Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 217 Sweet Distress

Fan Ning's interview took half an hour. When Fan Ning came out of the hall, the scholars were all talking and guessing. If the interview really took half an hour, it would set a precedent.

However, when Fan Ning walked back to his seat, his casual answer immediately wiped out the jealousy in the eyes of most of the scholars.

"It happened that the emperor was going to rest, so I waited for a long time."

It turned out that the Emperor happened to be resting, and everyone understood, no wonder it took so long, and many people still had a little sympathy for Fan Ning.

This scholar was very unlucky. First, he almost didn't get an interview opportunity. Seeing that it was his turn for an interview, the emperor had to rest again. It was really bad luck.

But the scholars who participated in the interview knew that things were not that simple. If the Son of Heaven wanted to rest, he could end the interview with just a few casual questions. It was impossible to reopen the palace for him alone.

Feng Jing was even more aware that when he was in Grand Master Pang's residence, the emperor had met Fan Ning and liked him very much. When we met in three years, he must have asked a lot of questions.

"What did the Son of Heaven ask you?" Su Liang asked in a low voice.

A group of boys and scholars nearby all pricked up their ears, and Fan Ning smiled and said: "The emperor didn't speak, but just listened. Princess Wenxiang asked, first introduce yourself in one sentence, and then let you briefly explain the strategy of enriching the people. Tea time is over."

"That still made people wait for half an hour?"

"Didn't I just say that? The emperor wants to rest, I waited for a long time before interviewing."

"Oh! I almost forgot."

While talking, someone shouted in a low voice: "They came out!"

Everyone looked towards the hall one after another, only to see a group of officials came out, an official from the Ministry of Rites ran over first, and shouted loudly: "Everyone stand up, come and line up!"

All the scholars left their seats and stepped forward to line up in front of the steps. Soon, all 590 people lined up.

All the scholars straightened their backs with serious expressions, and there was no sound in the ranks.

Wen Yanbo unfolded the final admission list, and said in a loud voice: "After the state examination, provincial examination, palace examination, and interview with the emperor, the Imperial Examination of Ji Chou of the Great Song Dynasty has been completed. .1, Feng Jing, Jiangxia County, Ezhou; No.2, Shen Yu, Qiantang County, Hangzhou; No.3, Qian Gongfu, Wujin County, Changzhou, please come out to the hall to thank you!”

The three scholars were overjoyed, and hurried out of the queue, and followed Jiang Ying, the servant of the Zuo Ritual Department, to the hall to thank the scholars. It was a bit unexpected for the scholars. Wang Suizhou, the favorite to win the championship, did not enter the top three. This time it was No.2 and No.4 in the palace examination He and No.5 have clearly won the No. [-] pick, No. [-] and No. [-], I am afraid that all the Guanpu stores will be bloody.

Wen Yanbo continued to read: "One person was admitted to the Children's Department, Fan Ning, Wu County, Pingjiang Prefecture, 17 people were admitted to the second-class Jinshi Department, Wang Suizhou from Bianliang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Yuan Shiqing from Jiangdu County, Yangzhou, and Luo Lin from Min County, Fuzhou. Above 18 people I am a Jinshi, please come out to the hall to thank me!"

Fan Ning was also overjoyed. Although he knew that he would do well in the exam, but he really won the first place in the children's department, the excitement still made him uncontrollably happy.

He hurried out of the queue and ranked first among the 18 people. He followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites and went to the hall to thank him. According to the rules, No.1 in Tongzi Division is also No.1 in Erjia, known as Chuanlu.

Wen Yanbo continued to read the list, "The top three recruited 100 people, and the list is as follows: Zhang Qiu, Bianliang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and Liu Hui, Yingchuan County, Yingzhou. All the more than a hundred scholars were awarded Jinshi background, please go to the hall to thank you!"

After reading the top three, we will not read the specific list later. Wen Yanbo simply said: "In this year's imperial examination, out of 590 six people are admitted, three are in the first rank, 18 are in the second rank, 470 are in the third rank, and the remaining [-] five are all second. List, given that I was born as a Jinshi, the ranking of the list has been announced by the Examination Yuan, now please follow me to the hall to thank you!"

In fact, they did not enter the main hall, but kowtowed to thank them outside the hall, and then went to bathe and change their clothes. No. 1 in Sanming and Tongzike, and a golden flower will be placed on the hat.

After dressing up, everyone was led to Xuandemen, where hundreds of horses and dozens of open carriages had been prepared. Not every Jinshi knew how to ride a horse, especially the Jinshi of the Tongzi Division, who could hardly ride a horse and could only ride a carriage Kua Street.

Fan Ningmo said that he could not even ride a donkey when riding a horse. He could only ride in a carriage, and he was alone in a carriage, while the others rode in a carriage with five people. Dressed up to travel, especially eye-catching.

At this time, gongs and drums were beating everywhere in Bianliang City, and colorful flags were planted along the way. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the road to appreciate the heroic appearance of the new scholars. No wonder, the Song Dynasty established the country with literature, and the warriors did not have this kind of glory. Only the outstanding scholars, the new scholars, can enjoy this kind of great glory.

Every Jinshi is intoxicated, and ten years of hard study in the cold window finally brought the most glorious moment in life. When the gold list was named, the colorful satin danced for a while, and all kinds of hydrangeas and purses were thrown to the scholars in Kua Street. Countless The cheers of [-] people resounded through Bianliang City.

Next came the Qionglin Banquet by the Jinming Pool, which was the final climax of the glory of the scholars. The emperor hosted a banquet for the new scholars.

Jinming Pond is located outside the West City. In the fourth year of Xiande, Zhou Shizong specially dug an artificial lake for training the navy in order to crusade against the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is located in a water town. The lake covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of mu.

After nearly a hundred years of construction in the Song Dynasty, Jinming Pool has become a royal garden with a beautiful environment. There are various exquisite buildings in the garden. After each imperial examination, the grand Qionglin Banquet is held here.

But if you think that Jinshi who have worked hard all day can have a big meal at the banquet and get drunk before resting, then you are very wrong. Qionglin Banquet can indeed drink the best palace wine, and there are also a variety of delicacies .

But it is estimated that not many people can eat it. Around the Jinming Pool, the rich and powerful have already laid a net to catch the marriage, and there is a great momentum that they will not stop until they catch their son-in-law.

This is the meaning of having a golden house in the book. Once you are admitted to Jinshi, there will be rich and powerful people to marry you.

But if there is already a beautiful wife and young children at home, there is nothing to do. Unless you divorce your wife and marry another, and report to Bao Zheng as a Chen Shimei, otherwise you will miss this huge wealth opportunity in vain.

This is also the reason why scholars in the Song Dynasty generally got married relatively late. What if they passed the Jinshi exam?
In fact, Jinshi in Tongzike is also not safe. Although the emperor acquiesces in the arrest and marriage of the rich and powerful, he also stipulates three inaccurate rules. It is not allowed to force married Jinshi to abandon his wife, and he is not allowed to force marriage. He must first obtain the consent of the Jinshi himself. , It is not allowed to catch the Jinshi of the Married Boys.

However, there are policies and countermeasures. As long as there is enough temptation, a married Jinshi may voluntarily abandon his wife.

As for Jinshi in the Tongzi Division, marriage is not forced, it is always possible to make a marriage contract!

During this Qionglin banquet, every Jinshi had a lot of thoughts, and the emperor Zhao Zhen left in a hurry after drinking two glasses of wine.

Some of the dignitaries who accompanied the banquet were already close to the water table, so they rushed to sit next to the unmarried Jinshi and started bargaining.

Fan Ning was caught off guard, and a greasy middle-aged man sat beside him as if he had fallen from the sky.

He smiled and said, "I'm Yang Shou, the governor of Weizhou and county uncle of Gaotang. It's a pleasure to meet Fan Jinshi!"

Hearing this official position, one knows that it is a role of soy sauce in the court, which is simply a false position.

"Senior is Tianbo Yang Mansion?"

"No, I am the queen of Yang Fu, the founding general."

Fan Ning couldn't remember that Yang Fu was among the founding generals of the Song Dynasty, and he was probably an upstart in the army.

But this is not important, what is important is what does this person want to do?
Fan Ning immediately became vigilant and said: "This is the Tongzi Division, and the court does not allow arrests for marriage!"

"Where did Fan Jinshi go?"

Yang Shou smirked and said: "I have a young daughter who is 11 years old. I plan to give her a dowry of [-] yuan, [-] acres of fertile land, and a beautiful house in the capital. I wonder if Fan Jinshi would like to make an agreement? "

"Sorry! I was engaged a few days ago."

"You have a marriage contract?" Yang Shou's eyes widened, "Who are you engaged to?"

"With Grand Master Pang's granddaughter." Fan Ning pulled Pang Ji over as a shield.

Yang Shou's complexion suddenly became very ugly. His ancestor was only a mid-level general. Later, he made a fortune in the grain business. He spent a lot of money to buy the title of governor and the title of governor from the Empress Dowager Liu. He hid in the woods and bribed the guards. Sneaked into the Qionglin Banquet, with his identity, he couldn't provoke Pang Ji.

He snorted resentfully, got up and left, and went to look for the next target.

(End of this chapter)