The princess is soft!The sick villain is crazy

Chapter 129 First Name
"Pan Lingze..."

Emperor Yong thought about it and remembered the name.Dalang from the Pan family, relatives of Marquis Qin Yang?He seemed to have glanced at his test paper two days ago, and it was proposed to be No.6. His answers were quite satisfactory, and there was nothing outstanding about it. He did not expect this essay to be so well written.

He called Shu Yao over, "Yao Yao, do you recognize this person?"

Shu Yao didn't like people surnamed Pan, so she shook her head and said "I don't know".Li Mingji behind her glanced at the test paper and raised his eyebrows inexplicably.

Pan Lingze?It doesn't look like this word.

Instead it's more like...

Emperor Yong tasted this policy article again and again.

At first glance, I only think that Ce Wen's writing style is mysterious.Taking a closer look, what was written on it was exactly in line with Emperor Yong's thoughts.Candidates compared the aristocratic family monopolizing power and annexing land to establish "granges" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is a metaphor for the current situation of the imperial court.It was precisely because Emperor Yong thought of the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties that he was so afraid of the family. He even wrote down the historical origin clearly.

"very good……"

He muttered several times, took out this policy article and put it aside, he already had a plan in mind.

……

The next day, the provincial exam list was posted in front of the palace.

This list is completely different from the previous one presented by the Ministry of Rites. There are only twelve candidates who entered the palace examination.

You must know that in the last imperial examination, more than a hundred people were admitted. This time, Emperor Yong personally checked the papers and ranked them. The number of people admitted was not even a fraction of the last time.

The examinees who came to read the notice left with sullen faces, and almost no one had a smile on their faces.

No.1, which can save the test, is even more unexpected——

Pan Lingze.

Although Chunwei is divided into provincial examination and palace examination, according to the past rules, as long as one is admitted in the provincial examination, he will not be screened out again in the palace examination, it is nothing more than the ranking.However, under normal circumstances, the ranking will not change much.

In other words, Pan Lingze won the first place in the provincial examination, and is very likely to become this year's number one.

Wen Mao, Zheng Lian's protégé who was originally scheduled to be the first in the provincial examination, had a gloomy face, wishing to chop Pan Lingze into pieces.

The aristocratic family naturally knew that the group of children they had cultivated were ignorant and incapable of governing the country.Therefore, what they arranged for their children were official positions that were easy to get a lot of money but did not require much energy, and then trained a group of disciples individually to enter the center of the imperial court.

Wen Mao is the chosen one.

The top five in the palace examination, once hired, can be appointed as officials by the court.Although the highest can only be from the seventh rank, if one can enter the Hanlin, or even the central organization of the entire imperial court, he will be a future minister or even a prime minister.

Since the Zheng family cultivated Wen Mao, Wen Mao came with the purpose of inheriting Mr. Zheng Lian's mantle.

He boasted that his talents were far superior to those of these rich and powerful children, and his articles were beautifully written, so why should he rank below Pan Lingze?

Wen Mao left angrily, while Qin Yanghou's mansion was full of joy. Qin Yanghou even took out the long-preserved good wine to congratulate Pan Lingze.

"Nephew, when you are the No. [-] scholar in high school, the Marquis will hold a banquet to celebrate you!"

Pan Lingze was flattered by the praise, and even he was a little carried away by the honor he had never thought of.But he didn't forget how he got his ranking, Zhou Rong, a poor man... I heard that this time, Emperor Yong personally checked the papers, and the article written by Zhou Rong was so favored by Emperor Yong?

How can a poor scholar who is from a poor family and has not read many books deserve to be the champion of this dynasty?Although he didn't read the article written by Zhou Rong carefully, Pan Lingze believed that with his good tongue, as long as there were no mistakes in the imperial examination, Emperor Yong would not find out.

After all, his paper was given to Emperor Yong by one of the Zhiju officials, Hanlin scholar Dou Wenxiao.

The family needs to cultivate a number one scholar, whether he is gentle or gentle, they are all people who rely on the protection of the family.In this way, the aristocratic family will naturally cover up Pan Lingze's behavior.On the contrary, Zhou Rong, who refused to accept the family's favor, was expelled by the family.

This is officialdom, how can one rely on talent and learning alone?Also have a strong relationship.

As long as Zhou Rong completely disappears from the world... the title of champion will be his.

With joy in his heart, Pan Lingze drank a lot of wine.I didn't expect my road to the imperial examination to be so smooth. When I was named on the gold list, the wedding night in the bridal chamber, several happy events in my life were just around the corner...

Dragging his drunken body, Pan Lingze held on to the pillar of the porch, feeling that a ball of fire was being stirred up by the wine.He shook his head and walked towards Shu Ningyou's yard.

Shu Ningyou will be his wife sooner or later, so it doesn't matter that much when she salutes, right?

……

Under the notice, Zhou Rong read and read the content repeatedly, clenched his fingers hidden under his sleeves, and his knuckles turned white due to the force.

A total of more than a dozen people have been admitted, and the list is clear at a glance, so why do you need to search for your name carefully?

But no.

From No.1 to the last, there is not even a candidate with the surname Zhou, let alone his own name?
How many days and nights of Zhou Rong's painstaking efforts were poured into that policy article.In order to write the article beautifully, he wrote very carefully, and he couldn't even see the typo.Can such an article fail to catch His Majesty's eyes?
And those other subjects...

Ten years of hard study is like a joke.

How joyful it was when I got the provincial test quota, how depressing it is to fail now.Zhou Rong stared blankly at the front, turned around in despair, paused step by step, and slowly left the place that haunted him.

He didn't have the face to meet A Yuan, and this relationship should be ended.

Across the wall, Princess Jiayi's eyes were red, "How could it be possible without him? He is so good, more than enough to enter the palace test, the father must have misjudged it..."

However, the procedures for the imperial examinations are all fixed. This time, Emperor Yong personally checked the papers. How could he misunderstand the name?
Shu Yao also felt that this matter was a bit strange, she patted Princess Jiayi on the shoulder, "Are you going to find uncle?"

Princess Jiayi hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Okay."

Zhou Rong returned to his residence.

It wasn't the place Chunjiang Huayuelou arranged for him, but his residence after he came to the capital.

This dilapidated house looks like a stove in summer, and leaks air everywhere in winter. Zhou Rong just sat in front of the window and devoted himself to reviewing for a year.

When he first came to the capital, he could only sleep in the woodshed because he didn't have enough money.It was the host who felt pity for him and rented this dilapidated small courtyard to him, even though he repeatedly defaulted on the rent, they did not drive him out.

For so many years, Zhou Rong spent all his money on books.Buying new books, collecting old books, borrowing books from other people’s homes and copying books... At first, he had nothing to ask for, but to test for fame. After seeing too much suffering in the world, he wanted to be a good official and let more poor people have books. read.

This dream, after all, was shattered.

Zhou Rong packed his things calmly, he thought, he should leave the capital tomorrow, right?Write another farewell letter to A Yuan, so that she doesn't have to wait for him, then, then wait for the day after tomorrow...

There was a solemn wind in front of the window, a cold light flashed, and a long sword passed through the papered window screen and lay in front of him.

(End of this chapter)