After the two decided on the status of teacher and student, they said a few words, and Zhang Jiuzheng stood up and left. There were many new Gong students waiting for Wei Chen to meet them, so they couldn't chat for too long.
Wei Chen stood up and sent Zhang Jiuzheng to the entrance of the hall, and said in a gentle tone: "The palace examination will be held soon. You are the first member of Jinke Huiyuan. You are above the palace examination. You can be among the top five in the second class, but you may not be able to do it." Reaching the rank of Sanding Jia still depends on your own luck.
Although the top five in the second class are not as good as the third class, they can still be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a common scholar, or to be the head of the six ministries, or to be the imperial censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In short, they can stay in Bianjing as an official. My future career is still guaranteed. "
Zhang Jiuzheng has always been very thoughtful. When he heard Wei Chen's words, he immediately understood the meaning behind Wei Chen's words and couldn't help but feel depressed.
It seems that in this palace examination, I have no hope of ranking among the Three Tripods!
The Imperial Examination is different from the General Examination. It is not just a written test, but also an interview. In particular, the Sanding Armor is the face of the court. The appearance and demeanor of the scholars are always important during selection. Therefore, many dynasties have used appearance to determine the Sanding Armor. Stories of belonging.
Naturally, a person as outstanding and graceful as Wei Chen doesn't have to worry about this.
As for a scholar like Zhang Jiucheng, who is not very good-looking and can even be said to be somewhat ugly, it is easy for him to get stuck in terms of appearance.
Even if he is Jinke Huiyuan, if he wants to be among the Three Tripods during the palace examination, he can only rely on luck, and most of them will not succeed.
What Wei Chen said just now was actually to give Zhang Jiuzheng a vaccination, so that Zhang Jiuzheng would not find that the reality was too different from his expectations and his mood would be disturbed.
Zhang Jiuzheng was indeed a little frustrated at this time, but he could understand Wei Chen's painstaking efforts in saying this to him.
If he didn't really regard himself as Zhang Jiuzheng's teacher, why would Wei Chen talk so much?
Zhang Jiuzheng is not a person who is good at words, so he did not express too much in front of Wei Chen. He just bowed deeply to Wei Chen and remembered Wei Chen's kindness in his heart to repay him in the future.
After sending Zhang Jiucheng away, Wei Chen continued to meet with other Xinke Gong students. After some conversation, Wei Chen found many useful talents among them.
For example, Wang Ang of Kaifeng, Huo Changyan of Jiujiang, Wang Shize of Xiangyang and others all showed their excellence in their words and deeds. Although their knowledge and talents were still slightly inferior to Zhang Jiucheng, they were still good choices.
The most important thing is that these people are not boasters, but they all have beautiful things in their chests. They only need to work hard for a few more years to be of great use to the country and society.
Wei Chen was also quite pleased to see Xinke Gongsheng with so many talents.
It seems that when the examiners discussed and weighed the essay rules, my decision to increase the importance of the essay was quite correct.
If this were not the case, I am afraid that among the Xinke Gong students who came to see me today, many talents with not very outstanding literary talents would have been buried long ago.
At the end of the reception, seeing that the sky was getting a little dark, Wei Chen ordered a banquet to be held at home to entertain Xinke Gongsheng, and by the way, he met the remaining people who had not had time to meet.
At the banquet, everything was taken care of by the two wise helpers Ru Lan and Ming Lan, without Wei Chen having to worry about it at all.
Wei Chen, on the other hand, was invited to the main seat by the new disciples, and he smiled as he watched the newly recruited disciples flock to him to toast and salute.
At this moment, Wei Chen suddenly felt the pride and pride that Emperor Taizong Li Shimin had when he lamented, "I have all the heroes in the world."
At present, these new Kegong students can only be regarded as young seedlings that have just grown out of the ground. Although they look full of vitality and are growing gratifyingly, they have a shallow foundation after all. Even if they can become officials in the court, they will be in a humble position in a short period of time. For Wei Chen Not much help.
But as long as they accumulate savings for three to five years or even ten or twenty years, the situation will be completely different. By then, for Wei Chen, it will be a fruitful harvest season, with so many disciples and disciples supporting him in the court. Whatever Wei Chen does, he can avoid many obstacles.
Thinking of this, Wei Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't help but drink a few more drinks.
The banquet was over and everyone dispersed, everyone returned home happily.
After seeing everyone off, Wei Chen, who was somewhat drunk, returned to the inner house. Ru Lan had already prepared sobering soup and hot water towels and was waiting for him in the house.
"Ru'er?"
Seeing that it was Ru Lan, Wei Chen was a little surprised. According to the schedule of these two girls, wasn't it Minglan's turn today?
"My sister is not feeling well these days, so I will take care of my husband."
Ru Lan explained in a low voice, with a charming blush on her face, as if she was the drunk one.
"Inconvenient? Oh, I understand..."
Wei Chen was just stunned for a moment, then showed an understanding smile, and stopped asking any more questions at the moment, just lying on the bed with his arms stretched out, closing his eyes and enjoying Ru Lan's meticulous service, humming in comfort.
Unconsciously, his hands were placed on the smooth and slender waist of the lovely wife beside him.
When Ru Lan first became a woman, she was just beginning to taste the marrow. When Wei Chen gently touched her, she felt half of her delicate body soften. She could only hold on and said: "Brother Chen, don't make trouble. I have something serious to talk to you about." Woolen cloth!"
However, Wei Chen didn't give her a chance to continue talking at all. With a beautiful kite, he turned over and pushed his beloved wife down on the couch, becoming wantonly frivolous.
"Don't worry, wait until my husband, I will kill you little goblin with my sword first!"
A battle continued until the third watch of the night.
After the clouds settled and the rain stopped, Rulan's cheeks were still hot. She leaned lazily in her husband's arms like a kitten and said softly: "You bad guy, I haven't seen anyone for more than a month, so you can't show mercy." ?”
Wei Chen smiled and flicked the tip of Ru Lan's nose: "My husband, I haven't been affectionate with my wife for more than a month. I'm almost lovesick. Can't my wife be considerate?"
Ru Lan wrinkled her nose with a groan, gave Wei Chen a big white eye in return, and pinched Wei Chen hard.
The couple laughed for a while, and Ru Lan turned over and lay on Wei Chen's chest, saying with a serious expression: "Ms. sir, I really have something serious to talk to you about. Today when you were entertaining guests in the front hall, my mother sent someone to deliver a message to me. ”
Seeing that Ru Lan's pretty face was solemn, not a joke, Wei Chen's expression also became serious: "Oh, what is going on?"
"My mother didn't know where I heard that the chief examiner of the general examination usually serves as the examiner for the palace examination, so she came to me to ask you to please take care of a Runzhou scholar named Wang Xu during the palace examination on March 15th. son."
"What!"
Hearing this, Wei Chen became furious and sat up from the bed.
Since he was appointed as the examiner of the joint examination, he has always regarded himself as impartial and strict, being cautious in everything and not daring to violate the rules at all.
Now that the imperial examination is about to take place, my mother-in-law has come forward in person to negotiate with her son-in-law, intending to cheat on the imperial examination. This is simply nonsense!
