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Chapter 392 Roll Call
The palace examination is different from the provincial examination and the general examination. After the names on the gold list are passed, there is a ceremony for passing on the name.

All [-] new Jinshi scholars received Jinshi robes and locust wood wat boards from Honglu Temple (traditionally it was the Imperial College). The official uniforms had no grade and were specially prepared for the passing ceremony. They had to be returned after wearing them.

The civil and military affairs of the capital must be attended unless there are special circumstances.

The new scholars walked in from the main entrance of the Forbidden City, with Chen Hongmou, the number one scholar, walking in the front.

The bells and drum towers of the Meridian Gate rang, and the ritual and music ensemble played.

Civil and military officials can only go through the gates on both sides, while new scholars can go directly through the Meridian Gate. This is considered a preferential treatment for new scholars.

Usually only the emperor can enter the Meridian Gate, and the queen can only enter after her wedding.

Although the palace servants who carried the emperor's sedan chair and the accompanying maids could walk on it, the meaning was different.

Two hundred Jinshi were walking in the Meridian Gate Palace, and their hearts were filled with excitement as they listened to the continuously playing grand ceremony music.Even Chen Hongmou, who was from the lowest background and studied Neo Confucianism, felt extremely satisfied at this moment.

Many new scholars are already quietly wiping away tears.

What do you mean, such as setting up a small family, banning slaves, splitting up large households... these are all the policies of the emperor's father. What do they know?
The so-called thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness.Since you are a king and father, you just need to bear it well, how can you be resentful.

Not only were the new scholars filled with tears, but the civil and military officials who came in from both sides were also filled with envy.

Except for a few officials among them, many of them, including several ministers and ministers in various ministries, had never passed the Jinshi examination.

When entering the palace through the Meridian Gate, for many officials, only those who have been named on the gold list can enter the palace.

After crossing the bridge and entering, two hundred Jinshi were waiting in the square.

"Hundreds of officials enter the palace!"

All civil and military officials followed the shouts of the guards in front of the palace and walked into Fengtian Palace to the music.

I don't know how long it took before Lin Jingyu, the Minister of Rites, came out, holding the biography in his hand, and stood at the top of the steps of Danbi Hall.

Xue Yingcheng, the minister of Honglu Temple who was responsible for leading the new Jinshi, quickly walked up the steps of the palace and solemnly accepted the letter of inheritance.

Xue Yingcheng opened the post and read: "The emperor is destined to carry the emperor, and the system says: In the fourth year of Jianwu, on September [-]th, he will test the world's tributes. The first A is awarded to Jinshi and the rank. The second A is given to Jinshi's background. The third one is given the same background as a Jinshi."

After reciting the prefix, the roll call began: "Chen Hongmou, the number one scholar!"

Chen Hongmou got off work from the queue, walked quickly to the giant embossed turtle head on the steps of the palace, and then knelt down to thank him. This is called being the leader.

Don't talk about the issue of kneeling anymore. The Ming Dynasty was only a few years old. If the kneeling ceremony is cancelled, then the officials and gentry will not go to heaven?

Xue Yingcheng shouted again: "Second place Liu Tongxun!"

Liu Tongxun also immediately stepped forward humbly to express his gratitude.

Xue Yingcheng shouted again: "Tanhua Gao Dengju!"

Gao Dengju followed.

The top three players all get three roll calls, while those in second and third place only get one roll call.

"Second Class No. 1..."

It didn't take long for Chuanlu to call the roll call. Both the second and third place players only sang No. 1.

After the roll call was completed, the number one scholar, the number two scholar, and the top prize winner once again kowtowed their thanks to the emperor, followed by the Jinshi outside the hall.

After the ritual music is played, the ceremony begins.

The palace guards and female officials held umbrellas as a guard of honor and led the new scholars to Fengtian Hall.

Under normal circumstances, the Chuanlu Ceremony has ended at this time, and the new Jinshi can leave from the main entrance. BMWs have been prepared outside the palace, and the next step is to ride on horseback and parade through the streets.

The so-called spring breeze is a happy horse's hoof disease.

However, when the emperor wanted to give a speech to the new Jinshi at the last minute, he went to Fengtian Hall, and all the civil and military officials had not yet left.

Two hundred Jinshi entered the main hall, but they still couldn't see clearly the emperor on the dragon throne.

Chen Hongmou, the new top scholar, took the lead in kneeling down. Seeing this, the rest of the new top scholars also knelt down quickly.

"Your Majesty, I will pay my respects to you. Long live Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yijiong raised his hand in a rare gesture: "No courtesy, please get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Thanks to all the Jinshi.

Zhu Yijiong didn't need to be reminded. He just looked at the order of the Xinke Jinshi station and recognized Chen Hongmou, Liu Tongxun and Gao Dengju.

Although Liu Tongxun is a famous official in history, at this moment, in Zhu Yijiong's heart, his importance has already been overshadowed by Chen Hongmou, the new champion of His Highness, and Gao Dengju, the explorer.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and said: "Chen Hongmou, Liu Tongxun, Gao Dengju, you all come forward!" The three of them hurriedly left the class and stood up in the usual order.

Zhu Yijiong asked: "Chen Hongmou, the abolition of the wine ban was your proposal in the imperial examination. Why is this?"

Chen Hongmou understood that he was testing himself and quickly replied: "Reporting to your majesty, the imperial court banned folk brewing because the folk grain reserves were not abundant. Now our Ming Dynasty is changing with each passing day, the national treasury is getting richer, and many provinces are getting full of grain. So many Grain is consumed by the national treasury and local governments, and there is also a surplus."

"The imperial court's ban not only failed to effectively control private brewing, but also resulted in a large amount of alcohol tax being illegally taken away by private brewing. Moreover, most private brewing of sorghum only uses sorghum, grain bran, and soybean hulls. This does not affect people's livelihood and is harmful to the public. It is beneficial to people’s livelihood. If we blindly prohibit people from making wine, it will be detrimental to people’s livelihood.”

Chen Hongmou did not quote scriptures to argue with the emperor, but directly presented actual materials.

Regarding the ban on folk brewing, Zhu Yijiong also felt that it could be lifted. The reason why it was continued at the beginning was purely because of the lack of food in the Ming Dynasty.

Because food was insufficient at the beginning, no one in the Ming Dynasty objected to the ban on folk brewing.

Zhu Yijiong said: "Chen Hongmou, Liu Tongxun, and Gao Dengju, as first-class Jinshi, were originally going to be awarded official positions in the Hanlin Academy. But now that the Hanlin Academy has been abolished, they first entered the Secretary's Pavilion and studied politics for a year, and then they were sent to other places."

Entering the Secretary's Pavilion first and then leaving outside, this is obviously gilding them.

Now who doesn't know that the Secretariat is the emperor's private secretarial agency, a proper official of the emperor.Although the rank is not high, it should be said that there is no rank at all. All secretaries hold other idle official positions.

But nowadays, officials in the Secretariat are assigned to foreign affairs, and the lowest one is the magistrate of one state.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three people thanked them excitedly.

Zhu Yijiong added: "Although the rest of the Jinshi do not have to be on duty in the Secretary's Office first, but they are sent to other places as officials, they will also not be able to take charge of the government for the first three months, but will observe the government for three months. Regardless of what happened in the past, this will be the case in the future. If you know how to do it, you should observe and learn more about politics. If anyone wants to easily hire the master's staff, then there is no need to continue to be an official."

"My ministers respectfully abide by His Majesty's decree!"

His Royal Highness, Jinshi, quickly raised their hands and accepted the order in unison.

Hiring senior officers and staff was a bad habit in the previous dynasty, because many officials were new to the country and did not understand government affairs at all, so they would hire senior officers to give advice.

That's why Shaoxing Master is so famous. Wu Sidao, the current governor of Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, was once born in Shaoxing Master.

Zhu Yijiong specifically made these changes not only to dislike officials recruiting masters, but also to prevent the system of masters, which does not belong to the government, from eclipsing the power of the government.

Nowadays, there is a serious shortage of local officials in the Ming Dynasty, especially in Jiangxi and Lianghu. In many places, county magistrates have been arrested. The county magistrate takes the top spot first. If there is no county magistrate, then the chief magistrate takes the top spot.

Of these two hundred Jinshi, 100% are to be sent to other places, and only one is special, and must be kept by the emperor in the Secretariat.

Well, it can be regarded as a special treatment.

"Disperse!"

Zhu Yijiong got up and drove back to the palace, and His Highness and his ministers quickly sent the Emperor off.

The new scholars, led by Xue Yingcheng, the minister of Honglu Temple, withdrew from Fengtian Hall.

They will then return along the same route as the umbrella honor guard and exit the imperial city through the main entrance of the Forbidden City.

When they stepped onto the royal road of the imperial city, everyone felt excited again.

Even the number one scholar Chen Hongmou was walking along the imperial path which was not too long.

Xue Yingcheng, who was responsible for leading the way, did not urge him, but was rather envious.This is the Royal Road of the Imperial City. Not to mention these new scholars, many officials cannot even leave it once in their lives.

Although Xue Yingcheng was also walking, he led the honor guard in front according to the rules.

To put it bluntly, he is not even a human being now, he is just a guide, just like those honor guards holding umbrellas.

After leaving the palace from Zhengyang Gate, three horses have been prepared outside the palace gate. They are all fine Marwar horses brought from the horse racing farm.

They were led by two county magistrates, Yingtianfu Yin, Shangyuan and Jiangning respectively. It was only this time that Xinke Jinshi allowed these three to lead the horse.

Ying Tianfu Yin smiled and said: "Master Zhuangyuan, please!"

Chen Hongmou cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master Yin!"

Chen Hongmou, Liu Tongxun, and Gao Dengju mounted their horses one after another. The remaining new scholars were not allowed to ride horses and could only walk.

After all, the treatment for the top three in the country is definitely different from those at the bottom.

"Chen Hongmou, the new top scholar in science, has left the palace!"

As soon as he got on his horse and before he started walking, a clerk ran out to shout in advance, which was considered as an announcement to the whole city.

Chen Hongmou was wearing the robe of the No. [-] Scholar, and the imperial guard of honor opened the way. Ying Tianfu Yin led the horse. On both sides of the street were Nanjing garrison maintaining order to prevent the people from being too enthusiastic and accidentally injuring the new Jinshi.

Under the spotlight, Chen Hongmou couldn't bear the calmness brought by studying Neo-Confucianism.

Although Liu Tongxun was not the number one scholar, he still felt a little elated at the moment and couldn't help but read out: "The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hoof is so bad that he can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."

　After some research, it was found in the Ming Dynasty Ceremony that the roll call was the job of the Minister of Honglu Temple, but it was also said that it was the power of the chief minister of the cabinet...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)