The matter gradually faded away, Xiao Rui also returned to the days of studying in the academy, this time the whole family knew about it, and he started school with peace of mind.Xiao Jingfang also specially sewed a book bag for him.Xiao Rui continued to study under the guidance of Academician Zhou, during which he easily passed the examination and became a tribute scholar.This made Xiao Mingjue almost dance with excitement.All of a sudden, the entire Xiao Mansion was beaming.

In Xiao's study, Xiao Mingjue was in a good mood.Xiao Rui was sitting beside him. "This time your ranking is so high, the top three, haha, now it's time to watch the palace exam."

"Everything is supported by my father." Seeing Xiao Mingjue's happy face, Xiao Rui couldn't help being happy that everything will be fine.

"What did your teacher say?" Xiao Mingjue asked hastily. He didn't understand the scientific examination, and he wanted to come to ask him, but he was afraid of being laughed at.

"My ranking this time was beyond the teacher's expectation. I thought I was still at the bottom, saying that my theory must have won the favor of the chief examiner. Let me rest assured and review it carefully. When the palace exam comes, His Majesty will only Looking at the top ten papers, if I perform normally, it is very likely that I will still be in the top ten in the palace examination."

Xiao Rui slowly talked to Xiao Mingjue about the test, but here Xiao Jingyi couldn't sit still anymore, if she didn't make a move, she might not be able to move Xiao Rui anymore.No, do you still have to obey the arrangement of your aunt, marry someone who doesn't know what kind of person, and then be wasted?Xiao Jingyi inquired about it. After the palace examination, Mrs. Xie's family had prepared a chrysanthemum feast for her birthday, and the invitations had already been placed.See if this is an opportunity.

On October 21st, finally came the day of the imperial examination. The imperial examination is the highest level in the imperial examination, and it is also the last scientific examination. The place is the Hall of Harmony in the Imperial Palace.Moreover, the palace examination only examines policy topics, and the time is only one day, and the papers must be handed in in the afternoon.

Xiao Rui got up early, it was really a mobilization of the whole family at this time, Gu Wanru got up early and personally prepared food for him, after the meal the family gathered in Ci'an Hall to wait for the news, even though they knew it would take a day to send out the letter, they still sat there Ci'an Hall accompanied the old lady, and the prayer beads in the old lady's hand kept spinning.Xiao Mingjue accompanied him to the palace.At this time, there were already tributes waiting outside the palace, and almost all of them had arrived early, so no one dared to step on time.

Finally, the time to enter has come.Under the guidance of the eunuch, they began to enter at dawn. After a series of etiquettes, they finally came to their own desks and waited for the exam.

Two whips sounded, and the eunuch called for the emperor to come.Everyone knelt down to pay their respects and shouted "Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty".

"Pingshen." The emperor's deep and deep voice was heard in his ears, because the emperor was Xiao Rui's uncle, and when Xiao Mingying was around, Xiao Rui often came to the palace when he was young.The emperor also liked this sensible and mature little guy very much.

Then the exam can start, the emperor encouraged them and left for the morning court. The 210 tribute scholars sat upright according to their seats, and their examination cases were placed on both sides, leaving only one path in the middle for people to pass through, so that people can see everything at a glance.There are Imperial Forest Army guards outside the surrounding hall, and the chief examiner and four patrolling examiners are walking back and forth in the hall. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for anyone to dare to cheat, and others can see it if you move.No one would take a risk for something like this when talking about it.

When the test papers were finally sent out, Xiao Rui began to review the questions. There was only one policy topic, and the question was more than 200 characters long. They were required to write a policy theory of about [-] words.Xiao Rui quickly looked at the topic. Policy Theory is about current affairs policy, and it is about opinions and strategies on some current affairs, farming affairs, and folk customs?This kind of topic is not uncommon. They can come up with a bunch of strategies for governing the country casually, but it is more difficult to write level, not vague, flashy. How can they stand out without something new?The scope of the test questions is so wide, how can we focus on it?

Xiao Rui thought for a while, then began to polish the ink, secretly making a draft in his heart.You can write about politics, culture, economy, etc.In fact, history is a mirror, there are many things that can be written, but it must be in line with the current dynasty, Xiao Rui thought about it and began to write.Persuading Nong Sang to promote education, his Xiao family was born as a general. Now that the Qianyuan Dynasty has experienced force to rejuvenate the country and expand its territory, he can only rest and recuperate, otherwise the Xiao family will not be able to use martial arts to transfer literature.

For the Qiankun Yuan Dynasty, encouraging farmers to cultivate and developing the economy were the most important.As for the peasants, why not look forward to supporting themselves now, so that they can continue to live if they can have enough food and clothing.Xiao Rui wrote a lot eloquently.Encourage farmers to open up wasteland and use tax-free policies to attract them.He also pointed out that the nomads in the north are now afraid of being beaten by them, that is, the Xinjiang tribe that his grandfather drove away in order to generalize. He used preferential policies to attract farmers who lost their land to the northern grasslands. Raising cattle, sheep and horses is also a way out.

While Xiao Rui was concentrating on writing, he heard footsteps. 4025 told him that the emperor is coming.Xiao Rui didn't look up.After the morning court, the emperor brought a group of important ministers over to inspect. As he was writing, Xiao Rui felt the silence around him. He suddenly felt a line of sight focusing on him, as if it was real, and then a bright yellow cloth appeared in the corner of his eyes. horn.I stayed by his side for a long time, then left again.

After the palace examination, all the people were called to wait in a side room. At this time, in a closed palace in the palace, the examiners were correcting the papers.

At this time, they were busy, each with a table, and the test papers were circulated among them.After reading it, they will write various marks on the paper, divided into five grades, with five symbols such as circle, point, dot, straight, and cross, and then write comments and stamp their own official seal.Among them, the one with the most circles is the best paper, and then among all the test papers, the ten papers with the most circles are selected and submitted to the emperor, who will appoint the first, second and third places in the imperial approval, that is, the number one scholar, the second place, and Tanhua.

At night, when they finally finished correcting the papers, they picked out the best papers among them, and all ten papers were to be presented to the emperor.

In the palace at this time, after the chief examiner finished reading all ten test papers, there were ten unsealed test papers in front of the emperor, and their names and places of origin could be seen clearly.

Emperor Ji Shen raised his hand to signal, and asked: "My dearest ministers, tell me which three are the most outstanding." The officials looked at each other and remained silent for a while.I have read all the papers, and it is really bright for a while, it is not easy to make a decision, and how to decide the top three is the power of His Majesty, and the ranking of the rest is decided by these ministers.

"Your Majesty, these ten papers are all masterpieces of the moment. It is difficult for me to distinguish between superior and inferior. Please make a decision." Finally, the old prime minister stood up first.

Seeing this, Feng'an Emperor Ji Shen narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a hint of a smile in his eyes, he looked at the first paper and said, "You really put him first, and the Xiao family really produced a literati .”

The ministers and examiners below were shocked, could it be possible that His Majesty felt that they were playing for personal gain?Who dares to cheat now?The young master of Lord Xiao's family is really good.

"Xiao Rui can be the No. [-] scholar, Li Hong is the second, and Tanhua is Zhou Xuewen, and the rest is according to your arrangement." Emperor Feng'an glanced over the next few test papers, pondered for a moment, and settled down.

The ministers listened and glanced at each other, knowing that this was the emperor who wanted to promote someone close to him, but there was no one to choose. Xiao Rui just showed up at this time, and they would not try to dispel the emperor's temperament, let alone Xiao Rui If he is really talented, just relying on his share of theories, there is something to be said.The ministers all praised him.This really made those nobles and military officers very interested. Anyway, the Jinshi Department is generally not their business, only Wu Jinshi is related to them, so every time the palace examination is a time for them to watch the fun.

But this time Xiao Rui was also naturally closer to the military officers, and the civil servants had many disciples with Mr. Gu Ge. Xiao Rui got everyone's sincere consent.

"Let's pass it on." Emperor Feng'an was very happy. Since the death of the former empress Xiao Mingying, only one son, Ji Tiancheng, was left behind, but the Xiao family had no one available, making Ji Tiancheng a person without a backer in the harem. He is very fond of him, but compared to other princes' relatives, it would be too difficult for him to make Ji Tian the prince.But Xiao Rui made him see hope.

After Xiao Rui and the others entered the resplendent Hall of Supreme Harmony to salute, they stood in the middle, and on their left and right were sat princes, ministers, civil and military officials in court uniforms.

The attention of everyone made Xiao Rui feel strange. Why do all these people look at him?

"Xiao Rui coming forward?" Emperor Feng'an asked aloud.Hearing Emperor Feng'an's voice, Xiao Rui stepped out generously and said loudly: "Student Xiao Rui pays homage to Your Majesty!"

Emperor Feng'an looked at him standing there handsome and elegant, and couldn't help comforting him, the little kid back then had grown up.I can do my best for him.

"You are fine, I hope you won't let me down!" Emperor Feng'an nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him took a step forward, showing his will.

"This time, in the first-class ranking of Jinshi in the new department, the champion is Xiao Rui, Li Hong is the second, and Tanhua is Zhou Xuewen..." The eunuch called out names one by one.

The people standing in the hall were stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that they stood up and worshiped: "I would like to obey the edict, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Then they went out, and when they went out, the people outside People have different eyes.We all know that Xiao Rui won the first prize.

In the main hall, seeing the students walking out and the emperor also smiling Mimi, everyone turned to Xiao Mingjue unanimously.In the palace just now, Xiao Mingjue felt uneasy, even more nervous than Xiao Rui, seeing Xiao Rui's unmoving expression, he couldn't help being proud.This is his son.

"Congratulations, Marquis Cheng En!" A group of ministers surrounded him to congratulate him.Xiao Mingjue couldn't hold back his face anymore, he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

However, Xiao Rui and the other three were taken aside to change into champion uniforms, ready to parade through the streets.At this time, the Xiao family who got the news was in a state of excitement.The old lady has been calling the ancestors to bless!Madam Gu Wanru directly asked people to watch it.In the main hall of Ci'an Hall, the old butler was vividly talking about Xiao Rui's high-ranking name on the gold list, and talking about the lively scene of Xiao Rui wearing the number one scholar's uniform and riding a horse through the street.

"Old lady, there are too many people. The old slave took two tall boys and finally squeezed in. The place where the old slave arrived was in the middle. I didn't dare to think about it at the time. I didn't expect that the first one would be The name of the young master, the young master is the champion!" The old housekeeper couldn't help crying.

"The street is crowded with people, young master is so handsome, a lot of flowers and handkerchiefs are thrown at young master." The old housekeeper followed suit dancing and dancing.

Gu Wanru and Xiao Jingfang's faces were filled with excitement, and the old lady was so teased by the old housekeeper that she couldn't keep her mouth shut, and her face burst into laughter.Only Xiao Jingyi sat quietly beside her, her fingernails deeply pierced into her palms.There was still a smile on his face.

The maids in the courtyard rushed over to say congratulations. From the housekeeper to all the maids, everyone's faces were filled with pride and excitement.There were also uniform congratulations from the male servants and servants in the outer courtyard.

"Okay, okay, the Hou Mansion is very happy today, housekeeper, each person will receive an extra three months' salary this month!" the old lady ordered straightforwardly.Seeing this, the servants hurriedly bowed and thanked, and the smiles on their faces became even bigger. This is a real benefit.

The author has something to say: I have found a lot of information during the scientific research, and just these two chapters, the following is the chrysanthemum feast!This piece is finally over, when I write this, Enchanting is almost stuck!come on! Come on!Come on enchanting!

I was in a bad mood today and was accused of plagiarism. I went to see it and saved it.The heroine is also the white lotus, but the writing is better than mine, I want to cry, it is difficult for newcomers, I am asking, if the setting is too heavy, it can’t, I will change it.If the same setting is ok, I will also change it. Enchanting does not want to touch mine.This time I will ask clearly.

Thank you little angels for your continued support!

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