Qing Jialu

The officials' calculations were good, but they did not expect that by coincidence, the relatives of old Shen Ge were selected.This is equivalent to sending the No. [-] scholar to Shen Jia's hands. When Du Huan enters the court and makes his way to the top, and join forces with Shen Jia, there will be another political enemy in the future.

It's a pity that they can't say that Shen Jia cheated. The champion of the pre-selection is the result of everyone's judgment.

Therefore, all the officials looked at the stack of examination papers with mixed feelings, and they were taken away by the eunuch of the Supervisor of Rites, and they were about to send them to the imperial case.

And Shen Jia and the elders of the cabinet were also summoned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to participate in the final judgment.

Shen Jia met Han Chang on the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The relationship between the two of them is neither salty nor cold, they are only nodding acquaintances.After the two bowed their hands together, they went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation together in silence.

The other two elders, Xu Rui and Ma Tao, had already arrived outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.When they saw Shen Ge and Han Ge coming together, they also bowed to them, and then invited the two elders to enter first.

After the four elders paid homage to His Majesty, Xiao Yi asked someone to move a stool and let them read the test paper first.

Shen Jia has already read these ten test papers, and Xiao Yi has just browsed through them.But Han Chang, Xu Rui and Ma Tao hadn't seen the test paper yet, so they opened it and read it carefully.

So Xiao Yi first asked Shen Jia: "Changqing, what do you think?"

Shen Jia was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, Xiao Yi knew who the No.1 in the preselection was, but he still asked himself what he thought?So Shen Jia had no choice but to say: "I agree with the examiners."

This means that he also recognized Du Huan as the champion.The corner of Xiao Yi's mouth twitched, he didn't expect that Shen Jia would not shy away from his relatives even though he was a virtuous person.

"What does Han Ge think?" Seeing that Han Chang had finished reading, Xiao Yi asked again.

"Chen..." Han Ge wiped the sweat from his brow, stood up and said, "I think that the pre-drafted No. [-] Scholar paper is well-organized and has something to say, while the No. [-] No. [-] paper has outstanding literary talent and is pleasing to the eye. No. [-] Scholar wins." If there are reasons and evidence, the second place wins because of the outstanding literary talent, and the examiners must also think so."

Han Chang has become more and more slippery since he became the chief assistant. He seems to answer a lot, but actually he didn't say anything.It's just a simple comment on the literary talent and logic, and there is no comment on opening the sea and banning the sea.

Xiao Yi heard Han Chang's meaning and planned to stay out of the matter.He smiled slightly, and asked the other two elders, "What about you?"

"Your ministers have the same thoughts as Lord Shoufu." Xu Rui and Ma Tao stood up and replied.So now, do they have other options?

"I remember last time, the cabinet was noisy and arguing for a long time because of the number one scholar. I didn't expect that in this imperial examination, all the ministers and workers would have no objection to the number one scholar?" Xiao Yi laughed.

I don't know if His Majesty's words were ironic or a compliment, everyone was silent for a while, and no one dared to answer.

"Since that's the case, let's nominate Du Huan as the number one scholar." Xiao Yi said, picked up a pen and clicked on Du Huan's name.

The emperor didn't bother to discuss the following papers one by one, so he agreed to the ranking drawn up by the examiner, let Shen Jia take it, fill in and post the imperial list.

So Du Huan, under the impetus of various coincidences, became the number one scholar in the current department.

On the ninth day of April, the Ceremony of Chuanlu.This is the golden age of the kingdom every three years, and it is also the moment that all scholars dream of.After all, there are four joys in life: "After a long drought, there is rain, and when you meet an old friend in a foreign land. The wedding night, when you are named on the gold list." Now, the fourth blessing in life is now.

Three hundred tributes stood nervously outside the hall, waiting for the announcement of the imperial list.Who will be the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and No. [-] in this palace examination will be announced soon.

After His Majesty arrived, all the officials and [-] tributes knelt down to worship the Son of Heaven and shouted long live three times.Then, the officials of Honglu Temple began to read out the imperial edict: "On the ninth day of April in the seventh year of the Qing Dynasty, we will test the tributes of the world. The first class will be awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class will be awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class will be awarded with Jinshi's background."

The official who read it paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and called out the name of the champion of the current department——Du Huan.

When Du Huan heard his name, he thought it was someone with the same name and surname as himself, so he stood there for a long time without moving.It wasn't until the person next to him bumped him with his arm that he realized that everyone was looking at him, waiting for him to come forward.

It turns out that it's not the same name and surname?I... won the first prize?Du Huan walked out of the queue with a dazed expression on his face. When he stood in the first row, his mind was still blank.

The emperor who was sitting on a high place and Shen Jia who was standing next to him held back their laughter for a long time.The two of them had already imagined Du Huan's stupidity, and they were not surprised by his absence today.

After the rankings of the [-] tributes were announced, everyone thanked His Majesty, and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.Next is the glorious moment of champion, second place, and third place. They will boast about their officials and parade through the streets, riding tall horses to accept the onlookers and congratulations of the people.It's really a spring breeze and a horseshoe disease. I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

Du Huan never thought that one day he would walk on the imperial road dedicated to the emperor and pass through the main entrance of the Meridian Gate.This is a special honor given by the imperial court to the first and third persons. Except for the emperor, only the champion, the second place and the best candidate can go to this door, and when the emperor marries the queen, the queen can enter from this door.Others are not qualified to walk here.

When he got outside the palace, Du Huan was still in a daze.He was helped onto the horse's back in a daze, and followed the team of the Ministry of Rites in a daze.He walked through the lively crowd and saw countless people looking at him, and young girls threw flowers to him.

Is this the glory of the champion?The champion that even Big Brother Shen had never won, actually fell on him?Riding on the horse, Du Huan still felt unreal, as if he didn't know what day and night it was, as if it were a dream.

If it was really a dream, he didn't want to wake up again.

At the same time, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Xiao Yi changed into regular clothes, chatted with Shen Jia and drank tea.The smiles they had held back for a long time were finally released.Shen Jia cheerfully explained to Xiao Yi: "I'm close, and I saw Du Huan with dull eyes, and when he walked over, he was on the same hands and feet."

"Don't laugh at him, who can keep calm after hearing that he is the champion?" Xiao Yi smiled, "If you are steady, you can still suppress your joy and not lose your composure. People like Du Huan who are so direct Stupid ones, too."

"It's a pity, I haven't been the champion before, so I can't understand Du Huan." Shen Jia said sourly, "He is also a blessing in disguise. If he took the exam three years ago, he would not have encountered such a question as the sea ban."

Speaking of the ban on the sea, Xiao Yi said, "I don't think all the officials have any objection to the candidate for the champion this time."

"Baiguan sees that you want to open the sea." Shen Jia asked, "Weiming, are you really determined?"

"I want to open the sea, but the specifics need to be discussed with the cabinet." Xiao Yi looked at Shen Jia, "There is also that missionary, I want to hear his opinion again."

"Let's go out of the palace to meet him someday." Shen Jia said, "I heard that he is now translating those heavenly scriptures, let's see which one is translated, we will come over and have a look first."

"That's exactly what I mean." Xiao Yi also couldn't wait to read overseas books.