Gao's flowing water banquet is nothing more than spending some money, which doesn't matter to Gao Pragmatic at all, he has more important things to do, but he doesn't have time to eat and frolic with these neighbors who don't know each other at all.

The next morning, the new scholars, who were almost all a little hungover, climbed up from the bed with great perseverance. Although the celebration is over, there are still some official steps that must be taken.

The new scholars supported their heavy, almost cracked heads, and took magical steps that I don't know whether it was heavy or vain, and went to Honglu Temple to learn the basic etiquette of being an official, and at the same time accepted the emperor's court clothes, crown belts, and Jinshi treasure books, which can basically be regarded as uniforms and academic diplomas.

According to the etiquette that has just been learned, after receiving the emperor's favor, the people below will be thanked. Of course, this little thing must be difficult for them, and they have their own champion Gao Pragmatic on behalf of all the new science and technology scholars to express their gratitude. The thanksgiving table is very well written, nothing more than using gorgeous rhetoric and sincere testimonials to express gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor, and finally expressing determination, saying that he and others must be tired and tired for the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor, and that is roughly the case for a lifetime.

After thanking the emperor, thank the teacher again, and then go to the Confucian Temple to perform the food ceremony. This is simply to use the rabbit as the mound, the jing as the mushroom, and the jujube chestnut as the fruit, and thank the holy master Confucius.

Of course, in layman's terms, it is to give Confucius some snacks and food to express his gratitude.

However, this set of etiquette is also extremely complicated, because Confucius is not only lonely and lonely in the Confucian Temple, but also the four saints and twelve philosophers, as well as the sixty-two Confucian ancestors in the east and west.

In this way, in addition to kneeling to worship the divine position of the most holy Confucius, you must also kneel down and worship the holy Yanzi, the sage Zengzi, the sage Sizi, and the sub-sage Mencius who was kicked out and invited back by Zhu Yuanzhang's brother. The key is that the etiquette is still different when worshipping, and the order must not be wrong, if it is not for the fact that Gao Pragmatic's body is in the fastest year of metabolism, and the sobering up is really fast enough, it is estimated that Gao Pragmatic is most likely to be confused

After worshipping the Confucian Temple, it finally came to the last step to erect the inscription monument of Jinshi

This sounds a bit powerful, but in fact, it is a stone tablet for the Ministry of Engineering, and the name of all the undergraduate students is engraved on the tablet, and it is erected in the stele forest of Guozijian for future generations of students to admire, which is also an opportunity for the vast majority of Jinshi to leave a name in history

The six champions must be famous in history, so it doesn't matter if they are pragmatic, but it is not easy for other Jinshi to leave their names in history, so although everyone is very tired, at this moment, their spirits are all vibrant, and they rushed to the Guozijian next door to the Confucian Temple, and found a piece that belonged to them at the end of the rows of inscription monuments.

This marble inscription tablet with fine texture, close to white throughout, with a pedestal full of one zhang high, decorated with cloud pattern on the stele, engraved with the seal body big characters "Ci Jinshi inscription record" six big characters.

The obverse is divided into two parts, the upper part is the emperor's edict, affirming the motive and purpose of the imperial court, and a series of beautiful words that are indispensable, but in fact, they are read when they are passed on that day. The lower part is the list of Jinshi with 303 undergraduates. The name of each Jinshi is engraved on it neatly according to the ranking, although the tablet is big enough, but because there are many people, it is still densely carved, most of the Jinshi's eyes are not very good, they have gathered around the tablet to find their names, and a few people even almost put their faces on it.

Gao Pragmatic and Xiao Liangyou, Wang Tingshu and Zhang Taizheng and others did not join in this excitement, after all, their names are relatively high. At this time, Gu Xiancheng stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, and suddenly smiled, "What is the one over here covered with a yellow cloth?"

"Hahahaha, this, I have to ask Zhuang Yuanlang to open it with his own hands to see." In a burst of loud laughter, Wei Xuezeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, walked from the side and appeared in front of everyone.

The Jinshi hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen the department." ”

Wei Xuezeng smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the auspicious time has come, hurry up and lay the foundation for your inscription." The crowd lifted the earth one by one and buried the base of the inscription symbolically.

After all the etiquette procedures were completed, Wei Xuezeng showed a somewhat mysterious smile and said to Gao Shishi, "Champion Lang, please uncover this monument with this official." ”

This is not a private meeting with Wei Xuezeng in Gao Pragmatic's own home, and Gao Pragmatic didn't dare to hold it up, so he politely said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, Wei Butang, please." Together with Wei Xuezeng, one person grabbed the corner of the yellow cloth with one hand, and in the noisy sound of firecrackers, they tore off the curtain together, revealing the true face inside.

I saw that a style is exactly the same as the inscription tablet, but the material is a large monument of white marble, and on it is the red characters of the four-line pavilion body, "Dragon and Tiger Legend Singing Gold List, Fengyun Gathering is a jade crown." For 200 years, I have been a true leader, and I have written for Wenqu and Shudan."

As soon as the word "I" came out, everyone knew that this must be the title of the royal pen

Everyone hurriedly looked at the lower left place, and saw that there was engraved "Wanli eight years of the imperial pen, give the record of six champions", and then there was a seal carved out of the small seal, with the words "Wenhua Palace Imperial Treasure" engraved in the small seal, which seemed to be the emperor's usual private seal.

"In the past two hundred years, I have been a scholar of Wenqu Luoshudan" Everyone muttered silently, their expressions were shocked, and their mood was surging, which looked even more exaggerated than Gao Pragmatic.

The emperor personally erected a monument for the champion poem, which is absolutely an unprecedented grace throughout the ages, and this honor is really a once-in-a-lifetime encounter

"Champion Lang, this is my dynasty's great classic"

Everyone was still immersed in shock, and Wei Xuezeng also opened his mouth to congratulate with emotion, and then said, "From now on, you can be an incomparable model for my Ming dynasty generations."

A group of new science and technology scholars came back to their senses and came over to congratulate Gao Shishi.

Gao Pragmatic and Zhu Yijun have been together since childhood, Zhu Yijun has told him many times such as "Monarchs and ministers work together, Zhongxing Daming" and the like, so if you have to say how flattered he is, it is indeed an exaggeration, but he is indeed a little moved.

Especially the sentence "I have been a true leader for two hundred years, I have been a Wenqu Luoshudan", Gao Shishi felt that Zhu Yijun was so good to him that he really had nothing to say, not only praised him as a real Wenkui in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, but also used a sentence "I am a Wenqu Luoshudan" to implement his reputation as a Wenqu star.

In ancient times, the stele was first written on the stone with a red pen to be engraved, called "Shudan". Zhu Yijun's poem means that it is such an eternal event, and it is worthy of me personally writing for you

The longevity of grace is what the dynasty has

Therefore, Gao Pragmatic also bowed to the inscription, and said, "Your Majesty, how dare Weichen be a broken body, even if he is broken, it is difficult to repay His Majesty's kindness on this high earth" As he spoke, tears had already burst out of his eyes.

Well, in fact, although he was moved, he didn't reach this level, but in front of everyone's eyes, this performance was definitely needed, and as a powerful old actor, "tears came out of his eyes" or something, it was not difficult for him.

In front of the two monuments, it can be regarded as a complete completion of the lengthy ceremony after the middle jinshi, and the next thing is to go to the official department three days later to participate in the court examination and be distributed.

Seeing the officials of the various ministries who have always been around them disperse like a tide these days, the hearts of all the jinshi are empty. They suddenly realized that the aura of Xinke on their bodies had disappeared, and now they were just a group of ordinary jinshi who had not been assigned a job

If you really want to talk about it, which of these Beijing officials is not from the two lists, and what is he proud of

So they clamped their tails one by one, and they didn't celebrate much, they were all ready to go back and have a good rest, participate in the hall selection in three days, and strive for a good score in the exam, so that the ranking at the time of assignment can be slightly higher.

However, Gao Pragmatic, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuo, as the three tripods, can be a little more relaxed.