Wang Ju said it was a bit difficult, which means a very high ranking. After all, it is not enough to pass the palace examination. Unless Wang Ju wants to get to the age of fifty. There is one thing, if Wang Ju can rank in the top ten, he will definitely win the palace examination. Otherwise, the general will go out and the world will be in a big uproar. In order to take care of him, even if he doesn't do well in the palace examination, he will be ranked in the third place.

Wang Ju was not sure that he could win the provincial examination. He mainly lacked communication. He didn't know how deep the other candidates were, but he saw that there were more than 20,000 candidates.

Besides, the top ten?

It's faster than what Wang Ju thought.

The next day, Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu came together.

I guess the lord was idle and curious in the palace, so he came to report in advance: "Wang Ju, the results will be released soon."

"Okay, let's go to the Secretariat." Wang Judao.

This requires a process. Several examiners have approved the rankings and handed them over to the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites verifies the font size and writes the list, and gives them to the emperor. Only then can the examiner end the locking of the courtyard. So Zhao Xu learned about it in advance.

But the list is not about to be released soon. The emperor has to read it and write a draft edict, then go to the two-system officials to write an edict, and then send it to the Zhongshu. The Zhongshu sent the yamen runners to notify the students from each inn to view the list, and at the same time, the list is sent to the Shangshu Province in the southwest of the Inner Kingdom. The officials of the Shangshu Province sent clerks and yamen runners to post on the wall outside the Shangshu Province.

It was only halfway through the walk that the yamen runners came out to ring the gong to notify him.

However, there were other well-informed people who also learned the news. Therefore, the group came to the Shangshu Province and some scholars had arrived, including Fan Che and Han Ming.

When Han Ming saw Wang Ju, he said from a distance: "Wang Xiaolang, you are here just in time. Today you will also be a witness."

“What testimony?”

"I made a bet with Fan De'an. If your ranking is lower than him, I shouted, "The Northern Master is not as good as the Southern Master. If your ranking is higher than him, he shouted, "The Southern Master is not as good as the Northern Master."

Wang Juzui Zhang De's boss said for most of the day: "The Song Dynasty is in harmony with the world, how can we divide each other? Besides, can I represent the scholars of the northern world? Fan De's representative the scholars of the southern world? It seems that your family is also an official family, right?"

"I am a child of the Han family in Yongqiu."

"Who is you, Young Master Han?" Wang Ju asked. The Han family in Yongqiu is Han Yi's Han family. This is a huge family of officials, no less than the Sanhuai Wang family, the Wen family in Fenzhou, and the Lu family in Shouzhou...

"He is my grandfather."

"It's also a child of the Han family. Remember, don't say this sentence. Do you want to split the north and the south?"

Even when the Shuo Party is the most fierce, she dares not make such a bet. Isn’t this the rhythm of seeking death?

Han Ming suddenly woke up, so he rushed to Fan Zhe and said, "Fan Dean, let's do this. If Wang Ju is ranked higher than you, what if I just want you to apologize?"

"Okay, if his ranking is lower than mine, I just want you to apologize."

The two changed their bet and Wang Jucai breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Xu pulled Wang Ju aside and asked, "I heard Sima Gong talk to his father, saying that Taizu had once carved stones in the forbidden area, and later descendants were useless Nan Shi as prime ministers, and the internal ministers were in charge of soldiers. It was only since the time of Zhenzong that he began to use the seal and the elephant to break the rules. Is this true?"

"Have you seen this stone carving in the palace?"

"No, so I'm very suspicious."

"That's it. Taizu may have said similar things. However, Your Highness, think about the situation at that time. Did the Song Dynasty take over the Southern Tang Dynasty? Even if what the Southern Tang Dynasty said was said, did it really take back Wu Yue and Min Kingdoms? Did it completely take back the military power in the hands of the Jiedushi?"

Zhao Xu had already understood that he had not completely recovered the south, and had to use the generals and ministers from the north to contribute their efforts.

If the military power in the hands of the Jiedushi must be at ease.

Besides, Zhao Song was somewhat wrong in the world. It was originally the world of the Chai family, so Zhao Kuangyin snatched him from the orphan and widowed mother of the Chai family, which made the northern powers even more at ease.

Is this necessary now?

Not only then, there was no need for this in the hands of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, so Zhang Dexiang was used as the prime minister.

"Then why did Sima Gong say that?"

"Look at how many officials and property the Sima family in Weishui have been born."

The Sima family not only Sima Chi and Sima Guang, but also many Simas are also serving as officials, including Sima Guang's adopted son Sima Kang, but their official positions are relatively low and rarely recorded in historical books.

"I understand."

Wang Ju really hopes he understands it.

The two were whispering, and Han Ming came over again, looked at Zhao Xu and asked, "You look familiar."

Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu smiled, and then Zhao Niannu put down the veil on his forehead.

However, Han Ming did not expect anything else.

Then more and more scholars were offered. Not only were there many scholars, but others, that was, those who came to catch their son-in-law.

This is also a new change brought about by Zhao Zhen.

Originally, the place where the son-in-law was captured was outside Donghua Gate. With Zhao Zhen's sanity of the old son, he opened a special memorial title. Anyway, as long as the son passed the provincial examination, he tried hard to get one, and passed one five times and six times. When he was fifty, the court would open an eunuch. After this process, he would also be awarded the title of Jinshi.

Therefore, the target of catching the son-in-law was transferred to the Shangshu Province, and the wealthy families were divided into levels. If they could not compete with the top big families and powerful people, it would be good to catch a tribute in the Shangshu Province first.

This is the critical moment, Li Wan is almost inseparable from Wang Ju, avoiding the fear that his brother-in-law will be captured after the upcoming release.

Zhao Xu and Zhao Niannu looked at him nervously and couldn't help laughing and crying.

When the emperor was almost at the end of the meeting, the gate of the Shangshu Province opened, and a group of officials and yamen runners came out. An official was holding a thick list of big reds in his hands.

The results begin.

Everyone rushed forward together.

There are so many candidates, some of them even brought maids, servants, and some army to capture their relatives, which can be imagined.

Zhao Niannu was also squeezed and leaned behind Wang Ju's back. A pair of soft presses made Wang Ju's heart pound. But in this situation, he couldn't even let him go.

Even Li Wan was very worried by the side. Could it be that the eldest princess also wanted to capture her brother-in-law? That was a big deal.

But I have to thank Chai Rong. When Chai Rong rebuilt Kaifeng City, he seemed to have a premonition of Kaifeng's prosperity today, so the streets were very wide. The 100 steps of the Imperial Road were not counted, but other main streets were thirty to fifty steps.

There were fifty steps wide streets in front of the Shangshu Province. The yamen runners and soldiers shouted. Although there were many people, they were blocked and the order became clear. The mistress pushed the scholars behind fiercely, and then Zhao Niannu left Wang Ju's shoulders.

But it was normal in the Northern Song Dynasty. Men and women often played together, and some young men even took the opportunity to get some small gains. But although there are many people now, most of them are scholars, and many officers, soldiers, and yamen runners stood beside each other, so there were not many cases of catching fish and taking the opportunity to behave politely.

The yamen runners began to post the list.

Ancient paper was very unstandard, with large and small, and the large ones were very large, so there were butterfly books (printed on one side, then folded on the other side, and glued on the back to form a book).

The list is also very big, not right, it should be very long.

But it also depends on that if the rankings are ranked from top to bottom, then they should be very high, not very long. If the rankings are ranked from right to left, then they should be very long, not very high.

Now it is ranked from right to left, so the list is very long.

This is also a helpless thing. It must be a very big word, and the names and origins of hundreds of tribute scholars, so it is very long.

The ranking is from right to left, but when posted, it is from left to right, and good things must always be placed behind.

The first ranking came out, and some sensation came from the crowd.

Although this is the last place, it is good to win. With these sensation, some of the big servants who come to catch their son-in-law also struggled to squeeze in from them. By the same token, even if they are ranked behind, it is good to catch them.

The list is moving forward one after another. It should be said that there are not many tribute students admitted this time, with only about 400 in total. Of course, it also means that the difficulty of being able to pass the exam is increasing.

After reaching the 374th place, Wang Ju also caused a sensation. It turned out that Xiong Yu was in the side.

"The first tribute," Zhang Desheng squeezed over and rubbed Xiong Yufang's head and said loudly.

I guess he was eating it, and he was venting it.

Xiong Yu was also so happy that he didn't know the whole world. Although becoming a tribute scholar does not mean that he could pass the imperial examination, he often had less than two-thirds of the imperial examination, and less than half of the imperial examinations could pass the palace examination, he finally passed the imperial examination. Moreover, Xiong Yu was only in his early twenties and just took the exam slowly. Even if he failed the exam later and was 50 years old, he would have saved enough qualifications for the 5th and 6th provincial examinations and could also be admitted as a Jinshi.

The person who came to catch the son-in-law looked at the age. The younger the age, the better, and the more clothes they were, the better. That means that the person was very poor and had to study, and often would not get married. So a few managers immediately rushed over. Before Wang Ju could figure out whether to pull him or not, Xiong Yufang was dragged to somewhere by these people.

This time, I finally saw with my own eyes how to catch my son-in-law, and Wang Ju was about to faint. It was so quick.

ps: The Song Dynasty Shangshu Province migrated several times in Xingguofang behind Kaifeng Prefecture, but since the Five Dynasties, it has been in Xingguofang and southeast of Danei. So some people think it is in the southeast of Danei Imperial City, and the real Shangshu Province was marked as the Western Shangshu Province on the map. In fact, there is only one Shangshu Province in the Song Dynasty, and there is no Shangshu Province in the imperial city. Almost all Kaifeng maps of the Song Dynasty were marked incorrectly. I was confused before. The provincial examinations were basically released in the Shangshu Province, but the palace examinations were changed several times. During the Renzong Dynasty, they gradually sang the name outside the Donghua Gate and were also settled.
Chapter completed!