The next day, March 25, Zhuke took a roll call. Xu Ping sent Lin Wensi outside the Donghua Gate early in the morning, and waited until he entered the palace gate before riding away.

On this day, the new science and technology jinshi went to the Gongyuan to worship the first saint Confucius, as well as Yan Yuan and Mencius, each with a fixed etiquette, which was extremely cumbersome. After everything was done, it was already afternoon, and Xu Ping hurried back to Donghua Gate.

The number of people in Zhuke was much more than that of Jinshi, reaching more than 600 people, and Xu Ping waited outside the Donghua Gate until it was nearly evening, only to see Lin Wensi coming out with the flow of people, his face full of joy.

Xu Ping hurriedly greeted him.

Lin Wensi said with a smile: "This year, I was lucky, and I passed the sixth person with three passes. ”

Xu Ping naturally wanted to compliment a few more words. Zhuke is also the same as Jinshi, and the rank and the same background, naturally there are many differences in treatment, the same background can basically only serve as a regent, and has not really entered the ranks of officials. Among the subjects, only the nine classics can be a longer and shorter with the Jinshi, the first person is awarded according to the Jinshi A section, and the other treatment is basically equivalent to the lowest level of the same Jinshi background, and the officials have to pass the examination, as a selection of people to keep the vacancy.

In fact, even the highest status of the Nine Classics in the Zhuke is still very different from the Jinshi, the political line of the Jinshi is the state and county pro-people officials, the official positions of the central departments, and the Nine Classics are mainly on the education line, and in the end, most of them are in the country to teach. For example, Sun Zheng, who was famous and respected at this time, was the first person in the Nine Classics, although he also entered Hanlin, but the minister was sentenced to the son of the country.

Xu Ping Jinshi is the first-class, and the political future of Lin Wensi, the sixth person in the third passer, is very different. However, this is his own mentor, and he is an old man, so he dare not slack off in the slightest.

The scene of Zhuke's roll call is completely incomparable with Jinshi, and there is no one outside the Donghua Gate to see the excitement, only a group of new and first people are noisy and shouting, calling friends to celebrate.

This kind of treatment naturally did not have a series of ceremonies such as Jinshi's period set, Lin Wensi said some compliments to each other in the same year as the new and first acquaintances, and rode back home with Xu Ping.

With the support of the Xu family, Lin Wensi's family no longer has to rent out the house to make a living, and has already taken it back as their residence in the capital.

When I arrived at home, the celebration feast had been set up in the backyard, and there were no outsiders, but Xu Zheng and his wife, Li Yonghe and his son, and they didn't even come to Duan Lao's yard. Yesterday's celebration for Xu Ping was already lively, and today it seems a little deserted. Fortunately, Xu Ping is the son-in-law of Lin Wensi's only daughter, and the two families are one family, Lin Wensi is only happy from the bottom of his heart, and there is no discomfort.

When there were no women in the Lin family at the banquet, Lin Suniang commanded Su'er and Xiuxiu to clean up, and then hid in the house with Zhang Sanniang, and there were also a few dishes, a pot of wine, and a few women were happy behind closed doors.

After drinking three rounds, Xu Zheng said to Lin Wensi: "In-laws, now that you and Da Lang have done their work, the marriage of the two children can not be delayed any longer." I heard that the imperial court will confer officials in the next two months, and once they are conferred, they can't stay in the capital for a long time, I don't know if it's or not? ”

Lin Wensi nodded: "Yes, according to the rules of previous years, it is required to take office in May, and the imperial court has a time limit and no delay is allowed." Let's take a look at the days in the past two days, so that the two children can get married next month. ”

Xu Zheng said goodbye again and again. Before he went out today, Zhang Sanniang told him countless times that he must set the date for Xu Ping and Lin Suniang to marry with Lin Wensi, otherwise he would not enter the house today.

Xu Zheng completed the task, was in a good mood, and drank a few glasses with everyone one after another.

Li Zhang sat next to Xu Ping and raised a glass to him: "Brother, I often say that there are two happy events in life, one is when the gold list is titled, and the other is a candle night in the cave room, and now you have it all!" ”

Xu Ping and Lin Suniang often see each other, they have already talked about marriage, and they have no hypocrisy, they raised their glasses and drank three glasses with Li Zhang, and said to him: "You are not young, you often go out for a walk in the future, and if you like a girl, you will tell your father and mother, and the next dowry will set the person." ”

Everyone laughed together.

At this time, there was no rule that the future generations relied on the matchmaker's mouth, and men and women were popular in the city of Tokyo. Of course, the customs are gradually becoming extravagant, and it is inevitable that the girls in the family will open their mouths widely, and they will ask for a large dowry, which is a bit of a sell-off. As this wind grows, people in the capital often sigh that it is better to have a boy than a girl. Xu Ping's previous life said that he was free to fall in love, and the bride price was also rising, which was no better than at this time, and he could look at this matter with a normal heart.

Xiuxiu and Su'er, the two little girls, ran inside and outside the house, serving wine and food, and after a while, they knew that Xu Ping and Lin Suniang were going to get married next month, and the two fast mouths quickly spread the news to the house. Zhang Sanniang is looking forward to two years day and night, one is that Xu Ping is a good scholar, and the other is to marry Lin Suniang into the door early and give birth to a boy and a girl. Hearing Lin Wensi's answer, he was overjoyed, and the gift was already in his arms, and the golden hairpins and gold bracelets were immediately put on by Lin Suniang.

This banquet was eaten until late at night, Xu Zheng was drunk, and it was all up to Xu Ping to help him to the ox cart. Zhang Sanniang was in a good mood, so she didn't scold her husband for being embarrassed.

The next few days were all meetings of the new science and technology scholars, but they no longer forced everyone to go, but only a small feast of acquaintances and tempers. Xu Pingtui said that he was busy compiling "Xiaolu of the Same Year", but he only went to socialize a few times, and stayed at home the rest of the time.

On the third day of the fourth month, the imperial court took the palace test again, and gave special performances to the famous Jinshi and Zhuke, all of which were of the same origin and test title, purely to buy people's hearts and give them comfort. This is a unique rule of the Song Dynasty, and people have participated in the provincial palace examination many times, and when they reach a certain age, they will be given a background, regardless of whether the results are good or bad. This rule has existed since the time of Taizu, and it has become more and more indiscriminate since then. The special name system reflects the original purpose of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, which is obviously not to recruit talents, and the pursuit of wild and unsparing talents is even more good, but in fact, it is to prevent capable scholars from wandering among the people and become a destabilizing factor that causes turmoil. In fact, during the time of Taizu, not only did the Jinshi take very few people, but the officials awarded were also very small, and they did not become a force at all. It was not until Taizong came to power that, due to various reasons, he deliberately fostered such a new political force to suppress the old and important ministers, and the future situation was opened.

Xu Ping naturally didn't care about this kind of thing, but just casually discussed a few words with Ge Hong, Ji Ying and Zhao Yan around him in the same year, and still concentrated on compiling "Xiaolu of the same year".

These three are the most popular readers in this year's Jinshi, Ge Hong Zishi, and Zhao Yan and Zhao Xiping are both Quanzhou Jinshi, and like Ji Ying, they all regard books as their lives, not only like to read, but also like to collect all kinds of books. At this time, papermaking and printing were already relatively developed, and the popularity of books was not comparable to that of previous lives. However, it is not easy to engraving and engraving, and niche books are still spread by hand, and the three people often regret that they can't buy some small books. When I came to Xu Ping by chance, my eyes lit up when I saw him arranging "Xiaolu of the Same Year" with a set of movable type, and since then I have been staying at Xu Ping's house, and I can't drive it away.

Xu Ping did not finish all the words on the new "Jade Chapter", just a set of commonly used words, plus some heavy words, it has nearly 10,000 pieces, and the price is expensive. No matter how generous he is, it is impossible for Xu Ping to give this set of words to the three of them, so he just grabbed them to be coolies and helped him typeset.

These three people are bookworms, and they actually cooperate in the division of labor, one person picks out the words used in the "Records of the Same Year", one typesets, and the other uses the remaining movable type to type the out-of-print books they found.

This kind of spirit couldn't help but Xu Ping couldn't help but sigh, and asked Xu Chang in the village to hurry up the production of new movable type, so that the three of them could also print a few out-of-print books. However, the movable type formula is still a little unsatisfactory, it cannot fully meet the requirements of heat shrinkage and cold rise, and it will be tested in the future, Xu Ping did not tell them the formula.

Fortunately, at this time, the readers were still more respectful of various secret recipes, and did not ask Xu Ping.

At this time, it was early summer, and it was inevitably a little stuffy at noon, so several people moved their workplaces to Xu Ping's small courtyard. Xiuxiu has been working on the side, and went to cook some cool and thirst-quenching soup for a few to drink.

Before he finished drinking, Baofu came in from outside, holding a famous thorn in his hand, and said to Xu Ping: "Official, someone outside sent this famous thorn in, saying that it is an undergraduate jinshi." ”

The name thorn is the business card of later generations, but the content is slightly different, although there is also an official position, so it will not make a mess of various directors and other false names into a mess. In addition to official positions, there are also places of origin and simple family trees, and those who are elegant will also write their own proud verses and even draw special symbols.

Xu Ping took the famous thorn, opened it and looked at it, and asked Zhao Yan beside him: "Wang Su, why don't I remember that there is such a person in the undergraduate jinshi?" Does Brother Xiping remember? ”

Zhao Yan and Xu Ping are listed as the first class of the undergraduate, Ge Hong is a second-class A major, and Ji Ying is only a B major, so it is natural for Xu Ping to discuss something with Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head: "It's not with us." Yun Xing, take a closer look at who his ancestor is? ”

Xu Ping was full of doubts, opened the famous thorn and looked at it again, and said to himself: "Father is Wang Dan? - This is not Wei Guogong, the prime minister of the former dynasty! ”

Zhao Yan nodded: "That's good!" We still went out to greet us. ”

Wang Dan Taiping rejuvenated the country for five years, that list of talents, he only in the B department, but you must know that the crown in front of him is also the B family, known as the dragon and tiger list, and there are countless famous ministers. Wang Dan is the person with the highest status in this list, ruling the world during his lifetime, and infinitely mourning after his death. Tianxi died in the first year, gave Wei Guogong, Zhen Wenzheng, the first year of Qianxing in the first year of the previous years, the special purpose is to enjoy the temple of Zhenzong.

Wang Su is Wang Dan's youngest son, and when he was welcomed in, he knew that he was not a normal jinshi. Because of his father's shadow, Wang Su has long been an official, but he has not become an official. Identity relationship, Wang Su is not good at taking the exam with a normal Jinshi, but tries to be in the academy alone, and gives the Jinshi background.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the children of the ministers generally did not participate in the normal provincial palace examination, and the positive statement was not to compete with the children of the poor family, so as not to block the road to the advancement of the poor family. Many of them are also very interesting, and no matter how good their children are, they will only be promoted along the path of grace. If this kind of façade is put aside, for the emperor, it is not without the intention of preventing the ministers from forming a huge force for this reason. Therefore, this kind of individual examination is not easy, and it is not uncommon for it to be even more difficult than the normal imperial examination.

Later, this restriction was gradually relaxed, but only a symbolic rule was left, if the children of Zai Zhi and the clan surnamed Zhao won the champion, they would be demoted by one according to the regulations, until Qin Hui also broke this rule. The most famous champion of the clan is Zhao Kai, the third son of Song Huizong, who is the champion of the prince and is demoted by one to the list.

Adding a Wang Su to "Xiaolu of the Same Year" is not a bad thing for Xu Ping, and he is a Jinshi in the same year as the son of the famous minister, so maybe there will be any benefits in the future.