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"I'm coming"

Not far away, several officials strode over under the escort of a team of officials.

The answer is about to be revealed.

The hearts of all the candidates also began to "thump".

Although they have already gone through the township test, the standard of this test is too high, who doesn't want to go to the next level?

With eyes full of anticipation and apprehension, the list was finally posted on the east wall.

Almost everyone's eyes are on the most eye-catching part of the list

"That's great, brother Gu, you are the leader of Jinke!"

With Ma Yun yelling loudly, the scene boiled instantly.

After all, Gu Ming's name is too famous.

In this exam, many candidates privately bet on whether he can pass high school.

Now there is no suspense.

Those who are admitted in the general examination are called Gongshi, and No.1 is Huiyuan.

Gongshi can only be regarded as the vice list of Jinshi, and they must wait until after the palace examination before they can be officially promoted to Jinshi.

In principle, the palace examination will not fail the rankings, but only ranks, such as the number one scholar, third place, and second place.

Unless some of the candidates cheated and performed too poorly in the imperial examination, then the consequences would be serious. Not only would the cheaters be punished severely, but the co-examiners behind the scenes would also have to find out and deal with them severely.

Therefore, there are very few cheaters in the test, because the risk is too great.

"Congratulations to Gu Jieyuan, no, no, now it's time to call Gu Huiyuan."

"If you want to be the number one in high school, that is the three yuan in a row, which will create a precedent in this dynasty"

Lianzhong Sanyuan means winning consecutive championships in the township examination, general examination, and palace examination, and obtaining the titles of Jieyuan, Huiyuan, and Number One Scholar.

Since ancient times, there have not been many Lianzhong Sanyuan people, at least in the hundreds of years since the founding of the dynasty, there has never been a Lianzhong Sanyuan situation.

There are quite a few people who have won the double prize, and some of them have won the first prize and the first prize, but missed the first prize.

Some won the first prize, but didn't win the first prize, and then won the first prize.

Some didn't win the Jieyuan, but won the Huiyuan and the champion.

Now, Gu Ming has already won two yuan, plus the hand-picked Jieyuan before, so in the eyes of many candidates, the number one winner is probably not a big problem.

It really makes people feel conflicted, envious, jealous, and hated!

Especially Jieyuan from various provinces like Qiao Yongjin and others felt even more complicated when they saw Gu Ming winning the championship again.

After all, they are also ambitious.

Although there is still a chance to win the imperial examination, most of the ambitions before coming to Beijing have been wiped out.

The important thing is that they now know that the vision during the test was caused by Gu Ming.

Based on this alone, they are hard to beat.

It's just that all the examinees couldn't guess that the process of grading papers this time can be described as full of twists and turns.

According to the rules of the imperial examination, after the papers are collected, the "examination of the school with unknown names" will be implemented.

That is to say, the examinee's name, place of origin and other personal information are covered with blank paper, and then stamped with a seam seal, so as to avoid the examiner's malpractice.

If necessary, even all the test papers have to be transcribed again, so that it is useless to recognize the handwriting.

However, there were almost no rules for copying documents in the current dynasty, and only obfuscated names were implemented.

But even with a vague name, Gu Ming's test paper was still recognized by the chief examiners and fellow examiners.

Mainly because of the three-character scripture.

This matter has already spread in the capital, and they were in the examination room at the time, so it felt more intuitive, and they believed that the three-character scripture was written by Gu Ming.

In this way, those examiners who are dissatisfied with Gu Ming will naturally have the opportunity to suppress him, deliberately suppressing his test paper and not recommending it.

According to the consistent marking rules, the examination papers should be reviewed and recommended by the marking personnel first.

Then hand it over to the same examiner for marking.

If the same examiner is satisfied, he will approve the word "take", and finally hand over the test papers approved by "take" to several examiners.

If the examiner is also satisfied, he will give a "middle" on the test paper, which means he has been admitted.

As a result, Gu Ming's test paper happened to be assigned to a fellow examiner who was dissatisfied with him, and he was directly suppressed.

However, Feng Yun, the chief examiner, had been paying attention to Gu Ming's test paper. Seeing that the marking was almost over, but he didn't see Gu Ming's test paper, he guessed that someone might have suppressed it.

Ever since, he proposed to review the papers.

This is a reasonable request, after all, the examiner has the right to review.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yonglin made a hindrance, deliberately asking people to take out other failed test papers to delay the time

Unexpectedly, at this time, the emperor sent someone to pass the oral order, asking to call out the test paper with the Three Character Classic written on it, saying that he would look it up in person.

Now, Qiu Yonglin had no choice but to obediently hand over Gu Ming's test paper.

After the test papers were sent to the palace, but they were not sent back, the emperor sent an oral order to select Gu Ming as Hui Yuan.

Of course, this time it was not hand-picked, it was equivalent to meddling in the marking process.

Although it is against the rules, is the rule more important than the imperial power?

If someone dares to say that the rules are too high, the emperor can order to change the rules on the spot, and then drag those who raised objections to beheaded.

Chapter 196 The final step of the imperial examination: palace examination!

Some people are really happy and some are worried about this announcement.

After all, one out of ten candidates can be said to be talented. How easy is it to get on the list?

"Oh, I failed again"

A white-haired old man let out a long sigh, bent his body and walked away in disappointment, his back looked extremely desolate.

The participants in the examination are generally older, and there are many people in their 50s and [-]s. After all, it is not an easy task to win the exam itself.

"Hahaha, how did I hit it?"

Not long after, Ma Yun unexpectedly found his name in the list and couldn't help laughing.

At the same time, Xu Jiaying and Liu Qiangxi looked depressed.

Because they both failed.

Although it was expected, seeing Ma Yun on the list, I was still a little bit disappointed.

"Congratulations brother Yun!"

Ma Yun was overjoyed: "Hahaha, we are all happy together, my little brother is treating you tonight, let's have a good drink!"

Before, Ma Yun had always held the mentality of indifference, generally just to join in the fun.

Unexpectedly, the willows and willows will become shades unintentionally, and the mood will naturally be doubly more comfortable.

"Congratulations, Brother Ma!"

"Congratulations!"

Liu Qiangxi and the two adjusted their mentality, and both stepped forward to congratulate.

"Brother Xu, Brother Liu, don't be discouraged, come again next time."

"Yes, you two, don't give up!"

Gu Ming also stepped forward to comfort him.

Back at the inn, Gu Ming immediately wrote a letter to Nie Xiaoqian to tell her the good news.

That night, a group of four found a place to drink and get drunk.

On the second day, the atmosphere in the capital began to become subtle.

The list has been announced, and people from all walks of life have heard the news, including candidates who have been on the list and started to visit each other.

After all, once you step into an official career in the future, how can you lose all kinds of connections?

Needless to say, Gu Ming, there is an endless stream of people who come to visit every day

Guobei County.

"Hee hee, our uncle is going to be an official too."

"The master is also an official, so in the future, if the master sees the son-in-law, will he also be called an adult?"

"Uncle has become an official, what should I call him outside in front of other people?"

"Ying Ning, you are so smart, why can't you say a word?"

In the courtyard, Yu'er had nothing to say, chattered non-stop while holding Ying Ning, and would unscrew Ying Ning's ears from time to time.

In this family, she can only bully Yingning.

Ying Ning was very helpless, looking at Nie Xiaoqian pitifully.

However, Nie Xiaoqian didn't have time to pay attention to it, holding the letter from Gu Ming in her hand, reading it over and over again

In fact, long before Gu Ming's family letter arrived, Nie Hongshu had already received the news. When he learned about his son-in-law's high school, he naturally told his daughter immediately.

However, Nie Xiaoqian still felt pleasantly surprised and excited when she received the letter written by Ailang himself.

I read every word so intently that I can never get enough of it.

In the past two days, the news of Gu Ming's high school Huiyuan has spread all over Guobei County, and many people have come to congratulate him.

Including Nie Hongshu, they were greeted and sent off almost every day.

Those who came to congratulate him included local squires, higher-level officials, lower-level palace officials, and even classmates who hadn't contacted for more than ten years.

The Xing Study Room was overcrowded, and many scholars came here out of luck.

The prefect of Jinhua specially wrote a letter to Nie Hongshu himself. In the letter, he greatly praised Nie Hongshu's political achievements, and said that he would definitely report to the imperial court and record his achievements, etc.

This is casting a net in advance.

After all, once Gu Ming is the number one scholar in high school, he must be a Beijing official.

Nie Hongshu, as Master Taishan, can he not be honored?At that time, Weng and his son-in-law will be officials in the same dynasty, which is not a bad story.

"Yuer"

"Miss, what's the matter?"

Yu'er immediately ignored Yingning, threw it on the ground and ran to the young lady excitedly to ask.

"I want to write back to my uncle, do you have anything to say to my uncle?"

"Yes, yes, of course!"

Yuer nodded excitedly.

"What?"

"Yeah." Yu'er tilted her head and thought for a while, then pouted and said, "A lot, a lot."

Nie Xiaoqian was speechless: "Pick up the key points, and talk about those commonplace things when I get back."

"Oh"

Yu'er responded, thought for a while, and finally said with a hopeful face: "Then please miss write a sentence for Yu'er, son, you must be admitted to the first prize."

Inadvertently, the day of the palace examination arrived.

On this day, the heavens are beautiful.

It was just dawn, and more than 200 candidates entered the palace under the guidance of special personnel, and walked towards the Taixiang Hall.

This is Gu Ming's first time entering the palace.

Of course, the same is true for all the candidates.

When we came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the open space outside was already filled with tables, and a certain distance was kept between each table.