Lanke Chess Edge

After arriving in Gyeonggi Province, Yin Zhaoxian also had contact with many students of Dazhen, and even chatted with people like Li Mushu, the young teacher, and he was quite confident in his knowledge in the past few months.

But Yin Zhaoxian himself is not an arrogant person. In fact, he is quite similar to Ji Yuan in temperament. It is one thing to be confident, but he just thinks that it is impossible for him to fail the ranking.

After all, there are so many talents in Gyeonggi Prefecture now, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Yin Zhaoxian is definitely not the only one who is powerful. There are many people who have power, connections, and knowledge.

Therefore, although Yin Zhaoxian was eager to win the first place like other candidates, he only had one thought and dared not say that he was bound to win.

But the voices in the crowd all proved that Yin Zhaoxian had won the "Huiyuan".

"Is Yin Huiyuan here?" "Who knows Yin Zhaoxian?"

"I know the name but I haven't seen it before!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Don't squeeze, hey!"

...

Shi Yusheng and Yin Zhaoxian are both excited now, and even Yin Zhaoxian squeezed forward together as hard as he could, not too far forward, just a few steps from the end to the middle to see the apricot list clearly.

Sure enough, the eye-catching big characters at the top of the apricot list read: Huiyuan, Jizhou Yin Zhaoxian.

At the moment of confirming the results, Yin Zhaoxian felt slightly dizzy.

. . .

In Prince Jin's mansion, Prince Jin Zhao Yan was having a tea chat with his teacher in front of the stove, and they were talking about the examination.

"Master Li, don't you want to join in the excitement of the Gong Yuan?"

"What's there to do, I don't have any students to refer to this time, but it's surprising that you didn't go, my lord."

From childhood to adulthood, Li Mushu knows himself well as a student. However, this King Jin is actually quite a fun-loving person, but asking this question is not a question of doubt, but a sense of ridicule.

"I won't go, I won't go. What happened to Xiangrui last time made my elder brother dislike me everywhere. Anyway, I won't go to the big scenes related to the government and the opposition, unless necessary."

Li Mushu took a sip of the tea cup and said with a smile.

"This may not be a good thing for the prince, but it must be a bad thing for His Highness King Wu..."

Anyone who is prone to do outrageous things is naturally an angry person.

Now King Wu's state is quite similar, he is the oldest and most prosperous among the princes, so he is also the choice of the heir apparent from the point of view of establishing a heir and an elder.

But in recent years, the atmosphere in the government and the opposition has been delicate, and the king of Wu has become more and more uncomfortable. Especially when ministers proposed to establish a prince several times, the emperor didn't give him a good face.

Thanks to the presence of the emperor at that time, it can be said that the arrival of the Holy One attracted the auspicious appearance, but even so, the third younger brother of King Jin became a thorn in the eyes of King Wu. The eyes are also able to see.

But then again, is King Wu not clear about this? If he doesn’t know, there is no one who can make a clear point. Presumably not, but it is one thing to be clear, and another thing to be angry. .

At this moment, a servant hurriedly ran to this side hall of the palace from outside.

"My lord, Master Li, the apricot list is out, and the Hui Yuan is Yin Zhaoxian of Jizhou!"

Even though he had high hopes for Yin Zhaoxian, when he really heard the news, the master and apprentice still looked at each other in blank dismay, and Li Mushu put down the teacup with emotion.

"Yin Zhaoxian is not a thing in the pool!"

King Jin also smiled complacently.

"I don't know where it came from. It is said that this Yin Zhaoxian is a noble and upright person, and he is a rare talent in the world. However, it cannot be denied that his talent and learning are indeed outstanding. This is already a double hit!"

Li Mushu heard King Jin's words, and turned to look at his student with serious eyes.

"If you don't die halfway, and with the help of the prince, ten or twenty years later, the powerful ministers of the government and the public will definitely have a place for this son, and this time, maybe there will be the second trinity since the founding of Dazhen. "

Master Li's evaluation made Jin Wang Zhao Yan restrain his smile, which was much heavier than the previous evaluation.

The King of Jin originally wanted to say that no matter how well a scholar writes, he may not be able to govern the country, but when he thought of "On the Birds" and "Zhizhiyi", he didn't say it, but changed it to another sentence.

"Three Yuan Jidi? Master Li thinks Yin Zhaoxian is okay?"

"Hehehe... the general examination is already a unified examination, which is equal to Yin Jieyuan, no, Yin Huiyuan has already won a round, and some people can't beat him even if they know the general direction of the general examination. The emperor personally intervened in the palace examination, haha... "

Li Mushu let King Jin think for a moment with a laugh, and then continued.

"Besides, today's majesty is too thoughtful. If there is a choice, it is in line with the holy will to let a real poor family be the champion. Yin Zhaoxian is the top choice regardless of his talent or background."

This is Li Mushu, even though he is only a junior teacher, King Jin has respected him since he was a child. Sometimes he is really glad that his childhood teacher was Li Mushu.

At this moment, King Jin nodded slightly when he heard the words. Even if someone really found out that Yin Zhaoxian came to the palace to attend the banquet in the future, after all, before the test, as long as he avoided suspicion and had less contact with Yin Zhaoxian, it would be fine. Yin Zhaoxian's own background still cannot be faked.

The apricot list has been announced. Some people are happy and some are worried. In the remaining five days, they are preparing for the upcoming palace examination with their own emotions.

The Dazhen Palace Examination has undergone several changes, from the first day of March to the fifteenth day of March, and finally fixed at the fifth day of March today. The examination questions are listed in many lists by various ministries of the court. The current Holy Majesty personally selects the topics and theoretically presides over them in person. take an exam.

The location of the exam is no longer the Gongyuan, but in the palace hall, so it is called the palace exam.

For poor candidates, great psychological pressure is also one of the barriers.

The majestic palace, the strict defense, one after another checkpoints to enter, after going through official document inspection and multiple body searches, they arrived at the final palace of the exam.

This time it was different from the previous ones with single partitions. The palace exam was only for one day, and desks were placed in the spacious palace. Candidates who were closer to each other could even see the sweat on each other's necks and cheeks.

Surveillance is all around, and sometimes the current sage will come to inspect it to show the prestige of the Lord.

At the end of the day, all the examinees worked hard to learn their talents under great pressure. The competition was not only talent and memory, but also calligraphy.

When the dreadful palace examination finally ended, all the candidates stayed in post houses and inns arranged by the court, waiting for the results of the palace examination to be announced, while the ministers of all ministries were in the process of reviewing papers nervously.

Although the number of references is much less than before, the high-quality batches are still there, and it takes more effort, besides, the emperor is watching over them.

More than ten days later, in the royal study of the palace, Emperor Yuande was flipping through a book, which was Yin Zhaoxian's "Theory of Birds-Fengming Wutong".

"Good one, all the birds in the world are facing the phoenix, and the storks of the Thousand Islands cannot pass."

In Emperor Yuande's view, this represented the supremacy of the imperial power, and the ministers under him could not mess around with the stork's thought that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

As early as knowing that Yin Zhaoxian won two yuan in a row, some things about him had already aroused the interest of Emperor Yuande, and naturally it was not difficult to get the book he wrote. "On Birds" is not only written with wit and wit, but also in line with the sacred meaning.

Every emperor hopes to be as holy and supreme as the phoenix in the book.

There will be eunuchs slowly approaching the emperor's desk and whispering.

"Your Majesty, several adults from the Ministry of Rites are here."

Emperor Yuande raised his head and closed the book in his hand.

"Let them in."

"yes!"

Not long after the eunuch withdrew, several court officials came to the imperial study with several trays and bowed before the emperor's desk.

"Revelation to the Holy Majesty, the review of the palace examination has ended, and all the ministers have checked the papers. This is the first-class candidate for each ministry. Please take a look at it!"

There are only three people in Yijia, and only the emperor is qualified to decide the ranking. After the ranking is made, the three people in Yijia are regarded as disciples of the emperor.

"Submit it!"

"yes!"

There are three trays in total, and there are seven people's papers inside, all of which are the result of careful selection.

Sometimes the emperor would personally participate in the grading of the papers, and the ranking would be determined after the papers were basically read. Even if Emperor Yuande did not participate in the grading of the papers, no one would dare to do this.

Emperor Yuande turned over the tray, and sure enough, he saw Yin Zhaoxian's name, which was covered with a red cloth like the other two test papers, which to a certain extent meant that they were evenly matched.

"You guys go down, I'll take a good look at these papers tonight, and make an appointment tomorrow morning."

"Follow the order!"

After everyone in the Ministry of Rites bowed and retreated, Emperor Yuande sat alone in his study and read through the seven papers carefully, and the rest of the papers were roughly read, focusing on the three-point red paper.

"Not bad……"

After such a compliment, Emperor Yuande took up the inscription...

. . .

A few days later, the news that Yin Zhaoxian won Xieyuan, Huiyuan, and No. 1 scholar in succession, and became the second person with three yuan and first place since the founding of Dazhen, spread throughout Gyeonggi Prefecture. It has become a good talk for both the officialdom and the common people after dinner.

As the number one scholar, Yin Zhaoxian has both the helplessness of being tired of socializing and the excitement and joy of being ranked first in the three yuan. Even though he has no official position, he is also in the limelight in the current capital.

The news will spread to Jizhou very quickly, and then to Ning'an County, Desheng Prefecture.

Standing on the Book Pavilion of the Chu Mansion, Ji Yuan looked at the condensed white paper that belonged to Yin Zhaoxian in his hand, which was bright and upright, and also murmured.

"After ten years of hard study, no one asked me, and I became famous all over the world in one fell swoop."

After finishing speaking, Ji Yuan stood up from the table on the third floor of the Book Pavilion, stretched out his hand to take his baggage from the curtain, and then walked slowly to the door of the attic and gently pushed it open.

The ivy sword beside the table floated up, following behind Ji Yuan.

"Master Yin, you can do it yourself!"

Looking at the direction of the posthouse in the city while talking to himself, he closed the door of the Book Pavilion, mist formed under Ji Yuan's feet, slowly floated up, swam to the sky above the capital, and then drifted towards the east.

And on the table on the third floor of Chu Mansion Book Pavilion, there is a piece of rice paper with inscriptions. As for when the Chu family discovered it, it is not clear.