Although the British Empire founded by Li Lu did not have the imperial examination, there were similar civil service examinations, and the civil service examinations of the British Empire were called the "national examinations", and many candidates traveled thousands of miles to study or take the "national examinations".Jiang Youpo is one of the people who went to Broken Leaf to participate in the annual national examination, this Jiang Youpo's ancestor is a native of Datang Guazhou, and later moved to Tianzhu Quzhou to settle down, he just graduated from Tianzhu University in Tianzhu Province this year, and he resolutely decided to go to Broken Leaf to participate in the "national examination" because he wanted to enter politics.Before leaving, the mother took out an ancestral jade Ruyi and hung it around Jiang Youpo's neck, praying: "The Taishang Dao is on top, and the jade Ruyi blesses my son with a safe journey, and the title of the gold list."
Along the way, Jiang Youpo slept in the open air, day and night, and arrived at a small town in Chuzhou (this Chuzhou is the southern gate of the emperor's broken leaves).This place is only two days away from Broken Leaf Horseback Riding, and it is the only way to Broken Leaf, so most of the pedestrians on the road are candidates who enter Beijing to take the exam.Jiang Youpo had just arrived here, and it suddenly rained heavily, and when he rushed to an inn in three steps and two steps, he had already been drenched in soup.After dinner, Jiang Youpo lay down in bed early to rest.Falling asleep, he didn't know when he came to the door of the Broken Leaf Examination Institute, only to see many candidates gathered together, scrambling to see the emperor list posted on the wall.Jiang Youpo entered Beijing for the exam this time, and he didn't dare to think about the ranking or anything, he only hoped to be able to be named on the gold list, and it would not be in vain for many years of hard work.Now seeing the announcement of the imperial list, he eagerly squeezed into the crowd and looked for his name on the imperial list.Soon, he saw the words "Jiang Youpo" in the back position, and he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and couldn't help shouting: "I passed the exam!"
Hit!
I can be in politics in the future......"
Wang Hongwei, a candidate who lived in the same room as Jiang Youpo, was awakened by the shouting and hurriedly asked, "Brother Jiang, what's wrong?"
Jiang Youpo rubbed his eyes, only then did he know that he had a dream, and said embarrassedly: "I had a dream just now, and I dreamed that I was on the list."
When Wang Hongwei heard this, he said repeatedly: "Good omen, good omen!"
The next day, the rain continued to fall.Seeing that the exam date was approaching, Jiang Youpo and the other dozen or so candidates in the inn were all anxious and helpless.It rained heavily for three days and three nights, and it cleared up on the morning of the fourth day.After breakfast, Jiang Youpo and the candidates didn't care about the muddy roads, and hurriedly went on the road.Not far from the town, through a pine forest, the group came to a small river.Just as he was about to rush to the bridge, a little girl's anxious cry suddenly came from the pine forest: "Help, help!"
Jiang Youpo hurriedly reined in the horse's head and said to the other candidates: "Someone in danger in the woods, let's hurry up and save people!"
Wang Hongwei glanced at Jiang Youpo and said, "Brother Jiang, there are only a few days left before the exam date, although it is important to save people, but the exam cannot be delayed!"
When the other candidates heard this, they all slapped their horses forward and rushed towards the direction of the broken leaves.Wang Hongwei also turned around and shouted as he ran: "Brother Jiang, let's go, time waits for no one!"
Looking at Wang Hongwei's back as they went away, Jiang Youpo hesitated for a moment, and finally turned his horse's head and ran into the pine forest.In the woods, he saw from afar a young woman standing on a rock, holding a rope hanging from a branch, and at her feet a little girl of six or seven years old was holding her legs and crying loudly.It's too late, it's too soon.Jiang Youpo hurriedly flew off the horse, rushed up with an arrow and pulled the young woman down, and asked eagerly: "This sister-in-law, what can't you think about, you have to go to a dead end?"
The young woman, who was immersed in grief, glanced at Jiang Youpo, shook her head, and said nothing, but tears flowed.The little girl cried on the side and said: "Uncle, my father died of illness a few days ago, and there is no food at home, and my mother can't think about ......it for a while."
Jiang Youpo's family is not very wealthy, and this time he went to Beijing to take the exam, and finally managed to scrape together more than 100 British dollars for travel expenses.Along the way, he was frugal, and a penny was broken in half to spend.Seeing that this poor woman committed suicide because she had no money, Jiang Youpo couldn't help but feel sad.He didn't think much about it, and immediately took out a few dozen dollars from his bosom and handed it to the young woman, saying, "Sister-in-law, you must not leave your daughter alone!"
I don't have a lot of money on me, so you can take it back and use it with your children. ”The young woman waved her hand and said, "It seems that you are a scholar who has entered Beijing for the examination, and there are still many places to spend money along the way, how can I ask for your money?"
Jiang Youpo forced the money into the woman's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, you're welcome, go home with your daughter."
Seeing this, the little girl hurriedly took the woman's hand and said, "Auntie, let's go home quickly!"
The young woman took her daughter and knelt in front of Jiang Youpo and said, "Benefactor, you are a good person, you will definitely be able to go to high school this time to take the entrance examination in Beijing!"
The little girl kowtowed to Jiang Youpo more than once.Seeing this, Jiang Youpo hurriedly helped the mother and daughter up.Jiang Youpo was not at ease, and kept sending the mother and daughter home, so he hurriedly boarded the journey and hurried towards the broken leaves.Fortunately, he didn't delay too much time, arrived at Broken Leaf before the start of the exam, and participated in the scientific examination on time.The days of waiting for the release of the list are worrying.On this morning, a notice was suddenly posted in front of the inn, saying that there was a recent murder in Broken Leaves, and there was a piece of jade Ruyi left by the murderer at the scene of the murder, and those who knew the information were asked to provide clues and they would be rewarded.There were two officials standing in front of the notice, and one of them had a piece of jade Ruyi in his hand for everyone to identify."
Jade Ruyi?"
Jiang Youpo, who saw the notice, moved in his heart, and subconsciously reached out to touch his neck, only to find that the jade Ruyi on his neck had long since disappeared.He looked up and looked carefully at the jade Ruyi in the official's hand, and was surprised: it was indeed his ancestral jade Ruyi!
What to do?
admits that Yu Ruyi is his own, and it is very likely that he will be involved in a lawsuit, although he is not a murderer, he is likely to miss the opportunity to be named on the gold list; If you don't admit it, he will always be honest and will always bear a debt of conscience!
In the end, Jiang Youpo came to the side of the official messenger and bravely admitted that Yu Ruyi was his, and several officials immediately stepped forward to take him away!
A few days later, everyone heard the news that the first place in the national examination this time turned out to be "Jiang Youpo".What's going on here?
It turned out that before the start of the national examination, Li Lu had a whim, the imperial court uses the method of examination every year to screen talents, and I have to say that their skills are not bad, otherwise they would not stand out from such fierce competition, right?
But what about their character?
There are so many corrupt officials in the world, we should pay more attention to the virtues of these future officials.Therefore, Li Lu ordered people to set up a plan on the way for the candidates to enter Beijing to take the exam, which was used to test the candidates' moral conduct.Jiang Youpo left in a hurry after saving the young woman, and the young woman hurriedly forgot to ask Jiang Youpo's name, and only picked up Jiang Youpo's left jade Ruyi.After Li Lu found out, in order to find this candidate with noble character, he deliberately posted the emperor's list, saying that this piece of jade Ruyi was related to a murder case, the purpose was to see if this candidate who saved people dared to boldly admit that Yu Ruyi was his own after knowing that Yu Ruyi was related to the murder.As a result, Jiang Youpo withstood all the tests, Li Lu personally met him, and after some school examinations, Li Lu felt that this Jiang Youpo was not bad, a good seedling of an honest official, and a talent, so he had to use it.When Jiang Youpo, the prime minister of the British Empire, stepped down from the prime minister's seat and joked with his little grandson, he said with a smile, "If it weren't for my conscience, if I didn't save the mother and daughter back then, hehehe, I'm afraid my ugly deeds would be known to Taizu, and at that time, I would be speechless.......