Practical Life in the Red Mansion

The township examination is not only extremely strict in examination management, but also very strict and fair in grading papers.After the examinee's test paper has been sealed and sealed, the staff of the transcription office will copy the test paper aside, and after proofreading it is correct, it will be sent to the outer curtain collection office. Subcontracts and batches are sent to the Tiaotang hall for approval, and the supervisor will pack and seal them, pack them one after another, and send them to the inner curtain for marking the papers.

According to the number of room officials, the internal inspection papers are divided into several bundles, and the room officials decide which bundles of test papers to review in which rooms according to the lottery.The job of the room officer is to circle the excellent test papers he has selected and recommend them to the examiner.The chief and deputy chief examiners will review these test papers, and decide whether to stay or not based on the results of the three rounds.

After the examination papers are finished, it will be the grand announcement ceremony that everyone is looking forward to. The date of the announcement is stipulated to be the Yin or Chen day before September 1th.Yin belongs to the tiger and Chen belongs to the dragon, so people call this list the Dragon and Tiger List.At this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, so it is also called Guibang; Zhongju is also called Zhegui and Pangui.No. 2 candidate from each province is called Jie Yuan, No. 6 is called Ya Yuan, No. [-], [-], and [-] are called Jing Kui, No. [-] is called Ya Kui, and the rest of the candidates are called Wen Kui.

Lin Yang originally wanted to wait at home for the results of the announcement, but Lin Hai disagreed. In Lin Yang's words, Lin Hai couldn't understand his sloppy attitude, out of sight and out of mind, and asked Lin Yang to go to Jinling to wait for the announcement. Lin Yang expressed his grievance , he was just a little calmer than others, so he became undisciplined, but he still packed his bags and went to Jinling honestly.

The list of dragons and tigers in Shuntian is hung in front of the yamen of Shuntian Prefecture; the list of dragons and tigers in other provinces is hung in front of the chief envoy or governor's yamen.On the day when the list was released, the restaurants and teahouses in front of the Jiangnan Chief Envoy's Yamen were crowded with people, and those who did not occupy a seat asked the store owner to ask for a long bench to sit at the entrance and wait for the result.Lin Yang couldn't help but rejoice, luckily he asked Sanqi to reserve a seat for him first.

Lin Yang sat down at the wine table, and slowly called for breakfast. Sanqi was impatient, seeing his uncle's unhurried manner, he was anxious, and said: "Master, I will go to watch in front of the list." Said Without waiting for Lin Yang to reply, he ran to the front of the list, occupying a favorable geographical position.

Lin Yang took a sip of tea, and it happened to be the place where sweet-scented osmanthus flowers were in full bloom. In order to win the prize, the store specially made salted bamboo shoots, sesame sweet-scented osmanthus tea and osmanthus sweet-scented osmanthus tea. something.Lin Yang ordered a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus sweet-scented osmanthus tea and took a sip. The taste was not bad. The fragrance of the tea and the sweetness of the flowers complemented each other perfectly, just like the drinks that later generations would drink. Lin Yang thought, let the maids brew it for Jia Min and Dai Yu drink.Most of the desserts in the store are made of osmanthus. Lin Yang ordered crystal osmanthus cake, osmanthus sesame glutinous rice parfait, osmanthus lotus root cake, osmanthus pulled cake and other desserts. They are sweet but not greasy. Lin Yang decided to bring some back to Daiyu and Lin Yun tasted it.

When Lin Yang was thinking about what snacks to bring back home, Zhen Lin from Zhen's Mansion saw his dazed look, and laughed secretly in her heart that Lin Yang was full of confidence before the exam, but at the critical moment, she was also uneasy How is it?He walked over and said to Lin Yang with a smile: "Brother Lin, it just so happened that I met Brother Lin again."

I don't think it's a coincidence, Lin Yang murmured, and stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Lin Yang said with a smile: "It's not a coincidence."

Zhen Lin took the seat opposite Lin Yang unceremoniously, and said, "I originally wanted to invite Brother Lin to the house for a drink after the exam, but who knew that Brother Lin went back." He expressed regret, "However, Today, I have a predestined relationship with Brother Lin, why don't we have a few drinks with Brother Lin after the announcement of the rankings, what do you think of Brother Lin?"

Lin Yang declined politely: "Family Yan and Jiaci are still waiting for news at home. When Brother Zhen arrives in Yangzhou, I will treat Brother Zhen with the friendship of a landlord."

Zhen Lin looked regretful: "Then it's a deal. When I go to Yangzhou, I will definitely pay a visit." Then she said goodbye to Lin Yang to find someone she knew.

Lin Yang was a little surprised that he walked so swiftly, not only Lin Yang was surprised, but the servant beside Zhen Lin saw that his young master walked away cleanly, with an anxious expression on his face, he whispered: "Didn't the old man let the old man... "The rest of the words were swallowed by Zhen Lin looking back at him coldly, and Zhen Lin snorted softly: "What do you know, Lin Yang made it clear that he didn't want to make friends with me, and I would only annoy him if I insisted on it , Although you can’t make friends, you can’t make enemies either.” Before Zhen Lin finished speaking, his uncle wanted to win over the Lin family and find out the Lin family, but let him be the vanguard. His uncle had a good plan.

Lin Yang didn't wait too long before he heard the sound of drums and music. The dragon and tiger list was taken out from the tribute courtyard and placed in the yellow silk pavilion. Jianlin of Zhixing Province submitted the title list, that is, the roster, to the emperor for review.Hearing the sound, the crowd suddenly became commotion.

Infected by the atmosphere around him, Lin Yang felt a little restless. Lin Yang stood up and looked around. Seeing that the yamen servants separated the crowd crowded into the hangers, he posted a few lists on it. As soon as they were posted, people rushed up. Crowded to see the list.Lin Yang intuitively felt that his heart was beating violently, and he was not in the mood to drink tea, and just waited for Sanqi to come back.

Soon, cheers from the crowd could be heard. At this time, Sanqi stumbled out of the crowd, sweating all over his face while running, shouting, "Master won, No. 3 on the list." Immediately, someone threw Lin Yang Surrounded, no matter if they didn't know each other, they all congratulated, Lin Yang felt relieved, and quickly asked Ai Cao to distribute the prepared happy money.

The crowd was chaotic, and there were congratulatory voices everywhere, but tens of thousands of people took the exam, and only 300 people were admitted.A poor scholar is a rich scholar. Only by becoming a Juren can he be exempted from the gift. Even if he fails in the exam, he will have the opportunity to be an academic officer and county magistrate in the future. gaffe.

When Lin Yang returned to the Lin family's house in Jinling, the big housekeeper, Lin An, had asked someone to let off the firecrackers at the door, and waited for Lin Yang to come back at the door. When he saw Lin Yang, he congratulated Lin Yang repeatedly. Lin Yang smiled and ordered Lin An, if you tip a servant, you can get an extra month's money and make an extra set of winter clothes.He also ordered people to report to the Lin family in Yangzhou quickly.

Lin Yang himself can't go back right away, he has to attend the Luming Banquet tomorrow.Lin Yang couldn't help but rejoice that this year's academic administration is held by a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, he is upright and upright, disdains to form cliques, and has no label on him.After Lin Yang and other new imperial examiners had an audience with the inner and outer curtain officials, they were awarded the top hat and other items, and then they sat down for a banquet, sang the poem "Luming" and danced the Kuixing dance.Lin Yang watched it with great interest. He only knew that there would be a Qionglin banquet after the palace examination, but he didn't expect that there would be a banquet after the provincial examination.Xuezheng's surname is Gu, and he can be regarded as the house teacher of Lin Yang's subject, so he treats them all equally.But Lin Yang always felt that Gu Xuezheng always looked at him with a bit of contempt.

Back home, Lin Yang told Yang Xi the question, and Yang Xiyue never forgot, even people who met once could recognize him after years, so Lin Yang asked Yang Xi if he knew Gu Xuezheng.Yang Xi smiled disdainfully, and said: "That Gu Xuezheng is considered to be in the same discipline as your father. He is pedantic and has no connections. He claims to be unappreciated, and he looks down on people who rely on family power to get promoted and get rich. He must know With your identity, I feel that you are just a dandy relying on your father's shadow, and you have no future."

Yang Xi added another sentence: "In the future there will be general examinations and palace examinations. Although there are teachers, they are all disciples of the emperor." Can you become a member of his school just because you take the exam presided over by the chief examiner? People, everyone is just doing things for the emperor.

Lin Hai Yamen had something to do, Lin Yang and Yang Xi had dinner together, and went to the inner courtyard to greet Jia Min. As soon as they entered Jia Min's courtyard, they saw Luoli Daiyu walking in small steps in front, followed by Douding Lin Yun was so slow that he could almost be described as wriggling. Daiyu looked back at Lin Yun without taking a step. Seeing Lin Yun's slow look, she was anxious and angry: "You should hurry up." She stretched out her hand to pull Lin Yun , Lin Yun was staggered by her and almost fell down, but he was not annoyed, and raised his head to give his sister a big smile. Daiyu couldn't say anything about him, so she took his little hand and said helplessly: "Why are you walking so hard?" slow."

Lin Yang looked at it for a while with a smile on his face, then walked forward, first weighed Lin Yun, oh, the little guy sank again, then hugged Daiyu who was looking at him eagerly, then squatted down and asked Lin Yun Yun: "Yeah, why are you walking so slowly?"

Lin Yun tilted his head and looked at his brother and sister, and replied in a childlike voice: "I'm tired." He also imitated Lin Yang and squatted down: "I can't walk." She choked on one sentence, but Daiyu frowned when she heard it: "You're still tired, you obviously only walked half a circle around the yard." Lin Yun rolled his eyes and said, "I only walked a few steps because I'm lazy. I'm tired." Lin Yun inherited the wisdom of the Lin family, he could speak before he was one year old, and after that he could express himself in sentences.

Lin Yang burst out laughing, but Daiyu's face flushed with anger.Lin Yang hurriedly comforted his younger sister, and asked, "Isn't the mother leading the two of you for a walk in the yard after dinner? Where's the mother?" Daiyu then let the lazy brother go, and said, "The mother is packing up." Lin Yang took Daiyu's hand: "Then I will lead you to find your mother, okay?"

"Okay." "Not good," Daiyu glared at Lin Yun and said, "Mother said, if we want us to walk around the yard three times, brother should go in first." Hearing her sister's refusal, Lin Yun burst into tears Looking at Lin Yang, although Douding is also very lethal, Lin Yang still prefers Sister Loli, touched Lin Yun's head with a smile, and said: "Then you have to be obedient and walk with your sister. Hearing this, Lin Yun withdrew his tears, stood up dejectedly, and followed behind Daiyu.

Lin Yang got up and went to Jia Min's room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw this dress spread out on the table. It was a royal blue cross-neck gown embroidered with auspicious clouds and dark patterns, and a navy blue belt with gold inlaid cat's eyes. Emerald sash ring.Lin Yang saw Jia Min making this dress, picked it up and made gestures, a little puzzled and said: "Hey, will it be a little smaller for me?" Jia Min took the clothes in his hand and smiled: "Who says it's for you?" your."

Lin Yang heard it like a hedgehog and said, "It's not for me, but for whom? Father can't wear such bright colors."

"It's for Mu Zheng. He's about to get rid of his clothes. The clothes have to be made by his mother's natal family. I thought about it. He's called my aunt for so long, so he's also a relative of his mother's family. It's gone." Jia Min folded the clothes and said, "He has been back to the capital for a year, and he doesn't know what his stature is, and he doesn't know if he fits well."

Lin Yang was not happy, he sat on the side and said: "Mother doesn't love me anymore, she made clothes for him, I won the exam, and my mother didn't reward me."

Jia Min smiled: "I know you'll be jealous, so why don't you have it?" Saying this, she asked the girl to buy a pair of ai green straight dresses.Lin Yang took it over, it was embroidered with dark patterns of bamboo leaves, and he felt sorry for Jia Min and said: "I'm just joking, my mother is so busy, making clothes is a waste of eyes, I'd better not do it in the future."

Jia Min joked, "I can't do it even if I want to. Someone will do it for you in the future."

Lin Yang raised his head in doubt: "Who is it?" Seeing his son's dazed expression, Jia Min chuckled and said, "Your wife." Are you about to get married when you are in high school?Lin Yang hesitated: "I'm still young, it won't be too late to start a career and start a family."

Jia Min glared at him and said angrily, "It's not that you're going to get married right away, but we'll make an appointment first. When you start a career, all the good girls are engaged, and it's your turn."

Lin Yang hurriedly said: "Mother, I still have to study for homework." Then he fled in despair.

Seeing her son's back, Jia Min chuckled, but she was a little worried. She didn't know which family the Seventh Prince liked, and whether she could go and see the girl of that family with her own eyes.