Practical Life in the Red Mansion

Three days after the palace test, the test results will come out.

Every time the Jinshi of the new subjects passed the Beijing Central Palace Examination, they need to observe and study in the large and small yamen, usually with ninth-rank official positions, and dozens of second-class Jinshi pass the strict selection examination to enter the Imperial Academy as concubines. Ji Shi, although the ninth rank, is not an actual official position, but only studies the classics and allusions of the past dynasties in the Imperial Academy, and the way of governing the country and employing people.

After the three-year period expires, after passing the examination, or in the Imperial Academy for future promotion to be a servant, as a reserve talent for the emperor's adviser, or to work in the six departments or to be sent out.However, Yijia can directly hold the official position of the sixth rank and the second rank in the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, although there is a difference of one rank, the careers of Tanhua and Chuanlu in the future will be very different.

The examiner worked hard for two days to finish reading the test papers, selected the ten test papers with the most circles on the test papers, and presented them to the emperor.The emperor immediately put down what he was doing, flipped through the ten test papers, and asked the examiners for their opinions.

When he turned to Lin Yang's test paper, the emperor smiled lightly and said, "Lin Yang, is Gu Aiqing's niece and son-in-law?" "The handwriting is very good, and the article is also good." Gu Jing said: "The sage is too famous. Lin Yang is young and needs to be tempered." Gu Jing heard the emperor's words and felt relieved. The emperor will definitely give Lin Yang grace Now, don't know what it will be like.

Just when he was thinking about it, he heard the emperor say: "Let's be the number one scholar." Gu Jing was shocked when he heard this, this kind of grace is too great, he read Lin Yang's article and it can't be called outstanding, it's just stable, only one stroke The word is eye-catching, at most it can get a biography.It's just that the emperor always likes to make some good stories in the palace examinations. He won three yuan in a row, several Jinshi in one school, and father and son were both Tanhua. According to Gu Jing's guess, Lin Yang looked good at a young age, and his father was also Tanhua back then. The emperor would probably give a Tanhua. , who knew that the emperor would give a champion!

The people present were all human beings, so it was impossible not to see what was wrong. Cheng Shiwei hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say a few words, but was gently pulled by Gu Jing, and the foot that stepped forward took it back.The emperor over there has already assigned the second place, Tanhua, and Chuanlu, and the rest of the rankings will naturally be handed over to the examiners.

As soon as the emperor left, Cheng Shiwei couldn't help but went to Gu Jing's side and complained in a low voice: "What are you pulling me for? This Lin Yang can't afford the number one scholar at all." Gu Jing said: "The emperor said he could afford it, but he I can bear it, the emperor doesn't know how talented Lin Yang is, but the emperor is determined to give him grace, why do you open your mouth to make the emperor unhappy."

Cheng Shiwei still felt inappropriate and said: "The father is Tanhua, but the son has become the champion." Gu Jing smiled: "Could it be that the fathers who have always been champions have been champions?" Gu Jing thought of Jinke The second place in the list and Cheng Shiwei are from the same hometown. If there is no Lin Yang, I am afraid that he will be the number one, and Cheng Shiwei is really not a magnanimous person.Gu Jing didn't offend a great scholar like Lin Yang.

Therefore, he continued to explain: "It's not that I'm partial to my niece and son-in-law. Although Lin Yang's talent can't be called outstanding, he is still very talented." Seeing that Cheng Shiwei's face was still not good-looking, Gu Jing lowered his voice and said: "You haven't seen it yet. Come out, Lin Yang is someone who is in the emperor's heart, and the ranking just sounds good, even if Ke Lin Yang is a fellow Jinshi, as long as the emperor likes him, he can be promoted over the number one scholar."

Hearing Gu Jing's words, Cheng Shiwei's heart was agitated, and he suddenly realized that he had become a bit smug after becoming a bachelor, lost his previous judgment, and only cared about Lin Yang's ranking, but forgot that Lin Yang was the emperor Great favor.The Gu family and the Lin family are related by marriage, Gu Jing has been speaking for Lin Yang, obviously to support Lin Yang, but he complains about Lin Yang in front of him, he is very confused.

Cheng Shiwei cupped his hands towards Gu Jing: "I was confused, thank you Gu Shoufu for your advice." When Gu Jing heard his address, he felt very comfortable and smiled in his heart: "Brother Ji Yue is too polite, you and I are in the same court. As an official, that’s where it counts.” Cheng Shiwei was first in charge of the government and later served as the censor. He was really not a calm and low-key person, he was too sharp-edged, and after joining the cabinet, he became even more publicized. Not to mention Gu Jing, even the emperor's meaning has been refuted several times.There were not many people under the emperor, and he wanted Cheng Shiwei's sharp knife but didn't want it to hurt himself, so he hinted to Gu Jing to order Cheng Shiwei, but fortunately Cheng Shiwei was not stupid, Gu Jing only listened to what he called himself I knew he had understood and bowed his head.

Lin Yang, whom they had been talking about, did not usher in the long-awaited leisure at this time, because after the palace examination, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs in the palace wanted to train the batch of confirmed scholars on various etiquette.Learning etiquette seems simple but it is very cumbersome to do. There are even regulations on the arc of bowing.

Fortunately, Lin Yang has been taught etiquette since he was a child, but some people who are not of high background have been tossed because of this, and they know that the eunuch did it on purpose, so they can't fight back, they can only suffer, who knows Did the little eunuch recognize any godfather behind his back? Fortunately, there were only three days, so he gritted his teeth and passed.

The fourth day is the time to unveil the list.

The officials of Honglu Temple set up a yellow case on the east side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Gu Jing, a cabinet scholar, held the imperial list and placed it on the table.After kneeling three times and knocking down nine times, the official of Honglu Temple began to proclaim "Zhi", and sang No. 1, Gusu Lin Yang, and then someone led Lin Yang out of the class to kneel on the left side of the royal road, and then It was No. [-] and Tanhua, and the names of the three were sung three times.The rest of the people all sang it once, and did not lead out the class.After the roll call was over, "The Chapter of Qingping" was played, and the princes and ministers, as well as the Jinshi, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to send the emperor back to the palace.

Lin Yang was a little dizzy when he heard his ranking. The emperor praised him too much, but he didn't have time to think about the deep meaning of the emperor's move. Hang up the viewing list, and then parade across the street wearing a public uniform and wearing a three-branched nine-leaf crown.

"Brother is here." Lin Yun, who was being hugged by the girl, leaned forward and looked into the distance. When he saw Lin Yang coming at the head, he said excitedly, "I saw my brother." He waved his hands into the distance as he spoke.Daiyu hid her face excitedly when she heard the words, and went to the window to look into the distance.

The sound of gongs and drums gradually became louder, and Lin Yang and his party gradually approached.Lin Yun became even more excited, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Brother, brother." But the streets were full of people, and the sound of gongs and drums was deafening, how could Lin Yang hear Lin Yun's voice.Lin Yun looked disappointed, and his voice became louder.

Daiyu was afraid that he would spoil his voice, so she quickly stopped him, took the apple on the plate and handed it to Lin Yun, saying: "There was a fruit-throwing cart in ancient times, you might as well imitate it." Lin Yun understood what Daiyu meant, He threw the apple at Lin Yang, but he couldn't throw it correctly, and it hit Lin Yang's shoulder all at once. Being hugged by the window and waving his hands.

Lin Yang couldn't help laughing, and waved at Lin Yun.

After going around Chang'an City, it was the Qionglin Banquet, and they had to go back to the palace.From the beginning of the banquet, the atmosphere was very lively. The emperor personally proposed a topic and asked everyone to write poems. This kind of custom poems cannot be written very well, but they can't be written too badly either.Lin Yang thought that his poems were not bad, but after he read them out, he felt that the eyes of the people looking at him were not right. About the same level as him.

The emperor was only interested in staying for a while, and then left first.As soon as the emperor left, the atmosphere of the banquet became more relaxed.Jinshi also toasted politely and chatted with each other.Lin Yang was the number one scholar, with a good background and a strong background. Naturally, someone came to toast him. Lin Yang just took a sip to prevent himself from getting drunk and losing his manners.

By the time Lin Yang returned home, it was already evening.Although Jia Min got up early in the morning and waited for the news, she was still full of energy. Seeing Lin Yang's return, she hurriedly urged the servant girl to serve Lin Yang, and personally twisted the handkerchief to wipe Lin Yang's face.Lin Yang accepted Jia Min's maternal love with a smile, and sat on the kang by the window with a teacup to talk to Jia Min and others.

Lin Yun got impatient for a long time. Seeing his brother coming back, he pulled Lin Yang's clothes and asked, "Brother, brother, what kind of Qionglin Banquet is it? How many dishes are there, are they delicious?" If you are still a child who only cares about eating, Lin Yang flicked Lin Yang's forehead and said with a smirk: "I won't tell you, you will know when you win the number one prize in the future." Lin Yun said with a face full of disappointment : "It will take many, many years. Good brother, just tell me."

Lin Yang shook his finger: "I haven't settled with you yet. You smashed me with apples." Lin Yun looked innocent: "My sister said that this is called a fruit-throwing car." Jia Min on the side laughed: "It's just that Yu'er came up with such a narrow idea." Hearing that it was Daiyu's idea, Lin Yang didn't care about it anymore, and said to Jia Min with a smile: "Brother Yun's throwing has poked a hornet's nest. I was riding Ma, I don’t know where so many people popped up on the street and threw flower sachets at me.”

Daiyu smiled and said: "It can be seen that others also know that my brother has the talent of Zijian and the appearance of Pan An." Lin Yang said with a smile: "I also think that I look like Pan An, but unfortunately I don't have the literary talent of Zijian." Then he narrated the poems he wrote at the Qionglin Banquet, and said regretfully, "If my younger sister did it, I don't know how much better it is than me." I can't do it."

The mother and son were chatting lively, and Lin Hai also went home from the Yamen over there, and there was another lively scene.