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Chapter 49 The hero is a scholar

Except for the extremely cold test, Gu Wenjing did well in the test, and the questions were not unfamiliar or difficult. Closely related to the recent hot topics of Xi Rong’s harassment of border crossings, Gu Wenjing hit the big topic of policy discussion.

Sprinkling an article and writing it down, Gu Wenjing closed his pen, looked at the inkstone with thin ice on the side, rubbed his hands, lifted the kettle on the stove, poured a cup of hot water into the bowl, and he held the bowl of hot water. Warm your hands and dare not sleep.

Tonight is colder than the previous few days. In such cold weather, he is afraid that after falling asleep on the damp bedding, he will fall ill the next day. It is better to stay up all night. Anyway, it is now the third exam. It ends after the exam.

It stayed until the bell sounded in the Gongyuan the next day, the examination papers were taken away, the door of the number room was opened, and the candidates walked out one by one and left the Gongyuan.

After the exam, the sentient beings are full of attitudes, some are full of confidence, some are at a loss, some are frowning as if they are thinking about whether they are right or wrong in their answers, and others have a pale face and obviously do not perform well… But the most noticeable ones are those who are not. Carry out the unlucky **** who lives and lives.

Gu Wenjing sighed slightly when he saw the examinee lying unconsciously picked up by his family members crying and wiping away tears.

The inkstone waiting outside the Gongyuan saw him hurriedly over to help him: “The son!”

Gu Wenjing waved his hand: “You don’t need to help me.” He is not so tired that he needs someone to walk.

The two returned to the champion building. Gu Wenjing was exhausted in the exam, and he dared not go to sleep. Now he was too sleepy, so Xiao Er sent a bucket of hot water to shower and fell asleep.

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He slept until the next night before waking up.

Seeing that he was awake, Mo Yan quickly brought a sumptuous meal: “My son, you are awake! Come and eat! I see that you have been asleep and are not waking up. I also invited the doctor to show you. The doctor said you If you are tired, make up for it.”

Gu Wenjing began to eat in silence, and only after he felt the bottom of his empty stomach, he said, “I have slept for so long, what matters?”

Mo Yan replied: “The son of An came to see the son, but when he saw that the son was not awake or disturbed, he left, saying that he would wait for the son to wake up again. There is also a son named Li, who said it was your friend. But he didn’t interrupt the son to rest, so he will come again tomorrow.”

Gu Wenjing was not surprised that An Jingcheng came to see him. After all, the two entered Beijing on the same boat, and they cherished each other, and they all meant to make friends. As for the surname Li… Gu Wenjing thought of Li Cheng. He returned to Qingyang County ahead of time after the township examination. He and Li Cheng agreed in the letter to see him in Chunwei, but he and Li Cheng entered Beijing on a different route, so they couldn’t travel. , It’s not easy to find people in the big capital.

So before the test started, Gu Wenjing didn’t find Li Cheng at all.

Unexpectedly, after the trial was over, Li Chengxian found him.

Gu Wenjing thought for a while, and said to the inkstone: “Prepare pen and ink, I want to write a letter.”

Then he wrote a letter to An Jingcheng and Li Cheng respectively, inviting them to come to the champion building.

On the second day, the two who received the letter came to the appointment on time.

An Jingcheng and Li Cheng looked at each other, smiled and bowed, and introduced themselves to each other. This was the first time they met through Gu Wenjing, a middle friend.

Friends of friends may not be able to make friends with themselves.

However, An Jingcheng and Li Cheng had a good impression of each other. Under Gu Wenjing’s deliberate guidance, the three of them formed a small group, and Gu Wenjing, with his personal charm and strength, became a faint talker in a small group of three.

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Will try it out on that day.

The Zhuangyuan Building was fully occupied by Juren who came to take the test. At a glance, almost all of them were Juren.

After all, the location of the Zhuangyuan Building is really good, it is the closest to the Gongyuan, and you can see the place outside the Gongyuan through the window. Although the distance is a little far away and you can’t see the names on the list, many people have broken their heads when they can see the list.

Gu Wenjing, An Jingcheng, and Li Cheng sat at a table by the window on the second floor. Gu Wenjing was fairly calm, but An Jingcheng and Li Cheng couldn’t help but look out the window: “Why haven’t they put on the list?”

The book boy of the three of them had already squeezed into the place where the list was placed in advance, but there were many people who had the same idea with them, and now the list has not been posted, it has been crowded.

Suddenly, the gate of the Gongyuan courtyard opened, and two officers and soldiers walked out with an emperor’s ranking list, which aroused the fierce attention of everyone.

Under the attention of all the people, the two officers and soldiers posted the dynasty, and as soon as they walked away, the front of the empire was immediately overwhelmed by the turbulent crowd.

After a while, Gu Wenjing saw from the window that the inkstone squeezed out of the crowd with excitement, rushing towards the champion building with a look of ecstasy.

He smiled and drank a sip of tea, the wave stabilized.

Both An Jingcheng and Li Cheng also saw Moyan, how smart they were, and they naturally realized something, and congratulated Gu Wenjing one after another: “Congratulations, brother Gu for the title on the gold list!”

The two voices were not small, which attracted the attention of other people waiting for the test results on the second floor.

“The list has just been posted. Are you so confident about the title of the gold list?”

You Juren couldn’t help but say something sour.

Gu Wenjing had no intention of arguing with him, but just smiled and said, “The book boy has already gone to read the list for me. Just now we saw my book boy come back happily outside the window, so we couldn’t help but celebrate in advance.”

Only then did the other Juren understand that they all congratulated Gu Wenjing one after another, and the atmosphere became enthusiastic.

Sure enough, it didn’t take long for Mo Yan to rush to the second floor with a look of excitement: “My son! You won! First place! I saw your name at the top of the list at a glance!”

Most of the Juren waiting for the results in the Zhuangyuan Building heard the excitement of Inkstone, and the rest of the people who did not hear heard the comments from the surrounding people and knew that there was a Juren on the second floor of the Zhuangyuan Building who passed the Huiyuan examination.

When everyone was still worried about whether they could be on the list, they had already passed the first place in the exam. This sharp contrast is enviable and jealous.

An Jingcheng got up and poured a cup of tea for Gu Wenjing himself: “Brother Gu, congratulations! Today, I will use tea instead of wine to respect Brother Gu. I wish Brother Gu will try to win the first prize in one fell swoop and achieve the ‘big three yuan’!”

Not to be outdone, Li Cheng followed up with a toast: “Congratulations to Brother Gu’s’big three yuan’ in sight!”

Gu Wenjing tried to understand the Yuan in the country test, and now he has the Hui Yuan in the Hui Yuan test. Only when he is the champion in the hall test, he will be the winner of the “Big Three Yuan”, which has a very high gold content.

There is only one champion in three years. How many champions are those who can really make an official career? But the “Big Three Yuan” champion is different. With such a high honor, there have only been two people since the founding of Daqi.

Gu Wenjing is very likely to become the third.

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The actions of An Jingcheng and Li Cheng let other people know that Yuan also understood Yuan during the provincial examination in this session. In the future, if the emperor has the heart to complete the examination, he will not perform badly, so he must be the champion.

A ‘big three yuan’ champion was remembered by the emperor before he even entered the officialdom. What a great honor this is!

Countless candidates have come to congratulate, with an extremely eager attitude.

After Gu Wenjing dealt with these candidates with ease, it was not until the officials who had the Annunciation came to the champion building, they gradually dispersed in order to avoid missing the news of the Annunciation.

Gu Wenjing looked at the inkstone: “Have you seen the rankings of An and Li?”

Mo Yan’s face turned pale, and he lowered his head to plead guilty: “My son, I forgot when I was excited.”

An Jingcheng and Li Cheng helped round the game: “We also sent a book boy to watch the list. They think it will be back soon. Why should you embarrass the inkstone?”

Gu Wenjing certainly didn’t really want to embarrass the inkstone, but before letting them go to the list, they all told their bookboys to pay attention to the ranking of the other two. Now, inkstone is the first to look at the list, but he forgot his previous instructions. I always want to show that I will give An Jingcheng and Li Cheng an attitude.

Fortunately, An Jingcheng and Li Cheng’s book boy returned soon.

It’s just that An Jingcheng’s book boy’s face was a little nervous and not happy. This made An Jingcheng’s heart stunned and asked as much as possible, “How?”

An Jingcheng Shutong said, “No, I didn’t see the name of the son.”

Although An Jingcheng was prepared when he saw his book boy’s expression, he was still lost.

An Jingcheng failed the list, and Li Cheng’s book boy was not too excited, but repressed and sternly reported to Li Cheng: “My son, your ranking is 63rd.”

Li Cheng was overjoyed immediately. Although the rank of sixty-three is not high, if the palace exam is still in this rank, then it is a proper second-class Jinshi.

You should know that his Li family only has a distant relative who works as a fifth-rank little official in the capital. The relationship with his family has been so many years that there has been no contact. Therefore, in fact, the Li family is supported by his father. It’s a long way off, at least there is an Shi Lang An as the backing.

An Jingcheng is a young genius, but his youth also means that he lacks experience, and he will think that the chance of hitting once is not high.

An Jingcheng remembered that Shi Lang An had suggested that he study abroad for three years and then take the test, and he sighed slightly, regaining his loss, and earnestly bowed to Li Cheng: “Congratulations, Brother Li!”

Originally, Gu Wenjing and Li Cheng were a bit embarrassed, because they were both named on the gold list, but An Jingcheng fell off the list. They were embarrassed to show joy so as not to poke his pain.

But now An Jingcheng took the initiative to congratulate them, presumably he had cleared up his emotions, and their faces also showed a smile.

An Jingcheng also took the initiative to say: “Brother Gu won Huiyuan, and Brother Li was also named on the gold list. How about we just celebrate and celebrate with a drink in this champion building?”

He, the only person who failed the ranking, didn’t mind, Gu Wenjing and Li Cheng were naturally very happy.

The Annunciation officer finally reported the last big news, and came to the Zhuangyuan Building to find Gu Wenjing, who was the Huiyuan Congratulations.

Gu Wenjing smiled downstairs to meet the officials, and the red seal prepared in advance was handed out without hesitation.

After sending off the official post of the Annunciation, the shopkeeper of the Zhuangyuan Building came up to congratulate: “Congratulations to Gu Huiyuan! Congratulations to Gu Huiyuan! Today, the expenses for Gu Huiyuan and your friends are all waived, just treat you as an old man. Up!”

Of course, Gu Wenjing would not refuse the shopkeeper’s kindness, and he unceremoniously ordered a banquet to celebrate.

The shopkeeper didn’t care at all, and he gave other candidates a discount very generously. Today, there is a scholar in his champion building. If Gu Wenjing can become the champion, he will be the third winner of Daqi’s “Big Three Yuan”. His champion building is only in the minds of candidates who are going to Beijing to rush the exam. Good luck, I have to grab my head and live in to be blessed.

He definitely can’t lose Ben.

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After Gu Wenjing passed the Yuan Yuan test, he still had to stay in the capital to prepare for the palace exam. He could not return to Qingyang County for the time being, so he wrote a letter and mailed it home.

This time he went to buy a house in Jamaica again, and the company introduced a lot more listings. After all, he can be said that Dingding will stay in the capital as an official, and he is no longer the small juror who was previously on the list. Up.

According to his purchasing power, Gu Wenjing bought a small house that he felt was more cost-effective.

He officially settled in the capital.

Gu Wenjing handed it to Mo Yan to settle the housekeeping matters slowly, while he himself concentrated on preparing for the palace exam.

The chief examiner in the hall examination is the emperor of today’s Great Qi, and it is a felony to imprison the imperial court, so training etiquette before the examination is a must.

The etiquette of the first world that Gu Wenjing traveled through was slightly different from this world, but he had a foundation anyway, and he learned a lot easier than other Gongshi who came from a really poor family.

When the hall test opened, Gu Wenjing sat in the front and most conspicuous position.

However, Gu Wenjing was the first to cross the world to sit as the head of the country and the first assistant. The emperor respected him, and the civil and military officials were all in awe of him. Now, naturally, he will not show fear in front of the emperor and the reviewing officers.

He swiped his pen to answer the questions with a confident expression, focusing on the exam paper.

The emperor did not come down to inspect, but Gu Wenjing keenly felt the gaze coming from the position of the emperor’s dragon chair above.

——The emperor is paying attention to him!

After Gu Wenjing realized this, he recalled all kinds of information he had collected about the current emperor.

The current emperor is only in his thirties, and he has only been on the throne for a few years. The princes under his knees have not yet grown up. Even if there are open and secret fights, they are only confined to the harem.

So now there is no trouble in the controversy, but the aftermath of the controversy of the previous generation has not completely disappeared.

Before the current emperor ascended the throne, his brothers fought extremely fiercely for the throne. The prince was abolished, the two princes were imprisoned, and the palace was forced to commit suicide.

The final winner is the current emperor who is a bit of a bargain. He is the most honest, so the first emperor chose him as the heir.

However, most of the officials in the court were veterans left by the first emperor, and many of them were the confidants of the emperor’s other brothers. Many people are not reconciled to the current emperor taking advantage of the upper ranks, and secretly stumble the emperor.

Although the emperor’s accession to the throne has eliminated many restless guys in the past few years, the imperial court is still surging.

Gu Wenjing felt that this was a good opportunity.

Today’s emperor is definitely the winner who can laugh to the end, and now those who are jumping up and down are nothing more than getting on the thieves of other princes and unable to get off, so they can only fight to the death.

After these people are dealt with by the emperor, a large number of official positions will be vacated. This is the best time for young officials like Gu Wenjing to rise to power.

The emperor is short of talents, and they are students of the emperor, young and not at all involved with other princes, wouldn’t it be the best choice?

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Gu Wenjing’s mind turned, but he did two things with one mind, and his actions didn’t affect him at all. Soon, an article with gorgeous words and no shortage of dry goods was finished.

He read it for himself, then corrected a few places that needed to be taboo, and added a few unspoken words.

In this ancient world of the feudal dynasty, if he didn’t want to rebel against himself as the emperor, then taking good pictures of the emperor’s dragon fart is undoubtedly a good way to gain the emperor’s favorability.

He didn’t feel that he couldn’t pull his face down. This was a routine operation. The civil and military officials were all flattering the emperor. You alone are noble and not vulgar. Isn’t it conspicuous? The only difference is that whoever is good at flattering can catch the emperor’s tickles.

After Gu Wenjing revised the draft, he copied his reputation on the answer sheet.

At the end of the hall test, the candidates handed in their papers and left the Jinluang Temple.

Gu Wenjing didn’t know the process of the scoring officers at all, nor did he know whether the emperor had read his articles and what he thought of him.

He waited patiently until the palace exam results came out.

He was the champion in the provincial examination and the Yuan examination, and now he has become the champion in the palace examination.

The honor of the ‘big three yuan’ has been firmly placed on him, and Gu Wenjing relaxed a little.

His starting point now is higher than that of many Jinshi, and the rest of the official career has to take his time.

It is said that shopping malls are risky, and if they are careless, they will go bankrupt and become impoverished. But in politics, the risk is greater. Especially in the ancient courts, they were a little careless and went wrong, either by copying their family and exiling them or by beheading the clan.

He currently does not have a powerful family to help, and even the Gu family still needs to rely on him, so the first-life superior method cannot be used in this life at all. At least now, he can’t keep the credit for offering the country’s weapon like the potato.

Gu Wenjing has a lot of thoughts, but he rides on a tall horse with a smile on his face, and strolls through the streets with hairpins.

Then came the Qionglin Banquet hosted by the emperor.

At the Qionglin banquet, the emperor was gentle and majestic towards the emperor’s gates. After admonishing him, he looked at Gu Wenjing, with a smile on his majestic face: “I remember that the last time the ternary champion appeared was more than ten years ago, right? ?”

An official next to him replied: “Yes, your Majesty, the last three yuan champion was the old lady.”

The old lady described by this official is the current emperor. He has taught the current emperor for a while, and has now retired and stayed at home due to poor health.

However, the emperor often missed the old lady, and even went to visit the **** personally when the old lady was seriously ill last time.

Now when the official mentioned the old lady, the emperor looked at Gu Wenjing’s gaze, as if he had seen the beautiful moment of the old lady’s high school champion when he was young.

So the emperor’s cordial attitude towards Gu Wenjing caused a lot of pink eyes.

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After the Qionglin banquet, Gu Wenjing, who had been toasted a lot of wine, felt his head swell.

Li Cheng supported him and said in a low voice: “You are in the limelight today, but you have to be careful. The second place and Tanhua’s family background are not the same.”

Li Cheng’s ranking was not very good this time, but he advanced a lot in the hall examination rankings. After more than 30 places in the exam, his ranking was still relatively high.

Gu Wenjing nodded slightly and asked, “Brother Li, are you planning to release it or take the exam for Hanlin Academy?”

After the palace exam is over, those who can directly enter the Hanlin Academy and are awarded official positions are only eligible for Grade One. If the Second Grade Jinshi wants to stay in the Hanlin Academy, they must take the Shuji Shi exam. If they pass the exam, they will enter the Hanlin Academy, but they can’t pass the exam. Just think of a way to find a gap, or release it outside.

Fortunately, the Daqi Dynasty hadn’t reached the point where Jinshi couldn’t become an official, so he could only sit on the waiting seat and wait for other officials to move. As long as you pass the exam, you can be an official even with the same Jinshi. The only difference is whether you have a relationship and can you get a good official position.

Although Li Cheng’s family didn’t have much contact with that distant relative in Jingcheng, but he was of the same family anyway, he could still ask that distant relative to help a little bit, such as finding a better official position.

However, Li Cheng didn’t want to let him go outside: “I plan to take the exams for Shuji. I will not be an official in the Imperial Academy for a period of time. I am afraid that I will not be eligible to join the cabinet in the future.” He is ambitious and wants to become a cabinet elder.

Gu Wenjing didn’t laugh at his ambitious, but instead patted his shoulder encouragingly: “Okay! Ambitious! You work hard and you will be able to pass the exam.” He pretended to be a little drunk, “If not, you should marry a wife.” Now, I really want to get married with you, my sister is still in her boudoir!”

Li Cheng was taken aback, and quickly shook Gu Wenjing: “What Brother Gu said is true? Brother Gu! I haven’t married yet, and I don’t have a concubine in the connecting room. I think I’m still a good match…”

Gu Wenjing pretended to be drunk and didn’t hear him clearly.

He didn’t expect that, just to test it out, Li Cheng actually didn’t marry a wife and didn’t have a marriage contract.

Regarding Gu Linglong’s marriage, Gu Wenjing wanted to choose a promising husband and son-in-law who he could hold down for her after she was admitted as a Jinshi.

In the beginning, Gu Wenjing’s candidate was An Jingcheng. An Jingcheng’s age was only one year older than Gu Linglong. The two were just right, and he could also excuse An Jingcheng’s younger age to drag him for three more years, until his younger sister was 18 years old. They got married.

It turned out that An Jingcheng would fail the ranking.

Of course, the main reason was not that An Jingcheng would fail the list, and Gu Wenjing would look down on him as a candidate. After all, An turned out to be a young genius. He failed this time and should be able to pass the exam after three years of hard work.

But when Gu Wenjing heard that the backer of An’s family was Shi Lang An, and Shi Lang An also attached great importance to An Jingcheng, he excluded An Jingcheng as his sister-in-law candidate.

Now he is a Jinshi, even if he is a ternary champion, he is actually a Jinshi, and he is only a small official to Shi Lang An.

He is temporarily unsure of suppressing An Jingcheng, worrying that his sister will be wronged by marrying An Jingcheng.

So he focused on Li Cheng.

Li Cheng is a little younger than him, but not much younger. He has inquired about Li Cheng’s family situation and only brought up this topic when he heard that he was not married to his wife.