The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 231

No.4 Pei Yan, Gui'an County, Huzhou Prefecture.
Xie Shen became a little nervous after seeing seven people in a row but didn't have his own name.

His luck must not be so good, he won the top three in the exam, right?
Forcibly suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xie Shen continued to look down.

No.3 Du Chen, Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, No.2, Ruan Du, Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture.
Although he was already prepared in his heart, Xie Shen was still a little bit disappointed when he saw this.At this moment, Wang Shouwen waved his arms almost in ecstasy: "Brother Shenxian, you have been hit, you have been hit."

Xie Shen smiled wryly and said, "It's not in the top ten, and winning the exam is nothing to celebrate."

Wang Shouwen suddenly grabbed Xie Shen's shoulder and shook it: "I got it, Brother Shen Xian, you got it!"

Uh.
Xie Shen raised his head and looked at the upper right end of the red paper on the exam list, only to see a row of small characters.

No.1 Jieyuan Xie Shen, Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture.
The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were based on the five classics of "Poetry", "Book", "Li", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn". No. 1 was selected in each of the Five Classics, and they were called the leaders of the Five Classics.If you can get the top five, it means that you can at least guarantee a position as the leader of the Five Classics, which is already the envy of countless scholars.And now Xie Shen has not only won the first place in the "Book of Songs" and ranked among the top five classics, but also won the Jie Yuan in the Yimao Township Examination in the eighth year of Hongzhi, Zhejiang Province. He is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this township examination.

But now Xie Shen is a little dizzy
Did you win the yuan?

Is this really not a dream?
One must know that Fan Jin was overjoyed just to win the exam, and Xie Shen won the first place in Zhejiang Province, the strongest imperial examination province in the world, in one fell swoop!

Although he had also won the first place in the county examination, government examination, and hospital examination before, it was still a child's examination, and the difficulty was limited.

However, those who participated in the provincial examination were all the best students from various prefectures and counties, and the competition was unprecedentedly fierce. Although Xie Shen received advice from many famous experts and devoted himself to studying for two years, he was definitely not sure how to win Jieyuan.

Could it be that the room teacher who marked the paper really liked his essay?

Xie Shen was caught in the clouds and mist for a while, but Xie Pi and Wang Shouwen didn't stop, and started to build momentum for Xie Shen
For a while, all the sentient beings present knew that Xie Yuanlang, who had taken the undergraduate Yimao Township Examination, was in front of them, and they all stepped forward to congratulate him, which made Xie Shen very embarrassed.

After Xu Yu dealt with it for a while, Xie Shen found an excuse and left the Gongyuan under the escort of Lu Yuan.

Naturally, Lu Yuan also expressed his congratulations to Xie Shen. After Xie Shen thanked Mr. Lu, he returned home with Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi.

According to the usual practice, the new imperial examination candidates on the list will gather in front of Qingyun Street the next day, and pass through Dengyun Bridge to the chief secretary's yamen to receive a banquet.

This banquet is the famous Luming Banquet. Compared with the Qionglin Banquet after the palace examination, the atmosphere of the Luming Banquet will be more relaxed.

The people who came to the banquet were all from the same country, and they were more familiar with each other.Second, after passing the provincial examination, these same rankings in the same year at most only obtained the qualifications to be officials, but did not enter the officialdom.

Daming's officialdom naturally has various unspoken rules. No matter how innocent people are before, those who enter the officialdom will become more or less dark-bellied and shady, and they need to always be wary of their superiors and subordinates.But before entering the officialdom, these new imperial examination candidates do not need to be so sophisticated.

But right now Xie Shen is obviously not in the mood to think about tomorrow's Luming Banquet. Since he returned home, he has been surrounded by his elder brother and sister-in-law and questioned him, and they have explained it several times before they believe that his young man really took away the present. .

Xie Shen managed to relax for a while, only then remembered that he forgot to ask Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi about their rankings, and then he coughed guiltily and said, "Brother Shouwen, Brother Pixian..."

Wang Shouwen laughed and said, "Brother Shenxian, you don't have to worry about Brother Yu. Brother Yu is at the bottom of the list, but it's considered a pass."

Xie Pi also said: "Brother Shen, I am 57th on the list this time, so I am satisfied."

Xie Shen asked again: "How many people were admitted in the current provincial examination?"

Wang Shouwen wondered: "Brother Shenxian, didn't you read the list?"

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "I only read the top ten, not all of them."

Hearing this, Wang Shouwen almost lost his breath.

It's really people-to-people, maddening people.

He was still secretly delighted to be at the bottom of the township list, but Xie Shen said that apart from the top ten, he didn't even bother to watch it.
Xie Shen was afraid that he might misunderstand, so he explained: "Actually, I was also very nervous at the time."

Wang Shouwen laughed and said: "Brother Shenxian, a total of 100 people will be selected in the current provincial examination, and brother Yu will be at the end."

"100 people, so many?"

Xie Shen frowned and said casually.In his impression, even a strong imperial examination province such as Zhejiang Province is difficult to obtain 80 candidates at a time.If he remembers correctly, Zhejiang Province usually takes 100 people, but this time it took [-] people. Could it be that Honglu Shaoqing, who was appointed by the imperial court to preside over the provincial examination, got the emperor's instruction?
"Brother Shenxian, what do you mean by this!"

Wang Shouwen's face darkened, and he pretended to be angry.

Only then did Xie Shen realize that Wang Shouwen was the beneficiary of this extra seat on the township list, so he quickly apologized.

If you still take Juren according to the previous seventy or eighty, the third son Wang Shouwen and Wang will be defeated in the provincial examination.

Of course Wang Shouwen was also joking with Xie Shen, waved his hands and said: "I won't talk about that, but Du Kang actually got No.5 in the exam, really"

Wang Shouwen clenched his fists and looked disdainful. It seemed that he really didn't like this great talent from Qiantang County, Hangzhou.

Wait, No.5, that means this Du Kang should be among the leaders of the Five Classics.

It can be seen from his ranking that Du Kang should have chosen the relatively unpopular "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Changes".

These two are relatively unpopular, and it is difficult to compete with the popular "Book of Songs" and "Book of Rites". However, there are few people taking the exam, and there will be little competition in a small area.

"Isn't the leader of the Five Classics just a Juren? It's me, Xie Yuan, who is just a Juren. Brother Shouwen, it's a great joy to win the Juren, so don't be in a bad mood because of these things."

Wang Shouwen gave Xie Shen an angry look and said, "What do you mean by Juren? The reputation of the leader of the Five Classics is much higher than that of ordinary Juren, let alone Jieyuan. Brother Shen Xian, you are a full man who doesn't know how hungry you are." Men are hungry!"

Xie Pi said softly: "It's all right now, Brother Shouwen and Brother Shen can go to Beijing to prepare for the exam together. It's really enviable to see that you two are inseparable from Meng, and the way Meng is in focus."

Xie Shen scolded with a smile: "Don't be sour, it's as if you didn't win the exam."

It was definitely an accident that 100 people were selected in the township examination this time, but it also guaranteed that Xie Shen, Wang Shouwen, and Xie Pi were selected at the same time.

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