Governor's yamen, back hall.

Li Yu, the governor of Huguang, summoned the officials of the Huguang Tixue Yamen and the Huguang Sansi Yamen to gather together, drinking tea and chatting while talking about the results of the township examination, and the focus of the topic was naturally the fact that the candidates of Xiangyang Prefecture won the three leaders of the Five Classics

As the outer curtain officials of the township examination, Li Yu and other officials of the local yamen in Huguang did not know the results on the list in advance, and they only knew the content of the list after the list was published, and they were really shocked by the fact that the candidates from Xiangyang Mansion won the top three "Five Classics":

The three Jingkui are from the same state capital, which is a natural famine that has broken the township test of two capitals and thirteen provinces, and this bizarre thing has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

It is worth mentioning that the officials of the township examination are divided into two categories, one is the inner curtain officer, and the other is the outer curtain officer, the inner curtain officer is in charge of copying and marking the papers, determining the ranking of candidates, and the outer curtain officer is responsible for invigilating the examination and maintaining order.

As early as the beginning of August, when the examination room was set up in the Sixth Tribute Courtyard, the inner curtain officials entered the Tribute Courtyard to isolate themselves from the outside world, and they could not leave the Tribute Courtyard until the Luming Banquet.

In this township examination, Governor Li Yu served as the promotion officer, and Yan Yan, the promotion officer, served as the invigilator, these two official positions are the most important in the township examination, and the main and deputy examiners are called the "four giants of the township examination", which together determine the smooth progress of the township examination.

Before the official announcement of the township examination rankings, three points of the original case should be kept, one copy of the chief examiner, one copy of the promotion officer and one copy of the invigilator, and sealed and stored for future verification.

"Lord Governor, it seems that this Li Jieyuan and Zhao Yayuan are really interesting, since they went the opposite way and chose the "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" that are not their original scriptures to test, it is really unexpected!"

In the middle of the conversation and laughter, Yang Xuenian, the political envoy of Zuo Bu, said to Li Yu with a smile, like Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, who dared to take the township examination with a non-scripture and then win the Jingkui.

In Yang Xuenian's view, it is not so much that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin won the leaders of "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Rites" by surprise, but rather that it is an inevitable result of the strength of the two, and the fact that the two can defeat Fang Yun, Shen Bocheng and Yang Renxiao in the Baguwen that can best reflect their comprehensive strength is the best proof.

"I can't imagine that Li Jieyuan is not only worried about the monarchy, but also full of economy, which is really my great luck!" Lu Chongde, the inspector, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and complimented Li Yu, "Our Huguang can produce this talent without the education of the governor, and the adult has made a great contribution." ”

"The governor has worked hard and made great achievements, and he will surely flow and be remembered by the world." When the officials at the scene heard this, they all spoke and scrambled to pat Li Yu's ass, which made Li Yu's face can't help but show a smug look.

Yan Yan looked at the scene in front of him quietly, sipping the tea slowly, he was sent by the Wanli Emperor to supervise the school in Huguang, so naturally he didn't need to curry favor with Li Yu, and he had his own pride in being an engineering student, so he didn't need to look at Li Yu's face to act.

In fact, in Yan Yan's view, the reason why Xiangyang Mansion was able to unexpectedly win the three economic champions in the township examination was completely due to the sudden rise of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, and it had nothing to do with Li Yunai being Xiangyang Mansion and Jiangkou County: Li Hongyu was unknown before, and Zhao Xin was a transfer student, so he never attracted the attention of the yamen at all.

To be honest, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's excellent performance really exceeded Yan Yan's expectations, although Yan Yan dealt with the two when he presided over the hospital examination, but he just felt that the two were a little excellent, no matter what, he didn't expect Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to beat the heroes in the township test to win the understanding yuan and sub-yuan.

Yan Yan presided over the college examination and scientific examination of the seventeen state capitals in Huguang, so he knew the strength of the candidates in each state capital well, and the most impressive thing about him from the articles on the college examination and scientific examination were Fang Yun and Shen Bocheng, who thought that the strength of the two was half a chip higher than the rest of the candidates.

As for Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, they belong to the same level as Yang Renxiao, Han Tai and Xu Tao.

But now it seems that Yan Yan found that he underestimated Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, in other words, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin had reservations in the previous Xiangyang Academy Examination and deliberately hid their strength, no wonder the two did not participate in the scientific examination, which made the outside world seriously underestimate the strength of the two.

Yan Yan knows very well that the difficulty of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin winning the top spot of the unpopular "Five Classics" is no less than that of those popular "Five Classics", so it seems that both of them belong to that kind of erudite person and are very proficient in at least two "Five Classics".

In addition, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin defeated Fang Yun and Shen Bocheng in Baguwen, which means that the comprehensive ability of the two is half the best.

Therefore, Yan Yan felt very happy in his heart, and was very happy that two strong Shilin rookies could emerge in Huguang during his tenure, and looked forward to the two of them being able to achieve better results in the examination.

At the same time, the officials in the Gongyuan also gathered together to discuss the results of this township test.

Faced with the fact that the candidates of Xiangyang Mansion captured the three leaders of the "Five Classics" and took over the Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan, the internal curtain officials were all shocked, because such an unbelievable thing had never happened.

Obviously, because the Daming Township Examination adopts the rule of "Five Classics and Scholars" for the top five, this means that even if there are several outstanding candidates in a state capital, because the candidates in the same state capital usually choose the same scriptures, it is impossible to win Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan, let alone win the top of the three "Five Classics".

The chief examiner Zheng Lin and the deputy chief examiner Wu Yuanhao didn't expect such a situation to happen at the beginning, you must know that the articles of the five classics were selected after the selection of the examiners, and it was not until the names of the candidates on the examination papers were announced that the two realized that something was wrong.

For this reason, Zheng Lin and Wu Yuanhaozai carefully checked the articles of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, not only did they deserve their reputations, but the Bagu article was written very beautifully, so that the two had to announce this strange thing that had never happened in the history of the township test of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, which was bound to cause a sensation in the national Shilin circles.

However, Zheng Lin and Wu Yuanhao are not worried about being criticized and questioned by the outside world, because Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's exam papers are really impeccable without any flaws, not only the article is well written, but also the font is upright and generous, and it is completely based on strength to win.

Compared with the shocked people at the scene, the marking officials from Xiangyang Prefecture were all ecstatic, raising their eyebrows, they are all officials engaged in official education in various states and counties of Xiangyang Prefecture, and naturally hope to see the candidates of Xiangyang Prefecture win this township examination, which is a great honor.

Especially the critic from Jiangkou County, he accepted everyone's congratulations with high spirits, and Xie Yuan and Yayuan of the township test actually came from the same county, which was simply a miracle that opened the world.

Obviously, candidates in the same county will choose the same "Five Classics" as the scripture, which means that the competition for the top of the scriptures alone makes a county can only produce one top five, not to mention the Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan.

Moreover, to the surprise of the critics in Jiangkou County, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin both chose the unpopular "Five Classics" as if they had made an agreement, which not only made a blockbuster, but also fulfilled Yang Renxiao, making Yang Renxiao unexpectedly seize the top of the "Book of Shang", which is really incredible.

"Lord Zheng, what kind of results do you say Li Xie Yuan and Zhao Yayuan will achieve in the examination?" While talking and laughing, Wu Yuanhao couldn't help but smile and asked Zheng Lin.

"If they take the exam with their own officials, they should at least be among the top two after the palace exam." Zheng Lin pondered for a moment when he heard this, and replied with a smile, "If this official is right, the two of them will also enter the Hanlin Academy in the future like us." ”

"Xiaguan also thinks so, if you put it in Xiaguan's department, the two of them will definitely be able to enter the Hanlin Academy." Wu Yuanhao bowed slightly, and was deeply convinced of Zheng Lin's words, judging from the articles made by Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, the two of them had the strength to enter the Hanlin Academy.

Hearing this, all the officials at the scene couldn't help but secretly glance at each other, since Zheng Lin and Wu Yuanhao both spoke highly of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, it seems that the two of them will definitely be able to get the title of the gold list when they enter Beijing to take the exam this time, which is something that many scholars dream of.

The Li Mansion is full of joy and the door is like a city.

As the news of Li Hongyu's high school Xie Yuan spread, the neighbors came to congratulate him, which made the Li Mansion crowded and lively, everyone wanted to see who the new science and technology solution yuan was, and the luxury of the new science and technology solution, not to mention that the new branch Yayuan was also in the Li Mansion, which was even more interesting.

In order to improve the relationship between the neighbors, Li Hongyu pulled Zhao Xin to greet the neighbors who came with a smile, the so-called relying on parents and friends at home, and it is very important to have a good relationship with neighbors.

"Brother Li, you will be my eldest brother in the future, and I will follow you in the future!"

Just when Li Hongyu was talking and laughing with the neighbors, Liu Dongfu suddenly broke in excitedly, knelt down at Li Hongyu with a plop, and kowtowed three times.

As the saying goes, it's easy to put the icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow, and it was Li Hongyu who pulled him in the most difficult time for Liu Dongfu, so that he was lucky to pass the eight-strand essay and was lucky to be admitted to the lift, and then glorified his ancestors, and he could return to his hometown in fine clothes, to be honest, he never thought that he would be able to win the lift one day in his life.

For Li Hongyu's great kindness, Liu Dongfu can only follow him with his personal retribution, and Li Hongyu can win the Jingkui with the unpopular "Spring and Autumn" and solve the yuan in high school, which means that Li Hongyu's unlimited future is naturally worthy of Liu Dongfu's refuge.

"Brother Liu, you can kill me, please hurry up." Li Hongyu already knew the news of Liu Dongfu's middle move at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile.

"The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring!" Liu Dongfu looked at Li Hongyu solemnly after getting up, and replied word by word.

"It's just a gesture, why worry about it, don't mention this matter again in the future." Li Hongyu smiled disappreciatively, asked Liu Dongfu to sit down in the seat next to him, and introduced Liu Dongfu's identity to everyone.

After learning that Liu Dongfu turned out to be a person from the new imperial examination, the people at the scene suddenly had a commotion, and no one thought that Liu Dongfu, the old man who lifted people, would kneel to Li Hongyu.

However, there was not much time left for those people to discuss, and the team that greeted Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin to parade through the street soon came to Li's mansion, and after dressing Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin in red and green, they helped them on a tall horse, and went in the direction of the Gongyuan.

The Wujing Kui and Yakui of the township examination will gather in front of the Gongyuan Courtyard, thank Zheng Lin and Wu Yuanhao, the deputy chief examiner, and then start to parade through the streets, receiving the cheers of the people of Wuchang City.