On the day of the ceremony, before dawn, Zheng Guang and Xu Fat got up one after another, the habit of the Ming Dynasty is that unpleasant, do any major things like to toss everyone before dawn, obviously put it in the afternoon, you have to get it until the early morning, you do this, the emperor may also be unhappy, according to the character of Emperor Jiajing, especially today's ceremony must be held in the Forbidden City, for Emperor Jiajing, it is no less than a nightmare. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Changing into the most formal scholarly Confucian clothes that need to be worn today, and stuffing some high-calorie food into their mouths indiscriminately, Zheng Guang and Xu Pang took a carriage to the Forbidden City.

When Zheng Guang and Xu Pang arrived, the gate of the Forbidden City was already crowded, and those who were far away were about to come down and walk, pass through layers of human walls, and see the majestic and solemn Forbidden City, the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty.

Before the current reign, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty from life to death in this city to deal with the affairs of the whole country, holding the highest power, the first twenty-one years of the current reign, but also in this city to exercise their power, until the night of the twenty-first year of Jiajing, a group of weak palace maids with their weak bodies launched the last fight, almost took the emperor's life, since then, the Forbidden City in the heart of the Jiajing Emperor has become a lingering psychological shadow.

He took refuge in Zhongnanhai, unless it was a big thing and he had to go back to the Forbidden City, otherwise he would never return to the Forbidden City, as soon as he stepped into the Forbidden City, he felt that his body was surrounded by the souls of those palace maids who were killed, floating around, swinging around, making an oozing sound from his mouth, and coming towards him for his life......

He really didn't want to come back here......

It's just that this ceremony is one of the most formal ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty, it represents the highest glory of civil officials, and it must be held in the Forbidden City, and the ministers of other festivals can still compromise, after all, it is not a very important thing, but the ceremony of passing on the court, they will not compromise in any case, we have put the location of the palace test in the West Garden, and we have compromised once, do we still want to hold the ceremony that symbolizes the highest honor of the literati in the emperor's private residence?

You are not only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but also the symbol of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme ruler, you do not belong to yourself, you belong to the entire Ming Dynasty!

The civil official group launched the most fierce attack with its own vital interests, regardless of the fact that you want to fight and kill, we are uncompromising, and finally forced Emperor Jiajing to give in and agreed to return to the Forbidden City to preside over the ceremony, but never overnight, we must go back to Xiyuan for the night! At this point, the civil officials compromised, and since he has agreed to preside, we will also take a step back, okay!

This farce-like dispute has appeared in the core of the country's supreme ruling group, and I don't know if it is ironic.

Chen, dawn, the east is getting red, the sky is getting white, the city of Beijing that slept all night, once again revealed its true face, accompanied by the solemn Jingyang bell, the three main doors of the Forbidden City's noon gate, two doors open from east to west, slowly open at the same time, two teams wearing golden flying fish suits, holding a halberd of the Han general, with neat steps from the four door openings except the middle gate, standing next to the five avenues paved with white marble.

At this time, outside the palace gate, there were already standing royal ministers, civil and military officials wearing various court uniforms, as well as three hundred and one new scholars wearing dark blue robes and Confucian robes, everyone was very excited, and the ministers were excited because they came to the Forbidden City again, for them, the Forbidden City is the representative of the supreme imperial power, but limited to the personal factors of Emperor Jiajing, they had to go to Xiyuan on an errand, and rarely set foot in the Forbidden City, which has to be said to be a kind of regret.

Most of the new scholars are seeing the majesty of the Forbidden City for the first time, and for most of them, this is also the last time, they can't stay in the capital as officials, and they are released, and they will be in the field for a lifetime, and they will be a prefect or even a governor.

How can they not be thrilled by a once-in-a-lifetime circumstance?

They are immersed in the shock and joy of the Forbidden City for the first time, and they can't extricate themselves for a long time, the main gate of the Forbidden City in front of them, is located in the south section of the central axis of Yanjing City, is called Zizi in the north, is called noon in the south, so it is called the noon gate, its east and west north three sides of the city platform are connected, surrounding a square square, like three mountains embracing, the five peaks protrude, the momentum is incomparably majestic.

The three door openings in its front are extremely tall, the middle one is eleven zhang high, breathtaking, this is the special door for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to enter and exit the forbidden palace, the trespasser dies, but there are two exceptions, one is that the queen can enter once when she is married, and the other is the champion in the palace examination, the three people who are in the list and the flower can go out of this door once.

In other words, the three hundred and one new scholars gathered here today will have three of them leave the palace from the imperial road in the future, enjoy the highest honor in the life of the scholar, glorify the ancestors, and leave a name in history, whether you can make a great career in the future, your name will be left in the history books, and your place of origin will be left behind, which is an extremely rare opportunity in the history books for the emperor and the generals to make a family tree, and this temptation is impossible for anyone to refuse.

The number of Jinshi is small, everyone is already familiar with each other, see each other, talk, salute, and wait for the court officials, especially the university scholars, to arrive, the Jinshi will not dare to say anything more, especially worried that those important bigwigs will see their faux pasas and be blacklisted, then it will be over, especially by the people in the ministry, that is even worse, the people in charge of personnel remember, what else is the mix?

In such a tense and solemn atmosphere, the official team over there is not very nervous, the officials said this in twos and threes, pretending to be relaxed, showing those new rookies, pretending to be a force, showing their awesomeness, there are not many such opportunities, to seize, some people also deliberately tease the highly nervous scholars, deliberately pointing, making some scholars extremely nervous, and dare not take a mouthful.

Zheng Guang stood in the queue and said nothing, and another bell rang on the city gate, and there were eunuchs and loud voices shouting: "When the auspicious time comes, the hundred officials will lead the tribute to meet you!" ”

The whole queue began to move, the new science and technology scholars didn't know how to go, naturally there were officials from the Ministry of Etiquette to lead the way, Zheng Guang thought while walking, these eunuchs are really not covered, there was no object below, and they can still shout so loudly, so beautiful, it is really a talent, this 100,000 eunuchs in the inner court are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers!

Follow the team all the way, after passing through the deep doorway, it is to keep going forward, no need to turn on both sides, after passing through another palace gate in the Forbidden City, Fengtian Gate, you will see a white jade railing, carved dragon pillar, incomparably wide, enough to accommodate the square of 10,000 people, at the end of the square is a located on the three-story white marble platform, rising from the ground with a golden wall of eleven zhang high palace, this is the most magnificent building in the Forbidden City, Fengtian Palace!

Fengtian Hall is the tallest and largest building in the Forbidden City, its length and width ratio is exactly nine to five, representing the dignity of the ninety-five, and even the beasts on its eaves are one more than other palaces, even reaching ten, the only one in the whole world, otherwise it is not enough to show the supremacy of imperial power!

But Emperor Jiajing just doesn't live it, just doesn't need it, what can he do?

Rao is so, the first time to see this supreme palace of the new science and technology scholars are still excited to help themselves, the surrounding music and the majestic Han generals set off the whole atmosphere of the majestic, so that people can't help but have a sense of worship of the imperial power, even Zheng Guang next to Xu Fat trembled because of this, tears flowed, Zheng Guang didn't know what he was thinking, but Zheng Guang himself didn't have such a feeling.

Do you need to be so excited to get in a place that costs a few dozen dollars? And when I went in, there were weeds all over the place, and there was a sea of people, and there was no sense of solemnity, and I saw such a dilapidated scene, and I would never be slightly shocked by the glory at this time.

But now he can't go back, let alone modern times, the Great Song Dynasty can't go back, he has to go with the flow, honestly listen to the dispatch of the officials of the Honglu Temple, and the same years, stand on both sides of the royal road, and the officials and ministers are into the hall, to the emperor to stand class, the chirping in the hall is crooked, the people outside can not hear, the new scholars outside are not qualified to enter the palace, until the music sounds, the Ming Shoufu Xia Yan strode out of the hall, holding a beautiful yellow book in his hand, everyone then held their breath and waited for the announcement.

"The emperor's grace is vast, he is a scholar, he is a talent for the country, and his background is not asked. At the end of the 26th year of Jiajing's Ding Weike palace examination, His Majesty planned to test the world's tribute scholars, and gave the first class Jinshi and the third place, the second class Jinshi was born 90, and the third class was born with the same Jinshi 208, a total of 301 Jinshi, as follows......" Xia Yan's majestic and loud voice slowly sounded.

Everyone's hearts beat violently, waiting for the final verdict of fate.

Zheng Guang felt that he could probably be ranked among the top ten of the second class, after all, he would try to take the third place, and it was not impossible to move forward, so he also had considerable expectations, waiting for Xia Yan's announcement, Xia Yan looked at the roster in his hand, sighed slightly, and looked at the young Zheng Guang who was standing with his head down, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, but the etiquette still had to be observed, as the first assistant of the singing ceremony, he had something to do.

"The first champion in the first class of the palace examination, Zheng Guang!" Xia Yan gathered all his strength and shouted loudly.