At dawn, the east is getting red, the sky is getting white, and Yanjing City, which has been sleeping all night, once again reveals its true face. If you look down from the sky, there is a stretch of red and gold in the gray building, which is so conspicuous and unique.

Looking down a little, it turns out that the crimson palace walls and golden glazed tiles, this huge, neat and solemn and magnificent complex is completely distinguished from the surrounding area, because it is called the Forbidden City...... With the solemn Jingyang bell ringing, the three main gates of the Forbidden City's noon gate and the two east-west doors slowly opened at the same time. The two teams of Han generals wearing golden flying fish suits and holding a halberd with neat steps came out of the four openings except the middle gate, standing beside the five avenues paved with white marble.

At this time, outside the palace gate, there were already standing royal ministers, civil and military officials, and 400 new scholars wearing dark blue robes. At this moment, everyone is a little excited, for the ministers, the Forbidden City is a symbol of imperial power, but since the twenty-first year of Jiajing, His Majesty almost strangled a group of palace maids to death, His Majesty has left a psychological shadow on the Forbidden City, and has been living in Zhongnanhai for a long time...... How can you not let these ministers who regard the imperial city as their faith sigh.

And the new science and technology scholars are immersed in the shock of the first time in the Forbidden City, and they can't extricate themselves for a long time...... The main gate of the Forbidden City in front of you is located in the southern section of the central axis of Yanjing City, which is called Zizi in the north and noon in the south, so it is called 'Noon Gate'! Its east, west and north sides are connected by three city platforms, surrounding a square square. It is like being surrounded by three mountains, and the five peaks are protruding, and the momentum is incomparably majestic.

The three doorways in its front are extremely tall, and the middle one is 11 zhang high, which is breathtaking...... This is the special door for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to enter and exit the forbidden palace, and the trespasser dies...... But there are two exceptions, one is that the queen can enter once when she gets married; The second is that the champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua in the palace examination can walk out of this door once.

In other words, among the 400 new scholars wearing the same jinshi scarf uniforms, there will be three of them who will leave the palace from the imperial road and enjoy the highest honor in the life of the scholar, glorify their ancestors, and leave their names in history! It's a temptation that no one can refuse.

Shen Mo stood in the center of the line, just like his fellow kee, wearing a black gauze jinshi scarf on his head, a blue-edged dark blue wide-sleeved robe, a green and tanned leather belt decorated with black horns at the waist, and holding a locust wood wat board, no different. He didn't talk to each other like the people around him, but he was silent with his eyes and nose and heart, and his heart was as calm as water.

Two days after the exam, he did not go to the same year to go outing, but quietly accompanied Ruohan in the inn, watched the peach blossoms quietly blooming outside the window with her, listened to the melodious pigeons flying in the sky, and had let go of the obsession in his heart, confident that he could face any result...... There was a whisper that kept reaching his ears. He heard from the people around him that there were already rumors among the adults standing in front of him, that so-and-so was the champion, that so-and-so was the leader, and that so-and-so was exploring the flowers, but none of them had his name. And it is said that because of the evil of two adults, Shen Wuyuan, himself, only got seven circles, and he actually fell into the ranks of the top three and the same jinshi.

The brothers around him comforted him, and the corners of his silent mouth couldn't help but pull out a wry smile, it seemed that there was really no hope, and the next thing was just to follow and participate in the ceremony. It's okay to say this, you don't have to think about painful problems such as the danger of the nation, and you can easily enjoy life as a small county commander with peace of mind...... At this time, another bell rang on the tower of the city gate, and a eunuch pulled the throat of the male duck and said: "When the auspicious time comes, the hundred officials will lead the tribute students to meet you!" ”

Everyone shut up, and the civil and military officials who usually enter the palace enter through the left door, and the ministers and nobles enter through the right door, and the left and right doors are not opened. But now that the emperor is holding a ceremony in the Jinluan Palace, all the big talents have changed to enter through the two doors, and the new scholars have black eyes, so they can only let them go...... Fortunately, after passing through the deep doorway, it is to keep going forward, without turning 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 10,000 people of the square, at the end of the square is a located on a 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!

It is the tallest and largest building in the Forbidden City; Its length-to-width ratio is exactly nine to five, representing the respect of ninety-five; Even the beasts on its eaves have one more than other palaces, and they have reached ten, which is the only one in the whole world, otherwise it is not enough to show the supreme dignity!

Therefore, all its designs are for one purpose, that is, to bring the supreme imperial power to the extreme!

The effect was achieved, and the new science and technology scholars who saw it for the first time all burst into tears, and threw themselves to the ground, even if they were not the first officials to see it, they were all excited, and their feelings of loyalty and patriotism arose...... In addition to being silent, because he spent dozens of dollars in his previous life, he came in and took a turn, and he also used a bowl of ramen that was quite expensive and unpalatable.

This made it difficult for him to be afraid of the imperial power, so he didn't care about being loyal to the king...... But now he can't go back, so he has to go with the flow, honestly listen to the dispatch of the officials of Honglu Temple, and kneel outside the main hall and on both sides of the royal road with the same year. And the officials and ministers rushed into the palace and stood for the emperor.

At this time, in front of the Fengtian Palace, there are already a forest of gold-armored guards holding various weapons that symbolize the surname more than the practical surname, such as golden gourds, treasure tops, flags, etc., and there is a court band equipped with a full set of musical instruments such as Huang Zhong Dalu under the eaves...... The chirping in the hall was crooked, and the people kneeling outside could not hear it, until the music sounded, and Yan Song, the head of the Ming Dynasty, came out of the hall tremblingly, stood in front of all the jinshi, unfolded a beautiful yellow book, cleared his throat and said: "All the tributes listen to the announcement." The scholars were all in good spirits, and looked at Elder Yan Ge anxiously, and saw him open the golden book and read aloud: "...... The emperor's grace is vast, he is a scholar for the country, and his background is not asked. At the end of the 35th year of Jiajing's Bingchen Branch Palace, His Majesty will test the world's tribute scholars, and Qin will give the first class jinshi and the third place, the second class jinshi from one hundred and ten, and the third class with the same jinshi from two hundred and eighty-seven, as follows......"

At this point, Yan Ge Lao paused intentionally to enjoy the silent scene, and then broke the suffocating silence and said slowly: "The first place in the palace test...... Silent! ”

The Han generals on both sides shouted as if in relay: "First place, Gongsheng silently meets ......" For a while, the same sentence echoed in front of the entire Fengtian Palace.

Shen was stunned there, but Xu Wei quietly stabbed him behind him, and whispered: "Go up, Shen Liushou!" Only then did he come back to his senses, he got up completely subconsciously, his heart was pounding, his brain was blank, and he was so stupid on the spot.

Fortunately, the middle-aged official in charge of guidance had already seen a lot of Jinshi who 'happiness came too suddenly', and whispered: "Zhuang Yuanlang, please follow the lower officials into the palace to thank you." ”

The silent head was buzzing, and he didn't know what he was doing, he followed the official's golden palace like a puppet, and in the light music like a gossamer, he sang with the celebrant in a low voice, and shouted long live the mountain of three bows and nine bows, and then was led to the place where the sixth grade of the left class was standing still.

It wasn't until Yan Ge Lao outside that he sang again: "First and second place, Zhu Dashou!" At that time, Shen Mo came back to his senses, and secretly swallowed and spat at the mouth: "I actually hit the ......" and carefully looked at this palace, which is known as the largest Jinluan Palace in the world, and the layout inside was quite simple, there were a total of seventy-two large red pillars, six of which surrounded the emperor's throne were pasted with gold, and each pillar had a giant dragon on it, arching and guarding the emperor's throne on the golden pedestal, so that the majesty of Emperor Jiajing, who was high above, could radiate to every corner of the palace.

Inadvertently made eye contact with the emperor, and found that Emperor Jiajing was looking at him with a smile, just like his expression when he saw the giant panda when he was a child.

After the big shou kowtowed, he was led to the right class, stood still in the seventh grade, and sang outside: "The third place in the first class, Tao Dalin." ”

This surprised Shen Mo and Zhu Dashou very much, why was Xu Wei, who was rumored to be the champion earlier, not even enter the Sanding Jia?

After Tao Dalin thanked him, he also stood at the seventh grade, and Yan Song shouted: "The first place in the second grade, Xu Wei." ”

"Second place in the second class, Jinda."

"The third place in the second class, Sun Yan."

...... "The nineteenth place in the second class, Sun Ling." ”

"The thirtieth place in the second class, Wu Dui."

"Zou Yinglong, the forty-fifth place in the second class." Wait for a group of second-class jinshi to enter the hall together to thank you.

Then there is the top three jinshi, after reading it, Yan Ge Lao is so tired that he almost didn't have his back on his back, these fellow jinshi don't need to enter the hall, they can kneel outside the hall and thank you.

(To be continued)