"Speaking of this, I've always been curious," Li Baolu said, sitting cross-legged across from him, "It's said that Jinshi is like a wife, but they also worked hard all the way from Tongsheng, and each class only takes more than 300 Jinshi. Their grades are only a little lower than those of the top-ranked Scholars, so why do you look down on them and compare them to Mrs. Ru?"

The rural examination and the general examination are much more stringent than the college entrance examination in the previous life, especially the general examination, only more than 300 people are required every three years in the whole country, and when the shortage of officials is the worst, there will be no more than 500 people.

There are so many scholars in the country, and they can make it all the way to the top 500, which shows how powerful these scholars are, but the difference between them is just one, and the treatment of Jinshi and second-class Jinshi is very different.

Except for the essay questions of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in the general examination, there is no fixed answer at all. The examiners will definitely have their personal preferences mixed in when marking the papers, so Li Baolu feels a little wronged with the Jinshi.

Gu Jingyun really didn't think about this question. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "There has been such a saying since ancient times, but I really don't know when it started. Maybe I can check it after I go back."

"Didn't the senior brother predict this before the exam? There is nothing wrong with being a Jinshi. At that time, the senior brother can be released. The sky is high and the land is vast outside. There are many opportunities to display it. It is better than staying in the capital, staying in this square inch. Being stared at by others."

Gu Jingyun pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, don't you want to stay in this square inch?"

"Yes, but isn't it hard for us to leave? Let's go out to play after uncle and the others come back."

"Where do you want to go?"

"I want to go anywhere. I heard that there is an endless desert in the northern part. The sand there is hot during the day, but at night the temperature can freeze to death. If a person does not have enough clothes to keep out the cold, he can dig a hole and cover it with sand. If you bury it yourself, you will be able to maintain your body temperature and not freeze to death.”

"Sounds very interesting," Gu Jingyun tilted his head and said, "Then I'll take you there when uncle comes back, and I'll go to the prairie by the way. Don't you always want to eat some kind of whole gazelle that leans against you? Coat it with honey , baked until golden..."

Li Baolu sucked her saliva, and said expectantly: "Hurry up and get the first prize, and then help my uncle to be rehabilitated, I'm so hungry."

Seeing her greedy look, Gu Jingyun laughed happily.

Gu Jingyun is both Huiyuan and Xieyuan. Most people guessed that he will be the number one scholar, and the three yuan and the first place will be perfect.

In fact, the emperor thought so too.

But the palace examination was held in full view, and apart from the emperor, there were also ministers present, so if Gu Jingyun was too poor, the emperor would be ashamed to choose him as the number one scholar.

But it turned out that Gu Jingyun was very good. The other candidates were excited when they saw the emperor. He didn't even fluctuate in his mood. He ignored everyone's scrutiny and sat down in his seat.

Gu Houye stood among the ministers and looked at Gu Jingyun with complicated eyes.

Gu Lekang did not participate in this general examination, so naturally he would not participate in the palace examination.

Affected by various things in the family, the child's mood is very unstable. Although he reads at night, neither Gu Huaijin nor Gu Houye are willing to let him take risks at this time. What if he passes the Jinshi examination?

That is a major event that affects the future.

But this time, none of the children of the Gu family who took the exam passed the exam, only Gu Jingyun.

Master Gu retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes. He is still his grandson now, but he is no longer of his bloodline.

He is his own patriarch.

The emperor was also looking at Gu Jingyun, and many people were looking at Gu Jingyun. They were all amazed in their hearts. It turned out that this was Qin Xinfang's nephew. He was really beautiful, and he didn't look like the Gu family at all.

Unlike the Gu family, naturally they are like the Qin family, and whoever raises them looks like whom.

After the test papers were handed out, Gu Jingyun was concentrating on the questions. Wei Cong, who was sitting at the back, curled his lips, soaked the brush on the ice, and then began to grind the ink. They were targeting him, otherwise he was two hundred and one, why would this seat be outside the hall?

Not to mention the cold wind blowing, even the cushions were thin, and when I sat on it, the cold air on the ground continued to rise.

This is even better, even the officially prepared pens are frozen, and he has never heard that the new pens can be frozen, so he is really pissed off.

But the emperor wanted to be angry with him, but he was not angry.

When Wei Cong melted the pen, he had already made a draft in his heart, and when he touched the ink, he started to write in a fluttering manner, hum, let you look down on me, let you see my ability.

But Wei Cong's speed was not as fast as Gu Jingyun's. He put down his pen before he started, picked up the test paper and checked it, then dried the ink and handed in the paper!

The person sitting next to him and answering the test immediately tensed his nerves and wailed in his heart. Do we want to go so fast? Is this trying to kill people?

The corner of Gu Jingyun's mouth twitched, without concealing his arrogance at all, he handed in the paper directly.

In the palace examination, one paper was handed in and one was examined, and a row of examiners beside the emperor were waiting.

The results of the palace examination are also released on the same day, so there is no possibility of cheating.

As soon as Gu Jingyun's test paper was handed up, it was first handed over to the emperor for review. After reading it, the emperor passed it to the chief examiner with a complex expression, without expressing his opinion.

The chief examiner couldn't help but stroked his beard and shouted in relief after reading some questions: "Okay!"

It made the students below and the officials in the temple even more tense.

They also have juniors who take the exam below.

This year's quiz on water conservancy will be tested, but the palace test will ask questions about taxation.

This is a sharp question, one that is not easy to fall into a melee.

But if the candidates are as meaningless as mud, what use is the emperor using you?

So after getting the topic, everyone was thinking about how to have something to say without being too sharp.

But Gu Jingyun's worries are obviously much less. He only answers the questions more tactfully or more directly, and the central idea will generally not change.

So the emperor was very complicated, he seemed to see Qin Xinfang back then.

He was also the first to review the examination papers for Qin Xinfang's palace examination. Qin Xinfang was also like this back then, handing in the papers ahead of schedule with full confidence.

At that time, on the one hand, he was grateful for the assistance and teaching of the Taifu, and on the other hand, he really appreciated Qin Xinfang's talent, so he was selected as the number one scholar by the court.

But now, Gu Jingyun is more talented than Qin Xinfang, but he is old and doesn't want to see his courtiers so radical, but at this time there is no better candidate than Gu Jingyun.

The test papers were collected one after another, but the examiners only held Gu Jingyun's test papers and exchanged in low voices, and finally put his test papers aside alone, and examined others' ones first.

The candidates below were even more disturbed when they saw this, and they didn't know whether Gu Jingyun's test paper was good or not.

Wei Cong also handed in the test paper ahead of time, and the invigilator just collected his test paper. The emperor who had not spoken all this time suddenly pointed at him and said, "Bring it to me for a look."

The invigilator was taken aback, and hurriedly took the test paper to the emperor.

Candidates and officials who didn't know why glanced at Wei Cong with envy and hatred, while candidates and officials who knew the inside story twitched their mouths, lowered their heads with strange expressions, and secretly aimed at the emperor from the corner of their eyes.

Gu Jingyun, who was sitting in the middle of the first row, also squinted his eyes. The emperor was more cautious than he thought, so why was he so tolerant to him alone?

Really just miss the Qin family's old love?

The emperor carefully read Wei Cong's test paper, and finally curled his lips and threw it aside, "It's just nonsense, it's the last name."

The chief examiner glanced at the emperor helplessly, and then at the test paper that Manager Su had put away, and knew that this test paper would not be read to them again.

The emperor said that Wei Cong could get two or three hundred at most in the test paper, so he arranged for two hundred and one, which happened to be in the top three.

This time, I wanted Wei Cong to maintain this ranking. Although he would be selected as a fellow Jinshi, he was only one place behind the second-class Jinshi, which was not too bad.

Who knew that the emperor had such a small mind, and directly named Wei Cong's last name, which could be called the most blatant cheating, and it was still on the poor side.

Everyone looked at Wei Cong with sympathy, but Wei Cong didn't mind at all. Back then, he dared to go to the gate of the palace to scold him. What's the difference between last and last?

He stared at the top with great interest, wondering if his younger brother could be awarded the No. 1 Scholar, Sanyuan and No. 1, something even the teacher couldn't do.

As expected of the students taught by the teacher himself, they are amazing.

A bell rang, and a ceremony official sang loudly: "It's time, stop writing_"

All the students stopped writing one after another, and the invigilator went to collect the test papers for the examiners to mark, while a group of servants filed in with food boxes to deliver meals to the candidates and officials.

The emperor also has a copy.

This is the meal given by the emperor. Everyone knelt down and gave a thank you. They got up when they heard the ceremonial officer sing "get up". Then everyone picked up the chopsticks and waited for the meal with gratitude.

Gu Jingyun touched the rice bowl, staring at the frozen oil on the plate in a daze, he had never eaten such cold food even when he was on the road.

He hesitated for a moment, seeing that everyone was eating with gusto, he reluctantly picked up the rice, but the dishes on the table did not move a single chopstick.

The emperor saw the chopsticks in his hand, pointed to the tofu on his table and said to Mr. Su: "Send a plate to the future champion."

Everyone froze and looked up.

Manager Su hurriedly smiled and picked up the tofu in front of the emperor and sent it to Gu Jingyun's table.

Gu Jingyun stood up helplessly to thank him.

The emperor said with a sullen face: "Why, do you not like the food I gave you, or do you not like the fact that I ordered you to be the number one scholar?"

"It's too late for me to be grateful, how can I not like it? It's just that I didn't expect that His Majesty would directly choose me as the number one scholar." After all, I haven't finished the test paper yet.

"You answered the test paper very well. No one has surpassed you so far, and I don't think anyone can surpass you. It will be a matter of time before you are selected as the champion," the emperor said, "But I want to know more about the number one since the founding of this dynasty." What kind of official does a Sanyuan Jidi want?"

All the examinees and officials looked at the emperor in bewilderment, Your Majesty, your progress is too fast, don't you first parade through the street after being crowned champion, attend the palace banquet and then pay homage to the officials?

Why so fast?

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