Chapter 2053 List
Kong Jijiu and Wei Zhiyi were satisfied. Bai Cheng's poetry and classics were indeed quite good, but his current affairs strategy...
If we really rank them, he would barely make it into the top 50. If he didn't have some fame outside, his previous travel papers were not bad, and he was the consort of a legitimate princess, no one would have put him on the list.
Everyone did this partly to give face to the emperor and partly because of the official announcement, but since it was the emperor himself who replaced him, there was no question of face.
Wei Zhi felt that this imperial examination was somewhat fair, so he stroked his beard and didn't care much about the ranking of the places.
Kong Jijiu was actually a little dissatisfied in his heart, because Bai Cheng was also his student, although he was affiliated with Chongwenguan and was not considered a member of the Imperial College.
But... I still feel a little unhappy.
But never mind, two people were lost from the Imperial College, and one was lost as the emperor's son-in-law, so it's barely even.
So the matter was settled, and Kong Jijiu took the papers and the list and left, going back to sort out the names again.
However, the top three places were still decided by the emperor. He did not touch 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 announced the results early the next morning.
The candidates all ran to see the list.
Manbao had classes at the Imperial Medical Bureau today, so she left the palace early in the morning. She asked the eunuchs to take a detour and specifically go around the Ministry of Rites.
The imperial city is usually filled with office workers and is very solemn, but today it is particularly lively.
The list was not posted at the Imperial College, but on the bulletin board outside the Ministry of Rites.
Bai Shan and his friends have been at home these days because they have to take exams and wait for the results. They went into the imperial city early this morning to look at the list. When they saw Manbao's car from a distance, they waved vigorously.
Manbao jumped out of the car and rushed over to join them. After standing on tiptoe and taking a look ahead, he asked, "Is it posted?"
"Not yet," Bai Shan said, "Wait a little longer."
As soon as he finished speaking, 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 and expressed his gratitude for the emperor's grace, then said that a total of 32 people were selected in this Jinshi examination. Now he began to read out the list of admitted candidates, starting from the 32nd person.
"32nd place, Cao Ziming from Tongzhou..."
Cao Ziming in the crowd was stunned for a moment before shouting in surprise: "It's me, it's me, I won, I won——"
Kong Jijiu smiled slightly, not minding his shouting, and continued reading...
Bai Erlang had already prepared himself mentally, and when he read out the twentieth place, he said to Bai Shanmanbao with certainty, "I didn't make it."
He turned his head to look at his eldest brother and said hesitantly: "Brother, you may not have won either."
Bai Zhi: ...
He said unhappily, "I know it without you telling me."
He glanced at Bai Shan and said, "Now it depends on whether Cousin Shan wins."
Bai Shan shook his head. "They've already called out the 20th place. I probably wouldn't have made the cut if I wrote my current affairs strategy like that."
"But you're ranked 18th on the general list, unlike Erlang and I, who are outside the 30s. Furthermore, you have a great reputation and your papers are excellent," Bai Zhi hesitated before lowering his voice. "I've asked my classmates who took the exam the past few days, and they all said that this year's Jinshi exam was very difficult. Many people couldn't finish their essays after just starting, so you might not be rejected."
To be honest, he and Erlang also wrote a lot. In fact, when he came, he still had a bit of a lucky mentality.
But now that the list has reached the twelfth place and the two brothers are still missing, it means they are definitely gone.
The thought flashed through his mind and he was stunned. Huh, there are already twelve people?
Bai Shan was sure his name was not on the list when he heard Kong Jijiu read out, "Ninth place, Bai Shan of Longzhou."
Bai Shan was stunned for a moment, then filled with surprise. He turned around and grabbed Man Bao's hand, his eyes shining, "I actually won!"
Manbao nodded repeatedly in surprise, "Yes, yes, you won!"
The candidates who heard the noise nearby immediately turned around to look, raised their hands to congratulate, and then saw that Bai Shan was so young, they were extremely envious.
There were students from several schools other than the Imperial College who had never seen Bai Shan. They couldn't help but read his place of origin and name, and suddenly remembered, "Could he be the son of Bai Qi, the governor of Yizhou, the young master Bai Shan of Longzhou who avenged his father and was not afraid of the powerful?"
Bai Shan quickly said a few humble words, and the candidates who originally thought he was a little too young no longer had any objections.
Bai Shan's name has spread throughout the country in the past two years, not only because of his filial piety, but also because of his moral character and talent.
Everyone knows that he is now the prince's companion and is highly valued by the emperor.
Every time the chief priest read out a name, someone would claim it, and then the people around him would congratulate him.
Even the older uncles couldn't help but feel vain and excitedly accepted everyone's congratulations.
He quickly pointed out the third, second and first place winners. All three were quite old and had mustaches. According to Manbao's eyesight, all three were over 30 years old. The youngest one should be the second place winner with a lot of acne on his face.
After Kong Jijiu finished reading the imperial edict, he turned around and together with the Minister of Rites took out two pieces of red paper and pasted them on the bulletin board for them to see for themselves.
Bai Shan and the others squeezed in and took another look at their names. They saw the two big black words "Bai Shan" written on the red paper. Only then did they squeeze out with satisfaction, excitedly holding hands to celebrate.
Bai Shan had already said, "Yin Huohe was too crowded, so he waited for us outside the Imperial City. I'll treat you to dinner at Zhuangyuanlou later."
Manbao nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay."
The two of them ran out hand in hand. Fourth Eunuch Rong managed to avoid the crowd by pulling the carriage over to this side. When he saw them running away, he immediately dragged the carriage after them and shouted, "Master Zhou, Master Zhou, you still have to go to class..."
Manbao and the others didn't hear it and ran away quickly.
Daji, who was leading the horse, heard it. He and his guards led the horses and silently chased Bai Shan and the others.
There were too many people looking at the list, not only the candidates themselves, but also their families and servants, and other families who came to watch the fun. Even some tea masters from teahouses and restaurants sneaked into the imperial city to look at the list, just to get first-hand information.
So it was impossible to ride horses in this section, and everyone could only lead the horses and pull the carts to chase people.
When they arrived at the gate of the imperial city, they saw them climbing onto Yin Huo's carriage with excitement on their faces, and were about to go to the restaurant for dinner with great interest.
Fourth Eunuch Rong climbed onto the carriage, sweating profusely. Fearing they would leave like this, he immediately shouted for the people in front to make way, then drove forward to catch up and block the Yin family's carriage, shouting with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Young Master Zhou, you still have to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau for classes."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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