butcher's little man

On the third day of May, the palace examination will be held.

Compared with the general examination, the palace examination is more relaxed.After all, this time is an exam in front of the emperor, if you dare to cheat for personal gain, you will kill yourself.

The guards at the door just searched roughly to prevent anyone from carrying a sharp weapon, so they let it go generously.Li Yiran was in the middle and front, and after a while, it was his turn.

The exam is in the main hall, where the location is very spacious, and there are more than 100 tables, and it doesn't feel crowded at all.The emperor and other invigilating ministers have not come yet, and the examinees here are no longer as nervous as the last exam, because as long as you can set foot in this hall, it means that you have the qualifications to set foot in the officialdom, the only difference is Ranking only.Of course, the top [-] candidates who think they have a chance to win the top three are still a little nervous.

Li Yiran sat behind the table, neither looking around nor chatting with others.He was guessing the possible exam questions this time.Generally speaking, what will be tested is basically the student's own knowledge, but the hall test is about a practical strategy. To be honest, he may be better at this.

Li Yiran inquired about it, and found that there were more than [-] people who changed their qualifications for the imperial examination after working in the lower class for five years like him. Among them, only three of them were able to enter the imperial examination. Compared with other students, these three people I have more experience in officialdom.

After a while, more than 170 students were all let in.After a father-in-law stood in front of the stage and said silence, the audience was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling could be heard.

"The emperor is here!" A sharp voice sounded, and everyone present was excited. They got up quickly, knelt beside their seats and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Mian—" came that voice again, everyone got up from the ground, lowered their hands and closed their eyes, no one dared to look directly at Tianyan.

"You are all talents who have been carefully selected by my dear ministers. I hope you will devote yourself to your duties in the future so that you will live up to the fame you have earned through decades of hard work." A majestic voice sounded, and everyone joined hands and saluted , replied in unison: "No!"

After they sat down, the eunuchs came down to distribute papers, two papers per person.After everyone has sent it, a eunuch will read the title.

Li Yiran listened intently to the eunuch's reading, and extracted the requirements from the lengthy title. He asked, "There was no rain in a certain place from September last year to March this year, and it is now spring plowing. How should we solve this problem?" .”

After Li Yiran thought for a while, he picked up his pen and started writing.He summarized the situation and governance methods of Anyang County over the years, wrote them down on paper, and then added some of his own suggestions, possible situations and solutions.

"Dong--" the bell rang, which meant that more than half of the time had passed, and the students still had three quarters of an hour to copy their answers.At this time, the emperor, who had been sitting on the high seat, stepped down from the high platform and walked around among the students.Everyone who was stared at by him felt very nervous, and even stopped the pen in his hand, so as not to stain the test paper because of being too nervous.

Li Yiran was copying the test paper, and suddenly felt that the light was blocked, only to realize that there was a bright yellow figure standing beside him, staring at his test paper.He was startled and a little overwhelmed, but isn't this an opportunity?Otherwise, with his ranking so low, his test paper would not be able to see the sky anyway.These thoughts were only for a moment, Li Yiran paused for a moment and then began to transcribe, and even moved slightly to the side so that the emperor could see more clearly.

The emperor was a little surprised by his performance, this man's mind is calm.He didn't disappoint Li Yiran either, so he just watched by his side.

Li Yiran didn't dare to raise his head, and naturally he didn't know what the emperor's face was like, but the eunuch who accompanied him sensitively sensed that the emperor was satisfied at this time.

Since he issued the imperial decree four years ago, one out of ten officials selected by the court had previously worked in the lower ranks. These people generally do not boast, and their pragmatic style has been greatly rewarded by the emperor.

Of course, not everyone can pass this level, the premise is that you can pass the imperial examination.

After the emperor finished reading it, he didn't stay here and left with the eunuchs.At this time, the bell rang again, signaling to everyone that the exam was over.

When going out, Li Yiran paid attention to everyone's expressions, and found that some were happy and others were sad.He didn't think about anything, and strode out the door.

Due to the small number of participants in this exam, the results will be announced in three days.

"Yijia Chen Weizheng, the number one scholar, will be awarded Jinshi and rank."

"Yijia Zhang Haiping, the second place in the list, will be awarded Jinshi and rank."

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"Erjia Chu Zhishen, bestowed Jinshi background."

"The second-class Li is also the same, and he is given a Jinshi background."

Li Yiran never expected that it was the emperor's stop that made him change from No.60 in the test to the last place in the second class.If he had known earlier, non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Imperial Academy, and after the second grade, they will all be fellow Jinshi, this is a great opportunity for him!

Not to mention that Li Yiran has to deal with many chores after the exam in Beijing, but the Li family is so happy when they know the good news!

Li Amu insisted that her behavior touched the Bodhisattva, so she was able to pass the exam, and went out again with a basket.

Seeing his smiling face, the villagers asked casually. After a while, the whole village knew that Li Yiran had passed the exam.

There were also those who were jealous, and said a few sour words, as if they hadn't been admitted to the number one scholar, so there was nothing to be proud of.At this time, without the need for others to come forward, his own man took him back to educate him.Regardless of what Li Yiran is taking the exam for now, even if he is the last one in the exam, he still passed the exam, and it will be different from ordinary people like them in the future.

Everyone came to Li's house with their things, and poured out good words like money.These are all favors, and Li Amu also took them, and told them to wait for Li Yiran to come back before buying them a drink.

Tian Xiaoman's belly has been six months old, and he started to walk a little awkwardly.Followed by his increasingly round face, the whole person looks smaller.

A few days ago, Tian Amutuo sent a basket of sweet white apricots. He knew Tian Xiaoman liked to eat them, so he sent them here for his eyes.

Yes, because Tian Xiaoman was pregnant, he couldn't eat a single apricot, so he could only watch other people eat their juices.Especially Brother Le, who not only ate happily, but even ran over to tell him that the apricots at Momo's are delicious!Fortunately, not long after, the number of Le Geer was also limited.

The only thing that satisfied Tian Xiaoman was that Li Wenxuan had been with him all the time, never eating.Until he accidentally saw Li Wenxuan standing in the kitchen eating apricots one by one, and he didn't eat a meal.Of course, Li Wenxuan cooked noodles for him afterwards, and laid three eggs on the bed.

Now his fetus is moving more and more frequently, it seems that the child is churning anytime and anywhere, Tian Xiaoman feels that he can no longer watch Li Wenxuan teach Lin boy to learn martial arts, because his belly will follow suit!

At the beginning of June, Li's family received news that Li Yiran had been sent to the Imperial Academy as an editor, but he did not know what kind of official it was.But most importantly, he will be home soon.

After hearing the news, Li Amu asked Li Wenxuan to go to the street to buy vegetables and come back.For this matter, he had already asked the master chef in the village to make a menu.

Li Wenxuan went out with the carriage, and only came back in the evening, because one of the ingredients was sold out, so he waited for him to bring it over in the county town.

When he came back with a full load of ingredients, he found that his brother had already arrived home.Li Wenxuan jumped off the carriage, rushed over and hugged Li Yiran, "Brother, I knew you would pass the exam, hahaha."

Li Yiran smiled and hugged Li Wenxuan without saying a word.

He has been running around these days, and everyone is considerate of him, so they let him rest without saying a word.

Li Yiran returned to the room, half lying on the bed, and suddenly heard a soft voice from the door, "Father?"

"Come in!" Li Yiran sat up and waved to Brother Le at the door.Brother Le looked a little bigger, and his eyebrows looked more and more like him.Li Yiran looked at Le Geer carefully, and looked at Le Geer very strangely.

He called again, "Father?"

"Hey, Brother Le is good. My father came back in a hurry this time and didn't buy you a gift. Will Brother Le blame me?"

"No!" Le Geer shook his head, "It will be great if my father comes back!" These days, my father has not come back, and Mammy is always worried, and can't even eat.

"Brother Le is so good." Li Yiran felt that Geer Le was really well taken care of by his father and mother, and Wenxuan and his wife treated him very well.

Le Geer was praised, his eyes are smiling, he has always been a good boy!