Just a few days after Lu Shanji set off with the emperor's trust, the last step of Enke in the first year of Chongzhen was also about to be completed. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Ten days after the yellow list of the new Gongshi was posted on the front street of the Gongyuan, Enke ushered in the last step in the first year of Chongzhen, which was the palace test.

The "hall" mentioned in the word palace examination, in the history of the Ming Dynasty after moving the capital to Beijing, mainly refers to the construction of the pole hall, the previous imperial examinations before Enke, the palace examination was held here.

This time, however, something went wrong. Because the number of people who participated in the temple examination this time was unprecedented in history, and it was 500 people.

Although the Jianji Hall is so much larger than the Middle Pole Hall, it is really a little crowded to put in five hundred strips and brocade stools at the same time, and then five hundred new Kegongshi, as well as the invigilators of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the Hanlin Academy, and the security personnel of the Jinyi Guard.

If the emperor doesn't come, and the cabinet ministers don't come, it's just a little crowded, but the emperor and the cabinet ministers are coming, and the Jianji Palace, which has never been in so many people in normal times, suddenly seems a little inappropriate.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't care much about the old rules and regulations of the past, since the Jianji Hall was a little smaller, then arrange it in the Huangji Palace.

On April 26, the sky was already bright, wearing the new red dress given by the imperial court, Niu Jinxing walked a little restrainedly in the ranks of five hundred new Gonggongs, looking at the towering palace wall from time to time, and his heart was full of shock.

At the same time, the Daming Gate rumbled open, and five hundred new Kegong soldiers, under the gaze of the guards guarding the imperial city and the guards guarding the palace city, once again went through a search one by one, and then under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs, they passed through the Daming Gate and the Chengtian Gate, and then came to the front of the Noon Gate.

The rising sun, the golden sunlight shines on the golden glazed tiles of the Wumen City Tower, with the vermilion of the tall city wall, exudes a kind of divine brilliance, this brilliance makes Niu Venus deeply intoxicated, once extremely longed for but never dared to imagine the thing, actually happened.

Since Gongshi Huangbang posted it and learned that he was really in high school, for many days, Niu Jinxing felt like he was dreaming.

Although lifting people is already extremely noble in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people also want to kneel down and call them a lifting man when they see it, but Niu Jinxing doesn't think so, and he also knows very well how big the difference between lifting people and Jinshi is. Although Juren is already very noble, it is 108,000 miles behind Jinshi.

Jinshi, whether they are official or not, are proper members of the ruling class. And as long as the previous dynasties are on the list after the exam, they should be regarded as winning the jinshi. The palace examination only involves the ranking of Jinshi, but there has never been a matter of expulsion.

Therefore, these new Gongshi who are now lining up in a long line, slowly walking through the Wumen, Jinshui Bridge and Huangji Gate, are not as nervous as when they first walked into the gate of the Gongyuan.

After passing the Imperial Gate, seeing the majestic Imperial Palace from a distance, many new Kegong priests shouted in surprise, which immediately attracted the reprimand of the officials of the Ministry of Rites ordering everyone to remain silent.

The Forbidden City Imperial Palace is a great building even if it is resting now, and in the Ming Dynasty, where the buildings are generally relatively low, the visual effect brought by the tall and majestic Imperial Palace to people is definitely a shock.

Entering from the Daming Gate, five hundred scholars who are about to become new science and technology scholars, first passed through the Chengtian Gate, then the Noon Gate, and then the Huangji Gate, all the way, less than half an hour, but completed a perfect psychological domestication process, even if Li Xin, who was a little unruly before, was completely bowed to the supreme imperial authority of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

The new Kogong scholars who slowly came to the front of the Imperial Palace under the triple high rank, stopped, adjusted their formation under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and then sorted out their outfits, waiting for the opening of the gate of the Imperial Palace.

Li Ruolian, the commander of the front division of the palace standing in front of the gate of the Imperial Palace, looked at the whole team of new Kegong soldiers at the foot of the steps with envy on his face, while thinking about when his younger brother, who was now studying hard at home, would also be able to enter the Forbidden City to participate in the palace examination presided over by the emperor himself.

Now the Jinyi Guard Gong Wei Division has assumed the heavy responsibility of guarding the emperor, and the Han generals and red helmet generals who stand in front of the three major halls as human stakes are unified under the management of the newly established palace front division.

Of course, the front division of the palace is also promoted by Gao Shiming, who is still waiting for the wind to come in Dongjiang Town, and the command of the front division of the palace is Li Ruolian, the hereditary thousand households of Jinyiwei, who was personally selected by the emperor from the list recommended by Gong Yonggu.

Gong Yonggu and Li Ruolian themselves didn't know why the emperor chose him, but Emperor Chongzhen himself knew it very well in his heart. Because of this Li Ruolian on the day of the destruction of the city of Beijing, as a member of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu, organized the family to defend the city, killed a large number of besieging peasant troops, and learned that the emperor committed suicide after the city was broken, Li Ruolian immediately returned home, led his wife and children, and died of self-immolation.

Of course, this Li Ruolian's younger brother Li Ruolian was much more famous in later history than him, and after the death of the Ming Dynasty, he came out of the Qing Dynasty and achieved the high position of the Ministry of Rites all the way. But in this life, of course, there will be no such situation again.

Just as Li Ruolian, the former commander of the Jinyi Guard Palace, was immersed in his thoughts, he suddenly heard the sound of the silent whip of the celebrant and eunuch under the steps in front of the palace.

Then he hurriedly ordered the Han generals on both sides of the palace gate to step forward and slowly open the palace door.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites under the rank also led the long-standing Xinke Gongshi to enter.

Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng followed the flow of people, entered the hall, and then found the table with their names written on it, took out the brocade stool that was lowered, and sat down quietly.

Then there is the roll call of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the hair rolls. Then wait for the arrival of the emperor and cabinet ministers.

Suddenly, a voice came from afar: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Then he heard the back door of the Imperial Palace open, and the emperor, surrounded by the commanders of the Jinyi Guard, the eunuchs of the inner court, and the cabinet ministers, walked in quickly, and sat down on the throne in the middle of the Imperial Palace.

Although he had been repeatedly taught by the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs of the Ministry of Rites, at this moment, Song Yingxing was still a little flustered, and when he heard the voice of "The emperor has arrived, the new Kegongshi is visiting", he followed the crowd in a panic, kneeling on the ground with a hula la, and did not show that he had thought about maintaining a good Jinshi demeanor before.

After three prostrations, the emperor ordered to be flattened, and the tributes rose one after another under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and then sat down in their places.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the sunlight outside the hall shone into the hall, and some of the tributes secretly looked at the emperor not far in front of them.