[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

During the palace examination, Mu Bai put on the Luoluo costume that Sha Hong sewed for him, and walked into the Danchi in front of Fengtian Palace with Atu, who was also wearing the national costume.

All the candidates participating in the palace examination must listen to the examination questions issued by Emperor Hongwu here, and then they will stand at the examination table placed on the venue in advance, and start the whole process of answering the questions after the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty retreat from the court.

Therefore, before answering the questions, these examinees wearing their own clothes had to be visited once in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty before they could sit down and answer the papers. Of course, the sitting posture had to be the most standard kneeling sitting. After all, who would dare to sit with their legs crossed in front of the emperor.

In fact, if you can’t sit still, you can change your posture a little bit, or raise your hand to indicate that you are going to the toilet, and take the opportunity of walking to loosen your muscles and bones.Although a lot of time will be wasted on the road, the time for the palace exam is relatively abundant. There is only one strategy question with a few hundred words, but the exam time can be three hours, which is enough for candidates to spend slowly.

In addition to being able to go to the toilet, refreshments and pastries are also provided, and various means are used to ensure that candidates can answer the questions in the best condition.Of course, whoever really eats and drinks at this time is a fool.Food comes out even after eating, who wants to leave the emperor with the impression of frequent urination and urgency at a critical moment, and lose face!

But Mu Bai doesn't care about this, he is a child after all, and he has already counted, counting the waiting time before the entrance to the end, the examinees will be here for about five hours, no matter how you calculate it, it will definitely be at this time One time to the toilet, so as long as you master your body rhythm, it doesn't matter at all.

Moreover, the cakes they ate were from the royal dining room, and they might be able to eat like this once in a lifetime. Even if they were lucky enough to get a reward from the emperor in the future, they would probably have to tremble, um, delicious!Just a little dry.

Mu Bai raised his teacup and took a sip, the tea was clean and moist, but the taste...was somewhat familiar.

He glanced at the tea in the cup in doubt, and tilted his head slightly. Why does this tea taste a bit like the Pucha he drank in Yunnan?

It's an illusion, he doesn't drink tea too much, maybe tea tastes like this.But this discovery lifted Mu Bai's mood, and he felt even more energetic when answering the questions.

Unexpectedly, the questions given by Emperor Hongwu were not so aggressive. On the contrary, they were not as murderous as the questions in the test, but they were also quite difficult to answer.

His topic is rather difficult to pronounce. Simply put, it is whether to obey the words of the ancestors, and whether to change the ancestral system or not.

Before answering the questions, we must combine current affairs and analyze which answer the marking teacher wants to see.

It is known that Emperor Hongwu's slogan is to restore Han, Tang Rongguang and Zhou Li.

It is known that Emperor Hongwu wrote a book called "Zu Xunlu" in the second year after he ascended the throne. He wrote it intermittently for four years, and took it out for revision in the ninth year of Hongwu.

Although only the Zhu family knew what was written in the book, they could tell what kind of book it was just by looking at the title. It was a proper warning from our ancestors to future generations.

It is known that, if there is no accident, Emperor Hongwu himself is the beginning of the ancestors of the old Zhu family.

So what kind of answer did Emperor Hongwu want to hear?Needless to say, I know that the descendants must follow the instructions of the ancestors, and officials and courtiers can also know the words of the ancestors and advise the emperor.

In this way, if things go well, the old Zhu family's country will still be as stable as it is now after hundreds of years. Even if Emperor Hongwu passes away, every descendant of him will be "Emperor Hongwu".

But is it possible?

The change of the times is like the wheels rolling forward. Everything in the world is moving and changing. Even the wise emperor can count the next ten or twenty years and it will be the top of the sky. It is impossible to count a hundred and a thousand years after closing his eyes. That may exist.

Can the Zhou royal family dare to imagine that the future ruler of the world has no blood of the Zhou royal family at all?Can those monarchs of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States be counted as the Xidi Qin people they look down upon to rule the world one day?Can Qin Shihuang know that all his plans will go to waste because of the selfish desire of an eunuch?

Tang Zong and Song Zu are so wise, one was taken by his daughter-in-law for most of the country, and almost lost the Li family; the other saved the treasury for the redemption of Yanyun eighteen states and became his younger brother's private treasury. Zuo 310 has not had a single day of peace in nine years.

Even Genghis Khan, who spanned most of the world, could not have imagined that his descendants and his huge empire would be beaten by a cow-herding boy who had never been to school for a day and had no official education. Fly away to the grassland in sevens and eights, right?

Even if they are like this, how can Emperor Hongwu, who has just started, calculate his future destiny?

Should the government of a country, the most important "mind" of a country, be limited by the words of the ancestors, and have to look at the rapid changes of the times again and again?This is not an exhortation to future generations, this is putting a leash around the necks of all future generations.

If you meet a smart descendant, you can still find a way to break free from the dog leash and dance in the area, but if you encounter a mediocre one who wants to reform, the courtiers of the descendant will only take the dog leash and pull him back.

Ah, just thinking about that scene is infuriating enough.

Mubai's hands kept grinding ink, and he had already stored a small jar of ink before he knew it.

He found that the snacks he had just eaten were of no use at all, and he couldn't write anything against his will.It can only be said that the viscera after being soothed by the sweet pastries successfully persuaded him to write a little more euphemistically.

Well, that is, the kind that doesn’t write out the dog leash.

Decided.

Mu Bai took a pen and unfolded the scroll, and the opening sentence was full of gunpowder.

"Those who are wise change with the times, those who know are controlled by the times, and the changes of all things in the world are unpredictable. The ancestors were the prophets at that time, but today they are the hindsight..."

Mu Bai wrote more than [-] words eloquently, which can be said to be done in one go. To sum it up in one sentence: listen to the words of the ancestors with reason, and blindly listen to the unreasonable words, which is foolish filial piety. Without hesitation, he waved his crutches and gave him a big beating. Don't save face for him.

However, Mu Bai was eager to survive and added that the experience of ancestors is very valuable, especially in humanities.

After all, everything has changed for thousands of years, only people have not changed, so this aspect can still be listened to, but other aspects are not as good as teaching by example.

The implication is: instead of leaving a long and rambling ancestral precept, it is better to teach your sons and grandchildren well!

The rule is that those who are dead are alive. Even if you are a genius who makes perfect rules, as long as future generations are not too stupid, you can always change them little by little. It is impossible to abide by it from the heart, unless the offspring are fools.

Of course, it is impossible for Mu Bai to write so clearly, he is still very satisfied with the little head on his neck.

It is just written like this, it is estimated that good grades are not possible, that is, he is young, and it is estimated that he can still be said to be a young man who needs to be polished. If he is placed on an adult, [-]% will be beaten back to his hometown.

This is probably the benefit of being young... right?

On the way to the Imperial College to collect his clothes after the palace examination, Mu Bai was still a little depressed, his mood was so low that the people around him couldn't understand it.

As usual, this test question is not difficult, why is it so mournful? Mu Bai showed a wry smile, and quietly recited the policy theory he wrote, which attracted silence and patted his head to comfort him.

Children are young, but they dare to write...

but……

"I do have a tacit understanding with Junior Brother Xiaobai."

A Tudao: "Although the ancestors that our family can trace are recent generations, I don't know what our family's ancestors are, but I think if I have ancestors, there are really no descendants who can live well. More importantly. If there is content that is contrary to the current situation, I will definitely not be able to fully comply."

Seeing everyone watching, he gave an example: "If my ancestral precepts tell us not to contact or do business with Han people, do you think I should abide by it?

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Atu continued: "We in Lijiang are fine, in fact, many Yunnan people have been deceived by you Han people, if someone writes in the ancestral precepts that they will be beaten when they see Han people, do you think everyone should abide by it? "

"It doesn't have to be like this..." A student said with shame: "The ancestral precepts are usually not written so carefully. My family's ancestral precepts are [Think carefully and practice], and they are relatively simple."

"No, it's hard to say..." Another student patted him and pointed to the towering statue of Confucius in the Imperial College: "It is said that the ancestral motto of the Confucius family is very long."

"But no one will write in the ancestral motto not to do business with so and so!"

"But our ancestral precepts did not allow marriage with foreign races." Ah Tu interjected, "Although it is another tribe, all the people born in that tribe are fools, and now they have perished by themselves."

Everyone: "..."

Well, it can only be said that the two sides have different thinking due to their different family backgrounds.The examinees comforted the two strangers, and by the way whispered science: "The general family ancestral precepts are the spirit of the family. For example, those who start a business will persuade their descendants to do business honestly, and those who started their careers will persuade their descendants not to forget their roots. You That's too extreme."

"But didn't your Majesty write the "Ancestral Precepts"?" Mu Bai raised his head and waved away one big hand after another who wanted to take the opportunity to touch his head, gesturing to be reasonable: "You can write the group training into a book, are you sure where it is? Just a few words instead of a code of conduct?"

...Didn't you kid just come to the capital?How did you know such strange news?Also, what is the term code of conduct?Yunnan dialect?

In the end, the unreasonable seniors refuted Mu Xiaobai with "Is the royal ancestral precepts called ancestral precepts?" "Don't pull our normal people's thinking to the level of Emperor Hongwu!"

Mu Bai: Well, as long as you are happy.

After eating and living together for a few months, the Xiangshan students (foreigner language) who have a very good relationship are laughing and laughing in the strange eyes of the classmates next to them. Everyone comforted the two Yunnan people who were in the wrong direction of solving the problem, and then held together The new clothes returned to Xiangshan Bookstore.

The release of the rankings after the palace examination is not like the general examination, which has a fixed date of death. The number of references for the previous palace examination was small, and under the pressure of the impatient Emperor Hongwu, the rankings could be released the next day, but this time there were four hundred candidates. For the rest, even if the examiners had four eyes, they would not be able to read all the examination papers in one day.

But having said that, the examinees were also ready to be carried to the ceremony the next day, and they all boiled water, took baths, bathed and burned incense, trying to make themselves the most radiant side to start their careers in politics.

They are relaxed and comfortable here, but they don't know that there is a fire in the palace.

According to the regulations, although the chief examiner of the palace examination is said to be the emperor, the emperor's literary quality... ahem, may not be as high as the students, so in general, there are many auxiliary examiners participating in the evaluation.

Of course, they can’t be called examiners in the palace examination, but they are called paper readers. The paper readers will set the list of the second and third grades, and then select talents who can enter the first grade, and read their test papers to the emperor. The emperor came to set the ranking of the first class.

So generally speaking, it can guarantee relative fairness.

But just after reading all the first-class test papers, the examiner found that Emperor Hongwu was not too interested. He kept frowning and contemplating, without making a decision for a long time.

There is a consensus among the courtiers: the silent Hongwu Emperor is much more terrifying than the talking Hongwu Emperor, just like a colorful giant tiger, you can still hear its mood when it howls, but it lies down with its eyes closed When eating, you can't tell whether it's a nap after eating, or it's about to fill up.

Several test examiners who were born in Hanlin were a little apprehensive and puzzled. From their point of view, although there were a large number of students for reference this time, because the number of places was widened, the quality was also quite variable, but generally speaking, the first-class Most of the countermeasures are of good quality. Although they are still a little short of progress, they can't be compared with the essays for exams and the exquisitely crafted works caused by ordinary inspiration.

Why did Emperor Hongwu still look dissatisfied.

"No one...does anyone have any objections?" Zhu Yuanzhang tapped his finger on the table and said this suddenly. He raised his eyes to look at the crowd, his eyes were like lightning: "Everyone thinks that they should obey the ancestor's precepts?"

Yes, all the examination papers sent by Yijia used various allusions and examples to prove the importance of obeying the ancestors.Not a single person has a contrary opinion.

The examiner looked at Emperor Hongwu's indiscriminate expression and didn't know how to answer. After a while, he murmured, "There are some objections among the top three...but the test papers of those candidates are all a little underwhelming..."

This is a bit of a half-truth and a half-false. Candidates who have reached this point are all ready-to-eat dishes that can be served on the table. There is no problem with the heat, but the examiners feel that they cannot let Emperor Hongwu see these.

Emperor Hongwu didn't intend to care about this bit of language art, he stretched his hand forward and said, "Bring them all."

The examiner went back to get the test paper with a bitter face, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the person's back and snorted softly, and said to Zhu Biao who was standing behind him: "I'm sure that our eldest grandson's test paper is definitely among those dissenting voices." .”

The corner of Zhu Biao's mouth twitched. He really wanted to help his son speak, but he didn't know why. He thought of the light flashing from time to time in his child's round apricot eyes, which were exactly the same as the princess's, and then thought of his son's previous test papers that could be called rebellious. , he couldn't say anything.

It is indeed something his son would do ==

Zhu Biao sighed silently, looking at the old father rubbing his hands with great interest, he was a little speechless.He had already foreseen how his father would react after a while.

Father, please be sober, if that little guy Mu Bai really objects to obeying the ancestral precepts, he is against you!Why are you so excited when you know that your grandson will hate your essay?

You know what a fart!Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes because of his lack of image, can his grandson be the same as his son?There is a rebellious son who is not taught well by his father, and the father must be whipped, but there is a rebellious grandson, that is, the son has not been taught well, what does it have to do with him as a grandfather.

Education is the job of the father, and the grandfather only needs to spoil the child to death.

At this moment, Emperor Hongwu didn't know that he was about to see the famous saying of his eldest grandson: "If you have time to write small compositions and assign homework for future generations, it is better to spend your energy educating your sons and grandchildren."

According to unreliable sources, Emperor Hongwu kicked over the case twice that day.

As soon as the news came out, the whole court trembled, but the strange thing was that Emperor Hongwu didn't offend anyone because of it. The next day, a bold courtier looked and looked in the direction of the case, but he didn't find any clues.

So this incident was regarded as a rumour, until a long time later Mu Bai was very puzzled why a large piece of gold paint was rubbed off the inside of the table at home but was not replaced, but because he was not fussy, he just It was enough, and the truth was quietly hidden under everyone's deliberate cover-up.

On March [-]th, [-] days after the opening of the Great Ming Examination, Emperor Hongwu sat upright in front of the throne with a flower-covered cushion in a leather bianfu.The cabinet officials unfolded the titles of the test papers that were rated as the top three in the top three in turn, and made a final report to Emperor Hongwu.

After Emperor Hongwu nodded in agreement, the inspector of ceremonies handed over the three test papers to Zhongshusheren one by one to write them on the imperial list. Printed on the yellow list.

As a result, this list of the fate of more than 400 candidates came into effect.

In order to show solemnity, this Ceremony of Chuanlu was not held outside the Meridian Gate like the Ceremony of Chuanlu in the fourth year of Hongwu, but was changed to Fengtian Hall, the first hall of the Ming Dynasty.

Before the candidates entered the arena, the guard of honor led by Jinyi Guards, the Jiaofang Si Siya Band, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all in full formation, watching the four hundred candidates enter from the Meridian Gate.

The Jinshi uniform is a dark blue Luopao, which is edged with Qingluo, which means green comes out of blue.The square hat with large sleeves represents the round sky and the earth.The green leather belt inlaid with black horns means that it is strong and indestructible.

And the locust wood wat in the hands of the students, which symbolizes endless life, completely separates them from the students and the officials.

When they arrived here last time, they were still immature students, but now, all the officials looked over with sharp sizing and observation.

Whether it's the attitude of the emperor or the generals, or the clothes, both of them are expressing a message-welcome to this cruel adult world.After today, they will no longer be students who receive preferential treatment, but the new generation of officials who want to use their immature experience to fight against the old foxes of the Manchu dynasty.

As the Qingliu who entered the imperial examination, they were naturally out of tune with these feats in the court.

These people in the court will use various strategies to tear apart and corrupt the four hundred candidates, turn them into their own allies or drive them out of this place, and they must do their best to find a way to continue standing here, tearing them apart. Break through the blockade from the traditional forces, defeat them and even... stand at the forefront.

This is a more sparkling confrontation than the four-year Hongwu Ceremony. Compared with the timid examinees last time, the more than [-] people this time are also more imposing, new and old, meritorious and clean. , facing each other across the Wulong Bridge across the Jinshui River.

Emperor Hongwu showed a satisfied smile. He raised his hand, and the Jiaofang Division played Zhonghe Shaoyue. Under the guidance of the sound of bells and chimes, more than a hundred musical instruments resounded throughout the Fengtian Temple Square.Candidates entered the arena in batches from the left and right sides of the Wulong Bridge following the guidance, and stood on both sides of the Royal Road in batches. After standing still, the music stopped, and the scene was suddenly silent, except for the sound of people's breathing.

Emperor Hongwu spoke at this time. According to the etiquette system established before, he is not required to speak here, but as the founding emperor who is more innovative to a certain extent, if he wants to speak, no one will be reckless. Cover his mouth.

"I have three joys today, and I want to share them with you all."

"One of the joys is that 60 or [-] people, including Guanyinbao, the right minister of Yunnan in the Yuan Dynasty, Buhua who participated in political affairs, and Duan Shi, the head of the canal in Dali, have successfully arrived in Beijing. I have ordered people to place them in Yingtianfu until the weather is warm. , I intend to forgive his crime and send him back to his hometown."

Everyone was taken aback, except for a few who reacted quickly and called out "Your Majesty is magnanimous", most of them couldn't understand what Hongwu Emperor did when he went all the way to catch people and put them back, until they heard Hongwu Emperor Continued: "I have carefully checked the genealogy for him. The ancestral home of the Duan family in Dali is Guzang, Wuwei County. Let's send his clansmen back to their homeland. As for Chelibuhua and Guanyinbao, I plan to place them in Jinan. Quite similar. It can be regarded as my heart."

...Good plan!Although it is really vicious, but... I like it! !

Wuwei County is called the old name of the Western Han Dynasty. Now it is the Gansu area. It is hard to say where it is. You have to check the county annals.

And that's the ancestral home thousands of years ago, so what's the relationship?

It sounds like it's sending you back to your hometown, but it's actually sending people to develop the west.

Everyone in the court made a silent gesture of praise in their hearts, but their faces were filled with emotion. Except for a few generals who couldn't pretend they couldn't help grinning, most of them "empathized" as if they could sense what the captives were thinking. Blow a rainbow fart.

After listening patiently to the compliments, Emperor Hongwu said: "The second joy is to be so happy that a talented scholar comes like a cloud."

He waved his hand, indicating to the deacon who passed the ceremony to continue the ceremony. After bowing to the north, the deacon raised his hands and stood on the imperial path, and read the first, second, and third grades. Except for the first and third candidates who knelt on the imperial path, The rest of the candidates kowtowed in place.After all the candidates in the three rankings finished reading, all the candidates worshiped the Holy Spirit, and a big stone fell from their hearts.

Mu Bai bowed and kowtowed with the troops, and he felt a lot more relaxed. This time, he got [-]th place in the second-class exam. Compared with the general examination, he made a lot of progress, and even squeezed into the second-class class, which is very good!

The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were very cheating. The first three were awarded Jinshi and the second, the second best was awarded a Jinshi background, and the third best was a fellow Jinshi.

Although there is only one more word "same", the identity and status are actually a lot more embarrassing. In later generations, there is a saying like "same Jinshi, such as a wife". This sentence is to connect the two embarrassing positions. up.

For example, Mrs. is a very unpopular title among the people, similar to Ping Wife, and generally only extremely careless people will do this, which shows how bad it is for Jinshi.

If it weren't for the imperial examination, which could only be taken once, most of the top three candidates would probably want to give up their status and fight again next year.

But Mu Bai was quite happy.Being able to get a second-class status is considered to have overfulfilled the set tasks!Next, let's look at the martial arts palace examination. Why do we need the palace examination for martial arts?What else can I take?Do you want to swing a sledgehammer in front of the emperor?This seems a little indecent.

When he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a sentence: "Two top [-], Mu Bai will come out."

Mu Bai was stunned for a moment, took a step forward, and stood on the imperial path under the worried eyes of his friends beside him. Before he had time to kneel down, he was stunned by what happened next.

Not only him, everyone was shocked.

Emperor Hongwu suddenly stood up from his throne, and the scarlet crimson gauze robe made him burn like a blazing flame all the way from the main hall of Fengtian Temple to the royal road.

At this moment, there are two people standing on this imperial road that only the emperor and the candidates of the new subjects can step on. One is Hong Wudi who is striding forward, and the other is Mu Bai who has not had time to kneel down. The crown prince Zhu Biao, who came with Emperor Hongwu, could only walk one step behind on the left rear of Yudao.

Mu Bai's little friends were so anxious that they were about to cry. If they hadn't belonged to different queues, they really wanted to stretch out their hands and drag him back to the team.

But now they were powerless and could only let their robes be soaked in cold sweat, and prayed that Emperor Hongwu would be in a good mood and would not pick up the butcher knife on the day of great joy he said.

But Mu Bai, who was on the royal road at the moment, was actually far more surprised than them. As the distance got closer, he saw that the young man who was one step behind and also wearing a leather uniform was his "Brother Fugui".

why are you here my brother?Aren't you Jin Yiwei?Are you one of those legendary guards who look exactly like the prince?No, even the hidden guards shouldn't be here!Or am I mistaken?

A dozen or so question marks turned in Mu Bai's head, and finally all the question marks pointed to the most unlikely possibility.

Fuck?I have been calling the prince brothers and sisters before?But this is not serious enough to let the emperor come to him in public to settle accounts, right?

Although he is middle-aged and sits down to work for a long time, Emperor Hongwu, who has never stopped exercising, can still be called Kong Wu powerful. He was hugged firmly in the elbow, but the child who seemed to have forgotten to struggle was extremely cute and cute.

Mubai:? ? ? ?

But he must not be the most puzzled person here, Mu Bai can see the huge question marks manifested on the heads of all the civil and military officials and all the candidates.

[What's the situation?Can candidates still get this treatment when they are young? 】

【I do not know either?Don't ask me! 】

Mu Bai and his little friends made silent eye contact, the child looked very innocent at the moment, but soon the little friends no longer thought he was an innocent child, because of the loud laughter and vivid In the contrasting silence of the audience, he skillfully changed the child's posture to face everyone, raised his hand and said loudly: "This is my third joy. My emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying concealed his name and passed the exam for me." Come back with a second armor."

There was a gasp in the audience.

Although everyone has undergone professional training and has experienced many battles, this situation still brings the experienced courtiers and melon egg candidates to the same level.

Everyone was shocked by the same thing, and the students were even more frightened, and they couldn't be suppressed at all.

But what was even more shocking was Mu Bai.

……who?What English?And the emperor's grandson... Which grandson?Mu Bai's somewhat distracted eyes slowly focused on his brother Fugui's face, and in the sight of everyone, his brother Fugui mouth-shaped to him: "Welcome back, Yinger."

etc!Mu Bai finally came to his senses, and his eyes widened.

Zhu Xiongying, isn't this the name Brother Fugui said his old father gave to his eldest grandson?It's the simple, rude and ugly name of the hero upside down! ! ?

"People used to say that young eagles can only transform after flying in the sky and rolling on the ground, and then get rid of their lanugo and sharpen their claws. Although I am very reluctant, I also want to see how far my grandson can go. ...and now, my grandson, the eldest grandson of Daming Emperor, has finally turned into an eagle that can soar in the sky and returned to my side, how can I not be happy?"

Mubai: ...

He was able to circle Emperor Hongwu's neck with one hand proficiently and turned around to look at the crowd. He met a pair of eyes that were so fooled that they couldn't find their way. The expressions in the eyes of the crowd were very complicated, full of all kinds of inconceivable and passionate emotions. He suppressed the swear words that he spit out.Mu Bai understood their feelings very well, and asked him to say that sentence that they had endured so hard on their behalf - damn it! !

Are you kidding me! ? !

I?yes?you?Sun?son?Why don't I know this! ?

In a trance, Mu Bai suddenly remembered that before leaving Yunnan, his senior brother told him to be careful about abducting children, especially the kind of cunning paihuazi who would call your son and grandson when they picked him up on the road. He suddenly felt that his senior brother might have the lineage of a prophet, and maybe he could find a way to make him develop in this area...

Because of the excessive surprise, he had obviously started to think wildly, until he heard...

"Heroes are the heirs of the emperor, so they can't compete with the people for profit. Their results in the general examination and palace examination will be cancelled, and the next one will be handed over in turn."

Mu Xiaobai's eyes suddenly became sharp.