The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"But the heaven and earth are infinite, and I am sorry for the long and diligent life. Those who have gone by are beyond my reach, and I will not hear those who come."

Wei Guangde softly read the sentence from "Chu Ci - Yuan Yu Pian". Everyone in the room understood the meaning of his words, but no one answered.

In fact, many people may also be thinking about the song "Dengyouzhoutai Song" at this moment.

The group of people had already wandered away, and they didn't know which club they were going to to deliver good news and ask for money.

At this moment, Wei Guangde felt as if everyone outside was very happy, but only for those inside, the atmosphere was very depressing, just like the temperature.

Although March is about to enter, the weather in Beijing is finally starting to get warmer, but it is still cold, not to mention that it is still at night.

It is not easy for these good news bearers to deliver good news in such cold weather.

Money is not easy to make.

"How many students did our Jiujiang Prefecture pass in the last two semesters?"

Wei Guangde turned his body to Zhu Shilong's side and lowered his voice so that as few people as possible could hear it. After all, it was still a bit frustrating.

"For thirty-two years, there has been no one in Jiujiang Prefecture."

Zhu Shilong sighed softly, "Twenty-nine years."

Zhu Shilong couldn't help but paused when he said this, and looked towards Xia Kefan with a little uncertainty.

He was not yet a civil servant at that time, so he naturally did not go to Beijing to take the exam. I didn't know that the situation back then was normal.

Even if the news of Jinshi reached Jiujiang Prefecture, he would have been studying hard at home at that time. Anyway, in Zhu Shilong's impression, there seemed to be no such thing.

"In the 29th year of Jiajing, no one from Jiujiang was on the list."

Xia Kefan's low tone sounded and reached Wei Guangde's ears.

Damn it, who said that Jiangxi's imperial examinations are outstanding? It's all a matter of those few prefectures. There are only a few candidates from other prefectures who are on the list.

There is Bailudong Academy in Jiujiang Prefecture. Logically speaking, the results should not be very bad, but now Bailudong Academy focuses on the study of mind.

This is not to say that the imperial court did not recruit disciples of Xinxue, but obviously most students from Jiujiang Prefecture rarely went to Bailudong Academy to study. Wei Guangde only studied at Bailudong Academy for three months and read the academy's collection of books and some articles. Just left.

In a short time, seven or eight teams to announce the good news came and left, but no one entered the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

At this time, everyone in the room was gradually losing interest. Even the businessmen at the two tables over there were a little depressed. They probably remembered that there were no tributes from Jiujiang Prefecture in the previous two examinations.

Without Gongshi, there would naturally be no Jinshi and no one would be an official. As a result, they could not even send out the prepared gifts.

It’s not that they have too much money and no place to spend it, it’s that they really need the care of their fellow villagers.

Even if you hold a banquet or something, you won't be able to invite any official friends. You can only ask officials from surrounding prefectures and counties to fill in, let alone if you encounter really difficult things and need the help of people in the officialdom.

Outsiders only talk about Jiangxi, but few people pay attention to it. There are only a few officials in Jiujiang Prefecture in Beijing. Among those who are highly regarded, none of them are from Jiujiang, either Fenyi or Ji'an.

There was nothing to say about this, Wei Guangde could only curl his lips.

Not long after, another team came over to announce the good news, and the sound of festive music became louder and louder. It means that the team announcing the good news is coming here.

But at this moment, the people in the Jiujiang Guild Hall had lost hope because of the previous times, and no one turned to look at the gate anymore. Perhaps the previous dialogue between Wei Guangde, Zhu Shilong, and Xia Kefan was the most fatal. .

But strangely enough, the less you care about it, the louder the sound of blowing and beating gets louder, and soon the sound of gongs, drums and suonas has reached outside the gate.

At this time, some people in the room had already turned their heads and looked over. Although they didn't have much hope, their eyes suddenly widened.

What they saw was that several newspapers in red clothes came to the door and walked in with their legs raised.

The good news was sent here, to Jiujiang Prefecture. After a few years, Jiujiang Prefecture seemed to have finally gotten into trouble again.

After hearing the sound of the suona and entering the house, everyone in the house became excited. They all knew what it meant.

Sure enough, the ones behind the people who entered the room were still playing the suona and beating the gongs and drums in their hands. Among the two people standing in front, one of them was holding a piece of red news.

Of course, this was all information they received from someone who was working in the Gongyuan. It was filled in temporarily outside the park gate, and was not written and sent out inside the Gongyuan.

But it needs to be noted that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been any fake imperial examination report. If such a thing really happened, it would not be as shocking as it would be a naked humiliation of scholars. Gentle.

Therefore, when you see the newspaper and enter the house with smiles on your face, no one in the house will suspect that they are here to swindle you out of money. The professional ethics in this industry are still very good.

The person holding the good news in his hand did not want to find out who the name of the person on the good news was. He opened the good news in his hand and started to read it. He looked like he was sent by the provincial examination yamen to announce the good news. .

"In the 35th year of Jiajing's reign, the Bingchen Science Examination was successful. Congratulations to Jiangxi Jiujiang Wei Guangde and Mr. Wei for being ranked 271st on the first-class list. The Beijing News has been ranked the first yellow."

As the person who brought the good news read the content of the good news aloud, the name of the first candidate in Jiujiang Prefecture was finally known to everyone.

It's Wei Guangde.

That seventeen-year-old boy, who had just passed the imperial examination last year, actually passed the examination and became a Gongsheng student.

In addition to being surprised, the merchants were pleasantly surprised. Although the ranking was low, it was nothing. As a fellow villager from Jiujiang Prefecture, they were still honored.

The businessmen got up and walked to Wei Guangde's table one after another. They wanted to congratulate this newly minted tribute before others.

Wei Guangde's mouth opened wide in surprise at this moment, but he didn't say a word.

Before, after learning from Zhu Shilong and Xia Kefan that Jiujiang Prefecture had failed to produce a single tribute scholar for two consecutive sessions, the bit of luck he had before had long since disappeared.

In this room, there were people with better literary talents than him, such as Lao Kan and Xia Kefan. They might still have the ability to compete for the rankings. You should just go to sleep.

He didn't know Xia Kefan before, but after getting familiar with him during this time, Wei Guangde found that this man was as talented as Lao Kanyou, but he was a little older.

"Congratulations to Brother Wei Xian, you have won consecutive battles and wins, and you have been in the Beijing News for consecutive times."

Lao Kan was surprised at first, then pleasantly surprised.

Although he doesn't know his results yet, Wei Guangde has passed the general examination and will be fine in the subsequent palace examination. It's not like he looks like a crooked melon with cracked dates and will be screened out.

Even if you haven't passed the college entrance exam, it's not bad to have a good friend who is an official.

Lao Kan is in Jiujiang Prefecture, but he has a good relationship with Wei Guangde.

Zhu Shilong, who was next to him, also came to his senses at this moment. He had just said that no one had been ranked first in the two sessions of Jiujiang Prefecture, and now there was one, and he hurriedly stood up to congratulate Wei Guangde.

Soon, when Wei Guangde came to his senses, there were already many people around him, three floors inside and three floors outside. In the direction of the table, only the table was empty.

Wei Guangde had a smile on his face, but he couldn't tell what it looked like. He just felt that his face hurt a little after a long time. Maybe it was because he smiled too hard and his facial muscles were a little damaged.

At this time, the newspaper still didn't know who was on the list this time. Look at the young man in the crowd, his face almost twitching with laughter.

That's right, it's him, and I'm counting on him for the happy money this time.

Seeing that Wei Guangde's clothes were all made of good quality materials, he must have been a rich young master.

The sound of gongs, drums and suonas stopped, and several people who announced the good news bowed to Wei Guangde in a tacit understanding, and uniformly shouted: "Congratulations to Mr. Wei for being on the top list, the Beijing News has been on the yellow top list."

The Beijing News has been listed on the yellow list. This originally means that candidates will be listed on the yellow list twice after passing the joint examination and the palace examination. However, in the eyes of those who take the imperial examination, this is auspicious words, and it means wishing them continuous high school in the imperial examination. So everyone likes to hear this.

And shouting these words from Baozi's mouth was naturally reminding Wei Guangde that it was time to mean something.

Wei Guangde now retracted his hand in returning the gift and ordered to his follower Zhang Ji, who was squeezed outside the crowd: "Watch and reward." ’

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Ji agreed, took out a piece of silver that had been prepared from his arms and handed it to the newspaper, and took the not-so-official good news from their hands.

Ten taels of silver is not too little.

This was also the quantity that Wei Guangde had only determined after asking before, but he could not disrupt the market price order like last time in Nanchang City.

Baozi took the money, said a few words with a smile, and then left the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

Well, they are going back to Gongyuan to wait for other good news. They have to move quickly and run ahead, so that they may have the opportunity to get one more round of good news and get more reward money.

Basically, the names of all the candidates tonight will be filled in on the A list, and it will be hung outside the gate of Gongyuan early tomorrow morning.

Tonight, they are going to send all the people they know who are on the list, because tomorrow they will receive the official good news from Gongyuan, but that will be after the list is released, and the person concerned can already see the list outside Gongyuan. Of course, the surprise is not that big.

For newspapers, there are actually quite a lot of rules in this business. Everyone queues up to get the slips passed out, one at a time. The faster one can go to two more houses, the more money he will get.

Of course, in the end, the money must be distributed to the people in the Gongyuan, otherwise no one will hand out notes in the future.

A tribute came out, which made the Jiujiang Guild Hall very lively for a while. Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to accept the gifts from the merchants. This was also a rule. No matter what, things must be accepted on this occasion.

As Wei Guangde passed the examination, the atmosphere in the guild hall was much more relaxed than before. In any case, it was much better than the previous ones. At least the innkeeper knew the results of Jiujiang Prefecture's examination in recent years.

"The last time someone from our Jiujiang Prefecture passed the examination and got the qualification of a tribute scholar, it was the year when Qin Minglei was the number one scholar in the 23rd year of Jiajing. But I remember that there were two candidates on the list, and I thought they were the remaining documents from Dehua. There is also Pengze Tao Qingao."

Because someone was on the top list, these topics were no longer taboo. The manager of the Jiujiang Guild Hall responded to the requests of some candidates and slowly recalled the previous examinations.

Some people in the hall have experienced these examinations personally, but most of them have never participated in the examinations in the 23rd year of Jiajing. After all, it was twelve years ago. Most of the candidates in the original batch chose to go to the Ministry of Personnel to select officials. , If you can't be a local official, you can go to a government school or a county school. It's better than continuing to waste your time.

Everyone wanted to hear it but was a little taboo about it, but they still listened attentively to the shopkeeper's recollection of the past.

Undoubtedly, among the audience, Wei Guangde was more relaxed. After all, he had already landed. Even though his ranking was low, it meant that he had no chance of taking the imperial examination. However, he had finally gone through all the processes that scholars have to go through. The next exam would be the imperial examination.

Same as Jinshi?

There's nothing wrong with that. Although you can't be a high-ranking official, you can still be a county magistrate or magistrate. If you're lucky, it's possible to get to the fourth rank.

Wei Guangde is not picky. As long as he can be an official and live a good life, his trip to the Ming Dynasty will not be in vain.

As for the time-travelers that readers want to see, who are so arrogant, who wake up to dominate the world, and lie drunk on the knees of beauties, as far as Wei Guangde is concerned, he is a fledgling officialdom, don't even think about it, not to mention that Wei Guangde, Mr. Wei, has no intention to go there at the moment. Thinking about this problem, he was just imagining his wonderful life in the future.

I don't know if it was because of the arrival of Wei Guangde, a little butterfly, that flapped its wings and changed Jiujiang Mansion's luck.

After the atmosphere in the Jiujiang Guild Hall gradually cooled down, the noisy festive suona sounds in the distance came again.

In fact, this kind of festive music has been ringing in everyone's ears during this period, but after several consecutive waves of news, everyone's hearts dimmed again.

However, it seems that fate just played a joke on everyone.

When the person who brought the good news entered the room, everyone in the Jiujiang Guild Hall became excited.

For Juzi, he naturally hopes that his name will be spoken by Baozi, but for others, it doesn't matter. It's a good thing if someone comes in at this time.

"In the 35th year of Jiajing's reign, the Bingchen Science Examination has been successful. Congratulations to Zhang Ke, Mr. Zhang from Hukou County, Jiangxi, for being ranked 221st on the first-class list. The Beijing News has been listed as the first-class scholar."

Zhang Ke also got hit.

Zhang Ke was the candidate for the last provincial examination, the same time Wei Guangde failed.

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, he and Wei Guangde were still on the top list, and they were in the same year again.

Just as everyone gathered around to congratulate him, good things happened one after another.

As another group of newspapers entered the door, the businessmen at the two tables became excited.

After being disappointed for several times in a row, this time it seems like we are about to make a turnaround.

"Congratulations to Mr. Xia Kefan Xia from Ruichang County, Jiangxi Province for being ranked No. 212 on the first-class examination list in the 35th year of Jiajing's Bingchen Science Examination. Congratulations to Mr. Xia Ke and Fan Xia for being ranked No. 212 on the first-class list. The Beijing News has been listed as the first-class scholar."

Xia Kefan, who was elected in the 28th year of Jiajing period, was also on the list and became a tribute scholar.

In contrast, Xia Kefan, who was still surrounding Zhang Ke at this time, was trembling with excitement. Zhang Ke was quick to hold him up with quick eyesight and hands, fearing that he would fall down when he was happy, and then something would happen again.

Next to him, Wei Guangde hurriedly took Xia Kefan from Zhang Ke and said to him: "You rewarded me with the reward first. I think Mr. Xia needs to take his time, haha."

Wei Guangde picked up a chair from the side and put it behind Xia Kefan for him to sit down. This person was the one who was carried out from the Gongyuan before. He had not recovered for a few days and was afraid that he might not be able to withstand the stimulation.

Zhang Ke was very happy at this moment, nodded in agreement, and asked the bookboy to give a reward for the newspaper, and also give Xia Kefan's share.