Soon after Jia Zheng set off with a group of juniors, Master Pardon received a letter.

The person who sent the letter was none other than Dai Quan, the confidant and great eunuch beside the saint of Longshou Palace.

After handing the letter to Jia Yu, he smiled and arched his hand: "The sage said that Brother Cong did not embarrass Prince Rong, and after the palace test, Brother Cong needs to go to the imperial tomb, and the sage will personally take it over at that time." ”

After reading the contents of the letter, Jia Yu's face was full of pride, and he invited with a smile on his face: "The minister respectfully obeys the holy decree, and he will be told when San'er returns." I'm tired of Dai Gong coming over in person, if you are not busy, please ask Dai Gong to stay and have a glass of wine......"

Dai Quan smiled and shook his head, and then patted Jia Yu's shoulder: "No, I'll drink the wine later, I have to go back to the saint quickly." Enhou, when the Gongyuan sent the imperial list to the palace, the sage was very happy, and he said that you have done a good job, and the son who taught you is also very good......"

Sending Dai Quan away, the old man pardoned the sage's handwritten letter carefully with red eyes, and then walked out of the house with his granddaughter in his arms, and found a housekeeper to arrange the arrangements inside and outside the house.

The stone lion was tied with red silk, and strings of firecrackers were hung on both sides of the road from the street entrance to the gate of the house, and even several cats in the house wore red silk yarns around their necks.

When the old man returned to the house, he was helped into the house by Jia Lian and Baoyu, and before he could go to Rongxi Hall to give the old lady good news, he heard a gong sound at the intersection of Ningrong Street.

Qiang Qiang ......

Then the firecrackers were lit, strings of firecrackers exploded, the smell of sulfur was even stronger than during the New Year, and the red firecracker confetti scattered all over the entire Ning Rong Street.

Ningrong Street was already crowded with people watching the excitement, and their eyes were focused on the two teams of newspapers that reported the good news.

"Uncle Yongfeng hit?"

"Needless to say!"

"But why did the two teams come to the newspaper?"

"Shhh Second Master Bao also hit? ”

The two teams of newspapers jumped off their horses before they reached the gate of Rongguofu, and ran towards Rongguofu, which had twelve halberds standing in front of the door, and bowed respectfully and reverently to the plaque of "Rongguofu", and then shouted.

"Good news, the lord of Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, Jia Zhencong, the first place in the high school Renchen will be the first place in the Huiyuan, and the saint above the Fengtian Temple!"

Rumble!

The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar in an instant, and they were shocked to discuss in the sound of 10,000 firecrackers hanging on the left side in front of the mansion.

"Five yuan, five yuan, I know that Yongfeng Bo must be Wen Kuixing!"

"Wei Wenzhenggong said at the time that Yongfeng Bo was born with Su Hui, not a god descending to earth, how could he be a high school student at the age of eleven?"

"The luck of the pardon is too good, the two sons are so good. The people in the south said that the second master of Lian was pasted on the gate as a door god in them, and the third master Cong was a god who could write and martial arts. You see, it's all five yuan, will six yuan be far away? ”

"What do you know, the pardon is not only a son, think about the four kings, eight dukes and twelve marquis, who else is higher than the title of the pardon duke? The dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the pardon is himself powerful, and the son he gave birth to will be so good. ”

"Shhhh......h

Jia Cong didn't have time to take the golden book, but he saw another team of newspapers also hold up the golden book of the good news, and shouted: "Good news, the lord of Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, Jia Zhenjue, the eleventh tribute of the high school Renchen will test, and the saint above the Fengtian Temple!" ”

"What? Baoyu won the eleventh exam? ”

Everyone looked at the middle gate of Rongguo Mansion, and the maid and lady walked out of the gate of Rongguo Mansion with an old lady in her arms.

I saw that the old man was wearing a seven-Zhai crown on his head, wearing a gold-embroidered Yunxia Zhai pattern, and a gold-embroidered Zhai pattern bow robe on his chest and back, with gray hair but also in good spirits.

"Meet the princess of Rongjun!"

Everyone bowed down in front of the door, and after the old lady said that she didn't need to be polite, her hands trembled slightly, and she pointed to the newspaper and asked again: "How many places do you say my grandson has won?" ”

The two newspapers glanced at each other and bowed again.

"Back to the concubine Niangniang, the lord of your mansion, Jia Zhencong, the first place in the high school Renchen will be the first place in the exam!"

"Your lord Jia Zhenjue, the eleventh tribute will be tested in the high school Renchen!"

"One subject and two scholars, the concubine teaches well, the prosperity of Rongguo Mansion is really rare, and the small one is happy to the concubine!"

The mandarin duck took the two golden books, and after opening them, the old lady only glanced at them, and was overjoyed: "Reward!" All are rewarded, and today there will be a banquet in the house, and the neighbors will come! ”

Crackling, crackling......

Mixed with the congratulations of the crowd, the firecrackers hanging on the right side of the gate were also lit.

The old lady glared at her eldest son who was supporting her, and scolded with a smile: "You bastard dare to bluff me......"

Master Pardon shrugged: "When did my son bluff you?" My son just told you, both of them were on the list, no, the person who reported the good news even sent the golden book. ”

The old lady raised her hand and hammered her eldest son's arm: "Yes, yes, the three hundred and fifty place is also in the middle of the game, may it be the same as Huiyuan and the eleventh place?" If you dare to make fun of me, you will punish you with all the money you have for today's feast. ”

Jia Yu directly took out a silver ticket and stuffed it to the mandarin duck on the side: "The son obeys his mother's orders, this silver, the son will come out!" ”

The mandarin duck was stunned after just one glance at the silver ticket in his hand, one thousand taels! The big lord is mighty, the big lord is heroic!

Strings of firecrackers are hung and lit as if they don't need money, and the sound of explosions is endless.

The entire Ningrong Street was covered with a thick layer of red confetti, and the carriages that came to Rongguofu to congratulate were one after another, and they couldn't squeeze in.

Master Yu drank very well, and took his son to shuttle in front of the wine tables, and carried Xuanwa to the extreme, which made the eyes of Master Niu of Zhenguo Mansion look at his children and grandchildren more and more dangerous.

On the contrary, it is a political master, even if he has drunk three rounds, he still hasn't come back to his senses.

His son passed the eleventh Gongshi in the examination, and he is still the son who is tired of being in the pile of fat powder every day......

When the guests dispersed, Master Jing took Baoyu and Jia Cong to the ancestral hall to kowtow to the ancestors.

Until the evening, the hustle and bustle dissipated, and everyone from the two prefectures gathered in Rongxi Hall.

Master Lin finally found out the reason why Baoyu won the eleventh place, and explained the reason to everyone with a smile.

In fact, Baoyu deserves the eleventh place in high school this time, why?

There will be three exams, the first one is three four-book texts, four five-scripture texts, and this thing looks at memory and understanding.

Although Baoyu doesn't like to read the Four Books and Five Classics, he can't stand the board of the political master, and in the past few years, under the deterrence of the political master's board, what should be memorized has long been engraved in his mind.

In terms of the intelligence of the brain, Bao Er Ye is one of the best in the entire capital, (of course, many times he doesn't have to be on business.) This made Bao Erye come out on top in the first game, beating most of the candidates.

The second test is "Treatise", "Edict Table", and "Judgment".

"Treatise" can be simply understood as an argumentative essay, although the question is also extracted from the Four Books and Five Classics, but there is no provision that you have to use the eight-strand essay to answer, and you can play freely.

"Edict Table" is the collective name of "edict", "edict" and "table", which can be simply understood as official documents, requiring scholars to imitate the words and deeds of superiors and write corresponding edicts, edicts and tables.

The "judgment" is even simpler, which can be simply understood as the approval of the documents submitted by the subordinates, and the familiarity of the scholars with the "Great Xia Law" and other legal provisions is examined.

These three things couldn't be simpler for Bao Erye, who was born in the Guogong Mansion. The holy decrees received in the house are almost piled up in the ancestral hall, and they are familiar with it since childhood.

In the past two years, because Master Jing rectified the two mansions, he was forced to memorize the entire "Daxia Law", which is really crooked.

As for the last one, it was even simpler, with five questions, Bao Erye integrated Jia Cong's experience into his own questioning, and his fierce contempt and denounced the national thief Lu beetle, and won Hai Qingtian's "favor" at once.

"Full of style and bones, there are things in words, if it is not for the flawed handwriting, it should be the Yuanyuan!"

If it weren't for Baoyu's illness on the last day, with a slight flaw in his handwriting, Hai Gangfeng would almost scold Guo Ge Lao and put Baoyu's ranking forward again.

Compared with Baoyu's fierce rhetoric, Jia Cong's answer sheet seemed as stable as an old cat.

In the steady policy, each article is full of dry goods. If they didn't know that it was the answer sheet of the exam, the examiners would have thought that this was the ruling policy that the elder was going to implement.

When I called, I took a look, and Jia Cong, Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture......

Wait, isn't Jia Cong a student of Xu Qingteng? How could a disciple of a representative figure of the Fa-changing Sect write such a balanced question?

The eleven-year-old boy wrote the style of a forty-year-old official, which was really unimaginable to the group of examiners who read the papers.

However, what people write is true, and each article can be used as an example to directly govern in various places, and the sixteen circles represent the recognition of the sixteen masters and examiners.

Huiyuan, it can only be Huiyuan!

In this way, Jia Cong topped the list with sixteen laps, and Jia Jue ranked eleventh with eleven laps.

Lin Ruhai looked at Baoyu who was playing on the side with appreciation, and finally apologized to him with a smile: "It's my uncle's, I underestimated you before, Baoyu, you are a genius!" ”

"Huh?"

Baoyu didn't expect that he would be the eleventh, but he was a big man, and after a short period of joy, he threw the matter aside, and was huddled in the circle of sisters to accept everyone's congratulations and jokes.

Suddenly, when he heard his uncle apologize to him, he was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "Uncle, don't say that, I'm just ...... It's just that...... I also heard Brother Cong tell me those stories, and at that time, I couldn't think of what to write for a while, so I wrote according to the cat and the tiger. ”

"Apply what you have learned, and do great good! The palace test is scheduled for March 15, and there is only one strategic question, take the test well, and strive to let our family produce another second-class jinshi. ”

Lin Ruhai's encouragement is ...... for Baoyu Well, it didn't work much.

There is no disgrace in the palace examination, no matter how bad it is, you can take the top three with the jinshi. However, with the encouragement of the elders, Baoyu still bowed down to thank his uncle.

Lin Ruhai didn't say anything else, smiled and turned his gaze to Jia Cong.

He was sure that the little son-in-law's Liuyuanlang didn't run away.

If the examination does not win the Huiyuan, the little son-in-law is very likely to take over his class and win the Tanhualang with the first and third prizes.

But now it's all five yuan, and six yuan doesn't have the slightest suspense at all. During the Zhaowu period, Xu Jin Xu Qingteng six yuan and the first to the emperor added a lot of color, the holy monarch is alive, and Wen Kui is mortal.

Even the gods in the sky have come down to assist Emperor Zhaowu, can it be a holy monarch?

In the year of Zhaowu, there was already a saint monarch who was assisted by immortals, and if there was another such saint in the year of Yuan You, the people would definitely think that the two generations of saints would be assisted by immortals.

They will have infinite hope for the future and be more loyal to the dynasty and the royal family. For the national fortunes of Great Xia, it has almost doubled.

Temple exam? Even if the little son-in-law only writes a name on a piece of paper at that time, he will be a proper champion. is an iron head like Haigang Peak, who will grit his teeth to help make up for the standard answer.

Forget it, there's nothing to tell.

Lin Ruhai thought about it for a long time and didn't know what to say, so he laughed dumbly.

"Okay, let's go play, just take the test on March 15."

Jia Cong grinned, and with the permission of the old lady, he and a group of siblings ran outside to set off fireworks to play.

……

There is still half a month to go before the palace examination on March 15, and according to the usual practice, on the second day of the examination results, all the candidates will go to visit the lord and the house master. Over the past hundred years, the imperial examination has long formed a set of subtle rules.

The main examiner, that is, the two chief and deputy examiners. The main examiner is called the big seater, the deputy examiner is called the small seater, and the room master is the fourteen same examiners.

This visit to the Lord and the examiner is customary, and few people dare to violate this rule. Because the master and the examiner will usually be selected for the upcoming palace examination papers, no one will be stupid to offend the marking officer.

Jia Cong was actually not very happy to go, but he was still kicked out of the door by Lin Ruhai. Even if you want to be alone, you can't exclude yourself from Shilin, and you also need to create a circle.

With Lin Ruhai's guidance, the old lady personally prepared gifts for Jia Cong and Baoyu brothers.

The salute is not gold, silver, pearls and jade, Qingpa's books, plus elegant and delicate ink strips, and it will not be out of courtesy if it is not in the limelight.

The brothers took the car to the official hall to pay respects, and naturally met many new Kegong scholars on the way, including He Chong and others, who were also on the list.

Ren Chen will take the exam, He Chongzhong is second, Mo Shizhi is third, Mu Congying is seventh, Zhao Delin is one hundred and twenty-second, and Gao Jian, who is good at cooking, also won the one hundred and thirty-sixth examination......

The six young men who were called by Jia Cong to help in the household department before, except for Wei Ruolan, who did not participate in the examination this time, the other five were all on the list.

And their results are extremely good, and the lowest ranking Gao Jian is in the top 150.

In just 20 days of busyness, these five people became familiar with the operation process of the imperial court, familiar with the writing of official documents, and had a deeper understanding of the military, government and people's livelihood of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Who can't memorize the Four Books and Five Classics? Who doesn't understand the subtle words of the saints?

But what was the process of operation of the imperial court? What is the military, political and people's livelihood in the country? Officials rule, guard the border, govern the government and secure the people...... If you want to say something in your question, where does this thing come from?

Although the busyness of the household department for more than 20 days made these five people so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, their gains were also beyond imagination.

After the five of them got out of the carriage, they bowed to Jia Cong: "I'll wait for the uncle to mention something......

There were quite a few new Kegong scholars waiting in front of the official hall, and when they saw this situation, they whispered one by one.

Jia Cong held his forehead, he understood why these five people thanked him.

With a wry smile, Jia Cong jumped out of the carriage and quickly stepped forward to help the five people up: "Brothers, please get up quickly, you can apply what you have learned, that is the ability of your brothers, thank me for what to do?" You have been busy in the household department for twenty days and nights, and all the brothers have contributed to the imperial court. After his day palace test, the brothers will enter the court as officials, and His Majesty will definitely be rewarded. ”

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I've been too busy lately.,It's all staying up late to code words.,The update is a little late but it won't be broken.。

Let's go here tonight and continue tomorrow, good night...... Uh, good morning!

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