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C21

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed since the end of the test. Because of the large number of students taking the exam this year, in order to prevent talented students from being buried in the countryside, the number of students recruited by the Nine University Palace had increased by a lot as compared to the previous years. There were a total of 12,000 people, the largest number since the founding of the Great Gan Empire. But even so, compared to the two hundred thousand or so examinees, it was no different from a cup of water being placed on a cart of firewood. Many people had no fate with the Nine University Palace in this lifetime.

Dazheng School was mainly divided into five grades: Meng School (village school), Country School, County School, Royal School. Those who were able to get into the county school were all well-known young prodigies.

According to the Dagong Rules, if one entered the Meng school at the age of four, then entered the village school at the age of six, and could take the county exam at the age of nine, then entered the county school. Students who had reached the age of twelve could participate in the county entrance examination. As for the Duo Yang exam, which was held every two years, only the fourteen to eighteen year olds could take it. Only those who passed the Duo Yang exam were allowed to enter the nine great universities to continue studying. Only after receiving the approval of the teachers of the Palace of Studies could the studies be concluded. After that, they would have to go through the selection of the various prefectures before they could have the qualifications to become an official.

The progressive levels of learning in the previous dynasties led to the flourishing of Daqian and the rapid reduction of redundancy compared to the previous dynasties. After all, it was one thing for him to be admitted into the Nine University Palace, and another for him to be able to successfully graduate from the Nine University Palace.

Take the imperial courts of the nine universities for example. The students who could enter the imperial courts were all geniuses that far surpassed ordinary people, enjoying incomparable learning resources. Therefore, the academy became the highest goal of every student entering the academy. But the Imperial Court was extremely harsh on the selection of students. Other than the top twelve who would enter the imperial court directly, the rest of them could only wait for the annual academy entrance exam before they had the chance to enter. Those who were able to graduate from the Imperial Court were all the various departments, departments, and army guards of the imperial court. They were all people who were crazily fighting over them, and the successive generations of imperial court officials since the founding of the Great Gan Empire had basically come from the Imperial Academies of the various universities and palaces.

For more than two hundred years after the founding of the Great Gan Empire, palace studies as officials and county studies as officials had become the norm. However, even though the distance between officials and officials was only a sliver, it was definitely not easy to cross this barrier. Chong Yang was determined to live the rest of his life, taking the Grand Examination to distinguish clouds and mud. The students who took the exam this year were all nervously waiting for the release of the results.

"Brother Duanmu, are you feeling better?" Lu Que was holding a porcelain bowl in his hand. He pushed open Duanmu Ye's door and looked at him, who was lying on the bed and reading a book.

"Sorry for troubling you again, Brother Lu. You can just call the servants over. With your status, how can I get over it if you bring me food and medicine?" Duanmu Ye sat up, wanting to get off the ground, but Lu Que stopped him.

It turned out that after the exam, Duanmu Ye, who seemed to be strong and strong, suddenly laid on the bed, unable to get up. Only after diagnosis and treatment did the Lu Manor find out that Duanmu Ye had entered the capital alone to take the exam. In the open air and in the open air, a little moisture had seeped into his body, plus he had been hungry for two days, so he didn't feel anything on the test. After the exam ended, he breathed out the air in his heart, but his body was no longer able to bear it.

"What's wrong with that? The so-called vile people are like profit and the virtuous are like righteousness. Although I don't dare to call myself a gentleman, I still understand the meaning of this friend of mine." Lu Que smiled as he placed the porcelain bowl in Duanmu Ye's hand and said, "Doctor Cen said that you are not suffering from some serious illness, but from lack of diet and the dampness that seeped into your body. Fortunately, your body is strong, so you endured for so many days until the end of the test. If you take a few sets of medicine and stay in bed for a few days, you'll be fine. "

Duanmu Ye took the medicine bowl and stared at the dark brown medicine inside in a daze. Originally, his father wanted him to follow the official ship that was carrying the students to the capital, but he could not bear it any longer. After leaving a letter, he left Han Shan's hometown on the boat. Although the canal was smooth, he had suffered a lot due to his lack of knowledge in the art of controlling ships. When they stopped to buy food, they were tricked a few times by some black-hearted merchants. They had originally run out secretly and did not bring much money with them. Before they even reached the capital, they had already spent all their money.

If he had not met Lu Que and Zhuge Yan, Duanmu Ye, who was travelling for the first time, would not know how to spend the night, much less know how to solve the problem of food and shelter. After he had moved into the Duke of Wei's mansion, whether it was the newly made friend Lu Que, the Duke of Wei whose name shook the world, or the respected Eldest Princess Yu Chuqing, they all took care of him. Especially after he had gotten sick, the Duke of Wei had personally invited the best imperial physician in the palace, and Lu Que had scouted the place three times a day.

Duanmu Ye raised his head and drank the bowl of Chinese medicine soup in one gulp, not caring about the bitter taste of the medicinal herbs mixed together. He wiped his mouth with his hand and said, "Brother Lu, I will not thank you for your great kindness. If you are going to be of use to me in the future, just open your mouth and I will not call you Duanmu Ye." Duanmu Ye really did not know how to express his gratitude to Lu Que. His literary knowledge had been rather smooth this time around. He believed that he would have a good result. However, if he had not been invited into the manor by Lu Que, then. He would definitely be busy to fill his stomach, and it would affect his condition during the exam. How could it be like living in a mansion, having Lu Que's study room to read books, and the Duke of Wei, Lu Chun, to clear his doubts? In addition, with the Lu Manor taking good care of him when he was sick, the debt he owed Lu Que was simply too great.

Lu Que looked at Duanmu Ye and said in a serious tone, "Brother Duanmu, you and I are students of the same year, and we also have a good relationship. I sincerely regard you as a friend, that is, the righteousness of friends, the righteousness of the place, cannot be said, everything should be. "If you continue to say it like that, then you'll be dishonoring the righteousness of this friend of yours. Then we can only become strangers, and save your thoughts from becoming a knot in your heart."

Seeing Lu Que's sincere tone, Duanmu Ye was moved. Calming himself down, he laughed heartily and patted Lu Que's arm, saying, "Good brother."

"Oh right, Brother Duanmu, I have yet to ask. Which academy do you want to enter?" Lu Que smiled and changed the topic.

"I'm not sure if I can make it onto the leaderboard, so how can I think so much?" Although Duanmu Ye had a rough appearance, his thoughts were meticulous. He had always been quite conceited with his knowledge. However, ever since he met Lu Que and Zhuge Yan, he knew that with just his ability alone, he was still inferior to these two young masters from the Wealthy Class who were only a few months younger than him.

"With Brother Duanmu's talent, he will definitely be able to be ranked. Oh right, I forgot to tell you. Yesterday, His Majesty ordered that this year's ranking was twelve thousand people."

"Really?" Duanmu Ye was overjoyed when he heard this. In the past, the exam would only result in a few thousand people being ranked, but this year, it was more than double the number. If he accepted so many people, he was confident that he would be able to enter the rankings. Feeling elated, he asked, "Brother Lu, with your talent, I'm afraid you have more than enough time to directly enter the Imperial Institution."

"Zhuge and I should be going to Phoenix Cry Academy. However, if we were to go directly to the imperial court, it would be hard to say." In the past few days, he had heard too many names moving about, especially after the exam. Everyone was discussing who would be able to enter the top twelve this year, and who would become the head of the Golden Autumn School. One by one, the names were linked to the ranking of this year's Grand Examination. Lu Que, who was at the same level as Lu Que, had never been clear about his knowledge after hearing about the past deeds of those handsome young men. He also didn't have much hope for the top twelve.

"Then if I can make it to the Proclamation of Phoenix, let's go together." He had originally planned to stay in the north as long as he could enter the rankings. However, since Lu Que and Zhuge Yan both chose Phoenix Cry Palace, he also felt that being together with these two new buddies was a good thing.

"Good, now we can be considered as best friends of our classmates." Lu Que was also very happy. Although he had gotten to know many people after returning to Qianyuan City, especially the disciples of the Venerable Class families, the only people who really pleased him were Zhuge Yan and Duanmu Ye.

"I wonder when the board will be released. There will be a large number of people participating in the exam this time, so the release of the board should be delayed." Duanmu Ye was somewhat excited thinking about how they would become fellow students of the academy in the future.

Soon, in the next few days, I heard from my father that I have already read more than half of the documents and should be able to finish them by tomorrow or tomorrow. In another four or five days, my mother will be able to announce her ranking.

"Grand Princess, have you already entered the palace?" Duanmu Ye thought for a moment, then nodded his head. "The ranking for this year's Grand Examination is really difficult. I presume that His Majesty would have to seek His Highness' opinion as well."

At the same time, within the Great Gan Palace, Extreme Violet Palace …

The emperor personally poured a cup of tea for Yu Chu Qing and carefully sized her up. He said with a bit of envy, "I haven't seen her for a few days, my elder sister seems to have become much younger. It can be seen that her cultivation has improved again."

Yu Chuqing took a sip of the tea cup and nodded with a smile. What appeared in his mind was the < True Primordial Record > and the eight scripture diagrams. She thought about the day when Lu Chun had taken out two pieces of snowy paper from his son's house and read them, how could she not tell that it was an earth-shattering cultivation technique. Although this skill had only reached the mortal realm, its power and potential had far surpassed the royal family's secret < The Heaven's Resisting Art >. In particular, the eight pictures had really shocked her. Those were detailed maps of the blood cavities, acupuncture points, meridian channels, and sacred scriptures of the human body. Even the Yu Clan of the Great Gan Clan didn't have half as detailed information on the mysteries of the human body as the diagrams. Lu Chun and Yu Chuqing, husband and wife, had studied it for more than ten days and finally decided to suppress their cultivation and switch to the < True Sutra of the True Sutra of the Yuan >. A few days ago, Yu Chuqing had opened up the remaining blood vessels in her heart and lungs. Suddenly, she found that her body seemed much younger than before. Looking at the mirror, her face looked exactly the same as it did twenty years ago.

"Little brother, did you call me here today because of the war in the north or because of the test in Chongqing?" Seeing the emperor looking at her in surprise, Yu Chuqing coughed and said.

Yu Chu Qing didn't call him 'Your Majesty' but 'Little Brother' instead. The Qian Huang Yu Yuan didn't mind at all. On the contrary, he was quite happy. "If there was anyone else in this world who could speak to him like that, then the only person who would speak to him would be this elder sister in front of him." Although the Sky Fire, Mountain Shadow, and Stone Troops are training and recuperating, with Bai Yi here, there is nothing for me to worry about. Furthermore, I know that this is not the time for war, so I just need to ask Bai Yi to use up the Thunder Royal Court.

Yu Chuqing nodded and said, "It's good that you can think of it that way. It's normal for the warriors in the garrison to change, so it's fine if you spend some time on training. If you really want to go to the north, then wait two more years for the three northern armies to recover."

With the help of brother-in-law, I have destroyed the entire Qingyang Empire. My martial arts skills are already not inferior to those of the Ancestor Martial Emperor, I have only used this excuse to weaken the grassland a little. As for the matter of conquest to the north, let Hao'er and Qu Er do it.

"This is good as well. We can't just let the future generations lose their motivation after doing everything." Yu Chuqing nodded, "Then little brother here is here to take the test."

"Exactly." Yu Yuan Xu took out a stack of documents, which had already been opened from the sealed areas, and placed them on the table. "The inner and outer palace, as well as the Ministry of Rites, have basically finished reading all the papers, and this is the top twelve that they have chosen. However, this ranking, especially the position of number one in the top ten, has caused the few prime ministers and ministers to be unable to compete with each other.

"Oh?" Yu Yuqing picked up a file and looked at the desk. It was the file of her son's exam. She looked at it carefully, smiled, and nodded in satisfaction.

"This is the file of the missing child. Old Prime Minister Zhuge thinks that this scroll is the chief." Yu Yuan Xu saw the smile on his sister's face and said. He also wanted to see Lu Que, but he couldn't stop arguing with a few important officials. In addition to making things difficult for him, he also wanted to hear what his elder sister meant.

Yu Chu Qing shook her head and picked up another scroll to read. Yu Yuan Xu looked at his sister with some surprise and saw her looking at the paper. She then picked up the teapot beside her and poured the tea into their cups.

After about two hours, Yu Chuqing finished reading the twelve points scroll. She picked out three points and said, "This exam is indeed full of talented people. These three people are the leaders."

Yu Yuan Xu looked up at the three desks, and saw that they wrote Lu Que, Ye Zhiqiu, and Yanzheng. "My elder sister, these three people are from the inner, outer, and outer chambers of the court and the Ministry of Rites. The Minister of Rites speaks righteously, and the Military Cabinet belongs to Ye Zhiqiu, with the exception of the Prime Minister."

Yu Chu Qing nodded her head, "Let's first talk about the lack of son. Whether it is the proposal or the essay, his style of writing is simple and honest. There are facts to his argument, his theory is detailed and feasible." Ye Zhiqiu, on the other hand, was the opposite of the missing child. His rhetoric was gorgeous and his style was magnificent. Watching his entire essay, it made people's blood boil. He was truly a rare talent. This is different from before. This person's every word is meticulously crafted, and his style of writing is as smooth as a small bridge or a flowing river. Although he is young, he has the demeanor of a great family. "

"What do you mean, sister?" Yu Yuanxu looked at Yu Xiuqing with a puzzled expression. The topics, essays, and ideas of these three people were the best of the best. He naturally knew of this, but his eldest sister, Yu Xiqing, was full of praise for them.

Looking at the emperor's expression, Yu Chuqing thought for a while, shook her head and said with a bitter smile, "Just looking at the record of this exam, it seems that three talents are worth it. As a mother, I naturally hope to be number one." Yu Chu Qing paused here, seeing the calm look on Yu Yuan Lu's face, she continued, "But looking at the whole situation, Ye Zhiqiu is from the Humble Class, and his name is from the Wenhua Aristocrat, Jinghu County's Yan Family. In the current situation, we can see that the nobility have succeeded, the aristocratic families have worked hard, and the Humble Class is a little weak."

"Elder sister means to make Ye Zhiqiu the chief of the team this autumn? "But it's still missing a child …"

"Que wouldn't care about these things." Yu Chu Qing said confidently, "Honorable Qi, aristocratic families, Humble Class, all three of them will be established. Now that the Humble Class family has started to decline, little brother, we should support them more."

"Then, the 'short' one will be the second?" Yu Yuanheng thought about it for a moment and felt that his elder sister's words made a lot of sense. He nodded and asked.

"I think it's better to decide on the third choice. To think that he would be a righteous man. He is also a decisive and decisive man, and he has the attitude of a hero."

"Isn't that unfair to Qu'er?" Yu Yuanxu asked. He really liked this nephew of his who seemed to have everything hidden in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given him this jade token and allowed him to freely enter and leave the royal library.

"The missing child has a calm temperament and doesn't fight for anything. He wouldn't care about these things." Yu Chu Qing said with a smile.

"Alright then." Yu Yuan nodded.

After the Grand Princess Yu Chuqing left the palace, she sighed to the empty Extreme Violet Palace. "Eldest young mistress, she is still the eldest young mistress of that year, but I … Sigh ~" After thinking for a while, she called over Wang Zan who was guarding the entrance of the palace.

After Yu Chu Qing returned home, she told her husband and son Lu Que about it. Lu Que only smiled when he heard this, not caring about it at all. Lu Chun also thought it was a good thing that the leader of the group was a member of the Humble Class.

On the twenty-first of the ninth month, in front of the imperial city's Seven Plaza, the imperial palace, and the Academic Institution, a ranking board was erected respectively. Countless students competed to look at the board.

At the most eye-catching part of the ranking board, there were twelve names written in liquid gold. These were the most illustrious names of this year's exam.

First place, Clear Spring County, Ye Zhiqiu.

Second place, Mirror Lake County, true to his word.

Third place: Yushan County, Lu Que.

4th place, Qian Yuan City, Zhuge Yan.

Fifth place, Qian Yuan City, Bai Zhiguang.

Sixth place, Zhaoge County, Le Miao'er.

Seventh place: Li Xingyun, Qu Xingran.

Eighth place, Qian Yuan City, Wisdom Realm.

Ninth place: Tian Xiang County, Wu Yun Chang.

Tenth place, Azure Forest County, Lin Qingyu.

11th: Yu Qinglin, Qian Yuan City.

Twelfth place, Hanshan County, Duanmu Ye.

Twelve outstanding youths, from today onwards, their names were spread throughout the world.

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