In the morning glow of the morning sun, the solemn palace rang with a long bell, as if awakened from hibernation.

A flock of spring swallows, frightened by the loud bells, flew from the cornices of the tower, either on their backs or swooping down, but soon gathered together and flew towards the blue sky.

"When the auspicious time comes, the hundred officials will pay tribute to meet you!"

The three main doors and two doors of the south gate of the Forbidden City slowly opened, and the voice of a great eunuch came down from the tower.

In that wide square, a large group of people had already gathered, and they were in the morning sun, and many of them had beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads. After hearing this command, the crowd immediately took action.

The civil and military officials and the ministers separated from each other, and entered the Ming Palace from one left and one right.

The two hundred and ninety-nine tribute students looked nervous and excited, and followed closely behind the hundred officials, their eyes full of eagerness and eagerness.

Entering through the city gate, you will be greeted by an open area, with five golden water bridges made of white marble in the center, and one of the three main halls standing on a five-meter-high platform.

Looking up at the palace of more than 20 meters standing on a five-meter high platform, for the tributes who live in buildings below five meters all the year round, you can imagine how much shock it was, causing these tribute students to show a surprised expression as if they had never seen the world.

It's just that they are well aware of the rules, and they quickly return to following with their heads bowed as usual. Once there is a transgression, it will be recorded in the bad file by the supervisory officials on the side, which will directly affect their "work assignment".

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Two hundred and ninety-nine tribute students followed the hundred officials to the steps outside the Jinluan Palace, and watched the civil and military officials in front of them enter the palace, and then they followed the hundred officials inside the palace to perform three kneels and nine bows outside.

They really wanted to have a wall of holy faces in the hall, but too many people knew that this was a luxury, and only the first-class jinshi had the opportunity to enter the main hall and enjoy the canonization of the saint himself.

After the ceremony, the cabinet minister Yuan Wei held a beautiful yellow book, stood on the steps and read aloud: "Today, the forty-first year of Jiajing has completed the examination of the Renxu Branch, and His Majesty will test the world's scholars, and give the first-class jinshi, the second-class jinshi, and the third-class jinshi...... Listen to the preach! ”

Outside the hall, the two hundred and ninety-nine tributes knelt on the steps, all of them as if they had forgotten to breathe, longing for their names to appear at the forefront, hoping that the title of champion would be smashed on their heads.

Wang Honghai's mentality was very lenient, although he received the guidance of the teacher, he thought that he had performed well in the palace test, but he did not dare to count on the throne of that champion.

In his heart, as long as he can maintain a high ranking, he can enter the Hanlin Academy as a glossary.

The answer was soon announced to the two hundred and ninety-nine tributes, and one lucky man entered the Golden Luang Hall to receive the highest canonization and hadith, followed by the reading of the names of the others.

The rank of Jinshi will stay with them for the rest of their lives, so everyone will listen with their ears up, hoping that their name will be a little higher. If you meet with the same department in the future, you can also sit a little more in the front.

Everything went according to a fixed process, and finally Jiajing gave the "big gold list". Jiajing was still the same as before, unwilling to stay in the Forbidden City for a moment longer, and returned to Xiyuan even after driving.

"Congratulations to the Holy One, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The officials and the new science and technology scholars shouted ten thousand voices, watching Emperor Jiajing, the lord of the Ming Dynasty, leave.

Some officials took the roster from the palace to the outside and handed it over to the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Shuntian Mansion waiting at the left gate of Chang'an Avenue.

Several scribes of the Shuntian Mansion quickly copied on the side, and then sent the copied list to the Guozijian carving workshop through a fast horse, and the carving workshop immediately prepared the corresponding Jinshi names, and soon arranged and printed according to the list.

The two hundred and ninety-nine new science and technology scholars arrived in front of the erected shed and posted the big gold list on the wall, which was regarded as an announcement to the world.

Yin Huang Zhongda of Shuntian Mansion was already waiting here, and followed the magistrates of Daxing and Wanping, and helped the three first-class jinshi onto the horse, and let them boast about their officials on Chang'an Street.

"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper! ”

"One penny, only one penny!"

"The new gold list is attached, and the champion has been announced!"

……

"Shuncheon Daily" took advantage of the spring breeze of the gold list to print the list on the newspaper, and the newsboys sold it along the street.

"I want it!"

"Why did you get a gold list so soon?"

"You're stupid! Shuntian Mansion Yaya, naturally the building near the water is the first to get the moon! ”

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If there is anything that can arouse the curiosity of the people the most, it is undoubtedly the result of the triennial competition, which is the only way for ordinary children to be promoted to official positions. There is no need to go to Chang'an Avenue to watch, and it only takes three pennies to get a complete list of gold lists, so that the vast majority of people are willing to pay this money.

This year's new champion is not Huiyuan Wang Xijue, but Xu Shixing of Nanzhili, and Tanhua is Wang Honghai from western Guangdong.

Interestingly, this year's first-class jinshi are very young. The champion Xu Shixing is twenty-seven years old, Wang Xijue is twenty-eight years old, and Tanhua Wang Honghai is only twenty years old, which is the lowest average age.

It is precisely because of this that many people are very optimistic about this year's first-class jinshi, after all, they occupy a certain age advantage.

As for who has the best future, they are almost unanimously optimistic about Xu Shenxing and Wang Honghai, the new champions, and Wang Xijue is at the end.

Xu Shenxing and Xu Jie, the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, are fellow villagers of Nanzhili, and they are both from the Xu family, so I am afraid that they will be taken care of by Xu Jie, the second assistant of the current dynasty. And Xu Shixing entered the office with the cultivation of the six grades of Hanlin, and his starting point was higher than everyone else.

Wang Honghai's biggest highlight is that he is only 20 years old, and he has a teacher-student relationship with Lin Haoran, the most dazzling new star of the Ming Dynasty in the dynasty.

Suddenly, the gold list soon spread throughout the capital, making everyone seem to be talking about it. It's just that with the announcement of the big gold list, the three-year big competition has come to an end.

Taking advantage of this strong east wind, "Shuncheon Daily" reached a new level, and the sales volume of the newspaper exceeded 100,000 copies that day, and the newspaper was slowly accepted by the people of Beijing.

Lin Haoran was very satisfied with the sales of "Shuntian Daily", and knew that this newspaper was really up. The next day, he took another day off and took Wu Qiuyu back to his parents' house.

It's just that he hasn't forgotten about his career, and seeing the big transfer of the external inspection begins, he knows that he can't sit still. Just as he was about to make a move, Yan Fu suddenly sent an invitation.