Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 293 Unveiling the List
Thinking of this, Hai Wenren was worried about Han Zhang's next advice.

Han Zhang didn't know this. After Hai Wenren left, Han Zhang picked up the article again and read it carefully.

At that time, Xianggong Fan served as the Deputy Envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy and Comfort. He was the envoy of Shaanxi's pacification. He and Xianggong Fan sent troops to defend Xixia. They were quite prestigious in the army. People called him "Han Fan" together with Xianggong Fan.

After Xixia requested peace, he was transferred back to Bianjing and served as deputy envoy to the Privy Council.

With the experience of defending Xixia, and the fact that the Privy Council was in charge of the mobilization of troops and horses in the world, Han Zhang knew the military very well.

At that time, Grand Prime Minister Fan proposed to capture Hehuang and besiege Xixia, but it was still aborted because the officials were bent on reform.

But Han Zhang has often studied the situation in Xixia over the years.

He can naturally see that what is written in this article is very feasible.

Just thinking about the official's attitude, Han Zhang sighed.

In recent years, the officials have adopted a defensive attitude towards Liao and Xixia. It is basically impossible to persuade the officials to take the initiative to send troops.

"Why haven't you posted a list yet?"

Anyway, after what Liu Xuewen said, Li An no longer had much hope of winning the championship.

However, he already knew that the article was written by a student of this provincial examination, and he could find out after checking it.

Just as he was about to ask who wrote it, Hai Wenren was called away.

But the person who can write such an article is indeed a talent.

"Can this be the same?"

The best way is to have some literati who are familiar with military matters like Grand Xianggong Fan and others.

Because the list is usually issued on Yin day or Chen day, and Yin belongs to tiger and Chen belongs to dragon, so the list is called "Dragon and Tiger list".

Thinking of this, Han Zhang became more determined to make a statement as soon as possible and let the officials decide on the candidate for the crown prince.

Han Zhang was a man of letters, so he naturally agreed with the Song Dynasty's national policy of emphasizing literature over military affairs.

"Mom, I just said don't come. Anyway, if you are really hit, you can't run away." Li An and Desheng protected their parents while resisting the crowd.

Moreover, now that the crown prince is undecided and people's thoughts are stirring, it is not an opportunity to send troops.

"It's not your fault. I told you to come early. You insisted on saying it was early, but you came late and couldn't get a good seat." Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes at Li An.

Mrs. Liu glared at Li An and continued to jump to look.

When there are fewer people in the afternoon, just ask Desheng to come and take a look.

"It's already the day when the list is announced. It's a given that you won't win. It doesn't matter if you look at it later." Li An retorted.

Outside the east wall of the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites, there was a sea of ​​people. The dragon and tiger lists were covered with red silk. A group of government officials blocked the crowd of onlookers from more than ten steps away. Mrs. Liu kept jumping to look around, a little anxiously.

Therefore, he developed an appreciation for the person who wrote this article.

However, he also knew that most literati were not familiar with military affairs, and it was very inappropriate for laymen to command experts.

Today is the day when the provincial examination results are released. Li An knows that there must be many people coming to see the results, so he doesn't want to come over immediately.

……

Her current mood is like buying a lottery ticket and hoping for the winner.

Naturally, she wants to know the result as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the more torture it will be for her.

"I'm coming!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the person in front, and the crowd immediately became commotion.

Li An is now close to 1.8 meters tall, which was considered tall in ancient times.

Although there were many people in front of him, they could not block his view.

I saw an official wearing a scarlet official uniform, escorted by a group of government officials, came to the Dragon and Tiger Wall, faced the crowd of onlookers and shouted: "The time has come, release the list!"

As the official finished speaking, the government officials repeated it loudly several times, and then the officials stepped aside. The officials dropped the red cloth, and the dragon and tiger wall covered with the list of successful candidates leaked out.

"A Niu, look quickly, is your name there?"

Li Nan and Liu are not tall, and there are many people blocking them in front of them. Even if they jump up, all they can see are heads.

In order to make the list this time, she read Li An's name every day during this period. Now she knows the word Li An and can write it.

After jumping a few times, Ms. Liu realized that she couldn't see him at all, and then she remembered Li An behind her.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm watching." Although Li An didn't have high hopes, he still held on to the idea of ​​​​just in case.

In order to avoid duplication of names, the place of birth is added before the name on the list.

I saw the first name on the list, the font was much larger than the others, very eye-catching.

It is written that Lin Yizhi, who solved Yuan Bianjing, is the Lin Sanlang. Many people think that he will definitely win the top prize in the coming year.

Li An continued to look down, most of whom he did not recognize, and there were also some whom he had heard of but had never seen.

When he saw the third list, Li An finally saw a familiar name - Qi Heng.

Although the general examination is the same as the county examination, no one will be ranked except those who come out of Jieyuan, but the unspoken rules are the same.

The higher the name is, the higher the ranking.

The first list only had twenty people, while the subsequent lists had sixty people each.

Qi Heng's name is at the top of the third card, which means Qi Heng's ranking is within one hundred.

Li An didn't care either. The titles on the gold list did not depend on the ranking in the provincial examination. In previous years, it was not as if there were always those who failed to get into the exam.

On the fourth list, Li An saw Wen Yanjing's name, indicating that Wen Yanjing was between one hundred and fourteen and two hundred.

Continuing to read, I saw Sheng Changbai's name on the sixth list.

Seeing this, Li An breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the plot of the play, brothers Qi Heng and Sheng Changbai must have passed the provincial examination before they could participate in the joint examination.

Li An has always been worried that something will happen due to his own reasons, but now it seems that there is no change.

Then Sheng Changfeng should also win.

Sure enough, Li An quickly saw Sheng Changbai's name at the end of the eighth picture.

By this time, Li An was already a little nervous. There were nine lists in total, and now only the last one was left. If not, it meant that he had failed the list.

Li An took a deep breath, and just when he was about to take a look, Desheng in front said excitedly: "Young master, I got it, I got it!"

"Really?" Liu and Li Nan looked at Desheng excitedly.

"Really! It's on the last one." Desheng smiled.

Desheng had been Li An's book boy for so long, and he also knew some words.

Although he also looked at the list from the beginning, he only looked for Ang Lee's name. If it was not the name, he would not look at it carefully, so he was much faster than Ang Lee.

"Aniu, did you see it?" Mrs. Liu was worried that Desheng had seen it wrong, so she checked with Li An.

"I saw my mother, the child was indeed hit."

At this time, Ang Lee also saw his name on the last list, ranking second from the bottom.

In other words, among the 500 people on the list, he ranked 499.

"Haha, my son has passed the imperial exam." Mrs. Liu laughed.

Li Nan was also very excited, his body was shaking and he was almost in tears.

The Li family has been ordinary people for generations, and Li An is already a proud ancestor if he can win the imperial examination.

But he was a man after all, and he tried hard to control his excitement.

In fact, Li An didn't know that he was able to win the lottery thanks to Han Hua.

The first person to see his article was Han Hua. The other two deputy examiners were not optimistic about Li An's article and wanted to eliminate Li An.

If it weren't for Han Hua's argument, Ang Lee would finally be on the list.

When Desheng shouted excitedly, everyone around him looked over.

Although Juren cannot be an official, he already has privileges.

Not only can you and your family be exempted from corvee, but your fields can also be exempted from taxes.

Although the ultimate goal of participating in the imperial examination is to become an official, most people actually know very well that the chance of passing the examination is very small.

Being able to win is already very satisfying.

Didn't you see, Sun Xiucai passed the county examination and got the name of a scholar, and became famous in a small place like Youyang.

(End of this chapter)