Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 650 A Grain of Ashes of the Times (Subscribe)

But the Xinke Jinshi and other civil and military officials present were all kept in the dark. They were full of curiosity and looked at the car of the dignified Chen Yonghua and others.

The Jingyang bell rang slowly, and a carriage in which Chen Yonghua was riding stopped in front of Daming Gate.

Hundreds of officials lined up beside the road and bowed respectfully to Chen Yonghua's driver.

All civil and military officials had to enter the palace on foot, but Chen Yonghua was the only one who could walk in the palace on a chariot.

This is the special treatment given by Zhu Kezang to his father-in-law and important minister of the country.

Chen Yonghua stopped in front of the Daming Gate, his eyes passed over the officials, and looked at the new scholars in blue shirts.

Of course, 30 of them have already been eliminated.

There were only 270 people present today, and the [-] eliminated candidates had already been sent away.

Thinking of this, Chen Yonghua could only sigh, a grain of ashes of the times, falling on the head of an individual is like a mountain!
Chen Yonghua's eyes shuttled back and forth, and finally fixed on a 16-year-old boy.

He is not very eye-catching in the crowd, but there are only two or three such young Xinke Scholars.

Chen Yonghua stared at him for a moment, then turned his head away, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

His eyes were fleeting, and the other civil and military officials didn't notice who he was staring at.

I had no choice but to itch in my heart, trying to guess who the No. [-] scholar was!

The Daming Gate opened slowly, and finally opened completely, allowing one to enter.

However, everyone is waiting for Prime Minister Ming's actions.

After a while, Chen Yonghua's carriage started again. As for the civil and military officials, they divided into left and right, walked in square steps, and followed the Yemen.

Pan Boheng walked briskly, as if he had put aside the pressure of being harassed by the Internet these days, and walked into the Daming Gate following the rhythm of Jingyang Bell.

The moment he walked through the doorway, the morning sun over the palace wall was shining on his face.

Pan Boheng was in high spirits, with a hairpin in his hat, and holding a wat board, he walked through Daming Gate, Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate, and came to the Meridian Gate.

Hundreds of officials and the royal family lined up at the south of the Jinshui Bridge in front of the Meridian Gate.

The ranks are lined up according to the ranks of the officials, with the civil servants standing east and west, and the military officials standing west and east.

The leisurely Jingyang clock had stopped, and the drum beeped three times.

The five towers above the Meridian Gate are lined up like wild goose wings, and the incandescent sunlight shines on the glazed tiles, reflecting lavender light.

Two teams of Jinyiwei in golden flying fish uniforms, and two teams of guards of honor in uniforms lined up from the side door of the Meridian Gate and the armpit door out of the berm with vigorous steps.

Compared with Jinyiwei, the guards are more eye-catching.

How standard their military posture is, their steps are consistent, even, vigorous, and powerful, and every movement is accurate with an error of only a few centimeters.

When walking, like a person, all of them look solemn, high-spirited, high-spirited and dazzling.

At this time, one voice after another came from behind the Meridian Gate, from far to near.

"Your Majesty has a decree, the Holy Palace above!"

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Xinke Jinshi enters the palace, and the Golden Luan Hall is holy!"

The eunuch who passed the decree stood at the Meridian Gate and shouted!

Immediately afterwards, the honor guards of hundreds of guards shouted in unison: "Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Xinke Jinshi enters the palace, and the Golden Luan Hall is holy!"

The Xinke Scholars, including Pan Boheng, quickly suppressed the surge of emotion in their hearts, and they all knelt down directly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

Immediately, all the Jinshi got up, and the officials of Honglu Temple walked across the five white marble Jinshui bridges on the Inner Jinshui River as guides, led into the Meridian Gate, and passed through the Huangji Gate (Fengtian Gate).

Finally came to the Huangji Hall (Fengtian Hall) of the Imperial Palace, which is also known as the Golden Luan Hall by the general public.

Huangji Hall was originally called Fengtian Hall, which was renamed by Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.

On April 36th in the 1557th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty ([-]), the three halls were completely burned down by thunder and fire.It was burned down and rebuilt, but it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. Emperor Jiajing murmured, why does the fire always burn down the Fengtian Temple this day?Can you think of a way to avoid it?So he consulted with his ministers.At this time, someone spoke, saying that the fire was burning in the sky, and the problem was the three characters on the plaque "Fengtian Temple" on the temple's forehead.

Jiajing asked, "What do you mean?"

The minister then replied: "Your Majesty, look, this Fengtian Temple is enshrined in the sky, and the word Tian is suppressed. The sky is not happy, the sky is big, can you suppress me, can you do it? So the sky fire was burned. Great Hall!"

Don't say it, there is such a saying.When writing in the past, when the word Tian was written, it had to be raised, and it was necessary to start a new line and write Tian in the head.

When Jiajing heard it, it seemed to make sense. Now that the reason has been found, how to solve it?
The ministers started to come up with ideas in a hurry.Some people suggested that the plaque of "Fengtian Temple" be turned horizontally, so that "Heaven" is in the middle, and it will not be overwhelmed, and the one with three people in the middle is the largest, and the "Heaven" in the middle of the three characters is the largest.

Some people disagree, saying that although the sky is in the middle, when you read "Fengtian Temple", you still put it at the front, and it still doesn't highlight the sky.

Someone said here again, this is easy to solve.Or write horizontally, let's write the word "Heaven" bigger and lift it up, and the characters "Feng" and "Dian" are smaller and lower, won't this highlight the sky?
As a result, Emperor Jiajing rejected the proposal as "indecent".

From what we now see, it is indeed indecent. There are three characters on a plaque, some big and some small, some high and some low, it is really not very elegant.

Later, someone suggested that since the problem lies in the characters, shouldn't we just change the name and call it a day?Think about it, everyone, this is a good idea!
So this group of Confucians began to look for a new name, which represented the royal hall, and the name of the hall must be particular.Later, I thought of a sentence in "Shang Shu Hong Fan Pian": "The emperor's pole, the emperor's construction has its own pole", and there is also a sentence "Only the emperor is the pole".

What do you mean?It means "the teachings of the Son of Heaven can always be the code of conduct for the people."

Then change it to "Huangji Hall", so that the plaque can also be written vertically, and the emperor character is big, and it is also written in the head, which is good.So "Fengtian Hall" was renamed "Huangji Hall" after it was rebuilt in the Jiajing Dynasty.

The new Daming followed this name.

The vertical ridge beasts on the top of the Huangji Hall have ten types, while the Zhongji Hall and Jianji Hall only have nine types.

As the highest-level palace, of course, various dragon-shaped sculptures are indispensable.

On the three-story white marble xumizuo, there are Chi heads protruding from each floor of the Danbi in front of the hall. If it rains, you can see the scene of a thousand dragons spitting water.

There are also guards of honor with all kinds of eye-catching accessories on their bodies, adding a sense of solemnity to the Hall of Emperor Ji.

But outside the Huangji Hall, the square that can accommodate tens of thousands of people is extremely empty, giving people a feeling of palpitations.

Pan Boheng and others walked steadily into the Huangji Gate. They saw that the civil and military officials on the square were divided into two rows, marching along the imperial road, and when they approached Danbi, they changed classes at the same time. Standing on the west and east.

The Xinke Scholars looked at the civil and military officials of the new Ming Empire with awe.

I saw that the ministers standing in the hall were all distinguished officials.

Civilian officials wear scarlet gowns, with golden pheasants and peacocks on the patch, and military officials also wear scarlet robes, with lions and tigers on the patch.

The Xinke Scholars, standing behind the civil servants, looked at the majestic Huangji Hall, all of them dared not speak out, and no one dared to speak.

They didn't dare to look around wantonly, but Zhu Kezang in the hall watched them carefully!

(End of this chapter)