Chapter 102 Scholar (Part 1)

April 22nd is the day when the last exam will be announced this year.

This is more important than the results of the previous examination. After all, the candidates who are on the list this time will be scholars in the future, so this time the list will be posted on the wide screen wall in front of the government office, which is more formal and more attractive than the lists that are only posted on the pre-school school after the examination.

Not long after the genius was dawn, hundreds of people gathered in front of the government office, waiting for the moment when the list was posted. At the same time, more people related or irrelevant to this exam came from all over the place to wait for the results to be announced. With this crowded look, it was almost a temple fair.

Seeing the thousands of people gathering in front of the government office, Li Ling was not surprised. If he wanted to squeeze in at this moment, he would probably have exhausted his strength before he reached the forefront. However, he was not panicked because Wan Lang had arranged everything for them. Now they were in the private room on the third floor of Zuixianju, looking down at the scene of people surging below, waiting for the list to be posted, and the servants of the Wan family who were arranged inside reported the results.

Yes, this is the most powerful place in front of the government office. The children of wealthy families can eat and wait in the restaurants near the Yamen. They don’t have to squeeze out the list as before to see the list. It is also because of this that the prices of the three or four restaurants near the Yamen have rolled up and turned up the food and private rooms. But even so, each restaurant is still full, and after a while, I can’t even get in.

The table in the private room was filled with delicious wine, but Li Ling and Xu Cang had no intention of raising their glasses and chopsticks. Every time, one of them would walk to the half-open window and look down to see if the list was posted. As time went by, this nervous mood became stronger and stronger.

Needless to say, Xu Cang has been talking less and less in the past two days. Today, he simply didn't say three words, and the words "never" on his face were written. There is no way. This is his sixth year of taking the college entrance examination. I really don't want to end his imperial examination with regret.

Even though he felt that he had performed well in this college entrance examination, he thought that he would definitely pass the exam, but before the results came out, he should be nervous or uneasy, and hesitate or hesitate. Under the influence of Xu Cang, even Li Ling was a little nervous. Although he had always told him that even if the imperial examination failed, it didn't matter, but at this point, he still couldn't face it calmly.

At this moment, in order to relieve his emotions, he spoke again: "Brother Wan, how are the bookstore prepared?"

Wan Lang, who was the most calm and composed, was a little nervous when asked. After drinking a sip of wine, he said, "I'm still asking someone to decorate the store environment. Haven't you explained many details? It takes a lot of time to arrange it. By the way, how did you think of these methods? They are really useful?"

"Then look at other bookstores and compare the ideal bookstore I told you, which one will attract you more?"

"That's right, if I want to choose, I'll choose to come to this bookstore to browse. By the way, you haven't told me how you thought of these methods?"

"Well, it's just some of his own random thoughts." Li Ling responded casually and quickly changed the topic, "Why is it now? The government office has not posted the list yet?"

"It's indeed a little later than usual, but it's not uncommon. It should be that some candidates' rankings have been debated, so there is a delay. I heard that there was something about posting the list until the afternoon. Now it's just the time, so it's too early."

Wan Lang answered very lightly, but the other two frowns three points because of this. It would be too painful to wait for two more hours.

They were suffering here, but they had long argued, and the people were waiting a little impatiently:

"Why haven't the list article been released yet? Has the rules changed this year?"

"This is the list of scholars, so you should be more cautious."

"But it's been too long. Didn't it be posted last year? It's been after Si Shi, why didn't there be any results?"

Ordinary people are just curious. Those candidates who have finally squeezed to the front and waited for the results are even more anxious and sweaty, but they can't even wipe them off due to the crowd. They can only sigh and ask the gods and Buddhas in the sky to bless them in high school.

Inside the yamen, as Wan Lang said, there were fierce debates among several examiners, and the scores of three candidates were not determined, and the focus was Li Ling!

Like the prefecture and county examination, the test papers in the college examination are not dug, so everyone knows who the candidate is. An examiner from the prefecture and slapped the table and said, "I think this person's article is not outstanding than these two people, especially the Five Classics questions, which are even more plain in wording. How can he be on the list?"

His words were immediately recognized by the other two examiners, and they nodded, "Yes, this Li Ling is a very talented person. If he gets a student, it will be unfair to other candidates."

The chief examiner Shi's face became more and more gloomy when he heard it: "You only focus on the Five Classics topics, but you can't see that the four books are better than more than 90% of the candidates..."

"That's because the four books I used this time were interrogative questions. Other candidates were not good at this, so their articles still looked like that. But in terms of talent and cultivation, he would definitely not be able to compare with other candidates."

"What about the last three verdicts? He did all these three verbs very neatly, and they were much better than others."

"We scholars should take the books of saints as the key to these details. It would not be too late to say these official articles later."

"You..." Lord Shi stared at the people in front of him. After all, they were not all about the arrangement of Li Ling in this way. They were just picking themselves with the stings of the topic. Because he said that Li Ling's article was good that he would definitely be a scholar, and these guys opposed it regardless of the matter. In fact, there was a candidate who would have been opposed by them, but the man's articles were really good, making it difficult for them to pick out the mistakes, so they had to ask only Li Ling.

Of course, after all, it is because of their insufficient status. If the academician was the chief examiner himself, who would have dared to be so arrogant and object to the point of opposition?

This understanding made Lord Shi feel even more annoyed, and he slapped the table: "I am the chief examiner, I have decided that Li Ling will definitely be on the list, you don't have to Luo Yang anymore!"

"Then we will submit a report to the government and we will definitely ask you for a crime of acting hasty!" The head-in-law Master Zheng also looked at him without any permission. He was ten years older than the other party and was also a Jinshi, so he was not afraid of him.

Just when the two sides were staring at each other like a cockfighting and no one was willing to give in, an official from the government office rushed over: "Everyone, have you not come up with the result yet? Everyone outside is anxious."

"Hmph, your Hengzhou Prefecture teacher is so powerful. If you don't take me as the chief examiner seriously, this matter will be difficult to resolve as soon as possible. However, I have decided on it, and Li Ling's article is definitely good. I must be on the list this time!"

"If it doesn't work, he has not learned enough. He will not be on the list this time!" Lord Zheng immediately said to the point.

"This is a mess... huh?" The official was stunned for a moment, and then walked up and looked at Li Ling's paper that they had slapped on the table. However, he did not read the article, but scanned to the top column of the candidate's name and origin. After confirming that he was from Jiangcheng, he quickly left.

The examiners on both sides did not pay attention to his actions, and still argued endlessly around this topic, and no one was willing to give in. And just after a cup of tea, the official ran back, looked at both sides, hurriedly approached Lord Zheng, lowered his voice and whispered a few words to him.

Lord Zheng's face suddenly changed, and he showed surprise: "Why..."

The other party pointed at him, which made him feel the pressure clearly. After hesitating for a while, he finally sighed and said, "Since that's the case, then according to Lord Shi, let Li Ling be on the list."

"Master Zheng..." Several other examiners followed him as the leader. Seeing that he suddenly changed his mind, they were naturally stunned. They all wanted to say something, but they were stopped by him: "I will explain to you later. Lord Shi, please write the names of students on the list."

Lord Shi was actually quite strange, but since the other party had already made concessions, he did not sarcastically mock them anymore. He just hummed and wrote Li Ling's name on the list. Moreover, he was also foolish and did not write the name to the end of the list, but fell into the middle of the list.

This made the other people's eyes twitch again, but they had already made the biggest concessions just now, and they were not bad, just pretending that they didn't see it. As Li Ling's name fell, the remaining two were quickly decided. After they were stamped together, they waited for the officers outside to take out the list and post it outside the government office.

"Here, come, come!" Seeing a big hot list being taken out of the government office, the crowd outside was boiling again, and everyone stood on tiptoe, wanting to see the name of the person written on it earlier.

After a while, the crowd separated, and the officers posted several large red lists one by one. As soon as they stepped back, countless people rushed forward with all their might, surrounding the screen wall. Everyone's eyes were searching, muttering words in their mouths, and those who saw their names were even more excited: "I'm win, I'm win..."

The noise continued to spread, and finally arrived at the restaurant where Li Ling and his friends were. This made the three of them unable to sit still. They all came to the window and looked down. However, the distance was too far, but they couldn't see anything clearly, so they could only wait for the servants to come back to report the news.
Chapter completed!