Chapter 2148 Choice

Zong Zhengyi's hatred of Gu Jinan has nothing to do with Zong Zhengya. It is entirely because Gu Jinan robbed him of his Huiyuan.

Mr. Ying Ge said that he was the one who got the best score in the examination, and he should be the top candidate in the examination no matter how he was judged. However, Emperor Jingyuan didn't like the aristocratic family, so he forcibly changed his ranking to the third place in the examination!

After he was enlightened at the age of three, he got up before dawn to study almost every day. He studied hard for twenty-four years and worked hard for it for half his life, from the county examination to the national examination. However, because Emperor Jingyuan wanted to promote the peasants, he was forced to His Huiyuan was taken away from him!

He was also Xiao Sanyuan and Jieyuan. He also helped the yamen with errands, farmed, and when poisonous pests broke out, he also risked his life to save people in the capital and Zhili.

But he lost to Gu Jinan at the last moment, how could he not hate it?

As for why he didn't take revenge on Yao Youqian, who was in second place... Hehe, second place was not worth his care. All he cared about was first place.

Knock knock~

There were two slight knocks on the door, and Manager An reminded him in a gentle voice: "Third Young Master, it's past half-hour, it's time for you to rest."

Zong Zhengyi's work and rest schedule is very regular. He rests about half past midnight, gets up at nine o'clock, practices boxing and kicking for half an hour to keep fit, reads early for half an hour, and has breakfast at midnight.

After Zong Zhengyi heard this, he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Come in."

"Yes." Manager An came in with four maids, and made Zong Zhengyi's bed, lit incense, rinsed his mouth, and changed his clothes. After working for two quarters of an hour, Zong Zhengyi went to bed to rest.

Two of the maids stayed behind and guarded the outer room, ready to serve Zong Zhengyi at any time.

Manager An left with the other two maids, and Zong Zheng's family's shadows were all guarding outside the house, outside the windows, and outside the yard to protect Zong Zhengyi's safety.

Zong Zhengyi is served and protected by many servants, but his life is not considered extravagant. Among the children of aristocratic families, it can only be considered average. Compared with some nobles or dandy children of the royal family, it is even frugal. .

The next day, Zong Zhengyi still got up at midnight to study hard, and thanked guests behind closed doors, blocking many guests outside the house who were congratulating him for third place in the high school entrance examination.

He also said that even if he takes the high school examination, there will be no big banquet, so don't prepare generous gifts to congratulate him.

And he did this to save money and donate more silver and food to the soldiers fighting in the northwest.

It has to be said that when it comes to pretentiousness and acting skills, no one can compare to the young master of a wealthy family.

But being named on the gold medal list is a huge joy. Those candidates from other places, especially those whose families are rich and have no shortage of money, can't hold it back. After learning that they have been admitted, they hold a big banquet in a restaurant and treat the candidates in the same subject to a banquet. .

Unexpectedly, something happened.

After the banquet was over, the tribute guest was attacked by someone and knocked unconscious with a stick.

"The palm of my right hand was hit several times with a stick, and the bones of the hand were injured. I guess there is no chance of the imperial examination." After Lu Bai heard about this, he ran out to inquire about it, and was now telling Gu Jinan and the others.

After speaking, he glanced at Cui Yiwen.

Haha, the Gongsheng student and Cui Yiwen met at the cultural gathering. This time they held a banquet and sent him a message to invite him to the banquet. This guy still wants to come. It can be seen that Gu Jinan and the others are thanking the guests behind closed doors and are in the house. After studying hard, he stopped going to the banquet for the sake of the imperial examination, and shamelessly came to study with Gu Jinan and the others.

Cui Yiwen was a little annoyed by Lu Bai's words: "What do you think I'm doing? I didn't go to the banquet... Don't worry, I won't go to banquets or attend cultural gatherings in the future."

He was really afraid. The water in the capital was too deep. He had finally passed the imperial examination, but he didn't want to fail before the imperial examination or die in the capital.

Gu Jinan glanced at him and said, "There's no need to be so afraid... If we want to establish ourselves in the capital, we have to go out to socialize. We can't hide for the rest of our lives. Just be careful."

"Aren't you afraid?" Cui Yiwen looked at Gu Jinan, a little surprised. He originally thought that after what happened to the Gan family, he would be too scared to go out to socialize with others, but he didn't expect that he would comfort him in turn... He was indeed very strong.

If he was plotted by a powerful person in another place, and he didn't even know who the mastermind was, he would be so afraid that he wouldn't even dare to take the imperial examination, and would just pack up his things and go home.

He suddenly felt happy again... Fortunately, he didn't pass the Huiyuan exam. This exam was too good, and it wasn't necessarily a good thing. He could easily be targeted for plotting.

Gu Jinan smiled: "Is it useful to be afraid? Why waste time fearing useless things? It's better to stabilize yourself and do what you should do well, so as not to think too much, be affected, and put yourself at a disadvantage."

At this point, he paused and suddenly said: "It is indeed a serial plan."

"What do you mean?" Lu Bai didn't understand.

Qi Kangming said: "It's still a matter of the Gan family. If An Ge'er doesn't really let go, but racks his brains thinking about the mastermind behind it, he will definitely not have the heart to prepare for the palace examination, and he will probably perform abnormally during the palace examination. , fell out of the top three in the first class, and as long as he falls out of the top five in the palace examination, he will become a joke."

He ranked first in the general examination, but did not even make the top five in the palace examination. As long as the mastermind behind it continues to work hard, how An Geer's Huiyuan came about will be questioned by others, causing him to be ridiculed and isolated forever. Living in the abyss.

He added: "This is a serial plan, and it is also a psychological attack plan."

Well, Cui Yiwen was furious when he heard that. He looked at Gu Jinan and sympathized: "It's really not a good thing to do well in the exam."

It's better to be like him, neither good nor bad, not famous, and won't be plotted by others.

Cui Yiwen's knowledge is actually quite good, and his family has put a lot of effort into cultivating it. He passed the 243rd grade in the imperial examination this year. As long as he doesn't make any serious mistakes in the palace examination, he will be a Jinshi.

Qi Kangming ranked thirty-seventh, Gu Dexing ranked three hundred, and Hua Qianshan ranked second to last. In previous years, when he was selected as a scholar, he would not have passed the exam at all.

Liang Jiang, Xu Zhaoming, and Qu Wenliang did not pass the exam and failed. The three of them hugged each other and cried. However, they are feeling better now. They plan to study with Mr. Ouyang when they go back and take the exam again after graduation.

However, Qu Xiucai was still sad and secretly cried a few times, saying it was a pity, what a pity... It was the time for Da Chu to employ people, and this year's scholarship was the easiest to pass, but his nephew failed. After passing the exam, I don’t know what the situation will be like when I wait for the next semester. It’s hard to say whether I can start the course smoothly.

However, Qu Xiucai did not dare to cry in front of his nephew, for fear of hurting him.

There are two reasons why Yao Youqian was able to pass the second place in the National Examination. One is that he comes from a peasant family, and the other is that he wrote about food transportation in his policy.

There was a war in the northwest, and the court needed to transport food and medicinal materials in time. However, the northwest was too far from the capital of Chu and the prosperous south of the Yangtze River. It often took half a year at the fastest to transport supplies, which was a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. Big trouble.

Yao wrote it when he had money. He could use the capital commanders in various places to help transport supplies. For example, if he transported supplies from Jiangnan to the northwest, Jiangnan would only be responsible for delivering them to Jianghuai. After Jianghuai received them, they sent them to Zhongzhou, and after Zhongzhou received them, they sent them to Zhongzhou. Central Plains, by analogy, saves the trouble of traveling back and forth.