I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The news of the first place in the four rankings almost wiped out the entire city of Chang'an like a tsunami.

In Chang'an City, there is no scholar who does not pay attention to the imperial examination.

Ji Wen has always been an ordinary person, with no reputation - except for those who frequent Tongfu restaurants, they will know that there is such a number one person as Ji Wen.

But their understanding of Ji Wen was limited to the fact that Ji Wen worked in Tongfu restaurant.

Pingkangfang, in a brothel.

Several scholars gathered together to congratulate their friends who had passed the imperial examinations. When talking about the imperial examination, it was inevitable to mention Ji Wen.

"It's strange to say that it can be ranked first in the four rankings." Holding a wine glass, a person looked at the clear liquor produced by Tongfu Restaurant, and sighed, "I have never heard of such a big wine in Chang'an City before." A capable person."

"He works in a restaurant and learned from that shop owner." Another person shook his head and spoke softly.

In fact, scholars have very complicated attitudes towards Yin Xuan.

On the one hand, they knew that Yin Xuan was really capable, not to mention those poems, but the cement roads being laid everywhere in Chang'an City and the canals being rebuilt are not things that ordinary people can do.

But on the other hand...

Yin Xuan did not intend to become an official in the court, and guarding his restaurant, he seemed a little ambitious... This made the group of scholars envious and angry at the same time. With such great ability, why do they just want to be What about the shopkeeper of a restaurant?

"He has only been in the restaurant for a year." Someone raised a different opinion, "The store confiscated him as an apprentice again, and just heard some messy things, so he was able to overwhelm us and get the top spot?"

"I think it's still that Ji Wen has the ability."

"The shopkeeper was just lucky and took advantage of it."

When he said this, he could hear a sour taste in his nose.

One person followed his words and continued: "When I came here, I heard that when Ji Wen returned to the restaurant, he also said that the reason why he was able to take the first place in the exam was because he had been poor for ten years. It's just the subtlety and the key points that are the knowledge I heard from the store."

As soon as he spit out the words.

The whole room fell silent.

After a long time, only one person hesitated to speak: "Is it really because of that shopkeeper?"

This is about the same as most of their guesses.

Ji Wen's ten-year poor window is the foundation-these things may guarantee that he will be ranked first, but it cannot guarantee that he will be the number one, let alone that he will be the top four.

Those delicate and important points sound light and fluffy, but they all know that it is these things that determine why Ji Wen can top the four rankings.

"Speaking of which, I really want to read the article he wrote." A scholar sighed with emotion and rolled his eyes, "We went to the Ministry of Officials to ask for orders and begged him to release the article. What do you think?"

The eyes of everyone at the table were shining, and they nodded in agreement.

this is a good idea.

They are not the only ones who have such thoughts.

Many scholars also have this idea, they can't enter the imperial city, but they can go to the mansion of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to ask for orders.

When several groups of scholars got together, there was a commotion.

Even Li Shimin knew the news.

There was no palace examination for the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty—it would have to wait until the appearance of Her Majesty the Queen decades later, and there would be a sign of the palace examination.

"That clerk in the store's restaurant is actually No. [-] in the top four in high school?" Li Shimin was a little surprised when he saw Du Ruhui's report, "That clerk is so capable?"

Du Ruhui shook his head: "After the official department reported the news to me, I will go to read that person's article in person."

As he spoke, he paused for a moment: "The subtleties, which were annotated by the examiner's ink brush, are mostly the store's knowledge, and rarely the person's own consideration."

"But being able to master it, those are also his own abilities."

"If he didn't have the knowledge of a shopkeeper, he could be considered to be at the top among many candidates, but... it may still be difficult for him to be at the top of the high school list."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and became even more surprised.

Did he remember that Ji Wen had only worked in the restaurant for one year, and in one year, he was able to make a person who was only capable and ranked first in the fourth ranking?
"Take his paper and let me have a look." Li Shimin stretched out his hand.

Du Ruhui had already prepared the paper, handed it in, and said by the way: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing besides this."

Li Shimin took the papers, didn't look at them in a hurry, but nodded towards Du Ruhui: "What else?"

Du Ruhui said: "The scholars in the city ask for their orders, and want to read Ji Wen's articles."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes: "Why, they think that Ji Wen cheated to get such a result?"

Du Ruhui shook his head: "That's not true. They just want to see what the article written by the person who ranks first in the four rankings is like. Maybe they are a little unconvinced."

Li Shimin ignored Du Ruhui's words and just looked down at Ji Wen's article.

He can't understand the arithmetic.

But he didn't have any problems reading the articles of Jinshi, Mingfa, and Xiucai. He read them very slowly, and it took nearly an hour for the three articles.

"It's a bit immature, but I can't expect him to be comparable to the store." Li Shimin shook his head and chuckled, "He deserves his name."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and clicked on these papers.

"Among the people who asked to be graded this time, who are the descendants of the aristocratic family?" Li Shimin still didn't answer, but just asked another trivial question.

Du Ruhui replied: "There are all of them."

"According to the report from the Ministry of Officials, there is a son of a family."

Li Shimin's smile became more intense: "They are very considerate, since they want to read it, then let them have a look at these papers."

Li Shimin paused for a moment: "The Ministry of Officials has also set up a regulation. All articles that pass the ranking will be printed and distributed in a volume within one month, and major bookstores are allowed to sell them."

Du Ruhui said, well, and cursed in his heart, this aristocratic family is throwing stones at their feet.

Datang's imperial examinations are still a bit sloppy.

The test papers are not vague, and there is no specific format. Before marking the test papers, the examiners will first look around at the names, and immediately eliminate those who are not pleasing to the eye.

People from a commoner family, please suppress the rating.

The papers of the aristocratic family should be reviewed carefully.

Ji Wen is special - he is a clerk in a restaurant, and Yin Xuan is standing behind him, and Yin Xuan often communicates with Li Shimin and the others, no one dares to press his test paper.

Whether Li Shimin or the officials of the Ministry of Officials, it is not impossible for Li Shimin or the officials of the Ministry of Officials to come up with the method of "blurring names" that can effectively prevent some fraudulent incidents.

But whether it can be thought of is one thing, and whether it can be implemented is another.