Jiayou's seventh year, March.
Zhang Yue called for examination at the Bachelor's College.
After dawn, Zhang Yue got up early, and the Seventeenth Mother personally served and brought noodle soup to Zhang Yue to freshen up. After washing up, Mrs. Chen brought rice porridge, eggs, steamed buns, side dishes and soup.
Before getting married, Zhang Yue only had two or three items for breakfast, but since Shiqi Niang married into the Zhang family, Zhang Yue can eat more than five items every day. Although it doesn't cost much, it is more exquisite and thoughtful.
For example, the steamed buns are all bought by the maid near Qingfeng Building early in the morning.
Among the female servants brought by the Seventeenth Mother, two or three are good in the kitchen, and one of them is even good at cooking. Mother Chen has been in the Wu Mansion for many years and has seen that the cost of food and clothing is much higher than that of ordinary families, so it is no problem to buy food.
No wonder there is a saying in Bianjing, "I would rather marry a slave of a big family than a daughter of a small family."
Zhang Yue ate a little of each dish. The Seventeenth Niang saw that Zhang Yue had almost eaten, and then went to see whether Zhang Shiyu had gotten up and brought them food.
Zhang Yue stopped delaying after dinner, packed up and went outside the middle gate to see Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong who had already hitched the carriage and were waiting for him to go out.
Zhang Yue got into the car and went straight to the Bachelor's College. The examinations are usually held in Zhongshu, Shirenyuan, Xueshiyuan, and Imperial College. However, nowadays, officials generally choose to take examinations in Xueshiyuan.
After entering the imperial city, Zhang Yue entered the bachelor's college. The clerk asked him to rest in a side room.
But I saw two people waiting in the room.
Zhang Yue saw that the two of them were strangers to each other, but both of them recognized him. He stood up and said with a smile: "Master Zhuangyuan!"
Zhang Yue knew that the two of them were the ones who went to the library examination with him, so he couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me for being stupid, who are you two?"
The two had common names, one was named Dou Bian and the other was named Luo Kai.
Zhang Yue suddenly realized that they were the second and third place Jinshi candidates in Jiayou's second year.
After the three of them exchanged greetings, Dou Bian said with a smile: "We and Ziping are brothers. I heard Ziping say that he has a relative who will become famous in the world. The two of us asked him who he was? But he refused to tell. At that time, we all speculated that it was Zhang Zihou, but it was not until last year when he became the top two in the world that we realized that it was you that Ziping was talking about."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it."
After Luo Kaizhong became a Jinshi, he was awarded the title of Judge of Dali Temple and general judge of Jizhou. A few years later, he moved to Dali Temple Cheng. In the sixth year of Jiayou, Ouyang Xiu promoted him to try the official position.
But the librarian examination was about poetry. But Luo Kai is a supporter of the Ouyang Xiu Ancient Prose Movement and believes that policy analysis can show the level of a candidate.
Nowadays, the examination of poems and poems in the bachelor's college requires red tape, so he lamented that "it has been lost to use poems to get scholars, and it is better to use poems to get jobs." In the end, Luo Kai failed to rhyme in the exam and was dismissed. This year he had to go to Bianjing. Take the Guange exam again.
Dou Bian's experience was similar. He suppressed the rebellion when he was in Ruzhou, and this time he was also recommended to try for the imperial examination.
As they talked, both of them envied Zhang Yue.
There are several ways to take the imperial examination, one is to submit an essay, and the other is to recommend. These two are the main ones. There are also people who can take the exam without passing the exam, but this must be due to extraordinary grace and merit, or from the provincial supervisor. Those who have been in office for a long time.
But Zhang Yue is different, Zhang Yue has a special purpose.
This is very rare. For example, in the first year of the Ming Dynasty, seven people including Hu Su and Song Qi were ordered to take the exam in the Academy. This time Zhang Yue also had a special order, which meant that the recommender was the emperor. This was a grace that was different from ordinary people.
After a while, a clerk said: "The two internal controls have arrived. You go and see them."
Zhang Yue and others immediately cheered up and headed to the hall.
But I saw two Hanlin bachelors sitting on the chairs. They were Wang Gui and Fan Zhen.
In fact, there are a total of five Hanlin bachelors in the Hanlin Academy. The other three, like Jia An, are now known to have gone to Kaifeng Mansion. Another Wu Kui has just been promoted to deputy privy envoy. As for Cai Xiang, he is now the third envoy.
These three people are busy with official duties and cannot come to conduct the examination.
From this, Zhang Yue also felt very emotional. A Hanlin bachelor's degree is an internal system. When the official position reaches an internal system, in addition to being able to accompany him from time to time, he will officially enter the prime minister's reserve team.
Hanlin bachelors and Zhongshushe people are both called internal institutions and external institutions. It is the dream of many civil servants to get to this point, but to achieve the two systems, you must first enter the palace.
Wang Gui is a Hanlin scholar with the highest status. He was also the examiner in the Zhangyue provincial examination. Fan Zhen is also an old acquaintance, needless to mention.
When Zhang Yue got married, they were invited, but neither Wang Gui nor Fan Zhen came.
Wang Gui didn't think it was just to avoid suspicion, so he took Zhang Yue as the second place in the provincial examination. Since officials in the Song Dynasty were very taboo about the relationship between the master and his disciples, Wang Gui was unable to come to congratulate him simply because he was helpless.
As for Fan Zhen, he was dissatisfied with his son-in-law Wu Anshi.
Two examiners and three candidates, this is the lineup for the bachelor's degree examination.
Wang Gui asked for the examination questions for the imperial title. Each of the Hanlins prepared a question and handed it over to the officials for examination. Although Jia An, Cai Xiang and others did not preside over the examination, they also participated in the questions.
The officials decided on the examination questions from several Hanlin papers and then handed them over to the Bachelor's College. In addition, the Bachelor's College examination was the same as the provincial examination, and the examiners also had to go through the Lock Academy.
After the three of them sat down in the hall, the examination paper covering the royal treasure was presented on the table. Zhang Yue looked at the questions. There were two questions in total, one was about poetry and the other was about theory.
It can be regarded as a compromise compared to last year's bachelor's degree examination, which was purely based on poetry.
Wang Gui ordered his officials to light the incense and said, "You three can answer."
Zhang Yue picked up his pen in response. He already had a draft in his mind and started to answer the questions.
He has taken countless exams in the past six years, and has just gone through the all-encompassing exam system, and is at the peak of his exam status. Moreover, even during the days when the emperor granted marriage, Zhang Yue still read for two hours every morning after getting up, never slacking off.
It was also because he had known about this bachelor's degree examination.
Sunlight shone through the window and fell in front of the case. Zhang Yue concentrated on answering the paper. Soon the sunlight gradually moved away. At this time, he heard the sound of a chair. It turned out that Dou Bian stood up and handed in the paper.
Zhang Yue heard that Dou Bian was very talented. In the second year of Jiayou's reign, he ranked first in the imperial examination. Dou Bian, who could surpass Su Shi, Su Che, and Zeng Gong, and ranked second in Jinshi, was also an outstanding scholar.
Wang Gui and Fan Zhen looked at Dou Bian's article with joy.
Dou Bian's handing in the paper had no impact on Zhang Yue at all. He still wrote his article according to the rhythm of his imperial examination. As the last stroke was written, Zhang Yue also finished the paper.
Zhang Yue immediately stepped forward with the paper in hand and presented it to Wang Gui and Fan Zhen.
Wang Gui smiled gently when he saw him, while Fan Zhen looked serious.
After Wang Gui roughly read Zhang Yue's paper, he said to Fan Zhen: "Du Zhi's writing skills are even better than last year!"
Zhang Yue didn't hear this sentence and turned to leave after saluting. Luo Kai had almost finished writing. When he raised his head, Zhang Yue nodded to him and went out.
The bachelor's degree examination was over, and Zhang Yue went home to wait for news.
After the library examination, the examiner will rank the candidates according to their scores, and finally award library positions to those who pass the exam.
Library positions are divided into three levels according to seniority.
The highest ones are Jixian Hall, Zhizhuan, Zhilongtuge, Zhizhao Wenguan, Zhishiguan, Zhijixianyuan, and Zhimi Pavilion.
The second is the school manager of Jixian and Mige,
The worst things are the collation of museums and the review of history museums.
I wonder what Zhang Yue can teach in the end?
