one has mentioned it now, presumably because there is no news yet."

After Wu Shangzhi heard Wu Shengwu's words, he was relieved.

After Wu Shangzhi heard this, he also turned his head to look at Wu Shengwu and smiled.

"What you kid said makes a lot of sense, but you've been wandering around in front of Lao Tzu." Wu Shangzhi looked at Wu Shengwudao, who was walking around.

Since the news of Wu Yunlin's success came back that day, businessmen, squires, and officials in Wu Mansion have come to visit them every day, and they have tried their best to pull relationships and climb relatives.

Of course, they tried their best to come to the door for nothing else, just to give gifts, the carriage and carriage of goods, Wu Shangzhi was really moved, but he knew that he couldn't drag his children back.

In addition to these people, it is some farmers who want to join the Wu family, after all, everyone knows that after the Spring Festival, they must be officials, and the tax-free fields of this Jinshi are as high as 2,000 mu.

This kind of person Wu Shangzhi naturally can't refuse them all, of course, the promise he gave is only to wait for Wu Yunlin to come back before making a decision.

While everyone was laughing and talking, there was a sound of gongs and drums beating outside the house.

As soon as he heard this voice, Wu Shengwu ran out very excitedly.

"It must be Yunlin's good news."

After Wu Shangzhi saw Wu Shengwu's happy appearance, he also hurriedly walked towards the door.

At this time, his heart was also quite excited, I don't know if his grandson has realized his dream, is there a champion?

After going out, the neighbors in the neighborhood heard the movement and walked out.

I saw that the number of people in this team to announce the good news was large, which was dozens of times more than when Wu Yunlin was raised, and there seemed to be an official in a scarlet robe in the middle.

Looking at this appearance, it should be the current Taozhi County of Songtao Hall,

After receiving the good news from the capital, this Songtao Hall has also been out of Jinshi, and there are still knowledgeable people.

"Oh, it's going to be such a battle! That's right, this kid from the Wu family has been smart since he was a child, and it's not strange that he has achieved this result, but where has he got? As soon as he said this, the other neighbors looked at him curiously.

After noticing these curious eyes around him, he stroked his beard and puffed out his chest with a smile, well, this is the charm of cultural people.

"Actually, it's nothing, the non-commissioned officer ascends to the sky in one step, and he is worthy of this pomp."

After hearing this, the neighbors in this vicinity looked at Wu Mansion with some shock.

Since the rise of Wu Mansion, these neighbors have naturally made up for their relevant knowledge, which is amazing.

At this time, a team of red-clothed people walked out of the group of people who reported the good news.

"Good news! Master Wu Yunlin of your mansion, the eighty-eighth place in the second class of the high school Enke Hall test! After Wu Shangzhi heard the official's words, he laughed happily.

"Okay, this poor master, this is the happy money I prepared for you."

After hearing Wu Shangzhi's words, these red-clothed people hurriedly saluted and corrected.

"Master, the villain deserves a word from you."

After Wu Shangzhi saw the frightened eyes of this official, he came back to his senses, his grandson is a second-class jinshi, and he can be regarded as an ancestor of Sun Gui, right?

At this time, Wu Shangzhi still felt that all this was not quite real.

Soon, this Songtao Hall Tao Zhixian came to Wu Shangzhi and arched his hand towards him.

"Please take out the table, this house has a holy decree to announce." "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the system says: Daoguang 21st Enke March 7th Tingce Tianxia Gongsheng, Guizhou Province Tongren Mansion Songtao Zhili Hall Wu Yunlin ranked 88th in the second class, and gave Jinshi and the first."

After hearing this holy decree, the onlookers were sure that Wu Yunlin of the Wu family was really a jinshi.

After Wu Shangzhi heard this holy decree, he knelt down with great emotion and thanked him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Tao Zhixian announced the decree, he hurriedly lifted Wu Shangzhi up from the ground.

"Congratulations to my brother, at this time, your Wu family's young lin has completely grown into a unicorn, and the future will be the day when my brother will enjoy happiness." After Wu Shangzhi heard Tao Yuanren's words, he nodded with a smile, and then quickly turned his head to look at the servants in the Ye Mansion.

"Quick, go and bring me the baskets of happy money I prepared, so that all the neighbors will be touched by the joy of my Wu family."

"Let them bring back all the ingredients in the restaurant and the cook, and I will have a three-day flowing banquet in Wufu, no matter what kind of identity you have, you can come to enjoy it!"

As soon as the servants in the Wu Mansion heard this, they hurried towards the restaurant, and everyone in the Wu family still had to know about the good news.

After sending the good news to the Wu Mansion, Tao Yuanren exchanged views with Wu Shangzhi before leaving.

"Brother, you and I hit it off at first sight, when I rest on his day, I'll come and talk to my brother again, if there is anything I need my brother's help in the future, my brother just asks."

After Wu Shangzhi heard Tao Yuanren's words, he naturally agreed with a smile.

Of course, at this time, he also knew that the reason why this guy was so kind to him was not because of his second-class Jinshi grandson.

It didn't take long for the news of Wu Yunlin's Jinshi to spread throughout the county.

Everyone walked towards Ye Mansion with gifts, and Mo said that it was the first one in Songtao County, which was the entire Tongren Mansion.