Returning to the palace from the small courtyard on Caishi Street, Liu Jun changed into a dragon robe, and then became His Majesty the Holy Emperor of the Holy Han Empire.

"Take my edict to the Hanlin Academy, and let the Hanlin Academy add an editor."

Since you are doing a play, you have to do a full set. In order to avoid his identity as an editor of the Hanlin Academy, Liu Jun directly added an editor to the Hanlin Academy. As a result, there is an eight-grade editor Guo Wende on the compilation list of the Hanlin Academy, whose ancestral home is Hubei, and now lives at the entrance of the vegetable market outside Xuanwu Gate, and has been a Jinshi of Chongzhen for thirteen years.

Liu Jun is still thinking about taking advantage of tomorrow weekend to go to the bank with Lina to take out a loan.

Fu Shan, the privy envoy, asked to see him outside.

"The Moxi Mongol coalition has begun to attack Qinghai and Xikang!"

As soon as Fu Shan came in, he immediately reported it.

Hearing the news, Liu Jun was not surprised. He had expected this news. At this time he had neither anger nor suspicion, only calm.

He was dressed in a dragon robe and leaned back in his chair, "How many soldiers and horses have been dispatched by the Moxi Tribes, and where have they hit?" ”

"The Moxi tribes did not attack Gansu, but bypassed Gansu from the south and attacked Qinghai directly, and their goal was the Kang district."

The Kham region, also known as the Kham region, roughly included most of Ganzi in Sichuan in later years, as well as Yushu in Qinghai, Diqing in Yunnan, and Qamdo in Qinghai-Tibet. Now these places belong to the Qinghai and Xikang provinces of the Han Dynasty.

Located in the south of the Kunlun Mountains, the Hexi Corridor area in the north of the Kunlun Mountains has always been a tightly controlled area of the Han Dynasty.

Moxi Mongolia is menacing. The Oirat coalition army of 80,000 attacked, which can be described as an overwhelming battle.

Not only did the Heshute Department Gushi Khan pour out, but also the Dzungar Department also came in a big way under the leadership of Batur Hun Taiji. Even the Turkut and other tribes, who had gone away to the Volga, sent expeditionary forces.

This time, for the Oirat Union. It was an important move to redivide forces.

Under the leadership of Batur Huntaiji, the Dzungar Department is getting stronger and stronger, and the former alliance leader and the Shuote Department have been difficult to fight, and the Tuerhut has to go far away to the Western Regions, and now the Heshuo Department can only march to the southwest Qinghai-Tibet region to cede the territory of the Tianshan Mountains to the Junggar Department.

At the recent Congress of the Oirat League, several tribes worked together to draw up a legal code. At the same time, a unanimous agreement had been reached that the Turks and Heshuot tribes would leave Xinjiang and cede to Dzungaria the territory previously shared by the Oirat.

And at the same time that Dzungaria monopolized Xinjiang. It was necessary to send troops to support the capture of Qinghai-Tibet by the Heshute tribe, and then to support the establishment of the Turghut Khanate on the shores of the Caspian Sea in the lower Volga.

According to the agreement, in the future, Xinjiang will be returned to the Dzungar Ministry, and all the ministries will support Batur in establishing the Dzungar Khanate in Xinjiang. And the Qinghai-Tibet returned to the Gushi Khan of the Heshute Ministry, and the various ministries supported the Gushi Khan to establish the Heshute Khanate in Qinghai-Tibet.

They even agreed to support the Turkhats in occupying the Kazakh steppes and the Dzungar in occupying the eastern Mongolian steppes after the three tribes established their respective khanates. Support Heshute to occupy Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan.

The three families were ambitious to restore the strength of the Mongol Khanates.

In order to achieve this goal. Batur of the Dzungar Ministry sent troops to support Gushi Khan's fight for Qinghai-Tibet. If Gushi Khan could not capture Qinghai-Tibet, then the Heshuo Special Department would remain in Xinjiang, which would also be extremely unfavorable for the Dzungaria.

In order to monopolize Xinjiang, he could only fully support the Heshute Department to compete for Qinghai-Tibet.

Now the Oirat coalition army is advancing eastward, which does not surprise Liu Jun. But Liu Jun was a little surprised that the Oirat coalition army had already sent troops. So he should have hit the Tibetan area first, why did he come to the Kang area first?

This is most likely just a trick by the coalition forces to attract the attention of the Han army.

Their sudden march to Yushu, Qamdo, Ganzi and other places may actually be to stop the Han army from advancing westward, and their real intention must be to advance into Tibet first. Capture the front and back hiding.

"The Tanggula Mountains and the Hengduan Mountains are boundaries, and the areas north of the two mountains will not be allowed to be held, and Yushu, Qamdo, and Ganzi cannot be occupied by them. As for the former Tibet, the back Tibet, and Ali and other places south of the two mountains, leave him alone for now. Liu Jun quickly made a decision, and the Oirat coalition army sent troops quickly, faster than Liu Jun expected.

It was winter now, and Liu Jun was in no hurry to engage the coalition forces.

It doesn't matter if the Tibetan area is let them attack first, but Xikang and Qinghai can't give up an inch of land.

"It is not easy to fight on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, not only is it difficult to transport and replenish materials, but also the plateau climate is extremely unfavorable." After Liu Jun established Qinghai and Xikang provinces half a year ago, he had already transferred several troops and horses here, and recruited many local people to militia, so that they could slowly adapt to the climate of the plateau there.

It is difficult for ordinary people in the Central Plains to adapt to the plateau all at once, and altitude sickness can even kill people. This can only be done slowly, or by recruiting soldiers from the local area.

Either way, it means it takes time.

As a matter of fact, the garrisons in Qinghai and Xikang provinces have already experienced various kinds of plateau climate inadaptability, and many soldiers have suffered altitude sickness on the plateau, and the garrisons in the two places have to increase the amount of local recruits, and even the garrisons from the Central Plains are only stationed in the city, and the tasks of patrolling and transportation have been handed over to the local militia.

Now that the war is in a hurry, the Han army does not have much advantage.

Although the Mongolian Plateau is not as good as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it is also a plateau, and their adaptability to the plateau is definitely much stronger.

After letting the Privy Council pay close attention to the Moxi Alliance, Liu Jun also put the matter aside for the time being.

The marking of the examination papers has been completed, and the 6,000 candidates have been marked separately in three examination rooms. All of them were copied and handed over to the examiner for grading. The examiners who mark the papers carry out cross-marking, and each paper must be marked and signed by at least seven examiners. If there is too much difference in the marks of the seven examiners on the same paper, a second round of re-reading will be initiated, and the other seven examiners will re-examine it, and if the final re-examination finds that the score given by the examiner is too high or too low, which is too abnormal, then the examiner will be held responsible.

Under this system that is as fair as possible. The final review of the 6,000 papers was completed, and the top 200 students were admitted in each examination room.

The first 600 papers of admission are finally put together, and after another round of evaluation, it is verified that there are no abnormalities, and the ranking of the admission places for the entrance examination will be made.

At the time of admission, it was divided into three volumes, the north, the south, and the middle school, and 200 students were admitted each, and when ranked. It is 600 people, regardless of the north, south and middle.

After the examiners set the ranking, they presented the list and the paper to the palace and handed it to the emperor.

The final ranking has to be decided by the emperor himself.

Liu Jun has the right to adjust the ranking according to his own intentions.

The top three tributes drawn up by the examiners were Yang Yanjian, Song Zhisheng and Chen Mingxia. Liu Jun asked people to take the papers of these three people and look at them, and found that they were indeed doing very well.

However, despite this, Liu Jun directly adjusted the ranking.

Liu Jun postponed the rankings of Yang Tingjian and Song Zhisheng by one place each, and put Huang Zongxi, who was originally ranked seventh in the examination, directly in the first place, and designated him as the first place in the examination. Hui Yuan.

Huang Zongxi is the president of the Fushe Society, or the Xie Yuan of the Jiangnan Township Examination this time, and he is also the undergraduate champion that Liu Jun has already set, so Liu Jun plans to simply make the first subject of the new dynasty more lively this time, and directly produce a Lianzhong Sanyuan.

He has also read Huang Zongxi's test papers, which are also very good. In fact, the top ten of these lifters are all comparable, ranking high and low. It's all about the examiner's personal preference. Even if Liu Jun transferred Huang Zongxi from seventh to first, there was nothing wrong with it.

I adjusted the rankings of several candidates with a red pen. Liu Jun put down his pen and handed over the final ranking to Li Banghua, the chief president of the imperial examination.

"Let's make a list according to this list."

Li Banghua took the adjusted list and looked at it, his brows couldn't help frowning, Huang Zongxi was transferred from seventh to Huiyuan. Huang Zongxi is indeed talented, he is also a disciple of Liu Zongzhou, and he is also the president of the Shilin No. 1 Society. He had read his scrolls over and over again. Well done.

But it is precisely because of Huang Zongxi's identity background that Li Banghua finally decided to suppress Huang Zongxi, and it is not a good thing that it is too smooth. Unexpectedly, he set Huang Zongxi as the seventh, and the emperor mentioned the first in a blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty. Huang Zongxi is indeed talented, but he is too praised, and he is afraid that his growth will not be good. ”

Liu Jun ignored it, "Let's make the list like this!" ”

Li Banghua had to sigh, hoping that the young man could bear this kind of praise.

In the future, it will be the day of the trial release of the list, and the entire Beijing division is paying attention to this matter.

At the Diaoyutai Hotel, a partner accommodation partner for the examination, all the test takers got up early, changed into new clothes, boots and hats provided by various suppliers, and sat in the store in high spirits.

Ten years of cold window, just for the title of the gold list.

According to the usual practice, the list will be released on a trial basis, and the admission list will be posted outside the Tribute Academy.

But the candidates don't need to go to the bottom of the list to see the list in person on this day, they just need to stay in the hotel where they are staying. There will be special officials who are ready to report the good news early.

In the past, in order to get the messenger of the good news, they had to spend money to compete. In this way, there is a chance to report good news and ask for money. There are examiners in the Gongyuan to write the list, every time a name is written, someone has already notified those who report the good news, and the name has not been copied to the outside list, and the good news person will hurry to the Zhongbang Juzi Hotel to blow and beat the good news.

Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and many other Jiangnan lifters lived in the same Diaoyutai branch, and everyone was dressed up in the morning and sat in the lobby in good spirits.

In the lobby, they were all moving one by one, they pretended to be very calm on the surface, talking about the present and the past, drinking tea and tea, but in fact, they were very excited in their hearts, and some of them were shaking their hands.

Huang Zonghui said to the eldest brother, "I estimate that I am difficult in this subject, and the eldest brother will definitely be able to win." ”

Huang Zongxi felt that he should be sure this time, but he didn't dare to say too much at this time, "This is not necessarily." ”

The owner of Diaoyutai came here in person, although there are many branches in Diaoyutai that live in Jinke's juzi, but this store is occupied by scholars from the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone knows that the style of Jiangnan is the most prosperous, and in the past, Jiangnan had the most scholars in each subject.

This year's township test is divided into seven test areas, so there are only seven Xie Yuan, which is less than half of the previous fifteen township test Xie Yuan in the two Beijing and thirteen provinces, but there are three Xie Yuan living in this store, so the owner personally rushed here.

He asked the store to prepare firecrackers, fireworks and other things early, and also prepared lanterns and flags.

This time, the Diaoyutai Hotel was in order to become a sponsor of the imperial examination. But it took a lot of effort. In the end, he only became a supplier and obtained a partner to provide accommodation for scholars, but he spent a lot of sponsorship money for this purpose, and he had to provide free accommodation for thousands of candidates. But he thinks it's worth it, as long as the scholars are satisfied, Diaoyutai will be a hit in the future. In the future, students from other places will definitely be given priority to stay in his hotel when they enter Beijing.

Today is finally going to release the list, of course, at this time, you have to do enough publicity, everyone who lives in his store is on the list, that is an excellent advertisement.

"Bring all the cigarettes and sweets I brought, and when the reporter comes, they will be distributed to the onlookers immediately." Huang Dongxing, the proprietor, felt that he was more excited than the candidates, "Shopkeeper Liu, are you ready for the red envelope I asked you to prepare?" ”

"It's all set. There are 100 yuan red ticket red envelopes for the middle school scholars, and there are also five red envelopes for the applicants, and I also have people prepare a lot of five when ten copper yuan, and when they will blow the drum and set off the cannons, they will scatter money everywhere. ”

"Okay." Huang Dongxing nodded with satisfaction, "Don't be afraid of reluctant money, scatter more, just this time in three years." Tens of thousands of sponsorship fees were spent. Are you still reluctant to spend this money, and you want to have a lively time today. ”

"Understood. Landlord. The shopkeeper nodded in response, turned around and went back inside, and asked a few more men to go to the account room to carry two boxes of copper dollars.

Gongin.

The chief exam, Chief Executive Officer Li Banghua personally took a large pen to write the list.

The pen walks the dragon and snake, and it is done in one go.

The first name appears.

There were already people staring at the side, and as soon as they saw the name come out. Immediately run outside.

"It's out, it's out." Outside the Dragon Gate of the Gongyuan, there was already a large group of newspaper reporters waiting nervously.

"Xin Sike will take the 600th place in the exam!"

As he spoke, he ran past the reporter, and he wanted to report to several officials outside the Gongyuan. The list in the Gongyuan is the positive list. The list was written by the examiner himself, and after it was written, it was submitted to the emperor, stamped with a red seal, and finally sent to the ministry for posting.

And this list outside is the list of the Gongyuan and the list of Shuntianfu.

"Xin Sike will take the 600th place in the exam!"

"Critical!"

The two best calligraphers selected by Shuntianfu immediately picked up their pens, dipped ink into the ink stained with gold dust next to them, and then filled in the list.

The title on the list, starting from the last place. This year, 600 tributes were admitted, so the first one to come out was the 600th.

When the scribe filled in the list, the reporter had already written the name of the new tribute on a yellow flower note, which was also a good letterhead, and it was sprinkled with gold dust, with silk satin as the shaft, and pasted with gold flowers.

The list is a gold list, and the sticker is a gold flower sticker.

It is said that as early as the Tang and Song dynasties, the government wanted to send such a golden flower list to the Jinshi. Later, it was changed to a roll call, and the government no longer used gold flower stickers, and the folk reporters continued to use it.

One by one, the names of the ascendants were sung, and the scribes filled in their names one by one, from the lowest to the highest.

The reporters who were waiting outside the Gongyuan in the morning went out one after another, and each went to a place to report the good news. After getting the name, they ran outside, where there was a small group waiting, and they carried red silk as a flag, and the golden book was raised, and the drummers beat gongs and drums.

According to the convention, the higher the ranking in the back, the bigger the pomp and circumstance, and the more people in the team to report the good news.

This year is different from previous years, in addition to a large group of reporters and people watching the excitement on the list, there are also housekeepers and housekeepers of the families of the various lords and relatives of the Beijing Division.

It has long been rumored that this year, the wealthy families of Beijing will be on the list to catch their sons-in-law, but this is not a rumor but a fact. Many powerful families have sent their families over to catch a son-in-law of a tribute scholar. As long as you can be on the list of tribute scholars, you can't run away as a proper jinshi.

Colorful flags fluttered, gongs and drums were noisy.

The reporter made a great noise, all the way to the hotel of Xingongshi, followed by a large crowd of people watching the lively scene.

"Good news! Shaanxi Chang'an master, surnamed Guan Jianjian, the sixth hundredth in the high school Xin has taken the exam, the title of the gold list, and the face of the golden palace! ”

The fast horse galloped by, the gongs and drums of the blowing team behind them sounded in unison, and a string of firecrackers was lit from time to time, and the people on the long street also said, "The 600th person who won the test is from Shaanxi." ”

The number of tributes admitted to this course is a multiple of the previous one, so there are more people enrolled in this course than in the past. On the long street of the Beijing Division, a team of reporters galloped, gongs and drums were noisy.

Starting with the six-hundredth, every few moments another new Kogonshi is released.

Soon, Huang Zongxi's store finally ushered in the first annunciation.

"Good news! The old man of Shaoxing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, surnamed Huang Zongyan, ranked 527th in the high school Xin Jike examination, the title of the gold list, and the face of the Golden Palace! ”

Huang Zongyan was originally raising his glass to drink tea, and when he heard his name, he suddenly slammed the cup on the table.

"Got it? I'm in, I'm in! ”

Huang Zongyan is Huang Zongxi's second brother, he and his third brother Huang Zonghui and his eldest brother Huang Zongxi are both disciples of Liu Zongzhou.

Huang Zongxi, Huang Zonghui, Gu Yanwu and other brothers and friends hurriedly celebrated.

The annunciator walked in, smiled and asked loudly, "Which one is Master Huang Zongyan Huang?" ”

Huang Zongyan hurriedly stood up, "I am, I am." ”

"Congratulations to Master Huang High School!" The annunciation person gave up the good news, Huang Zongyan completely lost his usual shrewdness, and only knew to stand there and smirk.

Huang Zongxi hurriedly took out the prepared money bag and began to reward the annunciators. He took out six silver dollars and stuffed them into the hands of the people who gave the good news, and then gave five silver dollars to each of the people who came with him.

Huang Dongxing, the owner of the shop, also hurriedly came over at this time, first gave the annunciation person five silver dollar coupons, and then asked the shopkeeper to take a box of copper dollars and throw them around, causing a crowd of people to laugh and scramble.

At this time, Huang Dongxing took out a big red envelope and sent it to Huang Zongyan, "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to high school, this is a little bit of meaning, not a tribute." ”

Huang Zongyan didn't know how to excuse himself, but continued to smirk.

"Light firecrackers and set off fireworks!" The boss shouted, and the guys who had been on call for a long time hurriedly ran outside the store to light a long firecracker and set off fireworks.

The drumming team invited by the shop also started playing in due time.

The joyful music sounded, and then another annunciator galloped in.

"Good news! The old man of Shaoxing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, surnamed Huang Zonghui, ranked 498th in the high school Xin Jike examination, the title of the gold list, and the face of the golden palace! ”

Huang Zonghui, who was happy for his brother on the side, heard this, and shouted excitedly, "I'm hit, I'm hit, I'm win, I'm too, hahaha!" ”

Because he was so happy, Huang Zonghui suddenly rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground in the midst of wild laughter.

Huang Zongxi was taken aback, but he still had experience, "It's okay, it's due to happiness, just sprinkle some cold water on your face." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked the guy to bring a bowl of cold water and sprinkled it on his face, and Huang Zonghui, the new Gongshi, woke up.

"Brother, I'm in, I'm in." Huang Zonghui, who woke up, was still excited.

Huang Zongxi nodded, "That's right, third brother, you have won, congratulations." ”

At this time, people outside heard that there were two brothers in this store who made the list together, and they were all amazed.

"They are the five brothers of the Huang family in Yuyao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, the son of Huang Zunsu, one of the seven gentlemen of Donglin, and the personal disciple of Liu Zongzhou, the former imperial history. I can't say, this time they are going to have a five-jinshi and Kedengdi! ”

"Oh my God!" (To be continued.) )