Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 152 Chapter 0147 [Catch the son-in-law under the list]

As soon as it was dawn, the scholars rushed out.

Everyone rushed to the outside of the tribute courtyard, but it was a pity that they were still late.

There are more people watching the list today than in the exam that day, and the entire street was blocked.

There were even some wealthy businessmen who brought their servants directly.They are here to snatch people, not to take away the winners forcibly against the wishes of the scholars, but to compete with their peers for the "son-in-law"!
Bai Sheng, Gu San and other attendants carried their sticks to clear the way, shouting along the way: "Quickly, quickly, let's look at the list!"

Seeing that they were all candidates for the exam and the idlers standing in front of them, they very consciously gave way to a narrow passage.

After waiting for a long time, finally there were officials surrounded by subordinate staff, and they squeezed in with difficulty to post the yellow list.

The first list posted has more than 100 names.

Shi Biao was completely illiterate, so he could only stand outside the crowd, holding the cornucopia and waiting in a daze.

However, after several days of reading, Bai Sheng saw "Zhu Ming" at the bottom of the list at a glance, and immediately shouted excitedly: "I got it, my husband got it!"

"Who wins? Who wins?"

In an instant, more than a dozen rich merchants crowded here frantically with their servants.

Officials and eunuchs will also catch sons-in-law at the bottom of the list, but basically they only catch the top three.Although there is no palace examination yet, and there is no grade A, but most of the top three rankings in the provincial examination are better.

Only those wealthy businessmen are hungry, even the old man wants it.

As the saying goes: After reading a hundred loads of documents, you will get a green shirt when you grow old.The matchmaker asked Yu how old he was, 40 33 years ago.

The wealthy businessman who was the first to squeeze in surrounded Ju Ming with his family members, and explained the situation quickly: "Sir, my family lives in Chenliu, not far from Tokyo. There are thousands of acres of fertile land and two businesses. There are more than 17 shops. My daughter is [-] years old this year. She is virtuous and virtuous, and she is as beautiful as a flower. If the husband is willing to marry, he will marry with [-] acres of fertile land and three shops!"

Another wealthy businessman squeezed in and said disdainfully: "What kind of country is Chenliu? He dares to come to Tokyo to beg for food. My husband, my family is in Tokyo city. Although I don't have any land, I have a hotel in Tokyo. So does my eldest son-in-law." He was born as a Jinshi, and has been released as the county magistrate of Yangcheng, and my brother is still an official in Dingtao. If my husband marries a daughter, he will also have a support in the officialdom."

"My family has a goods store in Tokyo, which is worth more than that broken hotel. My brother-in-law is Cao Cao, a Puzhou scholar!" Another wealthy businessman rushed over.

At this moment, dozens of scholars shouted one after another: "I've won, I've won!"

The wealthy merchants who had rushed towards Ju Ming turned away one after another and surrounded those scholars.

Bai Chongyan's book boy suddenly cheered, as for Bai Chongyan himself, he looked at Huang Bang in disbelief.He won, No.6 from the bottom.

Li Hanzhang couldn't find his name, and he was anxious and looking forward to it, maybe his ranking was higher.

The second list was posted, but there was still no Li Hanzhang.

Min Zishun cheered and shouted, he failed four times in a row, this time he finally won!
There were also wealthy businessmen surrounding him. Min Zishun was usually quite serious, but now he joked happily: "I came from a humble background, and it would be a blessing if I can climb the ladder of wealth. Just wait, everyone, I will write a letter to my family and go back. Discuss with Zhuo Jing. If she agrees, I will marry again."

"Hahahaha!"

The people around burst into laughter, and those wealthy businessmen stopped pestering and hurriedly looked for the next prey.

The three wealthy businessmen who blocked Ju Ming were about to fight.

Ju Ming cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I have a marriage contract."

A wealthy businessman from Chenliu said: "The engagement can be dissolved, and if it is not married for three years, it will be automatically voided. There are still a few years left, and my youngest daughter can afford to wait. Come and take the young man away!"

This guy is a local tyrant from Chen Liu, and he brought so many servants that he couldn't wait to snatch them away.

Seeing six servants rushing forward, Zhu Ming kicked out immediately, kicking the one in front until he bent over and cried out in pain.Then he punched out another fist, knocking out the second servant on the spot.

The remaining four servants were too frightened to move, and looked at Zhu Ming stupidly.

"Get out!" Ju Ming shouted.

Bai Sheng immediately bragged: "My elder brother led troops to suppress bandits. One shot at a time, he killed eight hundred bandits with their helmets and armor removed!"

The three wealthy merchants, fearing Ju Ming's force, chose to give up one after another, and turned to catch other tributes.

Suddenly there was a scream from the crowd: "This old man is 56 years old, and his two sons are already married... Hurry up and let go, the sleeves are torn... What a shame, what a shame!"

Someone else said: "Don't worry, old man. My daughter is eighteen this year. She is a good match for my husband. If she gets married, she will be filial to her uncle."

Poor old man, he was carried away by his servant.

The scholar who was not yet sure that he had won the list, shed tears of envy on the spot.

The third yellow list was posted, and there was still no name of Yangzhou scholar, Li Hanzhang became more and more anxious.

The fourth yellow list is still missing.

The fifth and last one, after reading Li Hanzhang's, lost his mind instantly.

Ten scholars from Yangzhou, including Li Hanzhang, had a total of eleven, and three of them were admitted in the provincial examination: Zhu Ming was the last one, Bai Chongyan was the last one, and Min Zishun was the 190th one.

Li Hanzhang, Ling Guxu, Wang Chang and others... all failed.

In the entire Lizhou Road, no one passed the exam.

Qin Hui looked at the list, his body was trembling, his ranking was extremely high, No.17.

The dignitaries have already started to take action, united to drive away the wealthy businessmen, and asked each of the winners about the specific situation.

"Mr. Silang, this man is not married yet, and his age is very suitable. He even passed the Provincial Examination No. 17!" a servant shouted.

Wang Zhongao rushed to Qin Hui: "You really never married a wife?"

Not knowing the details of this person, Qin Hui was a little apprehensive, and replied, "I haven't married a wife, nor have I had a marriage contract."

Wang Zhongao asked again: "How old is it?"

Qin Hui replied: "25 years old."

Wang Zhongao asked again: "Who else is in the family?"

Qin Hui replied: "My father passed away early and was a county magistrate. There is also my mother and younger brother, who live in my uncle's house."

Wang Zhongao looked at Qin Hui carefully, and the more he looked, the more he was satisfied: "It's you, take it back!"

Qin Hui exclaimed: "Wait a minute, wait a moment, dare to ask who is your honor?"

Wang Zhongao asked his servants to carry Qin Hui away, and then he said, "My father is the Duke of Wang Yugui, haven't you heard of it?"

Qin Hui, who was still struggling at first, was overjoyed when he heard that he could be the grandson-in-law of the late prime minister: "Father-in-law let go of son-in-law, and son-in-law just agrees."

In this way, Qin Hui became Li Qingzhao's cousin-in-law.

As for Qin Hui and Cai Jing's brother-in-law, this is mostly unofficial nonsense.

First, there are no official history and epitaph records; second, the age difference is too great; third, after Qin Huizhong became a Jinshi, he was not supported by Cai Jing.

Qin Hui paid a visit to his father-in-law here, and then went to greet Zhu Ming and others, and congratulated each other on high school.

After this guy left, Li Hanzhang said sourly: "It's really enviable for a poor family to become the grandson-in-law of the prime minister in a blink of an eye."

Zhu Ming smiled and said nothing, only Qin Hui and the Wang family, Jin Bing came and all traitors.

Ling Gu Xu cupped his fists and said, "Congratulations to the three of you!"

Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan, and Min Zishun returned the salute at the same time, and other scholars from the same village also came to congratulate.

Facing everyone's envious gazes, Zhu Ming comforted him: "There is still the imperial examination yet to pass, if you still rank at the bottom, I don't know how many years will be wasted, it doesn't matter if you get a Jinshi or not."

This is the truth. Jinshi in the middle and early Northern Song Dynasty only admitted three to 400 people in each session.

During Song Zhezong's reign, the number broke through to more than 500 people.

When Song Huizong came to power, the empress dowager was in power, and only more than 500 people were admitted.

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty came to power, the number of Jinshi was overwhelmed in an instant. 671 people were admitted in the first session, and 731 people were admitted in the second session. The number of Jinshi increased wildly.

The Jinshi Jia rank has also increased from only the third class to the fourth and fifth class.

After passing the Jinshi examination, there is also a pass examination.

Only after passing the test can he be employed.

Nowadays, with more people and fewer officials, it is becoming more and more difficult to confer and promote officials.

It is very lucky for Xinke Jinshi to be released as a county lieutenant.

Many Jinshi can only be teachers of state studies, and they have been doing it for several years.

If you do well in the Guan exam, you can become the principal of the state school, but you may not move for many years.

For example, Qin Hui has been the principal for eight years.

The Guangnan scholar Lin Xun I met when I set up a stall was even worse. He had been the principal for ten years.

Li Hanzhang was depressed for a while because he failed the ranking, but at this time he also figured it out, and said freely: "Don't worry about success, with the strategy of a good brother, you will definitely get a first or second grade in the palace examination."

"Haha, I hope." Zhu Ming laughed.

The palace examination is really black, and it belongs to the hardest hit area of ​​imperial examination fraud.

Historically, in the next imperial examination, the emperor took the lead in cheating.

Song Huizong's favorite son was Jia Wang Zhao Kai, who knew everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Song Huizong felt that this son was like himself, and even moved to change the prince.

A prince in his teens actually went to take part in the imperial examination, and was directly selected as the number one scholar.

It is estimated that Song Huizong felt that it was too outrageous. After his son's first roll call, he ordered to change No.2 to No. [-], and his son was demoted to second place.

Don't think that being the king of Jia and Zhao Kai stole the limelight, it seems that the number one scholar will be miserable.This guy is a "official man", who can directly become an official by virtue of his father's favor, and can be awarded a higher official position after being admitted to Jinshi.

This is the first time since the founding of the Song Dynasty that an "official person" won the number one scholar.

Moreover, No.3 is also "an official".

In other words, the next palace examination will be the darkest moment of the Song Dynasty imperial examination.

Among the top three, one is the prince and the other two are "officials".The whole thing has a special background, who would believe it if he didn't cheat?

Song Huizong and his favorites broke through the lower limit again and again.

Go back to the inn, drink and celebrate, some are happy and some are sad.

Li Hanzhang found Zhu Ming alone and chatted: "Oh, the world is impermanent. My usual articles have always been better than Brother Juncai. This time he passed the exam, but I lost my name in Sun Shan. It is time and fate. I don't plan to take the exam again. My father There is a family friend who is a general in Huangzhou. Now that there is a war in the northwest, I plan to go to Uncle Shi, and maybe I can get some military merits."

"A sword has no eyes, but brother Zhen be careful." Zhu Ming reminded.

"Haha, if you die, you will be considered unlucky." Li Hanzhang laughed.

This guy really likes the military, and it would be nice to go to the military for a while, anyway, he can take the exam again in the future.Even if you become a general, you can take the imperial examination and be transferred to a civil servant.

This time, three people were selected in the Yangzhou Scholars Examination. Zhu Ming was an accident, and Bai Chongyan was also brought out by Ju Ming.Min Zishun was the only one who really won the Jinshi based on his own ability, which fits the basic situation of Yangzhou - one Jinshi has been awarded in more than 20 years.

Zhu Ming has already decided that if he passes the test and is assigned to be the principal or teacher, he will go directly back to Daming Village to count the ball.

(End of this chapter)