Kong Jijiu and Wei Zhi were satisfied after seeing it, and Bai Cheng's poems and classics were indeed answered well, but current affairs policy...
Seriously, he is a bit reluctant to even enter the top 50. If he hadn't had some reputation outside, he had done a good job in the past, and he was the son-in-law of the first princess, everyone wouldn't have put him on the list. Woolen cloth.
Everyone did this partly to give the emperor face, and partly because of passing the list, but since the emperor himself replaced it, there is no such thing as a face problem.
Wei Zhi felt that the Jinshi examination this time was somewhat fair, so he stroked his beard and didn't care much about the ranking of places.
Kong Jijiu was actually a little dissatisfied in his heart, because Bai Cheng was also his student, although he belonged to the Chongwen Museum, it was not considered the face of the Imperial College.
But... I'm still a little unhappy.
But forget it, the Guozijian lost two, and the emperor's son-in-law also lost one, which is barely even.
So the matter was settled like this, Kong Jijiu took the paper and the list and left, and went back to arrange the names again.
It's just that the number two and No. 1 picks were determined by the emperor. He didn't move the top three, but changed the second place to the first place.
Kong Jijiu had no objection, so the top three were decided.
The Ministry of Rites released the list early the next morning.
Candidates all ran to see the list.
Man Bao had a class at the imperial medical office today, so she left the palace early in the morning. She asked the servant to make a detour, deliberately bypassing the etiquette department.
The imperial city is usually full of office workers, and it is very solemn, but today it is extraordinarily lively.
The list was not posted on the Imperial Academy, but on the notice wall outside the Ministry of Rites.
Bai Shan and the others have been at home for the past few days because they have to take the exam and wait for the results. Early this morning, they went to the imperial city to look at the list. When they saw Man Bao's car from afar, they waved fiercely.
Man Bao jumped out of the car and rushed over to meet them, stood on tiptoe, glanced ahead and asked, "Did you post it?"
"Not yet," Bai Shan said, "Wait a little longer."
As soon as the words fell, the door of the Ministry of Rites opened, and the Minister of Rites and Kong Jijiu came out together.
Kong Jijiu took out a piece of yellow silk from his sleeve, opened it, thanked the emperor for his gratitude, and said that this time, a total of 32 people were selected for the Jinshi examination, and now he began to read the list of people who were admitted, starting from the 32nd person. Read ahead.
"Thirty-second place, Tongzhou Cao Ziming..."
Cao Ziming in the crowd was stunned for a while and then exclaimed in surprise: "It's me, it's me, I hit it, I hit it—"
Kong Jijiu smiled slightly, didn't mind his yelling, and continued to read...
Bai Erlang had already been mentally prepared, and when he got to the twentieth place, he said with confidence to Bai Shan, "I didn't win."
He turned his head and glanced at his elder brother, hesitantly said: "Brother, you may not have won."
Bai Zhi: ...
He said angrily: "I don't need you to tell me."
He glanced at Bai Shan, "Now let's see if cousin Shan wins."
Bai Shan shook his head, "I've read to the top 20, and I probably won't get it if I write it like that."
"But you are ranked eighteenth on the general list, unlike me and Erlang who are far away from thirty, and you have a great reputation, and you have done a good job." Bai Zhi hesitated for a while and then lowered his voice: "I have Tian asked the classmates who took the exam, and they all said that this year's Jinshi exam questions are difficult, and many people can't write any more after just starting, so you may not be dropped."
In fact, he and Erlang wrote a lot, but in fact, he came here with a little bit of luck in mind.
But listening to the twelfth place at this moment and the two brothers are not there, then there must be none.
A thought flashed through him, and he was taken aback, hey, there are already twelve
Bai Shan had already confirmed that he didn't have his own name, so he heard Kong Jijiu chanting: "Ninth place, Longzhou Bai Shan."
Bai Shan was stunned, and was overwhelmed with surprise in an instant. He turned around and grabbed Man Bao's hand, his eyes sparkled, "I hit it!"
Man Bao also nodded in surprise, "Yes, yes, you won!"
Candidates nearby who heard the movement immediately turned their heads to look at it, and raised their hands in congratulations. Seeing that Bai Shan was so young, they were envious for a moment.
Is it true that students from several schools in the Imperial College have never seen Bai Shan, so they couldn't help but read his birthplace and name, and suddenly remembered, "Could it be the son of Yizhou Mu Baiqi, the Long who defended his father and defied power?" Mr. Zhou Baishan?"
Bai Shan hastily said a few words of modesty, and the examinees who thought he was a little too young agreed.
In the past two years, the name of Bai Shan has spread throughout the country, not only because of his filial piety, but also because of his character and talent.
We all know that he is now the prince's companion, and he is very valued by the emperor.
Every time a name was read on the face of the sacrificial wine, one person claimed it, and then the people around congratulated him one after another.
Even the older uncles couldn't hold back their vanity, and happily accepted everyone's congratulations.
The No. 2 and No. 1 picks were quickly selected. The three of them were not too young, and they all had mustaches. With Man Bao's eyesight, all three of them passed and stood. The youngest should be No. 2 with a lot of acne.
After Kong Jijiu finished reading the imperial list, he turned around and took out two pieces of red paper with the Minister of Rites and pasted them on the notice wall for them to read.
Bai Shan and the others squeezed in in a daze and took another look at their name. They saw Bai Shan's two big sunspots written on the red paper, and then they squeezed out satisfied.
Bai Shan already said: "Yin probably thinks it's too crowded, so he's waiting for us outside the imperial city. I'll invite you to the Zhuangyuan Building for dinner later."
Man Bao nodded fiercely, "Okay, okay."
The two of them ran out holding hands, fourth eunuch Rong managed to avoid them by pulling the carriage, and when he saw them running away, he immediately dragged the carriage to catch up and shouted: "Master Zhou, Master Zhou, you still have to go!" What about class..."
Man Bao and the others didn't hear it, and ran forward in a hurry.
Daji, who was leading the horse, heard it, and he and the guards led the horse to chase Bai Shan and the others silently.
There were too many people watching the list, not only the candidates themselves, but also their family members and servants, and other families who came to see the fun, and even some tea doctors from teahouses and restaurants sneaked into the imperial city to watch the list for news. Just to get first-hand news.
So in this section, you can't ride a horse at all. Everyone can only lead the horse and cart to chase people.
When they arrived at the gate of the imperial city, they saw that they had climbed into Yin He's carriage with excited faces, and were going to the restaurant for dinner with great interest.
Fourth Rong Rong climbed into the carriage profusely, fearing that they would leave just like that, he immediately shouted to make way for the people in front, then drove up to catch up with the Yin family's carriage, and shouted dumbfoundedly: "Xiao Zhou My lord, you still have to go to the Imperial Medical Office to attend classes."