Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 591
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Kou Zhun and Xu Xuan headed towards the Guozijian in Beitang Gate. The closer they were to the Guozijian, the more pedestrians would be on the street.When they arrived at the place where the Ministry of Rites tried to release the list outside the Imperial College, there was already a sea of ​​people there.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites has tried to release the rankings over the years. From the beginning of the fourth watch, scholars came to sit and watch.There are quite a few people, and they all want to be the first to see their names. More than 5000 scholars were eagerly watching, plus more gentry, businessmen, and wealthy households who were planning to capture their son-in-law, the 20-foot-wide street in front of the Guozijian Gate was blocked by vehicles, horses and pedestrians.

"How... how do you get in?" Kou Zhun was a little dazed, even if it was the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, there didn't seem to be such a crowded crowd.Compared with the day before yesterday when taking the exam, there were twice as many people blocking the door.

"My lord, let the villain come here!"

Following behind Kou Zhun and Xu Xuan, two big-armed guards of the Ye Mansion stepped forward.

This is after Ma Gangzi, the housekeeper of the Ye Mansion, knew that Kou Zhun was going to watch the list, and because Shui'er entered the half-dead maze today and did not follow Kou Zhun, he specially ordered them to follow Kou Zhun to watch the list.They are all veterans who have retired from the forbidden army. They have the strength to squeeze through the crowd, just like a chariot running over the grassland. Squeeze away alive.

After being pushed aside, someone turned around and was about to scold angrily, but when they saw the red livery on the two strong men, they immediately stopped talking.Princes and ministers and the servants of Zaizhi's family, especially Yuan Sui who holds an official salary, all have uniforms.For example, Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi, prime ministers Zhao Pu and Ye Chen were guarded by these Yuan Sui in red clothes when they were in court, and the grandeur of the country's most important tripod came out.

After getting off the horse, he arrived under the gold list unimpeded all the way.Six golden lists were pasted on the wall, densely packed with names and places of origin, occupying most of the space on the paper.

The first thing that catches the eye is the name of the head of the Ministry of Rites—that is, the name of the province—Wang Sizong.

Kou Zhun had some impressions of this name. Last time he heard it from Gao Jianwen, whom he had just met on the day of the final exam. In addition, Liu Yin, a well-known talent, came in third.

As for Kou Zhun himself, he was ranked No. 90 and No. 380, and he was in the front position in the No. [-] No. [-] middle school in the trial selection of the Ministry of Rites.After glancing at his name on the list, Kou Zhun's mind fluctuated slightly.

However, at this moment, Gao Jianwen, whom Kou Zhun met on the day of his final exam, came out of nowhere, and said loudly from a distance: "Brother Kou, congratulations! You are ranked No. 90."

This yell immediately alarmed the idlers within a few tens of feet around.Like a meat bun, thrown into a group of vicious dogs, dozens of people rushed forward.

Xu Xuan seemed to have expected this. Seeing that the situation was not good, he smiled slightly, retreated a few steps, stopped the guards of the Ye residence, and whispered to them: "It's okay, Kou Zhun is too old. It’s good for him to experience interesting things, just take it as a way to relax. You just follow behind and wait for Kou Zhun to be snatched away when he is about to be brought into the house.”

These guards are all natives of Kaifeng. Although they have never seen this kind of thing before them, they have heard a lot of it. When Xu Xuan said it, they stood aside with a smile on their faces and watched the excitement.Let Kou Zhun, who has become the target of public criticism, be drowned in the sea of ​​people.It's just that they didn't see the strange look in Gao Jianwen's eyes in the crowd on the other side.

Kou Zhun is only in his early sixteens, but he looks handsome, and his figure is already quite tall. According to the measurement method of later generations, he is close to 1.7 meters, which is not short.In addition, staying in the Ye Mansion for the past two years, following Ye Chen, has cultivated a temperament, which is not bad.Such Jinshi is rare among more than 300 people.Dozens of pairs of hungry eyes stared at Gao Jianwen, like a widow who has been thirsty for many years looking at a strong and naked man.

One of the servants shouted first: "The young lady of the master's family, she is twenty-eight years old, as beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous, with both ability and political integrity. She is about to recruit a pleasing husband! I wonder what the officials think?"

As soon as these words came out, many people around cast contemptuous glances, thinking that what's the use of saying these empty nonsense at this time.A middle-aged man with the appearance of a gentry outside the official waved his hands, and hung ten fat fingers in front of Kou Zhun: "My daughter has a dowry of [-] guan!"

Many people also turned their contemptuous gazes to the gentry.To catch a son-in-law, Jinshi is a prerequisite.After that, it depends on age and appearance.Both are not acceptable, dowry is the lowest price of Wanguan.Going up, [-] guan is the average number, which is about the same for ordinary Jinshi.As for Kou Zhun, who looks so young and has a bright future, Jinshi is not something that can be won with a simple [-] guan.

"My daughter has a dowry of [-] yuan!" A skinny wealthy businessman shouted the price.

Another businessman, wearing a jade ring in his hand, a gold belt around his waist, and an extremely valuable Shu brocade with rhombus flower monstera back and bamboo pattern, immediately followed him and shouted: "Seventy thousand guan, there are one hundred more in Xiangfu County. Acres of good fertile land!"

"One hundred thousand guan, a three-entry house in the east city of Kaifeng, and twenty hectares of land outside the city!"

The gentry who called out the highest price looked more dignified.The dress looks ordinary, but the black belt around the waist is actually a pig dragon skin, and the green robe on his body is even tribute silk.As long as you have a little knowledge, you will know that this is definitely not an ordinary nouveau riche. It should be some aristocratic family that has been passed down for many years.

During the bidding process, Kou Zhun was pulled and tugged, and his neat hair was messed up.The usual steadiness of a young man has disappeared, but now he has regained the immaturity that a young man should have, shouting at the top of his voice, "I'm engaged, I'm engaged!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd fell silent for an instant.Then there was the sound of pity, and the people who were fighting in full swing just now shook their heads and scattered.Among them, the gentry who was asking for [-] guan came to Gao Jianwen in the crowd and nodded slightly. Gao Jianwen was overjoyed, took a deep look at Kou Zhun's back, turned and left.

Kou Zhun breathed a long sigh of relief while arranging the messed up clothes while walking towards Xu Xuan. He felt that those people just now were too scary, and he didn't want to stay here any longer.It's just that what he didn't notice, or he overlooked a detail in the situation just now——when many people pulled him, there was a moment when he felt as if the back of his neck was pricked by a needle, but The pain disappeared in a flash, and Kou Zhun was so focused on how to get rid of those who snatched the marriage that he didn't notice it at all.

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"Hey, hit! Hit!"

A scream interrupted the silence of the scene again.An old Gongsheng with a gray beard, about 50 years old, clapped his hands, yelled twice, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

Since ancient times, since ancient times, since the scientific examination, it has happened from time to time in the past dynasties when they were named on the gold list. Although there are not many, people are no strangers to it.Scholars have a hard time of ten years, or even 20, 30, or even 50 or [-] years, all for the purpose of becoming an official. The attachment to being an official is unimaginable for ordinary people. It is not uncommon to take the exam for more than ten years or even decades, and it is not uncommon for one day to finally survive a Jinshi, go crazy on the spot, or die suddenly due to excitement.

With a bang, a group of people rushed up.The one who splashed water, the one who played fan, and a strong man who was five big and three thick, listened to the instructions of the master in front of him, spit twice into the palm of his hand, rubbed it together, and then pinched the old Gongsheng's people desperately.

After drugging the opponent, the old Gongsheng woke up leisurely.

The owner of the strong man stepped forward, a gentleman in his 40s.He knelt down beside the old Gongsheng: "Officer, did you get hit?"

"Yang Yongming, the third in 320, is a student." The old Gongsheng never forgets the ranking, even if he just woke up from a coma, he still reported it.

"Are you married?" the gentry immediately asked again.As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar all around.Some people want to hug.But he was firmly stopped by a few companions who were as strong as a bull following the noble gentry.

"No." Liu Yongming shook his head and lamented, with tears streaming down his face, "I have been studying since the period of the former dynasty and the later Zhou Dynasty. It has been 46 years and I have not achieved anything. My parents refused to accept me, and my brothers abandoned me. How can anyone want to marry me?"

"It's fine if you don't have one!" The gentry didn't say much, and as soon as he waved his hand, several strong men and servants immediately turned around, dragged Yang Yongming into the carriage, and rushed out of the crowd in a blink of an eye.Coming and going like the wind, this kidnapping method is obviously an expert.

"As expected of a son-in-law under the list." Seeing the carriage carrying Yang Yongming away in a blink of an eye, Kou Zhun secretly lucked out that he had reacted quickly enough just now and announced his engagement on a whim, otherwise...

This is the Jinshi in the feudal dynasties of all dynasties in China!
A qualification that can attract people all over the world.

In today's world, less than one-thirtieth of the civil servants in the Song Dynasty are Jinshi.A Jinshi background is the basis for future high-ranking officials.For the sake of the family, a wealthy family would always think of a Jinshi son-in-law to support the facade.And with a Jinshi son-in-law, the nephews and nephews in the family will be taken under contract in the future, and the taxes, taxes and labor of the family can be discounted.

Moreover, since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the land of Huaxia China has been promoting that 'everything is inferior, only reading is high. '

Hundreds of years, nearly a thousand years of brainwashing, among the ancient Chinese people, the respect and status of a Jinshi far exceeds their own real abilities.Even today, today is famous for its pragmatism, but this cannot be changed.

(End of this chapter)