Later, Li Ge Lao was defeated, and there were many corrupt officials, and the emperor wanted to get rid of them together, but there was a lack of upright officials to fill the vacancies, so he had to get rid of the major ones, and the others persuaded him to hand over the greedy silver to continue to keep them, and then try to do it later. In order to recruit talents as soon as possible, the emperor issued a special edict that all students can enter Beijing to participate in the big examination, that is, children can participate as long as they are recommended by officials. Lingyu recommended herself, Zhang Yixian, in the honor of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Lingyu waited for the sky to be slightly bright and opened the door and walked out of the guest room, he came to the hall, and saw that many people in the hall were already eating breakfast, most of them came to catch the exam, because today is the beginning of the big exam, and everyone doesn't want to be late because they get up late.

Lingyu found a table with an empty seat to sit on, and Xiao Er came over and said, "Childe, what do you want to eat?" Lingyu said: "Get me five baked cakes, two bowls of porridge, and a plate of pickles." Xiao Er said: "Okay, you wait, come right away." With that, he trotted all the way to the kitchen.

There were three sons sitting on the other three sides of this table, and the one opposite put the bowl on the table after drinking a bowl of porridge, looked at Lingyu, and said with his right palm against his left fist and in front of his chest: "This brother is very raw, and I have never seen it for so many days." Lingyu also clasped his fists and saluted: "I just arrived here, and I rushed to ask my brother Taigui's name." The boy said: "In Jining, Xiashan Mountain, your surname is Lin, and your name is Yunchuan." Lingyu said in surprise: "It turned out to be Brother Lin, one of the four great talents of Jining Mansion, and it was really fortunate to see him today, disrespectful and disrespectful, Zhang Yixian in Xiayangzhou." ”

Lin Yunchuan said: "Zhang Yixian, a good name, forgive me for not knowing much." I haven't heard of Brother Zhang's name. Lingyu said: "You can't blame Brother Lin for this. It's just that the village man in the mountains has no name. It is reasonable that Brother Lin has not heard of it. Lin Yunchuan said: "I will introduce these two fellow villagers to Brother Tai in the future." The son on the left said, "Pay Sheng under ?." The son on the right saluted again: "Under Liu Wenzheng." ”

Lingyu said: "It turns out that three of the four talented people of Jining Mansion came, and I heard that one of them made a county order. Lin Yunchuan said with a smile: "That was earlier, and now he has been promoted to the prefect of Jining." Of course Lingyu knew, because his prefect was still recommended by Lingyu, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to pretend not to know. At this time, Xiao Er brought the baked cake porridge, put it on the table, and said, "Son, use it slowly." With that, he turned around.

Lin Yunchuan saw that Lingyu had breakfast delivered. He said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, I think we are very fateful, today is the day of the big exam, time can't be delayed, you can eat! Lingyu said: "I think Brother Lin is very confident that he will be on the list." Lin Yunchuan said: "As long as the main exam can be judged according to talent, I am happy if I don't win, which shows that people are stronger, unlike in the past, the ranking of the list was determined by the amount of silver, and I was not convinced." Liu Wenzheng said: "Brother Lin." Let's not delay Brother Zhang's time, let him eat quickly!"

A young man at the table next to him said: "The genius of the little Jining Mansion is also a great talent." It's really a frog at the bottom of the well, sitting in the well and watching the sky, and I can't measure it. Lingyu put his hands on his chest: "Dare to ask Brother Tai's surname." The boy said with a disdainful look: "This son is the talented son of the Central Plains, Wei Hao." Lingyu said: "I have never heard of the name of Brother Tai. Sun Weihao said with a smile: "A man in the mountains, what insight can the frog at the bottom of the well have." After speaking, a few people also laughed, and Lingyu smiled: "Is it clear if you have knowledge on the list?" When he had finished speaking, he began to eat the pancakes, ignoring the ridicule of the men.

When Lingyu finished breakfast, the lifters in the hall were gone, and Lingyu didn't dare to slack off, so she walked out of the inn and hurriedly walked towards the examination room. When he came to the examination room of the Gongyuan in the capital, there was no one missing, all of them were domestic servants and scholars outside.

Lingyu walked to the door of the examination room, took out the paperwork, took it from the doorkeeper, and said to herself, "Zhang Yixian." Then he said: "Zhang Yixian, everyone has arrived, why did you, an immortal, come now." Lingyu said with a smile: "Of course they are mortals who have to come in advance, and they will be counted by the immortals, of course, they will arrive on time, official, Xiaoxian is not too late!" The gatekeeper smiled: "Since you can pinch and calculate, can you be nominated for the gold list this time?"

Lingyu said with a smile: "Even if it's over at home, the title of the Zhunengjin List may still be in the first rank, otherwise Xiaoxian won't come." The doorman smiled: "I've heard bragging, I've never heard you brag like this, come, I have to check if you have any pieces of paper with words on you." After speaking, he searched on him, found no contraband, and said: "You go in quickly! Lingyu smiled: "Thank you for your auspicious words." After speaking, he took back the document and walked into the examination room.

This year's chief examiner is Hong Xuefu, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the deputy chief examiner is Liu Quanli, the secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette, Lu Peiyuan, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Deng Tinggui, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and many marking officers.

There are three major examinations, one for three days, with the paper received on the first day and the paper handed in the day after; The first test is four books and three ways, and four scriptures and righteousness; The second examination is one on the first, five on the system, one for the edict, one for the edict, one for the chapter, and one for the internal department; The third test of scripture history, strategy five.

Lingyu walked into the examination room, and someone supervising the examination took him to a small cubicle, where there was a desk, a stool, and all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and the test papers were placed on it.

Lingyu sat down and picked up the test paper and looked at it, then closed his eyes and pondered, thought for a while before brewing the article, opened his eyes, as if he had made up his mind, he first sharpened the ink, and then laid the paper and lifted the pen, the pen walked the dragon and snake, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and the pen was written in a thousand words, and the words were carefully considered, and he kept writing wonderful words and sentences. By the evening of the afternoon, Lingyu had finished all the exam papers, and then rechecked and felt very satisfied, so he packed up the answer sheets, and said to the inspector of the examination room: "Examiner, I want to hand in the papers." ”

The invigilator came over and said, "People have to take the exam for three days, and you have to hand in the papers in one day, are you not doing well?" Lingyu said: "I'm all ready, there's nothing to do here, you see I didn't bring a quilt, so I didn't plan to spend the night here." The invigilator said: "I have never met a candidate like you who submits the paper in one day, and I have to report to the examiner." With that, he left.

The invigilator came to the chief examiner, Hong Xuefu, and said, "Lord Hong, there is a candidate who wants to hand in the papers, you see how to deal with it." Hong Xuefu said: "What's his name?" The invigilator said: "It's called Zhang Yixian." Hong Xuefu said: "Oh, the name has some artistic conception, it seems that it is either garbage or talent." After speaking, he said to Liu Quanli, Deng Tinggui, and Lu Peiyuan: "A few adults, let's check the roster (there are many rosters) to see who the talent is." After saying that, several adults were busy checking it.

After a while, Lu Peiyuan said: "Lord Hong, I found it, this person is Zhang Yixian of Yangzhou, and he was recommended by Lord Zhang." Hong Xuefu said: "Which Lord Zhang is it?" Lu Peiyuan said: "It's Lord Zhang, the commander of Jinyiwei, you see." After speaking, he handed the roster to Hong Xuefu, and Hong Xuefu took it and saw that it was indeed recommended by Master Zhang, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Hong Xuefu said with a smile: "I am still a child in my thirties, and I have to rely on recommendations to take the exam, so I don't think there is much hope." Liu Quanli said: "Lord Hong, let's not jump to conclusions first, since it was recommended by Lord Zhang, it shouldn't be bad." Hong Xuefu said: "We select talents for the emperor for the imperial court, and we can't look at who recommended them." Liu Quanli said: "Lord Hong, you will be wrong, I didn't mean that Lord Zhang's recommendation must make him on the list, I want to say that Lord Zhang still has some vision for people." Lu Peiyuan said: "The two adults don't have to argue about this, just let him hand in the papers, and we will see the difference after we finish reading the test papers." ”

Lord Hong said: "What Lord Lu said is reasonable, and you will know it after reading the paper." After speaking, he said to the invigilator: "You go and let him hand in the papers!" (to be continued......)