Dress to be a celebrity

On the morning of March [-]th, Lu Gelao and others sent twelve excellent papers recommended by the six ministers to the emperor.

Although there are quite a few papers that have been obtained from the imperial court, their placement is also particular. The top three papers selected by the four elders are placed in the first row, and the rest are used as candidates——

In the previous dynasties, due to the poor name of the examinee, the poor handwriting of the original volume, the content of the volume was not satisfactory, or the emperor was worried that someone would cheat in the palace examination, another person was selected from the second class to make up.Later, the cabinet left a rule to send the best papers of the second class to the Wenhua Hall. If the three people they set were not in line with the Sacred Heart, they could immediately pick them out from the remaining papers to make up.

Huan Ge looked at the paper on the top and felt pain in his heart. He only hoped that the emperor would look down on Song Shi's policy question - it is impossible to look down on this person. I personally asked him if he was the Song Dynasty who could print books, and asked him to print books for the kings.

But what if his paper is not written to his liking?

For example, give up sticking to the theory of taking the initiative to attack. The people of Dazheng are good at defending the city but not good at horse fighting. If they abandon their own strengths and attack others' strengths, they will inevitably suffer damage during the battle, right?Also, judging from the fact that Henan transported grain to support the border, judging from His Majesty's behavior in asking the state treasury for money with Zhou Wang's relatives these years, maybe he would dislike this allocation method for harming the state treasury's revenue?

It's not that he must be hoping that Song Shi will be bad, as long as he can pass the second-class and third-class exams and be submerged among the [-] Jinshi, that's enough.After all, the results of the general examination are not as important as the final palace examination, even if you get the Huiyuan, it is easy to be forgotten.And every three years, more than [-] new Jinshi flood into the court, and after passing a few subjects, a former Jinshi gradually dies, and no one mentions the matter of his family's granddaughter retiring to the palace and clinging to the royal family .

It is suspected that the papers of the Song Dynasty were placed on the top by the chief assistant... This subject may be called "Song Shibang".

The better Song Shi was who was divorced by his family, the worse the Huan family's reputation would be.Even if he could let go of his old face, wouldn't his granddaughter be afraid of being pointed at in the future?

He is full of worries but no one can tell, and he is afraid of being laughed at behind his back when he speaks out, so he can only blame Ma Shangshu secretly-why doesn't he pick anyone else, but picks the paper of his granddaughter-in-law's ex-fiance and praises it What about God?

He is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, and who is more authoritative than him on military food policy?If he hadn't praised the policy so much, Lu Shoufu would have dropped this paper to the top two!

However, it was useless for him to complain in his heart, Lu Shoufu had already picked up the paper to study.

"Minister to: I heard that the minister heard that the ruler governs the world, and he must do everything in peace..." The deep and powerful voice with a slight Jiangxi accent echoed in the hall, and he recited the strategies of internal cultivation and external struggle mentioned in the article one by one. Come.

The Son of Heaven was not very good when he heard about the selection of veteran generals and the repair of military equipment, but when he heard that it is better to go out of the city to fight for a while, especially when he heard the strategy of avoiding the enemy, disturbing the enemy, attacking the enemy, and chasing the enemy, his eyes suddenly shone.After reading this volume, he tapped his fingertips on the table a few times, and sighed: "He is a true warrior. This volume, gentlemen, can be said to be a hit."

The emperor's words severely shattered Huan Ge's last hope.

He can only secretly hope that there will be more sacred-heart papers in the future, but after reading the top three papers, the emperor waved his hand directly: "The seniors of this subject have chosen it properly, so there is no need to read the following ones, so it is called demolition." Mi Feng, send it to the corridor to fill in the list."

Elder Lu Ge led the four chief assistants and bowed to thank him, opened the seal on the spot, and read out the names and origins of the top three people: "Yijia No.1, Song Dynasty, Qingyuan County, Baoding Prefecture, Beizhili; Yijia No.2 , Ma Yu, Linqu County, Shandong Province; Yijia No.3, Xie Lian, Longxi County, Fujian Province.”

It turned out to be Song Shi!

It really was Song Shi!

Everyone thinks the same, but feels differently.Others think that he has won two yuan in a row, so he is famous, and the emperor praised him for his ability to print books, so it is not surprising that he won the first prize this time.However, Huan Shilang recognized his paper early on, wanted to lower his ranking but couldn't do anything, and finally looked at him helplessly——

more than!He also personally wrote the words "everyone should take measures to do things", "make great plans and write freely", "can be called a hero", and personally sent him to the position of champion.

The top three have been determined, and the remaining papers will be taken to the side hall to be unpacked and filled in the list, and the post will be made, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites will call the candidates of the pilot test into the Ministry of Rites to perform the ceremony.In the early morning of March [-]th, the candidates for the pilot examination of the undergraduate "Song Shibang" will go to the court to pass the roll call, and from then on they can be regarded as real Jinshi.

The tribute scholars all went to the Guozijian to receive the new blue robes and black gauze Jinshi uniforms. Under the leadership of Song Dynasty, they stood on the north side of the Huangji Hall and stood in line according to the examination results.

Civil and military officials all stood in order in the hall, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were naturally among them.After Song Shi entered the palace, he looked for his senior brother out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't dare to look too clearly in such a solemn place, so he was at the forefront of the matter, except for the elders and the officials of the department hall.

Although senior brother Huan Xiao was recently promoted, his position is also very conspicuous. He found someone without searching a few times. When he looked up, he saw his senior brother was looking at him openly——

All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were watching their new actions, so Huan Ling's move was not very eye-catching.Song Shi restrained his eyes and looked down at the gold brick in front of his toes, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a frank and confident smile.

The proud champion should have such a smile.

Zhang Cifu, who presided over the examination, looked at this proud student, and loved him so much. He wished he could come up to meet the teacher immediately, but Huan Sifu, who was separated by one, couldn't bear his smile, nor could he look down on his grandson. The figure that turned its face towards the throne without distinguishing between the inside and the outside, and focused on him.

A long table has been set up on the east side of the main hall, and the imperial list of the imperial examination is on the table—outsiders don’t know the rankings, but they have already known about these exams, and even performed half a day of ceremony, just to be in front of the imperial court. Complete this grand ceremony smoothly.

Although they have already practiced in the Ministry of Rites, but today there is a class of civil and military officials in the palace, with a full set of imperial driver's books, and they can see the imperial face in person.

Song Shi also had the feeling of being in a costume drama, as if a eunuch was going to whip three times with a clean whip in the next second, and then shouted at them: "Kneel~~~~"

However, the Dazheng Dynasty did not allow the eunuchs to practice these etiquettes. It was the officials of the Honglu Temple who guided the emperor to drive up to the hall, and the officials who praised the rituals guided the juren to bow up four times.Then the officials of the Chuanzhi asked for the Chuanzhi, and put the imperial case with the imperial list on the Danchi Royal Road, which was called "Youzhi".

Song Shi raised his hem and calmly led the [-] candidates in the pilot test to kneel in front of Dan Chi.

The Chuanzhi officer unfolded the imperial list and read aloud: "On March 23, 1rd year of Xintai, the world's tribute scholars were tested. The first class was awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class was awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class was awarded the same Jinshi. Origin! No.[-] in the first class, Qingyuan County, Northern Zhili—"

With this shout, there was a faint echo in the hall.

Even Song Shi, who has visited the Forbidden City countless times and participated in folk activities of the Qing Dynasty in various places, can't help feeling a little sacred.It was as if countless camera lenses were pushed in front of his face, and hundreds of millions of viewers were watching his glorious moment of glory for modern people.

With a solemn expression, he knelt in front of the class following the lead of the preface officer, lowered his head slightly, and did not look directly at Tianyan.

It's useless not to bow his head, the emperor sits on the top of Danchi Yudao, his face has to be turned up ninety degrees to reach Yuyan.However, the emperor seemed to value him very much, and asked: "This year's number one scholar, should it be Sanyuan Jidi?"

Song Shi replied in the audience: "Exactly, I was the first in the Fujian provincial examination in Xintai in 22 years, and this year's general examination and palace examination are also the top two in the world."

Three yuan and first, two leaders in the world, there is only one person for a hundred years, scholars all over the world will compete for the enviable glory.

Although Song Shi said these words plainly, the weight of these titles themselves is here, which makes his words extra powerful, and also reflects the brilliance of him.

Seeing his demeanor, Emperor Xintai made an exception and asked one more question: "How old is the number one scholar?"

Song Shi replied calmly: "The minister was born in Xintai in the second year, and he is twenty-two this year."

Emperor Xintai smiled and boasted: "Sure enough, the young man is handsome."

Just this sentence is already a special honor that those champions in the past could not get.Jinshi like them are rare all over the country, but in the Forbidden City, it is so rare that any official is a Jinshi at random?

Those who can make the emperor see it in his eyes and remember it in his heart are the real rare people.

After he returned to his class, the eyes of the civil and military officials in the class still fell on him a lot, so that the second in class, Ma Bang, felt a little neglected when he came out of class to salute.

After he returned to work, Xie Tanhua followed closely behind him.The three members of Yijia and Jia all knelt before leaving the class, and paid homage to the emperor alone, while the disciples behind him no longer came out of the class, and only knelt in the class.

Although these people are submerged in the Jinshi class, they are not as eye-catching as the first three, and the emperor generally values ​​them. If there are people whose names and hometowns are familiar, they should also ask who their parents are.The glory of the selected candidates is not inferior to the top three, and the awe and nervousness in their hearts are not lost. Some are so nervous that they almost forget their own names and cannot answer the questions of the emperor.

The emperor was very kind to these new scholars, he just smiled and told them to return to the class.

After the three hundred and five Jinshi saw each other, they bowed four times with the music, which was the most exciting list of grandeurs in the world.

The deacon of the Ministry of Rites held the yellow list and went out from Fengtianmen, leading the drums and music, followed by Jinshi.After the officials of the Ministry of Rites put up the emperor's list outside Zuo'anmen, Shuntian Mansion brought in horses, ordered the servants to put up umbrellas behind them, Zhang Gule led the way, and sent the Jinshi back to the rank with great fanfare.

The second-best, Tanhua, and second- and third-ranked Jinshi behind him will naturally also parade through the streets to enjoy the most glorious moment in their lives.It's just that the people behind are no longer accompanied by guards of honor, and only he, the number one scholar, is held among the stars like the moon by the ceremonies.

Even among the more than [-] equally high-spirited new Jinshi on the broad Chang'an Avenue, he is also the most eye-catching one.Most of the people watching Jinshi on a long street were attracted by him, and they chased his horse forward. On both sides of the road and upstairs, there were ladies throwing handkerchiefs, purses, jewelry, fruits, etc. at him...

Fortunately, he has developed a good agility from the grassroots since he was a child, and he dodged all these hidden weapons without hitting any of them!

Song Shi brushed off his clean Jinshi robes, rode his horses through the streets contentedly, waved to the crowd on both sides from time to time, and occasionally looked back at the tragic appearance of fellow students who were hit by various small things and hung brightly.

Looking at his posture of "passing through thousands of flowers without a single leaf touching him" from behind, they didn't know whether to laugh at his incomprehensible style, or to praise him for his extraordinary ability to throw things all over the sky. hide away.

Different from this group of scholars with complicated feelings, the king of Zhou was very happy to hear the name of the new champion. After finishing school in the inner study, he went straight to the Chonghua Palace. After entering the inner hall, he hurriedly said to the princess: "Yuan Niang, Do you know who is the number one scholar in this discipline?"

Holding the scroll in her hand, Princess Huan raised her head slowly, her expression was always that of Zhou Wang's favorite indifference, but the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed, as if she didn't want to hear the name.

The king of Zhou failed to appreciate her expression carefully, but said excitedly: "It is the Song Dynasty we know! He has won the third grade in this subject! Since the founding of our dynasty, this is the second big three yuan. I don't know what it is." A celebrity with outstanding talents and virtues. If it wasn't inconvenient for me to meet foreign ministers in the palace, I would have thought of calling him in for a question. Fortunately, I heard that he has a very good relationship with his brother-in-law. Later, the king will go out of the palace to have a look... "

He only cared about his own excitement, but he didn't notice that the princess's face was full of resentment and resentment.