Poor Family

  Chapter 275 The Eve of the Palace Examination

   At this time, there was a little commotion under the list of the second examination room in the west. The list of the second examination room was posted quickly, and half of it had been posted.

The state of the world under the list gradually revealed. Some scholars stamped their feet and beat their chests, crying loudly, but more scholars wept and hid their faces away, and some scholars on the list were so excited that they knelt down and cried , to vent out the emotions accumulated over the years.

   Two middle-aged scholars who had failed the rankings for many years lost again. They couldn't control their emotions. They rushed up to tear up the rankings.

The list on the east side was relatively quiet. At this time, two examiners brushed paste on the wooden board and pasted the fifth list on it. The first name was still Twenty-five Lane, and it was No. 25. On the eighty-fourth, Taixue Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing felt a sudden relief in his heart, his nose felt sour, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help getting wet. He lowered his head and cupped his face with his hands. Back then, he was the first in the exam, but it couldn't compare to the excitement and shock at this moment. Winning the provincial exam means that the door to his new life has finally opened.

  At this time, Zhou Chun squeezed over. He also saw Li Yanqing's name on the list, and his heart became even more excited. He hugged him tightly and said with a smile, "Let's go out first!"

  Li Yanqing nodded, and the two walked quickly to the path, when suddenly someone shouted from behind: "Yanqing!"

  When Li Yanqing turned his head, he saw a person chasing after him in a hurry, wearing a scholar's scarf and a light blue Confucian robe, handsome in appearance, Li Yanqing immediately recognized that it was King Jia Zhao Kai.

   "It turns out to be"

  Before Li Yanqing revealed his identity, Zhao Kai laughed and said, "I'm Kaifeng Mansion Wang Kai!"

  Li Yanqing came to his senses immediately, and laughed quickly: "Brother Wang must have been hit too!"

  Zhao Kai nodded with a smile, "I'm Lane 28, and I saw Brother Xian's name just now."

  He glanced at Zhou Chun again, "This is"

  Li Yanqing quickly introduced to him: "This is my fellow villager Zhou Chun, a scholar of Yuelu Academy, who just passed the provincial examination!"

  He smiled at Zhou Chun again: "Wang Kai, a native of the capital, is a son of an official."

  Zhao Kai and Zhou Chun met the ceremony, just at this time, several scholars from Yuelu Academy ran over, pulling Zhou Chun up and down excitedly.

   "Go! Drink and celebrate."

  Everyone happily pulled Zhou Chun away, Zhou Chun hurriedly said to Li Yanqing: "Let's go together!"

  Zhao Kai gave Li Yanqing a wink, Li Yanqing understood, and smiled: "You guys go! I'll buy you another drink tomorrow."

   "Then I will take a step first."

  The crowd surrounded Zhou Chun and ran away at a fast pace. When they were far away, Li Yanqing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Highness!"

  Zhao Kai saw a group of scholars coming from behind, he smiled and said: "This is not a place to talk, let's find a place to sit."

The two came out from the small street, and the opposite was indeed the Daxiangguo Temple. This is a relatively prosperous commercial center, and it is close to the Gongyuan, surrounded by dozens of inns, large and small. The two walked into a very quiet small hotel and sat down. After ordering a pot of wine and a few dishes, Zhao Kai was silent for a moment and said, "I don't usually have the opportunity to come out so freely."

  Li Yanqing understood his implication, "Is it the emperor's acquiescence for Your Highness to participate in the imperial examination?"

   "It's not as simple as acquiescing, or my father hinted that I will take the imperial examination. What do you think my father thinks?"

   "Actually, His Highness has already guessed the answer, hasn't he?"

   "You mean it's related to my brother?"

   "I don't dare to say that, but if His Highness wins the first prize, I'm afraid he will be the one who feels the most uncomfortable."

   "You're right, he really wanted someone to prevent me from passing the imperial examination, but unfortunately he didn't succeed."

  Although he didn't say it clearly, Li Yanqing was very clear about who he was referring to. There was no one else except Liang Shicheng, but Liang Shicheng's pressure was unsuccessful?

  Zhao Kai sneered and said: "My pseudonym is Wang Kai, and I am taking the exam with an obscure name. Even if Yu Shen wants to flatter Donggong, he can't find my test paper. I have been guarding against him for a long time."

   At this moment, the bartender brought the food and drinks, Zhao Kai immediately fell silent, and when the bartender left, he lowered his voice and said, "Do you know Li Yan?"

  How could Li Yanqing not know that Li Yan killed Yang Jian by himself, and the biggest beneficiary was this Li Yan, who became the head of the palace, and his power in the palace was second only to Liang Shicheng.

   "I've heard of this person, the chief executive, who seems to be Liang Shicheng's person."

   "Hmph! Maybe it was in the past!"

  Li Yanqing heard something in Zhao Kai's words, but he didn't ask eagerly, but poured Zhao Kai a glass of wine.

After all, Zhao Kai is still young, only two years older than Li Yanqing, the city is not deep, he has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and he has no close friends to express his heart. Only Li Yanqing followed him to Suzhou to eradicate Zhu Xi, he was his military advisor, so when he met Li Yanqing today when the list was released, Zhao Kai couldn't help but say what he had suppressed for a long time.

"Since Yang Jian's death, my father has not trusted Liang Shicheng very much. Although he never mentioned this matter, I can feel that my father has determined that Yang Jian was killed by Liang Shicheng. It is for this reason that he has gradually neglected Liang Shicheng. , and handed over a lot of power to Li Yan. Li Yan's current situation is that he has great power and low qualifications, so he has to bow his head to Liang Shicheng. Maybe his father hinted something to him. He is very enthusiastic about me now. I said these words , I wonder if Yanqing can understand?"

  Zhao Kai was very confused, and he couldn't say clearly what he said, so he could only vaguely describe it.

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "Your Highness means that Li Yan no longer obeys Liang Shicheng, but wants to replace him. Since Liang Shicheng burns the crown prince's incense, then Li Yan may come to burn His Highness's incense. Is that what you mean?"

  Zhao Kai nodded, "That's what you mean, what do you think of Li Yan?"

  Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "I just give His Highness a piece of advice. His Highness can use him, but he must not trust him, otherwise His Highness will fall into his hands sooner or later."

In the afternoon, the five hundred and eighty-six scholars who had won the list gathered in the Jixian Hall of the Gongyuan, and listened to the chief examiner's announcement of the palace examination. There was no sound in the hall, and an official walked quickly to Yu Shen and whispered: "All have arrived. together!"

  Yu Shen nodded, and then slowly said to everyone: "First of all, I would like to congratulate all the scholars who have passed the provincial examination this year. Although there is still a palace examination to come, no matter what the results of the palace examination are, you have already obtained the qualifications for fellow Jinshi."

A few officials next to him took the lead in applauding, and hundreds of scholars applauded together. Yu Shen waved his hand, and the hall became quiet again. He continued: "Although the provincial examination does not announce the ranking, it does not mean that there is no ranking. On the contrary, we have A ranking list has been drawn up based on your examination papers, but this is not the final ranking and will be adjusted slightly based on your palace examination results, so this ranking list will not be announced for the time being."

Having said that, Yu Shen paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone was very calm, he nodded in satisfaction and continued: "The time of the palace examination is the same every time. I think everyone knows it well, but I still want to emphasize that the specific time is the morning after tomorrow. The exam will start at every moment, and the location will be in the Daqing Hall, which is the main hall of the imperial palace, where important court meetings will be held, and I will talk about the time and location of the gathering next, everyone listen carefully."

The hall was unusually quiet, and everyone pricked up their ears, lest they might miss the palace test. Yu Shen smiled slightly and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. The court has a system, and we won't let you miss the palace test. Let's go back tonight and meet with you." Relatives and friends celebrate winning the list, remember not to be greedy, let alone get drunk, and then before tomorrow's hour, everyone will come to the Gongyuan to gather and live in the Gongyuan for a day. In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, everyone will go to the palace to participate in the palace examination. Things, I see that many of you wear rings and pendants. You can’t wear these. You have to take a bath and change your clothes before you can take the exam. Under the eyes of the emperor, don’t have any unreasonable thoughts. Anyway, I will emphasize it again tomorrow. Remember, I will report to the Gongyuan before the hour of tomorrow, do you have any questions?"

  Yu Shen looked at the crowd one by one, and seeing a scholar in the front row hesitated to speak, he smiled and said, "What do you want to ask?"

  The scholar bowed and said: "Student Shangying from Xiangyang County, Jingzhou, may I ask Yu Xiangguo, what is the content of the imperial examination?"

This is actually a question that all the scholars wanted to ask. Everyone looked at Yu Shen nervously, but Yu Shen shook his head with a smile, "To be honest, I don't know. The exam questions will be announced, but please rest assured, because the exam is only for one hour, so it will not be as large as the provincial exam. According to the situation of the previous palace exams, the questions should be relatively simple for everyone. The emperor loves calligraphy and calligraphy is excellent. There will be an advantage, and in addition, the top ten emperors will have to interview in person to determine the top three rankings."

After a pause, Yu Shen's eyes fell on Zheng Rongtai who was in the team, and he said coldly: "I would like to advise you one more time, every time the imperial examinations, there will be scholars who are extremely happy and sad, so don't get drunk tonight, and don't go to the romantic place to have fun Have fun, and don't catch the cold, if you lose the chance of the imperial examination, you can't make up for it."

  (end of this chapter)