prosperous age

Chapter 174 Chapter 173
The system of Chuanlu began in the Song Dynasty. Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" records: "The Jinshi sang in the Jiying Hall on the first day, the emperor came to the pavilion, and the prime minister entered the first and third papers. , from the door of the pavilion to inherit it and pass it on."

It's just that it's the Ming Dynasty now, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already set up all the procedures for passing on Lu, so that future generations can follow suit.

At the time of Ding Chouyin in March of the 35th year of Jiajing, Wei Guangde had already waited outside the Daming Gate with Lao Kan, and those of his same age were naturally with him.

Because the palace examination gold list has not yet been made public, naturally the order of their positions is still based on the results of the examination, Huiyuan Jinda naturally stands in the left side of the first row, and so on.

He was already familiar with Wei Guangde in the same year before and after, so naturally there was no saying that he could not find a place, and he quickly stood at the back of the queue.

When the time came, the officials of the Ministry of Rites led them through the side door of the Daming Gate, walked through the long corridor to the Chengtian Gate, and accepted the inspection of the Jinwu guards as usual before letting them go.

Along the way, Wei Guangde felt that the atmosphere today seemed much more solemn than during the palace examination. When passing through Chengtianmen, Wei Guangde accidentally glanced at the palace wall outside Chengtianmen, and did not know that the yellow list would be posted on where.

After everyone walked through the Fengtian Gate and entered the square in front of the Fengtian Hall, they all stood in front of Majesty Dan and waited for Chuanlu under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites.

At this time, the inside and outside of Fengtian Hall had already been properly arranged in accordance with the emperor's etiquette. The steps outside the hall were already full of officials in court uniforms, and the square in front of the hall and both sides of the steps in front of the hall were also full of Han generals holding various weapons of honor. , Captain Jin Yiwei, made the whole ceremony look grand and solemn.

As the officials of Honglu Temple played the invitation to ascend to the hall, Emperor Jiajing moved from Huagai Hall to Fengtian Hall. happy.

The music comes from the front and rear, giving Wei Guangde a feeling of returning to the later generations to enjoy the surround sound.

"Crack, snap, snap"

In the crisp sound of the whip, Emperor Jiajing sat on the supreme throne.

With the chorus of "Bai" in front, many ministers and new scholars in the hall and outside the hall all knelt down together, and then there was another "rise", and everyone stood up one after another, followed by another "bow".
All the ministers and scholars paid five prostrations and three kowtows to Emperor Jiajing, who was on the throne, and Wei Guangde could only do it mechanically.

After the ceremony, Wei Guangde secretly raised his head and looked around again. There was nothing to see. The surrounding Xinke Scholars bowed their heads in a respectful manner. Then he looked at the Fengtian Hall. Emperor Jiajing was sitting on the throne, and it seemed that some ceremony was going on inside. Perhaps it is to arrange for the ministers to come out to pass on the group, that is, to report the rankings of everyone.

Not long after, I vaguely saw someone handing over something in the hall, and then put it there, and finally someone in the hall came out to kneel down, picked up something from it, and then turned around to open it, it seems that it should be a kind of imperial decree something.

By this time, Wei Guangde knew that the ceremony in the palace might be over, and now it was time to announce the name of the champion, so he quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to peek any more.

At this time, the sound of Yayue that was still floating before has long since stopped, only a faint sound came from the Fengtian Temple in the distance.

"In the 35th year of Jiajing's Bingchen Kedian Examination, the imperial scholars of the world were tested. The first class was awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class was awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class was awarded with Jinshi's background."

Wei Guangde knew that it was "Zhigao", that is, the imperial decree granting them Jinshi status.

At this time, all of His Highness' Jinshi were worried, waiting for the announcement of the final list.

For the lower-ranked Jinshi, who wouldn't want to push himself ahead in case the examiner's old eyesight is dim?
What's more, Emperor Jiajing has made a lot of changes to the reading of the papers, especially the top three papers that the emperor didn't pay attention to before. Emperor Jiajing has to draw four copies to read. Who doesn't want to be that lucky one.

"No. 1 in the Palace Examination. The Great Cordons."

In the anticipation of many new scholars, the voice of singing the list came from far away from the front of the hall.

But because of the distance, everyone, including Wei Guangde, couldn't hear clearly. Many candidates with similar pronunciations and high rankings couldn't help but tremble all over.

But it doesn't matter if they can't hear clearly the first time they sing and read, because some people will repeat it three times later.

After the officials of Honglu Temple sang the name of the No. 1 champion, the captain of Jinyi outside the hall sang the name in a neat and forceful relay: "The No. 1 No. [-] champion in the palace examination."

At this time, Zhu Dashou, who ranked No.2 in the examination, suddenly became ecstatic after being slightly surprised. After bowing and saluting, he walked out of the Jinshi queue under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and came to the left side of the royal road under the steps to thank the emperor. longn.

After the three waves of school lieutenant relay roared three times in a row, the school lieutenants immediately fell silent again, because the second place and third place in the first class will also have this honor, and their task has not been completed yet.

"No. 2 Tao Dalin, No. [-] in the palace examination."

"No. 3 Jinda, No. [-] in the palace examination."

Wei Guangde quietly listened to the names of the top three candidates in the Jinshi queue, and finally heard Jin Da's name on the list of Tanhualang. He inadvertently raised his head and glanced at the person who should have been the champion. Behind Dashou.

There is no suspense about the top three. In fact, almost all Jinshi knew it in their hearts before that. It is impossible for Jinda to become the number one scholar. In fact, he did not.

But I can't be envious of this, after all, people's test results are there, and if the level is not as good as others, they can only admit it.

Then Chuanlu continued. At this time, the names of the second and third best were announced in turn, and the rest of the Jinshi knew what their rank was.

However, when the Honglu Temple officials sang the first name, there was a little commotion in the entire Jinshi queue, which was really unexpected.

"No. 1 in the Palace Examination, No. [-]. Wei Guangde."

"No. 2 in the Palace Examination, No. [-]. Chen Xi."

The Ceremony of Passing on Lulu was still proceeding according to the procedure, but Wei Guangde, who stayed in the queue of Jinshi, felt like a thunderbolt was ringing in his head.

I actually rushed from No. 271 to No.4?

Wei Guangde still can't believe that this will be true, it really surprised him.

Although I don't know what other people think, but Wei Guangde really never thought that he would be able to reach the top two, and even climbed to the first place frankly, Chuanlu.

If Wei Guangde still had a little bit of fluke mentality before the results of the test, after the results of the test were released, he had no such thoughts at all.

In his opinion, being on the list is the result of his tireless travels to temples and temples inside and outside the capital, and it is really a high incense.

But now, my palace examination result is actually No. 4. Does that mean that if I had done a better job in the palace examination strategy at that time, would it have been possible to step on Jin Da and rise to the position of Tanhualang?

Wei Guangde was thinking wildly behind the ranks of Jinshi, with joy and regret at the same time.

At this time, he only thought that his article was well done, which caught the eyes of the examiners, so his ranking was greatly improved.

Fortunately, at this time, the second- and third-class Jinshi didn't need to leave the class to thank En, but just stayed where he was, so he didn't make a fool of himself because of his wild thoughts.

It took a long time, and finally, the official of Honglu Temple sang the last name, "No. 203 in the third class in the palace examination. Li Shixian."

The entire roll-call process is considered to be over, and it takes a lot of time to read all the rankings of the [-] Jinshi.

As Danbi played "The Chapter of Qingping" again under the performance of the musicians, the officials of the Ministry of Rites guided the Jinshi Jinshi to bow down to Emperor Jiajing again to thank him.

As the official of the Ministry of Rites took the yellow list from the officials of Honglu Temple, and respectfully placed it on the cloud plate engraved with the auspicious dragon pattern, the four servants gently lifted the cloud plate and walked out of Fengtian Hall. The long-time officer Luan held up the yellow cover representing the supreme authority of the emperor to clear the way. When he came down from the steps, the cloud plate passed the imperial road and passed through Fengtian Gate, Meridian Gate and Chengtian Gate. The yellow list will be posted outside the East Chang'an Gate. On the palace wall, it was taken back by the cabinet three days later and placed in the Imperial College.

Huang Gai was at the front, and Huang Bang was at the back. At this time, the princes and ministers in the hall also lined up neatly to follow behind, and they came out of the list together with the Jinshi.

When Huang Bang passed by, Wei Guangde raised his head and looked at the Fengtian Hall in the distance. Emperor Jiajing had already got up and left his seat.

The entire ceremony of passing on the pilgrimage probably took up a lot of time for the Dao Lord to practice.

At this time, in the ranks of Jinshi, Wei Guangde had already consciously stood on Jin Da's right. He is now No.1 in the second class, so he should be here.

However, seeing Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin, and Jin Da in front of them being led to a side hall, and then coming out of it, they had already put on new clothes, and at this time Zhu Dashou had already put on the champion uniform , wearing Erliang Chaoguan on his head, wearing Feiluo court clothes, a plain silver belt on his waist, and a pair of medicinal jade pendants, his appearance is really majestic.

There is also the hairpin on the hat, the branches and leaves are all silver, decorated with emerald green feathers, and there is a small gold medal hanging on it, whether it is made of pure gold or painted with silver, Wei Guangde is not sure, he has to take it off and weigh it to know. The words "Rong En Banquet" were extremely eye-catching.

When the three of them got on a white horse again, Wei Guangde felt sour again.

If I had been more careful and serious during the imperial examination, maybe I would be able to ride a white horse through Yudao Yujie to praise officials.

Sighing in his heart, Wei Guangde could only walk behind them, he couldn't go through the middle door, he could only go out through the side door.

It's just that when he was feeling sorry for himself, there were countless pairs of envious and jealous eyes looking at him behind him.

Although there is no horse to ride, Wei Guangde walks in the first row after all, and the others can only follow behind him to eat ashes, and it is not easy to show their faces.

After leaving the palace gate, the princes and ministers naturally would not follow them to praise their officials, but just bowed their hands politely to these new disciples of the emperor.

The guard of drum music who had been waiting here for a long time saw the Xinke Scholars come out, and immediately began to blow and beat with their hands and mouths, creating a grand and festive atmosphere.

The yamen servants blew the gong to clear the way, followed by officials from the Ministry of Rites guarding the yellow list, Zhu Dashou and other three first-class Jinshi also followed on horseback, leading Wei Guangde and others on foot to Chang'an Avenue.

At this time, both sides of Chang’an Street were already crowded with people. In ancient China, the common people’s entertainment activities were relatively lacking. For the imperial street boasting officials held every three years in the capital city, it naturally became an important entertainment activity for the people in the capital city.

Wei Guangde looked at both sides of the street while walking, and felt that most of the people in the capital had come to watch the excitement, and the whole street was full, and there was no gap in sight.

The gong was sounded to clear the way, and the people like himself lined up neatly behind the team, Wei Guangde suddenly had a feeling, not that kind of honorable feeling.

Wei Guangde knew that the main purpose of Yujie boasting officials was to motivate students to be self-motivated, to encourage them to study actively, to take part in the imperial examinations, and to let students see the brilliance of the number one scholar.

Riding on a tall horse is really glorious, but for the second- and third-tier Jinshi, Wei Guangde feels like he is being admired by others, what should I do if I feel a little ashamed?
Walking on the imperial street of the imperial city, receiving congratulations from all the people, Zhu Dashou and the others are indeed dazzling at the moment, but the more Wei Guangde walks away, the more uncomfortable he feels.

The bragging team came to the left gate of Chang'an, where a gorgeously decorated colorful shed had already been temporarily built. After the government servants separated the crowd, officials from the Ministry of Rites entered it with the imperial list, and posted the imperial list in the colored shed for all people to watch.

Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin and other first-class Jinshi were looking at the imperial list of Jinshi, and they couldn't be more excited.

When Wei Guangde was in trouble, on the side of the street, Zhang Ji, Wei Guangde's long follower, and Li San, the coachman and bodyguard, had already seen Wei Guangde following closely behind Sanding Jia.

Li San had never read a book, so naturally he didn't know much about it. He just knew that his young master was going to be an official. In fact, he had already decided to be an official at the end of last month, but he didn't know what kind of official he would be.

Li San felt very honored to see so many grown-ups bringing their young masters out to parade in the street. Although he didn't walk on the street, his young master was inside.

But Zhang Ji has read books. Although he didn't understand these things before, but during this period of time in the capital, he has been in contact with other book boys and entourages who raised sons and tributes. He already knows the position of the young master. Only the name can stand, what does this mean?
"hiss"

Zhang Ji couldn't help but gasp.

He knew the results of his young master in the examination, more than 200, how could it be possible to reach the top of the second class?

The attendants of Lao Kan and Zhang Ke next to him were also dumbfounded looking at the team of boasting officials passing by on the street. Wei Guangde's position was really eye-catching.

The eyes of those people on the street were naturally attracted by the Three Tripod Armor on the horse, and as servants, they naturally looked for their young master in the crowd behind, and then inevitably saw that young and over-the-top biography.

Wei Guangde thought that people on the streets around him were watching their jokes, just like playing monkeys, but he didn't consider at all that in fact, people's attention was only on the top pick on the horse. not much.

(End of this chapter)