Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 559 Unparalleled Grace
The running water banquet in Gao's mansion is nothing more than spending some money, which doesn't matter to Gao Yushi at all, he has more important things to do, but he doesn't have time to eat and play with these neighbors who he doesn't know at all.

Early the next morning, most of the Xinke Scholars who were a bit hungover got up from their beds with great perseverance.Although the celebration is over, there are still some official steps that must be taken.

Shinke Scholars supported their extremely heavy heads that felt almost cracked, and took miraculous steps that they didn’t know whether they were heavy or vain. They went to Honglu Temple to learn the basic etiquette of being an official. Treasure books—well, these things can basically be regarded as uniforms and academic diplomas.

According to the etiquette I just learned, after receiving the emperor's reward, the people below have to show a thank you table.Of course, such a small matter must not be difficult for them, and Gao Yushi, the number one scholar, expressed his gratitude on behalf of all the new scholars.Thank you table is very well written, it is nothing more than expressing gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor with gorgeous rhetoric and sincere speeches, and finally expressing determination, saying that I and others must work hard for Daming and the Emperor. Being a horse for a lifetime...that's roughly what happened, believe it or not.

After thanking the emperor, thank the teacher again, and then go to the Confucian Temple to perform the food ceremony.To put it simply, rabbits are used as wine, greens as watercress, and dates and chestnuts as fruit, thanking the most holy teacher, Master Confucius.

Of course, in layman's terms, it is to order food and drink for Confucius to express his gratitude.

However, this set of etiquette is also extremely complicated, because not only Confucius is alone in the Confucian Temple, but also the four sages and twelve sages who are worthy of sharing, and 62 ancient Confucians in the east and west verandahs.

In this way, in addition to kneeling to worship the god of the most holy Confucius, you must also kneel down in turn to worship Fusheng Yanzi, Zongsheng Zengzi, Shushengzi Sizi, and the sub-sage Mencius who was kicked out by Zhu Yuanzhang and invited back... That’s not enough, I have to worship all the gods of the twelve philosophers of the East and the West, and the 62 Confucianists. If I don’t worship, my back will hurt and my legs will cramp.The key is that the etiquette is still different when praying, and the order must not be wrong. If Gao Yushi's body is not in the age of the fastest metabolism, if he sobers up fast enough, it is estimated that Gao Yushi is probably confused of.

After paying homage to the Confucian Temple, we finally came to the last step: setting up a Jinshi inscription monument!

This sounds a bit serious, but in fact, the Ministry of Industry made a stone tablet, engraved on the surface of the tablet with the names of all the undergraduates, and erected it in the forest of steles of the Guozijian for future generations to look up to. Chance of fame!

The six champions must be famous in history, so it doesn't matter if you are pragmatic, but it is not easy for other Jinshi to want to be famous in history. Therefore, although everyone is very tired, when this moment comes, they are all full of energy and excited. Chongchong came to the Guozijian next door to the Confucius Temple, and at the end of the rows of inscription monuments, he found a piece that belonged to them.

This fine-grained, nearly white marble inscription tablet is one foot high with its base. On the head of the tablet decorated with cirrus moiré patterns, there are six big characters of "Give Jinshi Inscription Record" engraved in seal script.

The front is divided into two parts. The upper part is the emperor's decree, which states the motivation and purpose of the imperial court's opening of a course to obtain a scholar. A series of beautiful words are indispensable, but in fact they were read when passing on the letter that day.The lower part is the Jinshi list of [-] undergraduates.The name and origin of each Jinshi are neatly engraved on it according to their rankings. Although the monument is large enough, it is still densely engraved because of the large number of people. Before looking for their own names, a few people almost put their faces on it.

Gao Wushi, Xiao Liangyou, Wang Tingzhuan, Zhang Taizheng and others did not join in the fun, after all, their names were relatively high.At this time, Gu Xiancheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, and suddenly said with a smile: "What is the one covered with yellow cloth over here?"

"Hahahaha, this one, I have to ask Zhuangyuan Lang to open it and see it himself." Amidst a burst of loud laughter, Wei Xuezeng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, came from the side and appeared in front of everyone.

All Jinshi quickly saluted and said: "I have seen the department hall."

Wei Xuezeng said with a chuckle: "You guys are welcome, the auspicious time has come, let's quickly lay the foundation stone for your inscription monument." Everyone lifted up the soil one by one, and buried the base of the inscription monument symbolically.

After completing all the etiquette procedures, Wei Xuezeng showed a somewhat mysterious smile, and said to Gao Yushi, "Zhuangyuan Lang, please join me in uncovering this stele."

This was not a private meeting with Wei Xuezeng at Gao Yushi's own home, Gao Yushi didn't dare to take it too seriously, and said politely: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders, Wei Butang, please." Together with Wei Xuezeng, they grabbed the yellow cloth with each hand At one corner, amidst the sound of firecrackers, the curtain was torn down together, revealing the true face inside.

I saw a stele with exactly the same style as the inscription, but the material was a big white marble stele. On it was a big red character in the style of Sixingtai Pavilion: "The legend of the dragon and the tiger sings the gold list, and the gathering of wind and cloud is the jade crown. For 200 years, I am the real leader. Wenqu Luoshudan!"

As soon as the word "zhen" came out, everyone knew that it must be written by the imperial pen!
Everyone hurriedly looked at the place where the inscription was signed at the lower left, and they saw that there was engraved with "the imperial pen of the eighth year of Wanli, bestowing six champions". "The words, it seems that it should be the private seal usually used by the emperor.

"The real leader in the past 200 years, I have written the book for Wenqu!" Everyone murmured silently, with shocking expressions and surging emotions, it seemed that they were more exaggerated than high-level pragmatism.

The emperor himself wrote a poem and set up a stele for the number one scholar. This is definitely an unprecedented grace in the past and present. This honor is really a great honor in a thousand years!

"Zhuangyuanlang, this is the masterpiece of my dynasty!"

Everyone was still immersed in shock, and Wei Xuezeng also congratulated with emotion, and then said: "From now on, you will be an incomparable role model for my scholars in the Ming Dynasty!"

It was only then that a group of Xinke Scholars came to their senses, and they all came over to congratulate Gao Yushi.

Gao Wushi and Zhu Yijun studied together since they were young, and Zhu Yijun had told him many times long ago, such as "the emperor and his ministers join hands, rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty", so it is indeed a bit exaggerated to say how flattered he was, but he did Also a little touched.

Especially the sentence "The real leader for 200 years, I am the literary leader of Wenqu", Gao Yushi felt that Zhu Yijun was so kind to him that he had nothing to say. He not only praised him as the real leader of Ming Dynasty for 200 years, but also used the sentence " I am "Wenqu Luoshudan" to implement his reputation as a Wenqu star.

In ancient times, on the stele, first write the text to be engraved on the stone with a vermilion pen, which is called "shudan".The meaning of Zhu Yijun's poem is: such a grand event through the ages deserves to be written by me personally!
When will there be such a long time of kindness?
So Gao Wushi also bowed to the inscription and said: "Your Majesty Long En, how dare you be a humble minister? Even if you are smashed to pieces, it is difficult to repay Your Majesty's kindness!" As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

Well, in fact, although he was moved, he was not to this extent, but under the watchful eyes of the public, this performance is definitely needed, and as a powerful old actor, "tears come out of his eyes" or something, it is not difficult down him.

Pretentiously in front of the two monuments, it can be regarded as the completion of the lengthy ceremony after being a Jinshi, and the next step is to go to the Ministry of Officials to take the imperial examination three days later and make an assignment.

Seeing the officials from various ministries who have been around these days dispersed like a tide, the hearts of all Jinshi were empty.They suddenly realized that the aura of Xinke on them has disappeared, and now they are just a group of ordinary Jinshi who have not been assigned a job...

Seriously, which one of these Beijing officials is not from the two ranks?What else can you be proud of?
So they tucked their tails one by one, stopped celebrating, and prepared to go back and have a good rest, to participate in the library selection three days later, and strive for good results in the exam, so that the ranking in the allocation can be slightly higher.

However, Gao Yushi, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan can relax a little bit as the top three.

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