It turned out that Jiang Jie had been breathing through his mouth for a whole day and night. If it weren't for the pills given by Yingbao, he would have been sick from the stench.
Yingbao knew that bad smells could really make people sick, so she asked her brother to bring some incense sticks to the examination room.
It turned out that burning incense was useless because his cell was right next to the toilet.
Fortunately, my brother insisted on finishing all the test questions and did not perform poorly.
Li Xu was fine, except that he didn't get enough rest at night and was not in good spirits.
After the two came back, Jiang Sanlang boiled water for them to take a bath and wash, and he also put the medicine and flower petals given by his daughter in the water.
After taking a shower, Jiang Jie and Li Xu ate something and fell asleep.
Jiang Jie and Li Xu didn't get up until the next day.
The next step is to wait for the announcement of the results.
Wei Zhan and Wen Hengyin came over and invited Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and Yuan Bao to play outside and visit the surrounding Taoist temples and Buddhist temples.
Li Xu and Jiang Chengze accompanied Mr. Wu around the city and asked about the affairs of the new dynasty.
The reason why the New Zhou Dynasty occupied half of Daqian so quickly was that many local officials were dissatisfied with the Xiao family's arbitrary decision and the emperor's weakness and absurd behavior, and they surrendered to the New Zhou Dynasty. Secondly, Daqian had always suppressed military generals and exploited the people, giving its belly to the enemy, which gave the New Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of.
Military generals from all over the country flocked to the Zhou Dynasty emperor because he gave them the opportunity to be granted titles and honors, and ensured that their families had enough food and clothing, no worries about food and clothing, and even a life of wealth and glory.
In addition, the barbarians invaded the capital and abducted the emperor and a group of royal family members and court nobles, which gave the new Zhou Dynasty an opportunity to rise.
Although King Dai ascended the throne in Shu, he was still immature and had very few people at his disposal. Even if he had old ministers to rely on him and the remaining members of the Xiao party working for him, it was ultimately a drop in the bucket.
Now, among the fourteen prefectures of Daqian, seven have fallen into the hands of the New Zhou Dynasty, such as Taiyuan Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Kaide Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Longde Prefecture, Jianglin Prefecture, etc., which have basically surrendered to Dazhou.
Moreover, the new Zhou Dynasty promulgated new laws, allowing the children of merchants to take the imperial examinations, but they must not have committed crimes within three generations.
Jiang Cheng, Li Xu and others also found out that the new emperor was born into the royal family of the former Zhou Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was the crown prince of the previous dynasty.
The reason why people trusted him so much was that miracles frequently occurred in various places. Even the famous Queen Mother of the West in Jingzhou gave an oracle, appointing Zhou Rui as the ruler of the world.
It is said that the Emperor of the Great Zhou was a person favored by the gods, and he once saved the lives of the people in a city with the magic gourd given by the gods.
When Yingbao heard these rumors from her eldest cousin, she always felt something was strange.
A month later, the results were finally announced.
Li Xu and Jiang Jie are both on the list, and both are ranked within the top 20.
Jiang Sanlang was so happy.
My son is only eleven years old, but he has passed the imperial examination and ranked among the top 20. Does this mean that my son will be able to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi in the future
Oh my god! Jinshi, that's the real Wenquxing.
In the past twenty years, there hasn't been a single Jinshi in their entire county, right
Soon, messengers came one after another to announce the good news. Jiang Sanlang gave each of them a red envelope worth ten taels of silver, and also ordered more than a dozen tables from the largest restaurant in the city to entertain the guests who came to congratulate him.
The head of the Wei family came in person to congratulate and invited Jiang Jie and Li Xu to visit his home.
During the banquet, the head of the Wei family called out several of his teenage concubines and asked them to toast Jiang Jie one by one.
This made Madam Wang very angry, so she took people to the old man's yard that night and smashed everything in his room, scaring the new concubine of the head of the Wei family so much that she screamed.
Wang pointed at his nose and scolded him, "Stop dreaming! Do you think your concubines can get close to the Jiang family?"
This is not really the point.
What if the Jiang family really agreed to marry this old man's concubine's daughter? Wouldn't his own son be happy for nothing
The head of the Wei family shrank his neck and dared not say a word.
He also knew that he shouldn't use a concubine's daughter to win over the Jiang family, but he did have a legitimate daughter.
When he thought of this, the head of the Wei family got angry.
Who can I blame for not having a legitimate daughter
It’s because this tigress is incompetent and can’t lay eggs!
But he didn't dare say that.
The Wang family, the wife's family, is a wealthy and prestigious family. The reason why the Wei family became prosperous is also due to the support of the Wang family.
Not to mention the Wang family members who are serving as officials in the capital, even his brother-in-law Wang Xian is now a candidate for a local official.
He was a merchant, and no matter how rich he was, he was still a merchant, and could not compare with the aristocratic Wang family.
In a blink of an eye, it was October and Jiang Sanlang took his child back home.
Originally, Jiang Jie could stay in the city and study in the provincial school, but Mr. Wu wanted to take him to Jiankang to take a look and then come back to see what happens.
Yuanbao passed the college examination as he wished, and achieved a good result of sixth place, becoming a student on government stipend.
His admission to the county school was secure. Like Jiang Jie, he would not only receive four taels of silver and rice, vegetables and meat every month, but his family would also be exempted from labor and military service.
They still took the land road back. The Jiang family had a total of five carriages, and they moved at a leisurely pace.
However, before leaving, Wen Hengyin and Wei Zhan also came with two carriages each, wanting to go back to Chuanhe Town with them.
Li Xu did not go back. He stayed in the Wen family in the provincial capital, preparing to enter the provincial school next year and then go to the capital to take part in the imperial examination.
When the convoy was halfway there, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.
Before we had gone two hundred miles, the snow on the road had blocked it.
There was no other choice, so Jiang Sanlang and his companions had to come to a rural street and stay the night there.
There was only one inn on the township street, and it was a very shabby one, with two large bunk beds and four guest rooms.
But three guest rooms were already occupied, and the large bunk bed was also full.
So, Jiang Sanlang booked the remaining large bunk bed and a guest room.
When the innkeeper saw that there was a juren and a scholar among the guests, he immediately became extremely careful. He brought hot water and hot meals to Jiang Sanlang and the others, and also added a charcoal basin to their room.
Yingbao lived in a room by herself, and Jiang Sanlang was a little worried, so he asked his two sons to accompany their sister.
Because he knew that his daughter had a cave, and the three siblings could go there to rest.
Yingbao did bring her two younger brothers into the cave, let them rest, then she picked a bunch of grapes and cooked on a charcoal stove.
After the rice was cooked, she used palm-sized mulberry leaves to wrap a bunch of mulberry leaf rice packs, and also stuffed preserved fruits and honey inside the rice packs.
Then put the lunch bag into the straw basket and cover it with a small quilt to keep it warm.
Seeing that it was still early, I cut another basket of leeks, and made bread, leek and egg dumplings.
Simple leek and egg dumplings would break if put into the pot, so Yingbao steamed some dumplings in a steamer, ate a few herself, and kept the rest in the steamer for her younger brothers to eat when they woke up.
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden noise outside the inn.
More than twenty horses rushed to the inn.
There are two carriages among these horses, which look like they belong to the women of some family.
"Open the door! Open the door!" Someone knocked on the door of the inn. "Stay in the hotel!"
The shopkeeper didn't get up, but shouted out of the window, "It's full! There are no berths left!"
"Asshole! If I tell you to open the door, just hurry up!" The man outside said rudely, "If you don't open it, I'll burn your house down!"