NCCnovel Chapter 147 Announcement
Chapter 147 Announcement
The day of the announcement of the results finally arrived. The Shen family was particularly lively that day. Teams of people coming to the Shen family to announce the decree came with drums and gongs.
The entrance of the Shen family was crowded with people. First, Tang Ren was awarded the title of third-class Jinshi.
Since Tang Ren was staying at the Shen family, the team announcing the good news went directly to the Shen family to announce the decree.
Everyone in the Shen family, including Wanxianzhou who was staying at the Shen family's house, and several other candidates, came to the gate to congratulate Tang Ren.
Before everyone had recovered from the joy of Tang Ren's success in the exam, they saw another team coming to announce the good news.
Shen Shiwang ranked 99th in the second class of the exam and was awarded the status of a Jinshi. All the people in the Shen family came out, including his classmates in Wanxianzhou who were staying at Shen's house, and they were all happy for old man Shen.
Old man Shen was overjoyed and excited. He had done poorly in the exam and thought he could only be in the top three. However, he did not expect that the surprise came so quickly and he actually passed the exam and became a second-class Jinshi.
The second and third class are completely different. The second class Jinshi have the opportunity to become an official in the capital, but the third class Jinshi can only take part in the imperial examination and then be sent to be a county magistrate.
Old Man Shen had just given a red envelope to the person who brought the good news when he saw another team of people coming over with good news.
This is good, the crowd began to discuss:
"Who exactly is this Shen family? Two teams have come to announce the good news, and now another team is coming."
"Did the Shen family just move in? I remember this house used to belong to the Jin family. The Jin family was just a merchant, but the Shen family has produced so many Jinshi and fellow Jinshi."
"The Shen family is truly a family of scholars! I heard that they all came from Wanxian Prefecture? In the past, few people from Wanxian Prefecture were able to pass the exam, right? How come there are so many this year?"
This time it was Jiang Yushan. Jiang Yushan passed the imperial examination and became a second-class Jinshi. Just when everyone had finished congratulating Jiang Yushan, another team of people came with the good news, beating drums and gongs.
The entrance of the Shen family is now crowded with people, and those who are watching are extremely surprised. Who exactly is this Shen family?
There have been three groups of people coming to announce the good news, and now another group is coming?
As everyone knows, whether it is Tong Jinshi or Jinshi, it is rare to see one. There are thousands of students in the world, and those who can pass the Tong Jinshi examination are the best among the students. It is very remarkable for a family to have a Tong Jinshi.
The Shen family now has a fourth group, which means the Shen family now has one fellow Jinshi, three Jinshi?
When people thought about how the Shen family had produced so many scholars who were beyond the reach of others, they took a deep breath and looked at the plaque of the Shen family involuntarily, hoping that they could share in the Shen family's good fortune.
Shen Mingzhu also stood in front of the gate, following the adults to welcome the team that came with the good news.
She was very happy to see that her grandfather and Uncle Tang had all passed the exam.
What does this mean? It means her father has more and more helpers in his career.
Shen Mingzhu knew very well that an official could not support himself alone in his career and needed support from others.
Her father and grandfather were just ordinary farmers and had no backing in the court, so they could easily suffer losses without backing.
Now, most of Shen Laosan’s classmates in Wanxian Prefecture who have a good relationship with him have passed the exam. In the future, Shen Laosan will have three people who can help him in his career.
Why do I say that? That's because Tang Ren, Jiang Yushan and the other four were willing to live in the Shen family and wait for good news even though they knew that Shen Lao San had offended Master Pang.
This means that Tang Ren, Jiang Yushan and three others have already announced to the outside world that they are with Shen Lao San.
They were not afraid of offending Grand Tutor Pang, and chose the Shen family's camp, taking the risk of failing the exam, or not being able to be elected as a good official, and having their careers hindered.
This is extremely rare.
You know, people are selfish. Who would risk having their career blocked by standing against a top official in the court?
And Shen Laosan and his four classmates did it.
It has to be said that Shen Mingzhu admires his father's charm very much. No matter where he is, he always has a group of loyal followers behind him.
In this palace examination, apart from Shen Lao San, the best performer was Chu Feiran. Although Chu Feiran was also a second-class Jinshi, he was one of the top Jinshi.
This was not unexpected. Chu Feiran had always been very capable. He gave red envelopes to the team that brought the good news, his face full of excitement.
He was very fortunate to be able to stay at the Shen family before the palace examination.
During this period, they studied with the Ru Hai brothers and discussed politics, economics, etc., which benefited him a lot.
What he didn't expect was that Brother Ru Hai's knowledge and vision were so amazing. He knew very well that without Brother Ru Hai's analysis and guidance, he would not have been able to do so well in the exam.
After Chu Feiran sent off the good news team, he bowed deeply to Shen Lao San.
This sudden salute caught Shen Lao San off guard, and he quickly helped Chu Feiran up.
"Brother Fei Ran, why are you giving me such a big gift? I can't bear it."
Chu Feiran said excitedly: "I can handle it. No matter how big the gift is, I can handle it."
After Chu Feiran finished his salute, Tang Ren, Jiang Yushan, and Li Xuanfeng all saluted Shen Lao San.
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Shen. Thank you for your guidance, Brother Shen."
Shen Laosan hurriedly helped Tang Ren and the other two up. He sighed and said, "You guys don't have to be like this. We are classmates who came to the capital from the same place. We should help each other."
As he spoke, he bowed to Chu Feiran and the other three and said, "Thank you for your trust."
Chu Feiran and the others quickly moved aside, "No, no, Brother Shen."
The good news letters from Tang Ren and others have all been delivered, and now only Shen Laosan's good news letter is missing.
The few people were not in a hurry. They all knew that the good news of this palace examination would start from the third place, then to the second place, and finally to the first place.
The later the Annunciation is received, the higher the name is.
They were a little excited and wanted to know what rank Shen Ruhai, a talented person who ranked first in the imperial examination, could get in the palace examination.
You should know that this palace examination is different from other examinations. This time it is reviewed by the emperor himself, and the emperor personally grants honors, which is equivalent to being a disciple of the emperor.
If I can get the first place in this palace examination, it may be recorded in history, which means I have truly crossed the class barrier.
Tang Ren and the others have chosen to stand with Shen Lao San, and of course they hope that Shen Lao San can be among the top three.
Little did he know that the emperor was now worried about Shen Lao San's ranking.
The emperor saw the three test papers of the first class, then looked at Shen Laosan's test paper, and said to Li Hong:
"Who should be named the best scholar?"
Li Hong did not speak, and the emperor said to himself:
"Logically speaking, the Tanhua winner should be the most handsome person. Among these three people, Shen Ruhai is the youngest and the most handsome. It would be best to name him the Tanhua winner."
"But, considering Shen Ruhai's talent, it doesn't seem right to demote him from the first place to the third place."
Li Hong said at this time: "Your Majesty, Shen Ruhai is indeed talented. He passed the examination for the title of scholar at the age of fifteen, and had not studied for more than ten years. He took up the book and passed the examination for the first place in the scholar examination within half a year. He then passed the examination for the first place in the provincial examination and the second place in the provincial examination. He has been in front of Your Majesty in succession."
Before Li Hong finished speaking, the emperor glanced at Li Hong, and thinking of Shen Ruhai's 1.8-meter tall stature and his handsome appearance with distinct facial features, he began to feel conflicted again.
At this time, the emperor asked Li Hong: "Is Shen Shiwang the father of Shen Ruhai?"
"Your Majesty is wise. Shen Shiwang is indeed Shen Ruhai's father."
The emperor thought about it, and then whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Shen Ruhai, Shen Shiwang, Shen Mingzhu, Shenjiacun, Jin..."