The rise of the poor

Chapter 203 Annunciation
On this day, the snow was still falling in Yingtian City, and it was incomparably magnificent. There was only a silvery white between the sky and the earth, just like a giant city of ice and snow.

At about [-] o'clock, Ying Tiancheng dispatched a number of yamen servants to help, and decorated the Jiangnan Gongyuan to the Confucius Temple with lights and festoons. The red lanterns formed a sharp contrast with the silver and white ice and snow.

On this day, the students and scholars in the inn put on brand-new student uniforms, put on the most pious expressions, bowed and burned incense in the direction of the Confucius Temple.

On a table by the window in the lobby of the inn, Zhu Ping'an and the fat man Xue Chi were sitting on the table, drinking rice porridge and eating side dishes.Zhu Ping'an looked calm and composed, and ate deliciously, but the fat man next to him was a little different.When the fat man was eating, he looked towards the door from time to time, and his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he tossed and turned last night and slept badly.

The lobby of the inn was full of students and students. Many of them looked like fat people. They looked at the door from time to time, and their eyes were red, like hungry wolves.

This day is the day when the township examination results are released.

The rural examination is different from the children's examination. According to the usual practice, the officials of the provincial examination go to the inn and other places where the students stay to announce the good news.

There is no need to worry about the guards finding their way. All students have registered their temporary residence information, hometown, etc. in the Yamen before the exam.

"Announcement guards are dispatched!"

At about Chen's hour, an excited shout was heard outside.

Then everyone in the inn lobby excitedly looked out the door, the fat Xue Chi was about to fly out of the chair.

Is the golden scale a thing in the pool, it turns into a dragon when it encounters wind and rain.

Everyone fantasizes that they can raise people in high school, but once they become one, it will be very different. It is another world, and the name is power.

Time seemed to be changing very slowly. All the students in the lobby waited and waited. It felt like they had been waiting for tens of thousands of years, but they hadn't heard any good news yet.

at last
"Good news for the township examination! Congratulations."

Everyone in the lobby looked at the door impatiently, and some even left the tables and chairs and rushed towards the door.

However, everyone only saw a yamen servant whizzing past the door of the inn with a red scroll in his hand, and went to other inns.

"Ugh"

There was a sigh in the inn.

When everyone's sighs hadn't completely left their lips, there was another clear and loud sound of good news coming straight to the inn lobby.

"Success in the township examination! He Fengyang Mansion Xue Chi Xue master high school No. 30 fifth place in the secondary list of the township examination."

An officer who announced the good news rushed into the lobby shouting all the way.

Hearing this, Xue Chi, the fat man who was sitting opposite Zhu Pingan, stood up with a groaning voice. He was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and shouted, "I won... wait, what the hell, you just said the sub-list?"

Fatty, I hit three words and stopped after saying only two words. My blushing face turned black, and I grabbed the messenger who announced the good news and shook them together.

"Yes, the deputy list." The guard who announced the good news nodded.

After getting the confirmation, the fat man let go of the guard, his fat face was almost in tears, "Report a goal for the sub-list! This is still the last place in the sub-list."

The auxiliary list is an additional list in the imperial examination, also known as the preparation list.The deputy list of the provincial examination started in the 5th year of Jiajing in this dynasty.Those in the middle and lower rankings did not win the Juren, but obtained the qualifications to continue the examination in the lower bound township examination. They don't need to take the scientific examination or anything, they can just take the next township examination directly.There are not many places, and an average of five on the main list will take one sub-list.

Of course, and, eggs.

Everyone in the hall understood Fatty's excitement. Even if Fatty didn't get a high school promotion, he was considered pretty good in the high school sub-ranking list, at least it was considered an honor.Everyone in the lobby congratulated Fatty.

After being lost for a moment, the fat man immediately figured it out, took out a piece of silver and gave it to the person who announced the good news, and then sat opposite Zhu Ping'an to brag about himself.

"Brother Zhu, even though I didn't win the exam, Fat Brother, the vice-ranking list is also great. It's called the tribute list. Well, I can go to the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy. It's much better than my father."

Fatty has an extremely powerful inner healing function, and he wanted to open it all at once. A person who got a place in the provincial examination by giving gifts through the back door suddenly passed the secondary list. This is much better than those who just took the provincial examination, especially his father , but even flattering horses can't catch up with myself.

"Well, not bad." Zhu Pingan nodded, and there was a sentence that I didn't say, which was beyond my expectation. It was indeed beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation. Just based on the fat man's sister, I think this result is unexpected. It is estimated that Fatty's other articles are very brilliant.

After hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, the fat man felt complacent.

In the following time, besides Fatty, there were two other people in the inn lobby who also received the good news from the sub-list. They looked at each other in sympathy with Fatty, and made an appointment to drink together in the future.

"Now it's time for the Guibang." Everyone in the inn whispered to each other and looked outside the door.

at last
A burst of clattering sound of horseshoes shattered everyone's waiting hearts.I saw two healthy horses neighing and stopped at the entrance of the inn. The two yamen servants dismounted and came straight to the inn, shouting the news of the success of the provincial examination.

"Good news for the rural examination, congratulations to Zhu Ping'an, Master Zhu, Anqing Prefecture, who passed the 135th high school rural examination."

135 people

The total number of admissions in the Nanzhili Township Examination is 130, and Zhu Pingan got 130, which means that he is the last one on the admission list.

To be honest, this ranking was really beyond Zhu Pingan's expectations, and he felt that he would not be at the end.

However, considering that there are more than [-] students participating in the provincial examination, it is already very good if you can pass the exam.The last place, hehe, it seems that I have to continue to work hard and work harder.

Don't underestimate the heroes of the world.

Zhu Pingan quickly adjusted his mood, took out the reward money he had prepared earlier, and distributed it to the two servants who announced the good news.

The two guards took it and touched it. There was a large bunch of heavy copper coins, which was quite sufficient. They were very happy and said some congratulations to Zhu Ping'an, and then went back to report with a smile.

The people in the inn envied Zhu Ping'an's high school candidates at the end of the crane. Why is this young man so lucky? He is the last one on the list. This luck must be due to the smoke from the ancestral grave.

In addition to envy, they are more jealous. If we are lucky, so can we.

"Brother Zhu, we are also brothers and sisters in trouble. You are the last one on the main list, and I am the last one on the sub-list." The fat man said with a bitter face, but changed his words halfway through, "No, you both won. Lift it!"

"It's just a year earlier and a year later. Brother Xue won the vice-ranking list today. This time it's Enke. According to the rent system, next year will be another year of rural examinations. Brother Xue is determined to prepare for one or two. Next year, he will definitely be on the top list." Zhu Ping An comforted the fat man.

"That's right, without your group of competitors, I would be number 30. Hahaha, next time I will still be ranked 130. Then I won the exam, so I'm just trying to get something out of my bag."

When the fat man heard this, his bitter face suddenly became bright, and his voice was filled with joy.

Indeed, it is a blessing in disguise.

Fatty's idea is reasonable, next year's normal rural examination, Fatty's chances are indeed great.

(End of this chapter)