The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 556
A few days later, the examination was finally over, and as soon as the dragon gate was opened, these candidates came out one after another.

These people can be said to have different attitudes now. Some people feel that the answer is not bad, so Gu Pan is proud, some people are depressed, and some people are even grayed out by others. There are even one or two who just came out. Longmen began to cry loudly.

Standing outside the dragon gate, Jia Ke looked at this scene and was very moved. In ancient times, the imperial examination was really a single-plank bridge for thousands of troops.

Compared with the ancient imperial examinations, the modern college entrance examination is really far behind. In ancient times, none of them who could stand out in the imperial examinations was stupid. No matter what, these people can be called scholars in terms of reading. Overwhelmed.

You can think about it, there are only 200 students in three years, and if you count them, each of these people can be regarded as the top three in the college entrance examination in each province.

Jia Ke was fine today, so he took Li Deshan and a few soldiers to stand at the entrance of the Gong Yuan to watch the excitement.

While Jia Ke was feeling emotional, someone beside him spoke.

"It's a blessing to have such a meeting this year."

Another person also echoed and said: "Who says it's not? I heard that one of Mr. Zhang Chaoxin's son originally wanted to take the imperial examination this year, but he was suppressed by Mr. Zhang. He was afraid that others would say that he bent the law for personal gain. "

"A few days ago, Mr. Zhang Chaoxin and Mr. Li Wenbin, Mr. Li, both houses were surrounded by these gift givers. As a result, neither of the two adults saw each other. This was impossible in previous years."

"If you want me to say that the current prime minister, Mr. Jia, has a solution. In the past, there were frauds in the imperial examinations every time. How can it be as clear as this year?"

As a result, as soon as this person spoke, he immediately shifted the topic to Jia Ke.

Jia Ke stood by and listened to everyone's discussions, most of them still said that his governance was not bad, and he also considered the common people.

But a few radicals didn't think so, and only said that Jia Ke was Wang Mang alive, and sooner or later he would not end well.

Ben Bray, who was next to Jia Ke, opened his eyes angrily when he heard this, and wanted to grab someone and beat him up.

Fortunately, Jia Ke had quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed his arm and pulled the reckless man back.

"You don't need to be as knowledgeable as them. There is no perfect person in the world. Let these people discuss what they say."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she led everyone out of the park and came to a famous restaurant nearby——Zhuangyuan Building.

The Zhuangyuan Building is the place where the candidates gather, and Jia Ke also wants to hear what these candidates are saying. After all, the information obtained from the spies is obtained through one hand.

As soon as Jia Ke arrived at the gate of the Zhuangyuan Building, a waiter came to greet him.

"Master, are you going to be a top player, or staying in a hotel?"

Ben Bray's anger hadn't dissipated just now, so he immediately answered the question and said loudly: "What are you talking about? Prepare a good private room for our master. Our master wants to taste the food and wine here."

The waiter let Jia Ke and the others in, and said embarrassingly, "Master, I'm really sorry that the private room in our hotel is full today, can you deal with it in the lobby?"

Ben Bray was still angry, but Jia Ke who was next to him spoke.

"Then get us a table by the window."

After listening to Xiao Er, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ben Bray was tall and fierce. He got angry with him just now, but this Xiao Er was very frightened, and he was afraid that this reckless man would attack him a few times.

A group of people came to the second floor of Zhuangyuan Building, and Xiaoer arranged a desk for them by the window.

Jia Ke sat in the middle, Motobu Lei and several other guards stood beside him to protect Jia Ke's safety.

After sitting down, Jia Ke said to Xiaoer, "Give me a few of your special dishes, and a pot of your famous champion red."

Ben Bray, who was standing next to Jia Ke, immediately took out a certain amount of money from his pocket and threw it into the hands of the second child after seeing Jia Ke's order.

"Let your cook cook faster, our master can't afford to wait."

This Xiaoer received the reward, so naturally he happily agreed.

I don't know if Zhuangyuanlou cooked the food quickly, or if the ingot of silver played a role, it didn't matter much, seven or eight dishes and two jugs of good wine were placed on the table in a short while.

Jia Ke picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and nodded involuntarily. The cooks here are better than those in Rongguo Mansion, even if they are no different than the imperial cooks in the palace.

Jia Ke was sitting in the Zhuangyuan Building, and after about half an hour, many candidates had come to the Zhuangyuan Building one after another.

After these people came, they took their seats, let Xiaoer serve wine and food, and then they talked about it.

One of the young candidates, who answered this question well, was talking about it there, "Today, Mr. Lu did a good answer. I think this subject is stable. I will meet the emperor in the palace exam. The first thing The thing is to impeach Jia Ke."

There was a good-looking jade-faced scholar next to him, who answered the question, "Brother Lu, why are you already drunk without wine? Can we take care of the affairs of those adults in the court? In my opinion, if our subject If you win the prize, it is true that you will be a county magistrate honestly."

"Dong Li, you are good at everything, but you are too sophisticated. The world is now the time when young people of my generation are in their early years. If I impeach Jia Ke in front of the Golden Palace in a few days, I will let the world know that I am a scholar. festival."

The scholar named Dong Li felt that this man surnamed Lu was crazy to want to be famous, so he didn't even look at where this place was.

In order not to be troubled by this person, Dong Li said hastily, "I disagree with you. Since Mr. Jia came to power, he has done a lot of practical things to the people of the court. If you say something outrageous, Mr. Jia is better than the current emperor. The affairs of the world must be very stable.”

The young man surnamed Lu immediately became a little annoyed after hearing Dong Li's words, and was about to stand up and argue with him. Fortunately, the few people who followed him dissuaded them, and the two of them temporarily suppressed their anger.

On the other table, an older man heard the words of the young people on the next table, looked at each other and shook his head together.

They felt in their hearts that these young people really didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and they didn't look at the current situation. They impeached Jia Ke in the hall again.

These older people have long since smoothed the edges and corners. They don't care who is sitting on the Golden Luan Palace at all. A dog, they also pay homage.

Jia Ke sat at the side, listening to two completely different voices of discussion, and felt that the decision she made this time was pretty good. If these young people were allowed to enter the court now, I am afraid that I am really in a dilemma. It won't be too late for them to become officials after they ascend the throne.

After Jia Ke ate and drank enough and got the news she wanted, she didn't have the mood to continue shopping, so she ordered someone to pay the bill, went down to the Zhuangyuan Building, turned around, and went back to the Prime Minister's Office to handle business.

On the 7th day after the final exam, Zhang Chaoxin, the chief examiner, and Li Wenbin, the deputy chief examiner, came to the Zongli Yamen to report to Jia Ke with the list of candidates and their papers.

Jia Ke first took the list and looked at it. The people selected this time are quite suitable, and there are no young people.

Most of them are above 25 years old, and there are even a few elderly people in their 60s and [-]s.

It's just that one of them is very conspicuous after Jia Ke saw it, and that is a 17-year-old juzi-Tang Zhong.

"What's the matter with this young man? It's not easy to be a Jinshi in high school at a young age."

Jia Ke said so on the surface, but his tone was a little bit bad. It was because he didn't want to choose these young and successful geniuses. Could it be that the two chief examiners didn't understand what he meant?
Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin glanced at each other, with helplessness on their faces, they knew this would happen when they checked the test papers.

It turned out that when the two were reviewing the examination papers, they didn't know the names and ages of these people. They just selected those who were mature and prudent in the papers, and the writing style was sharp. In the end, all the rankings were determined, and then they began to remove the seals on the papers, and only then did they see their ages. and name.

After dismantling the papers, they found that Tang Zhong actually ranked No.5, but this person is too young, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to pass the test at Jia Ke Station.

Originally, Zhang Chaoxin wanted to demote this person and suppress him in this subject, and it would not be too late to select him when Jia Ke's world was settled.

Who would have thought that this time Li Wenbin was very opposed. He and Zhang Chaoxin argued hard, but Zhang Chaoxin was actually very hesitant. After all, this person relied on his ability, and his papers were also very sophisticated, and he didn't have any young people's attitude. Radical energy, otherwise they would not have selected Tang Zhong as the fifth when marking the papers.

In the end, the two decided to go to Jia Ke just like that. If Jia Ke had any objections, it would not be too late to relegate him.

Sure enough, I saw Jia Ke asking about this person, so Zhang Chaoxin came out and said, "My lord, this Tang Zhong is indeed talented. His writing is extremely sophisticated and his arguments are clear. I really can't ignore it."

Li Wenbin also stood aside to help Zhang Chaoxin a few words. After all, this person was saved by him, and Zhang Chaoxin could not be alone.

Jia Ke heard the two of them's reply and suppressed his anger.

"Bring me this man's test paper."

After hearing this, Li Wenbin immediately took out Tang Zhong's paper from a paper he was holding, and held it in front of Jia Ke with both hands.

Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully.

It should be said that Jia Ke has also studied stereotyped essays for a few years, but he is not proficient in these, and now he can barely discern the good from the bad.

Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully, trying to find any flaws in it.

In the end, Jia Ke was dumbfounded. He couldn't change a single word in the paper.

This is also because Jia Ke is really not good at stereotypes. He really has no right to speak about these stereotyped articles. It is beyond his ability to correct these papers.

Jia Ke was a little embarrassed after reading it for a long time, "This article is not bad, but this person is still a little young, so I'm afraid of him and speak out, which is not good for my future career."

Li Wenbin hurried forward and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, age has nothing to do with whether you are radical or not. There are things about young and mature in every dynasty and generation."

Seeing Li Wenbin intercede with this Tang Zhong, Jia Ke hesitated. After all, Li Wenbin was his teacher, so it would not look good to refute him like this.

"Since that's the case, let's do it this way. I'll take a look at it in person during the imperial examination. If he's still good, let him be a Jinshi. Otherwise, he'll be in the top three."

After Jia Ke dealt with this person, he continued to look at the ranking, and then nodded. The other people are fine, and they are not too young, and their edges and corners have been smoothed by society.

(End of this chapter)