The schoolhouse outside the south city was crowded with people, and thousands of scholars were nervous, excited and expectant, and looked forward to it. At this time, there were sounds of gongs and drums coming from the city gate.
"Here! Come!"
People were surging, and the scholars were extremely excited and rushed out of the gate, but were stopped by more than a dozen soldiers. Several officials from the proclaimed list came down to the gate surrounded by the drummers of soldiers. A house had already been set up in front of the gate.
High platform.
Three officials quickly climbed to the platform, and a tall and mighty official in the middle shouted to everyone: "Please be quiet!"
Thousands of scholars suddenly became quiet, and thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the roster in his hand nervously. The official whispered: "The Wuyuan Autumn Examination has officially ended, and the list is now announced, with a total of 5,142 people.
The candidates, the actual reference is 5,115, and a total of 120 people were admitted. The list is as follows!”
"Han Zong, Dali County!"
"Ma Guangcai, Jiuyuan County!"
.........
The official reads from back to front. Every time he reads a name, he cheers. His tone is very heavy, his voice is very loud, and it is very far away. He slowly finished reading the list of 110 people, cheering.
Voices came one after another, but there were more and more disappointed expressions, but everyone still listened patiently. No one would be willing to do so without reading all the list.
"The following are the top ten. Those who pass the exam can be awarded the title of Jinshi. The tenth place is Jie Xiaoyuan, Jinming County, Yan'an County, Jinming County, Wuyuan County, Yuchi Song, and Wuyuan County, and Wei Shiming, the eighth place in Daxing County, Jingzhao Prefecture...
.”
Wei Shiming shouted excitedly and hugged Wei Lun tightly. Wei Lun felt uncomfortable, but forced a smile and said, "Congratulations to the third brother!"
Wei Shiming understood his mood, and also restrained his inner excitement, patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, there are seven people left, you will definitely be there."
Wei Lun lowered his head nervously, with a glimmer of hope, listened to the announcement above, and his name passed by had nothing to do with him, and his heart began to despair.
"The third place is Du Heng, Wannian County, Jingzhao Prefecture!"
Wei Lun heard the three words "Jingzhao Mansion", but behind it was Du Heng of Wannian County. His heart was extremely disappointed. He smiled bitterly in his heart. It seemed that he really had to go to school to be a teacher.
"First place!"
Xuanbang official stopped dramatically, looking at his anxious gaze, he smiled and said loudly: "Wei Lun, Daxing County, Jingzhao Prefecture!"
Wei Lun was still complaining about himself. He suddenly heard his name, was shocked, raised his head and widened his eyes. Did he hear it wrong?
Wei Shiming and several scholars hugged him and threw him up. Everyone cheered, caught Jean, and threw him high into the sky. At this moment, Wei Lun was intoxicated, and he looked at the white clouds in the sky.
Tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes in a daze.
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Although the autumn examination in Wuyuan County is just an examination in a county, it attracted thousands of poor scholars from Guanlong to participate. The momentum is extremely large, and the measures of strict system and equality of scholars and common people have attracted many people's attention.
More importantly, the old prime minister Gao Yang personally served as the chief examiner. After the news reached Luoyang, it immediately caused a sensation in the court and the public.
Although the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel immediately announced that the examination was not recognized without the approval of the court, the denied by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel could not stop people's attention to the Wuyuan County imperial examination.
There is a 20-acre mansion in the northwest corner of Datongfang. This is the residence of the Wei family in the capital of Jingzhao. Wei family is a famous Jingzhao family and one of the representative families of Guanlong gentry. From the Western Han Dynasty to the present, it has reproduced hundreds of them.
In 2019, each house was divided into various branches and the family was huge. In recent decades, the Wei family became strong with the rise of Wei Xiaokuan's first house. Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Shikang and Wei Bing were both famous figures of the Wei family.
However, with the deaths of Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Shikang and Wei Bing, the Wei family has declined a little in recent years. This year, the Wei family encountered another major setback, that is, Wei Shikang's son Wei Fusi participated in Yang Xuangan's rebellion and was killed by a car, which implicated him.
Brother Wei Fuzi was dismissed from office, which also implicated Wei Ji. Originally, Yang Guang was already considering the Wei family's representative to become prime minister, but he gave up because Wei Fusi participated in the rebellion.
At present, the head of Wei family is Wei Ji, the third son of Wei Xiaokuan. Wei Ji is about fifty years old and is appointed as the Minister of the Honglu Temple. Today, when he came back from the court, he locked himself in the study alone. He was a little depressed and no one was afraid.
Know what happened?
In the room, Wei Ji sat at the table and looked through a genealogy. He wanted to find Wei Lun, the first place in the imperial examination in Wuyuan County, and Wei Shiming, the eighth place in Wuyuan. Who are these two people from the Wei family? They actually ran to Wuyuan.
The county was very popular, and even the emperor summoned him and asked him about the situation of these two people.
This made Wei Ji both shocked and angry. He didn't know in advance that there was an imperial examination in Wuyuan County, otherwise he would not allow his clan members to participate. Yang Xuangan had already harmed Wei once. Could his son want to harm Wei again?
Wei Shiming has found it. He is the fifth son of his clan brother Wei Xun. He is a concubine. He is considered a member of the Wei family. However, he can't find Wei Lun. After searching through the genealogy several times, he didn't see it. He suspected that
People are not from the Wei clan.
At this time, the report from the second son Wei Qun came from outside the door, "Father, Brother Fuzi is here."
Wei Ji nodded, "Please come in!"
After a moment, Wei Fuzi walked into the study. Wei Fuzi was Wei Shikang's eldest son and the nephew of the head of the family Wei Ji. He was appointed as the official, but was dismissed because his brother Wei Fusi helped Yang Xuangan rebel.
Wei Fuzi is less than forty years old this year and is steady in his work. He is not as frivolous as his brother Wei Fusi. Although he was removed from office, he has no complaints. Yang Guang could not find any handle to punish him.
He smiled as he entered the door, "I guess Uncle San is now searching for the family tree."
Wei Ji smiled bitterly and closed the genealogy, "You are also here for the imperial examination in Wuyuan County!"
“That’s right!”
The two sat down, and Wei Fuzi asked with a smile: "Did Uncle San find those two?"
Wei Ji sighed, "I found Wei Shiming, who is Wei Xun's fifth son, a concubine, but the first one, Wei Lun, can't be found. Is he a child of Wei?"
Wei Fuzi nodded, "I have found this person. He is indeed a child of Wei, but he is a branch of Guibei."
The Wei family split into two branches during the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. One branch stayed in Jingzhao, called Liubei Branch, and the other branch fled to the south, but later returned to the north, called Guibei Branch, and Liubei Branch became Han and became Han in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
As he gradually entered the power high-level, Wei Xiaokuan was the representative of Liubei Branch, while Guibei Branch gradually declined due to his loss of foundation and mostly became common people. What Wei Ji had just found was the genealogy of Liubei Branch. Listen to Wei Fuzi's
He said that he suddenly realized that he was a child of Guibei Branch, no wonder he couldn't find it.
Wei Fuzi said again: "In fact, his father, the third uncle, may have known him as Wei Aiwu, a former clan scholar, and the teacher who is called the "Blood Ring Ruler."
Wei Ji nodded silently. He knew that there was a family gentleman in the clan school who was extremely strict. Once a child in the clan school made a mistake, he would use a ruler to bleed the other party's palm before he could stop. He was called the "blood ruler". He was very famous.
He has seen it several times.
"It seems that this person died the year before."
"Yes, Wei Aiwu died of illness the previous year. He only had one son and one daughter. His son was Wei Lun. He was extremely filial to his mother and worked as a farmer to make a living. Uncle San said he was a child of the Wei family?"
Wei Ji pondered for a moment, "I can tell the emperor that Wei Lun has nothing to do with the Wei family. After all, he is the North Branch and is too far away from us."
Wei Fuzi shook his head, "I advise my third uncle to admit that they are both children of the Wei family."
Wei Ji is actually a man who has been in the officialdom for a long time. He just wanted to explain to the emperor, so he didn't want to admit these two people. When Wei Fuzi reminded him, Wei Ji immediately reacted and frowned, "You mean, give it to the Wei family."
Leave a way out?”
Wei Fuzi squinted his eyes and smiled, "Don't Uncle Third think that Yang Yuanqing is completely different from his father Yang Xuangan?"
"This son has been a sensible figure in the court for ten years. He was ruthless when he was a young man. Now he is much more steady and has a little skill. He can actually become independent in Fengzhou. With this, I really admire him, unlike him
My father Yang Xuangan is so stupid, but he is so popular recently that he actually expanded his power in the south and pulled Gao Feng out again. He is still a little younger! His ambitions are not restrained enough."
"Uncle San, no matter whether he is ambition or not, the Sui Dynasty has fallen into a state of decline and it is difficult to get up again. We should indeed consider the future for the family. I think Yang Yuanqing will be stronger in the future and is very likely to win the championship.
It is a wise move for him to leave a way out. Anyway, Wei Lun and Wei Shiming are both distant families, not legitimate sons of the main wife, and have nothing to do with the attitude of the third uncle. In the end, the emperor was displeased. We asked Xing to admit that they were children of the Wei family.
This is beneficial and harmless to us, and Wei Lun was recorded as the number one. I think this is Yang Yuanqing sending some signal to our Wei family."
Wei Ji pondered for a moment, and he had to admit that Wei Fuzi could see farther and deeper than himself.
"You're right, that's true!"
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At the beginning of night, in front of Dugu Zhen’s mansion in Kuanzhengfang, it was particularly lively. Today is Dugu Zhen’s youngest son, who is full moon. Dugu Zhen specially set up a full moon banquet to celebrate. His relatives and friends, and colleagues in the court came to celebrate. Lian Xiao
He also specially sent someone to send gifts.
On the steps, Dugu Zhen smiled and thanked everyone who came to congratulate him, most of whom were tribe members and relatives.
"The head of Dugu family is getting stronger and stronger, and his heroism remains the same as before. Congratulations on getting another son!"
These were several colleagues visiting each other, and everyone shook their shoulders affectionately and joked.
"Where! Where! I'm going to have two more sons next year, so you'll be ready to give me another gift!"
Everyone laughed, and Dugu Zhen quickly ordered his family to lead the officials into the mansion. At this time, another carriage was parked in front of Dugu Mansion. Li Yuan got out of the carriage and bowed and smiled: "Congratulations to uncle again."
Get a son!"
The two of them understood the eyes when they touched each other. Didn’t Dugu Zhen’s full moon wine be for Li Yuan?
"Dude, please come in! We haven't seen each other for a long time, so I'll have a good drink."