Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 210
With this couplet, Zhu Pei became in a better mood and poured a glass of wine for Fan Ning himself.

Zhu Pei said with a smile: "This time, the Pingjiang Mansion did very well in the exam. It's unprecedented that out of the five tribute examiners, three of them passed the exam."

"Who else in our Pingjiang Mansion passed the exam?" Fan Ning asked curiously.

Zhu Pei hesitated and said, "There is another person from our Wujiang County."

"Could it be Liu Ran!" Fan Ning's eyes widened.

Zhu Pei nodded, with a sullen expression on her face, Liu's father and son came in through the front door, and she left through the back door to find Fan Ning.

"His father knew about it last night, and brought him to my house early this morning to announce the good news."

"Hehe! The entire army in Changzhou County was wiped out this time. Let's see how they explain it when we go back?"

Su Liang slapped the table happily, Changzhou County was so arrogant during the test, and now he was finally slapped in the face.

Cheng Yuanyuan was very sensitive, she asked inexplicably, "Why did the Liu family come to announce the good news to you?"

Zhu Pei glanced at Fan Ning and stopped talking.

Fan Ning didn't want to mention this matter either, so he just smiled lightly, "The two families are family friends, so of course we should share the joy."

Cheng Yuanyuan saw Zhu Pei's uneasy gaze and Fan Ning's resentful expression. She suddenly realized something, so she immediately shut up and stopped asking about it.

At this time, Fan Ning glanced at Mingren, he had already noticed that Mingren was hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something?Now it's time to use Akihito to divert the topic.

"Mingren, if you have something to say, just say it, why have you become a mother-in-law?"

Akihito looked at Zhu Pei, "I'll tell you later!"

Zhu Pei was already unhappy about Liu Ran's affairs, and she knew that Fan Mingren wanted to avoid herself.

Then he snorted with a sneer and said, "Is it because I'm here that I have something to say, or I'll go downstairs first?"

Having reached this point, Ming Ren could only scratch his head and said, "Before I came, I went to Fugui Bridge Guanpu Store again."

Cheng Ze next to him was suddenly refreshed, as if he had found a confidant, he quickly smiled and said, "Mingren also likes to gamble?"

"I don't go often, this time I bet on the imperial examination, just for fun, Fan Ning, Su Liang and I all went to bet a few days ago."

With a thought in his mind, Fan Ning said with a smile, "Could it be that something has changed?"

Akihito nodded, "Feng Jing has now become Liangchun, and you have become Yichun!"

Su Liang widened his eyes and said, "Last time Feng Jing was Wu Chun, Fan Ning was Liu Chun!"

"It's like this. I heard that it was adjusted yesterday afternoon. I wonder if there is any inside information."

Zhu Pei snorted and said, "It should be that the rankings of the provincial test came out. Aning's score ranked first in the boy's test. I knew it yesterday."

"The boy is the first!" Su Liang exclaimed.

Fan Ning frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Didn't you say that the provincial test does not rank?"

"The internal rankings of the provincial examination are ranked, but they are not announced to the public for the time being. Otherwise, how could there be a theory of three yuan in succession? After the list was submitted to the Ministry of Rites yesterday, the guards in the judging court relaxed. It was leaked to Guanpudian, so Guanpudian made urgent adjustments."

Su Liang slapped the table anxiously, "I would have bet 50 taels if I had known."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "The final lottery depends on the results of the imperial examination. Besides, nine out of ten bets lose, you should feel lucky!"

At this time, Mingren said again: "There is one more strange thing!"

Fanning was about to drink, but stopped when the cup reached his lips.

"What strange thing?"

Ming Ren looked puzzled and said: "A lot of people have come to Shuyuan Street to ask Tian Huangshi in the past two days. The shopkeeper Luo Da from the Treasure Hall found me yesterday. He is willing to pay two yuan to buy Tian Huangshi. How much will he accept?"

Fan Ning thought of the matter of Fan Zhongyan entering the palace to offer stones, the Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck, has someone already smelled it?
"Who opened the Treasure Hall?" Fan Ning asked.

"It seems to be a great eunuch in the palace. I don't know who it is."

Zhu Pei interjected: "It's the store opened by Tian Zhen, the deputy head of the imperial palace. They should have got the news."

"What news?" Fan Ning and Ming Ren asked in unison.

Zhu Pei hesitated and said: "I just heard that, I'm not sure, I heard that Tian Huangshi has been listed as a tribute."

Fan Ning and Ming Ren looked at each other, and there was an unconcealable surprise in their eyes. If Tian Huangshi was listed as a tribute, then their plan would succeed.

As long as any item is listed as a tribute, it will be worth a hundred times. Since the shop of the deputy manager of Ouchi is willing to purchase a large amount of goods at the price of two yuan and one yuan, it means that this news is not groundless.

Fan Ning wanted to ask again, but Zhu Pei glared at him, and said unhappily, "For you, what is the most important thing now, is Tian Huangshi important, or the imperial examination?"

Akihito still wanted to look forward to Tian Huangshi's bright future, but Zhu Pei's words made him shut up knowingly.

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Su Liang's excitement lasted for three full days. On the fourth day, when his excitement finally cooled down, he felt a little panicked.

How should he prepare for the essay in the imperial examination?

In fact, Su Liang knew in his heart that the fundamental reason why he was able to pass the provincial exam was that Fan Ning told himself the topic of the countermeasure essay in advance, and forced himself to recite "Song Xingtong" repeatedly.

Thinking of the upcoming palace examination, what if I lose my reputation in the palace examination and get deprived of Jinshi qualification by the court?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he almost couldn't sleep all night. Before dawn, he ran to knock on Fanning's door again.

Fan Ning yawned while listening to Su Liang's complaints.

"I really convinced you, you didn't sleep all night because of this little thing?"

"Is this a trivial matter? The palace examination! The emperor himself took the examination, and handing in a blank paper is not a crime of deceiving the emperor. Fan Ning, what do you think will be tested in the palace examination?" Su Liang looked at Fan Ning eagerly.

Fan Ning rolled his eyes, "How do I know what to test in the palace exam? Do you think I'm a god?"

"Then what should I do? What if I get nervous and can't do anything?"

Seeing that he was about to cry, Fan Ning could only comfort him and said, "Although I don't know what the imperial examinations are for, you can learn about the imperial examinations in the past! What were the imperial examinations in the past? If you knew, you wouldn't be like you are now nervous."

"Do you know what to test?"

"I probably know a little bit. Basically, they are all related to people's livelihood. The content of the last exam was related to persuading farmers. The last exam was about salt and tea tax, and the last exam seemed to be about how to arrange orphans and widows. Only the second year of the exam in Kangding It was Shaanxi's defense, because Yuan Hao attacked Song in a big way the year before."

"What if I prepare for another exam this year?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "The strategy essays in the palace examination are different from those in the provincial examination. They are not big questions, but small questions. There are three questions in total, each with six or seven hundred words, and they are all questions that are close to life. No matter what you do Even if you write randomly, you can also get the last grade, that is, the fifth grade, which is called superficial literature and science, and you will undoubtedly fall back."

"What does retreat undoubtedly mean?"

Su Liang suddenly became nervous, "Are you going to send me back and deprive me of the qualification to take the provincial exam?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "Regression undoubtedly means that your academic level is not good enough to be a formal Jinshi, so you are on the second list with the fourth class, and you are given the same Jinshi background."

Su Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Then did you bet on the title?"

Fan Ning really doesn't know what will be tested in the imperial examination?He didn't have any information on this in his mind, but he could find some patterns from the previous palace examination questions.

In history, Song Renzong was a very diligent emperor who cared about the sufferings of the people. It was in his hands that the economy of the Song Dynasty developed by leaps and bounds.

He cares more about people's livelihood, and he also hopes that his ministers will also care about the suffering of the people. These thoughts are often reflected in the imperial examinations, especially the imperial examinations.

Generally speaking, when some major events happen in society, they will be reflected in the palace test.

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said: "Last autumn, there was a severe drought in Hebei, and 10,000+ refugees went to Kaifeng to beg for food. The imperial court allocated 50 shi of grain from Taicang to relieve the severe drought in Hebei. I guess this year's imperial examination questions will include resettlement of refugees or disaster relief. .”

Su Liang's eyes lit up, he had really prepared for this aspect.

"Is there anything else?"

Fan Ning thought for a while and then said: "My cousin Fan Zhongyan was transferred to the capital. I am afraid that the emperor will mention reform again, but he will be very cautious. Maybe he will test it a little in this imperial examination. , you can use Wang Anshi’s young crop method in Yinzhou to answer, and the examiner is Ouyang Xiu, who approves of Wang Anshi’s reform.”

"Any more?"

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled, "I can't think of other aspects. In fact, you have been in the countryside for nearly two months to investigate and understand the sufferings of farmers very well. This is your advantage. You should use it as much as possible. No matter what year the palace exam is, There will be some content related to farmers in the test, as long as you perform well, there will definitely be no problem in taking the fourth class."

Encouraged by Fan Ning's words, Su Liang gradually gained confidence and relaxed all of a sudden. He only felt that he was exhausted and sleepy suddenly hit him, so he yawned and said, "I have to go back to sleep for a while, I'm really sleepy. , invite you to dinner tonight!"

He went back with a deep kick and a shallow kick.

Fanning was very sleepy at first, but now he became very sober after talking. He felt that he needed to reorganize his thoughts. He sat at the desk and began to fall into deep thought.

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(End of this chapter)