A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 647 Wang Lidong spat on the ground, "Bah!"

Chongzheng Palace Pavilion door Zihou relayed loudly to the guards below the steps, and the six guards shouted in unison:
"No.1 in Yijia, Kaifeng Qiheng!"

"No.1 in Yijia, Kaifeng Qiheng!"

"No.1 in Yijia, Kaifeng Qiheng!"

The voice was like thunder, spreading throughout the square.

Chen Mancang was shocked, and thought he had heard it wrong. After hearing it a second time, he grabbed Wang Lidong and shouted loudly, "Brother Qi! You are the champion! You are the champion!!"

The nearby tributes all turned their heads, and their eyes all focused on Wang Lidong.

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Excited, I don't know, I thought you won the first prize, Wang Lidong opened the fat man's paw, smiled faintly, "Okay, I got it, it's just a first prize, there's no need to make a fuss about it."

Chen Mancang was angry.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them didn't know each other very well, he would give him a middle finger right now!No, it's two!
This is the champion!
Only one out in three years!
Officials start from the sixth rank. Many officials may not reach such a high position in their lifetime, and promotion is as simple as eating and drinking. As long as there are no major mistakes, there should be no problem with second rank officials before retirement.

"It's a pity that Brother Qi is already engaged, otherwise His Majesty will recruit you as a son-in-law." Chen Mancang looked regretful.

I'm sick and I'm the princess, but this guy was born in a merchant, so it's normal to have this idea.

Immediately, Wang Lidong came out and bowed in the direction of the main hall.

"No.2 in Yijia, Wang Junmin of Laizhou."

"No.3 in Yijia, Suizhou Chen Mu."

More than 300 tributes looked at the three people who came out, and their eyes were full of envy and jealousy. The names of the three people and the names of the three generations of their ancestors could reach the holy hearing. Absolutely, there are no regrets in this life!
The three people from Yijia came to the front of the hall together. After checking the name, place of origin, father's name and other information, the guards received the imperial edict from Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang.

The so-called imperial edict is an imperial edict issued by the imperial court to Jidi Jinshi. It is written on thick yellow paper, and it says "so and so bestowed Jinshi Jidi (Jinshi origin, same Jinshi origin)", signed by the prime minister and Shen Zhizheng. It is an official document of the imperial court, so it is called Chihuang, also known as Huanghuang, which is equivalent to the current official employment notice.And the first Jinshi holds the imperial edict before he can go through the registration procedures, and the official position will be conferred by the Ministry of Officials.

A shout came from the hall: "Give a Jinshi and rank, a Jinshi robe and a wat."

Led by the guards, the three of Wang Lidong came to the side hall, changed into Jinshi suits, green robes, yellow shirts, black long-winged hats, tied on belts, and held attendance boards, followed the inner officer into the main hall.

"Master Qi, congratulations for your son's high school champion." The deputy envoy of the third department said to Qi Guo.

Qi's father's head was dizzy, the surprise came so suddenly, he didn't expect his son to be a Jinshi and the No.

"Lord Qi, when you celebrate with a feast, don't forget about Liu."

"sure."

"Master Sheng, congratulations! You really found a good son-in-law." Li Shilang from the Ministry of Industry complimented Sheng Hong who was behind him.

"Where is it?" Sheng Hong smiled and said a few words modestly, thinking that it would be better if he changed to Changbai.

Three people from one to the other greeted the old emperor three times and kowtowed in thanks.

According to the usual practice, the old emperor asked the three people about their parents, brothers and sisters and other family situations and some trivial matters, and then asked the servants to deliver the imperial wine and palace flowers.

The three of them drank three bowls of rice wine and put the red peony on the official hat.

Li Bi.

According to the procedure of the imperial court, the next step is to engage in the imperial court, the number one scholar, the second place, the first prize, the third place, the third prize, the golden gong to clear the way, the parade of ceremonies under the umbrella, and the parade of horses.

Wang Lidong bowed to the emperor and said, "Student has something unclear and would like to ask His Majesty."

The old emperor asked curiously, "Oh, what is unknown about Yuan Ruo?"

Wang Lidong said: "This time the palace examination, the chief examiner is His Majesty?"

Although he felt that the question was a bit naive, the old emperor patiently replied, "That's right."

Wang Lidong asked, "Then the Jinshi nominated on the gold list this time are all considered disciples of the Son of Heaven?"

The old emperor nodded, "Of course."

Wang Lidong took out a 'disciple post' from his sleeve, and kowtowed to the old emperor, "Disciple Qi Heng, pay homage to your mentor."

The old emperor was so shocked that he couldn't help but uttered two words, 'Fuck! '

Before the Song Dynasty, there were only two levels of imperial examinations: the provincial examination and the general examination. There was an unwritten rule that those who achieved fame in the provincial and general examinations regarded the examiners as "masters" and called themselves students.

In the late Tang Dynasty, fierce party struggles occurred in the court that lasted for decades, which had a lot to do with the examiners' use of the imperial examination system to cultivate private power.

The Tang Dynasty and the first Jinshi all took the chief examiner as their mentor, so that "the kindness went out of the private door, and no one knew who was in charge." Therefore, some people once said indignantly that the Tang Dynasty was actually destroyed by cronies.

For this reason, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin specially added the palace examination link, and the right to select scholars through the imperial examinations was directly controlled by the emperor, and those who passed the imperial examinations became "students of the emperor".In this regard, Song Taizu was quite proud and said:

"Most of the ranks of Xiangzhe's entrance examination are taken by powerful families. The road to coldness and loneliness is very meaningless. Today, I will personally take the test to decide whether I can advance or retreat, and make up for the evils of the past."

It's a pity that the idea is very beautiful, but the reality is very skinny. The Jinshi are not interested in the title of "Student of the Son of Heaven" at all, and they have never admitted this relationship in their hearts, but they still call the examiner as the "Teacher"!
Several officials are actually clear about this matter, but they can only pretend not to know. Even the emperor can only decide what he thinks, not what others think.

But Qi Heng, the new champion, made a big fanfare and performed apprenticeship ceremony in front of all the officials, and the two of them really became a teacher-student relationship.

The number one scholar's apprenticeship was something that the ancestors and emperors wanted to do, but they couldn't do it. They suddenly fell on themselves, which was the first of its kind in the Song Dynasty.

There will be a mark in the history books.

The more the old emperor thought about it, the more excited he became, he took the invitation letter from Mr. Liang and opened it.

Appreciation post

Mr. Zhao Zhen's Taoist lesson: The way of teachers is great, and preaching and teaching karma can solve doubts.Disciple Qi Heng, Mr. Su Wen is a teacher for a day, and he is kind for a hundred days.I would like to post this post to show my sincerity.

Poster: Qi Heng.

The old emperor laughed three times, "Okay, okay." 'Close the invitation card, turned to Mr. Liang who was still standing in a daze, and shouted, "Hurry up and bring some tea."

Daguan Liang was shocked, hurriedly trotted to the waiter, and cut a cup of warm tea himself.

Wang Lidong took the tea from Mr. Liang, "Teacher, please use tea."

The old emperor took the teacup, took a sip, and officially confirmed the status of teacher and student. He looked at Wang Lidong with a little more kindness than usual, and took off the white jade pendant with the cloud and dragon pattern on his waist. It's Yuan Ruo's apprentice ceremony."

"Thank you, Master." Wang Lidong was not polite at all. He took the jade pendant and looked at it roughly. It was carved from Hetian white jade. The jade is warm and moist, and has a glass-like luster. The texture is fine, and the okra yellow color is only faintly shown at the waist.The shape is a single five-clawed golden dragon, with a curly body in an "S" shape, round eyes, and high horns, thick and smooth, lifelike.

Good thing, after a thousand years, the first-class cultural relics are all right.

A scene of coquettish manipulation performed by the new top scholar blinded everyone in the hall.

The faces of all the civil officials became very ugly. In the Song Dynasty, "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together", the emperor was at most a partner in their eyes.

These literati and bureaucrats have always been the emperor's teachers, and they have used the authority of Confucianism to tame the emperor as their own responsibility. No champion has ever worshiped the emperor as their teacher.

Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang took a look and chatted happily with Qi Heng. Song Renzong never expected that the officials would play such a trick.

Han Qi looked at Qi Heng with a livid face. If his gaze could kill, Qi Heng would have been hacked to pieces by now.

He is the chief examiner of the examination and Qi Heng's teacher, but after the examination, all the scholars went to his house to submit "disciple posts", but Qi Heng didn't come to report, and now he came up with such a story .

"For hundreds of years in the Great Song Dynasty, those who have no disciples ordered to vote for others" now fell on him. Han Qi couldn't bear it any longer, and cursed in a low voice, "Zhuzi, little red old man. A servile man with a heart and a heart."

Seeing the faces of the civil servants, the honorable generals were overjoyed.

We will support whatever the enemy opposes. We haven't seen such a happy scene for many years.

There were a few quick-witted ones who yelled at No. [-] and Tan Hua to follow behind Qi Heng and meet the current officials as students.

Cheng Guogong shouted at Mr. Liang, "Mr. Liang, don't stand there stupidly. Go and prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones. The second place and Tanhualang probably didn't prepare student posts."

"Officer Liang, prepare some more gifts. Qi Heng, who earns so much money, doesn't even bring a teacher's apprenticeship ceremony. It's too shameful."

"Xiao Qizi, hurry up and prepare some tea, so that the second place and Tanhua Lang can offer tea."

The Marquis of Xiangyang said loudly, "Prepare more, there are still second-class and third-class Jinshi."

"That's right, Mr. Liang, let someone send pens, inks, papers and inkstones to the Jinshi outside the palace."

No. [-] Wang Junmin and Tanhua Chen Mu both had a big hole in their hearts. They both came from generations of Qingliu families, and both of them have also been to Han Qi's house, handed over student invitations, and paid homage to their teachers. Following Qi Heng and rejoining the present is deceiving teachers and exterminating ancestors, cutting oneself off from civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats. If the family finds out, they will tear them up and remove them from the family tree.

Taking a look at Qi Heng, he has no grievances in the past and no vendettas in the present, it's not such a trick!

The two of them scolded Qi Heng's eighteen generations of ancestors in turn, and when they saw Mr. Liang coming out of the side hall excitedly holding two wolf hairs and a few pieces of rice paper, followed by two internal officials, they were humming Carrying a huanghuali wooden table, Bangjun and Tanhua looked at each other, and made mouth shapes at the same time, "pretending to be dizzy." '

"It's not good, the second place fainted."

"It's not good, Tanhualang also fainted."

Not long after, the Gemen Zhihou ran into the hall, bowed to the old emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, all the new scholars outside the hall have fainted collectively, and none of them are good."

The old emperor's face suddenly darkened, gloomy and a little scary. He glanced at the array of civil servants, and the prime ministers and politicians all stared straight ahead calmly, as if they didn't know what was going on outside the palace.

Knowing that this is a demonstration to him, and warning him that enough is enough, I have never won a fight when I was in good health, let alone the old emperor waved his hand in a dispirited manner, "Give Brother Heng the number one scholar uniform, parade across the street on horseback, and call the Donghua Gate .”

Seeing that the emperor was about to stop, all the civil servants were relieved.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed a lot.

The honorable military generals were a little bit unsatisfied, just at the top, 'pia chirp' was gone.

"Those who have read books are good at using their brains. Yuan Ruo's hands make the big turban disgusting." Chang Xing Bo patted Qi's father on the shoulder and whispered, "Jing De, does Brother Heng accept students?"

Qi's father shook his head and said, "Heng'er hasn't performed the crowning ceremony yet, how can he be qualified to accept any students."

Uncle Chang Xing said, "I have won the first prize, what age do I care about? Ask me after you go back. If you accept students, please let the four boys in my family come to me. By the way, tell Brother Heng, the apprentice ceremony and tuition fees will definitely be accepted." There will be no missing him."

"Jingde, if Yuanruo recruits students, include my two boys. Read more books, so as not to be sold by those big turbans and help count the money."

"Brother Qi, my family too."

"Ah!" There was a shrill scream in the hall, and the second place sat up straight, covering his right waist with both hands and rubbing it non-stop.

"Ah!" Tan Hualang also followed suit, sat up straight, and rubbed his left waist with "Ouch, Ouch".

"Huh..." No. [-] didn't feel any pain after rubbing it twice. He stood up, stomped his right foot, and turned around twice happily. The piercing pain just now made him almost collapse.

In the main hall, the atmosphere became a little strange after an instant silence.

A group of civil servants looked at the two clowns in the hall coldly, wishing they could go up and slap the two idiots hard.

We all know that you two are pretending to be dizzy, and the emperor also knows that you are faking dizziness, but everyone pretends not to know.

As soon as the old emperor leaves, this matter will be over.

I couldn't bear it any longer, and when I heard that I was about to straddle the street, I jumped up, thinking that the emperor's face was so worthless.

Wang Lidong glanced at the old emperor and found that he was unusually calm, as if nothing had happened.He didn't believe that he could really bear this breath. After all, no matter how docile a sheep is, it will bite when it is anxious.

When he was in the small class of kindergarten, he learned the slogan of "respect teachers and be filial to parents", for which he was awarded a little red flower.

The teacher was humiliated, how could he stand idly by as a freshly baked disciple who had only been out of the oven for a few minutes.

Wang Lidong walked to the second place and Tanhualang, "You two, it will be over so soon? Do you want to lie down for a while?"

These two people are not idiots, their faces are pale at this time, the crime of deceiving the emperor, although Da Song did not kill civil officials, he basically does not expect to be an official in this life.

"Throw a steamed bun to a wild dog, and it will wag its tail twice to show its gratitude. When a brothel girl sees a benefactor who enjoys a meal, she will warmly entertain her, and call an official or husband. How about you two?! Pointing at No. [-] and Tan Hua Lang, he scolded angrily, "Your Majesty appointed you as No. [-] and Tan Hua Lang, and gave you high-ranking officials with rich salary and dignitaries in front of you, but you are so stingy that you don't even want to call your mentor, and even fainted on purpose. You are not as good as one." Dinggou, a female branch girl, also blatantly said that she is a 'good boy!'”

Wang Lidong spat on the ground, "Bah!"

(End of this chapter)