While the candidates are anxiously waiting, the third month of the lunar calendar is coming.
As the day for the examination results draw nears, the entire city of Bianjing becomes extremely lively.
Since this is the season when apricot flowers are in bloom, the list that will be tried is also called the apricot list.
On this day, the entrance to the Gongyuan was so crowded that some people even climbed directly into the trees in order to see the list.
Of course, a noble family like Dongchang Houfu does not need to go to see the list in person. They can just wait in the restaurant in front of the Gongyuan and send their servants to see the list.
The owner of the restaurant is also very good at doing business. The private rooms upstairs are dubbed as "top of the list" and "winner in one fell swoop". Usually such private rooms only cost a few guan, but today the price is as high as 100 guan.
It's hard to get a hold of it, so you need to make a reservation in advance.
No matter how rich the merchants are, they can't book it, so they usually leave it to officials and nobles.
Qin Hao was in the box of "Toad Palace Winners" at this time, and next door was the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. This time Gu Tingye returned from winning the national examination, which finally made Gu Yankai have a slight change in his view of him. After all, he is his biological son.
Of course, we are concerned about the major events in life.
It's just that Xiao Qin's face looked a little bad. She could only pretend to smile, but she was praying in her heart.
"The sky is full of blessings from gods and Buddhas, but we must not let Gu Tingye pass the exam. Otherwise, how will my family, Gu Tingwei, inherit the title?"
There were also Gu Tingye's fourth uncle and fifth uncle's family, each of whom pretended to be very concerned, which made Gu Tingye want to vomit.
Really unable to stand the hypocrisy of this family, Gu Tingye made up an excuse to go to the toilet and came to Qin Hao's private room.
"It's Tingye here, sit down quickly." Qin Liu greeted.
Speaking of it, the relationship between Gu Tingye and the Dongchang Hou Mansion is also very delicate. The Da Qin family and the Xiao Qin family both married Gu Yankai, but Gu Tingye is the son of the Bai family and has no blood relationship with the Dongchang Hou Mansion.
Coupled with Gu Tingye's previous reputation in Bianjing City, both Qin Junye and the Qin Liu family did not like this prodigal son very much.
It was only later that Qin Hao became friends with Gu Tingye, and he was admitted to the Juren Examination, that he gradually accepted him.
"Thank you, aunt. I've met my uncle and my cousin." Gu Tingye was not polite, he saluted and sat down.
Qin Hao joked: "Cousin, it seems that you are confident this time?"
Gu Tingye smiled proudly: "Don't tell me, I am really sure about this imperial examination. The policy this time is related to Ma Zheng. My father taught me how to dance with guns and sticks since I was a child. I am also interested in this. Ma Zheng is also interested in it.
I know a little bit about it.”
Qin Liu's and Qin Junye's feelings were a little complicated, especially when Qin Junye heard this and secretly regretted why he didn't teach his son some sticks, maybe he would be able to use them in this exam.
Qin Hao is relatively calm. Anyway, the exams are over and the results will be released soon. It is useless to say this now, just wait for the results.
"By the way, how is Yuan Ruo?" Gu Tingye asked.
Qin Hao shook his head: "I was sick for a while when I just came out of Gongyuan. I should be fine now, but it's a pity..."
Qi Heng's knowledge is still very good. If the test question is not Ma Zheng, there may be a chance.
In fact, after coming out of Gongyuan, Qi Heng probably had a good idea. Thinking of the bet he made with Princess Pingning, he probably had no chance of marrying Minglan, so he fell seriously ill.
However, today is the day when the results are released, so Qi Heng still came, perhaps because he still had a bit of luck in his heart.
Princess Pingning's mood was somewhat contradictory. On the one hand, she didn't want Qi Heng to win the bet, but on the other hand, she wanted her son to go to high school. In the end, she could only sigh.
The private room reserved by the Duke of Qi was in a restaurant in front. Since there were too many people downstairs, Qin Liu and Princess Pingning, their best friends, just said hello at the window.
"Hey, isn't that the Sheng family's carriage?" Gu Tingye suddenly pointed at the crowd below.
When Qin Hao saw that it was true, he asked Buqi to invite them up. Given the family status of the Sheng family, it was natural that they could not book such a box, so they could only sit in a carriage to see the list.
After a while, Sheng Hong led a large family into the private room.
"Master Marquis, Mrs. Liu, I'm sorry for bothering you." Sheng Hong just said thank you lightly. As a scholar, if he shows too much enthusiasm for nobles or his attitude is too humble, he will be ridiculed.
As a scholar-bureaucrat in the Song Dynasty, he not only had to be good at doing things, but also knew how to make a name for himself. Many censors specifically caught nobles and tortured them to death, not because they had any grudges against them, but to show their evil side and earn "
"Qingliu" reputation.
Qin Junye was not angry either. After all, Qin Hao still owed him a favor for going to Sheng Mansion to study, and he was used to the behavior of these civil servants.
Mrs. Qin Liu was more enthusiastic about Wang Ruofu: "Madam Wang, sit down quickly, these are the three daughters of gold, right? They are all beautiful women. They are really lucky."
Wang Ruofu suddenly felt very proud, and the Marquise praised him for being lucky.
"Why don't you give Mrs. Liu a gift soon?"
"Madam Shu'an." The three girls greeted her in unison this time.
Qin Hao also started chatting with Sheng Changbai: "How is it? Are you sure?"
Sheng Changbai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Where can I be sure? I just do my best to obey fate."
It can be seen that the final policy question also stumped him.
Gu Tingye suddenly remembered something and whispered to Shitou. Shitou left quickly and ran back quickly, holding a box in his hand.
Gu Tingye took the wooden box and walked up to Minglan: "It's freezing in the Gongyuan. Thanks to the girl's knee pads this time, this can be regarded as a return gift."
As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and found a golden walking wave lying quietly inside. The golden walking wave was also inlaid with an emerald green gemstone, which made it even more dazzling to the eyes.
Mo Lan and Ru Lan both looked at Ming Lan with jealousy, especially Mo Lan, who looked like they wanted to snatch her away now.
Minglan quickly stood up, waved her hand and said: "Second uncle, there is no need to be so polite. It's just a pair of kneepads. Minglan really can't afford such a generous gift."
Gu Tingye wanted to persuade her to accept it, but Qin Hao said: "Cousin, I know you have money, so you don't need to show off like this. Besides, Shanda family has a clean and pure family tradition. Doesn't your yellow and white things insult the Sheng family family tradition?"
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Soon, Buqi took out the Zihao pen. Qin Hao directly replaced the wooden box of the Zihao pen with Gu Tingye's wooden box, and then inserted the golden walking stick inside into Qin Liu's head like a treasure.
"Mother, how do you think my business is doing?"
"Haha~~~"
Qin Hao's saucy move immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Mrs. Qin Liu laughed and scolded: "Look at my son, he is said to be a scholar. He is taking advantage of others."
But Wang Ruofu said with envy: "What did Mrs. Liu say? Such a filial son is something that no one else can envy."
Wang Ruofu was really envious. She married a husband who looked like a boss, and gave birth to a son who looked like a father. Not to mention any decent gifts these years, he didn't even say a few thoughtful words to her.
The awkward atmosphere in the private room disappeared in an instant. Sheng Changbai also smiled at Minglan and said, "It's just a pen, just keep it and practice your handwriting when you get back so that you don't make people laugh."
"Thank you, uncle, and thank you, little marquis."
Minglan thanked her in embarrassment, bowed to accept the wooden box, and sat back in her corner.
"Haha~~~" There was another burst of laughter in the private room.
At this moment, suddenly, there was a commotion at the gate of Gongyuan.
Suddenly someone shouted: "The results are released!"
In an instant, everyone's attention was attracted, and even Qin Hao looked out the window.
The dark crowd at the gate of Gongyuan burst into cheers from time to time. Whenever someone in the crowd raised their arms and shouted: "I passed the exam."
It will immediately arouse the envious eyes of the people around you.
Of course, there are also people who searched all over the list but could not find their name, and left Gongyuan in despair.
Almost a quarter of an hour later, suddenly there was a noise in the restaurant and someone shouted.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhongyong on the high school apricot list!"
Uncle Zhongyong danced with excitement: "Reward, big reward, haha, my son is in high school!"
There is no ranking in the examination. All those on the list will be called "Gongshi", and only the first place will be named "Huiyuan".
Those who pass the "Gongshi" examination are eligible to participate in the next palace examination, and the palace examination does not dismiss candidates. In other words, as long as you get on the apricot list, you can at best get a "same background as a Jinshi".
For a noble family, being able to pass the Jinshi examination is absolutely rare. No wonder Uncle Zhongyong is so excited.
Subsequently, sporadic good news came one after another. After all, it is normal for noble families to produce dandy children. Young talents and so on generally belong to the category of genetic mutation, which can be encountered but not sought.
The atmosphere in the private room became a little heavy for a moment. Everyone knew that there were two completely different lives up and down the apricot list. It doesn’t matter how amazing and talented you were if you didn’t pass the exam. In other words, if you passed the exam, you would be promoted directly.
For the scholar-bureaucrat class.
In the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats were not very happy. The doctor was talking about the Song Dynasty if he could not be punished. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, if he failed, he would be dragged out and spanked by the emperor.
The scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty not only had extremely high annual salaries, but also had various benefits and benefits comparable to those of civil servants in later generations. Basically, as long as they did not rebel, it was not a problem to have enough food and clothing. For example, Sheng Hong's biggest wish was to live until he was seventy years old and become a third-class official.
The benefits for retirement and on-the-job benefits are equally generous.
How rich were the officials in the Song Dynasty? It is said that when Sima Guang and others saw that Shao Yong, a famous scholar who was the leading scholar at the time, was very poor, which was not worthy of his status as a great scholar. So Fu Bi and Sima Guang actually organized some retired officials to jointly build a joint venture for him in Luoyang
A large manor was built west of Tianjin Temple and south of Tianjin Bridge.
It is said that the Shaoyong Manor has small bridges, flowing water, and fields, and there are more than 30 single houses.
Shao Yong happily accepted the offer, named the manor "Comfortable Home", and wrote a poem to express his sincere gratitude.
The poem says: "I would like to express my gratitude to all the princes for buying the garden, and occupy the forest and spring in Luoyang City. Seven thousand people walked across the water, and more than twenty families competed for the money..."
It can be seen from this that officials in the Song Dynasty were very rich.
Suddenly, there was another noise in the restaurant, and suddenly someone was heard panting and shouting.
"Master, Young Master, I'm hit!"
Sheng Hong couldn't sit still when he heard this. This voice was too familiar to him. It was Dong Rong who had been following him all the time.
At first, Sheng Hong was afraid that he had heard wrongly, but Wang Ruofu was so excited that he stood up.
"My son won, Changbai, you're in high school!"
Sheng Changbai wasn't too sure. He was always steady and ran directly to the door of the private room and grabbed Dong Rong who had just ran up.
"Did I hit it? Did I really hit it?"
Dongrong nodded excitedly and gasped: "I'm successful, sir, I can really see it!"
Now the atmosphere in the entire private room became lively, Qin Hao and Gu Tingye congratulated Sheng Changbai.
"Congratulations to Brother Changbai for getting your wish!"
Sheng Changbai also reacted and returned the gift: "Zihan and Zhonghuai will definitely win the first place in one fell swoop."
Wang Ruofu was so excited that he cried, which made Sheng Hong's mouth twitch.
Mo Lan looked a little strange. Her brother had not even passed the imperial examination, but Sheng Changbai had actually passed the imperial examination. Although she said she looked down on Ru Lan, in fact she was extremely envious of him.
Especially seeing Ru Lan's proud expression, Mo Lan wished he could have a brother with her.
Minglan also congratulated Sheng Changbai: "Congratulations to brother Changbai."
Sheng Changbai had calmed down at this time and just nodded lightly: "Finally, I lived up to the expectations of my loved ones."
Qin Liushi also said to Wang Ruofu: "Ms. Wang got what she wanted this time."
Wang Ruofu was not stupid at all, and said quickly: "The young Marquis is far more knowledgeable than my son, and he will definitely be able to go to high school."
Mrs. Qin Liu liked hearing this, and became even more enthusiastic towards Wang Ruofu.
At this moment, there was sudden movement in the restaurant again. This time Qin Junye heard clearly that this was the most capable servant around him.
After a while, I heard someone shouting.
"The young Marquis of Dongchang Marquis Mansion, high school...huiyuan!"
At this moment, the whole restaurant seemed to have been shaken by an earthquake. All the noble boxes were pushed away and looked at the person coming.
What does Huiyuan mean?
Throughout the Song Dynasty, there was a three-year general examination, and only one person had the title, which represented the pinnacle of all scholars in this session.
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Even nobles who usually had little contact with the Dongchang Hou Mansion came to say congratulations.
After all, the nobles and the scholar-bureaucrats have always disliked each other. The nobles thought that the scholar-bureaucrats were a bunch of mean scholars, while the scholar-bureaucrats thought that the nobles were just a bunch of moths lying on the coffin boards of their ancestors, eating and waiting to die.
Qin Hao, as a descendant of Xungui, has now achieved the highest honor in the field that the other party is good at. This not only earns face for Dongchang Houfu, but also gives Xungui family bragging rights in the future.
Aren’t you saying that our nobles don’t have talents? Look at our young Marquis of Dongchang Marquis Mansion, he is a serious Huiyuan!
Qin Junye had never received such courtesy before, which made him a little at a loss. Of course, he was more excited that his son actually passed the Huiyuan exam!
This was something he never dared to dream about before. His original expectation for Qin Hao was to pass the exam. Even if he was born as a Jinshi after the palace exam, it would be enough to honor his ancestors.
Next door, Gu Yankai from Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and his little Qin family also came to express their congratulations.
"Uncle, congratulations, the Dongchang Hou Mansion has a literary star!"
Gu Yankai's tone was a bit complicated. He was envious of Qin Junye for giving birth to a good son, but also had expectations for Gu Tingye. After all, among the four people studying in the Sheng family, two were already in high school. Maybe Gu Tingye could also take the exam.
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Xiao Qin also enthusiastically pulled Qin Liu to congratulate her and said, "Sister-in-law, you are so lucky."
At this moment, Xiao Qin and Gu Yankai were actually in the same mood. When looking at other people's sons, they could not help but think of her own son, but what she thought of was her biological son Gu Tingwei.
Just thinking about Gu Tingwei's dandy behavior made her feel tired.
Gu Tingye was also very happy and said to Qin Hao: "Zihan not only went to high school, but also won the championship in one fell swoop. I really admire him!"
Sheng Changbai has always admired Qin Hao's knowledge: "Zihan's knowledge is far superior to mine, so it's not a surprise that he passed the Huiyuan exam."
Wang Ruofu was originally very proud that his son had passed high school, but in the blink of an eye, Qin Hao not only won the prize, but also became a high school student. The arrogance he had just raised disappeared immediately, and he praised the Qin Liu family.
Mrs. Qin Liu had just realized that her son was in high school? Or was he Huiyuan?
On the other side, Mo Lan and Ru Lan looked at Qin Hao with eyes that almost turned into hearts. That was a new talent! Many literati are only met but not sought.
Minglan was the first to react and bowed slightly: "Congratulations to Mr. Marquis on his high school graduation."
Qin Hao also didn't expect that he would win Huiyuan. He originally thought it would be good if he passed the exam. Is it because the questions this time were too biased?
Qin Hao and Sheng Changbai went to high school one after another, which made Gu Tingye feel itchy and nervous. He looked outside from time to time.
At this time, a farce of catching a son-in-law under the official list was being staged in front of the Gongyuan Gate, which can be regarded as an old tradition in Bianjing City.
Especially for those wealthy businessmen, this is a shortcut to improve their class, and the price they pay is only a daughter and some property.
The nobles were not idle either, and they staged a robbing battle with their servants.
Many people in Bianjing regarded this as a reserved project and watched it with great interest. It can only be said that the entertainment life of ancient people was really poor.
Finally, all the people who went to see the ranking list from Ningyuan Hou Mansion came back, with sad expressions on their faces.
Gu Yankai's face looked a little unnatural, he waved his hand and left with Xiao Qin, without paying any attention to Gu Tingye.
Xiao Qin was secretly happy. This was the best result for her. Her nephew Gu Tingye failed in high school and her status in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion would inevitably improve.
Upon seeing this, Sheng Hong also took his family to say goodbye. Since his eldest son was in high school, he naturally wanted to have a good celebration and had to be well prepared.
Gu Tingye was a little unwilling: "It's impossible. How could my strategy fail?"
Seeing how determined Gu Tingye was, Qin Hao suddenly thought of someone.
In the original drama, it was him who snitched on the officials, which led to Gu Tingye not only failing the exam, but also making the officials furious and asking him to take the exam again after he turned fifty.
That person is the eldest son of Ningyuan Hou Mansion - Gu Tingyu.
Qin Hao could only remind: "Why don't you ask your father to ask someone to ask?"
Gu Tingye gritted his teeth, cupped his hands and left.
After all the outsiders left, Mrs. Qin Liu could no longer suppress her excitement and burst into laughter.
"Haha, my son is Huiyuan!"
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