Becoming a Gongshi was almost equivalent to a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, there was a phenomenon of failure in the palace examination. There was no fixed number of admissions at that time. It was all decided by the emperor on an ad hoc basis, either one person from two people, or one person from three people. This kind of admission
This method seriously affected the loyalty of the scholars to the court. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, he decreed that no one in the imperial examination would be dismissed.
Three hundred tributes will go to the inner palace of the imperial court to take the exam on March 15th. The emperor personally goes to Fengtian Palace to give the exam questions. The exam time is limited to one day. The papers are handed in before sunset and the results are released on the third day. Because the marking time is too short, basically
The rankings in the palace examination are basically the same as those in the joint examination. The examination papers are roughly divided into three grades to determine the candidates for the top three.
The most important thing for a Gongshi before the palace examination is to become a master, send a letter of greeting to the examiner, and visit to formally establish his status as a master. On this day, Lin Lan arrived in front of Li Jie's courtyard early.
"Shenzhi, do you think we should bring something with us when we visit Mr. Xu Ge this time? I heard from my second brother that Mr. Xu Ge likes letters from famous writers the most. Should we bring Yan Zhenqing's "Zhushan Hall Couplet" with us?"
Li Jie smiled helplessly and said: "Thirteenth Uncle, Second Uncle didn't say before that Mr. Xu Ge was an upright official. Even if he wanted to give it, he couldn't give such a precious gift on his first visit. Then you let Xu Ge
What do you think?"
Lin Lan said: "Oh, it's Uncle Thirteen who didn't think well. Let's set off quickly. Don't miss the time."
There is no comparison between the examiners during the rural examination and the examiners during the general examination. Most of the examiners of the rural examination were from the Imperial Academy, and generally they were potential stocks. For example, Liang Chu served as the examiner of the rural examination in Yingtianfu in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, and Tang Yin was that person.
He passed the provincial examination high school and passed the Yuan Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was demoted to an official the following year because he was implicated in the Xu Jing Examination fraud case. The world-famous talent finally had to drink wine as a companion.
Most of the examiners of the examination were important officials of the imperial court, so the scholars were very eager to visit the examiners. When Li Jie and the two came to Xu Pu's house, the house was crowded, and there was a long queue of tributes who came to visit.
Liu Yu, a scholar from Zhejiang Province, said to his friend next to him: "This guy came out before it was time for another cup of tea (10 minutes). I don't know how long I will have to wait later."
The friend next to him, Hu Ping, raised his eyebrows: "Do you think everyone is lucky? With so many people visiting, it's a good time to have a cup of tea. I just hope Mr. Xu Ge can remember me.
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Liu Yu looked disappointed, and then said: "Alas! We have no background, and we dare not expect to be left alone with a stick of incense by the elder like Qian Fu. We just want to leave an impression in the elder's heart."
While the two were talking, the area suddenly became noisy. After hearing the noise, Liu Yu said with a look of jealousy: "It turns out that Lin Pingzhi, the Yuan of the New Science Society, is here. No wonder it suddenly became noisy."
When Hu Ping saw Li Jie becoming the focus of the audience as soon as he appeared on the stage, he couldn't help but feel envious. He said with emotion: "What a wonderful scene! A real man should be like this! I heard that he won three yuan in a row in the boy's examination before, and then he won the top prize in the provincial examination and high school. If he wins the top prize again in the palace examination
, the first Sixth Number One Scholar in our dynasty is about to be born, and the most terrifying thing is that he is only fourteen years old, he is truly a genius!"
Seeing that his friend did not answer, Hu Ping continued: "Pingfu, there is a rumor in the capital that Lin Pingzhi was Cao Zijian of the dynasty. There is only one stone in the world. Lin Pingzhi only gets eight buckets, and everyone else gets two buckets."
Liu Yu was unhappy with his friend's praise of Li Jie, and said in a sullen tone: "That's not necessarily the case. Are there many cases of harming Zhongyong? If a tree is as beautiful as the forest, the wind will destroy it!"
Hu Ping looked at Liu Yu carefully after hearing this, as if he didn't recognize him. Jealousy blinded his eyes and made him lose his past demeanor. He opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say anything.
When Li Jie and Li Jie arrived at the door, the housekeeper saw that it was Li Jie who had arrived and stepped forward and said: "Lin Huiyuan, you can go in directly after the master has asked you to come. There is no need to wait outside the door."
Li Jie looked surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would be treated differently by Xu Pu. Considering that the two of them had never met before, he was a little confused, but he still followed the housekeeper in.
When the others saw Li Jie being led in by the concierge as soon as he arrived, they immediately started talking, and many of them were secretly sad.
"This... this... is too... ugh!"
"I didn't expect that the elder of the court would appreciate him so much. He will rise to prominence in no time!"
"If you can win Huiyuan at the age of fourteen, I think the elder will treat you in the same way!"
"It's against etiquette! It's against etiquette!"
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Li Jie's inner strength was so strong that he could hear the comments outside. Whether it was praise or slander, he didn't take it to heart. After many years of dungeon career, he had already been able to stay calm with favors and humiliations. When he came to the front hall, a group of scholars had just walked out of the door.
, everyone couldn't help but feel a little bit amused when they saw the butler accompanying him, and on the surface they still said hello with a smile.
Entering the front hall, Xu Pu saw Li Jie and laughed loudly: "Shenzhi, you are here! Please let me wait. Who is this person next to you?"
After Li Jie and Lin Lan finished their salutes, he said: "Shen Zhi is so late, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Haihan! The person next to me is Lin Lan, the thirteenth uncle of my clan, and he has also been awarded a tribute this time."
When Xu Pu heard the name Lin Lan, he thought for a while, and then said: "Is he the one who recommended the postponement of the limited examination period? I have the impression that he did a good job!"
When the order to limit the examinations for science and technology was first proposed, Xu Pu strongly opposed it. He believed that this move would discourage the candidates and would be harmful to the recruitment of scholars for the country but not beneficial at all.
Lin Lan was secretly happy when he saw Mr. Ge praising him, and said: "It just happened to happen, I don't dare to praise him as Mr. Ge!"
Xu Pu encouraged Lin Lan a few more words, and then turned to Li Jie and said: "When I saw you today, Shen Zhi, you are not only knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but also have first-class looks. If there were girls of the right age in my family, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to bear it.
Propose marriage!"
It turns out that ever since the news of Li Jie's return to the throne has spread, there has been an endless stream of people going to Lin Han's house to propose marriage, including many important officials in the court. Fang Yi has also been depressed because of this these days, but Li Jie asked Lin Han to marry him because of his age.
He excused himself because he was still young and his parents were not around. Even so, the number of people who came to visit did not decrease at all.
Li Jie smiled awkwardly when he heard Xu Pu's teasing and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your appreciation. I am very grateful to Shen Zhi!"
Xu Pu said: "You deserve it, you deserve it. Not to mention anything else, I can't praise you enough for the three policy papers in your examination. They pointed out the current shortcomings, hit the point every sentence, and were meaningful. They gave specific solutions."
Solution. I’m afraid I don’t have enough time today, so I’ll discuss it in detail at my house tomorrow.”
Li Jie said: "It's just a family opinion. Students still need to be reminded by adults on how to deal with specific affairs. We don't dare to talk too much."
Seeing that Li Jie was not arrogant, Xu Pu nodded with satisfaction: "When the time comes, just say, don't have any scruples in front of me. As for the pressure from the court, I will bear it for you!"
An hour later, Li Jie and Lin Lan left Xu Pu's mansion. Lin Lan said with an excited expression: "Shenzhi, I asked Li Zhan to book a place at Fuqing Building before I went out. I just want to go over now."
Seeing the excited Lin Lan, Li Jie couldn't bear to spoil his interest and nodded immediately.