"Shichen and Liu Qiheng both think this volume is ......," Xiao Chen said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" It was as if the minister had cheated, but this was chosen by the officials who read the papers from the three hundred volumes, and it was not selected by the ministers. ”

"Ask you a word, and you'll talk back to me!" Li Wanjiang ignored Xiao Chen, but asked Liu Qiheng, "Why do you also value this volume?" ”

"Back to the emperor's words, the minister attaches great importance to it, if the paper is splendid, the penmanship of the article, is not as good as the other two, but you are broad-minded, have the world, worry about the country, but also worry about the people, live in peace, but also think about danger, concise and concise, the truth is transparent, and its foresight and insight, so that the ministers feel that the dust is beyond reach!" Liu Qiheng said.

"Hahaha, nonsense!" Li Wanjiang laughed again, "How can it be so good?" It's normal for me to look at it, let's take this person's scroll back to him, and there is no need to seal it, and I won't order his tanhua, go back and pass on my words, let him read hard, this article is still far away! ”

"Your Majesty, there has been no such thing as returning the volume since ancient times?" Feng Shi was surprised when he heard this, "If the emperor doesn't take Tanhua, then he should also let this son be ranked second, how can you say that if you don't want it, you don't want it?" ”

"We don't understand what the emperor said, and it's not easy to explain it to this Li Xilu when we turn around." Zhang Zhengwu also said bluntly, "According to the regulations, this son should be selected as the leader of the second class, and the point is to pass it on." ”

"Hahaha, you don't have to explain this, I just need to explain it to him." Li Wanjiang was rarely so happy, seeing that all Aiqing were all confused, he suddenly asked an irrelevant sentence, "All Aiqing are full of poetry and books, I ask you, what does it mean in the poetry of the ancients, 'Harvest the golden qi, the western continent strings and the sea moon'?" ”

"Your Majesty, we're talking about the big thing of taking scholars, why are you still talking about poetry?" Feng Shi was very unhappy, but he also had to answer, "This means simply, the harvest is the autumn god, the gold supreme, the autumn air, the West Continent is autumn, as the so-called 'the sun hides ice in the North Continent, and the West Continent makes a pilgrimage to it'." ”

"What Aiqing said is extremely true." Li Wanjiang smiled, "Then who is this Li Xilu, you also know it, right?" ”

"Who is it, I don't know...... Li Xilu, Li Qiu...... Hey? Feng Shi was suddenly surprised, his eyes widened, revealing an incredulous, unbelievable expression.

"Your Majesty, is this student the prince of Xuanping?" Zhang Zhengwu exclaimed.

"Hehe, you don't recognize his handwriting, don't I recognize it?" Li Wanjiang smiled with satisfaction, "My son is not solemn enough, he has to be involved in the imperial examination, and I must be severely reprimanded when I turn around, isn't it?" ”

The father is proud of his son, and Li Wanjiang, as the emperor, is not exempt from vulgarity, although he scolds my son for being ignorant, even if everyone present is extremely deaf, he can hear his happiness.

"Oh, that's something you never imagined!" Xiao Chen was the first to exclaim, "I thought that Prince Xuanping would only lead troops to fight, but I didn't expect to read poetry and books!" ”

"Wen Taowu strategy, the little prince is ready!" Liu Qiheng said, "We don't care if the emperor reprimands the prince, let's just congratulate the emperor!" ”

Feng Shi and Zhang Zhengwu also hurriedly followed suit, they really didn't know, so the expressions on their faces at the moment were also very exciting.

It made our emperor Li Wanjiang very happy.

"The concubine has no form, he actually deceived my Aiqing, and he will have to make amends with a few Aiqing when he turns around!" Li Wanjiang said, "He can't do Tanhua, so let's choose another student to fill in." ”

Immediately, everyone recommended another one, Li Wanjiang had no opinion when he saw it, and with a wave of the royal pen, he set the champion Lin Qi, Li Changfeng, and Tanhua Chen Zitui, so far the first class has been decided.

After Xiao Chen said goodbye to the emperor, he went back to select the second and third grades of the remaining test papers, all of which were filled in the yellow list and temporarily stored in the storage hall of the Ministry of Rites.

That night, in order to comfort the examiners, the emperor personally gave a banquet to the Wenhua Palace, and the banquet was sumptuous, and the water and land were horizontal, so there was no need to elaborate.

Early the next morning, the civil and military ministers gathered in the Huagai Palace, Liu Qiheng opened the first three people test papers appointed by the emperor, and Zhang Zhengwu, the secretary of the Honglu Temple, and Gong Shouli, the eunuch Gong Shouli, the chief reading officer, filled in the names, places, ages, and other information of the three people on the first yellow list, and then Feng Shi college students wrote the biography stickers.

Jiang Chenghe, the first name of the second class, was selected as the official of the second class, read the holy decree, recited the list, three people in the first class, fifty people in the second class, and more than 200 people from the three families entered the palace one after another, and thanked the emperor!

The emperor gave the champion Lin Qi, Li Changfeng in the list of eyes, Tanhua Chen Zi pushed as a jinshi and the first, and Jiang Chenghe was passed down to the top 2 and 50 people were born as Jinshi, and more than 200 people in the top three were born as fellow jinshi.

After the ceremony, all the students knelt down to thank him, bid farewell to the emperor in an orderly manner, and then the officials of the Ministry of Rites posted the yellow list and announced it to the public.

Lin Qi wore the red robe of the champion of the imperial gift, rode the high-headed horse of the imperial gift, and carried the canopy umbrella given to him, under the escort of the honor guard of the brocade guard and the Fengyang Mansion, beat gongs and drums, came out of the Donghua Gate, and swaggered through the city on the royal street.

Both sides of the street were full of people watching the bustle, all wanting to see the demeanor of the champion, and the officials of several major yamen also stood solemnly outside the door, and when the champion passed by, they all bowed to salute.

Fat Man, Qianye Ling, Ling'er, Xiao Ye, Wuji, Yunyi, Xiao Yu and Zhou Rui all stood in the crowd to watch the excitement.

"Oh, if only I had a reference, then the champion must be mine." Ling'er saw that Zhuang Yuanlang was so angry, and she regretted it again.

"You are also envious of monkeys parading the streets?" The fat man is actually quite envious. That is, my disciples of the Shangguan family are not allowed to engage in this tune, otherwise with your fat brother and my cleverness, it is not the same as having fun to take the top prize? In other words, isn't Lao Tzu as good as Lin Qi, a stupid boy?

"Master, don't say it, this champion is really handsome, and his appearance is similar to that in the troupe, but he looks a little familiar." Zhou Rui put his hand on his eyes and looked at Zhuang Yuanlang as if he was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere? Most of the time it's when you're watching a play......

"Don't you kid have sharp eyes, don't you recognize them?" The fat man smiled, "Isn't this Lin Qi?" ”

"Who's in the!" Zhou Rui was taken aback when he heard this, and almost fell directly to the ground.

"Be careful, you!" Ling'er grabbed him, "What are you fussing about?" ”

"He, he, he, yes, yes, Lin Lin ......" Zhou Rui was surprised and couldn't speak.

It happened that Lin Qi passed by and saw a few of them, clasping his fists and smiling.

The fat man ignored people proudly, Ling'er grinned his teeth, Xiao Ye and the others all hugged their fists and returned the salute, only Zhou Rui knelt on the ground with a puff and kowtowed.

"Get up, everyone is gone." The fat man picked him up, "Guy who has no prospects, what's wrong with not seeing the champion?" ”

"I haven't seen it yet!" Zhou Rui wiped a handful of soil on his forehead, "I didn't expect it to be Lin Gongzi!" A young man who usually doesn't say a word and laughs, who would have expected it to be a Wenqu star! ”