After the big fool gets married

After reading the list, the three of them returned along the same road and got into the carriage to go home.

After the list was posted, the servants who announced the good news also began to take the tribute documents and go to the homes of the new tributes to announce the good news.

According to Wu Xuan's ranking, the guards should have already set off by this time.

Sure enough, as soon as Wu Xuan and the others arrived at Wanbao Hutong, before they had time to turn into the alley leading to the east door, they ran into the guard knocking on the door of his house with a happy face.

Wu Xuan handed over two red envelopes and said, "Thank you!"

The guard said a series of congratulatory words before leaving happily.

Liu Siyuan got down from the carriage and said: "You guys go back through the east door, I will stay here by myself for a while."

Wu Xuan looked at him with some concern, but in the end he didn't say anything to comfort him, but said: "Let's heat up the bottom of the pot first, and wait for you to come and eat."

Liu Siyuan smiled and sat down on the steps of the gate.

It was obviously the age of youth and high school tribute, but Wu Xuan actually saw the third grandfather in the yard staring at the herbs in a daze on Liu Siyuan.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the bottom of the pot was reheated twice, and Liu Siyuan finally returned with his tribute document.

"Come, come, let's celebrate our Xingbang High School!" Wu Xuan pulled him to sit down on a chair, and motioned Doudou and Wu Wenshou to put vegetables in the pot.

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After the general examination, only one day later is the day of the palace examination.

All tributes will not fail in the palace examination, but the emperor will rearrange the rankings.

There is only one current affairs policy in the palace examination, and His Majesty will personally come up with the questions.

Wu Xuan sat in a non-backward position, waiting for the topic to be passed on to him.

Seats are arranged according to the ranking of the meeting, and Liu Siyuan happens to be in the middle of the first row.Wu Xuan glanced worriedly. Liu Siyuan has been in a low mood for the past two days, and he is not very courageous. He was sweating nervously when he wrote a poem on stage at the Lu Ming Banquet. Now that he is taking the exam on such a solemn occasion, I hope He makes no mistake.

The question was passed on quickly, and Wu Xuan finished transcribing it on the manuscript paper and began to answer the question.

The exam questions were related to people's livelihood, tea, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar tea, and Wu Xuan suddenly thought of the price of salt.

Although the palace examination will be re-ranked, but generally there will not be much difference from the ranking in the general examination.With Wu Xuan's ranking in the general examination, it is safe to enter the second class, so he let go of his courage this time and directly wrote the method of drying salt on the examination paper.

It was impossible for the emperor to accompany them to take the exam all the time.It was not until the afternoon, when it was almost Yin time, that His Majesty Shi Shiran stepped into the hall again, and went to the examinee's desk to watch it in person.

"Your Majesty, no!" Elder Du Ge, who entered afterward, stopped him.

"Your Majesty is only eager to love talents, and wants to get closer to all the tributes, why not?" Gu Gelao retorted.

While the two were talking, the emperor had already walked slowly to the back of the last row of candidates, selected a candidate's paper and began to look at it carefully.Poor that examinee, who was already at the bottom of the list and had no hope of being in the second place, and was being watched by His Majesty to write, his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the pen.

Fearing that the examinee would faint on the spot, His Majesty hurried forward two rows and changed to another person.

Candidates did not dare to show their atmosphere, and sat in front of the desk.Candidates who have finished answering the questions also picked up their pens again, pretending to be thinking seriously.

The two elders followed closely behind His Majesty.

Seeing that His Majesty insisted on getting close to the candidates, Du Ge didn't try to persuade him anymore. Instead, he put on a posture of loyally protecting the Lord, and stared at the surrounding candidates seriously, as if someone would suddenly violently hurt others.

Following His Majesty's example, Gu Ge also selected a candidate's paper and glanced at it from the corner of his eye.

The emperor stopped and walked, and soon came to the middle and front position, and saw Wu Xuan.

Wu Xuan had already finished answering the questions, the brush was placed on the pen stand, and he was meditating with his hands folded, when he suddenly felt the gaze from the left rear.

Your Majesty was originally attracted by Wu Xuan's leisurely and calm appearance, but when he saw the answer sheet laid out on the table, he was immediately shocked by the extremely neat and organized pavilion.

The emperor turned his head, beckoned Du Ge and Gu Ge to come over, and signaled them to read Wu Xuan's answer sheet.

Du Ge said: "Your Majesty, this is against the rules. Exam papers are judged by the examiners themselves, and I can't read them in advance. Besides, the imperial examination is not over yet, so we might affect the candidates' answers by walking around here."

The emperor is 26 years old now, with a thin body and pale complexion. He looks like a frail scholar, not dignified at all.He said: "Du Qing, look at this candidate's handwriting, which is more regular than yours."

Even though Elder Du Ge had been persuading the emperor to abide by the palace examination rules, he couldn't help but glance at Wu Xuan's case when he heard this.

The Du family is good at calligraphy, and there have been many calligraphers in their ancestors, and he has been practicing calligraphy since he was three years old, and he has been practicing calligraphy for more than 50 years.This student is young, so it is possible to say that the cursive writing has a little more charm than him, but if the writing in Guange style is more regular than him, then it must be——

Old Du Ge saw Wu Xuan's handwriting clearly.

When Gu Ge saw his froze expression for a moment, he couldn't help becoming curious, and walked around to the other side of Wu Xuan to take a closer look.

Wu Xuan was really flattered to be surrounded by three big figures all of a sudden.

The emperor looked at it for a while, then suddenly said "Huh—" and asked, "Salt drying method? Can it reduce the power by ten times?"

"What?" Elder Gu Ge also exclaimed.Saltworks has always been a heart problem for him.Over the years that Mr. Feng Ge managed the salt field, the price of salt has been rising year by year, and the common people are almost unable to afford it. Although it has dropped a little bit now, it is still far from the Zhenwu period.

The emperor directly picked up Wu Xuan's examination paper, and said to him, "Come with me."

Elder Du Ge finally recovered from the huge blow at this time, and stopped him again, "Your Majesty, this is against the rules. If you act like this, you will make all the students in the world question the unfairness of the imperial examination!"

Gu Ge said: "Master Du's words are serious. His Majesty presides over the palace examination, and His Majesty personally examines and teaches the candidates. Why is it unfair?"

Du Ge said: "Gu Pu, my ministers should do their best to advise His Majesty. If you follow His Majesty in everything, you may be suspected of being a sycophant."

Gu Ge said with a smile: "As ministers, we should put His Majesty first in everything."

Hearing this, the emperor twitched the corners of his mouth, took Wu Xuan's answer sheet and walked towards the dragon chair.

The reason why he took away Wu Xuan's paper was not only that he was really interested in the method of drying salt written by Wu Xuan, but the more important reason was that he wanted to do something a little out of line in the public, so as to test Du Ge old attitude.

Although this old Feng Ge incident, Du Ge fell to them.But the emperor did not forget how Du Ge always obstructed the implementation of the New Deal and how he fought for the interests of the conservative forces in the past ten years.

His Majesty called him forward, Wu Xuan naturally did not dare to resist, and obediently followed.

The tall and burly guards in the examination room got His Majesty's signal, and even moved Wu Xuan's desk and seat over, and placed them directly under the throne.

Wu Xuan instantly became the examinee sitting in the front row, and he was very close to the throne.Even Gu Jin and his party in the first row were thrown quite a distance by him.

The emperor put Wu Xuan's answer sheet on the imperial case and began to read it carefully.

Wu Xuan stood up straight in front of the desk.

Although all the seats have been moved for him, in this situation, it would be too impolite to sit directly.In order to make a good impression on His Majesty and the same subject, he had better be cautious.

After a cup of tea, the emperor finished reading Wu Xuan's answer sheet, and said, "Is the method of sun-drying salt you mentioned in your article really possible?"

Wu Xuan said: "Although I haven't really practiced it in the salt field, the student assures that this method is indeed feasible."

The emperor said: "Okay, I'll give you this chance!" He glanced at the name on the scroll, "Wu Wenxuan, right, I've written down your name."

"Boom—boom—boom—" The bell rang to signify the end of the palace examination.

The guards in front of the hall, who had already been prepared, separated on both sides, and another special person stepped forward to collect the candidates' answer sheets.

Candidates exit the hall in order, are not allowed to look around, and are not allowed to stay deliberately.

When Gu Jin and the others started to leave, Wu Xuan raised his head and looked at the emperor who was talking to Gu Ge. It seemed that His Majesty had no time to pay attention to him.

Wu Xuan stepped back a few steps until he was in the same row as Gu Jin, and followed behind.

A group of people walked out of the main hall in an orderly manner under the leadership of the guards, and then walked through the long corridor.Everyone walked with their heads down and did not dare to look around. Only Gu Jin quietly approached Wu Xuan and asked, "What did you say to Your Majesty?"

Wu Xuan said softly: "Brother Gu, I regret it."

"Regret what?"

"My box of gold jewelry is nothing to bribe you." Judging from His Majesty's attitude, his job to the saltworks should be secured.