Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 495 Gathering of Heroes (2)

This person is not born with anything. It is so rare that people are born with knowledge. At any age, people know what they should do.

You are not frivolous when you are young, it is a waste of time!

Everyone has moments of hesitation, everyone has moments of confusion, but after all, this road of life must keep moving forward. Standing still is destined to destroy all living beings.

The capital city is the coldest at dawn.

However, today, the capital is different from before.

It's still dark, and the curfew has not been lifted yet. However, in the streets and alleys inside and outside the capital, faint lights of fire appear one after another. From a bird's eye view, these very weak lights of fire converge in one place as time goes by!

Gongyuan! !

Gongyuan faces south from the north, with a rigorous architectural layout, towering walls, and a five-couplet gate. There are two five-couplet gates, Longmen, Mingyuan Tower, Zhigong Hall, Neilongmen, Jukui Hall, Huijing Hall, eighteen rooms, etc. There are watchtowers at the four corners of the Gongyuan for surveillance purposes. The outer walls are triple-layered, including an outer thorn wall, an inner thorn wall, and a brick wall. The examination sheds inside the Gongyuan were expanded during the Wanli period, reaching an astonishing total of more than 1.3!

There is a brick door in the east and west brick walls, and there is an archway inside the door. In the east is "Getting Scholars for the Ming Dynasty" and in the west is "Seeking Talents for the Country." There is a brick shadow wall outside the south wall, and there is a door on the left and right of the wall. There is a "Tiankai Wenyun" archway in the middle of the gate, and there are the main gate, the second gate, and the dragon gate on the central axis, which is also called the three dragon gates.

Whenever the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination and the General Examination are held, it is the busiest time in Gongyuan.

Regardless of whether it is a provincial examination or a general examination, students who come here for reference will go through the most stringent roll call, inspection and other processes, in order to avoid fraud in the examination room! !

There may be some problems with the imperial examination, but in terms of relative fairness, the system allows people to get opportunities for promotion through hard work!

The cold wind howled.

A long line of people outside Gongyuan, under the supervision of soldiers from the Beijing Security Admiral's Office, Shuntian Mansion Office and other departments, were waiting for the moment when the dragon gate of Gongyuan opened.

"Brother Shou, there are really enough people to refer to for this exam."

Zhang Cai smiled and said, "Before the exam started, I specifically talked to them."

After hearing this, Zhang Pu thought of a few people and said subconsciously.

"What about Xia Yunyi and the others?"

"That's fine, that's fine."

Zhang Cai said with some emotion: "Their popularity in Nanyong is so strong, even I can't compare with it. If they are really involved in this dispute, they will regret it sooner or later."

Because Zhu Youxiao specially promoted Xu Guangqi to serve as the Imperial Academy, and successively called batches of students to study in the Imperial Academy in the capital. In addition, many things happened during this period, which caused some things to change quietly.

"Shut up!!"

"They're coming."

Somewhere in the long queue, Zhang Pu held the exam basket and said to Zhang Cai in front of him: "Didn't some people say they want to stop taking the exam? Why are there so many people?"

At this moment, a cold voice sounded, causing the originally riotous team to immediately become quiet.

"Gandu, just listen to this."

"Yes."

Zhang Cai, who was shrinking his neck, smiled and shook his head and said: "The examination is only held once every three years. If you are not held accountable by the court this time, you will have to wait another three years before you can take part. If you are held accountable by the court, you will be in trouble for the rest of your life." It’s hard for them to participate anymore, do you think they are all stupid people?”

Zhang Pu exclaimed softly: "Xia Yunyi and the others are still too young, and some things in Beijing are still too simple. If they just stop taking the exam, it will be difficult for them to take part in the imperial examination again in the future."

In the bright sky, a soldier with sharp eyes, holding a torch, a spear, or a long knife on his waist, was patrolling everywhere.

The Imperial College in Nanjing, also known as Nanyong, has also had batches of supervisors specially called in in the past period. The representatives are none other than Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, Hua Yunyi, Hua Yuncheng, Ma Shiqi, Gong Tingxiang, Huang Chunyao, Hou Qizeng, Yang Tingshu, Chen Zhenhui...

Many of them came to participate in the examination in the second year of Tianqi.

When a stone is thrown into water, the ripples it creates are destined to change. The Ming Dynasty has a prosperous cultural heritage, and this reputation is by no means in vain.

It seems that every special period, a large number of talents will emerge in the land of China. However, under the tide of the times, the choices made by these talents will lead to completely different fates for them.

And now in the second year of Tianqi, this is destined to be an extraordinary period, and the people from the north and south of the Great Tomorrow have to experience this extraordinary trial!

"Mr. Ge, it's almost time."

In the Gongyuan, an official looked serious. He looked at Sun Chengzong, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, bowed and said, "Are you going to send someone to deliver the order?"

"Send someone to deliver the order."

Sun Chengzong slowly opened his eyes, looked around at the people gathered in the hall, and said calmly: "Open the dragon gate!!"

"Here!!"

An official immediately bowed in response and then walked quickly out of the hall.

This year's examination is destined to be an extraordinary one.

As early as after the president, vice president, co-examiners, censors and other officials were selected for the examination, they rushed to the Gongyuan and did not enter or leave until the examination was officially over and all the examination papers had been reviewed, and then they could regain their freedom. , This is to prevent examination fraud from happening.

On the sixth day of February, some earthquakes were felt in the capital, and everyone in Gongyuan was panicked, but even then, the door of Gongyuan was not opened.

Even if something more critical happens, the rural examination and the joint examination held in Gongyuan are not over, and even if someone really dies inside, the door of Gongyuan will not be opened.

"Open the dragon gate!!!"

Throughout the Gongyuan, as time passed, shouts were heard one after another, passed by countless people from inside to outside, and the closed gate of the Gongyuan slowly opened under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes.

"Open the dragon gate!!!"

"Open the dragon gate!!"

In the silent environment, these sounds were transmitted, making the countless candidates waiting in line outside the Gongyuan become nervous.

Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, just to be able to jump over the dragon gate and be named on the gold list. But at this moment, their fate has changed.

"Lu Jiandou, it's time to test you!"

In the long queue, Lu Xiangsheng, who was holding the examination basket, stared at the wide-open dragon gate in front of him with his bright eyes, Lu Xiangsheng said secretly in his heart.

At this moment, countless people have countless thoughts.

The morning sun rises slowly from the east at this moment, and the bright sky is completely bright. The golden light shines on the world, and the morning sun looks so dazzling.

Under the howling cold wind, in the long queue, countless candidates raised their heads and looked at the rising sun in the east. It seemed that at this moment, many people saw the moment when he was named on the gold list...

(End of this chapter)