Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 912 In the whole world, there is only one person who can ride away the lion!

"Look carefully! These scholars are very different today..."

On the streets of Yanjing, the people on both sides were discussing a lot. Seeing the tall horses and ostentatious scholars in the past, today they are riding stiffly on the horses, with mixed expressions on their faces, which are difficult to describe in words.

The people who were originally the Han people of the Liao Kingdom and later returned to the Central Plains did not understand it, but the Song people who immigrated here took it for granted: "You can tell from this that the Ministry of Rites must have released the list!"

Yes, today is the second round of the imperial examination, the release day of the provincial examination.

Since the third round of palace examinations will not clear the number of places, this list is actually the list of Jinshi. It determines the result of decades of hard study, and also determines the beginning of prosperity and wealth in the next few decades.

So the scholars who rode over to look at the list were considered late. At the third watch this morning, there were some scholars who came to sit and watch, waiting eagerly for their names to appear on the list, either in ecstasy or despair.

It is already an extremely spectacular scene for thousands of scholars to look forward, but when the rankings are announced, far more than these people come...

Many old men dressed in rich and noble clothes came here, all of whom were wealthy merchants with a lot of wealth.

They are here to participate in a well-known link, where the son-in-law is caught under the list.

In fact, it will take some time from becoming a Jinshi to becoming an official, but the social feedback that "the book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house" has arrived ahead of schedule.

In the previous imperial examinations, the provincial examinations only waited for the rankings to be released, and the rich and noble families stayed at the bottom of the rankings, recruiting a newly promoted Jinshi to be their son-in-law for their beautiful daughters.

This is Yan Ruyu.

The Golden House is more straightforward.

Marrying a daughter requires a huge dowry.

In the past, the price of dowry for catching a son-in-law under the list was generally thousands of guan, mainly depending on the age of the Jinshi. Those who were too old would definitely be given less, while those who were relatively young and had a bright future, it was not impossible to give ten thousand guan.

But now this batch of catching sons-in-law under the list, the eyes of the wealthy businessmen are intertwined, but they can all see each other's determination.

The most terrifying one can even offer a terrifyingly high price of [-] yuan to his daughter. As long as Jinshi dares to marry, they dare to spend ten thousand dollars!
"Let it go! Let it go!"

It's a long story, the place where the list was released was already crowded, so the government servants had to come out to maintain the scene, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites who held the list also shouted.

The crowd was too crowded, so they had to retreat reluctantly, and then quickly quieted down.

The entire block became silent, only the heavy breathing that could not be suppressed no matter how suppressed it was, echoed more and more clearly in my ears.

Countless gazes followed the hands of several officials from the Ministry of Rites, watching them hang the list high.

Confident scholars, such as Han Jinsun's children, looked from the front of the list to the back.

Scholars who are not confident enough will look forward from the bottom of the list.

"bingo!"

Han Jinsun soon saw his name in the position of more than thirty people.

Although he knew that the literati from the former dynasty were the ones who marked the examination papers, and that the Xiangzhou Han family had studied their favorite style for a long time. With their own level, there should be no problem in high school, but the corners of their mouths still raised, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

Not only him, but the rest of the Han family's children also gained a lot. Among the more than [-] people referred to, nine of them made the list. This is an extremely exaggerated proportion no matter what class it is.

The other top scholars also smiled and congratulated each other, and even wrote poems to commemorate on the spot.

"Without me... how could there be no me! How could there be no me!!"

"Middle! Middle! Middle——"

Compared with their reactions, the reactions of many scholars were more extreme.

Some people were crying bitterly, beating their chests and stamping their feet, some were yelling and showing no manners, and a man with a gray beard and wrinkled face pointed to the name at the end, yelled three times, and fell back suddenly.

I don't know if I won the list or had a stroke.

But in fact, this is also normal, there are people who are directly crazy, after all, such a life leap, compared to Fan Jinzhongju in the later generations, I don't know how much higher it is.

And the fainted scholar did not fall to the ground, because he was full of people, and he had no place to lie down, so he was directly moved back by the scholars behind him, and he was sent to the outside of the crowd. , falling in front of those merchants with glowing eyes.

Seven or eight wealthy businessmen rushed over like vicious dogs, with smiles on their faces, bowed down respectfully, and surrounded the vicissitudes of life: "Officials! Officials! Are you in high school?"

The title of official is like a panacea, which makes the vicissitudes of life scholars suddenly widen their eyes, sit up in shock in the dying sick, and suddenly pulse, pointing to the yellow list, and then pointing to themselves: "The old man is in the middle! The old man is in the middle!" Already!"

The merchants were overjoyed, and someone immediately asked: "Is the official married? I have a daughter who is twenty-eight years old. She is dignified and virtuous, and she can be a good match!"

The other is more straightforward: "If officials are married, are they willing to divorce? I have a dowry of [-] yuan!"

"Is [-] guan a big deal? I have [-] guan!" "[-] guan!" "[-] guan..."

"One hundred thousand!!"

When a sharp voice sounded, the other merchants looked at each other, watching a person float out with his hands behind his back.

"Such a dying scholar doesn't need to be promoted like this?"

"It's a member of the Chuanxia Guild!"

"That's no wonder, they are richer than the other major chambers of commerce..."

Compared to the whispers of the crowd, the merchant from the Chuanxia Guild smiled happily and looked around in a disdainful manner.

If you follow or not, he will be mine!

Once in a hundred thousand times... for a second time in a hundred thousand times...

"absurd!"

This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Han Jinsun who accepted the congratulations from the same subject and left to prepare for the celebration in Anlou last year.

They are descendants of the Han family in Xiangzhou. Naturally, no one dares to come forward to recruit a son-in-law, and they also disdain this kind of behavior: "Is there still a son-in-law under the list this year? These merchants really don't know what to say!"

What does the first imperial examination in the new dynasty mean?
It means that apart from the meritorious service of following King Yan to conquer the world, they are the first batch of confidants.

Compared with those courtiers who have made great achievements and may not be rewarded for their achievements in the future, they are still more stable confidants.

Such a status, is it something a businessman can cling to?

What a joke!

Sure enough, the vicissitudes of life shook his sleeves, and when the [-] Guan was about to drop the hammer for the third time in a daze, he refused: "Don't talk too much, no matter how much dowry, the old man is not something you can climb! Farewell!"

After finishing speaking, he disregarded the earnest persuasion of the wealthy businessman, snorted coldly, held his head high, and left tremblingly.

What a twenty-eight-year-old woman with a family fortune of one hundred thousand guan, you can see clearly that he is a Jinshi of the new dynasty!

Those who want to get married must also be born in the gentry and have rich political resources.

By that time, will it be difficult to have [-] guan?

"Tsk tsk, Jinshi is still so beautiful!"

Looking at the various states of life, Duan Jing lived on the street in the distance, surrounded by a group of officials, and couldn't help being amazed.

He is still red-haired and yellow-bearded, with deep facial features, an unacceptable appearance in this era, but wearing a crimson robe, his demeanor is suddenly different.

Especially as the head of the vehicle driving department of the Ministry of War, in charge of coordinating the power of war horses, the level of scenery was completely unimaginable in the past, so Duan Jingzhu just sighed a few times as if watching the excitement, and then led his subordinates to The imperial horse supervisor left, doing his job well with dignity.

As the name suggests, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is the department that manages the imperial horses in the palace. In the Song Dynasty, these imperial horses were the mounts that Yulong Sizhi rode when traveling with the emperor. When they arrived in Yanting, they were the best war horses, and they were allotted to His Royal Highness Yan. Used by guards.

And not long ago, the horses stipulated in the Yan-Liao Covenant finally arrived. As the strength of the Yan State is getting stronger, the Liao Kingdom obviously did not dare to perfunctory. The horses that were sent were indeed good horses, many of which were used for breeding. Several thousand-mile horses were specially given to His Royal Highness King Yan.

"Your Highness doesn't like those thousand-mile horses at all, but I don't know if Lion Cong can take a fancy to them. How many people are looking forward to their mating!"

Duan Jingzhu had the most contacts with other officials, none other than many generals including the two governors, Lu Junyi and Hua Rong, all had their eyes on Shizi Cong's descendants, thinking of ways to urge them.

This dragon colt is His Royal Highness's unique mount, no one can count on it, the pony born by breeding, there is always something to look forward to!

Duan Jingzhu was also quite helpless. Lion Cong was very picky about breeding. When he confronted the Liao army before, he confiscated a batch of BMWs, and there were also mares in them. Can you see a breeding horse?

Thinking about the breeding issue all the way, when they arrived at the Yumajian, a person greeted him, it was Duan Jingzhu's deputy and good friend Huangfuduan, a skilled veterinarian.

He reported: "The Liao Kingdom sent two famous horses, one turned its feathers and flew over the birds. When it was running, even the birds in the sky could only look at it and sigh. It has stronger endurance. It is said that it can run for ten days tireless;"

Duan Jingzhu raised his eyebrows: "This is a bit exaggerated... Is Lion Cong interested?"

"not interested!"

Huangfu Duan shook his head, and said again: "There is another one named Xie Yi. It is rumored that it has fleshy wings. When it is running, it spreads its wings. It should be able to fly on all fours. It is a heavenly horse!"

Duan Jingzhu couldn't help laughing: "The more I talk about it, the more I disappear... Is Lion Cong interested?"

Huangfu said: "No, I am interested in Treading Snow Thousand Miles Red, but that is Emperor Liao's mount..."

Duan Jingzhu's eyes lit up: "It's a good thing, as long as this spirit horse is willing to breed, it doesn't matter whose mount it is, if we report it, we will definitely get it!"

Hearing the address, Huangfu Duan couldn't help but praise: "Indeed, I have been a horse lover for half my life, and I have seen BMWs like dragon colts before, but such a spiritual horse is absolutely unique!"

The longer he was in contact with Lion Cong, the more he could feel the spirituality comparable to that of Xiao Langjun. Huangfu Duan was originally a horse lover, and there was even a bit of admiration in his tone at this time.

Duan Jingzhu understands this feeling very well, and every time he sees Shizi Cong, he will be very happy, so when the official of the driver came to report in a hurry, his face changed drastically like never before, and he directly grabbed it: "You What are you talking about... Lion Cong disappeared? Hurry up and look for it! What are you doing here?"

Everyone's expression changed, but before they hurriedly searched, a group of people dressed in official uniforms of the governor's mansion came before them, and the leader was Du Xing: "There are other arrangements for the whereabouts of Lion Cong, please keep quiet. They will also follow closely to prevent the news from being leaked, and hope for your understanding!"

Faced with the sudden change, Huangfu Duan was baffled, and even panicked: "This...what's wrong?"

Duan Jingzhu calmed down quickly, and comforted him: "It's okay, Lion Cong will be fine, you are working as usual..."

Concerned about chaos, he was too anxious just now.

That spirit horse is no better than an ordinary Chollima, and will be taken advantage of by horse thieves...

In the whole world, there is only one person who can ride away the lion!

(End of this chapter)