At this time, the outside of the Gongyuan was already crowded with people, and scholars from all over the world were crowded and pushing, waiting for the final outcome.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and for a while, all eyes were on.

Two men walked out, lists in their hands, and kept pushing away the soldiers around them.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

They held three red lists in their hands and pasted them on the wall of the Tribute Courtyard one by one.

From low rankings to high rankings.

Yan Ji hurriedly squeezed over, and before he could stand firmly, he was already looking up.

He was conflicted, wishing his name was on it and not there.

If you are here, then you are a tribute, but this also means that the ranking is quite low. But if you don't have it, then you have to continue to wait anxiously, and you may not be on the list.

After a hasty browsing, there was no name of his own, but Yan Shiqin on the side said "um": "Hit, the one hundred and first." He looked quite happy, and obviously tried to pass and met his expectations.

When the second list opened, Yan Xincheng also smiled happily, he was forty-ninth, this result exceeded his expectations, and made him very excited.

But there is still no name for Yan Ji.

There is only the last one left, which means that either Yan Ji is off the list, or he is in the top forty.

The list slowly opens from bottom to top.

Forty, no!

Twentieth, no!

Tenth, or not!

Soon the list rolled up, and only the top three remained.

All the scholars present were sweating, and some of them actually knew their achievements, but they still had to see the names of the top ones.

"Second master, why don't you have yours yet, you shouldn't be off the list." Yan Shiqin said heartlessly, and before he finished speaking, he was already knocked on the head by Yan Xincheng:

"Nonsense! Will the second master be inferior to you? Maybe our second master won the Huiyuan, and he should be the last to show his name! ”

Many people have heard this, but no one has said anything, the first imperial examination of the new dynasty, there is no recognized Confucianism such as the world, everyone may be a dark horse.

Yan Ji sighed, he was not sure that he had won the top three among so many scholars.

Could it be that it really fell off the list?

The red paper is slowly rolled up.

Third place, Wu Bozong!

A young man in his twenties sighed softly, it turned out to be only third, his target was Huiyuan, it seemed that Lian Zhong Sanyuan had no hope.

Second place, Yan Ji!

Yan Ji almost couldn't believe his eyes, he thought he was doomed to fall off the list! But I never thought that it would be able to get such a ranking among so many scholars in the country, which is simply an unexpected joy!

The two people next to him had already congratulated me one by one, but he couldn't hear anything, and was completely immersed in joy.

Although it is not a huiyuan, this achievement is enough! This in itself is already a great honor among scholars!

First place, Zhang Wei!

Somewhere in the crowd, there was a huge cheer, someone was throwing a lot of copper coins into the street, most of the scholars squeezed over, they were not short of money, but they wanted to be happy, even Yan Shiqin couldn't help but pick one up, and ate Yan Xincheng again:

"The second master is here, why don't you touch the second master if you want to be happy?"

He smiled innocently:

"If you get the second master, won't the second master be missing......"

The three of them were silent for a moment.

Yan Ji smiled, tears flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know if it was the excitement of being on the list, or something else, he patted Yan Shiqin on the shoulder:

"Let's dip, let's get it, the second master will reward your ......"

At this point, the examination is over.

A total of 120 people, for the tribute students, can enter the temple test.

didn't let them wait long, just three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang officially held the palace examination.

This is the final battle! The gold content of Jinshi is not comparable to the previous ones, the eyes of the tribute students are full of vigilance in each other, like life and death enemies, this is related to their future future, not to mention anything else, just between the first and second first, that is a world of difference, and the three places in the first class are the focus of competition!

Under the guidance of the palace people, the scholars walked through the tall noon gate, walked through the splendid palace, and came to a large hall with three eye-catching characters written on the plaque "Fengtian Palace".

Yan Ji was also among them, how could they have seen such a scene, although they didn't say anything along the way, they were already shocked in their hearts.

On the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang has long been on the throne.

After the scholars had finished their great salutes, he spoke, and his voice was low and majestic:

"Excuse me, give me a seat!"

Your Highness, there are already rows of tables and chairs prepared, and the four treasures of the study room above are complete.

"In this court test, I will make a decision, and you will make a discussion, and the one who is better will be a jinshi." Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze swept over everyone, and roughly remembered their appearance in the bottom of his heart, even the appearance of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was an element of investigation, and he already had a good impression of several people in his heart:

"Listen, my question is 'Yuan loses the world with leniency', and Yu'er will answer it in two hours."

Yuan loses the world with leniency? What the hell is this?

All the candidates were stunned for a moment.

Yuan? Kuanren? Your Majesty, how did you connect these two words? Or do you want to punch yourself in the face?

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang finished saying this, he flipped through the chapters by himself, and didn't pay attention to their meaning.

The candidates had to bow their heads and ponder, and because of the time constraints, they had to start their arguments as soon as possible.

Some candidates believe that this is Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation for the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty. After all, he once said that "the emperor ordered Zhenren to enter China in the desert as the lord of the world", and he recognized the Yuan court. In this case, Na Ming replaced Yuan, and naturally he was also the emperor of orthodoxy. So he was full of enthusiasm, starting from the end of the Song Dynasty and ending with the replacement of Yuan by the Ming, arguing for the transfer of orthodox status, as for Kuanren, he thought about it and continued to write: "Although Yuan is lenient, it is not as wise as His Majesty, so he was replaced. ”

Some scholars also felt that the Yuan Dynasty was indeed lenient, but it was lenient to the ruling class and oppressed the ordinary people, Zhu Yuanzhang's move was that he should not only be lenient to the bureaucrats, but also to treat all the people well. So he wrote, "We should take history as a mirror, treat the officials to relax, treat the people to reduce the levy and punish lightly, and do nothing to govern the right way......"

Yan Ji also thinks like this, after all, most people understand the truth that water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat, and the problem should be solved here.

He lifted his pen.

"The husband of the Son of Heaven inherits the mandate of heaven to control all directions. The people of the world are like the sons of His Majesty, and the ministers of the world are like the brothers and sisters of His Majesty. Punishment should be relaxed, sins should be pardoned, and forced labor should be commuted......"