Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 203 Annunciation

   On this day, Yingtian City was still snowing, and it was so magnificent that there was only a silvery white between the sky and the earth, just like a giant city of ice and snow.

  About Mao, Ying Tiancheng dispatched a number of yamen servants to help, and decorated the Jiangnan Gongyuan to the Confucius Temple with lights and festoons. The red lanterns formed a sharp contrast with the silver and white ice and snow.

  On this day, the students and scholars in the inn put on brand-new student uniforms, put on the most devout expressions, bowed and burned incense in the direction of the Confucius Temple.

  On a table by the window in the lobby of the inn, Zhu Pingan and Fatty Xue Chi were sitting on the table drinking rice porridge and eating side dishes. Zhu Ping'an looked calm and composed, and ate deliciously, but the fat man next to him was a little different. When the fat man was eating, he looked towards the door from time to time, and his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he tossed and turned last night and slept badly.

  The lobby of the inn is full of students and students. Many of them look like fat people. They look at the door from time to time, and their eyes are red, like hungry wolves.

   This day is the day when the township examination results are released.

  The rural examination is different from the children's examination. According to the usual practice, the government servants go to the inn and other places where the students stay to announce the good news.

   Don’t worry about the guards finding their way. All students have registered their temporary residence information, place of origin, etc. in the Yamen before the exam.

   "Announcement guards are dispatched!"

  Around the hour of Chen, I heard an excited shout outside.

  Then everyone in the inn lobby excitedly looked out the door, the fat Xue Chi was about to fly out of the chair.

  Golden scales are not a thing in a pool, they turn into dragons when encountering wind and rain.

  Everyone fantasizes that they can raise people in high school, but once they become one, it will be very different. It is another world, and the name is power.

  Time seemed to change very slowly. All the students in the lobby waited and waited. It felt like they had been waiting for tens of thousands of years, but they hadn't heard any good news yet.

finally

   "Good news for the township examination! Congratulations."

  Everyone in the lobby couldn't wait to look at the door, and some even left the tables and chairs and rushed towards the door.

  However, everyone only saw a yamen servant whizzing past the entrance of the inn with a red scroll in his hand, and walked to other inns.

"Ugh"

   There was a sigh in the inn.

   When the sighs of the crowd had not completely left their lips, there was another clear and loud sound of good news coming straight to the lobby of the inn.

   "Success in the rural examination! Master Xue Chi Xue of He Fengyang Mansion ranked 35th in the secondary list of the rural examination of the high school."

  A guard who announced the good news rushed into the lobby shouting all the way.

  Hearing this, the fat man Xue Chi who was sitting opposite Zhu Pingan stood up with a groaning voice. He was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and shouted, "I won. Wait, what the hell, you just said the sub-list?"

  Fatty, I hit three words and stopped after saying two words. My blushing face turned black.

   "Yes, deputy list." The officer who announced the good news nodded.

  After getting the confirmation, the fat man let go of the guard, his fat face was almost in tears, "You report a goal in the sub-list! This is still the last place in the sub-list."

  The auxiliary list is an additional list in the imperial examination, also known as the preparation list. The deputy list of the provincial examination started in the 5th year of Jiajing in this dynasty. Those in the middle and lower rankings did not win the Juren, but obtained the qualifications to continue the examination in the lower bound township examination. They don't need to take the scientific examination or anything, they can just take the next township examination directly. There are not many places, and an average of five on the main list will take one sub-list.

   Ran, and, egg.

  Everyone in the hall understood Fatty's excitement. Even though Fatty didn't get a high school promotion, the high school vice-ranking list was pretty good, at least it was considered an honor. Everyone in the lobby congratulated Fatty.

  After being lost for a moment, the fat man immediately figured it out, took out a piece of silver and gave it to the person who announced the good news, and then sat opposite Zhu Pingan to brag about himself.

   "Brother Zhu, although I didn't win the exam, Fat Brother, but the vice-list is also great. This is called the tribute list. Well, I can go to the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy, much better than my father."

Fatty has an extremely powerful inner healing function, and he wanted to open it all at once. A person who got a place in the provincial examination by giving gifts through the back door suddenly passed the secondary list. This is much better than those who just took the provincial examination, especially his father , but even flattering horses can't catch up with myself.

"Well, not bad." Zhu Pingan nodded, and there was a sentence that I didn't say, which was beyond my expectation. It was indeed beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation. Just based on the fat man's sister, I think this result is unexpected. It is estimated that Fatty's other articles are very brilliant.

  After hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, the fat man was a little complacent.

  In the following time, besides Fatty, there were two other people in the inn lobby who also received the good news from the sub-list. They looked at each other in sympathy with Fatty, and made an appointment to drink together in the future.

   "It's time for the Guibang." Everyone in the inn whispered to each other and looked outside the door.

finally

   There was a clatter of horseshoes, breaking everyone's waiting hearts. I saw two healthy horses neighing and stopped at the entrance of the inn. The two yamen servants dismounted and came straight to the inn, shouting the news of the success of the provincial examination.

   "Success in the rural examination, congratulations to Zhu Ping'an of Anqing Prefecture, Mr. Zhu, who ranked 135th in the rural examination of the high school."

  135th place

  The total number of admissions in the Nanzhili Township Examination is 135, and Zhu Ping'an got 135, which means that he is the last one on the admission list.

  To be honest, this ranking is really beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation, and I feel that I won't be at the end.

  However, if you think about it, there are more than 10,000 students participating in the provincial examination, and if you can pass the exam, you are already very good. The last place, hehe, it seems that I have to continue to work hard and work harder.

   Don’t underestimate the heroes of the world.

  Zhu Ping'an quickly adjusted his mood, took out the reward money he had prepared earlier, and distributed it to the two servants who announced the good news.

  The two guards took it and felt it. There was a large bunch of heavy copper coins, which was quite sufficient. They were very happy to say some congratulations to Zhu Pingan, and then went back to report with a smile.

  Zhu Ping’an’s high school candidate at the end of the crane, the people in the inn were envious, why is this young man so lucky, he is the last on the list, this luck must be smoke from the ancestral grave.

   Apart from envy, they are more jealous. If we are lucky, so can we.

"Brother Zhu, we are also brothers and sisters in trouble. You are the last one on the main list, and I am the last one on the sub-list." The fat man said with a bitter face, but changed his words halfway through, "No, you both won. Lift it!"

"It's just a year earlier and a year later. Brother Xue won the vice-ranking list today. This time it's Enke. According to the rent system, next year will be another year of rural examinations. Brother Xue is determined to prepare for one or two. Next year, he will definitely be on the top list." Zhu Ping An comforted the fat man.

   "That's right. Without your competitors, I would be the thirty-fifth place. Hahaha, next time I will still have one hundred and thirty-five places. Then I won the exam, so it's just a waste of money."

  When the fat man heard the words, his bitter face suddenly became brighter, and his voice was filled with joy.

   Indeed, it is a blessing in disguise.

   Fatty's idea is reasonable. In the normal rural examination next year, Fatty's chances are indeed great.

  (end of this chapter)