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Chapter 33 On the Golden Palace
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When preparing to personally host the palace examination, Ming Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao was actually in a very good mood. One was because he just finished a wooden masterpiece the night before, and the other was because today he was able to pass the legendary Jinke Tanhua Zhang Hao. When Master Gu Zhang met, he could see with his own eyes what Zhang Haogu looked like, how learned he was, and whether he was as educated and talented as the eunuchs in the palace praised. ——No way, Young Master Zhang’s reputation among eunuchs is really good, and he is the godson of the eunuch boss Wei Zhongxian, and the ones who serve Zhu Youxiao all day long are a group of eunuchs. Do you think that Young Master Zhang’s name will be passed on to Zhu Youxiao in advance? It is also difficult for Yuxiao's ears.

"Zhongxian, has that Zhang Haogu come here today? Don't be like the last subject. One candidate was disqualified just because he was late." When Wei Zhongxian and Ke Shi personally helped Ming Xizong change clothes, he did not forget asked.Wei Zhongxian replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, the slave has already sent Song Jin to the inn to pick him up, there will be absolutely no delay." (Note 1)

"That's good." Ming Xizong nodded, and then sighed to Wei Zhongxian and Keshi: "I'm short of people around me. Except for Mr. Sun who is in Liaodong, I only have you Zhongxian and the nurse. If that Zhang is good Gu Zhen is as good as you say, I must make good use of him."

Wei Zhongxian and Keshi apologized together, and replied: "Long live, you are too flattering, these are what slaves should do." Keshi added, "Speaking of that Zhang Haogu, slaves have never seen him before. I really want to see what he looks like." Wei Zhongxian rushed to answer: "That Zhang Haogu is really handsome, he is also sensible, and he is still young, and he will definitely serve the emperor for the rest of his life. But Ah, that kid is another monkey cub. His buttocks seem to have thorns when he sits on the bench. He can't sit still for a moment. Alas, after all, it's still too young."

We have to admit that Wei Zhongxian really takes good care of our Young Master Zhang. He knows that Young Master Zhang has a naughty temper, and he also knows that Ming Xi Zong may personally interview Young Master Zhang after the written examination of the palace examination. He is afraid that Young Master Zhang will accidentally violate court etiquette , which made Ming Xizong angry and impeached by the officials, so Ming Xizong was given a vaccination in advance, and it was funny by the way.And Ming Xizong and the Ke family were indeed amused by Wei Zhongxian. Ming Xizong smiled and said: "Young people, it's all like this. Except when I'm doing carpentry work, I can't sit still? I'm here today. Let's see, where can this Zhang Haogu jump?"

While talking, it was time to go to court, and now the monarch and ministers and masters and servants split up. Wei Zhongxian first went to the Huangji Hall to stand on duty, while Ming Xizong stepped out of the Qianqing Palace, leading a large group of guards, maids and eunuchs, surrounded by sedan chairs Rushed to Huangji Hall to preside over the palace examination.When they arrived at the Huangji Hall, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the candidates for the undergraduate palace examination had already stood in full presence. As soon as Ming Xizong sat on the dragon chair, there was a sound like landslides and earth cracks in the Huangji Hall, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live! "Hundreds of civil and military officials and palace examination candidates also knelt down together, kneeling three times and knocking nine times. The scene was very spectacular. (Note 2)

"Excuse me, dear friends and examinees." Ming Xizong nodded and said, and immediately there was a neat voice in the Huangji Hall, "Thank you for a long time." Ming Xizong waved his hand again, standing on the palm of the first line of his right hand The eunuch Wang Tiqian immediately understood, went out and sang: "The candidates for the imperial examination of the Yi Chou Department in the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty will be in place."

"Long live thanks." 290 The seven candidates kowtowed together again, and then they stood up and sat in the candidates' seats that had been arranged.Wang Tiqian sang again: "Long live the proposition."

Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty was not polite, and immediately chanted: "Question: I am born from all kinds of people, weak and ambitious. I close my household and improve myself, and I can only get it when I open the book. Jiuliu and "Seven Strategies" are quite tasteful; six arts and hundreds of schools, The common people are not on the wall. Although there are many opportunities in a day, the morning is over, and the rest of the three are lost in the leisure time of listening and reading. The upper part is transformed into the lower part, and the grass dies and the wind follows. But this emptiness can never move the vulgar."——This test question It was Wang Tiqian, who was a little fluent in writing, who helped Ming Xizong dig it out of the books. Otherwise, Ming Xizong, who was also illiterate and blind, could only ask how much wood was needed to build a palace.

After Wang Tiqian recounted the exam questions again, he sang: "The palace examination begins, all candidates answer the questions." Nearly [-] candidates sang promises in unison, each immersed in writing, while the chief eunuch Wang Tigan and the cabinet chief assistant Gu Bingqian Leading the eunuchs and cabinet ministers to their respective seats to observe the palace test, only those low-level civil and military officials are pitiful, they can only stand motionless on both sides of the Huangji Hall, called watching and emulating is actually a punishment .

After finally completing these false rituals, relieved Ming Xizong began to look for the legendary top talent of the Ming Dynasty, Young Master Zhang, among the examinees, but there were nearly [-] people present, how could Ming Xizong, who had never met Young Master Zhang, find him?In desperation, Ming Xizong could only wave to Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting on the second seat on the right, and called him in front of him and asked in a low voice, "Zhongxian, which one is Zhang Haogu?"

"Long live, Zhang Haogu is sitting in the third seat from the left in the first row." Wei Zhongxian replied in a low voice.Ming Xizong nodded, and quickly followed Wei Zhongxian's instructions and turned his eyes to look at the current talented man who was praised by all the eunuchs. Zhang Haogu, a talented scholar of the dynasty, a pillar of the country, and an undergraduate candidate, Zhang Haogu, is actually crawling on the examination paper and sleeping soundly!Not only did I not write a word, but the snoring sounded like thunder!

"Hey, why is this little monkey sleeping?" Wei Zhongxian also found that the situation was wrong, so he quickly accused Ming Xizong, went up to shake Master Zhang himself, and cursed in a low voice: "Little monkey, wake up, hurry up!" Wake up."

With a lot of effort, Wei Zhongxian finally shook Master Zhang awake, but the sleepy Young Master Zhang saw Wei Zhongxian after waking up, and the first thing he said was, "Godfather, is it still dark? Let me sleep again." " After saying that, Young Master Zhang tilted his head, leaning against the examination paper and snoring again.As a result, the civil and military officials and candidates around couldn't help sniggering, Wang Wenyan, Cao Yubian, and Li Ruoxing laughed inwardly, Wei Zhongxian and Ming Xizong were extremely embarrassed, and Wei Zhongxian twitched violently. Opening the young master's ears, he shouted: "Little monkey boy, this is the Palace of the Golden Luan, not your study. Get up and answer the questions for our family."

"Yes, yes." Young Master Zhang, whose ears were almost ripped off by Wei Zhongxian, finally gathered his spirits and barely sat up straight.Wei Zhongxian heaved a sigh of relief, then gave Young Master Zhang a vicious look, and then retreated to his seat.And Young Master Zhang was sitting in his original position shaking his head in a daze, as if he might fall asleep at any time. As for the examination paper and writing brush in front of him, Young Master Zhang hadn't even touched it.Seeing this scene, Ming Xizong, who had great expectations for Young Master Zhang just now, was extremely disappointed, and couldn't help but snorted, "That's all."

As the frequency and movement of Young Master Zhang's body swayed more and more, the snickering voices of civil and military officials became louder and louder, and these snickering voices passed into Wei Zhongxian's ears, but turned into extremely sharp sarcasm And sarcasm - there is no way, Wei Zhongxian has boasted several times in the early court that Young Master Zhang is worthy of great use, and he has accepted Young Master Zhang as his godson. Now that Young Master Zhang has made such a big mess, he didn't beat Wei Zhongxian in public What is the face?Turning from embarrassment into anger, Wei Zhongxian almost wanted to cut off Young Master Zhang's heart!But the current situation does not allow Wei Zhongxian to do this. In desperation, Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to lose his old face again, and asked Ming Xizong for a cup of hot tea, and personally held it in front of Young Master Zhang. He gave Young Master Zhang a kick quietly, and shouted in a low voice: "Little monkey, quickly drink this cup of tea to refresh yourself, and then answer the questions for our family immediately!"

"Thank you godfather." Young Master Zhang agreed vaguely, taking the teacup with both hands, but before holding the teacup firmly, Young Master Zhang's hands suddenly loosened, and the teacup fell onto the table with a bang, and the hot tea splashed everywhere and got wet Not to mention the examination papers and the examination table, Wei Zhongxian's vermilion official uniform was wetted a lot, and Young Master Zhang jumped up in fright.Seeing this scene, Manchu civil and military couldn't bear it any longer, and they laughed together, Wei Zhongxian was so angry that he swung his big ear scraper and slapped Young Master Zhang, but when the slap was about to touch Young Master Zhang's cheek, Wei Zhongxian remembered that this was a palace test At the scene, he restrained himself and withdrew his slap.

"The late student is rude, please forgive me, Eunuch Wei." Young Master Zhang was also scalded by the tea, his head was barely clear, and he quickly kowtowed to Wei Zhongxian to make amends, and his speech became more disciplined.At this moment, although Wei Zhongxian wished to tear Young Master Zhang into pieces, he didn't dare to attack in public, so he could only hum and say, "Forget it, I'll answer the questions for our family." He didn't even look at Ming Xizong and his fellow officials.Ming Xizong rolled his eyes straight on the dragon chair, not bothering to look at Young Master Zhang again.

"Long live, I have an inscription." At this time, Cao Yubian, the censor of the right capital, one of Young Master Zhang's deadly opponents, stood up, knelt down to Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty, kowtowed and said: "Long live, the palace examination is the The National Talent Ceremony is a matter of national destiny, but Zhang Haogu, the candidate, made a fool of himself on the spot, snoring with his head in his arms, and was very rude. For the qualification test in the ancient palace, Zhang Haogu will be expelled from the palace immediately, and will never be used, so as to rectify the law of the country."

"Long live, I think it's not enough just to drive Zhang Haogu out of the palace." Li Ruoxing also jumped out to add insult to injury, and said loudly: "Zhang Haogu deliberately neglected the imperial examination and dirty the test papers. He should be arrested immediately and sent to prison for questioning!"

Note 1: Ming Xi Zong is Zhu Youxiao's posthumous title. For the convenience of reading, this book calls him Ming Xi Zong or Emperor Tianqi.

Note 2: The Jinluan Hall in the Ming Dynasty is now the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, which was successively called the Fengtian Hall and the Huangji Hall in the Ming Dynasty.

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