Those who can pass the test will be the tribute, and then the tribute can take the last exam, the palace examination. The palace examination is an equal examination, and it does not dismiss the candidates, only the ranking. Therefore, in this sense, as long as the person who takes the tribute, he has actually become a jinshi and has the qualification to become an official, and the difference is only that he will be listed in the first few after the palace examination.

After the results of the township examination and the examination come out, the list will be announced, with white paper, only the list after the results of the palace examination come out with yellow paper, called Huangjia, there will be a good news official to report the good news.

I will test the results, so I can only go to the ceremonial department to see it.

February 19, Jiayin, four absolute days, everything is not appropriate (I didn't find the specific date of the trial list).

Just after the child, there were a lot of exam-taking people rushed to Dongjiang Rice Lane, where the Ministry of Rites is located, and the people in the restaurant teahouse also knew that today was the day when the trial list would be released, and it was not closed at all the night before, and it was already overcrowded at the moment.

Zhao Dongzhi and his fellow courtyard Shanxi Juzi and Li Tingji also rushed here early, the two groups of people have the prefect on one side, and almost all of them are receiving high wages in Daming Daily on the other side, and they are not bad for money, so they naturally found the best waiting position - the "Donglai Teahouse" diagonally opposite the Ministry of Rites, which takes the meaning of purple qi from the east, so not only them, but anyone with a little surplus money, are crowded over to ask for a good fortune.

Fortunately, the two groups of people came earlier, and they booked the two private rooms facing the street early, and after just sitting down, people came one after another, and after less than half an hour, the outside room was already in chaos and overcrowded.

Zhao Xin and Qian Mu also led a few brothers in robes and coats, looking anxiously waiting, whispering a few words from time to time, but the rest of their eyes kept staring at a few rich sons who were quite rich at a glance.

Among them, Jiang Yuhan, a wealthy young man from Yangzhou, was among them, and a group of Zhejiang candidates sat around a table by the window on the first floor and talked loudly, glancing at the gate of the Ministry of Rites with lanterns hanging on the opposite side from time to time.

The front of the gate was crowded with people early in the morning, bustling, and as far as the eye could see, a large number of heads wearing crowned scarves on their heads, the scene was magnificent.

Zhang You came out of Li Wen's mansion quickly, and when he passed by Taifu's mansion, he hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward and knocked on the door.

According to his current status, there are not many people in the world who will stop him from going to a certain place, including the Taifu Mansion, of course.

In fact, after hearing that he had asked to see the Taifu, the porter ran straight over and knelt on the ground and asked him to step on his back and get out of the carriage.

Zhang You hadn't corrupted to this extent, so he jumped directly from the wheel, and asked as he walked towards the gate, "My father has already fallen asleep, right?" ”

The porter got up and trotted after him: "That's the matter of the back house, young master, you can ask people, the little old man doesn't know." ”

Zhang You smiled, he had already entered the door as he spoke, and waved his hand: "Okay, you go and rest first, it's so late and trouble you to get up, aunt, give him some silver to buy wine to drink." ”

Li Yan promised to take out a piece of broken silver and throw it over, and the porter received it in his hand and returned to his room happily.

There was no need for someone to lead the way, Zhang You and Li Yan Lao Ma knew the way and went all the way back, until the Hanging Flower Gate was stopped again.

In fact, it was not a stop, it was indeed Lei Xiao, who was on duty, knew Zhang You, and was startled when he came over in the middle of the night, and asked while saluting: "Young master, why did you come here so late, the master should have fallen asleep, could it be that something happened?" ”

"It's not a big deal, just passing by the door, come in by the way, find someone to go in and have a look, if the master sleeps, I won't go in."

There are also maids on duty in the Weeping Flower Gate, just in case something happens in the middle of the night, Lei Xiao heard this, hurriedly agreed, and ran into the Weeping Flower Gate to find someone.

didn't wait much time, a maid ran out, followed by Zhang Ruoxuan, and when she saw Zhang You, she complained: "Brother too, why did you come over in the middle of the night?" "Say hello to Li Yan again, you don't need to go into details.

"Where's my father, are you asleep?" Zhang You didn't answer, and asked directly.

"It's a coincidence that you're here, my father goes to bed early on weekdays, but tonight for some reason, he has been dragging me to chat, and I'm just about to sleep," Zhang Ruoxuan paused, and said, "Father seems to know that you are coming, and he is waiting for you." ”

"Really?" Zhang You smiled, but he didn't feel unusual, after all, he was the patriarch of the Three Dynasties, he had been in the country for many years, and it was impossible for him to have no eyeliner in the palace and outside the palace, and he definitely couldn't hide what he had done in the past two days from Zhang Juzheng, and it was normal to guess that he was going to come for advice.

"Looks like you know he guessed you're coming? What is the tacit understanding of the mysterious gods? Zhang Ruoxuan Bingxue was smart, she guessed the clue from Zhang You's tone, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhang You said as he walked: "You'll know in a while, find someone to get me some snacks, I'm a little hungry." ”

"It's going to whet people's appetites!" Zhang Ruoxuan complained, walked away quickly, and went to find food for Zhang You in person.

After all, Zhang Juzheng is old, and his recovery after hemiplegia has been unfavorable, and he is barely able to take care of himself, and he is still limping when he walks, and half of his arm still does not obey the call.

Therefore, after Zhang You knocked on the door and entered, he saw that he was still in a wheelchair, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute.

"Get up, come here so late because of the leak of the exam questions, right?" Zhang Juzheng held a book in his hand, didn't raise his eyelids, and said casually.

"I can't hide anything from my father." Zhang You got up with a smile, and Li Yan behind him hurriedly greeted Zhang Juzheng.

"My sister is here too? Excuse me, just sit down. Zhang Juzheng put the book in his hand aside, and he really didn't hear Li Yan come in.

Li Yan smiled and found a place to sit at random, Zhang Ruoxuan also entered the door with a plate of colorful snacks, Zhang You received it in his hand, let Li Yan first, and saw her shake her head, so she picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth to chew, while saying: "Since the father knows the child's intention, he must have a charter, I don't know ......."

"It mainly depends on how Cao Aijin investigates," Zhang Juzheng interrupted Zhang You and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, no one will rob you." "*Pampering* doting, overflowing.

"The one who stole the exam questions was the righteous son he only recognized last year, also surnamed Cao, called Cao Yufei, is the little steward of the Qianqing Palace, and he is a fellow countryman, but unfortunately it is a thing that sees money, 10,000 taels of silver was bought by Tian Yi, and the exam questions he stole out last time, if it weren't for the child who found out early, he almost carried the black pot, and this time it was him again."

"Tian Yi This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, exposed, the black cauldron will naturally belong to Cao Aijin, it can't be exposed, and it will take advantage of the fisherman. Let's talk about what you think, shall we? Does Your Majesty know about Cao Yufei's theft of the exam questions? Zhang Juzheng asked.

"I haven't told him yet, isn't the child unsure of his idea, so I'm here to ask my father...... Tomorrow is the day of the list, the child's meaning, at least Tian Yibai can't get this good. ”