The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After the Palace Examination was over, all the academicians in the cabinet began to mark the papers non-stop.

Although the palace examination was supervised by the emperor and marked by the emperor, it was unrealistic for the emperor to review the papers of more than 300 people alone. Usually, the examiners who wrote the questions would correct the papers by the way, and finally the most ○ were screened out and presented to the emperor.

After the non-stop review and approval of the eight examiners, the [-] papers were quickly corrected, and with the joint efforts of everyone, the top ten were selected and sent to the emperor's imperial case.

After finishing his busy morning, the old emperor sat in the imperial study after drinking tea in the afternoon and began to read the top ten papers.

Although there is a lot of content, there are only ten copies after all, and I read them all in a short while.

I probably had a charter in my heart, so I started to draw up the top ten rankings according to my inner thoughts.

The previous rankings were determined very well, but when it came to the top three in the first class, the old emperor began to hesitate.

He looked at the papers ranked by himself, this No. 3 Cao Mubing... this seems to be an old man, right?

He beckoned the old eunuch behind him to come over: "Xianglin, come and see this Cao Mugang, I remember that he seems to be a bad old man, right?"

In this palace exam, the old emperor was always hanging around in boredom. Seeing someone who was older than himself, he couldn't help but pay attention to the name curiously. He didn't expect this person to be No.3 in the exam.

The old eunuch Xianglin stepped forward and took a look: "It seems to be true."

"How can this be ranked?" The old emperor looked confused, according to his heart, the other party was the third, but since ancient times, how can there be an old man who is No.3?

No.3 Tan Hua Lang should be a handsome young man with many talents and flair.

Looking at the names of the top three in the next class again, the second place in the list is Lin Zhizhuan, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of War. He has met him a few times before. Although this person has some abilities in his stomach, he has a square face and dull eyes, and he is not suitable for being a spy.

His eyes moved to No.1 Lu Xiuyuan. Although he hadn't heard the name a few times, he also noticed it when he was making a fuss that day. The other person looked handsome, sitting there like a tough and straight bamboo, with an appearance and temperament It can be regarded as the most in line with his wishes during his tour.

Thinking of this, the old emperor wanted to change Lu Xiuyuan from champion to Tanhua with a wave of his hand.

The old eunuch Xianglin behind saw it, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, you still have to be cautious."

This is an imperial examination to select talents, how could His Majesty be so casual, but the old eunuch would never dare to say this.

The old emperor's brush just touched a little bit on the paper when he was stopped by someone. He glanced at the old eunuch kneeling under his feet.

"Xianglin, what do you mean?"

The old eunuch knelt on the ground and trembled: "Your Majesty, please forgive the old slave for being rude. Since the founding of the Qing Kingdom, there has been no one who knows the destiny to be the number one scholar. You must be cautious when you approve this."

The old emperor clicked his tongue impatiently: "So what if you know the destiny, you will grow stronger when you grow old, I just want to show the world that even the people of Qing Kingdom who know the destiny can be the number one scholar!"

The old lady on the ground listened to the words and felt the blood rushing to her head, and the other party kowtowed several times hard, her forehead was broken and kept going.

"Your Majesty, please listen to this old slave..."

"Speak, I'm listening..." The emperor put down his pen impatiently, and looked down at the old eunuch who had followed him for many years.

"The old slave knows that His Majesty has a good heart, and wants to inspire scholars all over the world not to give up, as long as they persist, they will succeed."

The old emperor nodded approvingly: "Since you know, why did you stop me?"

"But Your Majesty, rather than a champion who knows the destiny, we need a young champion to inspire the world's scholars to work hard! Under the two big pies, the young one is naturally more fragrant. Who doesn't yearn for the title of the young gold list to be famous? Although His Majesty has a good heart, we need more geniuses and young blood to help the Qing Kingdom."

What's more, if a person who knows the destiny is really allowed to be the champion, will others think that we have no talents in Qing Dynasty?But he didn't dare to say that.

"Xianglin, what you said is indeed reasonable..."

After hearing the old eunuch's words, the old emperor began to struggle again.

"Is it true that an old man is going to be a Tanhualang?"

"Well, this old slave doesn't understand." Seeing that he successfully stopped him, the old eunuch continued to lie on the ground and pretend to be stupid.

After struggling for a while, the old emperor saw that Xianglin was still kneeling on the ground, so he simply kicked him over.

"Stop kneeling, go and show me the test papers of the top four. I'm going to combine the two exams to rank them."

"This is really a good idea! Your Majesty is wise!" The old eunuch on the ground rolled up and got up, "This old slave is going to find the paper!"

Not long after, a thin stack of test papers for the top four was delivered to the old emperor.

"Your Majesty, all the test papers for the top four in the imperial examination are complete."

After the old eunuch presented the paper, he continued to stand not far from the old emperor.

The old emperor took the test papers and started to look at No.4. He knew that No.4 was the youngest son of the right servant of the Ministry of Industry.

After reading all the test papers of the four people in a row, the old emperor's expression became even worse.

Feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the room, the old eunuch dared not take a breath.

After a long silence, the old emperor closed his eyes and patted the table twice.

"The people in the Ministry of Rites are really nice!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" The old eunuch immediately began to kneel down.

"Why are you kneeling when I scold the Ministry of Rites?!" The old emperor looked back impatiently.

"Seeing that His Majesty is so angry, I hate that the old slave can't help His Majesty, please forgive me!" He said and fell to the ground again.

"Kneel every day!" The old emperor went over and kicked him up. "The imperial study room won't need to be cleaned in another day. I think you wiped it clean with your clothes, Xianglin."

Seeing that the old emperor was still in the mood to joke, he knew that the other party was not too angry. The old eunuch rolled over and stood up, smiling and saying, "This is the honor of this old servant."

"Okay, stop laughing too! Quickly help me read this paper!" After finishing speaking, he threw a paper on the old eunuch's head.

The other party quickly took it with both hands, spread it out and sat aside to watch it.

The answerer of this examination paper is Lu Xiuyuan, who is the draft champion of this palace examination, but the ranking of this examination

"Why are there No. 60 nine?"

"Huh." The old emperor snorted coldly, "It's just a few words of truth, it's like poking the lifeblood of the Ministry of Rites, directly and deliberately lowering the ranking of people, it's really good!"

The old eunuch lowered his head and dared not speak.

"Who are the members of the Ministry of Rites who approved the papers this time? Report their names to Yuan Shangshu and see how he does it."

"Hey, I'm going now, old slave." The old eunuch Xiang Lin also withdrew.

The old emperor was the only one left in the empty imperial study room, and the other party re-ranked these four people based on the article in the previous test.

After arranging all this, I sent the top ten list to the cabinet.

With the emperor's ranking, the next thing to do is to fill in the list. They are currently filling in the draft list. After the old emperor confirms that it is correct, they will start to register for the "gold list" that will be exhibited soon.

On the first day of May, the triennial Chuanlu Ceremony officially begins.

Just before departure, Shi Yunchen was carefully helping him tidy up his clothes, and explained carefully: "Erlang, don't be too nervous, just follow the rehearsal of Mr. Wu before, and do what other people do when you go there. came back."

"It's okay, I'm not nervous." Lu Xiuyuan raised his head slightly, making it easier for the other party to straighten his collar.

Although he wasn't nervous, Shi Yunchen was nervous!

The other party took a deep breath, and calmly said: "The clothes are packed, Mr. Gang Wu has already set off, you should hurry up too, don't miss the hour."

"Okay, then I will set off first, and see you on Chang'an Street in a while!"

After speaking, he greeted Shen Congzhi next to him, and the two rushed towards the palace together.

The Grand Ceremony of Chuanlu was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The ceremony was very grand. There was a special guard of honor for the emperor in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and there were music clubs for Zouzhong and Shaoyue on both sides.

Not to mention how exaggerated the emperor's ceremonial guard is, Zhonghe Shaole is the rhyme that Confucius praised in the Analects: "Zi said that Shao is as beautiful as it is perfect!" The so-called perfection comes from this.

In addition to these support and Yunle, on both sides of the Supreme Harmony Gate, civil and military officials were all dressed in court clothes, and stood in two rows according to their official rank.

However, no matter how high their grades are, today they are the companions of this new session of Jinshi.

When the auspicious time came, the cabinet scholars held the imperial list with both hands and placed it on the yellow case next to the inner east of Taihe.

When everything was ready, someone went to the Qianqing Palace to invite the old emperor to come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for an enthronement.

After a series of various procedures were completed, the scholar took out the imperial list and handed it over to the Minister of Rites to put it on the yellow case in the middle of Danbi, and then the tributes who were greeted by the officials of Honglu Temple took their places.

A large group of tributes wearing bright red imperial uniforms and crowns with three branches and nine leaves on their heads followed the officials' guidance to the royal road, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and then stood and listened respectfully.

At the end of the station here, I heard someone from above announce loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Tianqing May 20, [-], the test of the world's tributes, the first class will be awarded Jinshi and the second, the second class will be awarded Jinshi's background, the third Jiaci was born with Jinshi."

As soon as the words fell, all the tributes standing beside the imperial road pricked up their ears. At this time, they couldn't miss their own names.

After a proper pause, the Chuanlu officer began to sing the results of the palace examination.

"First Class No.1 Lu Xiuyuan!"

When Lu Xiuyuan first heard his name, he was really stunned.

what happened?He won't be ranked No. 60, but why did he jump directly to No. [-] in the palace test? !Did he hear correctly? !

While the brain was still in a daze, the body had already walked to the left side of the imperial road and knelt down under the guidance of the officials next to it.

"First Class No.2 Forest Order!"

Another person stood out from the crowd, kneeling a little behind Lu Xiuyuan's right.

"First Class No.3 Zheng Tingjie!"

After all the top three in the first class finished singing, in order to show the officials valued it, the other party repeated the song twice. After the third time, the other party began to announce the No.1 of the second class, which is the No.4 biography.

"Second Class No.1 Cao Mubing!"

In the crowd, an old man who knew the destiny knelt down and thanked excitedly, then walked forward tremblingly to take the imperial list from the opponent's hand, and continued to sing the names of the people behind.

This is the so-called Chuanlu singing ceremony.

"Second Armor No.2..."

Hearing Cao Mubing's angry voice, Lu Xiuyuan hadn't recovered for a long time.

Did he accidentally win the first prize? ?

The author has something to say: Refer to Baidu for the palace examination rules and regulations