Spring Drunk Chang'an

Liu Wang'er tried his best and took the exam for nine days. The moment he came out and saw his parents, he didn't even hear a word of comfort and went straight to Tongrentang.

Tong Ren Tang - crowded.

After all, this is the pharmacy closest to the imperial examination room.

Several doctors sitting in the hall were surrounded by parents or servants accompanying the candidates...

All the candidates looked pale and in a disarray.

"Everyone, please sit down first, have a cup of hot tea, take your time and don't be anxious. You can all get a seat today, for sure..." Tong Ren Tang is indeed an old Beijing pharmacy with rich experience.

The "examination of candidates" came every three years, and people had experienced it countless times. Looking at the endless stream of candidates coming in, the head shopkeeper was not panicked at all. He ordered the waiter to bring chairs and make tea, and he entertained them with a kind smile.

The candidates sat in rows and drank hot tea.

Everyone is much quieter and calmer.

The old doctors sat in the clinic, quickly took the patient's pulse and prescribed some tonic medicine to calm the nerves and nourish the body.

Most of the candidates were fine, but there were two who were really weak and had endured for nine days, almost losing their lives. They were admitted to the Tong Ren Tang doctor on the spot.

Liu Wang'er was no exception.

He also received tranquilizing and nourishing medicine, and was told, "Go home and have a good sleep for two days, eat something good..."

Liu Laishun and Liu Ai thanked him repeatedly, and Liu Sanxi carried the medicine bag.

At that time, Liu Wang'er had already fallen asleep, and Liu Chang'an held his arm.

The family happily returned to Ju Ning Alley...

They also asked Liu Wang'er, "How did you do on the exam?"

Liu Wang'er touched his head and replied naively, "It's fine~~"

They laughed and agreed.

Liu Sanxi added, "Brother, when you become the top scorer in the imperial examination, I want to watch you parade on horseback in the most luxurious restaurant..."

Afterwards, no one put pressure on Liu Wanger anymore.

The exams are over, there is no point in saying those things, just let your children rest happily.

Of course, they really didn't hold out much hope. They thought that Liu Wang'er would pass the exam, so they just thought that this would give the child some experience so that they could keep trying three years later.

Liu Wang'er slept soundly for a few days, then copied out his imperial examination essay and sent it to the Prince of Cheng'en and Zhang Wanqing.

The two looked at it and didn't say much.

Obviously the reviews weren't very good.

Liu Wang'er felt a little disappointed, but he also understood that the other person's generations of foundation and ten years of hard study were not something he could catch up with in just over a year of effort. Therefore, after adjusting his mood for a few days, he let the matter go and prepared to continue studying hard and try again in three years.

however……

To everyone's surprise, when the Jinshi exam results were announced, Liu Chengjin's name was ranked first...

The last one.

At the end of the Jinshi exam, the last one.

He is that 'Sun Shan'!!

"I, I passed the exam?"

Liu Wang'er, who had not gone to the number room to check the list but stayed at home to rest, was stunned by the yamen runner who came to announce the "good news".

"No way? Did you send it to the wrong person?"

"Is it really me?"

Liu Wang'er couldn't believe it.

"It's impossible that it was sent to the wrong person, Mr. Liu, thank you!" The yamen runners congratulated with a smile and waited silently.

Liu Wang'er stared at them in a daze.

At a loss.

Since someone came to announce the good news, he should have been rewarded with silver, but he didn't expect that he would pass the exam and was not prepared at all.

The Liu family also looked at each other in confusion.

They didn't expect it either.

It was Liu Changan again, who was used to staying in the main courtyard. He habitually prepared a few reward money sachets in his hands. He hurried back to the room, dug out a few silver leaves and stuffed them into the sachets. He handed them to the yamen runners with a smile and replied a few words, "Congratulations, everyone, please have a rest..."

The bailiffs accepted it with a smile and completed their mission.

Well, Liu Wanger's name was named 'Sun Shan', the last one. He finished sending the good news here, and the task of the yamen runners in this exam was successfully completed.

They left.

Liu Family: ...

We stood in the yard, staring at each other for a full quarter of an hour.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!” Liu Sanxi suddenly screamed, her originally small eyes widening to three times their original size. She leaped up and pounced directly on Liu Wanger, hugging his head and shouting in shock: “Hit, hit, hit, hit!!!”

"Second brother, you got it!!"

"You are a Jinshi! You are going to be an official! Heaven, earth, father, mother, we, our family will also be an official family!!"

"I, I am also the sister of a high-ranking official!!"

“Hahahahahahahahahaha, I’m good again, I’m so good!!!”

"San, Sanxi, I am a fellow Jinshi, and I was the last one to pass the exam. It's not easy to become an official. Even if I do, I'll only be a small seventh-rank official, and it won't be easy to stay in the capital!"

Liu Wang'er reminded quietly.

The eyes are sparkling.

The capital city - the foot of the emperor. Those who can become officials here are either extremely talented, who can get the top three places in the imperial examination or the top ten in the second class, and then they can enter the Hanlin Academy and be extremely noble; or they have an outstanding background, with a powerful family member, a noble, or a relative of the third or fourth rank or above, who can also stay in the six ministries.

Even if the family is wealthy, if they act properly and pay enough "tribute", they can enter the six ministries at will, and at the very least they can go to a wealthy county town and become a parent.

However, Liu Wang'er thought he had nothing.

So the fate of this "Sun Shan" is either to wait for a job in the government office he likes, or to be assigned to a job. There is a 90% chance that he will be assigned to a remote and poor village as a county magistrate.

After all, he was a Jinshi and passed the imperial examination. The seventh-rank county magistrate was the bottom line.

There will be no lower official position.

"I'm probably going to play it outside!"

Liu Wang'er speculated and anticipated his future very realistically.

but……

Still happy from the bottom of my heart.

He was born in a wealthy family. A year and a half ago, he was a slave who was beaten and scolded at will. Now he has passed the imperial examination and can become an official.

Do you care whether the official is high-ranking or not? Or whether he is transferred to a foreign post?

No no no no!

If he could pass the exam, the smoke from his ancestral grave would already be emitting sparks! !

"I'll go and ask my wife if there's a way out. Or maybe we can just redeem Wang'er. Wherever Wang'er takes up a position, our whole family will follow him!"

Liu Ai was so excited that her breathing was rapid. She paced back and forth in the room.

The soles of my shoes are almost worn thin.

Liu Changan's red lips opened wide, her pupils contracted, and she stood there blankly, listening to her sister screaming for a long time. She finally came to her senses and realized that her brother had really passed the exam.

"Mom, let's quickly find someone to tell Prince Song and Master Zhang the good news. Wang'er passed the exam, thanks to their guidance. Let's go and ask them, oh, no, no, no, let's take Wang'er with us and kowtow to them..."

It is both a way of saying thank you and an expression of gratitude.

Song Jicheng was the prince of Cheng'en, and Zhang Changqing was a minister of the Eastern Palace.

Zhang Changqing is not so good, but Song Chengji is one of the most important officials in the court. If he is willing to talk, Liu Wang'er can stay in Beijing smoothly.

"And Madam, I have to tell her the good news too!"

"Yes, yes, I have to announce the good news. Hahahaha, Laishun, go and prepare the gifts..."