Lucky husband

Perhaps it was because Bai Zhiwen and the others had encountered various situations when they went to Beijing to rush for the exam, so now they have come a long way, and they finally went well for the exam.

Because their articles were very mediocre, the Hanlin officials who selected candidates did not take a fancy to them. Bai Zhiwen, Li Mingde, and Wan Rongtong were not selected to stay.

The results of the library selection came out quickly, and the students knew that they had been dismissed on the same day.

Staying in the Hanlin Academy is naturally the best choice. If the Hanlin Academy is not enough, quickly change to another one.

In the next period of time, some students who really want to stay in the capital and have connections will start to find ways to find connections and go to places such as the Sixth Ministry, the General Administration Department, Taichang Temple, and Guanglu Temple.

If you have connections and are willing to spend money, it is still possible to find a small official in an ordinary department, but it will be difficult to get promoted in the future without opportunities and support. For those with real power like the Sixth Ministry and the Secretary of General Administration, ordinary connections will not work. .

Bai Zhiwen and the others didn't think about staying in the capital, so they didn't go through those channels at all. They went to the official department to register and waited honestly in the capital for them to go to other places to fill in the vacancies.

If a local official is temporarily absent due to various reasons, for example, if there is no magistrate in a county, the county magistrate may be asked to take over temporarily or the prefect may send someone to replace him temporarily. There are generations of chief secretaries at the same level, and when there are new Jinshi in the examination, these new Jinshi will fill the vacancies in those positions.

A Jinshi who came from a foreign background to become an official, even if he was a Jinshi, at least he could find a county magistrate, and he could even be a county magistrate in a better place. The magistrates who went to remote and border areas did not need a Jinshi, and generally recruited people.

If the Xinke Jinshi did not offend anyone, and no one took special care of them, under such circumstances, official positions such as the prefect of the state, the experience of the chief secretary, the experience of the inspector, and the experience of the salt transport department could easily fall on them.

Now, Bai Zhiwen and the others can rest assured that they don't have to worry that they will stay in the capital. As long as the appointment letter is approved, they can use the two-month family leave to go home first, and then go to the place where they work.

Although they will no longer take part in the imperial examinations, Zhang Anhao still asks them to practice calligraphy and reading these two basic homework every day.

Zhang Anhao asked Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingde to do it honestly. They got up every morning and did their homework first, and then in the afternoon, they went to see the famous scenic spots in the capital with Wan Rongtong and his wife.

Leaving Beijing this time, the next time they meet again and enter Beijing again, they don't know when it will be.

On this day, Bai Zhiwen and the others happened to go to a waterfall outside Beijing, and not long after, a group of foreigners ushered in the capital.

There are some small countries in the north, west and south of the Dayu Dynasty. The north is a sturdy nomadic people. Their country name is Jin, with a small population and strong combat power.

More than ten years ago, the Kingdom of Jin would fight the Great Yu Dynasty almost every few years. Li Chengshi went to the border when Jiang Zhiyun was pregnant with Li Mingjin.

Later, the Kingdom of Jin began to have civil strife, and the Dayu Dynasty took the opportunity to beat the dogs in the water. Taking advantage of their civil strife, they organized soldiers and horses to go deep into the Kingdom of Jin, and killed the Kingdom of Jin by surprise, severely injured, and fell apart.

Since then, the Kingdom of Jin has settled down, and put away their sharp minions against the Dayu Dynasty. In the past ten years, they have not dared to provoke conflicts casually, and they will give confessions to the Dayu Dynasty every year.

Originally, after the selection of the hall was over, the official department began to work overtime to arrange the destination of these newly promoted Jinshi. When they were able to sort out the list and wait for the official minister to read it, they could invite the emperor to have a look. The cattle, sheep, gold, silver, and jewels offered by the Dayu Dynasty came.

If the general examination, palace examination, and selection of halls were carried out normally according to the time in previous years, it would not be until June. The Xinke Scholars would still stay in the capital to meet the people from the Kingdom of Jin who came to make offerings.

However, there was an exception this year. Compared with being vigilant against these Jin people who have not given up their hearts, the fact that the Xinke Scholars are ten or 20 days late for their appointments seems a little less important.

As soon as the people from the Kingdom of Jin came, the emperor had more things to deal with, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not send the letter of appointment that he had already drawn up to the imperial court.

At this time, if the Minister of the Ministry of Officials sent this large stack of papers, he would definitely be postponed and drowned in many papers. Maybe he and the emperor would forget it when he was busy, so he decided to wait for this period of time to be busy. After that, I will go to ask the emperor for instructions.

It is said that Li Mingjin and the others went to the most famous waterfall in the capital, called Qiting Waterfall.

When they got to the place and looked at the waterfall, they realized that the waterfall is actually like this, not very high, not very big, just an ordinary waterfall, but the most attractive thing about this waterfall is not the waterfall, but the falling of the waterfall After coming, it formed a small river with seven turns and eight turns.

There was once a poet who liked this small river very much, so he asked craftsmen to build pavilions of different shapes at every bend of the small river. From different pavilions, you can see waterfalls from different angles. Over the years, the pavilions have become more famous than the waterfalls.

Late June is the hottest season in the capital. During the day in the city, I always feel very stuffy, but when I get to the waterfall, the water vapor from the pavement makes Li Mingjin, who came to play, feel extremely refreshed.

Because the mountains around the waterfall are full of maple trees, the most people visit the waterfall is in autumn, and there are not many people in summer. Li Mingjin and the others took advantage of the small number of people to experience each pavilion and see the waterfall from different angles.

After admiring the waterfall, they chose a pavilion near the middle to sit down and feel the coolness of the mountains and waters.

Out of some unspeakable thoughts, Li Mingjin pulled Bai Zhiwen to sit a little further away from the other two couples, so that they could have a private conversation.

Breathing the cool air, Li Mingjin sighed: "Awen, this time my sister-in-law and I will accompany you and elder brother to the capital for the exam. At first I thought I could see the customs along the way, but in the end I took the boat first, and then the carriage. I was worried that the mountains would be blocked by heavy snow and I was on my way all the time, so I didn’t have the chance to travel around at all, and now I finally waited until all your exams were over before I had the chance to go out for a stroll.”

Speaking of which, Li Mingjin feels that his family is really lucky. There are so many scholars in the country, how many of them can successfully pass the county examination, government examination, and college examination to become a scholar, then pass the provincial examination to become a juren, and then pass the general examination to become a scholar? Gongshi, finally passed the palace examination to become Jinshi.

Whether it's Li Mingde or Bai Zhiwen, ever since the two of them started studying and taking the imperial examinations, they have passed every exam once. As long as their own knowledge passes the test, external factors will not affect them.

I still remember that he used to dream that it was raining heavily when they were going to take the exam, so he reminded his family to bring them tarpaulins to prevent the test paper from getting wet. Exposed, the imperial court reorganized the examination, and he was on the list.

In the past six months, they have experienced many things in the capital. Generally speaking, they have done everything they wanted to do and achieved their original goal.

Bai Zhiwen took Li Mingjin's hand and said seriously: "You have worked hard on this journey. If it weren't for Sister Bai Ting and Ajin who carefully prepared meals for us, so that we don't have to worry about trivial matters at home, my senior brother and I will go to Beijing this time. Rushing for the exam will definitely not be as smooth as it is now."

Li Mingjin raised his head proudly: "That is, we deliberately accompanied you to Beijing. If we can't take good care of you, then what's the point of our going to Beijing."

Seeing Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingjin talking intimately together, Li Mingde also took Bai Ting's hand, the two didn't talk too much, everything was kept in silence.

Mrs. Wan looked at Li Mingjin and Bai Ting enviously. Seeing this, Wan Rongtong also took her hand. Mrs. Wan smiled, but she leaned against Wan Rongtong's arms, and the smile didn't reach her eyes.

As a woman, Mrs. Wan is actually very repulsive about arranging concubines for her husband, but no matter her natal family or her husband's family require her to be a good wife and mother, she can only pinch her nose to show off to the maids around her.

When there was no comparison before, she could comfort herself that there was nothing wrong with it. After getting along with Li Mingjin and Bai Ting, she realized that not every man would want a concubine. She envied Li Mingjin and Bai Ting very much.

After Mrs. Wan arrived in the capital, she tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep for a while. She thought for a long time, and finally made up her mind. When she accompanied Wan Rongtong to work in other places, there would be no pressure from her husband's family and her mother's family. As long as Wan Rongtong didn't speak up If he wants a concubine, she won't arrange for him.

After making this decision, Mrs. Wan's mood improved. She didn't tell anyone what she was thinking, but kept it quietly in her heart. She also changed some details about how she got along with Wan Rongtong, and their relationship became stronger because of this. Variety.

After spending a day playing outside, Bai Zhiwen and the others drove the carriage back to the capital in the evening.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the city, Li Mingjin found that the atmosphere in the capital was much more serious than when they left, a bit like returning to the time when Liu's family had an accident.

Sitting in the carriage and listening to people talking outside, Li Mingjin realized that it was people from the Kingdom of Jin who had entered Beijing.

Even if people from the Kingdom of Jin came to the capital once a year, every time they came, they would still attract crowds from the common people in the capital.

Because the Jin people look different from the people in the Dayu Dynasty, they are big enough, with deep eyes, high nose and different pupils, thick and curly hair, and the smell of cattle and sheep can be smelled from them from a long distance. A little difference can make the common people in the capital feel novel.

Not only are the people in the Kingdom of Jin different, but the cattle and sheep they brought are also different from those in the Dayu Dynasty. The wool on the sheep is long, white and curly, just like the clouds in the sky, and there is also a white and black cattle. , These are things that ordinary people in the capital can only see when people from the Kingdom of Jin enter the capital.

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