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Chapter 758 Ascension (Part )

There were a total of 120 examination papers for the palace examination. These were for candidates who were to be admitted as Jinshi candidates. They did not need to be copied under their names. The emperor himself would personally review the papers and determine their rankings.

Of course, the emperor personally reviewing the papers was just a gimmick. Jiang Shaohua sat calmly at the top, watching Minister Dong and two other officials from the Ministry of Rites busying themselves, which was considered "personally" reviewing the papers.

Chen Changshi and Wang Jin were also summoned to join the examination.

After about two hours, all the examination papers were marked. After discussion and consideration, Minister Dong and others arranged the marked examination papers in a certain order and finally presented them to the imperial desk.

Next, the emperor personally reviewed the papers and selected the top three.

Jiang Shaohua flipped through the top ten test papers, picked out the three that he liked best, and decided on the top three.

The same applies to the women's exam papers, and three copies are also selected.

Minister Dong glanced at the name at the top of the list.

Lu Zhen!

Sure enough it was her.

Minister Dong understood. He heard that Lu Zhen was born in a commoner's family in Ye County, and was one of the first female students in Ye County Academy. Even her name was given by the emperor himself. This is a true disciple of the emperor!

Ranked second is Wang Shu.

The third name is Li Fangfei.

Of course, they had real talent and knowledge, and the emperor's intention to promote the Wang and Li families was also an important reason. When the emperor ascended the throne smoothly, the firm support of Wang Jin and Empress Dowager Li played a great role.

Names like Lu Qingqing, Cui Yuner, and Fan Xiangning came into view one by one. After seeing these familiar surnames, Minister Dong knew the other party's origins.

In fact, among these twenty female Jinshi, only Lu Zhen was born in the countryside. The rest were all ladies carefully cultivated by famous families.

This was inevitable. Ordinary people had a hard time supporting their sons to study, so how could they allow their daughters who were destined to get married to study? Lu Zhen was also lucky. It happened that the county magistrate of Ye County founded a women's academy for political achievements and to please the princess. It happened that she was smart, clever, hardworking and motivated, and she happened to catch the princess's eye.

Now, riding on this favorable wind, won't we be able to rise to the top in one step?

"Minister Dong," Jiang Shaohua said with a smile, "This is a special exam, so there is no need to make the Jinshi wait. The list will be posted early tomorrow morning, and a palace banquet will be held the day after tomorrow to let all the new Jinshi have a chance to show off."

Minister Dong smiled and bowed his hands, saying, "The emperor's grace is great, and it is a blessing for the new scholars. I accept your order."

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The next morning, the imperial edict announcing the new Jinshi was posted outside the Ministry of Rites.

Those who can enter the Jinluan Palace to participate in the palace examination are all Jinshi. The only difference is the ranking. Therefore, the prospective Jinshi who came to see the list today were much calmer than when the results of the imperial examination were announced.

There was only one person who cried bitterly in public with tears in his eyes, which aroused the good-natured laughter of the new scholars.

This Jinshi who was crying with joy was the unlucky fellow who had soiled his examination paper during the palace examination yesterday. The emperor gave him a brand new blank examination paper, and he wrote hard and finally finished the examination paper. In the end, his ranking was not bad, among the top two.

He didn't care what others thought. In short, he would be the most loyal disciple of Her Majesty the Empress in the future.

The list of female Jinshi is even clearer and more eye-catching.

The head of the Lu family and the head of the Cui family were both in the capital, and they came to see the list together today. Seeing that their daughters were on the list and ranked quite well, although not in the top three, they were ranked fourth and fifth, and they were both happy. They were all legitimate in-laws of the Nanyang Palace. Now that the Princess of Nanyang was the true dragon emperor, they had also become true royal relatives, and naturally they also benefited from it.

As for the top three in the first class, there is really no competition.

Lu Zhen is the emperor's destined confidant, Wang Shu has Prime Minister Wang and the huge Daliang First Clan behind him, and Li Fangfei has Queen Mother Li and the Li family behind him.

No matter what, it is much better than the Zheng family.

There was a traitor in the family, people died one after another, more than half of the family's wealth was taken out, and he kept his head down, his neck shrunk, and the door closed. He didn't even come to participate in the imperial examination.

"Master, Dean, I am the top female scholar." Lu Zhen was so excited that she almost jumped up.

Li Ying tried hard to hold back her laughter, and put on a calm and composed look: "The first in the first class is the number one scholar. You are the number one female scholar in this special examination."

Cui Wenxiu's self-control was much worse than Li Ying's. She put her arms around Lu Zhen and laughed heartily: "Lu Zhen, you are really amazing. Our Ye County Women's Academy will also be famous because of you."

Lu Zhen took up the conversation without hesitation: "Our Ye County Women's Academy has long been famous. This time, the teacher and the headmaster passed the women's selection. All three of us, the teacher and the student, passed. I'm afraid our academy will be crowded with people in the future."

Li Ying and Cui Wenxiu smiled.

The tall and beautiful Li Fangfei walked over with a smile and greeted Lu Zhen in a friendly manner.

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Soon, Wang Shu, Lu Qingqing and others also came over.

The men entered the officialdom in the same year as the men. They were the first batch of female Jinshi, and they were natural allies. It was only natural for them to support and look after each other.

Lu Zhen has been studying in the academy for six years. She is usually like a big sister and is young and fearless. She is not afraid of the girls from wealthy families at all. She greets and talks to them in a very confident and confident manner.

The women who were originally a little unconvinced of Lu Zhen now felt some respect for him.

The next day, the emperor held a banquet in the palace, and all 120 new scholars came to the palace to attend the banquet.

All the officials in the court also attended the banquet. Ten people sat at each table, and there were more than 40 tables in total. At this time, what to eat and drink was not important. What was important was that this was the first step for the new scholars to officially enter the officialdom of Daliang.

Among the court officials and newly-appointed Jinshi, the two female Jinshi who occupied two seats were naturally the most dazzling and eye-catching group.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the emperor summoned the top three female Jinshi candidates to come forward and asked their names and ages one by one.

Lu Zhen had been repeatedly taught not to speak nonsense in such a grand occasion, so he answered in a proper manner: "Your Majesty, my name is Lu Zhen, I am fourteen years old, and I am from Ye County."

A fourteen-year-old girl, at the age of a flower, chooses to act old and heavy.

Jiang Shaohua smiled and said, "Don't be so reserved. I set up the female examination to select useful talents for Daliang. I will use all the twenty of you in this section. You will see me many times in the future, so you should get used to it as soon as possible."

Lu Zhen's eyes sparkled and he nodded in response.

A group of important officials in the court quickly exchanged glances, and each of them thought that something was wrong.

Most of them thought that the emperor wanted to select some female officials to serve in the palace. The female Jinshi was just an excuse. What did the emperor mean by publicly declaring that "they want to be of great use"? Could it be that he wanted to let these women enter the six ministries?
Sure enough, what are you afraid of?

The emperor smiled and continued, "Of the twenty female Jinshi candidates, I will keep three in the palace. The rest will be assigned to the six ministries to observe government and learn."

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