Chapter 420: Jinshi and the

Chen Ao spent most of this reunion dinner with Zhou Zheng. Zhou Zheng had a lot of worries and was quick and anxious when drinking. An hour passed and he was already drunk. He was full of alcohol and no longer had the calmness and calmness he used to hold Chen Ao's shoulders and said sternly: "Chen Ao, I will give Ruo'er to you. If you dare to treat him slowly, don't blame me for being rude to you, have you heard it?"

Zhou Ruo was embarrassed and quickly got up and left his seat, saying, "Dad, Mom, I'm full, go back and take a break first." Her steps were messy and she quickly left like a frightened deer.

Chen Ao said: "No, no, I don't bully women, let alone my own wife."

The wife went to persuade Zhou Zheng, saying, "I've told you not to drink so much. Come on, please help the master to rest and cook a pot of tea to wake him up."

The moon was just round, hanging high in the sky, so beautiful, Chen Ao was drunk, and got up and went back to rest.

In the past few days, the most uneasy thing in Bianjing City is the candidates from other places. Before the results were released, the big rocks in their hearts were always lost. However, they were all alone during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In order to relieve loneliness, most of them asked a few fellow villagers to go to the restaurant to drink. Although it was lively, they were still a little quiet.

On August 20th, the waiter of the inn got up very early on this day and immediately took hot water to take care of it. Today is the day when the results were released. In previous years, if the autumn examination was encountered, the candidates living in the inn often got up very early on this day, so they should get up in advance and be prepared to serve the guests.

Before the sky was dawn, countless lights lit up. The peddlers selling cakes on the street got up early and sold them along the street. The candidates left the inn, holding the cakes in their hands, and rushed to the Shengyu Pavilion in various yamen to wait for the results to be released. Although it was a morning breeze and the autumn was clear and the air was clear, many people were sweating.

Chen Ao did not go to see the list, and his head hurts when he woke up. After rinsing his face and mouth, Liu Wen brought Liu Sheng over. When he saw Chen Ao, he scolded Liu Sheng and said, "Kneel down and kowtow to Master Cousin."

Liu Sheng knelt down honestly and kowtowed hard; Chen Ao hurriedly went to help and said, "Master Liu, what are you doing?"

Liu Wen said gratefully: "Master Coffin, Mr. Liu has lived to the end of his life. Yesterday, Mr. Gong asked me to serve you, but I had no complaints. Mr. Gong didn't want me to go, and even praised my incompetent son. Liu was very grateful. In the future, I will hand over Liu Sheng to you. If he did something wrong, he will beat and scold him with Mr. Gong."

Chen Ao smiled and looked at Liu Sheng up and down. In fact, Liu Sheng had already dealt with him. He was indeed kind, but he was not as capable as Liu Wen when he was doing things. Such things still require experience and gradually he could stand alone. Liu Shengqu was an opportunity.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "This is what you said, don't feel heartbroken then!"

Liu Shengdao: "Don't worry, Master, my father won't feel heartbroken."

Chen Ao laughed and said to Liu Sheng: "Okay, then you go to the Shengyu Pavilion now and show me the list first. *** will come out and repay it immediately."

Liu Sheng got his job and went there happily. Liu Wen said a few more words of gratitude and went to work hard again.

Today is the day to release the results, and Chen Ao was quite excited. After sitting in the room for a while, he simply went to find Zhou Heng to pass the time. Zhou Heng came back from the street all night and was a little tired. He was just a marquis of Yu now, but the front office of the Palace had already released the news that he wanted to be promoted to General Yu Hou. This was the news that Deng Long had conveyed to Chen Ao, and Zhou Heng had not said it.

The prince of the Duke was naturally promoted much faster than others. Moreover, Zhou Heng entered the front office of the palace and was diligent in the department and was very polite when he met the official. A playboy master transformed into a transformation, which was actually the easiest thing to get along with those Qiu Ba. With the opportunity to be promoted, the first thing Du Yuhou thought of was naturally him. On the one hand, he was showing goodwill to the Duke's Mansion, and on the other hand, he also liked Zhou Heng and was willing to take care of him.

Zhou Heng has been on duty at night these days, and every time he comes back tired and sleepy. He has lost a lot of weight, but he has gained strength and has gained more momentum when he walks. He is about to go to bed, but when he sees Chen Ao coming, he becomes energetic and says, "Why are cousin coming?"

Chen Ao sat down and asked about the affairs of the department in front of the palace. Zhou Heng was no longer sleepy and talked to Chen Ao, saying to Chen Ao: "There have been rumored about my cousin these days. Many brothers who came to the palace said that Your Majesty mentioned you several times in front of others. Last time, the Minister of Personnel Jin saw him, he also asked if there was a vacancy in Hangzhou Prefecture. Hearing that tone, it seemed that he wanted to arrange you to Hangzhou."

"Hangzhou?" Chen Ao was not surprised. Suzhou and Hangzhou were in the Song Dynasty, equivalent to later Shanghai, and all promising officials started from there. For example, Su Shi, who had been the prefect of Hangzhou before entering the court, and Cai Jing, immediately gave Qiantang County Magistrate after the trial. Wang Anshi served as the prefect of Changzhou. Changzhou was only a short distance from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and was also an extremely important prefecture and county; most of these tops rose to prominence and were finally famous in later generations.

Chen Ao knew some of the appointments of the court. Any official who was favored by the emperor would be released even if he was a Jinshi. On the contrary, those officials who entered the court directly were not very concerned about it. The release of the court actually means to teach you how to go to the place to temper. The time is almost the same. Another edict was summoned to the court for appointment. With this experience, it is reasonable in terms of qualifications and is often promoted faster than the court officials.

Chen Ao is not at all reluctant to going to Hangzhou. Hangzhou is good, it is heaven and earth. At this time, Hangzhou is not much inferior to Bianjing, so I really want to see it.

After saying something to Zhou Heng, Chen Ao said goodbye. At this time, he heard Liu Sheng's excited voice from afar: "I've won, Young Master Cousin has passed the high school, and I've passed the Jinshi, and I've passed the Jinshi."

Chen Ao heard it vaguely and was overjoyed. When Liu Sheng came to Chen Ao, Liu Sheng reported to him, "What the young man saw with his own eyes was the top Jinshi and ranked first."

Chen Ao asked who were also qualified for the Jinshi class at the same time. Liu Sheng said: "There are seven or eight, one is Wu Bi, who seems to be a classmate of Young Master Chou, and there is Cheng Hui, the other is Xu Wei, and the other is interesting, also called Zhou Heng. I almost thought it was Young Master who was in high school."

Chen Aohe nodded, and couldn't help but think that in seven or eight places, the Taixue and the Imperial College accounted for half. The Central University was indeed extraordinary. As he thought, he took out a piece of money and attracted it, saying, "Go to the street to buy some gifts and distribute them. Whether it is your father or the head of the foreign government, don't miss it, even the maid or the antique."

Liu Sheng took the money and went there hurriedly.

After a while, someone in the mansion came to congratulate them. Chen Ao joked with them. He wanted to send someone to Suiya Mountain House, Yang Mansion, and Tang Mansion to report the news. Then he thought that Tang Yan was the Imperial College Prison, but he was afraid that he would know the news earlier than him. As for Yang Jian, he was even more intelligent. He probably knew this news long ago. Even in the Suiya Mountain House, he was afraid that he would also send a clerk to see it. Therefore, he didn't do anything so much. He went to report to his wife in person and wanted to see Zhou Ruo. When he went to the attic, he called twice, but there was no movement. He pulled a girl to ask. The girl smiled and said, "It's useless to call Master Cousin, the lady won't come out."

"Why is this?"

This girl had a very good impression of Chen Ao and whispered, "Don't you know about Master Coffin? When the lady sees you, she is so embarrassed that she is so embarrassed that she will not see you. Hey, Bi'er is here, I'm leaving, otherwise Bi'er will definitely talk to the lady when she sees you." After that, she ran away hurriedly, and giggled like a silver bell before leaving, as if she said: Master Coffin is such a fool.

Chen Ao had to go back, and then he heard the doorman say, "The person who reported the good news is here, and there are many classmates of the cousin, all of whom are here to congratulate him."

He asked someone to distribute the rewards and welcomed his classmates in. These classmates were purely wealthy people. They were all happy. After drinking tea, they calculated the number of Imperial College entrance examinations based on their fingers. In addition to Chen Ao and Wu Bi, it is said that two others were on the list. However, the ones who entered the Jinshi and Cishi were on the same Jinshi. Most of the Taixue students were on the list this year. It is said that there were eleven people, and the Taixue students had already celebrated.

After sitting with his classmates for a while, everyone drank tea and wanted to leave again, saying that they would go to congratulate Wu Bi. Chen Ao was very happy and simply said, "Then I'll go too."

A group of people went to the Wu Mansion with a laugh. The Wu family is a noble family. It is said that there are seven or eight relatives who are still officials, and more than 40 people have passed the imperial examination in the past dynasties. They are from scholarly families and belong to one of the few big families.

Everyone went in with a quarrel, but the door at the door did not stop them when they saw them, and led them to the hall. Wu Bi was said to have gone to see the list, but he had not come back yet. However, the old lady of the Wu family came out to welcome the guests with a cane. Wu Wencai accompanied the old lady and hurriedly asked people to see the tea. The Wu family was also very happy today. Although there were many people who had been in the test in history, there were only a few people who passed the Jinshi list. Wu Bi was so angry that the Wu family was honored.

Wu Wencai recognized Chen Ao at a glance, called Chen Ao aside, and said, "It is said that Mr. Chen also passed the Jinshi, right?"

Chen Aohe nodded, and Wu Wencai happily congratulated him. After thinking about it, he pulled Chen Ao aside and whispered: "Tomorrow will be a palace trial. You and Wu Bi are the best friends. I have some news to tell you."

Chen Ao said: "Please show me the truth."

Wu Wencai said: "Tomorrow's advice, Your Majesty's question must be related to the Jin and Liao countries. Master Chen should prepare as soon as possible."

His disclosure surprised Chen Ao. After all, Wu Bi will also participate in the palace examination tomorrow. Wu Wencai told him, wouldn’t it give Wu Bi a few points to shine in the palace examination?

As if he saw Chen Ao’s question, Wu Wencai chuckled and said, “Actually, the reason why I said this is just a guess. Mr. Chen should respect himself.”

Wu Wencai was the head of the Welcoming Guest in the Ministry of Rites, Chen Ao suddenly thought of something and said, "Is the Jin people's envoy already here in Bianjing?"

Wu Wencai couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "How did Mr. Chen know?"

Chen Ao sighed and said, "With Shibo's official position, when it comes to the affairs of Jin and Liao countries, how can students not guess?"

Wu Wencai nodded: "The envoy of the Jin people has settled down and is discussing with us the matter of jointly destroying Liao. I think Your Majesty has been weighing this matter these days. Maybe tomorrow's advice will be based on this matter as a topic. It can be used as an examination school, and Your Majesty has a little more reference."

Chen Aohe nodded: "Student understands, thank you for yourselves."

The two of them returned to the main hall and happened to see Wu Bi coming back. It was a lively thing. It was noon. Everyone gave up. Old Woman Wu wanted to teach everyone to keep food. These classmates were not polite. But Chen Ao knew that the wife in the mansion must be looking forward to going back. After all, she also won the test today and was considered the protagonist. How could she go to someone else's house to be a guest for too long, so she said goodbye.

The day passed quickly. Early the next morning, Liu Wen had already called out. Today is a palace examination, so you can't delay it.

Having already had the experience of the art exam, Chen Ao was not nervous at all. He got up step by step, went to wash and bathe first, and dressed again. He heard that the wife had already gotten up, so he went to invite an An first. After hearing some advice, he got on the carriage and went straight to the palace.

There were not many people participating in the palace examination early in the morning, only seven of them all passed the imperial examination. When they arrived outside Zhengde Gate, the carriage stopped and Wu Bi came over and said, "Why did Brother Chen come so late? I didn't sleep all night last night, and I went out when I was ugly. I blew the wind here for an hour. Alas... I had known this, I would have learned that I would have come so late."

Chen Ao knew his excitement and smiled and said, "You are in pain and happiness. Others are not qualified to be here to blow the wind."

Wu Bi couldn't help laughing, and quickly said yes, with a look of pride on her face.

Chen Ao looked outside the Zhengde Gate. Cheng Hui and Xu Wei also came and whispered on the other side. Except for them, they were young people, the other three were all bad old men, and the youngest was forty years old. One of them had white hair and beard, which made Chen Ao speechless. The old man was also unlucky. The grandson was about to marry and have children before he became a brother. He became an official in the court. He was afraid that he would retire in two years.

He couldn't help but complain in his heart, but he also felt a little sad. He and Wu Bi were both lucky. Behind this luck, there were countless people who felt sad.

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Chapter completed!