Chapter 154 0149 [Roll Name Banquet]

From the release of the list in the provincial examination to the announcement of the name in the palace examination, it took up to a month in between.

The scholars who failed the exam have left the capital a long time ago.

Now only Zhu Ming, Bai Chongyan and Min Zishun are left, but among the new friends, Qin Hui, Lin Xun, Hou Xuan, Chen Dong and others are closer.

Ju Ming has always maintained a normal attitude towards Qin Hui, neither intentionally alienating nor being very close.

Under Chen Dong's organization, dozens of imperial students often went outside the city to listen to Chen Yuan's lectures.There are quite a few future celebrities in it, such as Zhu Xi's father, Zhu Song, who is not yet 20 years old at this time, and has just entered Taixue to study this year.

A few days before the roll call, the tributes first went to worship Confucius, and then were called by the Ministry of Rites to learn etiquette.

Regarding kneeling to worship the emperor, you have to distinguish the situation, and only kneel on large formal occasions or special occasions.

As early as the third year of Chunhua, kneeling down to worship the emperor indiscriminately was listed as one of the [-] impolite behaviors of regular participation (daily visits and routine court meetings), and those who violated it would be deducted one month's salary.

"bye!"

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals stood next to the tributes and were guiding everyone to practice etiquette.

Holding a blank board in his hand, Zhu Ming stood among the crowd and practiced paddling.

First he bowed with the wooden board upright, then he bowed with the wooden board horizontally, and then he took half a step back and inserted the wooden board into his belt.And start dancing...

The dance movements of the Song Dynasty were much simpler than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty still had to turn in circles.It is to step out with one foot, touch the ground with one heel, then switch the left and right feet and repeat, and follow the gestures with the hands.

After dancing, bow three times.

"Long live" can't be shouted indiscriminately, but "Sheng Gong Wan Blessing".

After training for three days in a row, he finally entered the palace again.

According to the ranking in the provincial examination, Zhu Ming still stood at the back, waiting for the emperor to be promoted to the palace.

"You made it to Tokyo, why don't you come to see me?" An official in a purple court dress came over.

Zhu Ming didn't know him at all, so he bowed and said, "I don't know the name of my husband yet."

"My surname is Qian, and my name is Qian Jingzhen." The official laughed.

Zhu Ming hurriedly bowed again: "This junior has met Kang Guogong!"

Lu Tixue once wrote to Zhu Ming, saying that he had sent eight poems to Tokyo, and that his son-in-law Duwei and Kang Guogong Qian Jingzhen had helped publicize them.

At first Qian Jingzhen didn't know that Zhu Ming had come to Tokyo, but later he heard that someone was having an affair with Kaifeng Governor, so he sent his servants to inquire about the news.Then he stood still and waited to see Zhu Ming's imperial examination results.

He is no longer in a hurry to marry his daughter, because the last prostitute was married last autumn, and now there are only two minor prostitutes left.

Qian Jingzhen exchanged some pleasantries with Ju Ming, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Success must be at the forefront of today's roll call."

"Thank you, Duke, for reminding me." Zhu Ming understood.

Another person came over, but it was Lu You's father, Lu Zai, who was Lu Tixue's clan brother.He had just been released as Huaixi's Changping envoy, and was promoted to a provincial official, but he hadn't had time to take up his post yet.

From Lu Zai's new official position, it can be seen that Song Huizong was deliberately promoting Cai Jing's opposition, and also mixed sand into Cai Jing's inherent territory (the official school system and the Changping system have always been firmly controlled by the Cai party).

Knowing Lu Zai's identity, Zhu Ming hastily held a gift to his son and nephew, this was because of Lu Tixue's relationship.

Gradually, a few more officials came over, all of whom were Cai Jing's opponents.

Judging from this posture, Zhu Ming knew that he had a high ranking in the palace examination, and the anti-Cai officials wanted to recruit him.

The sky gradually brightened, and suddenly the sound of whips was heard.

Baiguan went to the front to line up for shifts. Amidst the sound of ceremony and music, the closing door envoy reported that Baiguan had arrived.

Xuan Hui envoy shouted in the hall: "Tong!"

Zhu Ming stood outside, watching all the officials enter the hall, and then waited.

After the cumbersome etiquette, the eunuch of the Imperial Medicine Academy came out and sang in a rhythmic tone: "The No. 1 imperial examination of the present department, Meizhou He Su!"

He Su trembled all over when he heard this, and hurried out of the queue.

There is no one-of-a-kind etiquette, so I went directly to the Jiying Hall to thank you.

The eunuch sang again: "The second person in the imperial examination today is Pan Lianggui from Wuzhou!"

After Pan Lianggui went in for a while, the eunuch sang again: "The third person in the Imperial Examination, Yangzhou Zhu Ming!"

Scholars who had a good relationship with Zhu Ming were both surprised and happy, but they didn't dare to move casually, for fear of being reported as disrespectful in front of the palace.

Zhu Ming walked to Danbi's place and stopped, closed the door and shouted: "Gongshi Zhu Ming is here!"

Xuan Hui envoy shouted in the hall: "Tong!"

The closing door envoy then shouted: "Tong!"

Using the etiquette he just learned two days ago, Zhu Ming walked up to the hall.First stood up and bowed twice, then stepped back and danced, and knelt down without any psychological burden: "Holy blessings!"

Immediately bowed three times, Xie En got up.

Song Huizong suddenly said: "Come closer!"

Ju Ming stepped forward.

Song Huizong looked carefully at it a few times: "Why Cibi?"

Zhu Ming replied: "The poets of the Dasheng Mansion are also sycophants. The ministers are disciples of the holy school, and they should enter through the imperial examination."

He was too courageous, and the officials looked sideways, even Cai Jing looked at Ju Ming twice.

And the officials of Dasheng Mansion all had ugly faces.The narrow-minded people have already made up their minds to take revenge, and they will look for opportunities to put eye drops on Zhu Ming in the future.

Song Huizong was not angry, he had seen this kind of "upright personality" officials a lot.Originally I wanted to ask about Taoism, but today's occasion was not right, so I said, "Go down."

The envoy Xuan Hui shouted: "Juming, the third person in the present division, is awarded Jinshi and rank. A robe, boots, and a wat!"

Zhu Ming thanked him with his boots and robe, and was led into the side hall to change clothes.

The number one scholar, He Su, had already changed, bowed and said, "Congratulations, brother Zhu!"

"Congratulations, congratulations." Ju Ming returned the salute.

But Pan Lianggui said happily: "Brother Chenggong, I listened to Mr. Chen's lectures by the Cai River, and even had a fight with the governor of Kaifeng."

Ju Ming instantly felt close, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Brother Pan for your help."

Not long after, No.4 also came, Guo Xiaoyou from Jiangxi.

This gentleman's head is incomparably huge, his nose is his nose, his eyes are his eyes, and his facial features are flawless, but when they are combined together, they look particularly strange.

It's not ugly, but it's weird, and people can remember its appearance at a glance.

As a rare imperial examination in the Huizong Dynasty without shady scenes, these three people were all fairly upright people, and they were all relegated from Beijing for impeaching the treacherous party in history.

After Zhu Ming got dressed, No.5 Song Pei also came in, who also belonged to historical celebrities.

When Song Fei was the county magistrate, he was punished because of his incorruptibility, and the people of Ningde County directly built a shrine for him.He was transferred to the magistrate of Yugan County, and led the village to repel the bandits bravely.Since then, he has served as county magistrate for several times. Every time he went to a place, he either rectified the administration of officials or led troops to suppress bandits.

Later, when the Jin soldiers went south, Zhao Gou fled to Jiankang, and the troops of Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun all relied on Song Fu to raise food and pay.

After Song Fai's death, he was granted the title of Taishi.

No.6 Zhu Xi also came in. When the Jin soldiers attacked Hangzhou, he was the county magistrate of Qiantang.The other officials all ran away, only Zhu Xi led the archers and the local soldiers to resist, and continued to kill the enemy with two arrows in his body, and finally died tragically at the hands of the Jinren.

It can only be said that there are really many people who are responsible for this year's imperial examination without shady scenes!
Then there were more than 20 people, and they went to the side hall to change their clothes one after another.Nearly a quarter of these more than [-] new subjects died in the Jingkang period and the early Southern Song Dynasty.

Some died because of their resistance to gold, and some were pissed off to death.

For example, Chen Bogu, No. 20, was a local official on the front line of the anti-golden war.He spends his days and nights raising food and grass, and he also wants to appease the refugees in the war, but his boss is embezzling and making money, and Chen Bogu died of depression due to overwork.

Pan Lianggui and Song Pei get along best with Zhu Ming.

The former talked about Taoism and learning, while the latter talked about military warfare. The three of them could not wait to drink in the side hall.

Hundreds of Jinshi all changed their clothes, and went to the main hall to thank them neatly, and then they could go home and rest.

There is no number one scholar parading across the street, just like being the number one, it was only a thing in the Ming Dynasty.

But there were still a lot of onlookers, competing to witness the honor of the number one scholar, and some even climbed onto trees.

Zhu Ming threw the changed clothes to Bai Sheng. He was wearing new clothes and boots.The outer robe is made of green fabric, tied with a light yellow belt, and there is a yellow silk shirt inside. The toga has large sleeves and rides a horse, which also attracts many people to watch.

Many women also came to watch the fun. Seeing that Zhu Ming was handsome and majestic on horseback, they threw flowers and fruits one after another.

"What's the champion's name?"

"It's called He Su."

"Who is that rider?"

"do not know."

"..."

The location of the roll call has been changed several times, and now it is in front of the Jiying Hall, never at the Donghuamen.

The reason for the roll call being related to Donghua Gate is because the officials of the Ministry of Rituals wanted to announce the situation of the top three outside Donghua Gate to the outside world, and then spread the news to the whole of Tokyo.

"What's your name? Who is the first person in this class?" A woman boldly shouted at Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming looked over with a smile, and folded his hands without speaking.

But Bai Sheng led the horse and shouted: "My husband's name is Zhu Ming, and he is the third person in this department!"

"It's Tanhualang, it's Tanhualang!"

The women on the street were all crazy, because Ju Ming's appearance was much more handsome than the No. [-] and No. [-] picks.

In an instant, flowers were pouring down everywhere, accompanied by many fruits.

The emperor specially sent guards to protect the safety of the Xinke Jinshi. At this time, he was so frightened that he hurriedly scolded, because some Jinshi had already been hit by the fruit.

The entire city of Tokyo seemed to have completely forgotten its troubles, cheering because of the imperial examination.

Zhu Ming turned his head to look at He Su, the number one scholar was proud of himself.Moreover, his two brothers also passed the Jinshi examination together, which really honored their ancestors.How could he have expected that he would end up starving to death?
Back at the inn, everyone was beaming, but Min Zishun and Bai Chongyan were quite anxious.

From the first-class Jinshi to the fourth-class Jinshi, they can be directly awarded officials.

There are a large number of top five Jinshi, and they still need to go to the exam.Min Zishun and Bai Chongyan are both fifth-class Jinshi, if they fail the examination, they will have to wait for the vacancy to be dispatched.

The next day, the emperor held a news banquet at the Tribute Court of the Ministry of Rites.

There were not so many rules for this kind of banquet before, but now it is very complicated, because Song Huizong promulgated Zhenghe Xinyi.

Zhu Ming followed the banquet officer into the gate, and stood in the courtyard with all Jinshi.

Each Jinshi sent a few flowers to his head to represent celebration.

After a series of procedures, the band played Zheng'an Le, and the eunuch shouted: "Give you a wedding banquet!"

Scholars entered to pay homage to the emperor, this time they don't need to kneel anymore, they only need to bow.

Of course, if the emperor promulgates a temporary edict, the number one scholar needs to lead everyone to kneel to receive it.Because the temporary imperial edict at the Wenxi Banquet means that the emperor's favor is vast, and this year's Jinshi will inevitably award more and more important officials.

Everyone was seated in the first row, and Zhu Ming was in the third place.

There were not many officials attending the banquet, and they all wore purple robes, but there were more than a dozen poets from Dasheng Mansion.

There are also royal painters to accompany the banquet, such as Zhang Zeduan and so on.

At the beginning, there was a gift of poems. Song Huizong wrote poems himself and gave them to Xinke Jinshi.

The number one scholar answered the poem first, and everyone applauded for his brilliant literary talent.

The second place followed to answer the poem, a little mediocre.

Then it was Zhu Ming's turn, and Song Huizong said, "I've read your eight poems, and today's answer should not be too bad."

The poets of Dasheng Mansion looked at Zhu Ming one after another, expecting him to make a fool of himself.

Because Zhu Ming's answer at the Jiying Hall yesterday was so hurtful that he even denounced all the poets of Dasheng as sycophants.

(End of this chapter)

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