The next day, the hangover jinshi got up with great perseverance...... Although the celebration is over, there are still some tortured steps to take. The new scholars supported the heavy and almost cracked braincase, took the step of combining heaviness and vanity, went to Honglu Temple to learn the basic etiquette of being an official, and accepted the court clothes, crown belts, and Jinshi treasure books given by the emperor...... That is, uniforms and diplomas.

According to the etiquette that you just learned, if you get the emperor's favor, the people below will be thanked. Of course, this was difficult for them, so the champion silently expressed his gratitude on behalf of the new science and technology jinshi, which was nothing more than using gorgeous rhetoric to express the emperor's gratitude, and then express his determination, and that's it.

After thanking the emperor, thank the teacher again, and go to the Confucian Temple to perform the food ceremony...... Use the rabbit as the mound, the cyan as the mushroom, and the jujube chestnut as the fruit to thank the holy master. In layman's terms, it is to 'put down some food' to Master Confucius and express his gratitude.

This set of rituals is extremely complicated, because there are not only Confucius in the Confucian Temple, but also the four saints and twelve philosophers, as well as the sixty-two ancestors in the east and west. Therefore, in addition to kneeling on the throne of the 'Most Holy Confucius', you must also kneel in turn to 'Fusheng Yanzi', 'Zongsheng Zengzi', 'Shushengzi Sizi', and the 'Yasheng Mencius' who was thrown out by Lao Zhu and invited back, and worship the gods of the twelve philosophers and sixty-two Confucians, the etiquette is different, and the order cannot be wrong.

After worshipping the Confucian Temple, I finally came to the last step and set up a Jinshi inscription monument! That is, the Ministry of Industry will make a stone stele, engrave the names of all the undergraduate people, and set it up in the stele forest of Guozijian for future generations to admire, which is also an opportunity for the vast majority of Jinshi to leave a name in history!

So although they were tired, everyone's spirits were full of energy, and they rushed to the Guozijian next door to the Confucian Temple, and found a piece that belonged to them at the end of the rows of inscription tablets.

This white marble inscription tablet with pedestal is one zhang high, decorated with the head of the stele with cloud pattern, engraved with the seal body of the big character 'Ci Jinshi inscription' six big characters. The obverse is divided into two parts, the upper part is the emperor's edict, affirming the motive and purpose of the imperial court's opening of the academy, accompanied by a series of beautiful words, which Yan Song read when he said that he was preaching, and the lower part is the list of 400 jinshi of undergraduates...... The name and origin of each Jinshi are neatly engraved in accordance with the ranking, densely packed, and most of the Jinshi who are short-sighted have bad eyes, and they gather in front of the monument to find their names, and their faces are almost pasted.

Shen Mo didn't join in the excitement, Sun Ling suddenly smiled: "What is the last one here covered with a yellow cloth?" ”

"I have to ask Zhuang Yuanlang to open it with his own hands to see it." In a burst of loud laughter, Zhao Wenhua, the new crown prince and secretary of the Ministry of Works, appeared in front of everyone.

The Jinshi hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Ministry." ”

Zhao Wenhua smiled and said: "Friends, the auspicious time has come, hurry up and lay the foundation for your inscription monument." Then everyone lifted the earth one by one and buried the base of the inscription tablet symbolizing the surname.

After everything was done, Zhao Wenhua said to Shen Mo cordially: "Champion Gong, please work with this official to uncover this monument." ”

Silent didn't dare to support the avenue: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Then he and Zhao Wenhua grabbed the corner of the yellow cloth with one hand, and in the noisy sound of firecrackers, they tore off the curtain together, revealing the true face inside!

I saw a piece of style and the inscription tablet exactly the same, but the material is a white marble tablet, on which are two lines of thin gold script characters: "Two hundred years of the national dynasty, the literary fortune is strong, the six words are nothing, I have the champion Shen!" ", at the bottom left falls 'Jiajing thirty-five years of royal pen inscription'!

The poem is somewhat straightforward, but it is even more precious, because anyone can see that it was written by Emperor Jiajing himself, and it was not polished by scholars. The emperor personally erected a monument for the champion poem, which is absolutely an unprecedented classic in ancient and modern China, and this honor can really be described as a 'thousand-year-old grand encounter'!

"Champion Lang, this is my canon!" Everyone was still immersed in shock, and Zhao Wenhua first opened his mouth to congratulate: "From now on, you are my model for the scholars of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Only then did all the Jinshi come back to their senses and they all came to congratulate him. Shen Mo had already heard Zhu Shisan say about 'Xiangrui', so he didn't feel flattered, but he still had to be honest and fearful: "Your Majesty, how dare Weichen be?" Even if you grind the minister into powder and flour, it will be difficult to repay Your Majesty for this heavenly and thick kindness......" As he spoke, tears had already burst out of his eyes. It is said that since he entered Beijing, his acting skills have soared, and there is a trend of leaping from the idol faction to the powerful idol faction.

In front of the two tablets, it can be regarded as a complete completion of the lengthy ceremony after the middle jinshi, and then three days later, I went to the official department to participate in the court examination and was distributed.

Looking at these days, the officials of the various ministries who have always been around them have dispersed like a tide, and the hearts of all the Jinshi are empty. They suddenly realized that the 'Xinke' aura on their bodies had disappeared, and all that was left was a group of ordinary Jinshi who had not yet been assigned...... In other words, which of the Beijing officials is not from the two lists? What do you have to be proud of? They clamped their tails one by one, and they didn't celebrate, they were all ready to go back and take a good rest, participate in the morning examination after three days, and strive for a good score in the exam, so that the ranking at the time of assignment could be a little higher.

Saying goodbye to you in the same year, he silently got into the carriage and said, "Go back." "When the carriage got up, he shook his sleeves, dropped an invitation card from it, opened it, and saw that it was written: 'Old friends from Jiangnan sweep the couch and set up wine, and wait for the champion at any time.'" The signature is 'Zhao Wenhua'.

This was handed to him by Zhao Wenhua with both hands in full view of everyone when they were separated. In desperation, Shen Mo had no choice but to smile, but he had already greeted the ancestor surnamed Zhao in his stomach...... Although he helped them in the southeast, he also handed over the account book to the emperor, so in the eyes of the lord of the court, his attitude was ambiguous, which was exactly what Shen Mo wanted...... Maturity and experience beyond his years made him unwilling to join either side of the Korean Controversy, nor did he want to offend any of them. Because he knows that his biggest advantage is that he is young, even if he makes rapid progress, he will not threaten the eighty-year-old Yan Ge Lao, and the almost sixty-year-old Xu Ge Lao, everyone is not a person of the era at all!

In his opinion, it is unlikely that the two elders will pay attention to the 'little doll' who can't be counted on in ten years, and to put it mildly, who knows where he will return in twenty years? For the sake of his descendants, he will not be easily offended.

So he thinks that everyone has the conditions to respect the old and love the young, and have nothing to do with each other, and is dreaming of 'watching the wind and clouds, I stand still', but Zhao Wenhua, who hates it very much, gave him this extremely annoying invitation, which is really ...... It's so annoying!

Very unhappy, he threw the invitation aside and silently thought about his future situation...... He is the champion, and Zhu Da Tao Dalin two tripod armor, according to the rule, no matter what the results of the court examination, will enter the Hanlin Academy, become a leisure and luxurious from the six products of the revision and the seven products of the editor. According to Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Xiu, in addition to revising history and compiling books, this errand is to observe politics...... Learn how the yamen of various ministries govern, learn how the cabinet handles official documents, and even be sent to various places to 'collect style', that is, to travel at public expense, the purpose of which is to make nerds who have no ears to do things outside the window ready to enter politics.

Then after a certain Beijing inspection, it may be released to the prefect or the prefect of Zhili Prefecture! Or serve as an examiner for the township, will be examined, and be promoted to the provinces to study, etc., in short, from the sixth or seventh grade to the fourth grade of high-ranking officials, to complete the gorgeous turn, this process is as short as three years, the longest is ten years, depending on the age and ability of the officials themselves.

After the expiration of one term, or promoted to the governor of any province, or moved from outside, you can go to the six departments after the opening of the workshop. Therefore, the Hanlin courtesy is extremely strong, and the promotion is very fast, and it is likely that you will be able to go to the governor and the squire in ten years, although it may not be always, but it is also about the same, so the Hanlin Academy is a good place for idle eggs, but everyone yearns for it.

Now that he has embarked on this fast track, the golden future is in front of him, and there is no need to drill for promotion at all, but to seek stability...... In fact, this is also the first key to being an official, in order to prevent the faster you climb, the worse you fall.

Therefore, no one wants to get involved in the party struggle of the imperial court, so as not to ruin the future of Jin Zhu.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the new science and technology scholars reported to the ministry together to participate in the court examination presided over by Wu Peng, the left attendant of the ministry...... It is said that it should be presided over by the secretary of the ministry, but Li Mo was busy with external inspection and had no time to withdraw, so he could only be handed over to Wu Peng.

Except for the first three Jinshi whose future has been decided, and has officially become the legendary Hanlin, the rest of you still need to pass this pass, and after taking the test in one day, the officials of the four departments of the Hanlin Academy of the Ministry of Rites and Rites will jointly read out the results, and then summarize the results of the palace examination to get the final ranking...... It's just that the results of these three examinations are very different in the total scores, the palace examination accounts for sixty percent, and the general examination and the court examination each account for two percent, so the final ranking is almost the same as the palace examination, especially the thirty-six places in the first class, none of which have changed.

(To be continued)