The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Today, Wei Guangde is very satisfied. He has made it to the first rank. When he passes the palace examination, he can proudly tell people that he is a "Two Rank Jinshi".

Not only Wei Guangde, but also the shopkeeper of the Jiujiang Guild Hall and the Jiujiang businessmen who came here to do business in Beijing were also very happy, and finally they did not come and sit here for a long time in vain.

However, there are also many people who are very unhappy.

They were naturally the other twenty or so candidates who were rushing to take the exam.

However, at this time, they could only force a smile.

Well, it's still early, there are only 300 tribute places, and only about 100 have registered now, maybe I still have some.

While all the candidates were still looking forward to it, Wei Guangde, Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan were already sitting together, discussing how to go to Beijing Gongyuan tomorrow morning to look at the results and see who would be in their same year.

For the Gongsheng students from Jiangxi, they are quite familiar. The combination of the three of them is quite interesting. They have participated in three consecutive provincial examinations in the 28th, 31st and 34th years of Jiajing. They are almost on the list this time. They should all have the opportunity to get to know the Gongsheng students from Jiangxi.

Of course, their goal is not only to get to know Gongsheng from their own province, but also to get to know outstanding talents from other provinces. In the future, as the same year, they will have to support and take care of each other in the officialdom, so that they can go further.

The so-called three gangs of heroes are especially true in the officialdom.

We all form small interest groups based on people from the same year and from the same hometown, hoping for better development.

For those in the Jiujiang Guild Hall, the following time was even more painful.

As time passes quietly, everyone knows that their chances of being on the list are disappearing.

The further you advance, the higher your ranking will naturally be. Do you have this level?

Now, except for Lao Kan and Shen Liangdong, all of them have experienced failure in the provincial examination. Naturally, the trace of arrogance they had after passing the provincial examination has long since disappeared, and the seeds of doubt have been planted in their hearts.

At this moment, the seed sprouted.

In fact, for many talented people, this is the so-called "inner demon". If they can't get over it, the imperial examination will be almost over.

Only a very small number of people, maybe by chance, can get through this most difficult level.

I don’t know how many teams have passed by to announce the good news. Counting the time, I am afraid that less than a hundred people have reported.

Disappointment gradually spread in the hearts of all Juzi.

In the distance, another group of festive music sounded, and then gradually disappeared.

In fact, at this moment, Wei Guangde was a little confused about the situation.

Just like Lao Kan, his talent far exceeds his own, but what is the result?

He was on the top list, but Lao Kan seemed to have failed. Although there is still a chance, Wei Guangde also feels that the chance is slim.

Xia Kefan's talents were not inferior to Lao Kan's, but he had only reached the position of more than 200 people. Could Lao Kan still be able to kill less than 100 people?

There is a high probability of becoming a second-class person.

In the distance, gongs, drums and suonas sounded again, and the sound gradually became louder and louder.

Everyone turned their expectant eyes to the gate, hoping that the team of people bringing the good news could cross the threshold and enter here.

However, when the drum music sounded in everyone's ears and when the newspaper actually entered the Jiujiang Guild Hall, everyone still became excited.

Wei Guangde looked at the candidates whose eyes were like spitting fire, and also guessed who would be on the list this time.

He didn't let them wait for too long, maybe because he saw the eagerness of the candidates, the newspaper quickly opened the good news in his hand, and read loudly with excitement: "Congratulations on the successful report of the Bingchen Science Competition in the 35th year of Jiajing." Mr. Laokanlao of Dehua County, Jiangxi Province was ranked 80th on the list, and the Beijing News was listed in the top 100."

Lao Kan is on the list.

Eighty, there is really a chance to get into the top two.

At this moment, the businessmen at the two tables who had already stood up excitedly cheered loudly, and at the same time, their hands and feet rushed towards the Laokana table.

Originally, Wei Guangde was sitting at the same table as Lao Kan and the others, but after learning that Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan were on the list, the three of them sat at a small table next to them and chatted. They thought about tomorrow's list and speculated on the results of this subject. In which province will the flowers fall in the Yuanhui Festival?

Wei Guangde naturally had no say here, Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke were the ones doing the discussion.

Now, Wei Guangde's three tributes are still outside, and Lao Kan's side is already crowded with businessmen. At this moment, the people can only stand outside and keep bowing to Lao Kan inside, shouting loudly: " Congratulations".

Wei Guangde looked at the businessmen on the side, and they complimented Lao Kan with even brighter smiles than before.

Of course, the ranking in the general examination is not as good as the ranking in the palace examination, but the difference between the two will not be too big.

Basically, Lao Kan has been confirmed to be in the second league.

When everyone in the Jiujiang Guild Hall was rejoicing that Lao Kan had made it to the top 100 in the examination, to their north, in the inner city of Beijing, in the Yongshou Palace.

"Your Majesty, Wei Guangde is on the examination list, but he is ranked very low."

In the main hall, an old eunuch was respectfully reporting to Emperor Jiajing on the throne in a low voice.

Emperor Jiajing was just lying lazily on a chair at this time, with a bun on his head and a gold hairpin crossing his head. He was wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe, looking very leisurely.

"Chen Hong, you reported that that boy killed a Japanese pirate on the battlefield?"

Emperor Jiajing waved his sleeves, found a more comfortable position and continued to ask.

"That's what the battle report said. I've checked with someone, and it seems that this is indeed the case."

That old eunuch was Chen Hong, the great eunuch who had gone to Nanjing to deliver the order. After learning that the Japanese pirates had been wiped out, he took away all the battle reports and at the same time arranged for Jin Yiwei's people in Jiangxi to attack the people mentioned in the battle reports. The purpose of detailed investigation was to be able to explain clearly when the emperor asked. Emperor Jiajing paid great attention to these details.

"A scholar goes to learn how to kill the enemy in battle."

Emperor Jiajing said with a playful smile on his lips.

"Come to think of it, that Wei Guangde was born in the military family after all, so maybe he had this preference because of what he heard and saw."

Having said this, Chen Hong raised his head and glanced at Emperor Jiajing above, showing no expression, and then continued: "The Jiujiang people reported before that Wei Guangde and Zhang Hongfu, who was the main force in attacking Japanese pirates this time, often rode out on weekdays, and immediately The kung fu is pretty good.

On weekdays, Wei Guangde would get up and have a boxing session at home in the morning, as he did in the military, and so did Zhang Hongfu.

After all, he wanted to assume the post. According to the rules of the Ministry of War, if he wanted to assume the command position, his skills should not be too ugly. "

"I know how to test, who is his room master?"

Emperor Jiajing just smiled casually when he heard this and continued to ask.

"It was ordered by Kang Siqian, editor of the Hanlin Academy. I don't know the specific situation. After all, it is the Gongyuan Academy. Maybe Commander Lu knows better."

Chen Hong lowered his head and replied.

"Kang Siqian is from Shanxi, right?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly and thought for a moment before asking.

"Yes, he was born in Linfen, Shanxi, and was born in the same year as Mr. Li Chunfang. He was the successor of that year."

Chen Hong would try his best to do his homework every time he met Emperor Jiajing. He didn't want to give the emperor a confused impression and didn't know anything when asked.

"Go down and pay more attention to those few."

After a long while, Emperor Jiajing finally asked him to go out.

After receiving the order, Chen Hong immediately bowed and slowly exited the hall.

"Huang Jin, what do you think about this Wei Guangde, a Gongshi, who can still go into battle to kill the enemy?"

After Chen Hong left, Emperor Jiajing suddenly asked Huang Jin, the eunuch serving beside him.

"My servant is not from a military household. I don't know what the inheritance of a military household is. But I heard that generally every family will pass on some skills. Therefore, the ability to kill enemies in battle should be more or less, and the courage is also expected. It must have been inherited from the elders. After all, their family is a hereditary family, and they will definitely not get it if they don't have some military merit.

However, for readers, more energy should be focused on books. "

Huang Jin didn't know what the attitude of the master he was following was, so he could only say that he knew what he meant. He couldn't say he was good, nor could he say he was bad. It was just ambiguous.

"hehe."

Jiajing burst out laughing, but still couldn't tell what kind of mood he was feeling at this moment.

Huang Jin couldn't guess Emperor Jiajing's mentality, but after thinking for a moment, he said with a flattering smile: "Speaking of which, the system of the guard institute established by our ancestors is quite good, and there can still be some talents in the guard house."

"There are more people to eat."

Emperor Jiajing sneered, not knowing who he was thinking of.

Wei Guangde was on the top list. He was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night. He cheered up the next day and followed Lao Kan and Xia Kefan to Beijing Gongyuan to see the list.

The group took Wei Guangde's carriage and entered the inner city directly from Chongwen Gate. Not long after, they turned right into Gongyuan Street.

Beijing Gongyuan is located in the southeast corner of the inner city, close to the city wall. The carriage arrived here in a short time.

Although yesterday's reports were shuttled back and forth in Beijing, the news of the examination list has been passed on to the candidates who were on the list, but there are still some candidates who are unwilling to come over and look at the apricot list again, trying to find own name, so when they arrived here, what Wei Guangde and the others saw was a crowd of people.

After finally squeezing to the bottom of the list, although Wei Guangde and the others already knew the ranking, they still chose to take another look to confirm, even though they all knew that the probability of making a mistake was very small.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw his name at the 271st position, and it was indeed on the list.

After seeing the name, Wei Guangde's heart completely calmed down.

When they came, they had already told the guildkeeper that if any good news from the Gongyuan was delivered after they left, they would be kind enough to accept it on their behalf and reward them with the wedding money.

Wei Guangde, who felt relaxed now, simply looked from the end to the front to see who were of the same age as him, and maybe there were people he knew among them.

Soon he noticed the names of several candidates from Jiangxi. Zou Shan and Yang Biao were both successful candidates last year, and Wei Guangde naturally knew them.

As I continued to look forward, I looked for Lao Kan by the way. At the moment, there were only two people around him, Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke, because they were all ranked low, but they were all on the list anyway.

At this time, in their hearts, ranking is really not important anymore, what is important is that they are on the list.

While looking at it, I moved forward, and I was bound to bump into someone within two steps. There was nothing I could do about it. People were crowded under the list, and everyone still didn't look at the road, but looked at the list.

Wei Guangde didn't care if he bumped into a few people and continued to look forward.

"Guangde, you also come to see the list."

While he was looking at the list, Wei Guangde heard someone calling his name.

Wei Guangde looked away and quickly bowed his hands and said, "Brother Zeng also came to see the list."

"Yes, come and take a look, and feel at ease."

The person who came was none other than Zeng Xingwu, and there were two other people beside him.

This was just the meaning behind Zeng Shengwu's words. Wei Guangde was still unsure whether he was on the list or not.

"Brother Zeng is on the list?"

Wei Guangde asked tentatively.

"There are 170 candidates from the three provinces who have taken the Jinke Examination."

Before Zeng Xingwu could speak, someone next to him spoke first.

"Congratulations to Brother Zeng, um, the Beijing News has been listed in Huangjia."

Wei Guangde suddenly remembered the sentence he heard most yesterday, and immediately learned and applied it.

"Same joy, how about Brother Wei Xian?"

Zeng Shengwu asked very implicitly, but the meaning was very clear. He wanted to know whether Wei Guangde was on the list.

"My ranking is one hundred places higher than Brother Zeng's."

Wei Guangde joked that since they were all on the list, there were not so many polite words.

Maybe other people would think that Zeng Xingwu was ranked high and should be more respectful, but Wei Guangde knew that Zeng Xingwu didn't care about so many false courtesy.

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, it was obvious that he was also on the yellow list for the examination. Not only Zeng Xingwu, but also the two people behind him were slightly startled, seeing that Wei Guangde's face was too young.

"Brother Wei Xian is seventy?"

Zeng Shengwu obviously looked at it from the front, but he didn't understand what Wei Guangde meant for a moment, thinking that Wei Guangde's ranking was a hundred places higher than him, but it seemed that Wei Guangde's name was not seen in front.

"I am number 271."

Wei Guangde said honestly.

"Ah, haha. That's awesome. My dear brother is only seventeen years old. He is the same age as us."

For this group of people, most of them are in their twenties or thirties, and suddenly a teenager jumps in, okay, maybe it's a bit unfamiliar.

Then, Wei Guangde introduced Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke to Zeng Xingwu, and also told Zeng Xingwu's origins. His hometown was Pengze, Jiangxi Province, but his hometown was Huguang Chengtian. Then Zeng Xingwu also introduced his companions.

"Brother Zeng is coming from the front, who is the leader of this test?"

Zhang Ke suddenly asked.

Well, this is also the main purpose of their coming. They want to know where Huiyuan falls. You know, this is the preparation for the number one scholar.

"You should know him, it's Jinda."

Zeng Shengwu answered directly.

"Ah, Kinda."

When Wei Guangde and the other three heard that Jin Da had won the Hui Yuan, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Of course they knew this person, but they were not familiar with him.

Jinda was the Juren in the 25th year of Jiajing. It is said that his ranking was very high and he was almost expelled from the Yuan Dynasty. However, this person had a bit of a stubborn character.

I know this mainly because at the banquet on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, everyone was very respectful to the Yan family and his son. It was not exactly flattering, but at least they were polite enough.

Wei Guangde naturally wanted to go up and curry favor, but he was worried about the future, so he hesitated and chose to give up.

Even if you want to curry favor, you definitely can't do it in public, let's do it in private.

But this Jin Da didn't look good to the Yan family and his son at all, and I don't know what happened.

Fellow fellow, it’s also about solar terms, so you should give your face as much as you can.

Wei Guangde seemed to have had a premonition that Jinda, the top pick, was about to fly away.