[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

On the second day of the palace examination, three hundred Jinshi gathered in front of the Meridian Gate. Wearing official uniforms and wearing three-branched nine-leaf crowns, they entered the Meridian Gate with ritual music and stood on both sides of the Royal Road of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The civil and military officials lined up in two rows each, facing them, looking at this new class of Jinshi with harsh or scrutinizing eyes.

From now on, they will no longer be students, but the latest bureaucratic blood of this dynasty.

The test for them begins now.

The students could clearly feel that the eyes they looked at were no longer the eyes of officials looking at Xin Scientists with tolerance and expectation, but had become colder.

Their identities are about to change, and this change makes many students shiver, but there are also many students who straighten their backs like young poplars in the face of the cold gaze, like newborn trees, although weak, but flexible, already Prepared to stand up to the biting cold wind, the vitality is so strong that it only needs a spring rain to grow vigorously.

At the beginning of the day, four guards came out with whips, stood in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and waved their hands at the same time, 咻——啦, 啪啪.

The whip cut through the air and exploded like firecrackers in this ancient capital.

"The Emperor is here—"

All the people bowed to the throne, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live"

Wearing a grand court robe, he stepped out of the crowd amidst the kneeling worship, stepped up the white marble steps, and sat upright on the throne placed in front of the main hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. From the beginning, the official of Honglu Temple came out with the yellow list, stood at the head of the emperor, and saluted.

The Honglu Temple official was reading the ritual system, the ritual and music stopped, and the audience was silent, so quiet that only the sound of his own heartbeat could be heard.

The etiquette system is very short, to the effect that it is to clarify how many candidates are referred to and how many people are admitted for this year's candidates.

This year's rural examination reference, 67 people, 400 people were recorded.

For reference in this session, 640 people will be registered, and 300 people will be recorded.

Xia Anran's eyes fell on his feet. He naturally knew how well he was performing, and probably understood his ranking, so his heart was very calm. There was some nervousness, but he was not as nervous as the candidates in the same period... His hands trembled.

Xia Anran silently pinched the slightly numb paws that made him lose face.

The officials of Honglu Temple have already begun to roll their names, first of all, there are three people in the first class.

"In the year of Jiashu, the test of the world's tribute, No. 1 in the Yijia, Liu Haosheng"

The names of the first and third persons will be read three times. During the roll call, the Honglu temple official approached and led the number one scholar out of the class to kneel on the left side of the imperial road.

Next, Tanhua, the No. [-] pick, was led out one by one, and knelt down one after another. He was not familiar with Tanhua, but Xia Anran knew Tanhua. It was the one who came from Guangdong Province and asked Xia Anran where to buy the sauce after the first round of Chunwei. like-minded people.

Then the emperor will attract a few people to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to talk. Although the rest of them dare not move, but because Xia Anran is in the front position, they can be keenly aware that there are many envious eyes piercing through him. The three who left.

Everyone wished that he was the one who walked with the temple official Honglu.

The emperor had a cordial conversation with these three people, and the three went down with the officials of Honglu Temple. Next, they were going to change into first-class official uniforms, wearing No. From the main entrance of the Meridian Gate.

This can be described as the highest honor a student can achieve in a lifetime.

Going out from the middle gate where only the emperor can walk, riding a horse through the streets, is just like the so-called seeing all the flowers in Chang'an in one day, nothing more.

The rest of the people are still standing here, listening to the rankings of the top two and the top three.

In fact, you only need to read the top two rankings and the top three names, and the rest are top three, and no one cares about the rankings.

Xia Anran was a little nervous, and her head was a little dizzy.

He has also been here for eight years.

For eight full years...

Even though he has always firmly believed that his purpose is to complete the task and go home, how could he not be affected by this world?

"In the year of Jiashu, the No. 30 sixth place in the second class, Xia Anran."

Just when he was a little drowsy and even started to replay the past clips in his mind, this sound woke him up.

Xia Anran was a little startled, and then hurriedly bowed in response.

After straightening up, I suddenly felt a little relaxed.

The big stone in my heart fell to the ground, and the depression also dissipated.

Suddenly there is a feeling of seeing the sun behind the clouds.

Unexpectedly, a montage would play in my mind at a critical moment, and it turned out to be true.

It was this idea that turned in his mind at this moment.

Suddenly, he heard the Honglu Temple official call his name again, "Your Majesty declares Gusu Xia Anran to have an audience—"

Xia Anran, who had just relaxed, was shocked again. If he was still a cat now, he could clearly feel that the fur on his back and tail had exploded, and he was quite shocked.

However, the reaction of others was very fast, and they stepped out in small steps, and followed the officials of Honglu Temple to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

In front of the hall, the Honglu Temple official bowed, "Your Majesty, Gusu Xia has arrived safely."

Then he moved a few steps slightly to reveal the occluded boy.

The young man's face was flushed, and his eyes were fixed on his hands. He looked extremely nervous and tender, but his movements of bowing and kneeling were not bad at all. The emperor couldn't help but smiled when he saw him, "You are flat."

Xia Anran saluted and thanked her, stood up, still obediently looked at the stairs of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and seeing this, the emperor laughed again, "Why, don't dare to look up at me now!"

With a bang, Xia Anran's face turned even redder... Steal, peeping turned out to be discovered.

He didn't know, of course the emperor didn't notice when he raised his head inadvertently at that time, but the whole process of the exam was recorded by the official historian, after all, there might be a few courtiers who could publish the biography in the future, and every examinee's The historian of the situation will write down a few notes, and if there is a real minister in the future, he can expand from it.

For example, a certain minister has already made up his mind, and he smiles when he sees the problem.

A certain minister is very talented, and he finished the paper early and so on.

In the middle of answering the questions, Xia Anran suddenly raised her head, and then saw His Majesty rushing to the examination room and was shocked by Tianyan, which is also a very good point to write.

At that time, Xia Anran raised her small round face and stared at her big and small round eyes, and Xia Anran, who was stunned, naturally did not know that all her stupid actions had fallen into the eyes of the official historian and were recorded.

Of course, the records of the official historian belonged to the records, but they would not tell the emperor. The one who told the emperor was a minister whom the emperor trusted. He used it as a talking point when reviewing the papers last night, and said it without malice.

This dynasty is not extremely strict with the dignity of the Tian family. Of course Xia Anran would not feel offended if he occasionally looked up at the emperor. He also heard that this person was young and not yet a weak crown. He was still a disciple of Lin Ruhai. With a bit of goodwill, and a pair of names, oh, acquaintances.

So there was the matter of recruiting people to come forward today.

For the person whose manuscript is not correct in the answer sheet, Jinshang is naturally very curious, especially the kid's answer sheet is very appetizing to him. The emperor is almost poor and crazy now. He has just ascended the throne not long ago, and there is an emperor on top of his head. Veterans look at the dishes, and his government orders cannot be greatly changed, and the ancestors cannot be greatly changed. The most hateful thing is that after these veteran officials have tasted the joy of asking the treasury to borrow money, they don't even talk about paying back the money, and even borrow it when they have nothing to do. The officials cried poorly when they urged them to pay back the money, or they went directly to the emperor to cry. The emperor was soft-hearted, so he told him to take it easy.

This family took it slow, that one slowed down, and in the end the money that should be collected could not be collected, so they had to borrow again.

There is not enough money in the treasury, and many things cannot be done. Summer is coming, and it will be the time of year for flood control, and the money for disaster relief has not yet been obtained. After the flood, there will be drought locusts to deal with!

Fortunately, the emperor saw his son's hair falling out in handfuls, and finally backed down on the reform of the imperial examination, and blocked the protesting veterans.

The reason why the veterans protested was naturally not the ancestral legal system they talked about. It was only a long time since the establishment of this dynasty, and the ancestors were only the grandparents of today. Well, now that the examination system is changed, the juniors who were finally released after studying for so long will suddenly have to go back to study again, so they are naturally not happy.

Stereotyped bad habits, in fact, the emperor also wanted to change, but the emperor was busy guarding the country in the early stage, and the emperor was soft-hearted and afraid of changing in the later stage. This idea has always been there, but it has been delayed in implementation.

Until now, as compensation, he has allowed his son's reforms along the way.

The questions during the examination were written by Jinshang himself. They were extremely straightforward and not tactful. It can be said that they asked these people how to generate income for the country in a straightforward manner.

Today's change of policy theory has actually shown his attitude.

He doesn't need a person with outstanding literary talent, he wants someone who can govern the country, what he wants is not a scholar who comes to write wonderful literature for him, but a capable person who can govern the country well for him.

The examiners of the general examination are designated by today, and those selected are all people who do practical things, and they are also familiar with the conditions of the people and the country from various ministries.

What will the students selected by such people be like?

These few days the emperor was a little excited and excited, and then he discovered Xia Anran, a wonderful flower.

This is the only person in this exam whose answers on the manuscript paper are better than those on the test paper.

But the emperor can't say, the emperor wants to give the child a good ranking, but it can't be done, his test paper has to be posted, and he can't post the manuscript. I can hold it back, and it hurts a little bit.

Xia Anran stood under the stone steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, his eyes were lowered, and his gaze was fixed on the stone steps, looking extremely submissive.

The emperor's voice came with a smile, "I heard that you have been in school for less than five years? You can get good grades in the second class. You are really a young genius."

Xia Anran replied, "Your Majesty, I dare not do it." Then he boasted about the emperor's benevolence, his filial piety, father and son's mutual respect, and the management of the people is very good, so people can feel at ease to study and so on.

The emperor nodded, indicating that I accept this nonsense.

Then he revealed an expression of interest, "Xia Qing hasn't reached the crown yet, did she take the title?"

A group of ministers beside him could not help but glance over from the corner of their eyes, and Xia Anran could feel that countless lines of sight penetrated his body instantly.His expression remained the same, and he continued to be respectful, "Your Majesty, my father left early and did not give the student a word."

The emperor immediately said, "Then I'll get you one, okay?"

...No one dares to say it's bad!Xia Anran glanced slightly out of the corner of his eyes. Fortunately, he lowered his head and no one could see him. He moved so quickly that he knelt down and saluted, as if flattered, "Student, thank you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor was very satisfied, and said, "Your name is Anran, your father wishes you a lifetime of peace, and I bestow you with the word Jingxi, and may the scenery you see be as prosperous as possible."

Xia... Surprise? ? ? ?

Xia Anran must celebrate his current posture so that no one can see his face.

This homonym is really...subtle!

Also, Your Majesty, aren't you being too perfunctory in your choice of words?Others at least look at the Four Books and Five Classics to find something that sounds good and makes sense. I wish you peace, light and good scenery along the way!

While expressing his gratitude, he complained in his heart.

At this time, the system suddenly interjected [Actually, it's pretty good, if combined with your identity, it's already a very good wish. 】

Xia Anran froze for a moment, understanding what the system said, her brows gradually softened.

Xia Anran and Xia Jingxi all have the best wishes.

I don't want to be famous, I just want to be safe and healthy, and everything I see is beautiful.