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Thirty-six new Jinshi from Huguang gathered in the Huguang Guild Hall, nervously waiting for the test list of the palace tomorrow, wanting to know how many top they could rank in the palace test.

In this examination, Huguang was second only to the 43 people in Zhejiang, surpassing the 32 people in Jiangxi, and became the province with the second most tributes in the 13 provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

For these thirty-six tributes, what they are worried about now is naturally whether they can get the second class of the palace examination, and no matter how bad they are, they will be admitted to the top 20 of the third class of the palace examination, and only in this way can they have the opportunity to participate in the next examination of the Jishi, which will be of great benefit to their future careers.

Of course, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's goals are different, as the top two in the examination, the two naturally aim at the three tripod armor in the palace examination, and the rest of the tributes also hope that the two can be admitted to the three ding armor, so that everyone can take care of each other in the officialdom in the future.

It is worth mentioning that Fang Yun, Shen Bocheng, Yang Renxiao, Wang Kuiju, Lu Kun and Li Hongyu's uncle Zhao Wenhan were all admitted to the Gongshi.

Especially Zhao Wenhan, who has passed the age of not being confused, can be said to be the oldest person in Huguang Gongshi, after learning the news of his apricot list title, Zhao Wenhan and his younger brother Zhao Wenting hugged their heads and cried, but they didn't expect that after taking the imperial examination for half a lifetime, they finally got what they wanted, and this excitement is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Li Hongyu was embarrassed at the time, he didn't know how to comfort the two uncles, maybe it would be better to let the two of them cry bitterly and vent the suppressed emotions accumulated in their hearts.

Unlike Fang Yun and others talking about the results of the palace examination, Li Hongyu focused on the progress of the war in Liaodong, if everything went well, the battle report of the battle of Sarhu should arrive in the capital in these two days.

The three-way rout and the evacuation all the way, the Ming army and the four-way army would end up like this, Li Hongyu can already imagine how gloomy Emperor Wanli's face will be.

According to the agreement between Li Hongyu and Emperor Wanli years ago, once the Ming army entered and the Jin army was defeated, then he would rush to Liaodong to rescue the Haixi Yehe Jurchen, who had a feud with Nurhachi's Jianzhou Jurchens, and could not let Nurhachi easily eliminate the opponent of Yehebu.

In Li Hongyu's view, the existence of Ye Hebu is a great constraint on Houjin, and at the same time, it will also be an irresolvable enemy.

Nurhachi's Eight Banners are not all Jianzhou Jurchens, their soldiers come from the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, and it will be easier to deal with the Jurchen tribes in Houjin after having the Yehe department, and it will be easier to gain the trust of the rest of the departments, which has far-reaching strategic influence.

What is particularly important is that Li Hongyu will formally come into contact with military power through this visit to Liaodong.

After the Battle of Tumubao, the Xungui group, which was originally fighting against the civilian group, gradually declined, so that the Ming Dynasty gradually showed a pattern of civil and military affairs, and the commander who led the troops was no longer a nobleman but a civilian official.

This gave Li Hongyu an excellent opportunity to command the army in the future, as long as he could successfully rescue Ye Hebu during his trip to Liaodong, then he would be able to gain the approval of the important ministers of the imperial court in the future and be able to command the army, and the army was the foundation for a foothold in the troubled times.

At the same time, the court push presided over by the head of the cabinet, Congzhe, was carried out nervously, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

The court officials who participated in Tingtui were taken aback when they heard the news of the defeat of the Ming army in Liaodong, and it was hard to believe that this was true for a while, and no one could have imagined that more than 100,000 elites of the Ming army would be defeated by the small Jianzhou Jurchen.

After being stunned, everyone began to discuss the personnel who went to Liaodong to clean up the mess, and it was obvious that this person should not only understand the affairs of Liaodong, but also have military experience in commanding the army.

In such a screening, there are only a handful of people in the imperial court who meet these two conditions, among which Xiong Tingbi, the former governor of Liaodong who is idle at home, has the highest voice.

Xiong Tingbi, the word Feibai, Huguangjiangxia people, Wanli twenty-six years of Jinshi, Wanli thirty-six years of patrol according to Liaodong, and other patrols according to the imperial history only one year of office is different, in Liaodong patrol for several years, so that Liaodong's fashion and discipline greatly invigorated.

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi was later transferred to Nanzhili as a school official, known for his strict discipline, but unfortunately a student who was punished by him accidentally died while being punished with a cane, so that the then Nanzhili patrol was impeached according to the imperial history Jing Yangzhi, and Xiong Tingbi also played the impeachment of Jing Yangzhi.

At the beginning of the Wanli Dynasty, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially the speech officials, developed a habit of abandoning the official and taking pride in admonishment, that is, after handing over the impeachment medal, he went home on a temporary basis, showing his determination to break the kettle and force the emperor to deal with the concert.

Jing Yangzhi gave up his post and went home after impeaching Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Tingbi's situation was not much better, he was dismissed by the imperial court and returned to his hometown, waiting for the verification of the imperial court, and has been idle at home since then.

This time, Yang Hao was defeated in Liaodong, and the officials of the imperial court naturally imagined Xiong Tingbi who lived in Huguang, and no one in the court was more suitable than him to rush to Liaodong to clean up the mess.

It is worth mentioning that although Xiong Tingbi said that although he was a Chu party, he had good contacts with Yang Lian and other Donglin parties, so his trip to Liaodong this time can be described as "the general trend".

Li Hongyu naturally knew that Xiong Tingbi would be activated, but he didn't have time to see the demeanor of this Liaodong Dongyun figure in the late Ming Dynasty, and when Xiong Tingbi arrived in the capital from Huguangjiangxia, Li Hongyu had already joined the Jurchen Yehe Department in Liaodong.

In the early morning of March 22, Li Hongyu and other tributes wore festive red tribute uniforms and entered the Forbidden City again with three branches and nine leaves crowns.

Unlike the previous two times, they went to the Taihe Palace, which is commonly known as the "Jinluan Palace", to prepare to participate in the "Transmission Ceremony" held in front of the Taihe Palace.

The so-called Chuan Yu Ceremony, that is, the Gong Shi were called and summoned in turn according to the first rank of the temple test, this kind of ceremony is called the "Chuan Yu Grand Ceremony", which can be described as a supreme glory for the Jinshi.

Qianqing Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, this is the highest ten answer sheets in this palace test, please ask the emperor to judge." He Zongyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, held a tray in his hand, and in the tray were ten good scrolls selected by the scroll readers, still in a state of obfuscation, and bowed down to report to the Wanli Emperor who was sitting on the warm couch.

Fang Congzhe and other senior officials of the court stood on the side of the warm couch, waiting for the Wanli Emperor to select the champion, the list eye and the tanhua from the ten answer sheets.

An attendant immediately stepped forward, took the tray from He Zongyan's hand, and placed it on a long table in front of the warm couch, lined up from left to right in order from highest to lowest, and on the far left was the answer sheet that the eight readers thought was the best.

Generally speaking, if there are no accidents, the emperor will select the first three examination papers as the articles of the three tripod armor in order of the answer sheet, and become the champion, the list eye and the tanhua in turn.

After all, the articles selected by the eight Jinshi scholars were undoubtedly the best of all the tributes.

Therefore, as long as the content of the first three answer sheets and the names of the subordinate tributes do not violate the taboo of the emperor, then the emperor will not easily change the ranking, all he has to do is to use the red pen to write "champion", "bangyan" and "tanhua" on the surface of the scroll, which is called the imperial pen Zhu Pi, just like the holy decree.

Emperor Wanli got up and stepped forward, starting from the answer sheet on the right side, and checking the case files on the long table one by one.

Among them, the focus of Emperor Wanli's attention was naturally his third question, "Ask the Emperor's Politics and the Emperor's Heart".

"When the minister hears that the emperor is in control of the universe, there must be the actual government of the manager, and then the crowd can be restrained, and there are all kinds of intricacies, so that the rule of Yongxi; There must be a solid heart of advocacy, and then you can quench and encourage hundreds of workers, vibrate the general affairs, and have the principle of Zhenzhilong......"

When he came to the answer sheet on the far left in the first place, Emperor Wanli's eyes suddenly lit up when he checked the volume, and he couldn't help but read it in a whisper, no wonder this answer sheet would be ranked first, and the third question moved Emperor Wanli as soon as it came up.

Seeing this situation, Fang Congzhe, He Zongyan and the others couldn't help but secretly glance at each other, everyone already knew in their hearts at this time, it seemed that the owner of this first answer sheet would definitely become the champion of this science hall test.

“…… Cover the solid heart first, the real government is followed, Yongxi's transformation is not difficult to do, how to say Han Xuan! The minister does not know the taboo, and he is strict, and he is trembling and surpassing. Yes, you are right. ”

Finally, Emperor Wanli finished reading the content of the answer sheet, then clapped his hands with a "snap", and said with a smile to Fang Congzhe and others present, "This volume is hearty, emotional, reasonable, and equipped, it is a rare and unseen masterpiece!" ”

"Bring the pen!" As he spoke, Emperor Wanli solemnly instructed the chamberlain on the side, and after the chamberlain brought the imperial pen, he picked it up and wrote the word "champion" on the frontispiece of the answer sheet, and wrote "Bangyan" and "Tanhua" on the frontispiece of the two answer sheets on the side.

"Break the seal and see who wrote it!" Then, Emperor Wanli put down the imperial pen in his hand, pointed to the answer sheet with "champion" written on it, and ordered.

"Back to the emperor, it is Li Hongyu from Baihe Town, Jiangkou County, Xiangyang Prefecture, Huguang." The chamberlain on the side immediately stepped forward to open the seal on the answer sheet, and then respectfully showed the part of the scroll with his name and place of origin to Emperor Wanli.

"Li Hongyu?"

Emperor Wanli's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, he never expected Li Hongyu to be able to write such a heart-wrenching article, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which may be the only thing that can make him feel happy now.

Fang Congzhe, He Zongyan and other members of the Chu Party and Donglin Party who were present felt sorry when they heard this, and no one expected that this time the champion was not won by the scholars from Jiangnan, which naturally disappointed them.

"Your Majesty, Bangyan is also from Baihe Town, Jiangkou County, Xiangyang Prefecture, named Zhao Xin." Just when Fang Congzhe, He Zongyan and the others were disappointed, a voice sounded, and the chamberlain who opened the answer sheet was stunned for a moment and presented the scroll in his hand to Emperor Wanli in surprise.

"What?" Hearing this, the ministers at the scene were taken aback, and they all looked at the chamberlain in surprise, thinking that they had heard it wrong.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been relatively rare for the champion and the top eye to come from the same province, and it has never happened that they come from the same state capital, let alone from the same town.

"Zhao Xin?" Emperor Wanli frowned when he heard this, and then asked a chamberlain beside him, "But the one who sounded the Dengwen drum before the test." ”

"Back to the emperor, Zhao Xin, who beat the drum, is also from Baihe Town, Jiangkou County, Xiangyang Prefecture, and is sixteen years old." Hearing this, the chamberlain bowed and replied, even if there are two people with the same name and surname in the same township, then the age will not be the same.

"Your Majesty, this person is sixteen years old." Hearing this, the interior man who was holding the answer sheet hurriedly spoke.

With a bang, there was a commotion in the Dongnuan Pavilion for a while, and the court officials who were well-informed were also stunned by the news, and couldn't help but whisper to each other, this kind of situation had never happened before.

"Your Majesty, Tanhua is from Qingyang Town, Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and its name is Zhuang Jichang." In the midst of a muffled discussion, one of the chamberlains opened the seal on the Tanhua answer sheet and presented it to the Wanli Emperor.

Hearing this, the ministers who were talking about it immediately quieted down, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, fortunately, Tanhua is not from Huguang, otherwise the lifters gathered in the capital would not have fried the pot.

"Hmm!" Emperor Wanli nodded when he heard this, and ordered He Zongyan in a deep voice, "Spread my will, and appoint these three people to try the three tripod armor for this science hall!" ”

"Obey." Hearing this, He Zongyan bowed to Emperor Wanli and hurriedly ordered someone to open the seal of the remaining seven answer sheets.

At this time, the ranking of the second and third in the palace examination has been arranged, and the seats of the top seven in the second class and the first and third tripod are vacant, and the ranking will be filled in according to the holy decree of the Wanli Emperor.

Since Emperor Wanli did not change the order of the ten answer sheets, the first place in the second class was the answer sheet ranked fourth on the long table, and the ranking was postponed in turn.

It is worth mentioning that the first place in the second class of the palace examination has a title, called "Chuanlu".

The tribute who won the first place in the second class is Kong Yunzhen of Jurong County, Yingtianfu, Nanzhili, this person is the sixty-second grandson of Confucius, and he was originally from Chizhou Mansion in Nanzhili, but like Zhao Xin, he participated in the township test in Yingtianfu as a guest, so he was regarded as the son of Yingtianfu.

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