Chapter 1168 Jia Zheng is a good parent, Emperor Longqing wants to be his brother-in-law

At Rongguo Mansion, a banquet was held to celebrate Su Mingzhe's top ranking in the college entrance examination.

Jia Lian, Jia Rong, Xue Pan and others were drinking happily and clamoring to stand up for Su Mingzhe and teach the magistrate of Chang'an a lesson.

As the victim, Su Mingzhe just wanted to enjoy his daily corrupt life quietly and didn't want to cause trouble. Seeing this, he started to persuade:
"Everyone, listen to me, no one is perfect!"

"Besides, if Sansheng is unlucky, he will be a county magistrate; if Sansheng is evil, he will be a provincial capital; if he is full of evil, he will be a capital city."

"The county magistrate was already under tremendous pressure as an official in Chang'an City. In order to avoid suspicion, he gave the first case to someone else. He was really helpless."

"Ordinary people may not understand what he did, but we nobles and I are in the same boat, so we should sympathize with him!"

Xue Pan was a fool, and he continued to shout:

"Brother Bao is very generous, but we cannot tolerate his bad temper! If he hadn't been after some false reputation, Brother Bao would have won the 'Little Three Yuan'!"

"Not bad!"

Jia Lian had recently lost Wang Xifeng's control and his temper had become impetuous. At this moment, he also shouted:

"If Brother Bao keeps up the good work and continues to rank first in the provincial, metropolitan and palace examinations, he might even be the first person in Daqing to get the top six places since the founding of the country. This is such a great honor, but it was ruined by him. This is intolerable!"

Jia Rong, who was usually timid, had drunk a little wine and started to shout:
"Uncle Lian is right. Our Jia family finally had a talent like Uncle Bao, but a small county magistrate ruined his reputation. We must never forgive him!"

Su Mingzhe saw that he could not stop the crowd, and had no choice but to ask the servant to call Jia Zheng over.

Jia Zheng is still the most powerful official in the Rong and Ning mansions.

As soon as he arrived, the drunkenness of all the youngsters immediately disappeared without a trace.

the next day.

Emperor Longqing was dealing with memorials in the imperial study of Daming Palace. When he felt a little tired, he asked Xia Shouzhong to tell him some latest news in Chang'an City.

Xia Shouzhong recounted what happened at the banquet at Rongguo Mansion as a joke.

Especially Su Mingzhe's words of advice to everyone, Xia Shouzhong repeated them word for word.

When Emperor Longqing heard this, he burst out laughing:
"This group of dandies, who are ignorant and unlearned, rely on their ancestors' achievements to do whatever they want all day long. They even ignore the officials appointed by the imperial court!"

"But this Jia Ying, although less than fourteen years old, is able to be tolerant to others. No wonder he could come up with a poem like 'Pretty does not fight for spring, but only announces the arrival of spring'!"

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile:
"If Jia Ying knew that Your Majesty praised him so much, he would definitely be grateful to Your Majesty!"

Emperor Longqing sighed, not knowing what he was thinking of.
"It's a pity that Jia Zheng is not the eldest son. Although he is in charge of Rong Xi Tang, his name is not right and his words are not in order. After a hundred years, Jia Ying will probably move out of the Jia Mansion!"

As the confidant of Emperor Longqing, Xia Shouzhong understood that his master was remembering his identity and felt that he had the same experience as Jia Zheng.

You know, Emperor Longqing, like Jia Zheng, was not the eldest son and had no chance to inherit the "family business".

The reason why the two inherited the family business was because their older brother behaved recklessly, and their parents were forced to seek medical treatment for their illnesses and brought the two to their current positions.

The more Emperor Longqing thought about it, the more he felt that he and Jia Zheng should become close friends. He suddenly asked:

"I remember that Jia Zheng has a daughter who entered the palace, right?"

Xia Shouzhong recalled and reported quickly:

"Yes, there is a daughter who works as a female historian in Fengzao Palace!"

Fengzao Palace is the bedroom where Queen Daqing lived, similar to the Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City.

The former empress of Emperor Longqing died of heavy bleeding when giving birth to the emperor's fourth child, who was also the sixth daughter, the year before last.

Since the death of the Queen, Emperor Longqing was so sad that he had not visited the harem for more than a year.

When necessary, Emperor Longqing would ask his concubines to sleep with him in the Imperial Study in the Daming Palace.

Once the needs were met, the concubines would be sent away and would never be kept overnight.

In other words, Jia Zheng's daughter's life in Fengzao Palace is not much better than being banished to the cold palace.

Emperor Longqing thought for a moment and suddenly said:

"Big friend, go and find out what the reputation of Jia Zheng's daughter is..."

"Here!"

After hearing this, Xia Shouzhong was suddenly shocked.

The emperor is asking about a woman so seriously, I'm afraid he has some ideas!

Although surprised, Xia Shouzhong did not dare to neglect it. At night, he reported all the information he had heard.

It has to be said that Emperor Longqing was a loyal man. When he learned that Jia Yuanchun had been working diligently and never causing trouble during the years she had been a female historian in Fengzao Palace, he was very happy.

Ever since the Queen passed away, she has been offering sacrifices and worshipping to the Queen's spirit every day.

After hearing this, Emperor Longqing immediately had ideas about Jia Yuanchun.

"Tonight, let her sleep with you!"

"Here!"

Xia Shouzhong had anticipated this and rushed to make arrangements.

Su Mingzhe didn't know yet that his eldest sister, whom he wanted to rescue from the palace, had already been noticed by Emperor Longqing and was in trouble because of him.

After the celebration.

Su Mingzhe and Lin Jing continued to study hard and study for the imperial examination.

The first provincial examination will begin on the ninth day of August.

Su Mingzhe still has twenty days to study.

In order to hone Su Mingzhe's test-making skills, Lin Jing asked Su Mingzhe to write ten articles every day and submit them to him for comments.

With Jia Zheng's authorization, Su Mingzhe had no choice but to be obedient and learn from Lin Jing.

Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

The day of the provincial examination arrived.

Su Mingzhe got up early and rushed to the Confucian Temple examination hall.

The examination venue for the college entrance examination is also here.

Su Mingzhe passed the body and head search with familiarity and started queuing up to receive his license plate.

While waiting, Su Mingzhe casually looked around and found that the scholars who came to take part in the provincial examination today were generally over 30 years old, and there were even some white-haired old men.

Su Mingzhe simply avoided these white-haired old men, fearing that they would fall down in excitement and blackmail him.

Soon, the dormitory numbers were assigned.

Everyone, please sit down in order.

While waiting for the test papers, some candidates began to take out their still hot breakfast to fill their stomachs, while some others were sorting out their writing brushes, inkstones and inkstones.

After much difficulty, it was not until dawn that the examiner began to give out questions.

Su Mingzhe took the test paper and looked at it, and was immediately happy.

The first round of the provincial examination mainly tests the meaning of the Four Books and Five Classics.

The Four Books and Five Classics are just a few books that have been tested for hundreds of years, and various test questions have been given several times.

When Lin Jing was training Su Mingzhe, he tried to predict the questions for Su Mingzhe according to the temperament of the examiner, the grand master.

One has to admire that Lin Jing is worthy of being the top scorer in Min Province. He gave Su Mingzhe more than 200 questions in total, and he actually got them right.

Su Mingzhe observed it carefully, confirmed that he had indeed done it, and immediately began to write on the draft paper.

Many of the candidates in the field were like Su Mingzhe, happily picking up their pens and writing quickly.

Obviously, they all guessed the test questions correctly.

At this time, as long as the candidates are quick-witted, they will finish the test quickly, hand in their papers and leave.

Return to Rongguo Mansion.

Su Mingzhe told Lin Jing what happened and thanked him.

Three days later.

The second exam is about essay writing.

This time Lin Jing didn't guess the question correctly, but Su Mingzhe was knowledgeable and good at this kind of test, so he quickly came up with an idea.

Just like the first round, Su Mingzhe handed in the paper after a short while.

August 15th.

The third test.

Although Su Mingzhe has extraordinary abilities and talents, this kind of test question needs to be answered in combination with the actual situation of the dynasty.

Su Mingzhe had to start recalling the books he had read from Lin Daiyu these days, and then combine them with the actual situation of Daqing Kingdom to organize effective policies for governing the country.

After you have organized your thoughts, think about whether you have violated any taboos or done anything that is inconsistent with the Grand Master's temperament.

After my thoughts have been sorted out, I start writing on the draft paper.

Then I made some deletions and revisions and went through the draft three times.

Su Mingzhe then confirmed that everything was correct and began to copy it onto the answer sheet.

When the sun moves to the west.

Su Mingzhe finally walked out of the examination room.

If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll definitely win the provincial examination!

(End of this chapter)