When Yuan Donggang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, heard the sound of firecrackers, he was furious and said, "Bold, who is so bold and dares to make a lot of noise outside the Gongyuan during the examination marking period?"

It's a pity that everyone can only look at you, and look at him, and there is nothing more to say.

The Gongyuan was sealed and no one could enter or leave, let alone deliver the news.

Fortunately, Qianhu, the Xiuyiwei guard who was in charge of the guard, shouted loudly outside the correction room, "My lords, I heard some comments coming from the street through the courtyard wall. Can you please rest assured and let us be normal together?"

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Someone suddenly thought of something and laughed.

The others looked at it and guessed after a little thought that it was probably the news from Daxing about the success of fish farming in rice fields.

It might even be a bumper harvest, otherwise no one here in the capital would dare to set off firecrackers one after another and make such a big fuss on a day that is neither a year nor a festival.

Since fish farming in rice fields was successful, and Shi Zhongkui's poems, Four Books and Five Classics questions, and official document questions were the best, even though everyone had been debating over the currency policy for a whole morning, everyone quickly decided that he would be the first in the provincial examination.

I believe that although there will be some rumors among scholars, for the sake of Shi Zhongkui's interests in benefiting the country and the people, there should not be many such voices.

After all, this is tantamount to pointing out a clear way for everyone to increase production and income.

Moreover, the fish raised in his own fields and dried into dried fish are enough to sustain his meat consumption for a year.

When I think of my parents and children having dried fish for every meal at home, everyone’s faces show a smile of satisfaction.

To put it bluntly, with the ancient road and transportation conditions, even if you have money in many inland areas, you cannot buy fish every day.

Not to mention that you can’t catch fish in winter and early spring.

At the same time, everyone had to admire Shi Zhongkui, who actually listed more than a dozen reasons at the end of the policy discussion to prove that using the coins of the Zhou Dynasty to control and influence the wealth of surrounding countries was actually helping them.

In Zhuge Liang's words, he has never seen such a shameless person.

But everyone secretly feels that this method of killing without blood, or even killing invisible, is in a certain sense in line with the Confucian concept of benevolence and righteousness.

On October 9th, thousands of people crowded outside the Gongyuan, waiting for the yellow list to be issued.

As for the restaurants around Gongyuan, the price of vegetables has tripled today, but it still can't stop a large number of nobles, officials, and gentry from watching the fun.

Fortunately, no one was thinking about catching Shi Zhongkui home as his son-in-law this time.

After the hospital examination in early August, when someone came to Shi Zhongkui's house trying to rob him, Xue Pan thought of making a big splash when he returned home, making the whole capital aware of the fact that his own sister had made an engagement with Shi Zhongkui.

But this matter was finally stopped by Xue Baochai.

The words that could not affect Shi Zhongkui's rural examination made Xue Pan stop immediately.

But after he succeeded in the rural examination and rice field fish farming, he couldn't help but start tossing around.

Fortunately, Xue Pan used some brains this time and spent money to find a dozen well-known matchmakers in the capital, and spread the word among the female relatives in every household that Shi Zhongkui had already committed to Xue Baochai, and even "written a letter"

news.

This made countless ladies and ladies sigh, and at the same time they couldn't help but say some gossip about Shi Zhongkui coveting the wealth of the Xue family.

As for how to speak of Xue Baochai, it must be even uglier than this.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue was so angry that she couldn't even eat. Xue Baochai guessed the reason, but it was difficult for her to tell her, and it was impossible to say she wasn't angry.

On the contrary, Xue Pan comforted his mother and sister by saying that they were jealous of my family.

"Come out, come out."

A shout pushed the atmosphere outside the Gongyuan to a climax. Several chief and deputy examiners in red official robes, accompanied by guards in embroidered robes, ordered the clerks to post the yellow list high on the notice board.

According to the rules, the third list, that is, the bottom 100 people, are posted first, then the top 90 people, and finally the top ten.

After seeing the yellow list, some people exclaimed and jumped for joy, while others howled and cried with excitement.

After ten years of studying hard, I can only truly see the rewards if I pass the exam.

Not only will he have the opportunity to become an official, but he will also be exempted from land tax on a thousand acres of land.

Relatives, fellow citizens, and freedmen who could no longer survive would donate their fields to the name of the person.

The imperial court and the government together collected 40% and 50% of taxes, but only 30% or even 20% of taxes were collected. The saved food often allowed farmers to survive, or live better.

That's why it is said that if a poor scholar has a chance to win a prize, it is no wonder that countless scholars, even with gray hair, are still thinking about winning the prize.

In fact, it is because this is a tangible benefit.

Those scholars who did not see their names could only look forward to the second list. But if they could not see the second list, many scholars had their eyes blank and started to cry.

After the third list came out, the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "I won, Daxing Shi Boqian won four yuan in a row, won four yuan in a row."

"Go and ask Mr. Xie Yuan quickly."

Some people run away, but even if they can't be the first to announce the good news, they can still stand closer and grab a few more silver melon seeds.

Some people even thought that maybe Fool Xue would use gold to make golden melon seeds as wedding money when he was happy.

If you can grab three or five of these, it will be enough for a family to spend a month or two.

If you're lucky, you'll have enough food for that year.

The nobles and squires in the restaurants around the Gongyuan sighed greatly, and then their hearts were full of envy for the Duke of Tui Guo's Mansion, the Xue family, and the Yu family.

Not to mention the Six Yuan exams, there was no precedent in the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Shuntian Prefecture of the previous dynasty where Duke Xie Yuang failed.

In other words, as long as Shi Zhongkui doesn't seek death, he will definitely be a Jinshi master.

And when I think of getting the sixth grade, not to mention the scholars, even the nobles are trembling in their hearts and their hearts are full of enthusiasm and they turn into envy.

Of course Shi Zhongkui would not stay outside the Gongyuan. He was not even staying in the big house in the capital at this time.

In his opinion, his monetary policy paper will inevitably cause controversy among scholars and the court, and since he is likely to win the election anyway, he might as well hide in the countryside and watch the storm unfold.

It's a pity that he thinks well, but some people don't intend to make it easy for him.

As mentioned before, after the former prince, Prince Yitada, rebelled, there are still many diehard loyalists below who have been plotting against the current emperor.

Since the emperor's people have chosen Shi Zhongkui as Jieyuan, he may be Huiyuan after February next year, and then he may be the number one scholar in the palace examination.

What an honor it is to get the sixth grade?

And it will inevitably attract more people to read. Once the writing style flourishes, it is a sign of prosperity.

Officials and nobles would also return to Emperor Jinglong to a certain extent, which would be of great benefit to the emperor's rule.

The best way is to kill Shi Zhongkui unknowingly.

Falling into the water, cold wind, malaria, any one of them can kill a person, and it will not arouse the suspicion of the outside world.

Unfortunately, after searching around, I found that Shi Zhongkui was not in the Sanjin mansion in the capital and the ancestral home with only one courtyard.
Chapter completed!