rebirth first official

At Yinshi, the exam officially began, and the subordinate officials in charge of the exam distributed the exam questions and papers to the children one after another.

It was snowing heavily in the capital city in the first lunar month, and many children were so cold that they couldn't even hold the pens in their hands.In the imperial examination, many people with outstanding literary talents failed, precisely because the conditions of the imperial examination were very difficult. If the body was not strong enough, there were not a few who passed out in the examination room.However, when Gao Zhanming saw the topic, it was just what he was good at. The north wind outside the house was awe-inspiring, but he felt his blood boil. After thinking for a while, he already had the skeleton of the article in his mind. Write the text.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark.

After Gao Zhanming handed in the test papers and left the examination room, Yinhe was waiting for him outside. His face was already red with cold. Seeing Gao Zhanming coming out, he went up to him nervously and asked, "How is it, sir?"

Gao Zhanming smiled and flicked Yinhe's nose lightly, and said, "You don't trust your master so much?"

Seeing Gao Zhanming's calm expression, Yinhe couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly salivated and flattered him with a smile: "Master is the servant's master, so naturally he is the best!"

Gao Zhanming laughed and said: "You really will put gold on your face. Okay, let's go back, there are two days to take the exam. Don't wait outside tomorrow, it's a cold day, Turning around, you will be frozen to death, who will take care of you? Your residence is not far from here, just a cup of tea, and you can walk back by yourself."

Yin He was touched and said: "The slave does not work hard, master, as long as the master can go to high school, the slave will be fine."

Yinhe hurriedly brought the horse over, Gao Zhanming got on the horse, but saw a fellow who had just come out from the side scolding his servant: "You dog slave, you haven't even prepared the stove for the master during the time you've been outside, you Do you want to freeze me to death!"

The servant argued aggrievedly: "Master, I have burned charcoal several times, and it's just getting cold. I didn't expect my master to come out at this time, and this servant is preparing to burn charcoal..."

The lifter kicked his slave to the ground and cursed: "You dog slave, how dare you argue!

Gao Zhanming frowned, but he heard that Juzi's voice was very familiar, until the Juzi turned around, under the light of the lantern, Gao Zhanming saw clearly that this guy was none other than his old friend Han Baiyue.

Gao Zhanming said with a smile: "Brother Han, I think you are very energetic. It seems that the cold is not very bad. You must have done well in the exam today."

When Han Baiyue saw Gao Zhanming, she was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Where's Brother Gao?"

Gao Zhanming said: "All right, all right."

Han Baiyue was too lazy to talk to him, and said: "Then I will wait for the announcement date and hear the good news from Brother Gao."

Gao Zhanming smiled, said goodbye to Han Baiyue, and rode back to his residence.

Han Baiyue looked at Gao Zhanming's back, sneered, and turned to leave.

In the blink of an eye, the three-day trial was over.

The scientific examinations in the past few years were affected by the aftermath of the extravagant literary style. Parallel essays were often used in policy questions. The selection of scholars paid more attention to allusions and rhetoric, so many impetuous and frivolous scholars were selected. In the past two years, the emperor ordered Su Yu to write the examination questions. XI improved the scientific examination and paid attention to the political knowledge of the candidates, so the policy question was the law of economic integration, which is Gao Zhanming's strong point.If he was still worried about taking the exam, he would be more confident after the exam. What's more, he had Xie Yuan in his body before, so he couldn't get an excellent ranking this time, but it shouldn't be a big deal. Difficult.

Gao Zhanming returned to Zongxue and waited for the imperial court to release the results. When everyone asked him about the results of the scientific examination, he naturally answered modestly.However, seeing his steadfast attitude, everyone thought that he had done very well in the exam. Although the rankings had not yet been handed down, many people had come to congratulate Gao Zhanming.

Time flies, and in February, the Ministry of Rites has set the rankings for the test.

On the day when the list was released, everyone went out early in the morning to watch the list at Duanmen, while all the candidates went to the Shangshu Shengdu Hall to participate in the singing ceremony.The one whose name is sung is the Jinshi and the first, otherwise it is the failure.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites sang first, ranking from back to front.The children whose names were sung ascended to the imperial examinations, wept with joy on the spot, and some even fainted from ecstasy, and were carried out of Shangshu Province by subordinate staff.

In a short while, the list of successful candidates has been reported a lot.Of the seven disciples who participated in the scientific examination in Zongxue, five of them came in first.When No. 18 was sung, Han Baiyue's name was sung by the officials.

Han Baiyue was standing near Gao Zhanming. Gao Zhanming frowned slightly when he heard Han Baiyue's name, but he still congratulated Han Baiyue: "Congratulations, Brother Han."

Han Baiyue glanced at Gao Zhanming triumphantly, and said, "Why hasn't Brother Gao's name been sung yet? Could it be in the future?"

Gao Zhanming only felt that Han Baiyue's attitude was a bit strange, but he didn't say anything, he just smiled calmly: "Brother Han, why are you so anxious?"

In a blink of an eye, only the top ten names were left to be sung.

Yinhe was both nervous and looking forward to it, tightly clutching Gao Zhanming's hem: "Master, why haven't you arrived yet, did you win the top spot again?"

Gao Zhanming remained silent.

After another moment, only the last three remained unsung.

I only heard the officials on the stage of Shangshu Shengdu sing: "No.3, Li Yu."

At this time, Gao Zhanming's palms also started to sweat.

"No.2, Bai Peng."

Yin He was about to cry: "Master, Lord..."

"First name..." The official paused, not in a hurry to sing out his name, and scanned the audience.

At this time, everyone in the audience waited with bated breath, even the candidates whose names had been sung just now stopped cheering, and only waited to hear the name of the winning member.

"...The first name, Jin Tian has it."

As soon as Huiyuan's name came out, the audience cheered loudly!Yin He's face turned pale in an instant: "How is it possible... Grandpa... How could it be possible that you don't have your name."

Gao Zhanming was also too shocked to recover.Although he is not sure that he will win the first place, considering the article he wrote that day, he never believes that he is not on the list!

At this time, Han Baiyue walked towards Gao Zhanming unhurriedly, and said with a leisurely smile, "It's not that I have a problem with my ears, why didn't I hear brother Jun Liang's name?"

Gao Zhanming stared at his face, but didn't make a sound.Han Baiyue seemed to have expected this to happen a long time ago, and at this moment there was only complacency on his face.

Han Baiyue sneered and said, "I've heard that brother Jun Liang has a very good literary talent. Could it be that the wind and snow on the day of the exam froze brother Jun Liang?"

Gao Zhanming turned around and left.

Yin He hastily chased after him: "Master, Lord, wait for me."

Gao Zhanming didn't go back to Zongxue, nor did he go back to the mansion, but went directly to the Duke's mansion.

An Guogong Gao Yuanzhao, as the prime minister, had already read the list of ranks a few days before the release of the list.He was also a little surprised that Gao Zhanming was not on the list, but he only thought that Gao Zhanming did not perform well that day, and the Queen Mother had already said that the Gao family did not need to intervene in this matter, but Gao Zhanming's own ability, so he did not interfere with the list.

Gao Yuanzhao had just come down from the court, and was reading the imperial edict in the study, but he heard the announcement from the servant outside: "Master, Gao Zhanming asks to see you."

Gao Yuanzhao was startled, put down the Chinese book in his hand, and said, "Let him in."

Gao Zhanming walked into the study, Gao Yuanzhao originally wanted to comfort him, but Gao Zhanming's face showed no loss or resentment, on the contrary he looked very calm.

Gao Zhanming said: "Uncle, the rankings are released today."

Gao Yuanzhao said: "I know, you..."

Gao Zhanming said: "I didn't make it."

Gao Yuanzhao said: "I already know about this matter. You don't have to be too disappointed, the Queen Mother has already told me that she appreciates you very much, you can..."

Gao Zhanming interrupted: "Uncle, I want to see the Queen Mother, can Uncle help me enter the palace."

Gao Yuanzhao didn't expect him to say that, he couldn't help but startled, hesitantly said: "This..."

At this moment, I suddenly heard a report from a young man outside: "Master, someone from the palace has been sent, saying that the Queen Mother is going to call Young Master Zhanming into the palace."

Gao Yuanzhao was a little confused by this series of things, but since the queen mother sent someone, he said: "It happens that the queen mother also wants to see you, so you change your clothes and go to the palace quickly."

Not long after, Gao Zhanming arrived outside the Xianju Hall.

This time it was still Guo Yulian who came to welcome Gao Zhanming. He had known about Gao Zhanming's failure in advance, and he thought Gao Zhanming would be full of frustration and annoyance. Unexpectedly, Gao Zhanming's attitude was the same as when he saw him a few days ago. His expression was calm. It was as if he didn't know that today's ranking was released and he was the first one.

Gao Zhanming saluted Guo Yulian: "Caomin has met Eunuch Guo."

Guo Yulian was full of doubts, and hurriedly said: "Get up quickly, the Queen Mother is waiting for you inside."

Only then did Gao Zhanming get up, and followed Guo Yulian into the Xianju Hall.

Gao Qiang also knew a few days in advance that Gao Zhanming was in the first place, Gao Zhanming was in the first place, her thoughts were also very complicated.She was annoyed that Gao Zhanming disobeyed her, but Gao Zhanming won the Zhongjie Yuan, and she also hoped that Gao Zhanming could win the Sanyuan and kill the arrogance of those officials who were born as Jinshi in the court.What he never expected was that Gao Zhanming failed in the examination.She called Gao Zhanming into the palace this time because she wanted to ask Gao Zhanming about his future plans.If Gao Zhanming finally came to his senses after this incident, she could still issue an edict to recruit Gao Zhanming into the imperial court. After all, Gao Zhanming is a direct descendant of the Gao family, and he does have some skills, but the official position is naturally impossible to be the former Chaosanlang.If Gao Zhanming doesn't know how to praise and has to take the imperial examination next year, she will be disappointed in Gao Zhanming.

Gao Zhanming came to Gao Qiang and knelt down: "My nephew has seen the queen mother."

Gao Qiang was not in a hurry to make him get up, he just said: "Today the list is released."

Gao Zhanming said: "Nephew knows."

Seeing his humble expression, Gao Qiang thought that he had repented a bit, so he couldn't help but smiled triumphantly, and said, "Didn't you swear to prove yourself? As far as the Ai family knows, your name is not listed in the Jidi Jue. "

Gao Zhanming said calmly: "My nephew has never made a promise, only said that he is willing to give it a try. However, the failure is indeed beyond my nephew's expectation. My nephew thinks that my nephew's article should be on the list of candidates."

"What do you mean?" Gao Qiang was stunned for a moment, misunderstood Gao Zhanming's meaning, and said angrily, "You don't think that it's the Ai family who made a hindrance to prevent you from winning the ranking?!"

Gao Zhanming hurriedly said: "My nephew never meant that. My nephew just questioned that the Ministry of Rites made a mistake in examining the examination papers. Therefore, my nephew begged the Queen Mother to order the examiner to re-examine the examination papers."

Gao Qiang was stunned, and laughed angrily: "Re-read the papers? Tomorrow, why are you confused again?! There are many involved in the imperial examination, including officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now the list has been released. , It is equivalent to questioning the imperial court officials, do you know how much is involved? Just for you?"

Gao Zhanming said unhurriedly: "My nephew won the middle prize in the examination of Jingzhao Mansion. Today my nephew failed. As far as my nephew knows, Jingzhao Mansion has the right to transfer the paper to negotiate with the examiner. Please explain the reason to the examiner. In this way, the Jingzhao Mansion will hand over the test papers that the nephew answered when he got Zhongjie Yuan for review by the examiner of the general examination, and the Ministry of Rites will also hand over the test papers of the nephew in the general test for the examiner of the Jingzhao Mansion Read it. My nephew has nothing else to ask, but ask Su Hanlin to come forward to preside over the justice when reviewing the examination papers, and to check my nephew's examination papers."

Gao Qiang frowned and fell silent.What Gao Zhanming said is indeed feasible.The Jingzhao Mansion has great power. There are only a thousand tribute students in the country every year, and the Jingzhao Mansion can select a hundred people.Originally, Gao Zhanming's test papers were sealed in the Ministry of Rites, and outsiders had no right to consult them. If the Jingzhao Mansion intervened, not only could Gao Zhanming's test papers be retrieved, but it would not be regarded as a shame on the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Gao Qiang let out a long breath, and said, "Ming'er, are you serious and so confident?"