The eldest son of the red mansion

After sitting down, Jia Ke said to Xiaoer, "Give me a few of your special dishes, and a pot of your famous champion red."

Ben Bray, who was standing next to Jia Ke, immediately took out a certain amount of money from his pocket and threw it into the hands of the second child after seeing Jia Ke's order.

"Let your cook cook faster, our master can't afford to wait."

This Xiaoer received the reward, so naturally he happily agreed.

I don't know if Zhuangyuanlou cooked the food quickly, or if the ingot of silver played a role, it didn't matter much, seven or eight dishes and two jugs of good wine were placed on the table in a short while.

Jia Ke picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and nodded involuntarily. The cooks here are better than those in Rongguo Mansion, even if they are no different than the imperial cooks in the palace.

Jia Ke was sitting in the Zhuangyuan Building, and after about half an hour, many candidates had come to the Zhuangyuan Building one after another.

After these people came, they took their seats, let Xiaoer serve wine and food, and then they talked about it.

One of the young candidates, who answered this question well, was talking about it there, "Today, Mr. Lu did a good answer. I think this subject is stable. I will meet the emperor in the palace exam. The first thing The thing is to impeach Jia Ke."

There was a good-looking jade-faced scholar next to him, who answered the question, "Brother Lu, why are you already drunk without wine? Can we take care of the affairs of those adults in the court? In my opinion, if our subject If you win the prize, it is true that you will be a county magistrate honestly."

"Dong Li, you are good at everything, but you are too sophisticated. The world is now the time when young people of my generation are in their early years. If I impeach Jia Ke in front of the Golden Palace in a few days, I will let the world know that I am a scholar. festival."

The scholar named Dong Li felt that this man surnamed Lu was crazy to want to be famous, so he didn't even look at where this place was.

In order not to be troubled by this person, Dong Li said hastily, "I disagree with you. Since Mr. Jia came to power, he has done a lot of practical things to the people of the court. If you say something outrageous, Mr. Jia is better than the current emperor. The affairs of the world must be very stable.”

The young man surnamed Lu immediately became a little annoyed after hearing Dong Li's words, and was about to stand up and argue with him. Fortunately, the few people who followed him dissuaded them, and the two of them temporarily suppressed their anger.

On the other table, an older man heard the words of the young people on the next table, looked at each other and shook his head together.

They felt in their hearts that these young people really didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and they didn't look at the current situation. They impeached Jia Ke in the hall again.

These older people have long since smoothed the edges and corners. They don't care who is sitting on the Golden Luan Palace at all. A dog, they also pay homage.

Jia Ke sat at the side, listening to two completely different voices of discussion, and felt that the decision she made this time was pretty good. If these young people were allowed to enter the court now, I am afraid that I am really in a dilemma. It won't be too late for them to become officials after they ascend the throne.

After Jia Ke ate and drank enough and got the news she wanted, she didn't have the mood to continue shopping, so she ordered someone to pay the bill, went down to the Zhuangyuan Building, turned around, and went back to the Prime Minister's Office to handle business.

On the 7th day after the final exam, Zhang Chaoxin, the chief examiner, and Li Wenbin, the deputy chief examiner, came to the Zongli Yamen to report to Jia Ke with the list of candidates and their papers.

Jia Ke first took the list and looked at it. The people selected this time are quite suitable, and there are no young people.

Most of them are above 25 years old, and there are even a few elderly people in their 60s and [-]s.

It's just that one of them is very conspicuous after Jia Ke saw it, and that is a 17-year-old juzi-Tang Zhong.

"What's the matter with this young man? It's not easy to be a Jinshi in high school at a young age."

Jia Ke said so on the surface, but his tone was a little bit bad. It was because he didn't want to choose these young and successful geniuses. Could it be that the two chief examiners didn't understand what he meant?

Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin glanced at each other, with helplessness on their faces, they knew this would happen when they checked the test papers.

It turned out that when the two were reviewing the examination papers, they didn't know the names and ages of these people. They just selected those who were mature and prudent in the papers, and the writing style was sharp. In the end, all the rankings were determined, and then they began to remove the seals on the papers, and only then did they see their ages. and name.

After dismantling the papers, they found that Tang Zhong actually ranked No.5, but this person is too young, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to pass the test at Jia Ke Station.

Originally, Zhang Chaoxin wanted to demote this person and suppress him in this subject, and it would not be too late to select him when Jia Ke's world was settled.

Who would have thought that this time Li Wenbin was very opposed. He and Zhang Chaoxin argued hard, but Zhang Chaoxin was actually very hesitant. After all, this person relied on his ability, and his papers were also very sophisticated, and he didn't have any young people's attitude. Radical energy, otherwise they would not have selected Tang Zhong as the fifth when marking the papers.

In the end, the two decided to go to Jia Ke just like that. If Jia Ke had any objections, it would not be too late to relegate him.

Sure enough, I saw Jia Ke asking about this person, so Zhang Chaoxin came out and said, "My lord, this Tang Zhong is indeed talented. His writing is extremely sophisticated and his arguments are clear. I really can't ignore it."

Li Wenbin also stood aside to help Zhang Chaoxin a few words. After all, this person was saved by him, and Zhang Chaoxin could not be alone.

Jia Ke heard the two of them's reply and suppressed his anger.

"Bring me this man's test paper."

After hearing this, Li Wenbin immediately took out Tang Zhong's paper from a paper he was holding, and held it in front of Jia Ke with both hands.

Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully.

It should be said that Jia Ke has also studied stereotyped essays for a few years, but he is not proficient in these, and now he can barely discern the good from the bad.

Jia Ke took the paper and read it carefully, trying to find any flaws in it.

In the end, Jia Ke was dumbfounded. He couldn't change a single word in the paper.

This is also because Jia Ke is really not good at stereotypes. He really has no right to speak about these stereotyped articles. It is beyond his ability to correct these papers.

Jia Ke was a little embarrassed after reading it for a long time, "This article is not bad, but this person is still a little young, so I'm afraid of him and speak out, which is not good for my future career."

Li Wenbin hurried forward and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, age has nothing to do with whether you are radical or not. There are things about young and mature in every dynasty and generation."

Seeing Li Wenbin intercede with this Tang Zhong, Jia Ke hesitated. After all, Li Wenbin was his teacher, so it would not look good to refute him like this.

"Since that's the case, let's do it this way. I'll take a look at it in person during the imperial examination. If he's still good, let him be a Jinshi. Otherwise, he'll be in the top three."

After Jia Ke dealt with this person, he continued to look at the ranking, and then nodded. The other people are fine, and they are not too young, and their edges and corners have been smoothed by society.

Chapter 557

Jia Ke originally wanted to agree with them, but suddenly remembered the young man who spoke for her in the restaurant.

Now that a younger one has been pulled up, it's nothing to get another one.

So Jia Ke said: "I heard that there is a man named Dong Li who is very talented, why haven't I seen his paper?"

The two chief examiners at the bottom glanced at each other after listening to Jia Ke's words, and finally Li Wenbin thought for a while, stood up and said, "I still have some impressions of the person my lord mentioned, although he did a good job in this subject. But the writing style is still a bit naive, so the ministers did not choose him."

After hearing this, Jia Ke said directly: "I think this young man is good, so I will choose him too."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he directly added Dong Li's name to the list.

"After you go back, add this person's hometown, etc., there are only so many people in this subject."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he signed the list and returned the list to Zhang Chaoxin.

After Zhang Chaoxin and Li Wenbin received the list, they took their leave and left.

After the two of them left, Jia Ke got off the desk and turned to a small table next to her. Looking at the piles of examination papers on it, she fell into deep thought.

Jia Ke thought for a while, then asked Li Deshan next to him, "Among the eunuchs under your command, are there any well-educated poets?"

After Li Deshan heard this, he quickly replied: "My lord, among some of these people under some, there are indeed quite a few who have read poetry and books. To make you laugh, even I, the slave, have read some years of books." .”

After Jia Ke heard this, she asked with great interest: "Aren't you people from poor families who only entered the palace as errands? How do you have the money to study?"