The moment that 70,000 scholars are looking forward to has finally come, this time it is different from last year, last year many scholars knew that they had no hope of being on the list after the exam and left early, and this year, almost all the scholars have confidence in themselves, everyone feels that they have played well, even if it is difficult to be on the list, but at least they are too good to learn, so almost all of the 72,000 people stayed in Zhongdu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At noon, the bell on the white tower of the central capital rang, which means that there is major news announced, this is an unwritten rule, the bell of the white tower rings means that there is important news announced, such as the invasion of the enemy, the imperial examination list, the army march, etc., and the bell on the end tower is more special significance, the bell of the end tower means that there is a major event involving the imperial power, such as the emperor's accession to the throne, the death of the queen mother, etc., so far, the bell of the end tower has only struck once, that is, Zhang Xuan was canonized as the regent.

And the bell of the White Tower at noon today, everyone knows that it is the imperial examination list, because the imperial court has not yet implemented the good news system, so the scholars need to go to Taixue Square to see the imperial list, or go to the end of the gate to see the list.

Taixue Square has been crowded with people, tens of thousands of scholars from all directions, the front is three zhang high imperial list, there are eight soldiers standing guard next to each side, the top row is the champion, the name of the list and the big name of Tanhua, the word is as big as a fight, you can see it from afar, and the rest of the list of ninety-seven people is densely written below.

The walls of the two halls next to the Wenxuan Hall and the Wenhua Hall were plastered with the admission list of Taixue, and many people sighed in front of the imperial list for a while, and then rushed straight to the two halls, after all, it was more likely to be admitted to Taixue.

Lu Han and Chu Suiliang were a step late, they had just returned to Zhongdu, and they heard the bell ring before they had time to eat lunch, and when they arrived at Taixue after lunch, the square was already crowded with people, and they couldn't see the name on the emperor's list at all.

Only one scholar squeezed out of the crowd and said with a depressed face: "Bet ten yuan to bet on Xue to win the champion, and now I will lose everything." ”

"Isn't the champion Xue Shu? Could it be Gao Jifu? A crowd gathered around him and asked urgently.

Xue Shui and Gao Jifu's talents have long been famous all over the world, and this year, the two of them participated in the imperial examination, and they became the favorites to win the champion, and many people bet on gambling money to win the champion with one of them.

"It's not! Xue Shui is just the eye, Gao Jifu is Tanhua, is he taking special care of the southern scholars this year, it is just a matter of giving more places for Taixue, and even the champion is also a southern scholar. ”

"Who's the champion?" Everyone asked.

"I didn't read the name clearly, I only knew that it was a scholar from Yuhang County."

Chu Suiliang's heart next to him jumped suddenly, and Lu Han laughed in a low voice: "It seems that I want to congratulate Brother Xian!" ”

Chu Suiliang hurriedly shook his head, "It's not necessarily me, there are more than 300 scholars from Yuhang County, and there are many young and famous people, like Xu Jingzong, his poetry is far more than mine, and his writing is even more wonderful, and he is known as the first talent in Yuhang, and he should have won the champion." ”

"Let's go up and see!"

Lu Han desperately separated the crowd and squeezed to the front, and it took a lot of effort for them to finally come to the front of the imperial list, looking up at the list, Chu Suiliang suddenly felt a sharp dizziness, he couldn't believe his eyes, Lu Han patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Still say no!" ”

Chu Suiliang rubbed his eyes, and now he finally saw clearly, the champion of the Northern Sui Xinhai list: Chu Suiliang, Qiantang County, Yuhang County.

Chu Suiliang's nose was spicy, his eyes were blurred again, and tears welled up, at this time, an official walked out and asked loudly: "Has Chu Suiliang arrived in Qiantang County?" ”

Lu Han pointed at Chu Suiliang and shouted: "It's already here, he is!" ”

There was an uproar all around, and in the cheers of the scholars, Chu Suiliang was thrown high, cheering again and again.......

Half an hour later, 100 new science and technology scholars wore gauze hats, wore ribbons, and rode on tall horses, under the escort of thousands of soldiers, they set out from Taixue and began to ride horses and praise the streets, accepting the congratulations of hundreds of thousands of people in Zhongdu, and in bursts of cheers and praises, every new science and technology jinshi felt great glory.

Even Lu Han was so excited that he shed tears, although he was only the twentieth, but this fame was even hard-won for him who had wasted his homework for a whole year, no matter what, he squeezed into the first list.

According to tradition, there have long been good deeds who spread the resumes of a hundred scholars all over the streets, and for the super-rich families, they are more concerned about whether these jinshi are married, and if not, they will try to marry their daughters to him.

This is a social phenomenon formed since the beginning of the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty, many super-rich people need to enter the officialdom, change their status, they are powerless, and having a son-in-law who is an official has become the best way, especially the children of poor families have no money to work in the officialdom, so their marriage with the super-rich is logical.

At this time, an astonishing news spread all over the wealthy families in the capital, and the champion Chu Suiliang was actually unmarried, which made countless wealthy families start to beat his idea.

The end point of riding Kua Street is Ziwei Palace, hundreds of new science and technology scholars turned over and dismounted in front of the end gate, and walked into Ziwei Palace under the guidance of officials of the Ministry of Rites, everyone was very excited, from the moment they stepped into Ziwei Palace, it means that they began to enter the official career.

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The jinshi will not be appointed immediately after entering the Ziwei Palace, and there are a series of procedures to be completed, including the interview of the officials, the review of the Yushitai, last year there were two Jinshi because they stayed overnight in the Qinglou and did not pass the review of the Yushitai, to put it simply, the scholars entered the Ziwei Palace, but the Ministry of Rites handed over the Jinshi to the Ministry of Officials.

In the lobby of the official office of the Ministry of Officials, more than 100 Jinshi sat patiently and waited, the officials of the Ministry of Officials called the Jinshi one by one into the inner hall for interview, the interview of the Ministry of Officials was not carried out in accordance with the order of the imperial examination ranking, but according to the geographical distribution, the first round of interviews was Qingzhou Jinshi, the second round was Hebei and Liaodong Jinshi, the third round was Zhongyuan and Xuzhou Jinshi, the fourth round was Jianghuai and Jiangnan Jinshi, the fifth round was Jingzhou and the rest of the southern Jinshi, and the sixth round was Bashu and Guanlong Jinshi.

The Jinshi sat according to the region, and Chu Suiliang sat with more than a dozen other Jianghuai Jiangnan Jinshi, "Does Brother Chu Xian remember me?" A jinshi next to him asked with a low chuckle.

This Jinshi is also very young, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, named Xu Jingzong, also a native of Yuhang County, is the son of Xu Shanxin, a waiter of the Sui Dynasty's Ministry of Rites, he is very famous in Jiangnan, and he is also one of the popular figures to win the champion this time, he won the fourth place in this examination.

Chu Suiliang hurriedly bowed and said, "How could I forget Brother Xu, I'm sorry, I'm just a little nervous, I forgot to say hello to Brother Xu." ”

Xu Jingzong smiled slightly, "Don't be nervous, the interview is just a formality, as long as there are no major defects and no flaws in conduct, basically you can pass the interview, and all the jinshi passed the interview last year." ”

Another jinshi next to him asked, "Brother Xu, what is the big flaw?" ”

Several other jinshi gathered around, and they were also very nervous.

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "My father told me that there are some basic principles for the selection of officials in the imperial court, and the most basic one is that there must be no physical defects, such as hand and foot disabilities, such as deafness and blindness. ”

Several Jinshi were obviously relieved, they didn't have any problems in this regard, and Chu Suiliang asked again: "Then what are the other basic principles?" ”

"The main thing is virtue, and the requirements are different in each era."

Xu Jingzong saw that everyone was very concerned, so he said in detail: "In the era of Emperor Wen, filial piety was required first, followed by no killing, no imprisonment, no slander of the Buddha, and the first emperor removed the slander of the Buddha, and added a few more articles, not to join the bandits, and later added that they could not help the rebellion, that is, Yang Xuangan, in the era of the regent, the slander of the Buddha, the bandits and the rebellion were removed, and it was changed to not being able to raise other housewives and not entering the Qinglou, many people said that the regent forbade the scholars to enter the Qinglou is a bit nitpicking, but in fact, they are ignorant. ”

"Why do you say that?" Chu Suiliang asked puzzled.

Xu Jingzong said coldly: "This is actually the regent's avoidance of the important and light, removing the bandits and aiding the rebellion, which will make how many scholars have the hope of regaining their lives, these scholars don't understand, but they complain all day long and talk nonsense." ”

Speaking of this, Xu Jingzong hesitated, but still lowered his voice and said, "For example, our Tanhualang this year." ”

"Gao Jifu!" Several of the gentlemen exclaimed.

Xu Jingzong nodded, "You don't know!" He used to be Ge Qian's secretary to join the army. ”

Chu Suiliang was silent, he could fully understand the open-mindedness and tolerance of King Qi, his father was currently Li Shimin's bachelor of arts, but King Qi didn't care, he still named himself as the champion, this is not something ordinary people can do, no wonder Xue Shui swore not to serve the Sui Dynasty because of his father's death, but today he still participated in the imperial examination, he should also be moved by King Qi's magnanimity.

At this time, Chu Suiliang saw Lu Han coming out of the inner hall and hurriedly walking outside with an official, Lu Han's expression was very solemn, which made Chu Suiliang slightly stunned, what happened? (To be continued.) )