Chapter 37: The Champion
"This is the new Huiyuan released this year, I heard that he was just fifteen years old, and he was the first to pass the test all the way, this is the real ancestor smoke." He hasn't finished speaking, it's just a matter of being young in the exam, why is he still so good-looking, it's obviously the same clothes, how to wear it on his body is different from others. Someone muttered discontentedly.
Don't think that men don't love beauty, if men love beauty, they are even better than women, especially some humanistic people, who pursue beauty even more.
It is also good to look good, and the first impression is good. If an official is sent after the palace examination, even if he is too cold, even if he is in the top ranking, he may be compared to the one behind.
"Quiet, quiet, no noise." When the people from the Ministry of Rites saw a buzzing sound outside the yamen, they immediately stopped it.
After the queue was arranged, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette came out to check their identities one by one, in case someone took the test on their behalf.
Of course, you still have to search your body at this time, but compared to other exams. This is much simpler, after all, it has come to the palace test, and there is really no way to get out of the way.
Now they are all confirmed officials, no matter what, they have to give everyone a face, and they will meet each other in the future, no one knows if there will be an alternative among so many people and be in a high position.
After the inspection, there was a secretary of the Ministry of Rites to take the lead, and the left and right attendants were located on the back side, leading these candidates along the thousand-step corridor towards the Forbidden Palace.
On the way to the Forbidden Palace, there were still Praetorian Guards walking solemnly beside the candidates.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I entered the Forbidden Palace and walked along the Yongdao, walked for a while, and came to the outside of the Luocheng Palace, waiting.
This Los Angeles Hall is the examination room for this palace examination.
There are rows of Praetorian Guards standing in the Luocheng Palace, and the already majestic Luocheng Palace in the cold wind adds a bit of solemnity and solemnity.
When the candidates were dizzying, there were bursts of melodious bells from the building not far from the Los Angeles Palace, and after the bell rang, the officials of the Ministry of Rites took the candidates into the Los Angeles Palace.
Each candidate has been given a number plate before, which is the exam position of their temple exam, and according to the number plate, find their corresponding position.
At this time, in the Luocheng Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together, standing on both sides, and the emperor sat on the top.
As the first in this examination, Qiao Song stood out from the crowd, and no one would miss him.
All of them had been instructed in advance not to raise their heads and face the dragon without permission.
Qiao Song was curious, but he always adhered to his duty, always lowered his head, but his eyes rose slightly, and all he could see was a pair of bright yellow shoes.
In the palace examination, there was a special opening ceremony, and after everyone stood up, the firecrackers crackled outside, and then the big bell rang three times.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live...... "Hundreds of civil and military officials saluted the emperor in unison, and the loud voice resounded throughout the hall.
All the candidates also saluted and knelt on the ground to make a prostrate position!
"Flat." The voice of a middle-aged man about forty years old rang out, low with endless majesty.
"Your Majesty."
"Where's the examiner?" Jun Yanluo looked around and asked.
"Wechen is here." An old man over fifty years old stood up and said respectfully.
"It's time to start the exam."
"Yes."
With the emperor's opening of the exam, the palace examination officially began.
Qiao Song's position was in the middle, and at the same time became the focus of the audience.
However, after he sat down, he did not squint, and focused on answering the questions.
When answering the question, many eyes looked back and forth on him, he thought he didn't know, immersed in the answer, those didn't affect him anything!
The answering time of the palace examination is two hours, after answering on the spot, there is a special transcription officer in the side hall to transcribe the content, the examiner marks the paper on the spot, and then reports the ranking to the emperor.
Generally speaking, the rankings given by these examiners are the final rankings, but it is not excluded that the emperor is interested in re-ranking.
Two hours for the exam, two hours for grading, after the answer sheet is handed in, the candidates can not be sitting, the paper is handed in early, the body itself is relatively weak, standing for a long time, it is a little unbearable, some swaying, feeling like it is going to fall.
"Your Majesty, the ranking of this palace examination has been released." Just when someone was about to fall, the examiner's voice sounded like a heavenly sound, which lifted the spirits of those candidates.
Keeping his head down, he was very anxious, under normal circumstances, the ranking of the palace examination did not change much, but there were special circumstances.
It's like the one who was favored in the previous trial but fell off the list, and the one who was not favored became a dark horse.
"Well, the ranking of the comprehensive examination hall examination, the first ones are Zhao Shaoren, Qi Fei, and Qiao Song." The emperor saw the list above and read it out in a low voice.
"Back to the emperor, that's exactly the case."
"Who is Zhao Shaoren? Heads up? The emperor glanced at the people in the hall, and his voice was a little majestic.
A man of about thirty years old standing behind Qiao Song took a step, "See the emperor." ”
"You are Zhao Shaoren?" The emperor looked at Zhao Shaoren and then at Qiao Song.
"The student is Zhao Shaoren." The palace examination was presided over by the emperor himself, and because he had not yet sent an official, it was reasonable for him to call himself a student.
"Submit the top 20 exam papers." The emperor glanced at Zhao Shaoren lightly, and suddenly said in a deep voice, with a bit of fierceness in his words.
Zhao Shaoren's heart jumped fiercely, the majesty of the Son of Heaven was really like a thorn in his back, and few people could withstand it.
Under normal circumstances, the emperor rarely checks the examination papers in person, and he still looks at the candidates' original papers, and the examiners below saw this, hurriedly submitted the original papers, and a few people secretly wiped their sweat.
Why did the emperor suddenly want to read the original scroll with great interest, even if he wanted to read it, he would read the transcript scroll, and his heart began to beat suddenly.
Even Deng Xiang, who was usually quiet, frowned slightly, but it was fleeting, and he returned to his original state, standing there quietly waiting.
The emperor began to read the papers, and the hall was quiet for a while, and it took about half an hour for the emperor to finish reading the twenty test papers.
"Today's imperial examination is really full of talents, and I am very gratified. Qiao Song took a step forward. ”
Qiao Song hurriedly lowered his head and bent down to take a step forward, "Student Qiao Song, see the emperor." ”
"Look up."
Qiao Song slowly raised his head at this moment, at this moment he finally saw the whole picture of the emperor, a national face, very majestic, the only bad thing is that he is a little fat, but this can only be complained in his heart.
Looking at Qiao Song's full picture, the emperor showed a rare smile, "The appearance is not bad, I read your test paper, and between the lines it is much bolder than other candidates, I want to know, with your results, if you answer the palace exam more safely, even if you are not the champion, at least you can guarantee the first grade, but your answer sheet is sharp and a little aggressive, you are not afraid of harboring the wrong holy will and causing adverse consequences." Speaking of the back, the smile on the emperor's face disappeared, and it became cold, and even his voice was cold!
Zhao Shaoren and Qi Fei and the candidates who were ranked in front of them were overjoyed, the emperor's performance was probably annoying Qiao Song, he was too radical.
Qiao Song's face was frank, raised his head and looked directly at the emperor, and said loudly: "Back to the emperor, students can't have holy intentions, what the emperor said, students also know, but students feel that since the emperor and the imperial court held the imperial examination, in order to select talents, students are just expressing their own ideas, opinions may be immature in the eyes of the emperor and the ministers, but they dare not discount it, and speak freely to live up to the emperor and the ministers." "Xiaomei said, since they have all arrived at the palace examination, they can be regarded as having seen the world, write what they have in their hearts, don't hide it, the imperial examination is held for the purpose of selecting talents, if the emperor doesn't like it, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to go home, who said that you must be an official to be a good person.
Originally, he was against it, but then he thought about it, and he saw that the imperial examination was to be able to back his sister at the beginning, if he couldn't express his inner thoughts freely from the beginning, then in the future officialdom, it would be impossible to say it, but he would hide it, just to save his life.
After entering the officialdom, the first thing to do is not to do anything else, but to save your life.
"Hahahaha~~~~" After listening to Qiao Song's words, the emperor suddenly laughed, "Okay, good, if it's really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, yes, what the court wants is talents who dare to say and act." Mrs. Fan changed, and the champion of the current department is Qiao Song, and the names behind him are pushed back in turn. ”
Qiao Song's answer sheet is already wonderful, but he is a little bold in his words, so he has always thought that he is too upright and easy to offend people, coupled with his handsome appearance, it is also a beautiful talk to be a flower explorer.
Now that the emperor has appointed Qiao Song as the champion, even if some people are not convinced, they can only accept it, the decision of the Son of Heaven, who dares to disobey!
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The emperor in the back didn't look carefully, and the ranking was determined, and the emperor said a few words of encouragement to the new science and technology scholars, and ended the palace test.
Qiao Song's performance was all seen by Xue Bing, and what the little girl adjusted/taught was different, and there was no one who was not afraid of death.
Walking out of the Los Angeles Palace, Qiao Song smiled slightly and glanced at the sky, Daddy, I did it.
When I entered the Luocheng Palace, it was not yet bright, and when I came out, it was already dark, and I followed the candidates out of the palace gate.
Today's ranking, tomorrow will participate in the ceremony, then cross the horse to parade the streets, participate in the Qionglin banquet, and finally confer the official.
Out of the north gate, a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites first congratulated these new jinshi, and in the future, everyone was a colleague, the same class, and their attitude was naturally much kinder.
It is a little different from when I came, when I left the palace, everyone quickly became one and had a good time.
Qiao Song also maintained a gentle smile until he left the door, and then he put away the smile on his face.
"Qiao Zhuangyuan, do you know how dangerous you are in the main hall just now, if you annoy the emperor, what if you can't even keep the first class? You're too daring, aren't you? Out of the north gate, Shen Mingwei still walked with Qiao Song, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said to Qiao Song with a scared face.
"I'm just saying what I mean from the bottom of my heart." Qiao Song's face was relaxed.
"You~~ are still too young." Shen Mingwei sighed slightly, he was standing in the main hall nervously, and he had been trying to maintain his state, let alone answer the emperor as bluntly as Qiao Song. God knows that when the emperor's face suddenly turned cold, he almost fainted, and he really responded to the emperor's words, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers! "Qiao Song, don't think I'm verbose, I know you're good at reading, but the water in this officialdom is ruthless, it's better for us to be cautious."
Qiao Song bowed to Shen Mingwei, "Thank you Brother Shen for reminding me, I remember." He couldn't hear the meaning of Shen Mingwei's words.
It is true that the water of officialdom is ruthless, but now they have not reached that height, just do their duty. As for some of the sidelines, he is not stupid, what others say is what they say.
It would be much easier if everyone were like him.
Qiao Xi went out and came back, but her eldest brother hadn't come out of the palace yet, and looked at the sky, the ancient imperial examination was really not done by people, it was so late, and she didn't know when she would be able to come back.
"Sister, why hasn't the eldest brother come back?" After sending off his eldest brother in the morning, he has been waiting for him to come back, from the rising of the sun until the sun sets.
"It's probably not over yet." Qiao Xi replied after taking a few sips of water.
"Do you want to go find my big brother?"
"Are you anxious to see Big Brother or do you want to know what rank Big Brother has won?" Qiao Xi glanced at his younger brother, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and teased.
"Big brother, of course." Qiao Bai is like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, and he is directly fried, which is very cute.
"Oh......" Qiao Xi looked incredulous, and deliberately dragged out his voice.
Qiao Bai glared at his sister, but he couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart, "Sister, do you think my brother will be the champion this time?" ”
"Do you hope yes or no?" Qiao Xi asked rhetorically.
"Of course it is, champion, how majestic. You can also ride a big horse. "Anyway, he felt very majestic riding a big horse.
"It's not easy to ride a big horse, I'll take you for a ride another day."
"Sister, I'm talking about the champion riding a big horse, which is different from you."
"What's different, it's not riding a big horse."
"It's a big horse, but I'm not a champion, how do I know what that feeling is." He felt that the champion was very majestic on a big horse, and he was almost stunned by his sister.
"Then you can pretend to be the champion, and you can feel it." Qiao Xi wanted to tease him, but seeing his helpless expression, the exhaustion of his body disappeared immediately.
"No, that's fake."
"Then you will also take the top exam in the future, and you will know that feeling."
"It's going to be a long time."
"Heh, you really think you can get in, don't be too humble."
"Sister, are you encouraging me or hurting me?" Don't think he can't hear it.
"Ah, I forgot to find a master for you. No, no, no, I'll find someone to ask tomorrow. "How did she forget such an important matter, she has been really busy lately and has left out the affairs of her little brother.
Qiao Bai couldn't help but roll his eyes, and asked Qingtian speechlessly, obviously talking about his brother's business, why did it get involved with him, sister, you are jumping too fast, little brother, I can't keep up with the rhythm!
"It's back, it's back, the eldest prince is back." Chunhua's excited voice came from outside the gate.
Qiao Bai slammed his feet and rushed out.
"Big brother."
"Why did you come out, it's cold outside, hurry up and go into the house."
"Big brother, how did you do in the exam?" This is the first time since Qiao Song's exam, I asked him how he did in the exam?
"Little brother, big brother is tired, eat first, and then talk after eating." Qiao Xi knew that he couldn't wait to know the result.
I don't want to think about it, the eldest brother must be tired and hungry when he goes out early in the morning and comes back now, so why should he let the eldest brother fill his stomach first.
"Yes, big brother, let's go, Sister Chunhua has prepared a lot of what you like to eat today. To celebrate. Qiao Bai laughed sheepishly.
After eating dinner quietly, everyone gathered in the hall, sat and sit, sitting, standing, but there was one expression that was the same, something nervous and expectant.
"Big brother, big brother, how did you do in the exam?" Qiao Bai looked at his sister, saw her nodding, and immediately asked.
"Guess what?" The whole person was relaxed, Qiao Song raised his eyebrows.
"Big brother, just say it, I can't guess." Isn't that heart-wrenching? How could he have guessed, if only he had guessed.
"Hehe, okay, say, champion." He chuckled out before confiding in his answer.
"Champion !!" Except for Qiao Xi, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, even the most stable Furong was no exception.
"Big brother, really? Are you sure? Qiao Bai was a little incredulous and wanted to confirm it again.
"Of course it's true."
"Wow, that's great, that's great, my brother is the champion, and he can ride a tall horse." Qiao Bai cheered excitedly.
"Riding a tall horse?" Qiao Song looked at his sister puzzled.
"Isn't it the champion parade after the ceremony tomorrow, isn't it just riding a high-headed horse at that time? He thought it was very imposing. Qiao Xi explained a little after the eldest brother came over.
"I see. If you want to see it tomorrow, you have to book a restaurant in advance, and tomorrow it will definitely be crowded. "Seeing that my brother is so happy, he must be thinking about going.
"I definitely want to see it, I only have it once in a lifetime, and no one else has it yet. How could it not be possible not to look. "One of the thousands, how low is this probability, just like the champion of the Celestial Empire, that is also the one among hundreds of millions of students, it's just something worth showing off.
"Going, going." Qiao Bai suddenly rushed to Qiao Xi's side and said with a wink.
"I didn't say no. Let Fleur set her seat first tomorrow morning. Qiao's Hospital has a day off, and tomorrow we will go to see the champion on the street. As soon as Qiao Xi's words came out, it was a sure thing.
"Thank you, girl." I'm excited, I've only heard of it before, but I've never seen it before.
Besides, the champion of this parade is their eldest son, how many people have this glory, and the people who are the next are all rising with the status of the master, although the masters did not take them as people, but they must abide by their duties and never do anything that damages the master's family.