prosperous age

Chapter 167 Chapter 166

"Only the infinity of the heaven and the earth, I mourn the long diligence of life. The past is beyond reach, and the coming ones I don't hear."

Wei Guangde read out the sentence in "The Songs of Chu - Yuanyou Pian" softly, and everyone in the room understood what he meant, but they didn't answer.

In fact, many people may also be thinking about the "Taiwan Song of Dengyouzhou" right now.

The team had gone far away, and they didn't know which guild hall they were going to deliver the happy news and get the money.

At this moment, Wei Guangde felt that everyone outside was very festive, but only the people inside, the atmosphere was very depressing, just like the temperature.

Although March is about to enter, the weather in Beijing has finally started to warm up, but it is still cold, not to mention that it is actually still at night.

It's not easy to deliver the good news in such a cold weather.

Money is not easy to earn.

"How many did we pass in the Jiujiang Mansion in the last two exams?"

Zhu Shilong, whose body was turned sideways by Wei Guangde, lowered his voice so that as few people as possible could hear it, it was a bit frustrating after all.

"In 32, there was not a single one in Jiujiang Mansion."

Zhu Shilong sighed softly, "29 years."

Zhu Shilong couldn't help but pause when he said this, and looked towards Xia Kefan with some uncertainty.

He was not yet a candidate at that time, so he naturally didn't go to Beijing to catch up for the exam. He didn't know that the situation back then was normal.

Even if the news of Jinshi reached Jiujiang Mansion, I was afraid that he would be studying at home at that time. Anyway, in Zhu Shilong's impression, there seemed to be no such thing.

"In the 29th year of Jiajing's Gengxu Division, none of us in Jiujiang was on the list."

Xia Kefan's deep voice sounded into Wei Guangde's ears.

What's the matter, whoever said that Jiangxi's imperial examinations are awesome, it's all about those prefectures, and there are not many other prefectures on the list.

There is Bailudong Academy in Jiujiang Mansion, so the grades should not be bad, but now Bailudong Academy is focusing on psychology.

It is not to say that the imperial court does not record the students of Xinxue, but obviously most of the students from Jiujiang Prefecture seldom go to Bailudong Academy to study. Wei Guangde only studied in Bailudong Academy for three months, and read the library and some articles of the academy. just left.

In a short time, the seventh and eighth teams came and went, but no one entered the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

At this moment, the people in the room gradually lost their interest, and even the businessmen at the two tables over there were a little depressed, presumably because they remembered the previous two examinations, and there were no tributes from Jiujiang Mansion.

Without Gongshi, naturally there would be no Jinshi, and no one would be an official, so they couldn't even send out the gifts they had prepared.

It's not that they have too much money and no place to spend it, it's that they really need the care of fellow villagers.

Even if you usually hold a banquet or something, you can't invite any official friends, you can only find officials from the surrounding counties to fill the venue, let alone when you encounter difficult things, you need the help of people in the officialdom.

Outsiders only talk about Jiangxi, but few people pay attention to it. There are not many officials in Jiujiang Mansion in Beijing. None of the few high-ranking ministers are from Jiujiang, either Fenyi or Ji'an.

There was nothing to say about this, Wei Guangde could only curl his lips.

Not long after, another team of annunciation came over, blowing and beating, and the sound of the festive music gradually became louder.It means that this team of announcing the good news is coming here.

But at this moment, the people in the Jiujiang Guild Hall have lost hope because of the previous few times of raising hope, and no one turned their heads to look at the gate. Perhaps the conversation between Wei Guangde, Zhu Shilong, and Xia Kefan before was the most deadly. .

But it's strange to say, the less you care about it, the louder the sound of blowing and beating becomes louder. After a while, the sound of gongs, drums and suona has already reached outside the gate.

At this time, some people in the room turned their heads and looked over. Although they didn't have much hope, their eyes suddenly widened.

What did they see? It was a few newspapermen in red clothes who came to the door and raised their legs to enter.

The happy news was sent here, to Jiujiang Mansion. After a few years, Jiujiang Mansion seems to have finally opened up again.

Hearing the sound of suona entering the room, everyone in the room became excited, and they all knew what it meant.

Sure enough, the people behind the few people who entered the room were still blowing the suona vigorously, beating the gongs and drums in their hands, and the two people standing in front, one of them was holding a big red announcement in his hand.

Of course, this is all the information they got from the people who worked in the Gongyuan, and they filled it out temporarily outside the gate of the park. It was not written and sent out in the Gongyuan.

But what needs to be explained is that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a fake imperial examination report. If such a thing really happened, I am afraid it is not as simple as shocking, it is simply a naked humiliation of scholars. Sven.

Therefore, seeing newspapers entering the room with smiles on their faces, no one in the room would suspect that they were here to cheat Xiqian. The professional ethics in this business is still very good.

The person holding the happy announcement in his hand didn't want to find out who the name of the happy announcement was, he just opened the happy announcement in his hand and began to read it, looking similar, as if he was sent by the provincial government office to announce the good news .

"Jiajing's 35th Bingchen Branch Examination. Congratulations to Mr. Wei Guangde Wei of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, for being ranked No. 270 on the first list, and the Beijing News has won the yellow first."

As the content of the good news was read aloud by the people who announced the good news, the name of the first candidate on the list in Jiujiang Mansion was finally known to everyone.

It's Wei Guangde.

That 17-year-old boy, who had just passed the exam last year, passed the examination and became a Gongsheng student.

Surprised, the merchants were pleasantly surprised. Although the ranking was low, it was nothing. As a fellow from Jiujiang Mansion, they are still honored.

The merchants got up and walked towards Wei Guangde's table one after another, they wanted to congratulate this freshly baked Gongshi before others.

Wei Guangde opened his mouth wide in surprise, but didn't say a word.

Before, after learning from Zhu Shilong and Xia Kefan that Jiujiang Mansion had not produced a single tribute in the two consecutive examinations, the fluke he still had before had long since disappeared.

In this room, the literary talents are better than him, such as Lao Kan and Xia Kefan, they may still have the strength to compete for the rankings, you should wash up and sleep.

Xia Kefan didn't know him before, but after getting acquainted with him during this period of time, Wei Guangde found that this person was comparable to Lao Kan, and he was also a very talented person, but he was a little older.

"Congratulations Wei Xiandi, you are Lian Zhan Lian Jie, you are really the best in the Beijing News."

Lao Kan was surprised at first, and then surprised.

Although he doesn't know his grades yet, Wei Guangde has passed the general examination, and naturally there will be no problem in the subsequent palace examination. He doesn't look crooked and will be screened out.

Even if you haven't passed the test, it's good to have a good friend who is an official.

Lao Kan is in Jiujiang Mansion, but has a good relationship with Wei Guangde.

Zhu Shilong next to him also came back to his senses at this moment, he just said that none of the Jiujiang Mansion's two exams made it to the top list, and now one came, and he also hurriedly got up to congratulate Wei Guangde.

Soon, when Wei Guangde came back to his senses, there were already many people around him, three floors inside and three floors outside, that is to say, only the table was empty in the direction of the table.

There was a smile on Wei Guangde's face, he couldn't tell what it was like, but after a long time his face hurt, maybe because he smiled too hard, his facial muscles were a little damaged.

Up to this time, the newspaper still doesn't know who is on the list this time. Look at the young man in the crowd, whose face is about to burst into laughter.

That's right, it's him, and this time the happy money is counting on him.

Seeing that Wei Guangde's clothes and fabrics are well made, he presumably is a rich young master.

The sound of gongs, drums and suona stopped, and several people who announced the good news tacitly agreed, bowed their hands to Wei Guangde in a unified manner, and shouted neatly: "Congratulations to Mr. Wei for being on the top list, and the Beijing News has been on the top yellow list."

The Beijing News is listed on the yellow list. This originally means that the candidates will be listed on the yellow list twice after passing the general examination and the imperial examination. However, this is an auspicious word for the people who take the imperial examination, and it means wishing them continuous high school in the imperial examination. So everyone loves to hear it.

And shouting these words in the mouth of the newspaper is naturally reminding Wei Guangde that it's time to make sense.

Wei Guangde now withdrew his hand to return the gift, and told Zhang Ji, his follower who was squeezed out of the crowd: "Look and see." '

"Yes, sir."

With a promise, Zhang Ji took out a piece of silver that he had already prepared from his pocket and handed it to those few newspapers, and took the unofficial happy news from them.

Ten taels of silver is not too small.

This is also the quantity that Wei Guangde determined after inquiring about it before, but it can't disrupt the market price order like last time in Nanchang City.

Baozi took the money, smiled and said a few polite words, and then left the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

Well, they are going back to the Tribute Court to wait for other good news, and they have to act fast, and if they run ahead, they may have a chance to get another round of good news, and then they may get more rewards.

Basically, the names of all the candidates tonight will be filled in on the first list, and will be hung outside the gate of the Tribute Academy tomorrow morning.

That is tonight, they want to send all the people on the list they know, because tomorrow they will receive the official news from the Tribute Court, but that is after the list is released, and the parties can already see the list outside the Tribute Court Alone, the surprise is naturally not that big.

For newspapers, there are actually quite a lot of rules in this industry. Everyone queues up to get the slips from inside, one at a time, and those who run fast can go to two more to get more money.

Of course, in the end, the money has to be distributed to the people in the tribute house, otherwise no one will hand over the note in the future.

A tribute came out, which made the Jiujiang Guild Hall very lively for a while. Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to accept the gifts from the merchants. This is also a rule. No matter what, things must be accepted on this occasion.

After Wei Guangde passed the examination, the atmosphere in the guild hall was much more relaxed than before. Anyway, it was much better than the last few sessions. At least the innkeeper knew very well the results of the examination in Jiujiang Mansion in recent years.

"The last time someone in our Jiujiang Mansion passed the general examination and obtained the qualification of a tribute, it was the 23rd year of Jiajing, when Qin Minglei was the number one scholar in Qin Dynasty, but I remember that there were two candidates on the list, who thought they were Yu Wenwen from Dehua, and The person is Peng Ze Tao Qingao"

Because someone was on the first list, these topics are no longer taboo. The shopkeeper of Jiujiang Guild Hall responded to the request of some candidates, and slowly recalled the situation of the previous exams.

Some people in the hall have personally experienced these exams, but most of them have never taken the exams in the 23rd year of Jiajing. For local officials, it is also possible to go to government schools or county schools, which is better than continuing to waste time.

Everyone wanted to hear it and was a bit taboo, but they still listened attentively to the shopkeeper's memories of the past.

Undoubtedly, Wei Guangde among the audience was more relaxed. After all, he had already landed. Regardless of his low ranking, it meant that he might not have a chance in the palace examination, but he had finally gone through the whole process that scholars have to go through. The next exam will be the palace examination.

Same Jinshi?

That's not a bad thing. Although you can't be a high-ranking official, you can be a magistrate or prefect. If you are lucky, you can get to the fourth rank.

Wei Guangde is not picky, as long as he can be an official and live a good life, his trip to the Ming Dynasty will not be in vain.

As for the bullish time traveler that the readers want to see, what is it about waking up and taking power in the world, lying drunk on the lap of a beautiful woman, as far as Wei Guangde is concerned now, the fledgling in the officialdom, don't even think about it, let alone Wei Guangde at this moment. Thinking about this problem, he is just imagining his own beautiful life in the future.

I don't know if it's because the arrival of Wei Guangde, a little butterfly, flapped its wings and changed the luck of Jiujiang Mansion.

After the atmosphere in the Jiujiang Guild Hall gradually cooled down, the noisy and festive suona sound came from a distance.

In fact, such festive music has been ringing in everyone's ears during this period of time, but after several consecutive waves of newspapers passed, everyone's hearts faded again.

However, it seems that fate has played a joke on everyone.

The moment the person who announced the good news entered the room, everyone in the Jiujiang Guild Hall became excited.

For Juzi, it is natural to look forward to saying his name from the mouth of the newspaper, but it doesn't matter to others. At this time, it is a good thing for someone to enter the door.

"Jiajing's 35th Bingchen Branch Examination. Congratulations to Mr. Zhang Ke, Hukou County, Jiangxi Province for being ranked No. 220 in the first list, and the Beijing News has won the yellow first place."

Zhang Ke was also hit.

Zhang Ke was the candidate for the last provincial examination, which was the time when Wei Guangde failed.

Unexpectedly, after turning around, he and Wei Guangde were still on the top list, and it was the same year again.

Just when everyone gathered around to congratulate, good things came one after another.

As another team of newspapers entered the door, the businessmen at the two tables became excited.

I have been disappointed for several times in a row, but this time it seems to be about to turn around.

"The 35th year of Jiajing's Bingchen Science and Technology Examination. Congratulations to Mr. Xia Kefan Xia from Ruichang County, Jiangxi Province for being ranked No. 210 on the first list, and the Beijing News has won the yellow first."

Xia Kefan, a Juren in the 28th year of Jiajing, also made the list and became a tribute.

In contrast, Xia Kefan, who was still surrounded by Zhang Ke at this time, was trembling with excitement, but Zhang Ke had quick eyes and hands to support him, lest he fall down when he was happy, and then something bad happened.

Wei Guangde next to him hurriedly took Xia Kefan from Zhang Ke, and said to him: "You rewarded the newspaper first, I think Master Xia has to take it easy, haha"

Wei Guangde picked up a chair from the side and put it behind Xia Kefan to let him sit down. This one was carried out from the Gong Yuan before, and he has not recovered for a few days, so he might not be able to bear the stimulation.

Zhang Ke was very happy at the moment, nodded in agreement, asked the book boy to give the newspaper a reward, and put Xia Kefan's share on it by the way.
(End of this chapter)