In the Yangxin Hall, the lights are brightly lit.
The emperor, who had returned from Rouge Lane, sat on the dragon chair and burped from wine. He glanced at the memorial on the table and frowned immediately.
"Li Jinzhong, why are there so many memorials on the table? Didn't I just review these memorials yesterday!!"
Li Jinzhong: "..."
You approved yesterday's memorial, but these are the ones you just delivered today! !
Looking at the tired emperor, Li Jinzhong's eyes twitched slightly, then he showed a flattering smile and bowed: "The ministers in the court are ignorant, long live my lord, why do you have to be as knowledgeable as them?"
The emperor felt that his words were very pleasing to the ears, and nodded slightly: "Well, I don't bother to pay attention to them. By the way, how is the exam going this year? Are there one or two geniuses like me?"
Li Jinzhong smiled and said: "The essays on these examples in Jinke are naturally not as good as His Majesty's, but there are still a few who can make it through, such as Prince Fu of Luodian, Zhu Erdan of Lingyang, Ma Wenbin, The articles written by Li Zijie, Zhang Xiu and others can barely be read..."
"Zhang Xiu?"
The emperor perked up and said with gleaming eyes: "Are you talking about my beloved concubine's brother?"
"..."
Li Jinzhong's expression suddenly became strange.
Even the King of Liang knew about Zhang Xiu's achievements in writing the "Book of Agriculture". Your Majesty, are you a little too careless about important affairs in the court?
After a period of silence, Li Jinzhong smiled reluctantly and said, "Your Majesty, do you want Zhang Xiuwei Jinke's provincial yuan?"
The emperor nodded with a smile on his face: "Since he is the younger brother of his beloved concubine, and he is extremely talented, who should I choose if I don't choose him to be the governor? It is said that when promoting a virtuous person, one should not avoid relatives, so I should be the first in the world!"
"Hurry and prepare hot water. I need to take a shower and change clothes. I will inform my beloved concubine of this happy event immediately!"
…
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the day of results release came.
Before the Jinbang Jin ceremony, there was a huge crowd of people, some of whom were candidates from Jinke, and some were wealthy families in the capital who came here specifically to catch their son-in-law.
Catching a son-in-law under the official list is a unique custom in the Xia Dynasty. On the day when the official list is released, the wealthy gentry in the capital will go out with their whole families to select the son-in-law of the noble scholar, either by force or directly holding the son-in-law. Tied with ropes, the scene was comparable to going to the canteen to grab food after school, it was very lively.
Under the gold list, many scholars who had just shouted "I won, I won", before they even had time to be happy, were crowded forward by a group of people, their mouths were blocked, and they were forcibly pulled out of the crowd.
Little Aoxue was mixed in the crowd. Because of her petite body, she was pushed around by the crowd, and she couldn't use her magic power to push them all away. She shouted anxiously: "My sister, the imperial concubine! My sister, the imperial concubine!"
Zhang Xiu pulled her with a black line and asked, "Why are you squeezing? Even if you squeeze to the front, do you know how to read?"
Little Aoxue suddenly came back to her senses, her round and round face looked dull for a while: "Yes, I don't know how to read at all!"
Yan Feng smiled and pushed away the approaching crowd, and said proudly: "I can read!"
Zhang Xiu nodded slightly: "But not much."
Yan Feng: "@#￥%￥#@......"
I’m here to help you look at the gold list! !
What are you talking about here?
In Yan Feng's murderous expression, the people around him gave in one after another, and soon, Zhang Xiu and the others came to the top of the list.
Yan Feng read the next few lists carefully from back to front, his expression became a little tangled, and he comforted Zhang Xiu and said: "If you don't win, you will miss. The worst is, we can come back next time..."
Zhang Xiu smiled, glanced at him with a smile, and said: "Brother Yan, I think you are probably looking at people with your butt - you have no eyesight! Take a closer look, what is the name of the number one on the gold list?"
Yan Feng was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes and glanced around. When he saw that the first person on the list was actually named Zhang Xiu, he immediately took a breath: "Hey, Brother Zhang! That person with the same name as you actually got the chance." Save money!"
Zhang Xiu: "..."
After a period of chaos, Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and decided not to be like this reckless man. He smiled and turned to look at everyone, loudly announcing: "I, Zhang, have passed the exam!"
As soon as the words fell, a group of people cheered and surrounded each other, pushing each other, and asking each other: "Young Master, how many of you have won the prize?"
Zhang Xiu raised his face slightly and said calmly: "Zhang Xiu in Xialuzhou is the leader of the high school by chance!"
There was another whoop, and the people around him dispersed in an instant, and even the scholars who were watching the gold list retreated far away, leaving a vacuum around Zhang Xiu.
"..."
The smile on Zhang Xiu's face froze for an instant. He glanced at the crowd hiding away around him and said angrily: "Where are the people? Where are the people who caught my son-in-law? I think you are deliberately making things difficult for me, Zhang Dashan!"
When Zhang Xiuyi was filled with anger, two handsome young men in the crowd stared at Zhang Xiu with very complicated expressions on their faces.
One of these two people is a good friend of the Judge of the Underworld, named Zhu Erdan. His friend Judge Lu gave him a heart with seven orifices and told him that he would definitely go to high school this time for the imperial examination.
The other one is named Wang Zifu. Since marrying his wife Yingning, he has had a smooth journey and even learned the answers to the imperial examination in advance.
Both of them were determined to get the top spot in this provincial examination, but they didn't expect that Zhang Xiu suddenly came out in the middle and took the top spot quietly, which made them feel very complicated.
Compared with the two of them, the other group of people headed by Zhao Ji seemed much calmer and calmer.
Zhao Ji brought several young people to Zhang Xiu's side, smiled and saluted: "Congratulations to Brother Zhang, the leader of high school. Brother Zhang will definitely be ranked top three in the palace examination in the future. I am here to celebrate you in advance!"
A young man with a mole on his face also came forward and saluted: "Ma Wenbin from Luoyang, congratulations to Brother Zhang!"
Another young man with a bulging forehead also bowed and said: "Hangzhou Li Zijie, I have met Brother Zhang!"
Zhang Xiu frowned slightly and looked at Zhao Ji, somewhat confused as to why he brought these strangers here.
Zhao Ji was afraid that Zhang Xiu would misunderstand, so he quickly got closer and explained in a low voice: "Ma Wenbin is the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, Li Zijie is the nephew of the prime minister, and several others are also sons of officials. They know that I know you, so they called me specially Come and introduce you to them, I really can’t refuse..."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu showed a look of understanding, and then looked around a few people, and a glimmer of light suddenly bloomed in his eyes.
"Brother Zhao, do you know any places near the capital that are more suitable for releasing animals?"
Zhao Ji: "@#￥%￥#@......"
Go to the prime minister’s nephew and the minister’s son. If you don’t run away, it will be too late! !
