How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

The scene in front of Ye Cheng began to change rapidly again.

He watched Li Xin walk into the examination site with enough dry food.

The examinations in the Ming Dynasty were usually held at Gongyuan in Kyoto. There were three examinations in total, each lasting three days, totaling nine days.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare dry food, otherwise you will really starve to death in the examination room.

In addition, not only do you need to prepare enough dry food, but you also need to have a healthy body.

Because the National Examination and the Provincial Examination are similar, they are both officially arranged in a small cubicle about four feet long and three feet wide.

The cubicles cannot be blocked by curtains so that the examiner can see the candidates' movements at any time.

This is really hard for these candidates.

You have to know that there are nine whole days!

Candidates need to huddle up in a cubicle that is more than one meter long and more than 90 centimeters wide to eat, drink and relieve themselves.

At the same time, I have to write nearly 50,000 words of beautiful articles without too many traces of alteration.

Why write so many words?

Because according to Ming history records:

[In the first session, there are two ways of testing the classics and meanings, and one of the meanings of the four books; in the second session, one is trying to discuss one thing, and there are five judgments, one of imperial edicts, hao, biao, and internal medicine. Three sessions, trying the five ways of classics, history and current affairs. 】

There are a total of fifteen big questions, and each question requires at least two to three thousand words to be written before the examiner is interested in looking up.

If you want to explain the past in just a few hundred words, you are completely fooling yourself and the country.

Therefore, the suffering of candidates taking the provincial examination and the general examination is beyond imagination.

The saying that one can become a master by enduring hardships was really not a myth at the time.

However, after surviving the nine days, as long as you can pass the test, you will reach the peak of your life.

This is even more powerful than modern civil servants.

Civil servants still have to work for others, working nine to five, and worrying about car and house payments.

But once you pass the examination, you will definitely become a Jinshi, either stay in Kyoto as an official, or be sent out to serve as a prefect or county magistrate.

Needless to say, he became an official in Kyoto and slowly worked hard to become a cabinet minister.

When you go outside, you can become the leader of a place and enjoy the prosperity of the world.

Once you are admitted to the mayor of at least a county-level city, do you think you are awesome?

Therefore, Ye Cheng watched Li Xin helplessly and stayed in the examination room for nine days and nine nights.

But obviously, after Wei Zhongxian's explanation, Li Xin received the best treatment.

Not only were his three meals a day delivered on time, but there were even government servants keeping him warm by the fire 24 hours a day.

Nine days later, Li Xin walked out of the examination room refreshed and returned to the Henan Guild Hall to wait quietly for the results to be released.

Another ten days passed, and the apricot list was finally released on this day.

Li Xin did not go to see it, but still sat quietly in his room and waited.

His identity as a time traveler, coupled with his superb IQ, and Wei Zhongxian's personal care.

It can be said that there is no reason for Sun Shan to lose his reputation.

really!

Not long after the results were released, the Henan Guild Hall became noisy.

Some of the candidates who also came from Henan Province shouted excitedly, and some burst into tears.

Those who are on the list will be admitted from now on, while those who are not on the list will have to wait for the examination three years later.

But three years after another, how much time can be wasted in a person's life.

Soon, the sound of gongs and drums came from outside.

The sound of the drum was getting closer and closer to Li Xin's room.

Li Xin understood that after all, he was...

bingo!

He stood up, opened the door, and looked outside the door quietly.

There were already people standing outside the door.

There were candidates who had just released their results, and there were government servants who came from Xiangfu County with me.

Most of them were the gentry and wealthy businessmen of Kyoto, the common people watching the excitement, and the servants of various government offices.

Everyone had excitement on their faces and shouted in unison after seeing Li Xin appear.

"It's hit! It's hit! Li Jieyuan, Mr. Jieyuan, you're hit again!"

"The top one on the apricot list, the first in high school!"

"You are the Duke Huiyuan of our Qi Dynasty tomorrow!"

Everyone was so excited that they rushed into Li Xin's room, surrounded him, hugged him, jumped and shouted, yelled and laughed.

Li Xin's eyes were faintly red, and he was extremely excited.

bingo!

Sure enough, it hit.

Thirty years after traveling back to the Ming Dynasty, I finally saw some hope.

After graduating from high school and becoming a tribute, there is only one final hurdle left.

As long as he comes out on top in the palace examination, he will live up to the hardships of this life.

He smiled and bowed his hands to everyone.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for informing Li."

"Li will never forget everyone in the future..."

Everyone laughed, waiting for Li Xin's words.

Since ancient times, it is difficult to provide help in times of trouble, but it is easy to add icing on the cake.

But who has so many opportunities to help Huiyuan Gong when he needs it?

The icing on the cake now is just to let Li Xin remember him and take care of him as a high-ranking official in the future.

In fact, many wealthy merchants and gentry from Kyoto came just to curry favor with Li Xin.

"Mr. Hui Yuan, I have hosted a banquet at my home. Could you please come and enjoy it?"

Someone shouted, grabbing Li Xin's clothes and trying to pull them out.

"Fuck off!"

Seeing someone taking action, more people immediately became furious.

"Chen Shiqi, you are a small bank, but you dare to invite Mr. Hui Yuan to dinner, who will give you the face!"

"Yes! Get out of here! Mr. Huiyuan, would you like to come to my house? My house is the Zhang Family Trading Company in the capital. Mr. Zhang Wenzhen, please come over and congratulate me in person..."

Before the man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by others.

"The Zhang family? The richest man in Kyoto? Just so you know, Duke Huiyuan, why don't you come to my house? My family is Mr. Zhou Yingqiu Zhou, the censor of Zuodu. I specially invite Mr. Li to come and have a rest..."

Hey!

When this person said this, everyone was shocked.

The censor of Zuodu was alarmed, which shows that Duke Huiyuan had a wide network of contacts.

Unexpectedly, someone shouted again.

"The imperial censor of Zuodu is a good candidate. My husband is Mr. Gu Ge, the great scholar of Jianji Palace. My young lady is twenty-eight years old and has not yet left the imperial court. She is only waiting to be betrothed to Duke Huiyuan and we can get married today..."

boom!

Everyone was completely shocked and speechless.

Who is Mr. Gu Ge, the great scholar of Jianji Palace?

Gu Bingqian, the prince's grand master and the official's minister.

A proper member of the Ming Dynasty cabinet!

Such a big boss wants to betroth his daughter to Huiyuan Gong, and wants to get married today?

It can be seen that after Li Xin ranked first in the exam, his status was unimaginable.

The crowd fell silent for a while, and no one dared to compete with Mr. Ge again. Isn't this just looking for death?

The man smiled proudly and was about to leave with Li Xin.

Unexpectedly, Li Xin waved her hand to refuse and bowed her hand to the visitor.

"Brother, I'm sorry! Li is not going anywhere, and has to concentrate on preparing for the palace examination. Please tell your master that Li Xin has accepted Mr. Gu Ge's heart, and we will meet and talk after the palace examination... "

"Ah, okay, okay..."

Seeing that Li Xin refused to become the son-in-law of the Gu family, the man could only nod helplessly even though he was embarrassed.

After all, there is the imperial examination after the general examination, and the number one scholar has not yet been produced.

Although the status of Huiyuan is respected, the number one scholar is even more awesome.

If Li Xin unlocks the No. 1 achievement again, he will become the rare winner of six consecutive prizes in the Ming Dynasty for a century.

By then, I'm afraid he won't care about an old son-in-law anymore. Shouldn't the women in the world be left to his choice?

If he fails to win the top prize, Duke Yuan's respect will also be reduced a lot.

After a brief moment of embarrassment, everyone laughed and asked Li Xin to treat him.

Since we are not going anywhere, why not entertain everyone at the Henan Guild Hall, raise glasses and drink together to congratulate Huiyuan Gong on his success.

Li Xin was about to agree with a smile, but someone in the crowd shouted, and the whole place fell silent.

"Stop drinking! News just came from the Ministry of Etiquette that the palace examination will be held tomorrow, and the results will be released the day after tomorrow. Do you still care about drinking for fun?"

what?

All the high school Jinshi people in the place were stunned.

Why?

Just because according to the usual practice, the palace examination will be held one month after the results of the general examination are released.

The imperial examinations were set by the emperor and all the tribute students were assessed face to face.

After the palace examination, it will take about ten days to mark and review the papers. Finally, the number one scholar, the second best scholar, the third flower scholar and all the Jinshi will be selected as disciples of the emperor.

The whole process will probably take another month.

Who would have thought that this time Tianqi Enke would have to take the palace examination the day after the results were released?

What on earth is Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao thinking?

Even Li Xin was stunned and muttered to himself.

"Are you going to take the palace examination tomorrow?"