Chapter 437: A Thousand Gold
Originally, Xiao Mu just sighed casually, coupled with Lin Yi's explanation, he now has no sense of resistance and discomfort about the reality of inadvertently changing the original trajectory of history, after all, even if he wants to act perfectly according to the original history, he can't do it, because it is impossible for him to know everything that Emperor Chongzhen did in the original history. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
All in all, the decision to send Shi Kefa to Zhangjiakou to serve as the official position promoted by the City Boss, rather than letting him enter the Hanlin Academy to study in a step-by-step manner, was made like this, and it can be said that no one can change it in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty.
The phenomenon of information asymmetry existed in all dynasties, even in the modern society where Xiao Mu was located, such things abounded, so the phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty where he is now is even more obvious - as the emperor, Xiao Mu has begun to study the arrangement of official positions for the new Jinshi, but those candidates who participated in the palace examination have not yet known their own rankings.
However, fortunately, the difference between the two was not too long, and on the second day, the imperial court announced the final results of the Wuchen Kedian Examination in the first year of Chongzhen - the announcement process was undoubtedly like a blockbuster movie, and the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites to send good news to the candidates with the title of the gold list set off in waves, each going to the inn, restaurant, annex or other residence where each candidate was, and sending them what can be said to be the reward of their ten years of cold harvest.
And then every official who participated in the report will not be surprised to receive a heavy reward from the object of their report, although it is not difficult for people in the public to make some extra income in addition to the money, but like this can be reached out openly, no one will feel inappropriate at all, and there are not many opportunities to even cause dissatisfaction if you don't take it, so every official who goes to report everywhere is full of enthusiastic smiles, both to express congratulations to the ministers who have passed the entrance examination. I am also happy that I have received a lot of rewards.
Of course, for such a thing as the release of the list, they are naturally not the protagonists of these official errands who report the good news, almost every restaurant inn that produces Jinshi will be overcrowded, and the dense crowd is naturally here to see the demeanor of the new Jinshi master - and the absolute protagonists in the list, that is, these new Jinshi who are under the onlookers are performing differently, but basically they are all the same, the difference is only in the ecstasy, is it joy, or joy, or crying with joy, in short, it must be with "joy" related moods.
In this case, even if everyone is watching, even if the candidates who know that they have passed the Jinshi examination will not go back to criticize them even if they make many actions that look very crazy on weekdays, but will be understood by everyone, after all, in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty, except for a person like Xiao Mu who was born to be a hereditary son of heaven, the only way for the rest of the people to stand at the top of the country and become a manager is to participate in the imperial examination, and the importance of the imperial examination to the Ming Dynasty is self-evident to every ordinary person. Even those who have never read a book, and who are illiterate in big characters, are also the same -- the concept that "if you want to be an official, you must study, and those who become a big official are well-read" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it can almost be said that it is a truth that does not need to be proved.
The order of the imperial examination list is in the order of the results from low to high, that is to say, the more candidates who do well, the more their results will be announced last, after all, if the champion list is the first to be announced, then people's attention will be all focused on them, and the other jinshi are relatively pitiful, so it is more reasonable to gradually push this ranking from low to high and gradually push to the climax.
For the candidates who have participated in the palace examination, but there are no street results for the time being, their mood is undoubtedly more complicated, it can be said that it is a mixed blessing, the good thing is that their examination results have not been announced yet, which means that they are likely to have a better result in the test, and they need to be announced later, and the worry is that they are afraid that all the people who have passed the examination have been announced, but their results have still not been announced - although the Daming Palace Examination almost does not eliminate candidates, but this is only "almost" after all, If any candidate writes an article that is really unsightly, or violates the emperor's taboo, it is not impossible to fall off the list directly.
Therefore, for those candidates who have not received the good news for the time being, they are almost all carefully recalling the content of their articles, for fear of recalling what they should not have written.
However, as the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Mu naturally does not have so many taboos, even if any candidate really writes some so-called "great rebellion", Xiao Mu obviously will not care - although the marking work is done by examiners such as Lai Zongdao, and the ranking of most candidates' examination papers is not determined by him, the emperor, but if any candidate really fails to make the list, Xiao Mu will come forward to ask whether it is out of fairness, or out of his emperor's sense of existence and authority.
However, the above is just a hypothesis, according to what Xiao Mu knows, none of the candidates who participated in the palace examination this time failed the list, so that is to say, the later the results are announced, the better his results will be - but due to information asymmetry, the candidates who are anxiously waiting for the results of the examination do not know this, so there will be that kind of ambivalence of joy and worry.
The release of the results began on the morning of this day, and a team of gongs, drums and trumpets appeared on the street, and the faces of each team members were full of smiles, as if the old men who had passed the Jinshi examination were relatives of their own family. In the same way, every team that announces the good news wants to make as many trips as possible, in addition to sharing more of the joy of the title of the gold list, which is the nominal reason, it is naturally also to get a few more rewards.
After all, for the candidates who have passed the Jinshi examination, it is not surprising how much reward money is given, and winning the Jinshi means becoming the top group member of the Ming Pyramid, even if all the money on the body is rewarded, it doesn't matter, because some people are willing to invest in the door of the new Jinshi together with all their property, not to mention those wealthy families, who are waiting for the "list to catch the son-in-law" among the new Jinshi to select young and promising people to recruit into their own sons-in-law. All in all, the phrase "the daughter is scattered and comes back" is undoubtedly very appropriate for these new jinshi.