Evening Shaohua in the Red House

After many searches, Jialan entered the Gongyuan and returned to the number.

This numbered room is very narrow, with only two boards up and down. The upper board is used as a desk for answering papers, and the lower board is used as a chair. When sleeping at night, the two boards are put together as a bed.There are also charcoal fires and candles for candidates in the examination shed.

Jia Lan cleaned the number room, hung the oil roof, nailed the number curtains, ordered the number boards, wiped them clean, spread thin felt, everything was ready, and then sat down to rest.

At this time all the examinees had arrived, Jia Lan looked up at the entrance of the number, and saw a lot of people coming and going, all of them were people seeking fame, he thought to himself, then looked down at himself, and couldn't help but laugh.

Before he knew it, it was noon, and Jia Lan brought silver silk charcoal, copper choke, and green rice, and cooked porridge and ate it. At night, he reheated the ham, squid and other side dishes he brought, and ate it with steamed buns.

Compared with the nervousness of other candidates, Jia Lan has always been very calm. After a simple wash at night, he sleeps peacefully and recharges his batteries.

After a good night's sleep, when I woke up, it was already dawn, and Jia Lan asked Hao Jun to fetch water to wash his face, and cooked porridge to eat.

The rest of the candidates also woke up one after another, and none of them had a good night's sleep. They each called the trumpeter and washed their faces with water.

After Jia Lan packed it up, he removed the bed board, opened the roll bag he brought, and took out the four treasures of the study and put them in order.

Not long after, the Haojun sent the question paper. Jia Lan took the test paper and quickly glanced at the questions.

He was not in a hurry to write, he just sat quietly with his eyes closed, thinking about the problem until it was thorough, and after finalizing the draft, he studied the ink and stretched the paper, and finished it in one go.

After the beginning of the day, I ate a few pieces of snacks, revised it carefully, and then did the second art.

As the sun was setting, Jia Lan's poem had already been written, and the eight rhymes were completed before the day was over. First, he wrote the draft on the scroll, and after writing it, he thought about it for an hour before carefully transcribing it.

Unconsciously, it was getting late, and the trumpet army came over to light candles. Jia Lan worried that the oil would stain the test paper, so he put the written roll paper in a bag and hung it on the wall.

Afterwards, he cooked rice porridge and side dishes, ate dinner, and ate a piece of ginseng from his purse. He read the following topic again, thought for a while, and then wrapped himself in a thin blanket and fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was dawn, Jia Lan washed his hands and face, warmed up his breakfast, took out the scroll, and carefully thought over it until there were no omissions before transcribing the article.

At this time, it was already Youzheng, and candidates were handing in papers one after another. Jia Lan was not in a hurry, so he ate two yuan

Snack, drink bell tea, and carefully check the poems and prose again. There are no typos before they are carefully packed in roll bags and put away the pen and ink.

Pack up the examination basket and felt blanket, go out of the number room, and hand in the papers at the left end of the Zhigong Hall, and the paper collection officer will look at them.

But this time when Jia Lan passed the exam, the whole family was concerned that Li Wan was better, and Jia Muwang's wife Jia Zheng and the others were almost restless, and they couldn't even eat raw, and they counted the days every day.

When it came time to appear on the stage, Jia Mu and the others became more and more anxious. Jia Zheng thought that Jia Lan was going to take the exam for the first time, and he was young. Wait for someone to take it with you, and wait outside the venue early.

Mother Jia ordered someone to invite the imperial physician to wait at home. Mrs. Wang sent Caiyun and Suyun to take the little girls to dry the bedding and clean the clothes for a change in the morning.

Jia Zheng and the others arranged everything properly, but Li Wan, the mother, was useless. She couldn't laugh or cry for a while, but after thinking about it, she asked someone to cook soothing soup for preparation.

This room Jia Lan left the examination room, Jia Lian and others had already seen it, and Jia Yun hurriedly led people forward to pick up the luggage and test basket.

Seeing that he was still in good spirits, Jia Lian asked, "Is the topic easy to do?"

Jia Lan already had a plan in his chest, but he didn't like to boast in front of everyone, he just said humbly: "Fortunately, it's not too difficult."

While talking, each got into the car.

When he got home, Jia Lan didn't have time to wash up, so he went to see Jia Zheng first.

Jia Zheng was waiting in the study, when Jia Lan invited Ann, Jia Zheng asked, "Do you have a draft of the article?"

Jia Lan nodded and said, "Bring it."

Immediately took out the manuscript, Jia Zheng read it, he was overjoyed in his heart, but his face remained calm, he only nodded his head, and passed the draft to all the guests to read.

Everyone looked at it, and all praised it.

An old treater looked at it carefully, and then asked about his intentions. He couldn't help nodding and laughing and said, "Brother, you have a high opinion, and no one in this subject is as good as you."

Jia Zheng felt complacent, and seeing Jia Lan's tired face, he said in a gentle voice, "It's been a hard day, your wife has prepared hot water and meals, go back and freshen up and rest."

With a promise, Jia Lan went to the back to look at Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and the elders.

Aunt Xue, Youshi Fengjie and others were also waiting to meet. They asked him a few things about the scene, and then told him to go back to freshen up.

After grooming and changing clean clothes, Mother Jia called the imperial doctor to check the pulse.

After a while of divine consultation, Fang smiled and said: "Brother is in good spirits, but he is a little tired, it's okay, just take a rest for a day."

Only then did Jia's mother feel relieved, and hurriedly ordered people to watch and appreciate it, and finally sent it out.

Mrs. Wang asked Jia Lan to eat the meal she was preparing for the meeting, and went to rest so that she could enter the second game.

After two exams, then three, after the three exams, even though Jia Lan was always in good health, he was exhausted, so he went home and slept for a day and a night before waking up, scaring everyone.

Jia Zheng and all the invited guests also read the manuscripts of these two sessions, and everyone was full of praise, saying: "This kind of insight, atmosphere and poetry, it is impossible to put it in the second table. The old man prepares the wedding banquet, Juniors drink for a minute first."

Jia Zheng was overjoyed and called to prepare wine.Everyone ate for a while before leaving.

However, it is said that Jialan's three rounds have been completed, and the room examiner has read the first recommendation, and the chief examiner also rewarded him with the case. In order to solve the yuan, he dropped one place and took it as No.2.

On the day of the announcement, Jia Lian got up early, made appointments with Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Yun, etc., and waited in front of the house with the boys for the announcement.

After the five drums, the billboard booth arrived, and the blowers played music. The servants drove away the idlers, and hung a red billboard on the wall.

At this time, those who read the list were already crowded, everyone pushed forward, Jia Lian, Jia Yun and others were all pushed away, and almost lost their shoes.

Luckily, Zhao'er and a few servants who accompanied him were still following and helped to open the way together, so Jia Lian finally squeezed forward, and before he could stand still, he searched anxiously, only to find the second line read: "No. 2 Jia Lan, a Gongsheng student in Jinling Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River, studied the Book of Books."

Jia Lian was overjoyed, rubbed his eyes and read it twice, confirmed that it was correct, immediately burst into a smile, and hurriedly squeezed out to tell the crowd to tell Zhao'er to return to the house, and the flying horse announced the good news.

But when Zhao'er arrived at the gate, the congratulatory news had already been announced.Jia Zheng was overjoyed, and rewarded him with wine and rice, and another 20 taels of silver.The newspaper went away with thanks.

Immediately the whole family was happy.Jia Lan went to see Jia Zheng first, and then went back to the backyard to kowtow to Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and the elders.

Jiamu had already laughed from ear to ear, and called Sister Feng in a voice: "Everyone will be rewarded with two months' money, and Lan Ge'er will get an extra month for those who follow him!"

Sister Feng smiled and agreed, and immediately ordered someone to go out to spread the word.

Mrs. Wang pulled Jia Lan to her, gently stroked the top of his hair, and said with a tearful smile, "My good boy, you really lived up to your father's expectations."

Looking at Jalan

With a handsome face, sadness and joy are mixed in the heart. The joy is that the grandson is young and promising, and he has won the Juren at a young age.

Jia Lan felt a little sad when he heard this, and forced a smile, "Don't be sad, madam, my father knows it, and he will be happy for me."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help sighing secretly when they thought of Jia Zhu who died young.

Baochai also persuaded: "Lang Ge'er's high school Yayuan is enough to comfort his wife and sister-in-law's hard work, and the elder brother can be said to have someone under his knees."

Li Wan was listening, feeling nothing in her heart. She didn't know Jia Zhusu, so she didn't feel very sad, but seeing that everyone was looking at her, she had to lower her head and wipe the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

At this time, relatives and friends from all families got the good news, and sent people to the door to congratulate them one after another. Yuan Chun also ordered people to give things down.

After a while, all the elders of the Pangzhi clan arrived. Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty took Jia Lian and others to greet them, set up a banquet, and left after eating until the lamps were lighted.

The next day, Jia Lan went to the Dongfu ancestral hall to kowtow first.After paying respects to Jia Zhen and You Shi, he went to Shen Yi's house.

At this moment, Shen Yi was reading in the study, and seeing Jia Lan's tired expression, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you so happy that you can't sleep? Why are you listless?"

Jia Lan rubbed his forehead and said, "Teacher, don't make fun of me. In the past two days, I have been dragged by the master to see guests. My relatives from eight hundred miles away have come. Whenever we meet, it is either called a poem or an essay. , It’s more tiring than the exam.”

Shen Yi smiled and said: "As the saying goes, 'It's hard to send charcoal in the snow, but it's easy to add flowers to the cake'. Now that you have won the Juren, they will naturally burn the stove."

While talking, the servant had already brought tea, Jia Lan picked up a sweet date and ate it, saying: "It's still clean here, Teacher, I don't even want to go back."

Shen Yi laughed when he heard the words, shook his head and said with a smile: "If you gain something, you will lose it. Now these are nothing. If you enter the officialdom in the future, there will be much more than this annoying entertainment." Dim Sum pushed it over, and said: "You said earlier that if you are successful, you will take part in next year's test, and you haven't changed your mind yet?"

Hearing this, Jia Lan put down the fruit in his hand, and said, "I know what the teacher means. I originally thought about suppressing it for a few years before ending, but this year the situation in the DPRK and China is getting worse and worse. The situation in our family is also the same I know, it’s hard to say when the superiors will punish me, I won the fame earlier, so I can help more or less at that time.”

In the past year, most of the four princes and eight princes have fallen, and Dongping

In the early years, Mu Yun, the king of the county, had accompanied Emperor Qingde to study, and he had voted for him early on. He has always been his confidant today. Now he only manages the local political affairs in the northwest, and the power of soldiers and horses has been handed over to the commander-in-chief of soldiers and horses appointed by Emperor Qingde. The two check each other .

The king of Xining County died of old age and illness, and the son who succeeded him was cowardly, incompetent and incapable.

The king of Nan'an County fought against Qianxiang Kingdom a few months ago. He was defeated and captured because of his greed for meritorious service. , dropped the military power.

King Beijing now only talks about poetry and painting with literati, and rarely asks about political affairs.

Among the other eight lords, Liguogong, Xiuguogong and other five were demoted and punished because of mistakes. Now only Zhenguogong, Liuguogong, Qingguogong, and Rongning are still there. It has long been in decline, and it is not what it used to be.

Jia Lan has been taught by Shen Yi for many years, and he has seen the important affairs of the court clearly. At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor was still there, and the Jia family and other veterans could live in peace. Now that the Supreme Emperor has passed away, Emperor Qingde has no constraints.

Shen Yi sighed slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Forget it, just think it over clearly."

After eating tea, Jia Lan sat for half a day before going to visit Gu Zhan, Feng Ziying, Wang Ziteng and others, and returning at night.

Then I met with the teacher and the house teacher, and had a feast of deer crowing. In the same year, when Jia Mu saw this, she ordered Yuanyang to send 500 taels of silver to Jia Lan for various expenses such as meeting the house teacher and meeting guests.

I have been busy for several days, and it was not until the end of August that I was free.

At that time, everyone in the capital knew that Jia's family had a young recruit, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he went to high school Yayuan.

In the evening when Mrs. Wang went to the room, talking about Jia Lan's marriage, Jia Zheng said: "Although Brother Lan is young, he has won the exam, and he is young and promising. It is time to tell him a good relationship."

Mrs. Wang said: "That's not true. These days, people who say they are close have almost broken through the threshold, but I don't think it's appropriate. There's no reason for a woman to catch up with a man's family. Besides, the foundation of the family is also shallow. You have to take a closer look.”

Jia Zheng said, "Today the Zhen family also entrusted someone to bring it up."

Mrs. Wang was surprised when she heard the words, and said, "Master didn't agree?"

Jia Zhengdao: "Of course I won't agree. I have already declined. The Zhen family is already in trouble. Although there are fifteen princes to protect it, it will be difficult. How can I tell Lan'er about such a Yue family."

The Zhen family and the Jia family are old

Dear, Jia Zheng did not want to agree to this marriage. Not to mention that the Zhen family has fallen, even if the Zhen family is still alive, Jia Lan can definitely find a better one. There is no need to marry a girl from the Zhen family, and they should be married The Yue family that is helpful to his future.

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It is said that marrying a daughter-in-law is inferior, and marrying a daughter-in-law is superior, but I think that Lan'er will go into an official career in the future, and she must find a daughter-in-law who is well-educated and her family status is also high." It should not be too high, a scholarly family is the best, and it can help Lan'er in the future."

Jia Zheng nodded and said, "I think so too, but it's hard to find such a family. The scholarly family is so noble. Our family has not been as good as it used to be in recent years. Even if there are good ones, I'm afraid they will look down on us."

Mrs. Wang has always been proud of her grandson. After hearing this, she hurriedly said: "My master's words are too self-deprecating. No one outside knows what Lan Geer is like. Are you worried about a good girl? Besides, the son-in-law of the young Juren , I am afraid that there are not many children who have been chosen all over the world, who would not want to give it to our family?"

Jia Zheng listened amusedly, and said with a smile: "That's true, it's just that you can't be careless about getting married, and you have to investigate carefully. Anyway, Lan'er is still young, so I'm not in a hurry."

The two of them talked about their family affairs when they went home, and seeing that it was getting late, they just washed up and went to bed, and they had nothing to say all night.

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