Gao Yue's coercion was also forced out, he originally stood up for the food and lodging of the prisoners of the country, offended the prime minister Chang Gon, and knew that if he had no reliable help, he would definitely die in the spring of the next year, since Liu Yan was interested in him, he simply fell in love with Pan Yan and Liu Yan, and then thought, "Originally, I just wanted to be a jinshi, but how can I be regarded as exporting evil anger from Chang Gon?" Then take the head! ”

And the five questions of Chunfu are all the old questions that Liu Yan once asked him, and the signal contained in them is even stronger - Gao Yue, who has taken the reassuring pill, picks up the pen and writes diligently on the policy volume, and stops for a short rest when he writes "carefully", and then continues to write until the five "sincerely" are all completed, Gao Yue breathes a long sigh of relief, puts the pen down, and then remembers that he didn't even drink tea under the excitement, and his mouth is already dry.

Under the corridor on the opposite side, Zheng Qi's face is still not good-looking, at this time, strategy is not his specialty, and this year's strategy is so close to practice, it is really, he is becoming more and more incomprehensible in this world and times, but fortunately, he is talented in his belly after all, and he can deal with it.

Wei Cigong and Dugu Liangqi have also shown their strengths, and even Liu Deshu and Huang Shun, who were not good at asking questions, have also made great progress in the past year of hard training, "Finally, I am not biased, thanks to the hundred questions that the shed head has prepared for me!" After handing in the papers, Liu Deshu wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and thought of it with joy.

After nightfall, Chang Gon came to the capital hall of the Ministry of Rites on time to read the advice of the scholars, and Cui Youfu, who was acting as a Chinese scholar this time, also followed.

Chang Gon and Cui Youfu have always been at odds, and when they eat, they are far apart, and they don't say a word to each other. Soon in the process of marking the papers, the two had a fierce dispute over Gao Yue's strategy: Chang Gon picked bones in the eggs, while Cui Youfu argued with reason, thinking that Gao Yue's current affairs and policies were considerable, and finally the prime minister and the acting prime minister broke up unhappily, and Pan Yan stayed with a bitter face to clean up the mess.

"Yunjun, this year's head should always be given to Zheng Qi, right?" Before leaving, Chang Gon said to Pan Yan alone.

"Zheng Wenming is highly talented, and the company will definitely release the list impartially." Pan Yan was noncommittal.

Chang Gon snorted coldly, and then threatened that he, as the prime minister, had promised Zheng Qi that he hoped that Pan Yan could understand his "hardship", and Pan Yan could only make promises in the face of this.

But soon, someone from the ministry came to Liu Yan's words, "Now that the miscellaneous poems and current affairs have been completed, and the victory and defeat have been divided, don't do anything, don't pay attention to Chang Gon, but let it go to Gao Yue!" ”

Pan Yan can only be submissive.

In the entire southern province of the imperial city until the southern courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, the undercurrent collision has become more and more turbulent.

Soon, the last poster came.

For Gao Yue, who has gone through so many years of basic education, there is no problem at all with the subject of sticking scriptures that simply rely on memory, and he has stabilized.

During the exam, he also secretly looked at Liu De's room next to him, this time Liu De's room has obviously improved, and he will never hope to "redeem the paste with poetry", but lie on the desk and constantly recall and secretly recite, and then transcribe it everywhere on the test paper.

Gao Yue nodded with satisfaction.

The twilight bell in the imperial city came, and under the east and west corridors illuminated by candle flames, all the lifters were asked to put down the pen in their hands: the time has ended, and the time has come to hand in the papers.

Gao Yue, who was relieved, gently blew out the candles that were still half left in front of him, then packed up his bags, and removed all the candles on the bookcase, before getting up and walking outside the south courtyard of the Ministry of Rites surrounded by several shed friends.

"Senior year, how do you feel?" At this time, Zheng Qi stopped him from behind.

Gao Yue stopped, thought for a while, and then turned around and replied, "I just want not to be beaten to death by two hundred and forty sticks." ”

Zheng Qi sighed, and then said to Gao Yue sincerely, "I don't feel good, if you can get this year's head in the third year of high school, you are willing." ”

"This is a national selection of talents, how can it be so private?" Gao Yue scoffed.

Zheng Qi didn't argue, he shook his head lonely, and left from the gate of the south courtyard.

"He still owes us ten dollars!" Huang Shun, the head of the Taofen Shed, held Gao Yue's arm and pointed to Zheng Qi's back to remind.

Ten days later, the day of the release of the list in the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Rites arrived, it was a light cold day, but the big tree next to the east wall had already spit out wisps of young shoots and green branches.

Gao Yue deliberately wore the winter clothes given by Yun Shao, and stood under the tree with dozens of friends from Taofen Shed, waiting for the final result of the spring of the thirteenth year of the Great Calendar.

Outside them, hundreds of people were waiting.

Frankly speaking, Gao Yue's mood was a little nervous, because the Tang Dynasty Jinshi Exam was released in a different era from the era in which he was originally located: once the yellow list was thrown out of the outer wall, your name was not on it, and you could determine it directly with your eyes, and then it would be either heaven or hell, and there was only one way, ascending to the top, going down, and there was no room for return, which was really extremely cruel.

And at this moment, in the capital hall of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Yan is also already on the list.

The night before, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who knew Gongju stayed in the capital hall, constantly drafting the list, and the people from all sides came to inquire about the news in an endless stream, and they were not affected by the curfew at all, including the Prime Minister Chang Gon, who once again made a clear request:

Let Zheng Qi be the head;

Fall to the high mountains!

In the end, Pan Yan simply sealed the door so as not to be disturbed.

When the fifth watch arrived, the drum had rumbled, Pan Yan unfolded a golden list in front of him, the top of the list was pasted vertically with four pieces of yellow paper, Pan Yan lifted the felt pen, turned it on the four pieces of yellow paper with light ink, and wrote the four words of "Rite Tribute Yuan", and then put it down, changed to a thick ink pen, pondered for a while, and wrote down a little bit in the first place under the "head" position.....

Half an hour later, the bells and drums were noisy, and the people of the Ministry of Rites held high the list of this year's Jinshi, and in the exclamation of hundreds of people, they brushed up on the south wall, and the long gold list was thrown down, facing the colorful light of the spring day, which was particularly dazzling.

At this time, Gao Yue, who was standing under the tree, couldn't hear anything, only felt that his arm was being pulled violently by many people, he didn't dare to stare at the top of the gold list, but looked down first:

Xie Shanji is on the top,

Gu Xiu is the first, and these two were sent by Guozijian.

Huang Shun ascended,

Liu De's room, Liu De's room is also on the top,

Wei Cigong ascended to the top, and the ranking was relatively high, and they were all jointly sent by Guozijian and Jingzhao Mansion.

Dugu Liangqi and Zheng Qi are also impressively listed, and Zheng Qi is the first in the B family.

At this time, Gao Yue's heart chuckled!

Of course, the various selection examinations in the Tang Dynasty were ranked according to their grades, such as the fifth class of the system (but the first and second classes are basically not awarded), and the Ming Jing was divided into A, B, C, D, and fourth, most of which were Dingdi, and the Jinshi Department was also divided into A and B.

In the "General Dictionary", it was said that since the year of Wude (Gaozu year), there is only Ding Di in the Ming Scripture, and there is only B in Jinshi.

But the "General Dictionary" is wrong, and the Tang Dynasty has been on the top of the book because of the "scriptures and strategies" (pasting the scriptures and asking all the questions). It's just that if no one reaches the level of A in a certain year, they will take the first level of B as the head.

Since Zheng Qi is the first in the second department, he has not seen his name until now, but there are only two possibilities left.

"But I have to see it with my own eyes." Gao Yue gritted his teeth, and then faced the bright gold list, looking at the top.