A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 45 Palace Exam
At this time, the outside of the Gongyuan was already crowded with people. Scholars from all over the place were crowding and pushing, waiting for the final outcome.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and for a moment, everyone was paying attention.

Two gentlemen came out, holding lists in their hands, and kept pushing away the scholars surrounding them.

"Get out of the way, out of the way!"

They held three red lists in their hands and pasted them one by one on the wall of the Gongyuan.

From low ranking to high ranking.

Yan Ji squeezed over anxiously, and before he could stand still, he was already looking up.

He felt very conflicted. He wished his name was on it, but also wished it wasn't.

If so, then he would be a Gongsheng student, but this also means that his ranking would be quite low.But if he is not there, he will have to continue to wait anxiously, and he may not be admitted.

After browsing through it hastily, there was no name of his own, but Yan Shiqin on the side said "Hmm": "I won, 1." He looked quite happy, and it was obvious that passing the general examination had met his expectations.

When the second list was opened, Yan Xincheng also smiled happily. He was ranked No. 40. This result exceeded his expectations and made him very excited.

But there is still no name of Yan Ji.

There is only the last one left, which means that either Yan Ji fails the list, or he is among the top forty.

The list slowly opens from bottom to top.

No. 40, no!

No. 20, no!

Tenth, still not!
Soon the list scrolled up and only the top three were left.

All the scholars present were sweating. Some of them already knew their results, but they still wanted to see the names of the top few.

"Second Master, why haven't you got one yet? You must have failed the exam, right?" Yan Shiqin said carelessly. Before he finished speaking, Yan Xincheng hit him on the head:
"Nonsense! Could it be that the second master is not as good as you? Maybe our second master has won the prize and should be the last to show his name!"

Many people heard this sentence, but no one said anything. It was the first imperial examination in the new dynasty, and there were no recognized scholars who were famous all over the world. Everyone might be a dark horse.

Yan Ji sighed, he was not sure about winning the top three among so many scholars.

Could it be that he really failed?

The red paper slowly rolled up.

No.3, Wu Bozong!
A young man in his twenties sighed softly. He was only in third place. His goal was to win three yuan. It seemed that there was no hope of winning three yuan in a row.

No.2, Yan Ji!

Yan Ji could hardly believe his eyes, he thought he was destined to fail!But I never thought that I could get such a ranking among so many scholars across the country. This is simply an unexpected surprise!
The two people next to him started congratulating each other, but he couldn't hear anything and was completely immersed in joy.

Although he is not Huiyuan, this result is enough!This in itself is already a great honor among scholars!

No.1, Zhang Wei!

From somewhere in the crowd, there was a huge cheer, and someone was throwing a lot of copper coins into the street. Most of the scholars crowded in. They were not short of money, but they wanted to be happy, and even Yan Shiqin couldn't bear it. I went to pick one up, and Yan Xincheng was killed again:
"The second master is here. If you want to be happy, why don't you get involved with the second master?" He said with a naive smile:

"If you mess with the second master, the second master will be missing..."

The three fell silent for a moment.

Yan Ji smiled, with tears flashing in his eyes. He didn't know whether it was the excitement of being on the list or something else. He patted Yan Shiqin's shoulder:

"Dip it, dip it, the second master will reward you..."

At this point, the trial is over.

There are a total of 120 people, who are Gongsheng students and can enter the palace examination.

They were not kept waiting for long. Only three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang officially held the imperial examination.

This is the final contest!The gold content of Jinshi is not comparable to those before. The eyes of the Gongsheng students are full of vigilance towards each other, like life and death enemies. This is related to their future future. Not to mention anything else, just between the first-class and second-class students. There is a huge difference in time, and the three places in the first class are the focus of competition!

Under the guidance of palace officials, the scholars walked through the tall Meridian Gate and the splendid palace, and came to a main hall, with three eye-catching characters "Fengtian Palace" written on the plaque above.

Yan Ji was among them. They had never seen such a scene before. Although they didn't say anything along the way, they were already shocked in their hearts.

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was already on the throne.

After all the scholars had finished saluting, he spoke, his voice low and majestic:
"No gift, give a seat!"

Your Highness, rows of tables and chairs have been prepared, and the four treasures of the study above are complete.

"In this imperial examination, I will personally make decisions and ask questions, and you will make comments, and the best one will be selected as a Jinshi." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone and roughly remembered their appearance in his heart. Even the appearance of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was After reviewing the elements of the investigation, I already have a good impression of a few people:

"Listen up, my question is 'Yuan lost the world because of his kindness', please wait two hours for your answer."

Yuan lost the world because of his kindness?What the hell is this?

All the candidates were stunned for a moment.

Yuan?Tolerant?Your Majesty, how did you connect these two words together?Or do you want to slap yourself in the face?
However, after Zhu Yuanzhang finished saying this, he started reading the memorials by himself and had no intention of paying any attention to them.

All the candidates had to lower their heads and think hard, and due to time constraints, they had to start their strategies as soon as possible.

Some candidates believed that this was Zhu Yuanzhang explaining the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty.After all, he once said, "The emperor ordered the real person to go to China in the desert and become the master of the world." He recognized the Yuan Dynasty.In this case, then Ming Dynasty replaced Yuan, and naturally he was also the orthodox emperor.So he eloquently demonstrated the transfer of orthodox status from the end of the Song Dynasty to the replacement of the Yuan Dynasty by the Ming Dynasty. As for lenience, he thought about it and continued to write: "Although the Yuan Dynasty is lenient, it is not as wise as your majesty. , so he was replaced."

Some scholars felt that the Yuan Dynasty was indeed tolerant, but it was tolerant to the ruling class and exploited ordinary people. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he should not only be tolerant to the bureaucrats, but also treat all the people well.So he wrote, "We should take history as a guide, treat the officials with ease, treat the people with reduced taxes and lighten the corvee, and govern by doing nothing is the right way..."

Yan Ji also had the same idea. After all, most people understand that water can carry and capsize a boat. This is where the problem lies.

He picked up his pen.

"Husband, the Son of Heaven, inherits the mandate of Heaven to control all directions. The people of the world are like His Majesty's sons, and the ministers of the world are like His Majesty's hands and feet. How can we imitate the previous dynasty that valued hundreds of officials but despised the people? Penalties should be relaxed, sins pardoned, and corvee reduced... "

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