"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

On the Jinluan Palace, in the early dynasty, Dakang Wenwu was divided into two classes, and saw Emperor Jingtai go to the court and sat on the throne on the Jinluan Palace.

So the two classes of civil and military officers bowed directly to the emperor, and then waited for Emperor Jingtai to say: "Flat!" ”

Then the two classes of civil and military officers stood up.

Then, as a matter of routine, the internal officials on duty were on the emperor's side, shouting: "If there is something to go out of class, there is nothing to roll up the curtain and retreat!" ~”

After this shout, a minister came out of the class, this person is Liu Fang, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, in fact, although he is still a scholar of Wuyingdian University, but he is exercising the power of the head of the cabinet, after all, there are only two people in the cabinet now.

Scholar Wu Yingdian is only the third in the cabinet, but at this time, the first assistant and second assistant in front of him are gone, and he is naturally the acting first assistant.

In the same way, Xu Qiushan, who is ranked as a scholar of Dongge University and is only fifth in the cabinet, is now also acting as a second assistant.

As soon as Liu Fang, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, came out of class, he said loudly: "The minister has this book!" ”

Emperor Jingtai yawned, in fact, Emperor Jingtai generally did not go to the court, he did not go to the court for the past 20 years, although he has been to the court a few times recently, it is to deal with specific things, such as the last court meeting, that is, he wants to take charge of the court alone, so that the cabinet will be used for his own use in the future, so he went to the court.

For example, this time, it was just after the end of the examination, and according to the time, it should also be the time of the palace examination, and the palace examination must be attended by the emperor, because this means that those who participate in the palace examination will become Jinshi and Tongjinshi after the palace examination.

This shows that once you get to this point, you have the qualifications to be an official. And participating in the palace examination, it can also be called the protégé of the Son of Heaven, because the Son of Heaven will personally test the school in the palace examination.

Emperor Jingtai could even guess what Liu Fang, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, was going to play when he came out of class, and he must have said that it was about today's palace exam.

Sure enough, Liu Fang continued: "Your Majesty, according to the practice of the imperial court, today is the date of the palace examination, please pass on the winners of this year's general examination and conduct the palace examination!" ”

Emperor Jingtai, who was sitting on the dragon seat, immediately said: "Quasi! ”

Then an internal official shouted: "Pass on the candidates of this year's middle school exam~!" ”

"Pass on the candidates of this year's middle school exam~!"

"Pass on the candidates of this year's middle school exam~!"

"Pass on the candidates of this year's middle school exam~! ……”

In fact, at that time, according to the practice of the imperial court, all the people who took the examination were already in a large hall in the Forbidden City, waiting for the summons.

And at this time, I heard the shouts of the officials: "Pass on the candidates of this session~!" So, Huiyuan Liang Hong, who ranked first in the entrance examination, first walked to the front of the people, sorted out the Confucian clothes, and immediately waved his hand to the people behind him: "Let's go!" ”

All the people present bowed to Liang Hong: "Yes, Huiyuan!" "Huiyuan is equivalent to a university president of everyone, and he should take the lead at this time, after all, the order of the young and the young is also an important moral standard in ancient times.

Later, in front of Liang Hong, many people who could take the exam followed one after another, and under the guidance of the special eunuchs, they walked towards the Jinluan Palace.

After walking for about half an hour, he walked to the outside of the Jinluan Palace, and then the eunuch went inside to report, and after a while, a decree came from inside, so that these people who would take the test in the examination should go in and prepare for the palace examination.

Liang Hong walked in the front with everyone, and took the lead to the Jinluan Palace, first kneeling towards Emperor Jingtai and saluting the mountain and shouting long live.

After Jingtai said "flat body", everyone got up, most of these moves were the first time to see the emperor, all of them seemed very excited, many people were panting heavily, obviously nervous, excited are about to reach the extreme.

On the contrary, Liang Hong was a lot calmer, after all, he had always seen Emperor Jingtai before.

When Emperor Jingtai saw Liang Hong standing in front of the crowd, he couldn't help but smile: "Liang Hong, you really didn't live up to my hopes, not only did you pass the exam, but also became the first Huiyuan, now, who dares to say that my original reward was wrong?" ”

As soon as Emperor Jingtai said this, all the civil and military ministers in the court immediately bowed respectfully to Emperor Jingtai and shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Emperor Jingtai was obviously in good spirits at this time, and the symptoms of mercury poisoning did not occur at this time, so he waved his hand and said: "I saw that Liang Ziming was a good person at the beginning, since he dared to make such a promise, it means that he has the confidence to take the exam, and when I see it today, it is true." ”

Liang Hong hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment!" ”

"Get up." Emperor Jingtai seemed to be in a good mood, so he said to his ministers again: "Okay, in this case, let's start the palace test, let everyone prepare first." ”

At this time, in the hall, examination tables and chairs have been prepared for the people who take the hall examination.

All the people were seated, and then the emperor personally asked for a question,—— which was the power of the emperor to test the palace.

Wait for the rice paper to be handed out to every candidate for the palace examination.

Then everyone was waiting for Emperor Jingtai to come up with the question, Emperor Jingtai thought about it for a while, and finally a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The question I gave is 'Zi Said: Learning'." ”

This is in the Analects, although it seems simple, but the so-called ordinary and strange, the most ordinary questions, to write extraordinary, brilliant eight strands, this is a test of the candidate's basic skills.

The emperor finished the question, and immediately the candidates began to compose, and some eunuchs had already taken the hourglass and set it up for two hours, and the palace test for this essay was only given two hours.

Two hours, naturally, it is not as long as the composition time of the exam, but after all, considering that it is a palace exam, so many ministers and the emperor are also waiting.

Two hours passed in a hurry, and the candidates began to hand in their papers.

There are special eunuchs who are collecting the examination papers, and after the examination papers are all collected, they announce the end of the palace examination.

Liang Hong and the others bowed to the emperor again, and then according to the custom, they all withdrew from the Jinluan Palace.

Liang Hong returned home and saw Liang's mother, who asked, "How was the exam?" Liang Hong laughed and said, "Play very well!" ”

Three days later.

Today is the day of the list, in the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace, the emperor sat on the dragon collapse, and the two cabinet ministers, Liu Fang and Xu Qiushan, took three scrolls and handed them to the emperor for a look, ruling that the champion of Jinke, the list of eyes, and the flowers.

Although it is a palace examination, the emperor generally does not take the initiative to review the examination papers, after all, more than 100 examination papers, the emperor is naturally handed over to the ministers for review, and they are generally handed over to the cabinet ministers.

This time, the top three also have Liang Hong's rolls, originally Liu Fang was named the champion, but Xu Qiushan in order to avoid suspicion, after all, it is no secret that his daughter is going to marry Liang Hong, especially in the circle of important ministers, so he only ordered Liang Hong to be the leader, although in his heart, Liang Hong's article is the champion's article.