In the imperial examination of the township examination, the general examination, the palace examination have won the first place, that is, the continuous examination of the solution yuan, the hui yuan, the champion, called the three yuan and the first.

Lianzhong Sanyuan belongs to the highest glory of readers in this era!

Today's Shen Xi has become the second Sanyuan and the first person after the three dynasties of Yingzong, Daizong and Xianzong, and the secretary of the Ministry of Officers and Soldiers, the Book of Households, the Prince Shaobao, the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the scholar of the Jinshen Palace, and he is only thirteen years old, which can be said to be the youngest champion in history.

What a sensational news this was, the people's emotions in the surrounding streets and alleys were mobilized, and the scholars temporarily forgot that they had attacked Shen Xi and related to the Fu case, and now everyone only knew one thing, that is, hurry up and meet this new champion and get a touch of luxury.

What kind of prodigy can get the honor that he most desires in his life at the age of thirteen, is it more eyes than ordinary people or ears?

When Shen Xi Zhonghui Yuan, Dongsheng Inn was lively once, but compared to this time, it was nothing.

Even if the teahouse where Sutong is located is not far from the Dongsheng Inn, it only needs to cross a street to arrive, but when Sutong arrived outside the Dongsheng Inn, half of the street was crowded with people, not to mention that there were a large number of people who were inquiring and rushed to this side, which almost crowded the whole street.

"Where is the champion, we want to see the champion, let's go in!"

When the onlookers arrived outside the Dongsheng Inn, they realized a problem, it turned out that the main entrance of the inn had been closed at this time.

Maybe there is a lesson that the descendants of Shen Xi Zhonghui Yuan came too much last time, this time the shopkeeper was one step ahead, and the first thing he did when he welcomed the newspaper into the door was to close the door of the store, and then separate the door panels and window panels, so that no matter how many people came outside, they could not enter the inn to ask for rewards, and make trouble in the name of celebration.

This ignited the anger of the onlookers!

On the street, people kept gathering outside the inn, and those in front couldn't get in, so they could only bang on the door panels and windows. The sound of "bang bang bang" is constant.

In the midst of the uproar, many people scolded, as if the innkeeper had cut off their financial means. But in fact, even if they can get in the door, they will not be able to ask for a penny in reward.

"Hurry, hurry. It's still too late. ”

When they arrived dozens of zhang away from the Dongsheng Inn, Su Tong and Li Yu couldn't squeeze in anymore, and Su Tong could only look at the lintel of the Dongsheng Inn and sigh.

Li Yu didn't regret it very much, and approached Su Tong's ear in the boiling voice, and said loudly: "Brother Su." Let's go back, let's not mix with the excitement of the champion! ”

Su Tong almost wanted to tell Li Yu that in fact, this champion was his friend, and he took the government examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, and the general examination with him, and he was introduced as his best friend Shen Xi in recent years.

Seeing that there were more people squeezing towards the Dongsheng Inn, Su Tong was afraid that there would be some accident if he stepped on it for a while, so he temporarily dispelled the idea of entering the inn to congratulate Shen Xi.

Su Tong thought to himself: "Brother Shen is mysterious these days, saying that he is doing things for the imperial court, or wait for him to give him a good banquet after he spreads the word tomorrow." Count the time. It's almost time for me to go back to Fujian. ”

At this time, Shen Xi in the Dongsheng Inn, accompanied by Yu Niang, came down from the upper floor and faced several newspapers with a smile on their faces.

There were six people who came to give him good news, and according to the rules, in addition to the three newspapers from the Ministry of Rites, there were also three newspapers sent by Shuntianfu.

"A few people, I'm tired."

Shen Xi took out a pile of loose silver from his arms and rewarded it, although it added up to more than ten taels. It is not as good as Su Tong when he was a member in the examination, but at that time, Su Tong was purely generous to others, and Shen Xi had already settled the money afterwards. Now more than ten taels have been sent, and the number is not small.

Nor are these newspapers all for the sake of please.

I can come to report the joy of the champion. Even if you don't receive a reward, the newspapers are also happy, and the legend says that the champion Lang is the Wenqu Star in the sky, and if he can get close to the Wenqu Star, the heirs of the family will be able to follow him in the future.

"Master Zhuangyuan, you are really polite, the little ones are fortunate to have three lives. Can you come to ......congratulate the champion" Several newspapers were extremely flattering to Shen Xi, and two of them also wanted to come up and pull Shen Xi and have physical contact with Shen Xi, but unfortunately before the person approached, they were blocked by Yu Niang.

Yu Niang smiled: "Your mind, the champion has received it, you can't get out of the front gate, go to the back door, the champion is busy with business, and you have to enter the palace tomorrow, can you afford to delay the hour?" ”

The newspapers received the reward and respectfully left Shen Xi's champion uniform.

The champion dress is the clothing that Shen Xi must wear when he enters the palace in the future, as the champion of the palace test, Shen Xi has the responsibility of leading all the new science and technology scholars to enter the court to worship the Son of Heaven, which is why it is necessary to choose a talent champion, the one led by three hundred people looks crooked and cracked, so what is the image of the court?

After sending the newspaper away, Shen Xi returned to the room, ready to change into a champion suit to see if it fitted, but even if he didn't wear it, he felt that this champion suit was obviously one size bigger than his body.

The champion crown and two beams, the scarlet round neck, the brocade ribbon covering the knees, the gauze hat, the silver belt, the court boots, the socks, the wat board of the acacia wood, and the underwear and white silk of the middle single were also sent. Shen Xi originally wanted to change into a look, but Yu Niang stood aside and looked at it with a smile, so that Shen Xi couldn't loosen his clothes.

"Can Yu Niang avoid it?" Shen Xi asked with a wry smile.

Yu Niang smiled brightly, although she has no relationship with Shen Xi, but the two have a deep relationship in recent years, she has a kind of free respect for Shen Xi, and she is very pleased that Shen Xi won the top prize.

Yu Niang said: "Zhuang Yuanlang wants to change clothes, the slave family will not disturb, if Zhuang Yuanlang needs the slave maid to serve, the slave family just go and call Yunliu over, she is ingenious, but she is a good girl who can take care of people." ”

Although Yu Niang was right, Shen Xi still refused directly...... He has always had a respectful attitude towards Yu Niang and her "daughters".

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On March 18, early in the morning, Shen Xi and other 300 new scholars went to Chang'an Gate to wait for entering the palace.

The left and right gates of Chang'an were built in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. The second gate is the main gate of the imperial city leading to the yamen of the central government office, and a huge stone tablet is erected in front of the door, which is engraved with "officials and people, dismount here", and there are forbidden army guards.

All officials have to enter from this gate, and when they get to the door, they have to get off the horse and get off the sedan chair, walk into the Chang'an Gate, pass through the Heavenly Street, go to the Jinshui Bridge, and enter the Chengtian Gate. Then enter the noon gate and go to the palace hall to go to court.

Once a scholar is named on the gold list, he will be like a "carp jumping over the dragon" and become a new powerful person known in the world. Therefore. The left gate of Chang'an is called the "Dragon Gate". And every year in the middle of August of the lunar calendar, the imperial court conducts the "autumn trial" in the West Thousand Step Corridor. The prisoners were escorted in from the right gate of Chang'an, as if they were entering the mouth of a tiger. Therefore, the right gate of Chang'an is called "Tiger Gate".

The doorway of the noon gate is three when viewed from the front. On the back it is five. The doors on both sides are usually not opened, and they are only opened on the days of the Great Dynasty.

Civil officials go to the east gate, and military attaches go to the west gate. The main entrance is accessible only to the emperor. The queen can go once when she enters the palace for a big wedding. The champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua in the palace examination, can also go once when they come out. The rest of the people can only go through the door.

Whether it is to participate in the Golden Palace, roll call, Chang'an Street to watch the list, to participate in the Grace Banquet, or to pay homage to the ancestor and the great priest. Confucius Temple, the champion is in the most prominent position among the Jinshi.

The ceremony of the twelfth year of Hongzhi is still held in the Fengtian Palace, but the time is a little later, and after the hundred officials arrive, they will enter the palace together with the ministers.

Although this day is not the day when the emperor holds a grand court meeting, it is a triennial ceremony in the palace, but all officials above the third rank in Beijing have no serious illness and do not need to be on duty. Attendance is mandatory.

It was also the first meeting between the courtiers and the new Jinshi, and it was symbolically significant, as the emperor used it to show that the Jinshi was the future courtier. The status of the two is equal.

The Jinshi have been waiting outside the Chang'an Gate for more than an hour, and at the end of the hour, the palace gate opens, and the courtiers scattered behind them enter the palace first, followed by three hundred Jinshi.

Everyone was lined up in two rows, Shen Xi and Lun Wenxu. As the champion and the leader, each led a row of people to enter from the right gate of Chang'an and went directly to the direction of Fengtian Temple.

Because the palace examination was held outside the Fengtian Temple, this place was not unfamiliar to the new scholars.

After the arrival of the Jinshi, the priest of the Jiaofang began to play music on both sides of the eaves of the Fengtian Palace, which was commonly used in the palace ceremonies to "neutralize the Shao music", just like the athletes' march, but all Confucian students were familiar with this tune.

In the sound of ceremonial music, the hundred officials are listed in the two sides of the danqi under the three steps according to the distinction of the ministers of civil and military affairs, and the scholars are divided into two rows, after the ministers of civil and military affairs.

Everyone stood still and began to change the music, which was called "Dan Majesty Da Yue", which was a music system that could only be used at the ceremony attended by the emperor, which meant that the Son of Heaven would soon be present in person.

Unlike the previous candidates who could only bow their heads during the palace examination, this time there were many people in the ceremony, and their heads could naturally be raised, and no one cared, so Shen Xi took advantage of this moment to take in the grandeur and majesty of the Fengtian Palace.

In the great music of His Majesty, the official of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites set up a yellow case on the east side of the gate of the Fengtian Palace...... The reason why the Huang case is not located in the proper position is because it is the place where the Son of Heaven will ascend to Luan later, and there can be no trespassing in the etiquette system.

Next is Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, who walked out with a yellow list with the results of the Zhongjin Shidian examination and placed it on top of the yellow case.

In this way, the preparations are almost complete.

Next is the ceremony of inviting the Son of Heaven, by the three cabinet scholars Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, personally went to invite the Son of Heaven to come to the Fengtian Temple with the emperor's crown, and ascended to the throne in the Fengtian Palace.

At the end of the salute, the official of Honglu Temple began to read out the emperor's personal letter, and his voice resounded: "I am in March of my own year, and I will try the tribute of the world, the first class will give the Jinshi and the first, the second will give the Jinshi background, and the third will give the same Jinshi background." ”

After this edict, the new science and technology jinshi officially changed from "gongshi" to "jinshi", but then there was also the etiquette of passing on the roll call.

After the reading of the edict is completed, the next step is to be called by the officials of Honglu Temple from the yellow list, starting from the first place in the first class, until the second and second place in the third class, each person who sings to one person, this person must be out of the ranks, and kneel down and salute on the left and right sides of the royal road.

The ancients respected the left, the champion knelt on the left side of the royal road, the list eye knelt on the right side, the tanhua knelt behind the champion, and the first place in the second class knelt behind the list eye...... And so on.

The top three in the first class, each of whom was called three times, and the official of Honglu Temple personally led the three people out of the ranks to show their favor.

Wait for Shen Xi, Lun Wenxu and Feng Xi to kneel down successively, and then sing the second and third grades, and sing in turn, each of them only sings once, and there is no official from Honglu Temple to guide the way.

Because the ranking has been arranged, even if the Jinshi who is lower behind can't hear whether he sings or not, he will know who is next according to the ranking.

The later you go, the faster the roll call, and it is easy to misplace the roll call and the column.

However, on top of a complete ceremony, this small mistake is nothing.

Just a simple roll call lasts for half an hour.

After the roll call ended, it was close to noon, and His Majesty changed the music and played the "Chapter of Qingping", and the Jinshi once again performed three kneels and nine bows, bowing to the Son of Heaven.

The ceremony outside the Mukden Hall was basically over, and Emperor Hongzhi ascended to Luan and returned to the palace.

The official of the Ministry of Rites used a cloud disk to pick up the yellow list placed on the yellow case, and under the guidance of the drum music and the imperial staff, he went out of Fengtianmen and Noon Gate, and passed through the square through Chengtianmen.

After the 300 new science and technology scholars want to watch the list, the etiquette will be completed.

The yellow list with the names and rankings of the 300 jinshi will be posted on the palace wall for three days, and after three days, the yellow list will be sent to the cabinet, and then the cabinet will be transferred to the Guozijian, and the names of the jinshi will be engraved on the tablet, and then the yellow list will be kept in the Guozijian for future generations to consult.

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PS: The second update is sent!

Now the champion is finally in the bag, everyone can rest assured, right? Of course, our story has just begun, and the excitement is still waiting for us! The Ming version of "The Official Road of Rebirth" or "Official Family" and "Absolute Power" are about to be staged, paying tribute to the record of joining the army and not believing in pie in the sky!

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