Chapter 185 Mission Zero One Six
Getting the Huiyuan is an enviable thing, but it is a great celebration for the parties involved!
Compared to Xiao Rong, who was calm and calm, Mr. Li was particularly proud, as if he was the one who won the Huiyuan. However, in the words of Mr. Li, his disciples were even more glorious and happy than him, a teacher. After all, not everyone can teach a Huiyuan, and it is even very likely that he will be the first disciple in this dynasty to receive the honor of the Grand Three Yuan.
His happy expression was that he went to play chess with his old friends every day. As he played, he pretended to mention his students accidentally, and then said with great pride that his students had just won the Huiyuan...
Xiao Ying, who heard Mr. Li’s recent behavior from Mrs. Li, was particularly speechless. He, a cheap teacher, was not even called out by the old people. It seems that the teacher has a really good relationship with those old people.
However, Xiao Rong, who had no feelings about the memorial of Huiyuan, had no feelings at all. In this ancient social world where he could not use his super strength, if he wanted to improve his social status, he had to gain power. He was just a Huiyuan. Although his future was bright, he had not yet officially entered the officialdom. However, he could already feel that his servants treated him more respectfully, and Mrs. Li was more caring and enthusiastic about him.
As Huiyuan, Xiao Rong is very famous among the candidates in this class. Perhaps some candidates in the same subject are jealous of him winning two yuan in a row, but on the surface, no one is a good congratulations. After all, in this society that emphasizes the same subject, they are natural interests in the officialdom in the future, even if they have nothing to do with each other before.
Among this class of candidates, there are many wealthy families. These people often hold banquets in order to expand their connections, and Xiao Ying, as the Huiyuan, naturally, must be invited. Faced with such invitations, Xiao Ying wanted to refuse, but he had to go because of the so-called love affair in the same year.
In fact, Xiao Rong didn't quite understand the ancient behavior of having to join the same subject. After all, he was cultivated by the outlook on life that he grew up in modern society. Later, he traveled through the ancient world but never participated in the imperial examination.
In his opinion, the behavior of the imperial examination candidates is as incredible as the candidates who took the college entrance examination in all directions in the same year. People who had never known before were classified as a party because they took the college entrance examination in the same year. It was really a bit of a joke.
And not only that, their candidates also regard this class as the chief examiner. Just like modern college entrance examination candidates treat invigilators as tutors, Xiao Huang felt incomprehensible, but in this ancient society, the relationship and the relationship between the instructors in the same year were a very reliable community of interests.
Although he didn't understand this kind of relationship that seemed to him, it did not prevent Xiao Rong from adapting to and using them.
On the third day after the Golden List came out, Xiao Ying, the Huiyuan, took the lead in going to Zhang's house to meet the examinees of this class with the candidates who were on the same subject. After all, Lord Zhang is their teacher, and this time he met with gifts was also a hidden rule. It was the second time that Xiao Ying met this Lord Zhang. The first time he was in the examination room, he took a long look with the candidates, but this time he had a close contact.
This confidant minister who is today is very handsome and even though he is nearly fifty years old, he is still a handsome man, especially his elegant temperament makes people feel that he must be a knowledgeable person.
Xiao Rong is Huiyuan, so he is qualified to be received by this Lord Zhang alone. Lord Zhang did not read the gifts given by Xiao Rong, but he was very kind to him and had a strong appreciation in his words. He also pointed out that the article he wrote about sea ban was particularly outstanding.
In front of Lord Zhang, Xiao Ying acted neither humble nor arrogant. Facing the praise, he modestly stated that he needed to continue to work hard. Everyone would pretend to be humble, but whether he could pretend to be like a person would really test his acting skills, and Xiao Ying's acting skills would be poor?
So Lord Zhang, who thought he had a good eye for others, admired Huiyuan, who was humble, studious and talented, very much. He moved his heart and revealed some more things in the court.
Xiao Ying was calm on the surface, but he did have a good impression of Lord Zhang in his heart. Some things in the court are not secrets, but they have to have connections and contacts to know that level. Mr. Li has been resigned for many years and his connections are still there, but they are still different. Moreover, the news in the court depends on who revealed it. As the emperor's confidant, the news he revealed must imply the emperor's tendency and position, which is the advantage of invisibility.
After meeting Master Zhang, Xiao Ying was busy attending various banquets held by other candidates on the list and making connections, but he did not forget to prepare for the palace examination in private.
Although he does not win the palace examination and only ranks, he has already learned about Yuan and Huiyuan. If the top scorer fails to get the first prize due to negligence in the last level, it would be a pity and embarrassing.
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Before the palace examination begins, eunuchs come to teach the candidates the etiquette. These candidates from medieval families all understand this. However, those poor children from poor families who have no background or candidates from landlords who come from temporary teaching etiquette to avoid meeting the emperor in front of the imperial examination during the palace examination.
As a veteran, Mr. Li had long thought of this and taught Xiao Huang everything he needed to pay attention to during the palace examination.
However, Xiao Ying still has to practice with other candidates how to yell the whole thing in a neat manner.
As a strong man who turned his hand to make clouds and rain, Xiao Rong obviously would not be willing to bow to an ordinary emperor. He could only fool him with small spells such as sluts.
Standing in the crowd, Xiao Ying, who watched others practice kneeling and shouting long live, sighed softly in his heart. Before fulfilling his male supporting role, he had to stay in this strict court. Xiao Ying, who had long been accustomed to standing at the peak, now had to be an ordinary person again due to the suppression of this world and the requirements of the task, slowly climbing towards the center of power. He felt a little uncomfortable.
Xiao Ying, who felt a little uneasy, quickly recited the formula for practicing the exercises silently, and soon calmed down.
The palace examination finally officially began. Xiao Rong stood at the top and followed the eunuch who led the way into the majestic Golden Palace.
Looking at the magnificent Golden Palace, the candidates were very excited. Even Xiao Ying couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Be a farmer in the morning and climb the emperor's hall in the evening. The only way for poor children to advance is to study hard.
Tables, chairs and pens have been prepared in advance in the hall.
Xiao Rong found his position. As the Huiyuan, he was naturally the first. Sitting in his palace examination position and looking at the candidates on both sides, if he ignored the surrounding environment and the clothes of everyone, he really felt like he was returning to the modern examination room.
As soon as the candidates sat down, they heard a sharp voice penetrated: "The emperor is here!"
Before the butt was still hot, the candidate immediately knelt neatly towards the entrance of the hall, and Xiao Rong sat on the chair, but to the eyes of others, he was kneeling down to the emperor like everyone else.
Xiao Rong sat on the chair and turned around to look at the emperor walking in at the door. The emperor looked ordinary, but he was still majestic and imposing. He was not wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, but a black robe embroidered with a golden dragon. The emperor was surrounded by a handsome young man wearing a bright yellow prince robe. Xiao Rong immediately knew that this was the current eldest prince.
Looking at the father and son of the Tian family, Xiao Ying touched his chin and thought about how beautiful the queen must be to give birth to a handsome prince with an ordinary-looking emperor. However, rumored that the emperor did not like the gentle and weak prince, but from today's palace examination, the relationship between the father and son should not be as bad as when the prince was deposed in the original work.
Xiao Ying just glanced at the crown prince who could not suppress his younger brothers and didn't care. This prince, who is weak in character and has a bunch of ruthless brothers, is destined to be unsteady of the crown prince. Xiao Ying had already decided to choose the final winner, the Fourth Prince, when he was in good relations with Jiang Li. This crown prince would step down in a sad way.
The emperor was a decisive person. He didn't say much nonsense and directly announced the beginning of the palace examination. The questions of the palace examination were sent to the candidates one by one.
There was once in the three years of the imperial examination. This time, the imperial examination was not a good candidate. The emperor was not here to accompany the candidates all day long. So Xiao Ying felt that the emperor had just looked at his Huiyuan who was probably the winner of the Grand Three Yuan honor and left the hall.
Although the chief examiner of the palace examination was nominally the emperor, and the candidates were nominally the disciples of the emperor. In fact, the examiners who were actually invigilating their examination were still the ministers who reviewed the papers.
The reviewers read all the candidates' papers after the palace examination, then sorted them out, waiting for the emperor's final review.
Generally speaking, the emperor only reads the top ten papers, and only the top three are read in detail, and even the first one will read in detail. The rankings of the reviewers are basically unchanged. At most, the emperor only slightly adjusts the rankings of the top ten papers according to his own wishes.
Xiao Rong's spiritual sense was attached to his paper, and he easily knew his grades in advance - the first place. It was indeed not as expected, because he felt that the big questions on his paper were basically all applied questions, and he was best at answering questions in connection with actual conditions.
Chapter completed!