The scumbag son-in-law dressed as a husband

The weather has entered late autumn, and the entire Forbidden City is shrouded in light mist.

The bells and drums finally sounded their first roar, the ground was getting darker and the night was red, and the sound was stirring, like a golden door opening the avenue leading to the Forbidden City.

Today is the annual announcement day. After a whole year of hard work and hard work, the dust will finally settle at this moment.

Before the announcement of the list, a singing ceremony will be held in Shangshu Shengdu Hall, and those whose names are sung are Jinshi Jidi.Once the new department and the gold list are nominated, even after many years, they will never forget today's scene. How many frustrated people are dejected and their dreams come to nothing?

In the dim light of dawn, the Shangshu is outside the province, and the carriages and horses are in Xuanxuan.

Today is not a holiday, when the civil and military officials arrived at court, a purple silk sedan chair passed by, a slender hand stretched out impatiently, and raised a corner of the sedan chair curtain.

Lu Shuo frowned slightly, his gaze swept across the front, and what he saw was the residence of Shangshu Sheng.It turned out that today when the new examination results are released, not only the candidates are waiting, but also the good-natured people in the city are beating gongs and drums in groups, waiting happily to welcome the new scholars, and vying to share their glory.

No wonder it's so noisy.

Seeing Lu Shuo's displeasure, the servant next to him trembled in his heart. Lu Shuo is very popular now, everyone knows that he has superb skills, and his power is even more incomparable.

He hurriedly lowered his head and said, "My lord, this group of people don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, they are so exaggerated and rampant here, I immediately let them avoid them."

Suddenly Lu Shuo remembered something, and said with a playful smile, "No need."

Then he put down the car curtain, leaned on the sandalwood table with his hands, closed his eyes and meditated, the past that he thought had faded appeared in his mind at some point.

That year, he only won the laurels in the Toad Palace, which was unprecedented, and he was so full of ambition and high-spirited.

Before going to court, many ministers had gathered to discuss the imperial examination.

Although the list has not yet been circulated, it is not difficult for those who are well-informed to know a little bit of the inside story.

Except for those who cared about the imperial examination list, everyone focused on Huiyuan.

If it hadn't been for five years ago, Emperor Qing added another palace examination, and since then Jinshi no longer called the examiner at that time the seat master, but directly referred to him as the disciple of the emperor, then the No. 1 in this examination would have been the champion. called.

In the past few years, Huiyuan may not be able to get No. 1 in the palace examination, but his literary talent and knowledge are at least outstanding, and he can beat many talents to win the first place.

Especially this year is different from previous years.

When the name Xie Shu appeared, everyone inevitably talked about it.

"Xie Shu, is it from the Xie family?"

As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately denied by one person: "The son of the Xie family in Chen County who participated in the examination this year is the grandson of Mrs. Xie, named Xie Heng. This Xie Shu is just a poor family."

"A poor family? There's such a thing?" It's no wonder that others were surprised. In previous years, no. Condition.

Therefore, after hearing about Huiyuan's status this year, even the ministers who didn't care much about the matter clicked their tongues.

At this time, Shang Shu ordered Cui Han to surround him with several important ministers from the six ministries.

"I think there's something strange about it. Xie Shu didn't have a good reputation in the south of the Yangtze River before. It's a coincidence that Jiang Hong, who was sent back home last year, was accepted as a disciple. In less than two years, he was able to be here today. Trying to win the championship in one fell swoop?"

The person who spoke was Wang Kui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He was so sure because Lu Shuo became famous at a young age, but Xie Shu was not like that. Besides, there was a process of presenting the list before the announcement of the examination list, and Zhu Han, Minister of Rites Emperor's people.And Xie Shu happened to have some background, so it made sense to choose him.

But even if they knew it was Emperor Qing's order, could they directly question it?But if he just let it go, wouldn't he have to give in again and again in the future?

Therefore, after Wang Kui learned about this early in the morning, he waited for Cui Han to come and discuss it together.

However, Cui Han seemed to be caught in some kind of thinking when he heard the words, and he didn't speak for a while.

On the other hand, Gu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said in a drawn-out tone: "So, this person is still from the same school as Zhongshu Ling Master Lu, but it seems that he is just a person who deceives the world and steals his name."

Gu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is the elder of the court and the father of Concubine Gu Gui.Others know that Gu Qian has always been careful in dealing with affairs, never regarded himself as a relative of the emperor, but is impartial, so he has a special status in the court.

There are not many people who can say such unceremonious words in front of Lu Shuo.

The people around couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, and secretly looked at Lu Shuo's indifferent face. These words must have struck Lu Shuo's heart, and at the same time, they also had a bad impression of Xie Shu.

Gu Qian sighed secretly at this time, he said this out of selfishness.

Although he did not support the youngest son Gu Zhong's idea and supported the third prince as the crown prince, but Gu Zhong was his child after all, how could Gu Qian not know about the entanglement between his descendants and Xie Shu in Jiangnan.

Xie Shu must not be reused, let alone a second Lu Shuo!

And Gu Qian is well aware of the entanglement between Lu Shuo's teacher and family. Lu Shuo will never say a word for his "junior brother". Huiyuan, it will be difficult to go further in his official career in the future.

At this time, I suddenly heard a sloppy voice from behind: "Gu Shangshu's words are wrong. I met Xie Shu with my own eyes in Wangchuan Louben that day. He is indeed a man of outstanding talent and learning. .”

When he heard the person's words, the corners of Gu Qian's old and slack eyes trembled very slightly, and he turned around slowly, only to see that the person walking towards him was wearing the uniform of the prince, who was called "Idleman of Peace" King Yu.

On the same day, there will be a test list, and Xie Shu's name is the first to be sung. In less than a day, it resounded throughout Chang'an.

Later, not only people from the Ministry of Rites registered the post for him to report his hometown, but even many scholars in Chang'an also asked for news about him.

It turns out that since the imperial examinations were flourishing, someone began to compile a "Record of Enrollment" to record the rankers every year, and Jinshi No.1 can even get a unique page.Folk superstitious people worship this piously, thinking that it can contaminate a bit of talent.

Afterwards, Xie Shu received countless invitations to banquets, acquaintance banquets, wedding banquets, tail burning banquets, etc. These banquet invitations were all Jinshi of the same discipline, and Xie Shu could no longer stay behind closed doors like before.

Because everyone knows that when the Jinshi ranks first, one of their feet has already stepped into the gate of the Forbidden City.Even though there will be a palace examination later, the palace examination will not eliminate people, but because of the difference in ranking, so as long as they are Jinshi of the same year, they will be colleagues who entered the court this year.

Xie Shu, as the member of this year's meeting, undoubtedly attracted the most attention. Every time at the banquet, he always had to be urged to be the first to give a speech.

However, the situation of other humble disciples is completely different.

Although Xie Shu had expected this matter, seeing it with his own eyes was another feeling.

Most of the fellow villagers who came to the capital with him in the past left the capital, including Zhang Enshi and Xu Shengkai.

Both of them were unlucky, and when they parted, Xu Shengkai only said sadly that he would come back next year, but Zhang Enshi no longer planned to go to Beijing.He is now over 26 years old, and he knows that his talent and learning are not outstanding. Even if he continues the exam, he will have no hope of being a Jinshi. It is better to stand up before it is too late, and become an official locally as soon as possible, and take up the responsibility of the whole family.

For those who stayed, it may not be smooth sailing.

The significance of these banquets is not to celebrate the success of the new Jinshi, but rather, it is a political activity that requires the Jinshi to adapt in advance. To a certain extent, it is related to the career of the Jinshi in the future. In this regard, poor families have no advantage .

Although taking the test means that they have the right to speak in front of the ruling class, it is still very difficult to maintain this hard-won right to speak.

After all, in this kind of banquet, interpersonal relationship and family status are very important. Children from aristocratic families are like ducks in water, and poor families are often left out in the cold.

And everyone knows what is the quickest way to change.