The old man got the words of his mentor, and went to see Wang Tingxiang, who said: If you make a mistake, you will do everything. Since then, I have declined the invitations of my colleagues, fellow villagers, and the same year, and concentrated on studying history in the Hanlin Academy, and occasionally reading history in my spare time! Whenever something happens, the old man will always think of it, and he will not take a step beyond Lei Chi, even if he pauses for a while, he does not want to put his new shoes in the mud and never take care of it. The old man has been an official for 30 years, and he has been cautious, doing what he should do, and stopping what he should do. ”

After Wu Shan finished speaking, his voice was not high, but every word was shocking, Chen Jingbang and others were deeply shocked, but they gave this master a cast of admiration and earnest eyes.

After listening to this story, Lin Haoran secretly admired it in his heart, and re-examined this cheap father-in-law.

Wu Shan went from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Rites, and then to the current Wubu Shangshu, although it seems that the official career is smooth, but without its own constraints, it is impossible to get to this point.

Although the ministers mainly rely on their qualifications, if they do not have a firm belief, no matter how high the starting point is, they will not be able to survive, and it is easy to sink.

There are a lot of champions, Bangyan and Tanhua in the Ming Dynasty, and throughout the entire Jiajing Dynasty, there are only four people who can still stand in the high position of the court: Xu Jie, who is kind and ruthless in the second year of Jiajing, Li Chunfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, and the fourteen-year Tanhualang of Jiajing in front of him.

Wu Shan also attached great importance to these ten disciples, so he seriously admonished the authentic people: "You and others will enter the Hanlin Academy, the old man does not want to prevent you from banqueting relatives and friends, but you must also take this as a lesson, don't give birth to ridiculous things in the Hanlin Academy!" ”

"Respect the teachings of the teacher!" Chen Jingbang said convincingly. They had already heard of Wu Shan's virtues, and now when they heard these words, they already had more respect in their hearts.

Wu Shan handed the kettle back to Lin Haoran, and said lightly to Lin Haoran: "I have been observing you back then, although you are young, except for occasional gatherings with the same year, specializing in the study of history in the repair and inspection hall of the Hanlin Academy, I have not bothered to talk to you anymore!" ”

Lin Haoran was praised by Wu Shan like this, and he was still a little complacent, but he said with some complaint: "This story is thought-provoking, can you actually tell me?" ”

"Yang Futian and the one in the dragon pool were also inappropriate at the beginning, and I also called them over one by one and beat them at that time!" Wu Shan said lightly.

Lin Haoran suddenly realized that he had reined in a lot, including Yang Futian, and as for why they didn't talk about it, they probably felt that this matter was very embarrassing.

The sedan chair had already arrived in front of him, and the guards saw Wu Shan coming over, and immediately pulled up the sedan curtain.

"Master, please go slowly!"

Chen Jingbang and the other ten people saluted respectfully.

Yang Bo, the secretary of the Ministry of War, just came out of the palace, and saw Chen Jingbang and other new champions congratulating Wu Shan, and then looked at Lin Haoran, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was still standing on the side, but sighed secretly.

It took him decades to climb to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War, but not to mention that these ministers are in important positions, and these disciples and grandchildren are endless, and they really don't give them these non-word officials a way to live.

Unconsciously, Wu Shan has become a pivotal figure, and he is already qualified to challenge Xu Jie, and even be able to replace Xu Jie.

Wu Shan sat in the sedan chair steadily, intending to return to the yamen of the ministry.

Although the matter of the external inspection is nearing the end, and a large number of places have been vacated for these 300 new science and technology scholars, how to arrange these 300 new science and technology scholars still needs to be inspected one by one.

Lin Haoran watched Wu Shan's sedan chair leave, and turned to face the protégés with the best results in the ten palace exams, but directly announced the answers: "You probably know the ranking!" Gongwang, Bozhen, and Jimei are ranked in the top three of the first class, Bangyuan and Tanhua, and they are ranked in the second class by the results of the examination! ”

While on the way, the well-informed Fan Yingji had already revealed the results to the others.

It's just that this is Fan Yingqi's gossip after all, but hearing this answer from Lin Haoran's mouth made Chen Jingbang and Yi Zaiting extremely excited.

Fan Yingqi had already learned in advance, but he was not so excited at this time, but he arched his hand to Lin Haoran and said, "I implore the teacher to admonish!" ”

"Zhuyu is in front, you can record the words of the master today, and you can use it for life!" Lin Haoran originally had a set of rhetoric, but Wu Shan's revelation was too vivid, so he responded with the initiative to give up.

Although Chen Jingbang and others were disappointed, they also understood that this was indeed the case. As long as they can listen to Shigong's words and follow Shigong's footsteps, then they will be able to keep their original intentions.

While talking, Lin Fu beckoned the sedan chair to come over.

When Lin Haoran was about to get on the sedan chair, he instructed Chen Jingbang and the others: "Each of you will copy thirty copies of the new shoes of the sedan chair man that the master said, keep one copy for yourself, and distribute the rest to other juniors and disciples at the Rong En Banquet!" ”

"Yes!" Chen Jingbang and the others respectfully agreed.

On the morning of the next day, the triennial Golden Palace Ceremony came to an end.

The Forbidden City staged a scene of hundreds of civil and military officials rushing in, and then lined up in the Jinluan Treasure Palace, Jiajing changed into a dragon robe today, and the three of Xuan Yijia Jinshi were promoted.

Only the first and third scholars can go to the hall, and then the Ming Dynasty first assistant Xu Jie's ranking is announced, and these new scholars are outside the hall to thank Longen.

At the end of the Golden Palace, the cannon sounded and the ritual music began.

The results of the 44th year of Jiajing's examination were officially released, and the champion was Chen Jingbang, the capital of Huazhou, Fujian, the top of the list was Fan Yingji, the capital of Huzhou, Zhejiang, and the Tanhualang was Yi Zaiting, the governor of Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili.

Next, the ceremony of "praising officials in the royal street" was carried out.

Chen Jingbang, the champion of the new department, was wearing the champion crown uniform, and then followed Fan Yingzhi and Tanhua Yi in the court, and walked out of the Forbidden City from the imperial road, while Yin and Taixing of Shuntian Mansion and Wanping Zhixian had already led horses to wait here.

In the noisy music of gongs and drums, Chen Jingbang, Fan Yingqi and Yi Zaiting put on big red flowers and rode a sturdy horse slowly onto Chang'an Street.

Like a grand festival, it was as if nearly a million people of Beijing had gathered here, surrounding the entire Chang'an Avenue, and soldiers formed a human wall to block the people on both sides of the road.

In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery.

The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

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Chen Jingbang and the other three people have become the most powerful people in the limelight, and have become the focus of the attention of thousands of people in the capital here, enjoying the glory of all attention, making them feel like they are dreaming.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and disputes about the marking of papers are also spread all over the city.

Chen Jingbang himself was secretly lucky, after all, without the final decision of his master, he would not have sat on the throne of champion.

Although Yi Zaiting missed, he had a good relationship with Sun Jinglun, and he didn't take it too seriously, what made him happy was that he was the one who was most valued by the teacher.

Although Fan Yingqi did not get the champion, he got the list, and he was also ecstatic in his heart. He is a prisoner who only won one hundred and ninety-three places in the examination, so what is there not to be satisfied with when he gets the list now?

As for the seven second-class jinshi in the back, their examination results were already very low, and now they can get the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, which is already an unimaginable ranking.

It's just that the prosperity will eventually dissipate, the good dreams will wake up easily, and the days will go on.

The next day, the new branch jinshi needed to go to Honglu Temple to report, including Chen Jingbang, 300 new science and technology jinshi conducted a three-day "pre-job training", mainly to learn official etiquette such as court meetings, feasts, and sacrifices.

No matter how beautiful they are in the imperial examination, now all of them are rookies in the officialdom, starting another journey of "upgrading and fighting monsters".

At the end of mid-March, a piece of news came from the yamen of the Criminal Department: The time for Yan Shifan to be beheaded was finalized, and he would be beheaded in Xishi on March 24.