For these scholars who do not want to wake up, this is the most wonderful moment in their lives, but the wonderful moment is always short-lived, they don't want to wake up and there is no way, after being cheered like never before, what awaits them is to cheer again, or to be locked in the prison car to meet rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, it all depends on personal creation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Anyway, if Yan Song is arrested and locked in a prison car, he will be greeted by rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, not flowers and applause.

After the end of the royal street boasting, in the afternoon, Zheng Guang led a group of fellow subjects, waiting in the Ministry of Rites to read the minister, Luan Yiwei envoy, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Shilang, as well as the acceptance of the volume, the seal, the palm, the supervision of the examination, the protection of the army, the participation of the leader, the filling of the list, the printing of the scroll, the supply, the praise, etc., all the officials who served them on the Jinshi Road were to bow and thank and thank again, and then there was a grander feast, until the third watch did not disperse.

Zheng Guang, the champion who was born out of nowhere, is the focus of care, the same year toast, the officials toast, congratulations to him on a bright future, Zheng Guangrao is prepared three sobering pills, and almost fell on this battlefield without gunpowder, wine culture, is really not the gospel of this champion who does not like to drink.

After the dismissal, Zheng Guang and Xu Pang supported each other and walked back, embarrassed, and fell asleep when they returned to the house, and they didn't even have time to take a bath, so they snored together like thunder, Zheng Jiang helplessly took off his coat for the two old men and stuffed them into the quilt, and then rested.

In the early morning of the next day, the hangover jinshi had to use great perseverance to get up from the warm beds and go to the palace, although the most important celebration was over, but there were still some torture steps to go, three hundred and one new science jinshi supported the heavy and almost cracked braincase, took a combination of heavy and vain steps, and went to the Honglu Temple to learn the basic etiquette of being an official, and accepted the court clothes, crown belts, Jinshi treasure books, etc., given by the emperor, that is, the uniforms and academic diplomas of Ming officials.

According to the official etiquette that you have just learned, you will be rewarded by the emperor, and the people below will be thanked, no matter what you get, even if the imperial gift Bai Aya wants you to hang yourself, your family will have to collect it, because this is the imperial gift, the so-called thunder and rain are all the grace of the king, and the people who are ministers are so sad.

Of course, this is difficult to help but make a fuss about the new science and technology scholars, so the champion Zheng Guang on behalf of the new science and technology scholars to express their gratitude, nothing more than to use the most gorgeous rhetoric to express their heartfelt gratitude to the emperor, and then express their determination, what is the Ming Dynasty's liver and brain, for Your Majesty to do everything and other slogans, there is no practical significance, but everyone has to make a show and go through the motions.

After thanking the emperor, thank the teacher again, go to the Confucian Temple to perform the food ceremony, use the rabbit as the mound, the jing as the flower, and the jujube chestnut as the fruit, to thank the holy master, anyway, you are a disciple of Confucius, you were admitted to the Jinshi and got the official position, you want to do something for this person who provides knowledge, express your gratitude, but Zheng Guang does not think that Confucius is really that great, at least among his contemporaries, there are many people who are the same as him, or even greater than him, China's holy teacher, should not be just Confucius.

But as the Ming Dynasty of Confucianism and Taoism, this set of etiquette is extremely complicated, because there are not only Confucius in the Confucian Temple, but also the four saints and twelve philosophers who are worthy of enjoyment, as well as the sixty-two ancestors in the east and west, so in addition to kneeling to the holy Confucius's throne, but also to kneel down in turn to restore the holy Yanzi, the sage Zengzi, the sage Sizi, and the sub-sage Mencius who was thrown out by Emperor Taizu and invited back, but also to worship the gods of the twelve philosophers and sixty-two Confucianism in the east and west. Otherwise, the groggy Zheng Guang was afraid that he would make a joke.

After worshipping the Confucian Temple, finally to the last step, the Jinshi inscription stele, that is, the Ministry of Industry to get a stone stele, engraved with the name of all the subjects, set up in the stele forest of the country, for future generations to admire, this is also the vast majority of the Jinshi Qing history of the opportunity to leave a name, in the history of the emperor will be written down in the history of the genealogy, it is unlikely that those who have no achievements in the second and third Jinshi will be written down, if you want future generations to know their achievements, in addition to the local chronicles that have little attention, this stele is the only means.

Zheng Guang looked at the name of the first one at the top of the Jinshi Monument, and he was also quite emotional, and when everyone squeezed a few tears out of this Jinshi Monument, this process was over.

After the officials announced to everyone that they could leave the palace and wait for the court examination after three days to decide to stay, many people suddenly realized that they no longer had the aura of a new branch jinshi, and those who could work in the court were basically all from jinshi, the higher the official position, the higher the rank of jinshi, they had nothing to be proud of, from this moment on, they were a rookie official, not a new branch jinshi.

Back at home, Zheng Guang and Xu Wei still haven't come back to the taste, Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan came to Zheng Guang's mansion hand in hand, seeing Xu Pang lying on the recliner with empty eyes, Zheng Guang sat on the side and looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, as if thinking about something, the two couldn't help but be a little curious, Zhang Juzheng stepped forward with a smile and said: "What are Zhuangyuanlang and Chuan Gong thinking?" ”

Before Xu Pang came back to his senses, Zheng Guang saw Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan, smiled, and said: "Thinking about how to go in the future, the aura of the new science and technology jinshi is over, and in the future, we will be a group of the most inconspicuous newcomer petty officials, how to be an official, how to do things, how to go on, these are not easy things, one is not good, broken bones, don't think about the glory of the ancestors......"

Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan glanced at each other, and also saw the worry in each other's hearts, so they each found a chair to sit down, and opened the chatterbox, Zhang Juzheng's chatter is always the most talkative: "The imperial examination in three days is an important exam that determines where the new scholars go, although it can't decide all, but there is also some weight, I don't know if I can be selected as a Shujishi, if I am lucky to be elected as a Shujishi, the next three years, it will be down, and it will be safer." ”

Li Yiyuan worried: "My ranking is not high, it is probably unlikely that I will be elected as a Shujishi, probably to go to one of the six ministries to observe politics for a period of time, and then be released, if the ranking is a little higher, it can be a little better, do a county order or something, if the ranking is not high, directly released, there may not be much future." ”

Then, Li Yiyuan looked at Zheng Guang and Xu Shu, and said enviously: "Your rankings are very high, especially Pingzhi, no matter what the court examination is, you can be directly awarded the Hanlin Academy for revision, and it is also the grade of the six grades, and it is extremely noble, and it is very possible to directly enter the six departments as an official when the time comes, and the ranking of the chief is also very high, 100% can be selected as a Shujishi, and finally become a member of the Hanlin Academy, and the fifth place of the uncle is also very high, and he is almost an iron-clad Hanlin official." ”

Zheng Guang thought for a while and said: "I won't go to the Hanlin Academy to take up a job, I plan to wait for the court examination to apply to Your Majesty above, and send him to a certain place in the southeast as an official, and take the anti-Japanese peace as a career. ”

Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan were stunned, and even Xu Wei came back to his senses, staring at Zheng Guang, and seeing that Zheng Guang was a little hairy: "What's wrong?" ”

"Are you telling the truth? Not a joke? Li Yiyuan asked tentatively, Zheng Guang was stunned for a moment, and then cried and laughed: "It turns out that you all think that I have a hot brain at that moment, and I talk nonsense casually?" I swear to God, and if I don't fulfill such a vow, how can I have the face to live in this world? Although the feud of my father has been washed away, the blood feud of the people in the southeast has not yet been understood for many years, how can I drink tea in the Hanlin Courtyard with peace of mind? ”

Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan glanced at each other, involuntarily hugged their fists towards Zheng Guang, and said with great admiration: "Peace of mind and the world, we admire!" ”

Xu Wei didn't say a word, staring at Zheng Guang, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zheng Guang just smiled and didn't say anything, he knew that it might not be so easy to do this, after all, the rules set by the officialdom are not so easy to change, and the champions of the people are all unbelievable to go to the Hanlin Academy to drink tea and live a small life, you are good, I finally took the top prize and actually wanted to go to the southeast to fight to the death with the Japanese Kou, I thought you were talking about fun, but I didn't expect that you really want to go?!

Yes, Zheng Guang just must go, no matter what, he must go! Whether it is the blood feud between his father, mother and grandfather, or the blood and tears of the people in the southeast, or the future trend of the entire Ming Dynasty, since he has been admitted to the top prize and has the qualification to change the future, then, this hard-won qualification must be taken care of carefully, if there is no qualification, he will not worry about that heart, but now, he can't afford not to worry about it.

After Zhang Juzheng and Li Yiyuan left, Xu Wei said to Zheng Guang with a twinkle in his eyes: "Are you really planning to write to the emperor and ask to go to the southeast to Pingyu?" Not just for fun? Even if you've already won the top prize? ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "That's natural, I never said that I was just talking about fun, even if I have now won the top prize and am destined to enter the Hanlin Academy, but I still insist on going to the southeast to Pingwa, the southeast is not flat for a day, and I will not return to Beijing for a day." ”

Xu Wei had an unclear smile on his face: "You have to know that since the founding of this dynasty, there has been no Hanlin official to take the post and release it, and you don't want to have a good future for Hanlin, but you must insist on going out, go to the southeast and fight to the death, if you are not careful, you may die in battle, and everything for you will be gone, you have to think clearly, since there has been the imperial examination, you are still the first champion who wants to do this, there is no precedent!" ”

Zheng Guang also smiled: "From the very beginning, there is no precedent for everything, the first person to see green named this color green, and now we all think that this is the norm, and what I am going to do now, although it is the first time, it may not become the norm in the future, what do you say?" ”

Xu Wei was stunned, and then looked at Zheng Guang with admiration: "You are a madman!" Utter lunatic! Big madman! is so elegant and handsome, but he is a madman in his bones! Everyone in the world has mistaken you! You are not a Confucian general, you are not Zhou Yu! If it's possible, you're Chen Qingzhi! You are Liu Yu! Maniacs who dare to hedge against thousands of people and hundreds of thousands! ”

Zheng Guang laughed heartily and didn't say anything, at this moment, it makes no sense to say anything, people who know themselves, people who understand themselves, they don't need to say anything, they will also understand their true hearts.