As soon as it was dawn, the scholars hurried out.

Everyone hurried to the outside of the Tribute Courtyard, but unfortunately it was still late.

There were more people watching the list today than there were exams that day, and the whole street was blocked.

There are even some wealthy businessmen who come directly with their families. They are here to rob people, not to say that against the will of the scholars, they forcibly take away those who are on the list, but to compete with their peers for a "son-in-law"!

Bai Sheng, Gu San and other entourages opened the way with sticks, shouting along the way: "Hurry up, let go quickly, the ministers want to see the list!" ”

Seeing that they were all candidates for the exam, the idlers in front of them and so on, they consciously gave way to a narrow passage.

After waiting for a long time, there were finally officials who surrounded the officials and squeezed in with difficulty to post the yellow list.

The first list posted had about a hundred or more names.

Shi Biao was completely illiterate, so he could only stand outside the crowd, holding the cornucopia and waiting in a daze.

Bai Sheng had read the book for a few days, and when he saw "Zhu Ming" at the bottom of the list, he immediately shouted excitedly: "I've been hit, my family has been hit!" ”

"Who got it? Who got it? ”

In an instant, more than a dozen wealthy businessmen rushed madly with their families.

The eunuchs will also catch their sons-in-law on the list, but basically only catch the top three lists. Although there is no palace examination and there is no first grade, most of the top three lists in the provincial examination are better.

Only those rich merchants will go hungry, even the old man.

As the saying goes: read all the documents 100 quintals, and get a green shirt when you are old. The matchmaker asked Yu how old he was, forty years ago and thirty-three.

The wealthy businessman who was the first to squeeze in surrounded Zhu Ming with his family, and explained the situation quickly: "Little Xianggong, my family lives in Chenliu, not far from Tokyo. There are thousands of acres of fertile land, two businesses and more than 20 shops. The little girl is seventeen years old this year, virtuous and virtuous, and beautiful like a flower. If the husband is willing to marry, he will marry 800 acres of fertile land and three shops! ”

Another wealthy businessman squeezed in and said disdainfully: "What kind of rural place is Chen Liu?" I also dare to come to Tokyo to beg for food. My family is in the city of Tokyo, and although I don't have any land, I have a hotel in Tokyo. My eldest son-in-law is also from Jinshi, and has been released as the magistrate of Yangcheng, and my brother is still a Dingtao scholar. If the prime minister marries a little girl, he will also have a care in the officialdom in the future. ”

"My family has a goods store in Tokyo, which is worth more than that broken hotel, and my brother-in-law is Puzhou Shi Cao Peng!" Rich businessmen crowded in.

At this moment, dozens of more scholars shouted one after another: "I've been hit, I've been hit!" ”

The wealthy businessmen who originally rushed to Zhu Ming turned around one after another and surrounded those scholars.

Bai Chongyan's scholar cheered suddenly, and as for Bai Chongyan himself, he looked at Huang Bang in disbelief. He won, sixth from the bottom.

Li Hanzhang didn't find his name, he was apprehensive and expectant, maybe he was ranked higher.

The second list was posted, but there was still no Li Hanzhang.

Min Zishun shouted with joy, he fell off the list four times in a row, and this time he finally won!

There are also wealthy businessmen who surround him, Min Zishun is usually very serious, but at this time he was so happy that he joked: "I came from a humble background, if I can climb to the rich, it will be a blessing." Everyone, wait, I will write a letter back to my family and discuss it with Humble Jing. If she agrees, I will marry again. ”

"Hahahaha!"

The people around laughed, and those rich businessmen stopped pestering and hurriedly went to find the next prey.

The three wealthy businessmen who blocked Zhu Ming were already about to fight.

Zhu Ming arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I have a marriage contract below." ”

A wealthy businessman from Chen Liu said: "The marriage contract can be dissolved, and if the marriage is not completed for three years, it will be automatically invalidated." There are still a few years left, and my little girl can afford to wait. Come on, take the little minister away! ”

This product is a local tyrant left by Chen, and he brought a lot of family members, and he was impatient to grab people directly.

Seeing six family members rushing in, Zhu Ming suddenly kicked out, kicking the front one and bending over and screaming in pain. Then another fist was smashed, knocking the second family member unconscious on the spot.

The remaining four family members were so frightened that they didn't dare to move anymore, and looked at Zhu Ming stupidly.

"Get out!" Zhu Ming shouted.

Bai Sheng immediately boasted: "My brother, he led the troops to suppress the thieves, one person and one shot, killing 800 thieves and removing their armor!" ”

The three wealthy merchants, afraid of Zhu Ming's force, chose to give up one after another, and turned their heads to catch other tributes.

Suddenly there was a scream from the crowd: "The old man is fifty-six this year, and his two sons have already married a wife...... Let it go, the sleeves are torn...... What a system, what a system! ”

Someone else said: "Don't worry, old man, the little girl is eighteen this year, she is a good match for the husband, and she must be filial to her aunt if she marries in the past." ”

Pity this old gentleman, he was carried away directly by the family.

The soldier, who had not yet determined that he had won the list, shed tears of envy on the spot.

The third yellow list was posted, but there was still no name of Yangzhou Shizi, and Li Hanzhang became more and more anxious.

The fourth yellow list is still not available.

The fifth and last one, after Li Hanzhang finished reading it, he instantly lost his soul.

Of the ten scholars from Yangzhou, plus Li Hanzhang, there were eleven in total, and three of them were admitted to the provincial examination: Zhu Ming was the first from the bottom, Bai Chongyan was the sixth from the bottom, and Min Zishun was the one hundred and ninety-seventh from the bottom.

Li Hanzhang, Ling Guxu, Wang Chang and others...... All of them fell off the list.

And in the entire Lizhou Road, no one has passed the test.

Qin Hui looked at the list, his body was trembling, his ranking was extremely high, and he was seventeenth.

The elites have already begun to take action, unite to bomb away the rich businessmen, and ask the specific situation of the winners one by one.

"Shiro-kun, this person has not yet married a wife, and his age is also very appropriate, and he has also taken the seventeenth place in the provincial exam!" A housekeeper shouted.

Wang Zhongyu rushed to Qin Hui: "You really haven't married a wife?" ”

Knowing the details of this person, Qin Hui was a little apprehensive, and replied: "I haven't married a wife, and I haven't had a marriage contract." ”

Wang Zhongqi asked again: "How old is it?" ”

Qin Hui replied: "Twenty-five years old." ”

Wang Zhongyu asked again: "Who else is in the family?" ”

Qin Hui replied: "My father died early, and I made a county order. There is also an old mother and a younger brother, who live in my uncle's house. ”

Wang Zhongyu looked at Qin Hui carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became: "It's you, take it back!" ”

Qin Hui exclaimed: "Slow, slow, dare to ask who is the driver?" ”

Wang Zhongyu asked the family to carry Qin Hui away, and then said, "My father is the prince of Wang Yan, haven't you heard of it?" ”

Qin Hui, who was still struggling, was overjoyed when he heard that he could be the grandson-in-law of the late prime minister: "Father-in-law, let go of the son-in-law, and the son-in-law will agree." ”

In this way, Qin Hui became Li Qingzhao's cousin-in-law.

As for Qin Hui and Cai Jing's brother-in-law, this is mostly wild history nonsense.

First, there is no official history and epitaph records; Second, the age difference is too great; Third, after Qin Huizhong Jinshi, he did not get Cai Jing's support.

Qin Hui met his father-in-law here, and went to meet Zhu Ming and the others, congratulating each other on high school.

When this guy left, Li Hanzhang said sourly: "A poor cloth dress, and in a blink of an eye, he became the prime minister's grandson-in-law, which is really enviable." ”

Zhu Ming smiled and didn't speak, just Qin Hui and the Wang family, and the Jin soldiers came to all the traitors.

Ling Gu Xu hugged his fists and said, "Congratulations to the three!" ”

Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan, and Min Zishun returned the salute at the same time, and the rest of the fellow villagers also came to congratulate.

Facing the envious eyes of everyone, Zhu Ming comforted: "There are still palace exams that have not been examined, if you are still ranked at the bottom, I don't know how many years it will take, it doesn't matter if you are in the Jinshi or not." ”

This is the big truth, in the early stage of the Northern Song Dynasty, only three or four hundred people were admitted each year.

During the reign of Song Zhezong, it broke through to more than 500 people.

At the beginning of Song Huizong's rise to power, the empress dowager was in power, and she also only admitted more than 500 people.

When Song Huizong was in power, it was flooded in an instant, 671 people were admitted in the first session, and 731 people were admitted in the second session, and the number of Jinshi increased wildly.

The first rank of Jinshi has also increased from only the third class to the fourth and fifth classes.

After taking the Jinshi exam, you have to take the customs test.

Only those who pass the examination can be appointed.

Nowadays, there are many people and few officials, and it is becoming more and more difficult to confer officials and promotions.

The new Kejin Shi was released as a county lieutenant, which was extremely lucky.

Many Jinshi can only go to be state school teachers, and they do it for several years.

If you do a little better in the exam, you can be the principal of the state school, but it is possible that you will not move for many years.

For example, Qin Hui has been the principal for eight years.

Lin Xun, a Guangnan scholar he met when he set up a stall, this old man was even more miserable, and he had been the principal for ten years.

Because of falling off the list, Li Hanzhang was depressed for a while, but at this time he also figured it out, and said freely: "Don't worry about success, with the strategy of a virtuous brother, you will definitely be able to win the first and second in the palace test." ”

"Haha, hopefully." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

The palace examination is really black, and it belongs to the hardest hit area of fraud in the imperial examination.

Historically, in the next imperial examination, the emperor took the lead in cheating.

Song Huizong's favorite son is Zhao Kai, the king of Jia, who knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Song Huizong felt that this son was like himself, and even moved the mind of changing the prince.

A prince in his teens actually went to participate in the imperial examination, and was directly named the champion.

It is estimated that Song Huizong felt that it was too outrageous, and after his son was the first in the roll call, he ordered to change the second name to the champion and demoted his son to the top spot.

Don't think that Zhao Kai, the king of Jia, has stolen the limelight, that champion seems to be miserable. This product is an "official", he can be an official directly by virtue of his father's grace, and he can be admitted to a higher official position if he is admitted to the Jinshi.

"There are officials" who won the top prize in the examination is the first time since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the third place is also "official".

In other words, the next palace examination is the darkest moment of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty.

Among the top three, one is a prince, and two are "officials". Quante has a special background, who believes that there is no cheating?

Song Huizong and his favored retainers broke through the lower limit again and again.

Back at the inn, drinking and celebrating, a few families were happy and a few were sad.

Li Hanzhang found Zhu Ming alone and nagged: "Alas, the world is impermanent. My usual articles have always been better than Brother Juncai's, but this time he passed the exam, but I fell behind Sun Shan. Shi also, fate also, I don't plan to take the test again. My father had a world friend who was a military general in Huangzhou. Now in the Northwest War, I plan to go to Uncle Shi, maybe I can get some military merits. ”

"The sword has no eyes, but Brother Zhen is careful." Zhu Ming reminded.

"Haha, if you die, you will be considered unlucky." Li Hanzhang said with a smile.

This product really likes the military, and it's not bad to go to the army to mix it up, anyway, I can take the test again in the future. is to be a military general, and he can take the imperial examination to become a civil official.

Of the three people in the Yangzhou Shizi examination this time, Zhu Ming was an accident, and Bai Chongyan was also brought out by Zhu Ming. The one who really relied on his own ability to become a jinshi was actually Min Zishun alone, which was very in line with the basic situation of Yangzhou - a jinshi for more than 20 years.

Zhu Ming has already decided that if he finishes the pass exam and is assigned to be the principal or teacher, he will go directly back to Daming Village to count the ball.

(End of chapter)