Under the leadership of Shuntianfu Yin and the Admiral of Jiumen, Jia Cong and other thousands of Gongshi entered Zhengyangmen, which naturally included Wang Yinglin, Zhang Maocai, Pi Shixuan, Dai Fengxiang, Gong Dingci and several others.

They did not enter the middle road of the noon gate, and the middle road of the noon gate would never be opened unless the emperor was traveling, but entered from the east and west.

Entering the royal palace, the high-spirited tributes were quiet, including Jia Cong, the white jade bridge railing, the turquoise stream, the gold brick glaze, wide, magnificent, the steps went up layer by layer, the palace group, the eunuchs, and the guards were so scattered that no one could find the north, because there were officers and soldiers escorting, they arrived outside the gate of the Renhua Hall unimpeded.

Renhua Hall is located in the south of Daming Palace, belongs to the central axis of the Forbidden City of Dashun, established after the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, costing millions, under His Majesty Dan, thousands of people stand with their hands down, Admiral Yang Standing in front of the examinees, showing a hollow silver seal: "Dong Fu Yin, please verify the tiger talisman." The palace is important, not sloppy. ”

"Admiral Yang, please sign for it." Dong Anguo also put a silver seal into the hollow place without smiling, and the two silver seals coincided seamlessly, presenting a complete image of a tiger.

Admiral Yang nodded and said, "Is it an external examination of the main hall?" Or is it a two-way street? Didn't the ministers ask for instructions on an ad hoc basis? ”

"Qin Tianjian said that there is rain today, and the dragon and tiger meet, which is an auspicious elephant, and it will be changed to the east and west." A celebrant in a costume came over and said.

"The lower officials obey the order." The two worshipped as if they were in person, and Admiral Yang asked, "Father-in-law Liu came back from the clerical office?" ”

Liu Bingbi smiled and said: "The six departments, the secretary office of the General Administration Department, the six sections, and the clerical office of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have all gone once, and the defense of the nine borders is important, and the famine and floods in the Central Plains cannot be delayed." ”

Admiral Yang and Dong Fu Yin laughed and did not say a word, they all knew that the emperor seemed to have the intention of reusing the official eunuchs, and when Liu Bingbi left, one of them was in charge of escorting the candidates to their seats, Dong Fu Yin said: "Why don't you see Qiu Duwei?" The prevention and control of the inner city is the responsibility of Lord Yang and Lord Duwei. ”

Admiral Yang shook his head puzzled, but he had already speculated: "I'm afraid that the Holy Lord will come in person, Qiu Duwei will transfer the Han general, and after the handover of Dong Fu Yin, he will stay outside, although he is a thousand scholars who have no power to restrain the chicken, he can't be careless......"

As he was talking, suddenly there was a drum sound from the left door of the Renhua Palace, and in a moment, the flag, the axe, and the embroidered dragon and phoenix of the halogen book ceremonial guard opened the way, and the eight dragons in the middle carried out a ninety-five supreme, and Admiral Yang and Dong Fuyin hurriedly lifted their robes and knelt on the ground above their heads.

The travel music of the musicians of the Honglu Temple and the teaching workshop moved the whole yard, and the guards and eunuchs were all kneeling, and Jia Cong and other thousands of tributes were all read out of the Four Books and Five Classics, and they were in a commotion for a few seconds, and they immediately knelt down.

Dai Quan, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, shouted: "Xing! ”

Everyone stood up, and Dai Quan shouted again: "Please! Three prostrations! ”

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed three times again, and Dai Quan shouted again: "Xing! Bow! Three prostrations! ”

"Hey! Bow! Three prostrations! ”

Sadly bowed three times and bowed nine times, Jia Cong scolded secretly, at this time Dai Quan shouted "After the ceremony, stop happy", everyone hung their heads and stood silently, no one dared to raise their heads and look at the emperor on the dragon chariot.

The voice of Emperor Yongle came: "The imperial examination is a great ceremony of national talents, and I am the holy monarch of Fengtian Carrier, educating all the people, respecting under Confucius, and being in the four seas and Pingyu." Xin Xin is a corporal in Lixian, and he is anxious about the food and clothing of the people, so he suddenly put down the folds and folds, and urgently passed on the oral message, not to be in the department, and so on, I will enter the new department in the future, or there will be a general, or a parent, or a feudal official. I don't work hard, I come to Renhua in person, the courtyard outside the palace, it is inevitable that the wind and the sun will blow, and the minister and I bow to the Renhua Palace, and the tributes will be examined in the palace. ”

Admiral Yang, Dong Fuyin, Qiu Duwei and others respectfully praised "my emperor is wise, corporal is virtuous", and Jia Cong and other tributes have never seen the emperor's face from beginning to end.

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Since Emperor Yongle temporarily made the decision to be the chief examiner, Zhang Fenyi and other eight ministers who read the papers could only praise and accompany the examination on the side of Renhua Palace.

Those Qin Tianjian really had some doorways, and it rained in a short time, and the heavy rain filled the entire palace, and it was foggy, and Si Jing looked like a fairyland. All the people in Qin Tianjian have studied astronomy and astronomy for generations, and Emperor Ling Chenghei does not believe in everything, but he still believes in the "dragon and tiger convergence, great luck" played today.

The emperor ordered to write a policy treatise, which was qualified for 500 words, and there was no upper limit, and the content was keenly involved in military affairs such as "vassal king", "music book", "horse politics", etc., and the time to test the literary talent and historical skills of the tributes had come.

After the miscellaneous eunuchs finished moving the tables and stools, more than a thousand tribute soldiers sat silently, and surrounded the Renhua Palace, and the seats were full, and Jia Cong was assigned to the number of the window in the southwest corner of the main hall.

The wind was whistling, the raindrops were beating Dan Majesty, Dong Fuyin, Qiu Duwei, and Admiral Yang looked at each other with sad faces, but they still have this patience after being an official now.

Emperor Yongle on the main seat of the carved dragon stood up, and saw Zhang Fenyi standing on the side with his head down, he paced back and forth on it, the entire hall, thousands of people breathed, but in addition to the sound of wind and rain, no other sound could be heard, and then look at the ten imperial guards on the front and back, six first-class guards, six third-grade supplements, second-class guards, two-grade fourth-grade supplements, third-class guards, and two fifth-grade supplements, all of which were loyal and carefully selected, and Emperor Yongle felt a lot at ease.

Jia Cong brewed for half an hour, spread out the red grid paper, lifted the brush dipped in ink, and he was used to writing the pavilion style, so he wanted to write the calligraphy of "Ou Ti Zhao Mian" in the format from right to left and from top to bottom, and suddenly saw Qin Ye, who was one of the eight ministers who read the scroll, and glanced at his hand unhappily, Jia Cong came to his senses: "I almost forgot, the palace test can't use the pavilion style, you have to use regular script......"

Jia Cong was also infected by this heavy atmosphere, after all, the royal guard of honor, music, and guards would not all be taken out for decoration, which had a shocking effect.

This is not a random blow, the governor and governor saw this guard of honor, and his legs were weak, Jia Cong did not faint like some tributes, even if he was calm.

The person on the main seat is the most powerful man in the world, and one word can decide life and death, and one word can also make people soar and prosper.

"The disaster of the vassal king, the history books are clear, and this can't be left unguarded. In the Ming generation, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the vassal kings to be hereditary, and the eldest son of the prince was the son of the king, and the eldest grandson was the grandson, and the crown was a product. The sons are the kings of the county, the eldest son of the prince of the county is the son of the prince of the county, and the eldest grandson is the eldest grandson, and the crown is the second grade. Zhuzi is the general of Zhenguo, from the first product, and the general Sun Fuguo, from the second product. Great-grandson General Fengguo, from the third rank, Lieutenant from the fourth grandson Zhenguo, from the fourth rank, Lieutenant from the fifth grandson, from the fifth rank, the sixth grandson below the lieutenant of Fengguo, from the sixth rank. It is also one level higher than the seven-grade parent official, "Mencius" cloud: the monarch is light, the people are precious, and the society is secondary......"

"Wanli went east to conquer the Japanese Kou, Xiping worshipped, and south to Bozhou, exhausting more than 10 million taels of Taicang silver! This cannot be said to be a reckless use of force, but also a prestige of the country...... However, Jiajing earned four or five million silver in Taicang, and the vassal king's clan Lu rice reached more than eight million! There are famines, taxes, military service, and errands...... The Quartet responded, and the descendants of the Zhu family were endless, and the clan abused the people and killed the innocents...... Bloodstains are endless...... Tang Taizongyun: Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat...... Fortunately, I am a great Shun Fengtian crusade, a famous teacher, the death of Ming, and the death of the vassal king's clan! At the beginning of Wanli, the Zhu people were released, and the people were not taken, and they made their own lives, but it was too late! A lesson from the past, a teacher from the future, can you not be vigilant? ”

In addition to studying the Four Books and Five Classics, Jia Cong flipped through the history books of the previous dynasties, such as "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Ming Shilu", "First Auxiliary Biography since Jiajing", "Ming History Manuscript", "Ming History Chronicle", "Ming History Chronicle", "Ming History Chronicle", "Ming History Chronicle", etc...... This is also a necessary historiography for Hanlin, and if you take the Ming Dynasty as an example, you can use the past to illustrate the present, and you don't have to worry about the current political problems.

Jia Cong, who was fully prepared, sprinkled more than 10,000 words on the "Theory of the Vassal King" alone, quoted scriptures, huge works, and detailed and reliable historical materials......