Gao Pragmatic walked around the county government examination room with the food in his long-eared bamboo basket, and he brought it out intact again.
It was still early at this time, and his examination paper was picked up by the county master on the spot. As usual, it only takes two or three days at most for the county to release the results. At that time, he can take the various documents and certificates given by the county and go to Kaifeng Mansion for examination.
So Gao pragmatically thought about it and asked the four servants who came with him to discuss it among themselves. He would go to Gao Laozhuang alone to announce the good news to Zhang. He planned to stay at Wu Bo's place for two days and wait for the county government to release the results.
It's not too late to go back.
Eat melons outside the county government...Oh, the onlookers saw that Gao Pragmatic had handed in the papers so early. They were all so excited that they seemed to have been selected by the county master. They made a lot of noise, and many people smiled and asked the county government to knock the gong.
Playing drums - This is not a nonsense, but this is a habit in many places. For candidates who hand in their papers early and are accepted by the county magistrate on the spot, the county government will sometimes have musicians play and beat them to send them off.
But although Gao Pragmatic met the above requirements, he did not enjoy this treatment. Xinzheng people have always regarded the Gao family as the face of Xinzheng over the years, so they asked the county government to send musicians out through heckles.
Gao Pragmatic himself was not very interested in these frivolous things, but there were so many people who couldn't stand it, and some idle men were just theatergoers who were not afraid of big troubles. Moreover, they knew that this was a happy event, and the young master of the Gao family could not blame them.
So they all stepped forward to stop Gao Pragmatic's team and asked him to wait, saying that maybe the county government was not ready, after all, the young master of the Gao family handed in the paper too quickly.
The Gao family has been an official for generations, and they are not powerful bullies. Gao Pragmatic really didn't dare to speak politely to Xinzheng Xiangzi at this time, so he could only stay where he was, dumbfounded, and felt a little embarrassed - as if he was asking the county government for help.
The "treatment" is the same.
This may be regarded as "kidnapped by public opinion" to a certain extent, right?
Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long. In less than half a stick of incense, the gate of the county government opened and a group of drummers came out, playing the locks and beating the gongs. They were all beaming with joy.
In front of the team of drummers, there was a middle-aged man who looked like a master, holding two notices in his hand. He walked quickly to the announcement place, raised his hands and bowed in all directions to the onlookers present, and said loudly: "Fellow fellow countrymen!
Be quiet! Here is the transcript of Mr. Gao’s test paper just now. Just wait for all the candidates in the county government to release their cards (leave the examination room), and then the results will be announced! The other one is the copy of the exam paper that the county official just gave out, and Mr. Gao
For the corresponding couplet, the county magistrate has told me that a list can be posted in advance so that all fellow countrymen can take a look!"
The various people who were watching were extremely satisfied, especially some idle men, who applauded one after another and recommended a few people who had read the book to come forward and read it out.
The master posted the list and congratulated Gao Pragmatic with a smile. Gao Pragmatic said a few polite words, and Gao Jue next to him also handed out the red envelope with a smile on his face - this is a customary reward, usually not much, and will not be given away.
Silver or copper coins are usually treasure banknotes. However, the printing of treasure banknotes has stopped at this time, and there are not many circulating in the market, so the red envelopes of the Gao family are really full of silver. However, Gao Pragmatic is not a particularly low-key person, but
He doesn't like to show off, so the reward is usually only two or three pieces of silver, just for good luck.
The master didn't really want the money, he just wanted to "bring some happiness". After taking the red envelope and complimenting him a few times, he excused himself and went in on the pretext that there were still exams in the yamen.
Now that the drummer has come out, the person Gao Pragmatic sent home to announce the good news does not have to go back alone. Anyway, the drummer has to go to Gaolaozhuang to "send the good news", and the servants of the Gao family will follow him. The drummer is in high spirits.
, because the Gao family was a family of officials, and they were always generous with rewards when someone in the family passed the exam, so a team of people played hard and sent Gao Pragmatic away.
Now Gao Pingshi doesn't want to go to Uncle Wu's house anymore, so he can only go back to Gao Laozhuang together.
When they arrived at Gao Laozhuang, Mrs. Zhang had already known the news in advance. She went out to celebrate the occasion in person and asked her servants to give rewards to the drummers. Mrs. Zhang was more pragmatic and generous about this kind of thing than Gao Laozhuang. She was happy to receive one or two pieces of silver for each red envelope.
The faces of the drummers all bloomed, and they kept praising Gao Pragmatic for his performance in the examination just now. They even praised Gao Pragmatic as if he was a Wenqu star descended from the earth. Those who didn't know it thought he had won the Jinshi.
After finally getting rid of all the things of welcoming people and sending them off, Gao Jingshi had time to explain the test situation to Zhang in detail. After hearing this, Zhang was very happy and said: "My boy, you have three tests, and you are taking the first test."
It went smoothly, but we just have to wait and see if we can get the case."
The so-called case head is the elegance of the first place in the three boy examinations: county examination, government examination and Tao examination.
The Gao family has led scholars in Xinzheng for decades, and there are many cases where the sons of the Gao family have won the first prize. Zhang felt that since her son's article was submitted quickly, it also won high praise from the county magistrate, and even said, "This is
"If Wen Ruo is not worthy of this comment, no one in Henan will be worthy of this comment this spring." Then the county chief should not have a problem, so he said this.
Gao Pragmatic originally thought about things like exams, "It doesn't matter if you score high, it's good if you can pass it." But after hearing what Zhang said, he realized that it shouldn't be a big problem for him to get a county case. Not to mention
I wrote this article very smoothly. Just because he took the county examination this year, several scholars in the county who had some literary names and hoped to get good results in the examination gave up and prepared for next year.
After taking another test, he felt that I was the one who should be the one to lead the case.
The county examination was over, but the government examination had not yet started. Gao Pragmatic took a good rest at home for a day, and planned to take some time the next day to go to the proposed excavation site of Xinzheng Coal Mine to see it in person. Who knew that the county government had already announced the results on that day?
The list of successful candidates in the county test was announced, and copies of all the successful papers were even made and published together with the list to show fairness.
Of course, this operation itself is not uncommon. For example, in talent promotion ceremonies such as provincial examinations and joint examinations, candidates' articles and examiner's comments must be published verbatim to the whole country. However, specifically for the county examination,
Only a few will announce it. The Xinzheng County Lord probably took into account the reputation and strength of the Gao family in Xinzheng and felt that not announcing it might arouse doubts from the outside world, so he made this move.
With the Gao family's family background, it is natural that people have been arranged to "sit down" at the gate of the county government. It is not necessary for Gao Pragmatic to go and check it in person. As soon as the county government's county examination results list was announced, the news came out in less than an hour.
It was passed back to Gao Laozhuang.
Here is a situation: if it was in the Qing Dynasty, if the county magistrate took the government examination and the Taoist examination, regardless of the results, at least he would definitely pass. The reason is that if he did not pass, the county magistrate's face would be ruined.
It's too ugly, because there is a big factor of official protection here; but it was different in the Ming Dynasty. County case leaders could be dismissed in the government examination and Tao examination, so the list of county examination results in the Ming Dynasty was called the round list.
The so-called round list means that the list is in the form of a circle. The name of the first place is written in the center of the circle, and the outside is written clockwise according to the results. There are fifty in one circle. If you get more,
Then write another circle in addition to the first circle, and it must not be arranged horizontally or vertically. This method indicates that the successful list is not the final result yet, and it is still necessary to wait for the prefectural examination and the road examination. However, in northern counties like Xinzheng,
One lap is basically enough.
As expected, in this year's Xinzheng county test mid-round list, the name written at the center of the list is Gao Pragmatic.