By this time the sun had risen, and everything seemed to wake up in an instant.

When a ray of sunlight shone on the glazed gold tiles of the Forbidden City, hundreds of civil and military officials, together with more than 200 jinshi, also walked into Fengtianmen in the morning sun, and then came to Taihedian Square again.

The civil and military ministers stood on both sides of the Dan Majesty Imperial Steps, while the Jinshi stood in the very middle, facing the wide and tall Imperial Steps, and the large hall bathed in sunlight.

After all, these new scholars are the protagonists.

As for the future, I can't say about it.

Some may be sent to remote places such as Yunnan, Guizhou, and Liaodong to be petty officials, and then spend their lives there struggling for qualifications.

Some may enter the Hanlin Academy as a clerk, and then copy and write for a few years, and finally look forward to the personnel transfer, but they were sent to Yingtianfu in Nanzhili for retirement.

Some may become the future Liuqing, and even join the cabinet, become the promoter of the carriage of the Ming Empire, and even the guide.

But there are very few people with such a fate, and even one of these jinshi may not be able to come out, so for the people here, the opportunity to stand in the center and be the protagonist may be once in a lifetime.

Now that the list has not been released, it is the same as the team that tried last time, Xia Yuan is still standing at the front of the crowd, how to say it, it's quite embarrassing.

Next to him was Li Tingxiang, who was wearing the same style of jinshi uniform, but as long as he crossed Li Tingxiang, he could see a young man wearing a big red robe and a two-beam golden crown on his head.

The crown hat reflected the golden light in the sun, and even the blind dog's eyes could flash, and the bright red robe definitely belonged to the existence of standing out among the more than 200 jinshi.

was different from what Xia Yuan had predicted before, he thought that the first-class, second-class, and third-class jinshi uniforms would be different.

But in fact, it's all the same.

To be exact, except for this old man who was dressed like a groom officer, everyone else was wearing the same jinshi uniform.

But everyone present knows that this old brother must be the champion of Jinke, after all, his painting style is different from everyone's.

Xia Yuan felt that his position as the head should be given to this old brother, but after thinking about it, God knows if it would be a crime to change positions on such an occasion.

He stood on tiptoe a little and looked up the imperial steps, and there was still a dragon chair in front of the hall, but like last time, he still didn't see the emperor.

At this time, Zhu Youzhu was changing clothes in the palace, and there were quite strict rules in the ceremony, and the emperor must not go before the dawn, and he had to step on the point of the hour.

Chen is the dragon, belongs to the wood, is the reservoir, the water and wood are born, this time the sun lives in the east, the ancients respected the east, so this point is the most in line with the etiquette of the emperor.

Wearing the red leather jacket on his body, and putting on the leather crown, and wearing various accessories and ribbons, Zhu Youzhu asked out loud: "What time is it now?" ”

“.”

Xiao Jing stood aside without any reaction, as if he hadn't heard.

After waiting for a few seconds and seeing no response, Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but turn his head over, "Xiao Banban, what time is it now?" ”

Xiao Jing has served Emperor Hongzhi for more than 20 years, and he has already had a certain conditioned reflex to the three words Xiao Companion, instinctively withdrew from his thoughts, returned to reality, and then subconsciously bowed down and said: "What does the emperor command?" ”

"What time is it?" Zhu Youzhang's brows furrowed again.

"The Hour ......"

Xiao Jing was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly walked towards the outside of the palace with small steps, the main hall of the Qianqing Palace was placed with a stone sundial, in the middle was an extremely long iron needle, and the disc had the scale of the hour.

The principle is to determine the time by the shadow cast by the sun's rays.

He glanced at the scale where the shadow of the iron needle fell, and then immediately went back to report, "Emperor, there is less than a moment before the hour." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Youzhu bowed slightly, but his brows were still slightly wrinkled, since Xiao Jing came to accompany him this morning, he found that his companion Xiao seemed to have been restless.

"Emperor, can you set up the Imperial Palace now?"

"Let's go."

Zhu Youzhu wore a leather suit and went out of the Qianqing Palace first, and there was already the emperor's Luan and honor guard waiting outside, after he got on the Luan car, he went to the Huangji Hall in a burst of ritual music, which is also the direction of the Taihe Palace.

Seeing the appearance of the emperor's Luan Yu honor guard, everyone standing in the Taihe Hall Square had a solemn face, and even their backs couldn't help but straighten up.

When the emperor came down from Luanyu and sat on the dragon chair again, the civil and military officials and all the Jinshi paid a big salute together, and then stood in their places and waited.

At this time, it is the hour of the hour, but it will have to wait for three quarters before the so-called auspicious time arrives, and at that time, the ceremony will officially begin.

In the queue of civil and military officials, Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, stood in the forefront of the military attachés, but he was usually well-behaved and honest, but at this time, he was bold to peek at the emperor sitting in front of the palace, a little far away, and he couldn't see the emperor's face clearly.

But he instinctively felt that the emperor was in a good state at this time, and he should not know the content of the report.

Obviously, I heard that the wood was coming into the palace, why didn't Your Majesty know about it?

Thinking of this, Mu Bin's gaze moved slightly to the side and looked at Xiao Jing who was standing next to the dragon chair.

Could it be that the newspaper was detained by this dog thing?

At this time, Xiao Jing was fighting between heaven and man, and when the sky was slightly bright this morning, his godfather entered the palace and sent a report, the content of the report was not long, only hundreds of words, but the content was earth-shattering.

More than ten days ago, when Wenhuadian read the scroll, he was also present at the time, and he also knew the content of the scroll, and the content on the scroll had made the emperor lose control of his emotions for a while, and he was even evaluated by the cabinet chief assistant as mad, shocking, sensational, and knowledgeable.

But after reading the report, he could only say that what was written in this volume was actually quite conservative.

He couldn't imagine how the emperor would react if he read the report.

Since learning about this, Xiao Jing has been struggling, wondering whether to report to the emperor, and he is afraid that the emperor will not be able to accept it.

If you don't play the newspaper, this ceremony is about to begin, and once you read the roll call, wait until .

Standing in front of this hall for a long time, seeing that the auspicious time was getting closer and closer, Xiao Jing gritted his teeth and opened his mouth to call: "Emperor."

Zhu Youzhu still looked straight ahead, and asked lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

"The slave maid is thinking, after a while to pass on the roll call of the Grand Ceremony, the first place in the hall will be listed as the bottom of the top three, which will definitely cause an uproar among the tribute students."

After a pause, Xiao Jing said more cautiously: "The emperor said earlier that after the ceremony, he would post this policy paper so that many tributes could understand the reason, but the slave maid felt that it was better to . It's better not to post it, and then improve Xia Yuan's ranking a bit. ”

If there is no such report, everything is easy to say, but now there is this report, if the paper of this policy is also posted, and Xia Yuan will be the last of the top three, and the things in the report will be known to the world, I am afraid that this palace examination will become a laughing stock in the world.

What Xiao Jing was worried about was that if the emperor found out that he had received the report before the ceremony, but he did not report it in time, so that this matter had happened, he felt that he might be a pill.

After a while, Zhu Youzhu opened his mouth and asked, "You received the silver from Xia Yuan?" ”

"Slaves don't."

"And what do you mean by that?"

"The slave just wants to just want to say"

At this moment, Li Dongyang walked over and said, "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come." ”

"Let's put the roll call on the list"

"Whoa."

Li Dongyang bowed down and sang, then picked up the yellow list on the bookcase, walked to the imperial staircase to read out the edict, and the sound of ritual music also resounded.

Xiao Jing had accompanied the emperor to many ceremonies, and he was extremely clear about these rules, and he knew that when the ceremonial music stopped, he would start reading the roll call, and the ceremonial music would only last for a moment.

Thinking of this, his scalp was about to explode, and he hurriedly took out the letter from his arms, "Emperor, this is the report that the slave maid received this morning, and it is the inside story of the Qiongzhou Rebellion and the land of Guangnan.

Slave slave did not dare to hide it, but this content. The slave persuaded the emperor not to ask for it."

Xiao Jing's words were not finished, because when he only heard the words of the Qiongzhou Rebellion, Zhu Youzhu had already snatched the letter away with his hand, and then opened it.

At this time, the sound of ritual music stopped, and Li Dongyang first began to read out the edict, "I heard that those who are kings must have merit, and they must be one of them by the world.

However, the person in charge of it is the virtue of the two emperors and the three kings, and the person who is in charge of the government of the two emperors and three kings."

This edict is very long, Li Dongyang read it very attentively and patiently, and the people below should be very attentive and patient when they listen to it.

"I asked the world to pay tribute, the first class gave the jinshi and the first, the second class gave the jinshi background, and the third class."

"Emperor, Emperor, Doctor Xuan!"

A third class had just exited, and there was a burst of noise and turmoil behind Li Dongyang.

He frowned, feeling that things were not simple, and at the same time a little confused.

Xuan Taiyi?

(End of chapter)