Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

The four examiners withdrew from the Fengtian Temple in a complicated mood, and the two eunuchs were all diligent and conscientious in busying the grand event that took place only in three years:

First, he personally supervised the Zhongshusheren in the imperial room to fill in the emperor's list and write the posts in the order agreed by the examiners. After the posts were completed, they rushed to ask the Zhongshusheren to send the posts to Honghe Temple. On the one hand, it was heard that Secretary Shang Bao had used the seal on the filled-in imperial ranking list.

The Honghe Temple also followed the post to pass the middle test and sent people to guide them to the Guozijian to receive the new jinshi towels and prepare for the salute tomorrow.

March 18 is the first day for the rankings. In the early morning, the Jinyiwei was convenient for setting up a guard of honor in the court. The Jiaofang Division presented the Shang Yonghe Dayue. The hundred officials were listed on both sides in court uniforms, and the Hongyou Temple set up a case in the hall. The scholars of the Imperial Academy held the imperial rankings and handed them to the first assistant and official book of the Ministry of Ritual Wanan, and then transferred to the case by Wan Shoufu.

Three hundred and fifty elders in the palace put on dark blue and blue-edged Jinshi towels, led by Huiyuan Cui Xie, and followed the officials of Hongshe Temple to the temple to wait for the beginning of the ceremony.

Cui Xie stood at the head of all the sons and had a wide field of vision. He could see the Dahan generals in armors on duty in the temple, the scarlet captains who carried the guard of honor, the Hongyou Temple officials who supported the case, and the few standing in front of the civil and military class. A bachelor...For some reason, he seemed to feel that a few bachelors were staring at him secretly, and their expressions were not very good.

However, those who shook his face gave him a less threatening sense, better than those who looked kind and loved and wanted to hire him as his son-in-law.

Marriage in the Ming Dynasty has always been made by the two people seeing each other, or even if the two in-laws see each other, regardless of whether the person being arranged is happy or not. Cui Xie is now a person with a family, and after more than ten years of ideological education in the new era, he only wants to be a monogamous person, but he doesn't want to be referred to as a son-in-law by anyone.

But he is a jinshi, the youngest unmarried jinshi in the list, this kind of thing is probably inevitable in the future, so he really has to be careful to block it.

He was spinning his thoughts, the musicians in the temple have played the sound of Zhuanghe, the emperor is in the music, and under the guidance of the instructor, he is in the Fengtian Temple, standing above the throne, watching the newly selected group of himself Juvenile Jinshi.

Sandingjia are young talents of Tsinghua University, and the oldest Tanhua is only twenty-eight, which is the most energetic and energetic age; the second place is only twenty, with good looks, and there is a calm and solemn young age. He believes that he is a person who can do things; not to mention the champion, he looks very handsome, and today he is refreshed by the joy of winning two yuan. The more he shines and the brighter he chooses. Jin Yiwei is not as handsome as him!

It is worthy of his personal training, who personally picked the champion from many examples, and this good looks alone is enough to be in the palace!

The emperor glanced at Cui Xie with satisfaction, but still did not speak, silently watching his Highness the new sergeants worship under the command of the Zanli officer. Later, a transmission officer knelt down and asked for transmission. He only lightly said "Yes", and then the transmission officer turned to Dan for transmission. The deacon's official list case went to Danchi Yudao and declared that there was "system". The tribute officer led the crowd to kneel down, and only waited for the system official to roll the name to correct their name as Jinshi.

The people in the hall were silent and hearts were boiling. The minds of the hundred officials and the three hundred and fifty new scholars fell on the emperor. Although they could not look directly, no one dared to leave a little.

After waiting for a while, the emperor finally spit out in a majestic and arduous voice: "Pass the system."

The long-awaited transmission officer immediately read according to the list: "On March 15th, the 23rd year of Chenghua, we will test the world's tribute. The first one is given to Jinshi and the second. The second is given to Jinshi. The third is given. Born in the same Jinshi!"

The kneeling lifters suddenly tensed a string in their hearts, hoping that their names would be the first to be called-at least among the first few names. The few people in the forefront of the test have all pricked their ears to listen to their names, hoping that the painstaking question of the palace test can make the emperor take the center and win the top prize.

Only when he was mentally prepared beforehand, he had been persuading himself that this traverser could not compete with Cui Xie, the real Sanding One in history, to stand there calmly. He didn't even go to see the Chuanzhi official, he only looked at the golden bricks under his feet, his expression was super stalwart, his vibe was Qinghua, he didn't have a half-hearted attitude toward fame and power.

Wan Shoufu glanced at him quietly in front, then silently turned his head back, secretly let out a "hypocritical" cry. He only had time to take a look and curse, and the Chuanzhi officer had already sang: "Cui Xie, the first one."

The very short and very long waiting time between the two sentences of the transfer of officials finally passed, and the position of the champion fell to the head of Huiyuan unexpectedly and not unexpectedly.

It was only Cui Xie who was surprised. Although the others were a little bit regretful and unwilling, they could accept this result, and then prayed to the gods and Buddhas that the next person to be called was himself.

After Chuan Yu sang the name, Xu Ban sang again, and the voice "Cui Xie" finally hooked back to Cui Xie's soul. He hurriedly followed the ritual system and went out of the queue to bow down.

When he was put in the ranks, the transfer officer sang the first and second place Fei Hong's sentence, and then the third place Liu Chun. All three of them went out to salute. After Chuanxu Turui, he bowed down in the class and didn't have to go out to salute.

Three hundred and fifty jinshis had finished their chanting, and the tribute officer invited all the juren to worship, and followed the music four times before flattening. When the music ceased, the deacon came out with the yellow list, and this grand ceremony officially came to an end.

Outside the hall, Jin Yiwei has been arranged to guide with scattered cover drum music. The new jinshi followed behind the sergeant, and walked to the left gate of Chang'an majesticly and solemnly, watching the sergeant Zhang Hang Huang Bang.

Many people waiting to watch the excitement have gathered outside the palace gate, but they are separated by guards from a distance, and can only look at this group of enviable new recruits from a distance. However, as soon as Huang Bang was posted, someone shouted from the outside: "I see! The top pick in this category is Cui Xie! The second place in the ranking is Fei Hong! Liu Chun..."

The sound waves spread farther away, higher and more lively than the solemn and grand vocals in the hall. Without the solemn hall and the suppression of imperial power, the joy and pride of the gold list inscriptions more purely rushed to the hearts of everyone. These new scholars burst out with a spirit that is more high than in the temple, and their faces are flying, and they can finally congratulate each other and enjoy the joy of becoming a Jinshi without any scruples.

Cui Xie was more popular this time than when he was Huiyuan, and he was surrounded by people, congratulations to him. Several jinshi who came out of Qian’an with him talked to others about how he got into the forefront of the second class because of the book written by Huiyuan. Lu Boshan introduced their experience of being on the same list as mentor and apprentice, and by the way promoted him with foreign jinshi. That pencil that can benefit the world's students.

After the posting of the list is over, it is said that the official will go back to participate in the last part of the ceremony-that is, after the list is posted, a speech will be given by the Secretary of the Hongyou Temple, congratulating the emperor, "the heavens open the literature, the virtuous and the good, the righteous celebration", and then go Five prayers and three prostrations, this court ceremony is only over.

And the new jinshi are not qualified to participate in this big ceremony, the Chuanyou ceremony is over for them, and the jinshi have to go home separately. Only the champion was given special treatment. The Shuntian mansion had prepared a guard of ceremonies with an umbrella cover in advance, sounded gongs to clear the road, and sent the champion home.

The number one scholar is also going to parade, to boast of his glory as the number one talent in the world.

Shuntian Mansion Yin Wuqi ordered someone to prepare a horse for him, and he would follow which way he wanted to go, and which way he would go around with the guard of honor. The stick-holding Xuli also persuaded him: "Today's glory of the champion is to be praised for a lifetime, how can you go home hastily? The little people are not afraid of getting tired, and they just want to follow the champion to go around a few streets, so that the people of Jingshi Seeing the demeanor of the master, the younger ones also followed suit."

Lu Juren, Guo Yong, Tang Ning, Wang Zhichang and the like also persuaded him: "This honor is a rare honor. We have never seen it a few times in our life. We have to catch up with this important event today. . You turn slowly, and we will go to your house after you, which is also considered honor."

Right.

Other advanced scholars can go wherever they want to go after reading the list. He, the champion, uses the guard of honor from Shuntian Mansion, and he must go home after walking this lap from the street. There are so many fellow villagers back home, and there is no time to go out alone again, so let's take advantage of the opportunity to visit Fusiyamen in Beizhen.

Cui Xie was unwilling to refute the wishes of his fellow villagers and Mr. Lu, and also had his own selfishness, so he nodded and discussed with them that he would go out from the left door of Chang'an and go around to the right door of Chang'an before returning home.

The Zao servants laughed and said: "This is only a few steps away, is it still a detour? The top champion just wants to walk around the Forbidden City and go home not far!"

Cui Xie didn’t plan to go too far, as long as he went around to see the person he wanted to see—even if he took a look across the wall, he smiled and said, “My house is in the northeast of the Elephant Training Institute, in front of the rear blisters. Let's turn from Liubu Street, then turn around the Qianbu Corridor to the side of the Forbidden City, and walk along the Changan Youmenwai Long Street."

Although the road he chose was not far away, he passed through the six sections on the left, passed the Sanfa Division and the Jinyiwei Yamen on the right, all of which were dazzling places where high-ranking officials entered and exited. This trip was also quite beautiful. In the same year, a few people only thought that he didn't go far enough, so they wished he could turn a few more street owners to the north. The samurai men urged them with a guard of honor: "Let’s turn out from here first, don’t let people block the bustle. Doesn't it all work if I turn out of this street?"

The new recruits had no experience in parading, so they listened to them and planned to get up first before talking.

The Zao servants sounded the gong to clear the way, and Cui Xie rode a high-headed horse following the ceremony. Although the rest of the people did not have the horses that were sent by Shuntian Mansion, there were bearers and carriages waiting to be sent to the soldiers, so they pooled their money and hired a small green sedan chair to parade behind the team of ritual staff.

Before they traveled from the east gate of Chang'an to the west gate, the contents of the yellow list were spread to Fusiyamen in Beizhen early. A group of innocent criminals and school lieutenants took the copied names and rushed in. In the second hall, smiled and asked Xie Ying: "Does an adult know who the champion in this section is?"

When they asked, Xie Ying guessed who it was, and she was overjoyed. Regardless of their uneasy work, she ran to the Shangguan case to preach the gossip and smiled with excitement in her heart. Busy, Tete came here to ask me who the champion is-I just don't know, I should know after hearing this question. But Cui Huiyuan?"

Lu Baihu said "Hey": "My lord, you just guessed it as soon as you guessed it. You also pretend not to know, and tell the children to sell it, isn't it?

While talking and laughing, I remembered that Cui Xie was already a scholar, and I felt a little emotional: "In the lower offices, there are many people picking up scholars in the city these days. Most of the picks are talented and unqualified. A person who happened to be admitted to the scholarship. How come the grown-up, just like in the drama, meets a dying boy, donating gold and silver to send him... Send him home, this dying boy won a champion?"

Wouldn't it just send gold and silver, or privately book for life.

The smile on the corner of Xie Ying's mouth could hardly be suppressed, and she shook her head and said, "That's because you are too impatient. I picked up this scholar five years ago. I have waited for these five years to wait for the champion among him. You only In half a year's time, how could you pass the exam so easily?"

Lu Baihu said with emotion: "That's true. I followed the adult and sentenced his stepmother to frame the case of Qian'an Prefecture for three years."

Yeah, it's been five years...I don't usually think, thinking back, they have known each other for so long.

When he first met Cui Xie, he was just a badly wounded young man who was so weak that he could break with a single finger. Now he has become the most shining champion among the literati, and he is in the heart of the emperor. He has an unlimited future. If it hadn’t been for this way, he would have watched Cui Xie come over for the exam, and would have been close by him so enthusiastically, regardless of his identity. With his own temperament, maybe he would have to consider the identity of each other again, and would not mention the previous paragraph. Past.

The two of them had been together for these years, and Cui Xie had always been reaching out to him, and he always had a retreat mentality, until Jin Yiwei's reputation improved now, did he dare to get closer to him. But now Jin Yiwei's reputation has improved. He himself has been praised by a few literati. Even if he stands with Cui Xie openly, outsiders will never criticize...

Since there is nothing wrong with Cui Xie, and the two have skin-to-skin intimates, and can't tear apart as cleanly as before, can he go one step further-don't call the one reaching him Extending your hands in the air for too long and waiting too much?

His hands tightened under the table, his eyes were sharp and he looked out of the door, and he smiled and ordered: "Let's go, I'll give you a short vacation, let's go see the champion parade."

Everyone was pleasantly surprised: "Should everyone go together? If Master Tongzhi comes back, if you know..."

Xie Ying glanced at him, but there was no displeasure: "Then I will charge you the charge of Bai Yili Ya. The big deal is to ask the two adults to scold you a few months and pay a few months."

A group of guards in Jinyi walked outside the office with joy, to visit the scholars picked up by their role models and the role models of scholars. Only when I walked outside the corner gate, I saw that Zhu Tongzhi was already wearing a red official gown with a waistless waist. He was standing outside the gate with a few wives and thousands of households. The BMW was in his hand, but the people did not enter the yamen, but just stood there. Squinted to look at the other side of the long street.

The people who ran out of the office couldn't laugh anymore, but only came to the ground to see the salute.

Xie Ying was about to step forward to take the matter, but Zhu Tongzhi waved his hand at him: "You came just right, we just caught up with the champion parade when we came back, looking like we are going to swim to our yamen. Is this Cui champion still your acquaintance? Come out and have a look. This is a rare good fortune. None of the relatives and friends that the official has met in this life has ever won the champion!"

Everyone was overjoyed and stayed outside the door waiting to see the champion parade. Xie Ying thanked the adults for their kindness on their behalf, and stood behind Zhu Ji and the others, looking towards the side of Long Street.

The sun was shining all over the street in the near noon, and from the side of the street, there was a ceremonial battle with the words "No. 1 and No. 1", "Quiet" and "Evasion". Wearing a newly made blue shirt and Qingyuan Jinshi robe, wearing a tall black gauze square scarf, the handsome young champion.

He was at the most energetic moment. His smile was brighter than the sun in the sky, making his handsome facial features more conspicuous, shining brightly, and making people unable to remove their eyes than the flushed face illuminated by the red candle that night.

Xie Ying stared at the figure that was getting closer and closer. Until the sound of gongs and drums approached, he faintly saw that the young champion immediately ignored the people watching the excitement around him and looked at them from a distance.

That gaze flicked across the group of officials in red, and almost immediately, they found him quickly and without hesitation, looking only at his eyes.

Xie Ying was inconvenient to speak, and only gave him a deep smile across the crowd, and nodded affirmatively.