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There was no expression of joy or anger on Cheng Jinzhou's face. He stood up slowly and went downstairs slowly, leaving only the vague figures of his back to the students.

It wasn't until long after he left that the crowd in the restaurant started talking again.

People always tend to identify with the strong. When everyone thought that Cheng Jinzhou was just a child, they would look at him with superior eyes; but after everyone found out that he was a star warlock and got Jieyuan, it would only make them lament the injustice of the world.

In fact, few people suspected that Cheng Jinzhou might have cheated.

After all, in people's minds, star warlocks are extremely smart guys. Although success in the imperial examination is unpleasant, it will not make people confused.

Throughout history, there have always been some conceited star warlocks who took part in the imperial examinations. Some of them succeeded, and some failed. History naturally records the winners and forgets the losers, just as it does with all lotteries, stocks, and gambling.

Qingpi, who announced the good news, also rushed towards the Cheng family. The richer the family, the happier they would be with rewards for such things. Beggars go to weddings and weddings to eat and say auspicious words, and the master will still fulfill their wishes.

Therefore, before Cheng Jinzhou arrived home, Cheng's father and Cheng's mother had already received the news: Cheng Jinzhou High School was released!

When I first heard the news, I was really shocked. Even Father Cheng stood stunned for a long time.

Cheng Jinzhou, who prided himself on being the best scholar in the Cheng family, had the biggest regret in his life that he got fourth place in the provincial examination that year - the Jinshi examination was a dice roll among elites, and who won the top prize had nothing to do with ability to a large extent.

Cheng's mother was even more delighted. Although Cheng Jinzhou told her about plagiarism in the provincial examination once, she didn't care.

The Jieyuan of the provincial examination is worthy of glory wherever it is placed.

When the reward was given, Mother Cheng threw out a silver ingot. Fortunately, Shi Mo knew the situation and grabbed some scattered copper coins and threw them to the others. In this way, the first lucky Qingpi escaped the fate of turning blue all over his body.

As Mother Cheng became happy, the entire cross street and Zhuque Street became excited.

Cheng's mother is also the rich daughter of the Zheng family in Hexi. In terms of aristocratic temperament and aristocratic consumption, she is no less inferior to the children of wealthy families in later generations - she did not know where to pull a team of musicians, along the longest cross street in the capital. As the performance continued, the servants of the Cheng family were mobilized and stood on both sides of the street, handing out red envelopes to everyone who passed by.

The red envelope was made by Liu Ji, the largest paper shop in the capital, and it contained a large amount of money from the first year of Emperor Lizong's reign. Since it was the first batch of money made when the new emperor came to power, there was a lot of copper material, yellow and orange. Holding it in the hand, it weighs as much as two ordinary coins. When merchants buy it, they are more willing to pay two or three times the price. Whether it is smelted into copper or simply collected, a large amount of money from the first year is very valuable.

The Cheng family was able to find so much money in a short period of time, thanks to Shi Yan knowing enough people. Among maritime merchants, there are indispensable people who have methods.

When Cheng Jinzhou walked back along the long street, the musicians had already set off. When he arrived home, the servants had begun the process of handing out money. Countless civilians lined up neatly, happily receiving red envelopes and watching. The people were stunned.

"I'm back." Cheng Jinzhou got off his horse, looked at Cheng's mother waiting at the door strangely, and said, "What's going on with the people outside?"

"You have to understand the Yuan Dynasty, and of course you have to celebrate it properly. The Cheng family has not had the opportunity to understand the Yuan Dynasty for 150 years. You are the first of the Qing sub-branch. I have sent a fast horse back to Shaonan to report the news." Mother Cheng He spoke happily, and at the same time he organized his servants to wrap the outer wall with silk and satin. The bright red silk and satin fluttered in the wind, surrounding the high blue brick wall, which was very luxurious.

"Already sent out?" Cheng Jinzhou opened his mouth in surprise: "It's just Jieyuan..."

Father Cheng snorted first, as if he was dissatisfied with his explanation.

Cheng's mother patted him and said with a smile: "Your father is also very happy. I have invited the cook from the FL building and am going to invite your second uncle to have dinner with me. In addition, starting from tomorrow, our family will open a flowing banquet in the south of the city. You have to eat porridge outside for a month. Giving out money on the long street is for good luck."

"Wouldn't that cost a lot of money?" Cheng Jinzhou was not opposed to hosting banquets, but he always felt that his mother's celebration was a bit excessive. Especially this Jieyuan quota was obtained through cheating.

He completely misjudged the impact of the imperial examination on the nobility and common people. For people, fraud in the imperial examinations occurs every year, but generally it is maintained within a certain range. In order to ensure the fairness of the imperial examinations, the imperial court will publicize the winners in the imperial examinations - no matter how they win. and praise. From the audience's point of view, what they really see is the beauty of the winner, not the writing talent of the winner.

If he spelled words, art, and creation, Li Bai could beat most people in the world at that time, but his achievements in the imperial examination were almost negligible. Literary scholars at that time had long recognized the value of Li Bai's poems, but their praise of Li Bai did not affect their recognition of the number one scholar.

Even Cheng Yun'an seemed to have forgotten Cheng Jinzhou's true level, and his so-called plagiarism and failure arguments. He nodded slightly and said: "It is indeed worthy of celebration to solve the problem with a simple test."

Seeing that his old-fashioned father was like this, Cheng Jinzhou gave up his struggle and asked, "I see you give red envelopes to everyone. Is the money enough?"

Even though he hasn't used his own trading platform to buy or sell materials for a long time, Cheng Jinzhou still has a lot of 200,000 taels of money in his hands, making him a truly wealthy person.

But Cheng's mother smiled and said: "My family is rich. It will be dark in a few hours today. The most we can send out is one hundred thousand big coins or a few hundred taels of silver. It doesn't matter."

The aristocratic spirit is palpable.

Cheng Jinzhou calculated that it was indeed the case. There were two servants at each end of the street handing out money. Even if one red envelope was given out every second, it would only take 14,000 big bucks to be handed out in one hour, and a maximum of more than 80,000 big bucks could be handed out in 6 hours. It would only cost a few hundred taels if converted into silver taels, but the impact would be completely different.

This is like opening a shopping mall and handing out two-dollar red envelopes to people on the street. In terms of advertising fees, the cost is almost negligible.

However, Cheng Jinzhou was skeptical about the fact that his family had money. He turned over his sleeves and took out the tens of thousands of taels of pocket money inside and said, "Since you are celebrating me, it is better not to spend family money."

"You kid." Cheng's mother said, then took the money, called the steward she brought from Shaonan, took out a flying ticket of 5,000 taels and said, "Go to the Ministry of Accounts, exchange the money and bring it back. , let Xiaoqi and Xiaoba follow you."

Cheng Jinzhou, an old member of the Cheng family, actually didn't recognize either of them. Seeing that Cheng's mother had put things in order, he stopped caring about them. Anyway, for him now, it won't have much impact if the celebration is overdone.

How could an ordinary little noble dare to hold such a grand celebration in the second gate of the capital, and even bring thousands of people together? But for the priests in the temple, even the city defense yamen would pretend not to see it.

The subordinates of Grand Duke Heyi had the experience of the fourth command, and now they only reported the matter to each level, but they did not send a single soldier, leaving the officials of the Yamen to maintain order at the scene.

Cheng's father didn't think it through well, but Cheng's mother was probably too happy to care. As a result, the Cheng family's celebration ceremony in the capital almost copied the model in Shaonan, the only difference was that the scale was inadvertently expanded by more than 10 times.

However, in the eyes of those aristocratic families, what the Cheng family did seemed to be very appropriate and restrained - after all, they only celebrated on two streets near their house, neither of which exceeded one-tenth of the capital's zoning. The status of a two-star warlock and a temple priest can even be considered low-key.

Many nobles did not wait for Cheng's mother to send the invitation and spontaneously came to congratulate her. As a result, the banquet originally planned for the next day was moved forward.

The Cheng family's outer residence in the capital is limited. Cheng Jinzhou listened to the sounds outside and shook his head and said, "As for that? It's not like he won the Jinshi."

"Jinshi does not necessarily have the reputation of being a master of the Yuan Dynasty." Someone at the door answered in a delicate voice.

Cheng Jinzhou frowned and turned his head, but it was Weng Xilian who he had not seen for some days. Seeing her charming smile, his brows relaxed slightly.

"Since Cheng Jiji understands Yuan, don't you want to see a little girl?" Weng Xilian spoke more boldly than before, less like a lady from a noble family in the capital, but more like a daughter of a later generation.

Cheng Jinzhou was very impressed by her behavior and couldn't help but laugh: "I just think it's too noisy outside. I don't know how long the commotion will last."

"In the next half month, I'm afraid it will get more and more noisy." Weng Xilian covered her mouth and smiled wildly: "The people who came today are several families with positions in the capital, and they all share the same court with your father. Official..."

"Are there any hidden rules for this?" Cheng Jinzhou interrupted her and asked.

Weng Xilian frowned and thought for a moment, then understood the meaning of the unspoken rules, and chuckled: "Mr. Cheng is really quick in thinking, and it is good to have unspoken rules once. However, there are so many families in the capital, there are always some tacit rules to abide by. For example, if you get the solution It’s not okay for everyone to get together to discuss how to deal with things like Yuan, so it’s good to just stick to the previous rules.”

"What are the rules?"

"Tomorrow, the prominent nobles in the capital will send their congratulations, and the day after tomorrow, senior officials from the Political Affairs Hall and Menxia Province will come to congratulate them. Uncle Cheng is now the head of the household department, so aristocratic families with ministers and ministers at home will also come to congratulate them tomorrow. Someone will be sent. The day after tomorrow will be the royal family. If His Majesty the Emperor issues a decree, he will usually choose it in the evening. Before that, the Queen will give a decree to reward him for preparation. On the sixth day, it is the day for ordinary nobles to pay their respects. Next, six high-ranking officials who are not nobles will come to pay their respects, and on the eighth day, your father's subordinates and low-level officials and nobles will come..." Weng Xilian finished speaking in one breath, and she was very familiar with the rules.

Cheng Jinzhou felt disgusted by what he heard, and said, "As for that."

"Of course." Weng Xilian said seriously: "If a high-ranking official from the political hall meets your father's subordinates, the latter will be left out, which is not good. If a powerful aristocrat and a high-ranking official meet, who is the most important person? The question of who to visit will make people scratch their heads. The royal family will not get involved with ordinary nobles, and His Majesty the Emperor will not decree rewards casually. The Queen must give rewards first before making a decision. You are now the priest of the temple. , there may also be people from the Star Warlock Association and the Holy Church..."

Cheng Jinzhou waved his hands repeatedly after hearing this: "Then you are coming this time?"

"You really don't welcome me..." Weng Xilian suddenly pouted. If in later generations, she would be at the age of a high school student, her green and astringent appearance would make Cheng Deng, who was already ripe inside, greedy.

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