The official road of the farmer

Ye Junshu went through it carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he waited for the ink on the paper written later to dry before handing in the paper.

The palace test can be handed in in advance, no matter whether you finish writing or not, only you hand in the paper, someone will come to collect the paper and lead the examinee to leave.

Of course, it's all come to this point, he thinks that no one will leave before finishing the papers stupidly, and everyone will leave after finishing the papers ahead of time.

Although all the gongshi present will generally not fail the rankings, but if you leave the venue before you even finish answering the questions, you may become the first gongshi in the Great Xia Dynasty to be failed because you did not finish the papers .

Ye Junshu noticed that at least half of the people present had handed in their papers and left, and Yu Maolin had also left.

But Ye Junshu was not in a hurry, the time hadn't come anyway.

He glanced inadvertently, and saw that on the long desk directly above his head, Emperor Tai'an, who was still wearing bright yellow court clothes, was lowering his head and writing the memorial.

There are piles of memorials piled up on both sides of the desk.

Ye Junshu quickly looked away, so as not to be misunderstood and look directly at Shengyan, which would be considered disrespectful.

He secretly regretted that when he looked over, His Majesty was reviewing the memorial with his head down. He didn't see His Majesty's appearance clearly, but because of his long position in a high position, that monstrous aura was unique.

It turned out that Emperor Tai'an came again in the afternoon, and he was still sitting at the examination site, showing his importance to the imperial examination with his own actions.

In ancient times, it was not unreasonable to call the officials who came out of the imperial examination the disciples of the emperor.

The last palace examination was presided over by the emperor himself, not to mention the later rankings, at least the first few were hand-picked by the emperor himself.

After the handwriting was dry, Ye Junshu carefully put the paper into his own envelope, then packed his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, put it in his bookcase, and then raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to hand in the paper.

Soon an eunuch came over, Ye Junshu saw that the other party carefully took away his papers, Ye Junshu carried his bookcase, and under the guidance of the eunuch, he exited the examination room, left the Hall of Preservation, and walked directly to the gate of the palace.

There were many carriages parked not far from the palace gate. Seeing Yu Maolin standing in front of their carriages, Ye Junshu hurried over.

Seeing Yu Maolin's relaxed expression, Ye Junshu knew that he answered well.

But for Yu Maolin, it seems that nothing can stop him.

For this palace test, Ye Junshu didn't ask his family to see him off, and it was Yu's driver who drove the carriage.

The two got into the carriage one after another. Ye Junshu leaned directly on the cushion with a tired expression.

The carriage slowly drove away from the imperial city. Because of the special location, the driver drove very slowly, probably because he was afraid of bumping into the nobleman.

Ye Junshu asked curiously: "Mao Lin, have you seen what His Majesty looks like?" His every move was too cautious, His Majesty showed up again and again, but Ye Junshu didn't even look at his true face. It's embarrassing, that's the emperor!

Yu Maolin shook his head directly, "I didn't pay attention."

"..." Well, that's a powerful answer.

"Anyway, we will see it sooner or later." Yu Maolin said, he was not curious at all.

...That's right.

When they are all admitted and become officials, they will have more chances to meet the emperor.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Junshu stopped being entangled, and then asked: "How do you think your answer is?"

Yu Maolin's answer was not at all modest: "It's okay."

When Ye Junshu heard this, he was delighted for his friend. If there were no accidents, Yu Maolin had a great chance of being named the number one scholar. The top three in the previous palace examinations were basically the top three in the general examination.Of course, there is a great possibility that a dark horse will appear suddenly.

Basically, even those who were originally ranked low in the general examination, if they answered very well in the palace examination, they might win the number one prize.

Back at the Ye residence, both Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin went to the study to silently write down their strategies and theories, and analyzed and read each other.

After Ye Junshu read Yu Maolin's answer sheet, he was very sure that this time the number one scholar must be him. Although he answered well, it was obvious that Yu Maolin's answer was better. If it was him, he would also choose Yu Maolin.

I don't know how other people answered, and what the people above think.

After the palace examination, Ye Junshu had nothing to do for a while.

He has been busy with his career and family these years, and now his family is on the right track, and the imperial examination has passed the last round, and he just waits for everything to settle.

For some reason, his heart felt empty, and he began to feel sentimental.

But he is Ye Junshu after all, his goal in life is very clear, everything has been planned, bewildered or something, these emotions are not suitable for him.

He won the ranking only on the fifth day after the palace examination, and the few days during the period were quite difficult.

Ye Junshu reckoned that maybe every tribute felt like this, and the waiting process was the most tormenting, making people restless and insomnia all night.

Fortunately, Yu Maolin and Wen Bihua were by my side, chatting and chatting together, life was not difficult.

Wen Bihua wandered among many students these days, and knew a lot of gossip news, and it was also a relief to tell Ye Junshu and the others when he came back.

Wen Bihua even said that the No. 2 No. [-] question outside the two was not true, his face was filled with righteous indignation, and he was obviously very angry with his two friends when people outside said so.

But Ye Junshu and the others laughed it off.

It's just sour words, they have heard a lot these years, a genius who is not envied by others is not a genius.Strength is the most important thing.

After Wen Bihua finished talking about these things, he turned to personal matters.

He looked enviously and said: "Wait for you to be named on the gold list, there must be many good brothers for you to choose from, right? I heard that many brothers from aristocratic families like to catch their husbands under the list the most!"

Neither of his two friends are married, and they will definitely be picky at that time. Just thinking about it, Wen Bihua feels so envious and jealous!

Speaking of this, Ye Junshu was also very curious. He found that the friends he knew were basically older and unmarried in this era, as if he was a fake ancient.

Isn't it said that people in ancient times got married very early?

Basically, brothers form bonds when they are around 16 years old, and men are no more than 20 at the latest. Many men can crawl all over the floor by the age of [-].

But looking at those around him, Yu Maolin is already in his twenties, not yet married, and there is no pet at home, Wen Bihua is only one year younger than Yu Maolin, but he has not yet concluded a contract, as does Brother Haozi.

Even Senior Brother Qin managed to get out of the order and form a contract with Luo Geer when he was 20 years old.

Ye Junshu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that birds of a feather flock together?

Are they all members of the ancient leftover men's group?

Wen Bihua rested his chin and sighed bitterly: "Oh, I also want to be valued by everyone and captured back to make a bond. I don't want to go back to make a bond with that tigress, who finally escaped from the tiger's mouth and fled to the capital."

After thinking deeply for a while, Wen Bihua frowned tightly, resigned to his fate, and sighed again: "Forget it, that tigress is fierce. If I don't want it, I will definitely not make a contract. It’s hard to take it.”

It's really sad, but for the sake of family friends of the two families, he should not fight.

Ye Junshu: "..." Wait a minute, did Wen Bihua reveal some incredible information?Ye Junshu thought of the little bamboo horse that Wen Bihua complained about many times, and who often came to their house again and again to avoid people, that legendary scary little brother Zhuma?

Looking at his expression, Ye Junshu didn't really hate him!Well, this one will get out of the order sooner or later, not counting the remaining members of the boy group.

Then Yu Maolin frowned and said: "I have a fiancé." So the custom of catching a husband under the list is not his turn.

Then the eyes of the two fell on the only real, single dog.

Ye Junshu: "..."

Wen Bihua looked envious: "Maybe Zizhou will be given a marriage!" This is always the case in the drama.

Seriously, it's easy to lose me with your attitude!

So in the end, he is the only one who is really single?When did Yu Maolin have a fiancé?Why doesn't he know?

...That's right, he didn't ask either.

Ye Junshu coughed heavily and said emphatically, "I have someone I like."

When the two heard this, their eyes sparkled even more, and Yu Maolin said directly and affirmatively: "That brother on the day of the Lantern Festival."

Wen Bihua asked again and again: "Really? Really! Have you seen Maolin? How does he look? Does he match Zizhou?"

Yu Maolin nodded, but he didn't comment. He felt that he was not qualified to comment on a brother who had only met once and was still a good friend's sweetheart, but he had a good impression of him.

Wen Bihua saw that there was nothing to ask from Yu Maolin's mouth, so he turned around and pestered Ye Junshu to ask again, his eyes were shining brightly, full of love for gossip.

Ye Junshu lost his temper because of being entangled, but he didn't say any information about Ah Yu, and quickly changed the subject, "I don't know what the result of this gold list will be." Wen Bihua said without thinking, "I will definitely To get the first place, the worst is to be on the top two list!"

Ye Junshu sighed, "Suddenly I am not sure about my test paper." Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no bright spot in his answer?Thinking of his exam papers being judged by the examiners, Ye Junshu felt uneasy for a while, what if his grades were not good?If the ranking is not at the top, the official career may not be so smooth.

"How could it be? Your ranking must be at the top!" Wen Bihua said firmly, and then completely forgot what he wanted to gossip before, and all his mind was on cheering up his friends.

Ye Junshu listened carefully to the situation, and he was quietly relieved that he was finally not being pestered.

At this time, in a closed palace in the palace, the examiners were correcting the papers.

Because there is no need to transcribe the palace exam, the examiners read the original papers directly, and there are only 250 eight papers, but each examiner needs to grade all the papers, so the speed is not too fast.

There are eight examiners in total, and they have to select the ten best test papers within three days and present them to the emperor.

Time is tight, but the progress is orderly.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, ten test papers selected jointly were sent to Emperor Tai'an's desk.

Before Emperor Tai'an opened it to read it, he smiled at the gray-haired senior official standing beside him slightly bowed: "This year's candidates are all young! I vaguely remember that most of the tributes who finally entered the palace examination last time were Those who are older, this time I see that two-thirds of the young students admitted to Gongshi."

Prime Minister Ming then said sincerely: "Thanks to His Majesty's good governance, I can vigorously cultivate more young and outstanding people in various places."

"Hahaha..." Emperor Tai'an was overjoyed, he picked up one of the test papers and read it carefully.

"I remember that the two students who produced two pairs of couplets that no one has been able to solve on the night of the Lantern Festival are also among them. They are called Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin? They also took the No.1 and No.2 exams?" Emperor Tai'an asked. people around.

Emperor Tai'an was very interested when he saw two faces that impressed him in the palace examination. He had already seen some of their answers. The content is very exciting, and it is not unconstrained, and it is very operable.

The white-faced chief executive on the other side immediately bowed and smiled and said, "Your Majesty remembers correctly, those two students are called by these two names. I still remember that Your Majesty had a very happy conversation with that man named Ye Junshu."

The hearts of the eight examiners below were tense, and they immediately guessed Emperor Tai'an's next intentions, thinking that the test papers of these two candidates should be in it, right?

If Yu Maolin and Ye Junshu can get to the top places in the examination, their results in the palace examination will naturally not be too bad.

Sure enough, Emperor Tai'an found out what he wanted to read in the previous papers.

Because the top three had already been determined in front of Emperor Tai'an at this time, he could see the names of each candidate and the corresponding test paper at this moment.

Emperor Tai'an finally saw the complete policy theory. He read Ye Junshu's paper first, and clapped his hands when he saw the highlights. Then Yu Maolin's answer paper made his eyes shine even more.

Whether it is Ye Junshu's theory of trade and economics or Yu Maolin's theory of enlightenment, they are equally exciting. After careful consideration, both methods are feasible, and they are not just empty talk.

In particular, they keenly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the countermeasures, how to prevent them, and how to implement them. Through their exquisite writing structure, they formed an impeccable policy theory.

Looking through it again, there was another article that was equally outstanding. He saw that it was the answer sheet of No.3 Deng Hongyuan.

Emperor Tai'an laughed happily, and the court ushered in three more plastic talents. I don't know what changes they can bring to the structure of the court. Emperor Tai'an expressed his expectation.

He circled the three names with a pen.

The examiners below looked at each other. It seemed that the top three of this year's imperial examinations had come out.