marquis of jingan

Chapter 286: Will try to release the rankings!

On the [-]th day of April in the seventh year of Hongde, Shen Yi took on a new job in the newspaper department of the mansion.

The general content is that the imperial court is about to send out the imperial army to help the Huaihe Navy defend against Hu Qi, and ask Shen Yi to write an inspiring article, which will be published in the subsequent residence newspaper.

At this moment, there are only five days left before the exam will be released.

After Shen Yi got the materials from the Mansion News Agency, he didn't say much, but sat silently in the study, and it took only one day to hand in the Mansion News manuscript.

This issue of Di Bao, he wrote very seriously.

Because he is also from Chen Guo, he wants to do something for the court.

After the manuscript was handed in, Shen Yi had no way to inquire about the news about the war. After all, he was still a common man, and he had no way to know the military secrets of the imperial court.

Since there was no way to participate, Shen Yi simply pretended not to know, still read and composed every day, occasionally went to Liquan Building to borrow and return books, and had a drink with Zhao Er in the past few days.

It's a pity that Zhao Er didn't know about the war in the court, and Shen Yi didn't get any news about the war from him.

It is worth mentioning that the discussion about the war in Jiankang City has been very intense these days. There are discussions about this matter in restaurants and teahouses. Most Jiankang people are optimistic about this war.

Because since Emperor Xianzong, the people of Qi haven't fought Jianglai for many years.

Even though the first emperor suffered several defeats in Lianghuai when he was alive, as long as he turned into a defensive stance, the Huaihe Navy was still quite strong.

But even so, the rice price in Jiankang has been affected to some extent. As the actual capital of Chen State, the rice price in Jiankang is already higher than that in other places. When the news of the war came, the price had risen to four or five Wen a catty.

Fortunately, this kind of increase is generally controllable, and the government did not intervene. However, some sensitive people still started to stockpile grain, which caused the price of Jiankang rice to fluctuate again. In the past few days, grain and rice have been sent into the city from all major city gates. , There was also a long queue at the entrance of the rice line and grain store.

As the days passed, time soon came to April [-]th.

April [-]th is the day when the exam will be released, because it is the season when the apricot blossoms are in bloom, so it is also called the apricot list.

At this moment, it was late spring, and the weather was not only no longer cold, but even slightly hot, but it was still cold in the morning and evening, and the temperature difference between day and night was huge.

This morning, when the sky just dawned, Shen Yi was woken up by two little maids, who chirped to help Shen Yi get dressed, and then waited for him to wash. After washing, Qing'er looked Shen Yi up and down, and smiled. Said: "Today, I'm going to release the list. I heard that someone else's Master Juren couldn't sleep the whole night yesterday, but our young master slept soundly."

In fact, Shen Yi was also quite nervous.

After all, this is also one of the turning points in his life. At least it will determine the direction of his life for the next three years. He can't help but be excited. Last night he lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He barely fell asleep until the middle of the night. I slept for about two hours, and after being woken up, I had two big dark circles under my eyes.

Shen Yi was very sleepy at the moment, and said helplessly: "Otherwise, I won't look at the list. If I win, someone will come to my house to announce the good news. Add blockage."

"It's still early, let's sneak a look."

Ping'er stood on the right side of Shen Yi, and said with a light smile, "If we win, we'll hurry back and wait for the reward for the good news. If we don't win, we'll accompany you to have breakfast, as if we haven't been there before."

With a sullen face, Qing'er glanced at Ping'er, and became angry: "Why is the little girl talking so badly? Our son is rich and rich, how could he not win?"

These two little girls witnessed Shen Yi's efforts with their own eyes.

For half a year in a row last year, Shen Yi basically did not rest for a day. He was either reading or writing every day. It is not too much to say that he is a model worker.

While talking, Shen Yi had already packed up, and Shen Ling, who usually likes to sleep long, got up early and waited outside.

Seeing Shen Yi walking out, the third child of the Shen family grabbed Shen Yi's arm and said impatiently, "When is it? Why is the seventh child so slow!"

Shen Yi was dragged by his arm and left the house, followed by the two little maids. After locking the door, they caught up with the two brothers with small steps.

Shen Yi was dragged for more than ten steps, feeling a little helpless: "Third brother, relax, it doesn't matter whether you win or not today."

Shen Ling glanced at Shen Yi, and said angrily: "Hearing what you said, it seems like I announced the list today!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, the future of the Shen family might be today!"

The list is released today, and the text of the list is pasted at the gate of the Gongyuan.

The place where Shen Yi lived was not too far from the Gongyuan, and the two brothers got up early, but even so, when they arrived at the gate of the Gongyuan, there was still a crowd outside the gate of the Gongyuan.

Before Shen Yi reached the Gongyuan, he saw the huge crowd of people and retreated in spite of the difficulties.

He pulled Shen Ling's arm, and sighed: "Third brother, why don't we go home and wait, when there is no good news in the afternoon, we can go back and wait for another three years."

Shen Ling frowned, and said: "How can you retreat from such a big matter of publishing the rankings?"

"The people here are not much different from when the crime happened in Jiangdu. Don't be afraid, just squeeze through."

Shen Yi nodded helplessly, looked back at the two maidservants, and said, "There are too many people here, so you two should not be crowded here, so as not to be taken advantage of by others, go home and watch, maybe the happy news will be delivered soon Home is here."

The two little maids looked at the crowd and could only nod their heads in agreement. Qing'er smiled sweetly at Shen Yi: "Young Master, don't worry, your title on the apricot list is only today."

The two little maids have different personalities, Ping'er is more playful, while Qing'er is relatively stable and likes to say auspicious words.

Shen Yi nodded, arranged for the two little maids to leave, and then he followed Shen Ling and squeezed towards the entrance of the Gongyuan.

However, there were too many people, the two of them squeezed together for a long time before they managed to advance ten or so steps, and there was still a long distance to the main entrance of the Gongyuan.

At this moment, in the noisy crowd, Shen Yi heard a person calling out his name.

"Congratulations to Gusu Mansion Xie Quan Xie Master High School Huiyuan!"

With this loud singing, there was a sudden exclamation.

Huiyuan, that is, the first name in the examination!
According to the usual practice, after the chief examiner has selected the Huiyuan, he will enter the palace examination, and the emperor will give the two presidents a face. Unless the Huiyuan commits suicide, his ranking in the palace examination will not be too low.

There is a high probability of entering the first class, that is, the top three.

It is even very likely that he is the number one scholar in this subject!

Cao Qian, the number one scholar in the previous criminal record, is the master of the examination.

While everyone was exclaiming, the two brothers of the Shen family finally squeezed to the forefront and saw the list of candidates on the wall!
Five sheets of bright red paper were pasted on the wall, with eye-catching black characters written on the red paper, and about forty names were written on each sheet.

At this moment, the two brothers of the Shen family held their breath.

They looked at the first list!

The one ranked first is Xie Quan from Gusu Mansion.

And on this first piece of paper, there is no Shen Yi's name.

Although Shen Yi was already mentally prepared, he still felt a little bit disappointed in his heart.

He looked at the second piece of paper again, there were forty names densely packed on the second piece of paper, and Shen Yi read carefully from beginning to end.

nor…

Just when Shen Yi frowned, Shen Ling who was beside him suddenly jumped up and yelled!
"Hey, hit! Hit!"

He pointed to the list with his finger, his face flushed with excitement, and he kept patting Shen Yi's shoulder with his hands, his voice was extremely loud.

"Hit it! My Qilang has won it!"

It was the first time for Shen Yi to see his third brother lose his composure like this.

But even if he lost his composure, the people next to him still cast envious glances at him.

Shen Yi took a deep breath, looked in the direction of Shen Ling's finger, and saw the last digit on the third piece of red paper, with five characters written correctly.

Jiangdu Prefecture…

Shen Yi.

(End of this chapter)