Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

For some reason, old Mr. Wu disliked Kang Hai.

In the final analysis, the two of them can be regarded as the same type of characters, which is probably the so-called repulsion of likes!

When they arrived at the gate of the imperial city, Su Mu and Kang Hai got off the sedan chair and saw that Wu Shiqi had already arrived one step ahead.

Su Mu cupped his hands: "The old gentleman has already arrived!"

Kang Hai: "I have seen Wu Zuo Tongzheng."

"Humph!" Wu Shiqi snorted, ignored him, and instead scolded Su Mu with a stern face: "Su Mu, I don't need to remind you what day is today, right? It’s really disappointing for me to drink until I’m completely drunk.”

The old man has such a temper, he will speak out when he sees something unpleasant, Su Mu didn't take it to heart, instead he asked with a smile: "Old man, are you going to participate in the morning court today, or to participate in the palace examination?"

Wu Shiqi didn't realize that Su Mu was joking with himself, so he replied sternly: "Today is the day of the imperial examination. According to the court system, it's already the early court, and the old man is naturally going to take the exam."

As they were talking, the Juren of the Presidency arrived in twos and threes, and they all stood at the gate of the city holding their breaths and waited quietly.

In a short while, more than 300 people have arrived.

After waiting for a long time, only three clean whips were heard.

The sound was so clear that it seemed to explode in the bones of people, making everyone tremble at the same time, even Su Mu's chaotic head woke up instantly.

He didn't expect the net whip to have such a use.

The sound of the whip fell, and a group of officials from the Ministry of Rituals came out. The head of the man ordered the Chinese-style newcomers to take out the certificates, and after checking them one by one, he waved: "Follow me!"

Although they had already entered the imperial city during the last re-examination, this time the candidates were still shocked by the majesty of the Tian family, and they all bowed their heads and hurried away.

Su Mu was naturally not afraid. While walking and observing, he saw a eunuch inside the city gate holding a whip five or six meters long, looking very energetic.

After entering the Meridian Gate, I walked for a long time, and still came to the Jinshen Hall in the last re-examination, which is also the Hall of Preserving Harmony in later generations.

Unlike the re-examination, the examination room of the palace examination is open-air.

Of course, if it is raining, the examination room will be moved into the Jinshen Hall.

Fifteen rows and twenty rows of low tables, only two feet high, had already been set up in the wide square.

There are no stools behind the low table, just an embroidered brocade pier.

There is a small incense burner on it, burning a candle of tribute incense.On the left of the table is a meat basket, and on the right is a basket of the four treasures of the study.

The Palace Examination is only held for one day, and it is different from the General Examination and the Township Examination. Candidates are now considered quasi-court officials, and they don't need to be searched, and they don't need to bring anything.All the stationery and even the food used in the exams were provided by the imperial court.

The sky has not yet dawned, and the palace test usually starts at sunrise.With Emperor Zhengde's temperament, he would be lazy if he could, so he wouldn't come to preside over the exam in the dark!

The Chinese couples had already numbered their numbers, and then, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rituals, they found their own tables and sat down according to their numbers.

Su Mu was unlucky, and because of his tall stature, he was assigned to the leftmost position in the last group.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, I am afraid that I have to keep sitting upright for the whole day, otherwise I will be disrespectful before driving and my test score will be lowered.

As soon as Su Mu sat in his seat, he secretly complained. After this day's exam, he must be very tired.

Forget it, just hand in the paper earlier!

The palace examination can be handed in in advance, which is relatively humane.

The weather in April has warmed up, but it is still very cold in the morning and evening.

After sitting in the seat for a long time, Su Mu felt extremely bored, so he looked up.But I saw that the layers of white marble railings in front of me were already covered with dew, and then gathered on the mouth of the faucet under the railings, dripping down.

There are about a thousand people in Jinshen Hall, but none of them made a sound, and the sound of dew falling to the ground was very clear.

At this time, there was a wind blowing.

"Hula!" With a sound, the huge cloth hanging in front of Jinshen Hall unfolded.

The eyes are full of blue river water and Hague embroidery, and bright yellow dragon pier tops.

The colors are so gorgeous that it dazzles people's eyes for an instant.

It turned out that before I knew it, the sky had already dawned.

Suddenly it dawned, and the magnificent scene in front of them made everyone lose their minds for a moment.

Before everyone came back to their senses, suddenly, there was loud drum music.

The Xinke tribute students looked back, and saw three high-ranking and second-rank officials walking in a grand manner surrounded by a group of officials.

A few days ago, the examinees had passed the professors of the officials of the Ministry of Rites in advance and knew the etiquette system of the palace examination. Naturally, they knew that these three were the examiners of the undergraduate palace examination, the three cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang.

Behind them are all officials above the second rank.Needless to ask, they are naturally the supervisors of undergraduates, all ministers, ministers and bachelors of the Imperial Academy.

It can be said that the entire superstructure of the Ming Dynasty and the grandparents at the core decision-making level have all appeared in front of everyone.They are all wearing rattan and bamboo silk Liangchao crowns, and purple or red jackets. Just looking at the patch, it is either a crane or a golden pheasant.

All the officials came together and stood in two rows.

Xinke tribute students can be regarded as personal figures in the local area. Many of them are even the suzerains of local prominent families, and they can speak in front of the governor of a province.But when did they ever see such a situation, each of them was so shocked that they couldn't breathe.

Su Mu could see clearly that even a ignorant official like Wu Shiqi and a master of literary circles like Kang Hai would change their faces.

Of course, the only exception is Su Mu.He knew many of the officials in front of him, such as the three elders of the cabinet and Wang Zhi, and even got along with him day and night for several months.

Seeing their serious faces, Su Mu was not only not afraid, but his eyes fell on the patches of their official uniforms, and suddenly he had a funny thought in his heart: on the pattern of patches on the official uniforms of ancient officials, civil servants are all birds, like cranes , egrets; military officers are beasts, unicorns, tigers and so on.Aren't these all beasts in clothes?

This is probably the origin of this idiom, right?

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Su Mu's mouth, and the tension that was still in his heart before suddenly disappeared.

Waiting for the officials to stand at attention, suddenly there were three clear whips, which made all Gongsheng's bodies tremble at the same time, and instantly woke up.Even Su Mu's scalp was numb from the explosion.

Several eunuchs ran over quickly, put their mouths in front of the three cabinet scholars and muttered for a long time, then ran away quickly.

Only a moment later, a gust of bright yellow wind blew in front of my eyes, and a mighty procession came, among them was a nine-carriage chariot.

No need to ask, it is the guard of honor today.

Sitting on the big chariot is the chairman of the head office of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao.