In the hall, Wang Zhen had the heart to take a look at the article, but after looking at the many ministers waiting outside the door, he dispelled this thought, and only lowered his head and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what was the original ranking of this article?" ”

Zhu Qizhen replied: "Eighteen in the second grade." ”

When Wang Zhen heard this, he immediately knew in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Youjun and Yu Shinan have a pleasant font, peaceful demeanor, and a fluffy spring and summer atmosphere, which can be described as joyful." Xu Jihai is good at using the thirsty pen, the world is like its appearance, such as the angry appearance of the stone, thirsty Ji running to the spring, can be described as angry, so the book, such as also, such as its learning, such as its talent, such as its ambition, but also like its people. Although this article is in line with His Majesty's wishes, but the handwriting is a little lacking, it can be described as simple, people are like their words, words are like their people, if such a simple person is promoted by His Majesty to the first of the second class, it is a blessing or a curse is unknown, if Your Majesty is intentional, it is better to briefly promote it to three or four places. ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled when he heard this: "Mr. is reasonable. After that, according to Wang Zhen's proposal, the article was placed in the top 15 position.

After the emperor "appointed" the top three, he returned the rest of the test papers to the East Pavilion, and the paper reader also returned to the East Pavilion, ranked the second and first places below, and then opened the papers and filled in the yellow list, waiting for the "list".

The palace examination list is called "Chuanlu", and the ceremony is held as usual, but compared with the palace examination on March 1, the atmosphere of the ceremony is much more relaxed.

The preparation of the scroll was carried out in the Huagai Palace, and the scroll reader opened the scroll in order according to the first, second, and third names in front of the emperor, and the first volume was opened to play the first and first place someone, and the second and third volumes were also played, and then the names of the second and third class jinshi were filled in on the yellow list, and the officials of the Shangbao Division used the seal on the yellow list.

Immediately the drum music sounded, the deacon rolled the yellow list and handed it over to the officials of the Hanlin Academy, held it to the Fengtian Palace to wait, and later the emperor was guided by the driver, from the Huagai Hall to the Fengtian Hall to ascend to the throne, the civil and military officials stood according to the usual court, made music in the hall, set off firecrackers, and began to pass the song.

Zhao Yan had already lined up with the tributes on both sides of the Danqi outside the hall, and after the envoy asked for the decree, he went out of the left gate of the Fengtian Palace, and stood in the east of the Dan Majesty facing west. ”

Zhao Yan knelt down with everyone, and the official continued to read aloud: "On March 1, the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, the tributary of the world will be tested. The first class is given to the Jinshi and the first, the second is given to the Jinshi origin, and the third is given to the same Jinshi origin. ”

After a pause, just when Zhao Yan thought that the herald would not speak again, the herald continued to sing: "Peng Shi in the first place, Chen Jian in the first class, Yue Zheng in the first class, Wan An in the first place, and Gao Chong in the first place." ”

The first and third of the second class are called Chuanyu, which comes from this.

The official recital, the Jinshi bowed, got up, and bowed four times with the password, and the deacon held the yellow list case out of the left gate of Fengtianmen, and hung the yellow list outside the left gate of Chang'an.

In the palace, hundreds of civil and military officials entered the class in turn, and there was a speech-giving official kneeling in His Majesty Dan to give a speech: "Tiankai Wenyun, virtuous and handsome, congratulations!" Then the firecrackers were firecracked, the emperor set off, the hundred officials retreated, the ceremony ended, and the emperor gave a banquet for the new scholars, called the Grace Banquet, and the Song Dynasty called the Qionglin Banquet.

The day after the transmission, the new champion led the people into the palace to thank him, and then went to the temple of Confucius to supervise the ancestors. After the ceremony, the Jinshi Yi Guanfu, this is the final "release brown", that is, no longer the people but the official, the Guozijian as usual to erect a monument inscription, so far the triennial imperial examination is over.

On the third day of the first month of March, outside the Yongding Gate, Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan finally said to each other a cherished word, and then a whip sounded, and the horse pulling the cart neighed, and the carriage slowly moved forward, Zhang Wenyuan lifted the curtain and said to Zhao Yan: "Brother Zhao, now the flowers are blooming just right, when you return to your hometown, I will pick up the wind for you in the peach forest outside the state city." ”

"I won't tell Brother Zhang to wait for a long time." Zhao Yan immediately replied.

As soon as the etiquette was over, the entire court suddenly returned to the right track, and how to arrange the new science and technology scholars became a top priority in front of many bigwigs.

There was an officialdom saying in the Ming and Qing dynasties: "The people are the scholars, the upper is Hanlin, the second period is to give things, the second period is the imperial history, and the second period is in charge." It can be seen that Hanlin is the best choice, and if it is really not good, it will be squeezed into the central ministries.

Zhao Yan naturally wants to stay in the capital as an official, but now the clouds in the DPRK are treacherous, although Wang Zhen has a monopoly on power, and the response is like a cloud, but the cabinet elders are the head. The royalist faction is unwilling to be controlled by others, and the two sides are fighting for each other in the court, and the battle is fierce, so if you stay in the capital as an official, you will inevitably need to stand in line, and in the long run, it is naturally better to stand on the royalist faction, after all, according to the historical process, Wang Zhen really can't jump for long, but now the royalist faction is obviously at a disadvantage, and if he is not careful, he may be planted in the deep pool of the Ming Dynasty.

No one takes care of it, there is no foundation below, he is only the fifteenth in the second class, whether he can get a ticket to enter the Hanlin Academy, thinking of this, Zhao Yan can't help but hesitate, fortunately, Zhao Yan was then elected to the Hanlin Academy to become a Jishi, so Zhao Yan can be regarded as a sick heart.

Originally, the examination of each subject, only the top three of the first class, that is, the champion, the list of eyes, and the flower can immediately arrange official positions, and the champion is awarded for revision, which is from the sixth grade, and the list eye and Tanhua are edited and repaired, which is the seventh grade, and then from the second and third grades, select young and talented people to enter the Hanlin Academy as a Jishi, called "Xuanguan", even if Zhao Yancai is a little poor, he can't run with his eighteen-year-old little fresh meat, and he can only say that he is a little worried.

The Hanlin of the Ming Dynasty was the place where the government stored materials, and there was a practice after Yingzong: non-Jinshi did not enter Hanlin, and non-Hanlin did not enter the cabinet, so Shu Jishi was known as "Chu Xiang", and those who could become Shu Jishi had the opportunity to rise to prominence, such as Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Shu Jishi was born.

There are many responsibilities of the Hanlin Academy, including the responsibility of selecting and teaching Shu Jishi, which means intern, and only good performance can be turned into a regular and officially awarded an official position.

Zhao Yan entered the Hanlin Academy with Wan An, Liu Ji, Liu Jue, and Yin Min, and then separated from several people to be responsible for the compilation of historical books, and received Zhao Yannai as a dignified-looking and tall young Hanlin. This Hanlin is wearing a cyan patch uniform, and the embroidery on the complement is a heron, which is either the sixth grade or the sixth grade, and the attendant and the attendant in the Hanlin Academy are the six grades, and the history museum is revised as the six grades, at this time Zhao Yan happens to be in the history museum, so the grade of this Hanlin is self-evident.

The scribe who was responsible for leading Zhao Yan introduced the two to each other and then left, Zhao Yan felt that since he wanted to follow others in the future, he had to show enthusiasm, so he nodded and said: "Shang Xiu, in the next first time, please give me advice in the future." ”

The young Hanlin, that is, Shang Xiu, saw that Zhao Yan's posture was very low, and he had a good impression of him, so he said: "It's okay, I don't dare to give advice, I am an orthodox ten-year jinshi, only a few years earlier than Zhao Shuchang, and you and I will practice history books in the future, so you don't have to be too polite." ”

Shu Ji Shi is also called Shu Chang, in order to call it smooth, the Hanlin Academy generally calls Shu Ji Shi Shu Chang.

Seeing that this Shang Xiu's writing was gentle and did not seem to be a person who was difficult to deal with, Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said: "I am a native of Shenzhou in Zhending Mansion in Xiabei Zhili, and the word is beautiful, I don't know where Shang Xiu's hometown is?" ”

Shang Xiushu smiled, revealing half of his neat white teeth, and said, "I am from Chun'an County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, and I have a good name. Zhao Shuchang, the atmosphere in the Hanlin Academy is free and easy, you don't have to learn to be as serious as outside, if you don't dislike it, how about you and I commensurate with the words? ”

"It couldn't be better." Zhao Yan nodded, and the name of this Shang Xiu who realized it was a little familiar.

At this moment, a scribe walked in quickly: "Shang Sanyuan, I don't know if the history of the previous dynasty that Master Zhang asked Shang Sanyuan to sort out the day before yesterday has been sorted out?" ”

Hearing this, Shang Xiu hurriedly took out a thick stack of books from the table, handed them to the scribe, and said, "I just said that I would send them to Master Zhang, but I didn't want Master Zhang to send you to pick them up." ”

After sending the scribe away, Shang Xiushu turned around, but saw Zhao Yanzheng looking at him with little stars in his eyes, he touched his face suspiciously, and asked, "Guomei, why do you look at me like this?" ”

Zhao Yan didn't answer, he didn't expect his luck to be so good, as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy, he met the only two in the Ming Dynasty and the big man of the three yuan-Shang Chen, this is more than Wan'an Liu Ji and the like, if nothing else, he will enter the cabinet in the past two years to participate in the preparatory service, if the operation is done properly, maybe he can affect the process of the civil fort in the name of Shang Chen, but the result is good or bad is unknown.

After reporting to the Hanlin Academy, it is the family leave arranged by the imperial court for the new branch scholars, which lasts for half a year, mainly to let the new science and technology scholars go back to their hometowns to settle down at home, and by the way, pretend to be forced, after all, the clothes do not return to their hometowns such as brocade clothes and night walks, this is the truth that even the ordinary people know the truth, and the bigwigs in the court will naturally not be puzzled, after all, they are also from the new science and technology scholars step by step.

Liu Jinai is a native of Boye County, Baoding Prefecture, and Boye County and Shenzhou are not more than 100 miles together, so Zhao Yan made an appointment with him to go on the road together. On the way, the two chatted, but they really enhanced their relationship a lot, but when Zhao Yan returned to Shenzhou, he didn't think clearly, how Liu Ji, who now looks sunny and cheerful and has a somewhat angry temperament, has grown step by step into Liu Mian, who has an amazing thickness of face and is extremely 'bulletproof' in history.

If you don't think clearly, put it aside for the time being, Shenzhou City is already in sight, and a thought called 'hometown timidity' in Zhao Yan's heart began to breed quietly, but it just sprouted, and was defeated by the slender figure standing in front of the city gate.