Chu Xingchen has been uneasy, fearing that some bad news will come next.
But surprisingly, the next step was calm and there was no bad news.
At the end of the month, it’s time for the provincial examination results to be released.
After half a month of busy work, the examiners finally determined the list of successful candidates through rigorous review and discussion, and selected the top ten who they thought were the best.
The Queen gave full authority over this matter to Chu Xingchen, who made the decision.
The Queen and Chu Xingchen have always gotten along very harmoniously. Ministers often praised them, and some even wrote poems to praise them.
The emperors and princes on TV rarely have a harmonious relationship, and they are always wary. The prince or prince is trembling with fear. Chu Xingchen has always felt that she was lucky to meet the queen.
The Queen always supports and trusts her, never doubts her, and you can feel the tenderness from her mother in daily interactions.
This is Chu Xingchen's luck, otherwise she would still have to fight the Queen, which would be very troublesome and tiring.
She doesn't have any other brothers and sisters who play palace battles and scheming. She is so happy compared to those who have to be wary of their brothers and sisters plotting at any time.
Chu Xingchen felt happy, and the queen also liked to hear everyone praise their mother and daughter for their good relationship, and trusted Chu Xingchen wholeheartedly.
"You have always been busy with the imperial examination, so in the end it is your decision. Anyway, these people are selected and you will use them in the future. When I am old, you can just pick the ones you like best and can use the most."
"How old are you? You are still young. Didn't the imperial doctor say that your health is much better now? It will not be a problem to be the queen for another ten or twenty years. It just so happens that I also have to grow up and need to learn a lot. I am not as good as the queen.
Let’s watch together.”
She still doesn't have the confidence to be a qualified queen.
The Queen knew that what she said was sincere, and she felt happy in her heart. She couldn't help but touch her head, "The Queen is getting old. How could there be ten or twenty years? You are very good now. Just do what you want, Mother."
The emperor believes in you."
The Queen pressed her forehead and said, "Besides, the Queen Mother is now old and mentally weak."
"Well, I will do a good job and live up to the Queen Mother's expectations."
"The Queen believes in you."
The queen and daughter-in-law get along so happily that anyone who sees them will smile knowingly.
Tianliu, who followed the concubine, could not laugh.
Looking at everything in front of him, he only felt ridiculed.
I wonder if the princess will know the truth about the leader’s departure and the culprit in this life. If she knows, will she still be able to laugh? Will she hate the queen?
Chu Xingchen spent two days, not only the top ten, but also read everyone's test papers. After understanding the overall situation, he finally settled on the top ten and left it to the Queen to decide.
The Queen did as she said, and did not make any changes. She only said that she believed in Chu Xingchen. On the first day of September, Feng'an City and other counties and prefectures released the results one after another.
The first person to be elected in the provincial examination was named Jieyuan. If he passed the examination, he would be qualified to be an official, which completely changed his destiny.
On the day the list was released, some people cried bitterly in front of the list, while others cried with joy.
Most of them cried bitterly and were disappointed, because the passing rate in the provincial examination was smaller than that in the Tongsheng examination. Chu Xingchen did some calculations and felt that it was comparable to the Tsinghua and Peking University examinations.
The list of successful candidates has come out, and the Luming Banquet is also indispensable. Chu Xingchen also attended. Congratulations to the candidates, and I wish everyone good results in the examination.
The examination is an examination for the whole Chu State hosted by the Ministry of Etiquette. People need to come to Feng'an City to take part. In order to give the whole Chu State Examinations time to come to Feng'an City, the examination period is scheduled for February next spring.
The examination is also divided into three sessions, held on the 9th, 12th and 15th of February respectively.
In this examination, no matter how many people take the examination, only two hundred tributes will be admitted, and they will be eligible to participate in the final palace examination.
Many people know that they have reached their limit and do not think they can become one of those two hundred people, so they give up rationally.
This is also a wise choice. As mentioned earlier, those who win the examination will have the qualifications to be an official. As long as they pass the civil service examination and pass the examination, they can truly enter the official career.
This is actually a bit similar to the civil service examination and the subsequent interview process, which has attracted the attention of countless people.
After a few days, those who passed the exam, regardless of their official position, were selected as officials and assigned to various positions in various places, giving a shot in the arm to the waiting people.
The imperial examination can really change destiny and inspire people.
Chu Xingchen also published an article in the newspaper in the name of the concubine, encouraging people to become more literate and read, and not to be fooled by those rumors.
In this exam, nine out of ten candidates are from aristocratic families. This is inevitable. After all, their environmental conditions are much better than those from poor families.
This made the children of the aristocratic family heave a sigh of relief, but they did not dare to be careless and urged the clan members to make progress.
Chu Xingchen was not surprised or bothered by this, but he was also tolerant of students from poor families. After all, it was not easy for them to reach this stage due to their conditions. Being able to pass the exam showed that they were really outstanding.
At the Luming Banquet, Chu Xingchen also met with these students who were born in poor families, "You are really outstanding for passing the examination. I hope you won't disappoint me."
Their birth meant that their way of dealing with people and things at first might not be as good as those from aristocratic families, but she was willing to give them a chance.
Lu Qiu did not disappoint Chu Xingchen and passed the exam all the way.
He was the most familiar with Chu Xingchen, and he led everyone to bow deeply, "I will definitely live up to my concubine's expectations."
Not only the hearts of poor families are agitated, but even if the children of aristocratic families pass such a competitive examination and gain glory, their inner feelings are also different.
Initially, they had mixed feelings about Chu Xingchen, but after they passed the palace examination, became the number one scholar, paraded through the streets, and enjoyed the adoration and glory of the common people, their mentality completely changed.
Although this is a later story, at this point, both those who originally opposed the imperial examination and the states of Qi and Wu all had only one thought: This great lady of Chu had really good tricks, and she had conquered people's hearts like this.
Not to mention how those poor people from poor families would be grateful and loyal to her, even those children from aristocratic families would also sacrifice their lives for her in the future.
The imperial examination system has overcome many difficulties and been implemented smoothly. Even if someone wants to throw dirty water and sabotage it in the future, the people may not be able to agree.
The imperial examination went smoothly, which was a double blessing, and then came new good news.
The old general of Qin and the third prince of Qi successfully completed the exchange and returned safely. However, he was not in good health. When he entered the territory of Dachu, he stopped for treatment first.
The imperial doctor has been waiting for a long time to return to Feng'an City when his health is better.
The news spread through newspapers, and everyone felt relieved.
Compared with the excitement of Da Chu, the mood of Qi State is not so good. Da Chu's implementation of imperial examinations has caused some chaos to Qi State. Now Qi Ming insists on marrying Luo Waner, without a marriage, and Qi Ming has not fulfilled all his promises.
General Qin's treatment when he returned to Dachu was that he was loved by all the people, while Qi Ming and Luo Waner were disliked by all.
The State of Qi wanted to save face, so Qi Ming came up with an idea, saying that he had criticized the shortcomings of the imperial examination through his own newspaper, and also wanted to smear the great Chu.
Unexpectedly, Da Chu started to attack after welcoming back the old general Qin. It used the influence of Da Chu newspaper to incite the hearts of Qi people, and even announced that if Qi people could give up Qi nationality and join Da Chu nationality, they could also participate in the imperial examination.
In addition to this kind of incitement and stimulation, I started to get stuck in snowflakes, salt and books.
The Qi State is really in a state of chaos now. I also know that Qi Ming knows that they have offended the Da Chu Princess. Qi Ming failed to solve the problem and became the one who took the blame. He was scolded and insulted by everyone. His passion did not unfold, but the suffering was real.
start.
Under the impact of salt and imperial examinations, Qi had no choice but to propose reconciliation.
He submitted his credentials to Da Chu and proposed marriage. He wanted to send the seventh prince of Qi to Da Chu to marry Chu Xingchen.
In the future, if the two countries have good relations and reach cooperation, the iron from Qi State can also flow to Dachu.
Qi's iron-making skills are the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, so their weapons are also the best.
They were considered sincere, but Da Chu refused.
From autumn to winter, Chu Xingchen has been busy because of these things.
On this day, after getting up early, Chu Xingchen saw a basket of hawthorns on the table.
The moment he saw Hawthorn, Chu Xingchen's eyes lit up, "Zhou Buyan, are you back?"