The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Ge Yun walked out of the palace gate, held hands with his classmates, and walked back without saying a word.

Unlike other candidates who communicate more or less with others, these people have not said a word since the end of the test.As long as you look at each other's eyes, you will understand.

Now, none of them dare to speak.

It's like they all stayed for a long time during the palace exam... Fortunately, many candidates were very nervous, so it would not make their performance very obvious.

Those who can pass this test are not fools.

Ge Yun has been entangled in the same place for a long time, leaking questions and cheating in the examination room, what a crime this is!

Thinking about it, Ge Yun felt that his back was wet with sweat.Then, it's a matter of quickly running through your mind's eye what to do next.

First of all, Ge Yun is absolutely convinced that although the relationship between Mr. Yun and these students is good, it is not good enough to put his life on the line.Leak?A few lives of Mr. Yun are not enough to pay for it.

The idea of ​​letting go of the question just flashed through Ge Yun's mind because the questions were too similar.

What was involved behind this, Ge Yun didn't dare to think deeply at all.But after thinking for a long time, he still started to answer the questions.

It is impossible for Ge Yun to stand up and say that I have done this problem before and kill himself.And if not, no matter whether there is a conspiracy behind it or not, there will be problems if he sits here and writes or not.

So Ge Yun gritted his teeth and simply concentrated on answering the question.

It is a blessing, not a curse, but a curse that cannot be avoided!

When I saw the teachers of the Provincial Kao Zhai in the back school, when they asked the questions, the students trembled and said the questions.

After hearing the last question, all the officers and gentlemen were silent for a moment. An old gentleman started to run out. When he ran to the door, he turned around and said "I'll clean it up" and then closed the door.

The rest grabbed Ge Yun and they started to shake...

"How did you answer the question!!"

Almost all the people here have helped the students present to read the strategy exercises, that is to say, they have also seen the topic "Example of Integrity and Civil Affairs".

Looking back at Yunyan, he didn't know when he had already sat down in a daze.

What the hell?

Today's policy topic is "On the Appearance of Honest Officials and People"?

Yun Yanhui almost collapsed. He thought that Renzong might take some titles from "Begging for No Dirty Officials". He took a step back and said that the crackdown on corrupt officials has already begun, and there must be other qualified people who will take this direction of current affairs.

However, he never expected that Renzong would bet on this sentence, which was almost exactly the same as him!

Damn, with this level of coincidence, if people really knew about it, they wouldn't be able to clean it up by jumping into the Yellow River.

No wonder the old gentleman scrambled to "clean up". He had to burn all the articles written by those students before.Although this is a test question for the Jinshi Department, students from other provinces have also done it, because Yun Yanhui's idea at the time was to give them a little reminder of their future official careers.Fortunately, these people are studying in closed doors during this period, and there is almost no possibility of rumors.

Everyone knew that although this incident was a coincidence, one more thing is worse than one less thing, let alone such a big event.

Everyone knows that Yun Yanhui is not the one who leaked the problem. Even if the Imperial City Secretary is invited to conduct a thorough investigation, if there is no evidence of guilt, at most he will be reprimanded by the officials. On Bao Zheng... people's words are awesome!

No one present cared about how the students were doing in the exam anymore, and asked them one by one how they answered the questions.

Fortunately, they were only doing it as a common policy topic at the time, and they wrote it by themselves. At most, the gentlemen pointed it out. Condition.

The students' hearts, which were already high, were let down at this time.

Because they knew at this time that there was no conspiracy behind it, it was just a big coincidence, and they were not as worried as they were during the exam.Their pressure in this exam is definitely several times higher than that of other students.

After confirming again and again that there were no flaws, everyone was in the mood to wipe off the cold sweat.

Yun Yan returned quietly and said: "It's all my fault that I bet too accurately..."

When I bet on the question, I was scared!

Everyone: "..."

After being speechless for a while, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing how to describe my feelings.

Yes, everyone thinks how happy it would be if they win the bet.But those of them who really met were scared to death.Is it happiness or misfortune to meet such a gentleman?

For a whole day after that, the students who had done policy discussions lay in the dormitory to catch their breath.

Not only them, those gentlemen who were frightened also rested for a long time.

Everyone swore a poisonous oath that they must never tell what they did for that question.

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At the same time, the palace is nervously reviewing papers.

All Juren's test papers were ambiguous and transcribed one by one. This system was implemented in the previous dynasty, so that the officials did not know whose test papers they were looking at, which greatly reduced the degree of selfishness of the examiners.

There will be five grades in the selection of Jinshi, the last time, the upper middle, the middle, the lower and the upper, and the last time, each with its own evaluation criteria.These examination papers will be evaluated initially by examiners, and re-evaluated by the prime minister.

At this time, Bao Zheng took the test paper and examined it carefully.

The topic of this policy is extracted from his memorials, and he should be the most qualified person besides officials.At the same time, as the person in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng smiled slightly when he saw some test papers.

Although it is difficult for the candidates to reveal their identities in the title, there will always be some traces in their remarks.

However, if you do not avoid relatives if you do it internally, you will not avoid suspicion if you do it externally. Bao Zheng thought for a moment, and clicked on a familiar test paper, but did not remove him from the top ten.

The preliminary and re-examination not only removes the unqualified candidates, but also judges the top ten, and then the top ten are used to determine the ranking for the officials.

……

On March [-]th, Chuanlu roll call time.

The candidates entered the palace again and waited outside the Chongzheng Hall, waiting for the officials to evaluate their rankings, and then roll their names.

Renzong read the top ten test papers in the hall, and also saw a test paper that he thought Wen Si was more familiar with, and it was placed fifth.Although this person didn't point out the positive examples of honesty and honesty mentioned in his policy theory, how could Renzong not recognize where he wrote?

People who have such an understanding of Kaifeng Mansion are not from the government office, but also have a lot of connections.

Renzong glanced at Bao Zheng who was standing by His Royal Highness, and with a light finger, the editor mentioned the test paper to No.3.

outside the temple.

All the candidates waited with bated breath.

Slowly, they heard voices coming from the hall.From the inside to the outside of the hall, many guards of the military chiefs stood one by one. When the officials read the name of the Jinshi, these people would sing it one by one until the candidates outside the hall heard it.

The person whose name was called was named on the gold list, and he was ecstatic.Those who were not called were anxious and waited hard.The two form a stark contrast, and this is only the first step in their official career.

Ge Yun bowed his head and stood on the spot. Hearing the guards' roll call, the number one scholar and the second place were already separated. The two immediately received countless envious eyes.

At this moment, Ge Yun's mood was a little different from the others.

It wasn't long before the palace test, and after receiving such a big stimulus, he couldn't be too excited when faced with such a scene.

——Of course, this is just Ge Yun's own idea.

Because at the next moment, as the guards sang, the word "Ge Yun" echoed inside and outside the Chongzheng Hall.

Ge Yun raised his face blankly, as if he hadn't realized that it was his own name that was being read.

How come, this is the third name.

Wait, a third name?

Ge Yun's eyes were wide open, Jinshi and rank, ranked among the best? !

Those around who knew Ge Yun greeted him with their eyes.After receiving the greeting, Ge Yun woke up like a dream, his hands trembled slightly, his knees softened and he knelt down on the ground, bowing towards the hall.

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As if stepping on a cloud, Ge Yun walked to the Royal Garden led by the servant, with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

This is a regular item for the Shinke Scholars. After the officials roll their names and bestow the title, they will also give a banquet, and the Shinke Scholars also want to thank them.

The servant smiled at Ge Yun, and said very kindly: "Congratulations to Tanhualang, the three Jinshi scholars who participated in the palace examination in Kaifeng Prefecture have all graduated from high school, and you, Tanhualang."

Except for Ge Yun, the other two Jinshi students were also on the list, but their rankings were not as high as Ge Yun's.

Ge Yun was in a good mood and responded to the servant in a friendly manner.

The servant introduced the situation of the banquet to Ge Yun in a few words, and talked about the events of previous years.Ge Yun listened carefully, and in the words that seemed to be chatting, there were actually hidden precautions.

Ge Yun gratefully wanted to stuff a purse to the waiter, but the waiter recommended it, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Yunlang has already taken care of it, so Tanhualang can go to the banquet with peace of mind."

Ge Yun was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Thank you!"

When the gold list was named, all the Jinshi present were all red, and felt that they were the happiest people in the Song Dynasty at the moment.

Ge Yun also felt that he was slowly breaking free from the negative state brought about by "letting out questions and doubts". He thought about it carefully, and felt that he was able to win the game, but in fact he performed super-level.

During the exam, Ge Yun saw the policy topic at the beginning, and he was under a lot of pressure, but he was not overwhelmed, and instead performed better than usual, otherwise, Ge Yun felt that he would definitely not be able to reach the level of the top three.

At the banquet, fellow subjects next to him chatted with Ge Yun, the Tanhua Lang.If all the people present are winners in life, then the top three are the winners among the winners.

These people will be colleagues in the officialdom in the future, and the friendship of the same year is also very important.Ge Yun gathered his energy and dealt with it carefully, not daring to be too proud just because he won Tanhua.

It is inevitable that someone will ask how Ge Yun answered the questions, his origin and so on.

Ge Yun answered one by one, knowing that these people would inevitably have various thoughts in their hearts.He is a student from a poor family, and he came from Kaifeng Prefecture School. Although everyone is a student of the Son of Heaven, the relationship between him and Bao Xianggong is absolutely unclear. In people's eyes, he will be divided into factions from the very beginning.

At the banquet for Jinshi in the new department, you come and go, which can be regarded as a preview of officialdom methods in advance.

Ge Yun tried his best to deal with it calmly, thanks to the fact that although he came from a poor family, he had many internships and social practice when he was in the government school, and he had seen many things in the world.

After a while, the servants chanted and the officials went to the banquet.

The scene suddenly fell silent. As everyone who has just been promoted to Jinshi, this is the first time for most of the people present to face the saint.

This is their official family, the person they want to be loyal to.

Jinshi bowed their heads and saluted. Although they didn't dare to raise their heads, who didn't wonder what the official family looked like?

Is it majestic, or kind?

There are many Jinshi in high school, and those who sit at the back, even if they can raise their heads, may not be able to see the faces of officials clearly.Fortunately, Ge Yun and the others, the top three, sat very close to each other.

When the official's house is seated, please kindly invite everyone to sit down, and then all Jinshi should take their seats.

Ge Yun kept his mind, sat down firmly, and then pretended not to show any traces, and peeked up.

In the next moment, Ge Yun was petrified, and the feeling of panic when he saw the topic in the imperial examination came back again!

In all fairness, the officials wearing ordinary clothes have a handsome face, personable, yet majestic, and they are really the appearance of a wise king.

But Ge Yun, who was relatively close so he was absolutely right, felt that he was exactly the same as Mr. Yun's friend Zhen Liu whom he saw at the celebration banquet after the student Cuju League ended!

It’s fine if I’ve seen this test question, but why have I seen this official one? !

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