The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums outside the door.

Then, eight red-clothed men rushed in, and the one at the front shouted loudly: "Congratulations to Mr. Lin, No. 3 of Cancan High School, No. [-] in May and No. [-] admission!"

No. 3!It turned out to be No.3!For a while, Lin Can only felt that his head was short of oxygen, and for a while his brain was dizzy.

"Reward!" It was Lin Hai who reacted at this moment and shouted loudly.Manager Fu on the side quickly handed over the red envelope.

After a moment of buffering, Master Lin finally came to his senses, he was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth, and hurriedly welcomed the announcers into the courtyard

, the servants were busy entertaining the good news with a smile.

The joy here is not over yet, and the sound of gongs and drums is coming again!

As the red posters were pasted outside the gate of the tribute courtyard and a colorful shed was set up, the Lin family became more and more lively!

In one day, the sound of gongs and drums rang twelve times in Lin's house.

Eighteen people will take the test, and ten of them are selected, but the five with sharp writing skills are not selected, and the other three are due to young age and insufficient experience.This session of the exam was sponsored by a few centrist officials, and the selected articles tended to be smooth, so the sharp faction naturally won't get any benefits!

Among them, Lin Han's youngest son, Lin Can, was the best in the exam, No.3.The second is Lin Zheng, No.7, one of the five direct branches of the Lin family in Suzhou.The other rankings are also pretty good, there are only two people who have to work harder to see if they can be admitted to the second class in the palace examination, and they can be a Jinshi.

As soon as the results of this test came out, many people were really blinded, even the family friends of the Lin family, also lamented that this is the background of the scholarly family!

However, although the expected effect was achieved, Master Lin was unexpectedly sober at this time, and did not hold a big event. The public said that he still had to prepare for the palace examination on April 21.Everyone can understand, but the congratulatory gifts were still sent to Lin's family, such as five sons ascending the imperial examination and jade Ruyi, Sanyang Kaitai Linglong jade paperweight, Yuyue Longmen coral pen holder, seven sages in the bamboo forest, gold silk and red inkstone... All the good things will be delivered to the Lin family.

The Jiang family was so soft on accepting gifts in the inner house!

Of course, although there was no big event outside, Mr. Lin still held a small event at his home.

Whether you win or not, you are very happy.As long as the Lin family can maintain this momentum, in 20 years, half of the men in the Lin family will have official positions. This kind of Lin family will be the name of a family with generations of officials and scholars for a thousand years.

In fact, the Lin family in Suzhou didn’t say that there were only so few candidates. Although they couldn’t take the Beijing Examination, the Lin family still had to take the provincial examination. There, [-]% of the whole family was talented and famous.It's just that everything is for the sake of prudence, many of the Lin family's children are outstanding, but they can't pass all subjects!It's too easy to draw hatred that way.

Moreover, there is an unwritten rule in the officialdom that generally father and son will not take the same subjects. If the child is really outstanding and the father fails to pass the test, the father will generally terminate the imperial examination to make way for the child.This is also the reason why the older Juren of the Lin family did not take the imperial examination after the Lin family decided to be born. They had to make way for their sons and grandsons!

Therefore, the people from the Colin family who come to take the exam are all between 35 and 25 years old, and the younger ones can be reserved for the next subject. In this way, from this year onwards, all young people from the Lin family will take the exam. The old world is over!

"The old man is here to congratulate everyone on high school!" Master Lin was so happy today that he even said what the old man said!Sitting opposite, there is another one year older than him!

"Uncle, you are being polite, please take care of him in the future." Lin Han's second son Lin Lian, who was the oldest present, said with a twitch of his mouth.

Master Lin waved his sleeves coolly, wrapping around me, "No problem."

Seeing his father's drunken appearance, Lin Hai couldn't stand it any longer. He stood up, held up the wine glass (in fact, it was filled with fruit juice, Jiang's specially prepared it for Lin Hai) and said: "I'm happy today, I would like to toast everyone , I hope that everyone will continue to work hard and achieve better results in the palace exam."

These words were heard more than what Master Lin said. Although Lin Hai was young, his seniority was not young. Everyone stood up and had a drink.

Lin Hai took this opportunity to give Uncle Fu a look. Uncle Fu understood and helped Master Lin, who was drinking well but still drunk, back to the backyard!

Without the big boss, Master Lin, everyone was more at ease, and Lin Hai didn't persuade everyone to drink more, and the group happily ate a meal.

Then the next day, I devoted myself to the intense imperial examination review!

The palace examination is when the emperor comes to the court in person and writes the questions himself.

The topic is a policy question and there is only one topic. The time is one day, and the paper is handed in at dusk.Accepted scrolls, palm scrolls, Mifeng and other official collections.

On the next day when the examination papers are read, 8 examiners will be handed in, each at a table, and they will read them in turn. Each will add five marks, and the one with the most "○" will be the best paper.Then, among all the volumes, the ten volumes with the most ○ were selected and presented to the emperor, and the first, second, and third places in the first imperial batch were the number one scholar, second place, and Tanhua.

The ranks of the Chinese-style candidates in the palace examination are divided into first, second, and third. The first three people, that is, the number one scholar, the second place, and the third flower, are awarded Jinshi and the second;

Among them, the No. [-] scholar was awarded the editing and writing by the Imperial Academy, and the second place and Tanhua were awarded the editing and editing by the Imperial Academy.Among the remaining candidates, those with excellent grades will be selected from among the second-class tribute students to take another exam.Only those who passed the customs were awarded Shu Jishi, and entered the Imperial Academy to observe politics.

As for the fellow Jinshi of the top three, they are not qualified to enter the Imperial Academy, and they go directly to serve in various ministries or lower down to serve as magistrates.The same Jinshi of the top three, and the Jinshi who failed the ranking of the second best, are unified by the Ministry of Officials.Of course, sometimes when the emperor is in a good mood, he will be appointed directly.

However, despite this process, the articles that can be presented to the emperor are generally only the top ten in the examination.

So in fact, compared to the previous exam pressure, the palace exam is really not very big, except for those who will enter the top ten because they have the opportunity to compete for the first place, and those between the second and third places, the pressure is a bit high Besides, the others are relatively calm.

Because the palace examination generally does not recruit people, so as long as you pass the general examination, the palace examination is usually a formality to re-determine the ranking. Anyway, except for the top few that are more concerned, no one remembers the other rankings. It doesn't have a big impact. Being an official depends on your connections and abilities, so everyone seems to be more relaxed. Although you still have to prepare for the exam, it is still much better than the provincial and general exams.

However, there are obviously a few people in the Lin family who are under a lot of pressure. Lin Can and Lin Zheng are both in the top ten, so naturally they have to strive for the first place, while Lin Min and Lin Bing are between the second and third places. , If you are not careful, you will fall into the top three and Jinshi, so it is also a little stressful.

But Lin Hai took the time to take a look, um, the psychological quality is still good, and they are all quite calm.