Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding took a double-wheel carriage to stay overnight, and when they arrived in the capital, it was the fifth day of the second lunar month, and there were only three days before the trial entry. They asked the locals that Minggongyuan was in the southeast of the inner city, so they chose to settle down at the nearby "Tongfu Inn". This inn is not only very large, with hundreds of rooms, but also in good condition, in addition to accommodation and canteen, especially for in-house guests. The conditions are superior and the location is convenient, so almost all the customers in the store are from all over the world.

Chen Wenqi and Weng Junding originally planned to book two rooms for the coachman to rest for a night. Unexpectedly, there were so many guests that only one room remained. When the coachman saw this, and saw that it was still early, he declined the kindness of the two and insisted on leaving. The two of them couldn't, so they forced him to give him ten taels of silver, and watched him leave.

After going to the room to store the luggage and washing hastily, the two came to the dining hall. At this time, it was the peak of lunch, and the dining hall was overcrowded, and more than 20 dining tables were full. The two walked to a dining table where only two people were seated, and Weng Junding asked, "Can I sit here?"

"Yes, yes. One of them replied enthusiastically, and then asked, "Aren't you also here to take the exam?"

"yes, you too?"

"yes, so we're the same year. The two of us are from Nanzhili, and we dare to ask the two young brothers who are ......"

"Huguang's. ”

"Hehe, you live at the head of the Yangtze River, and I live at the end of the Yangtze River. That person has a similar temperament to Weng Junding, he is very straightforward, he laughed, and said: "The two young brothers only arrived today, right? I don't know who the chief examiner of this year's exam is, right?"

Weng Junding shook his head and replied, "This is not clear, could it be that Brother Nian knows?"

The man said playfully, "Do you know why you are asking this?"

"I don't know. ”

The man smiled and said, "It's all because this examiner has something to do with the two of them." ”

"With ...... We have something to do with each other? Let's talk about it. Weng Junding heard that the examiner had a relationship with him and Chen Wenqi, so he was very interested in urging him to say quickly.

"One is Li Dongyang, the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang and a bachelor of waiting, this person is a person from Chaling, Changsha Mansion, Huguang, and belongs to the same township as you; ”

"It turns out that the teacher has become the chief examiner of this year's examination? The two of us are going to visit him tomorrow. Weng Junding had a straightforward personality and said unabashedly at the moment.

Chen Wenqi originally just lowered his head to eat, and let Weng Junding talk with Na Juzi. When I heard that he was going to visit his teacher in public, I couldn't help frowning slightly. I thought that this Weng Nian brother was quick to speak, and he didn't want to think about whether to say it or not. Originally, he did have the intention of visiting Liu Jian and Lord Liu, but now that he knows that he is the main exam, he will definitely not go before the exam. If you pay homage to the examiner before the exam, of course there is nothing to say if there is no Chinese style; if it is Chinese, the light one will be suspicious, and the serious one will come up with a "leaking case", and the two of them will be cut off from the official status, not to mention, and the examiner will lose his official position and dismiss the knight.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a person at the next table looking slightly sideways at him, and he couldn't help but wonder again: When did this person also arrive in the capital? And he didn't go to the exam, why did he appear in this "Tongfu Inn" next to the Gongyuan? Seeing that Chen Wenqi had discovered it, the man lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of rice, and then put down his chopsticks and quietly left.

Chen Wenqi retracted his eyes, turned his head to the man at the same table and said loudly: "Yes, Lord Liu Jian was the chief examiner of the Huguang Township Examination last year, that is, our master, and he was originally going to visit his old man tomorrow. But as Brother Nian said, Lord Liu is the main examiner of the current examination, and in order to avoid suspicion, the two of us had to change to pay homage after the examination. ”

Weng Junding was originally shrewd, but he just had a straightforward temperament. As soon as he heard Chen Wenqi say it, he knew that he had been a little reckless before, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, since Master Liu is one of the main exams, we will never go before the exam." ”

It was impossible for the person at the next table to hear the words of the two. Of course, even if he hears it, he won't believe it, the so-called belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, he doesn't believe that there is such a hard relationship that is not used. At this time, he was leisurely drinking tea and chatting in a rather magnificent mansion.

"Aunt, my nephew only knows that although my uncle is an old man in business, he can speak in front of high-ranking officials in the imperial court. Today, I saw that he could live in such a big house in the capital, and there were guards in front of the door, what kind of business did he have, so majestic?" The man looked curiously around the room as he said to a handsome lady of about thirty years of age sitting in the room.

The lady glanced at him, and said with a deliberate straight face, "If I don't tell you, you'll have to swagger everywhere again." ”

The man reached out and grabbed the lady's pink wrist, shook it from side to side, and said coquettishly, "Auntie—"

The lady slapped the hand that had grabbed her wrist lightly, and said angrily, "Release your claws." ”

The man obediently let go of his hand, still begging: "Auntie, tell me your old man, suffocate me." ”

The lady raised her eyebrows and said, "It's okay to tell you, but you have to follow my conditions." ”

"Yi, Yi, Yi, I listen to my aunt. The man said yes in quick succession.

"Don't reveal your uncle's identity to others, and don't rely on your uncle's power to do evil. Can you do it?"

"Do...... It can be done. Hey, aunt, isn't my uncle a rich businessman, and what power does he have?" the man asked curiously.

The noble lady smiled: "Rich merchant, what kind of business can he do? Your uncle is the current abbot of the country, and he is a marquis." You can't think of it, right?" said that, his face was full of triumph.

"What do you mean by Guozhang?" the man obviously didn't know what the identity of Guozhang was, and asked with a blank expression.

The lady stretched out her left index finger to his forehead and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are idle all day long, and you don't learn anything. The national abbot is the emperor's father-in-law. ”

"What?" the man was surprised and delighted, jumped up from his chair at once, stared at the noble lady with his eyes, and said, "You say that my uncle is the emperor's father-in-law?" After speaking, he squatted in front of the noblewoman, changed his face and said with an innocent face:

"Auntie, my nephew is being bullied in the township, and your old man has to be angry with his nephew. ”

"Jiao'er, others don't know your aunt and don't know you, you are lucky not to bully others, who is so bold and dare to bully you?" the lady said in a slow voice.

The Jiao'er in her mouth is not Situ Jiao, who else? This noble lady is Situ Jiao's aunt, named Situ Yan, who is the concubine of the national abbot Zhang Luan the year before last.

Speaking of which, there are still a few twists and turns in Zhang Luana's marriage to Situ Yan. All because the daughter is the ** queen mother, so the mother is expensive with the daughter, Zhang Luan's original wife Jin is in the house, and she has to give her three points. When marrying the concubine Situ Yan, Zhang Luan begged for love in front of the Jin family without knowing how many times before the Jin family reluctantly agreed. However, the Jin family made an agreement with him in three chapters: first, they were only allowed to quietly welcome them into the door, and they were not allowed to make a big deal about them; second, they were not allowed to publicize the matter of accepting concubines to the outside world, so as not to lose the face of the emperor's son-in-law, and they must know that the king of a country only had his own daughter and a wife; and third, Situ Yan's family was not allowed to reveal the identity of the abbot. Therefore, whether in the capital or in Situ Yan's hometown, few people know about this matter. Today, Situ Yan was forced, and in order to satisfy her vanity, she revealed Zhang Luan's identity to Situ Jiao, which not only broke the rules set by the original Jin family, but also laid the groundwork for Situ Jiao to cause trouble in the future.

"Auntie, it's Chen Wenqi, a talented man from Chenjiazhuang, who made a trick to dissolve his nephew's engagement with Zhong Lilan and beat his nephew. Situ Jiao added fuel and vinegar to tell Situ Yan about the dissolution of the marriage contract and the trouble in Chenjiazhuang.

Situ Yan listened, and was silent: "You kid has been stubborn since he was a child, and on weekdays, he either drives chickens and dogs, or goes to the house to uncover the tiles, most likely you provoke others first, how can you run into a hard corner." Situ Yan was very accurate with her nephew.

"Anyway, he made a treacherous plan to make his nephew lose Zhong Lilan, I don't know how aggrieved I am, my aunt must be angry for my nephew. Besides, the nephew of the husband in the country is being bullied, and your face is not bright, aunt?" Situ Jiao did not defend himself, he knew that his aunt loved him the most, as long as he pretended to be very wronged, his aunt would not care.

Sure enough, Situ Yan's tone was a little relieved, and he said, "Chenjiazhuang is far away in Huangzhou Mansion, how do you let your aunt take care of it?"

When Situ Jiao heard that there was a door, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly gave Situ Yan a high hat: "Uncle loves my aunt the most on weekdays, as long as my aunt blows the pillow wind to my uncle, I am a dignified abbot, and I am afraid that I will not be able to cure a little talent?"

"You kid talks all about children, if Xiucai follows the rules, can your uncle still treat him on 'trumped-up' charges?"

Situ Jiao's eyes rolled around, and he said to Situ Yan happily: "Auntie, there is a 'crime' that can cure him right now." ”

"What charges?"

"Buying off the examiner. Chen Wenqi is going to pay a visit to the chief examiner Liu Jian tomorrow, isn't this to find out the news? When the examination is over, if Chen Wenqi is not on the list, he will naturally be relieved of the hatred in my heart; if Chen Wenqi is a jinshi or something, he will be accused of 'bribing the examiner,' cut off his official status, and teach him to study for nothing. When Situ Jiao said this, he couldn't help but dance, as if he had seen Chen Wenqi fall into difficulty.

Situ Yan glanced at him and said, "You said that if he went to pay homage to Liu Jian, he would go to pay homage?

Situ Jiao was stunned at first, and immediately understood what Situ Yan meant, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, many people heard this when he said this, and my nephew will find someone to go." ”

Situ Yan nodded slightly, watched Situ Jiao walk out of the door, and then stood up as well, and went to the study to find the old man Zhang Luan.

Exactly: the clouds are rising and the sun is sinking, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

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The annual meeting of Gengxu was held in three sessions, one on three days, the first on the ninth day of the first month, the second on the twelfth day, and the third on the fifteenth. The procedures such as sealing, transcription, proofreading, grading, and filling in the list during the examination are also the same as those of the township examination, the only difference is the answer sheet requirements, the examination stipulates that the test paper must be written in eight strands, that is, the full text is divided into eight parts: breaking the question, undertaking the topic, starting to speak, starting, starting from the shares, middle shares, back shares, bundle shares, from the beginning of the shares, each part with two strands of even words, limit the number of words, hence the name of the art.

Chen Wenqi has never liked the Bagu article, because the proposition of the Bagu essay must come from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and the answer must be based on Zhu Xi's "Notes on the Four Books" and other Cheng Zhu Lixue's views, and imitate the tone of the ancients "speak on behalf of the sage", the writer can not express his own views, and has nothing to do with current affairs and political affairs, at best it is a word game, which has consumed the efforts and time of countless scholars in vain. But if you don't like it, Chen Wenqi, under the supervision of his master and father, is very proficient in the essence of Baguwen's writing.

After the eight-strand essay has been solved, undertaken, and talked about, after entering the main part of the article, it will be divided into shares, and every two strands will become a couplet. After writing one share, you must match the appearance of the previous share and match the next one. A word, a sentence of poetry, to find the right words, of course, is relatively simple, if it is a long set of sentences, every sentence is in couplet, the difficulty can be imagined. Chen Wenqi has been fond of couplets since he was a child, although he doesn't like eight-strand texts, but he is very comfortable with the battle sentence between the two strands.

In the first test paper, there are three questions: "The people are sufficient, which is the same and the lack (from the Analects of Wei Linggong)", "Men with lofty ideals and benevolence, there is no survival to harm others, there is killing to become benevolent (from "The Analects of Yan Yuan)", "Those who are optimistic protect the world, and those who fear the sky protect their country (from "Mencius • King Hui of Liang)". Chen Wenqi spent a day of hard work to type the manuscripts of the three articles, and began to answer the questionnaire the next day. The next two were largely similar and do not need to be repeated.

In the middle of the following month, the apricot list was high. Among the more than 1,000 students and inmates who participated in the examination, Chen Wenqi stood out and topped the list. Weng Junding, who also came with him, also got his wish in Chinese style and ranked 35th tribute.

The next morning, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in Fengtian Temple. Without waiting for the eunuch to ask, Emperor Zhu Youzhu first opened Chrysostom: "Liu Aiqing, Li Aiqing, the entrance examination has been going on for many days, I don't know if the list will be released?"

Since the examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, Liu Jian, who was the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, replied unyieldingly: "Your Majesty, Weichen and others are about to tell you that the apricot list has been released yesterday. This year, a total of 1,527 people were examined and supervised, and 193 tributes were admitted in accordance with the decree. ”

"Ah, how old is this person?" Zhu Youzhu asked with rare interest.

"Emperor Qiqi, it should have just reached the year of the weak crown. Liu Jian only knew that Chen Wenqi was young, and he didn't know how old he was.

"It's really a blessing for me to have such a talent at such a young age. Zhu Youzhu said appreciatively.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a book. Hu Ke gave Shi Huachang to separate the crowd and walked to the middle of the main hall.

"Hua Aiqing, please speak. ”

"Some people from the same imperial examination reported that Chen Wenqi was suspected of buying official questions in this examination. ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces in the hall were shocked, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were the chief examiners of the examination, and they were even more shocked, they didn't know where they missed the test questions, as the chief examiner, the crime of negligence was inevitable.

Zhu Youjiao's face full of smiles suddenly changed, and he said sharply: "How does he buy official questions, let's talk about it quickly." ”

"Chen Wenqi, the head of the new science association, is a person from Huguang Huangzhou Prefecture, and this person is also the Xie Yuan of the Huguang Township test last year. The main examiner of last year's Huguang Township Examination happened to be Liu Jian and Lord Liu. Hua Chang glanced at Liu Jian with his eyes, and continued: "As soon as Chen Wenqi arrived in the capital, he went to Lord Liu's mansion to pay respects. This time, Chen Wenqi will be in high school again, which must be related to the leakage of the main exam, and I implore the emperor to learn from it. ”

There are people in the palace who have a close personal relationship with Liu Jian, and secretly sweat for Liu Jian.

However, when Liu Jian and Li Dongyang heard Hua Chang's words, they breathed a sigh of relief, and their expressions immediately returned to normal.

Emperor Zhu Youzhu didn't believe it immediately, but asked him rhetorically: "Hua Aiqing's official residence and household department are all in the middle of the matter, how do you know about this report?

"This ......" Hua Chang was speechless for a moment, and his eyes turned to Zhang Luan, who was standing in the front row. He also quietly informed Zhang Luan of this situation earlier and asked him to play the script.

"This, Holy Lord, Weichen Qi. Zhang Luan saw Hua Chang looking at him, and had no other way but to walk to the front of the stage: "Zhao Xiong and Qian Lu testified that Chen Wenqi did say that he was going to visit Lord Liu, although it cannot be confirmed whether Lord Liu leaked the question, but from the relationship between Chen Wenqi and Lord Liu, it is not groundless to buy the official question, and I implore the Holy Lord to investigate it carefully." ”

Zhang Luan is Zhu Youzhang's only Taishan adult. The phrase "the only Lord Taishan" is very inappropriate if it is placed on the common people, but it is a strange story in the past and present when it is placed on the emperor. From ancient times to the present dynasties, the deep courtyard of the palace has always been thousands of purples and thousands of reds, warblers singing and dancing, the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and countless concubines. Except for the current emperor Zhu Youzhang, as the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he only has one wife, Empress Zhang, and has no other concubines. loves the house and Wu, and naturally respects the father who dotes on his wife.

Guozhang opened his mouth, Zhu Youzhu was inconvenient to brush his face, and immediately ordered: "Xu Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, will find out about this matter." ”

As soon as the holy decree was issued, Li Dongyang walked over the crowd to the middle of the main hall, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, it is too far-fetched to speculate on the question of Chen Wenqi's visit to Lord Liu to buy official hair. Moreover, this year's exam questions, Lord Liu did not participate, until the candidates entered the ban, Lord Liu did not know the exam questions, how can the test questions be leaked?"

"Holy Lord, since the imperial examination, who has ever heard that the examiner does not know the examination questions? Zhang Luan argued.

"This is the genius of Lord Liu. Because he presided over the Huguang Township Examination last year, it is inevitable that some Huguang candidates who will take the examination in Beijing this time will come to the house to pay their respects. The examiner meeting with the candidates before the exam will cause unnecessary suspicion from others, so Lord Liu asked Wei Chen, Sun and Feng, two invigilators, to be responsible for the questions, and strictly ordered that except for the three of us, the test questions should not be leaked to anyone, including himself. Therefore, Weichen, Sun and Feng can prove that Lord Liu did not leak the exam questions. ”

"The ministers proved that Lord Liu really didn't know how to test the questions. Sun and Feng also came out to play.

Liu Jian, who had not spoken for a long time, said at this time: "Your Majesty, since Huguang returned to Beijing until now, Weichen has not met with Chen Wenqi, and I implore the emperor to investigate. ”

Liu Jian used to be the lecturer of the crown prince Zhu Youzhang, so Zhu Youzhu knew Liu Jian's character well and believed in what Li Dongyang said. But after the holy decree was issued, it could not be withdrawn, so he said: "Xu Aiqing can find out about this matter, and whoever says something is untrue must be dealt with strictly." ”

Xu Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was ordered to investigate the case, and in less than three days, the truth of the case, which was originally chasing after the wind and shadows, was investigated clearly. Zhu Youzhu hindered the queen's face, and only said a few words to the national abbot Zhang Luan, without investigating it deeply, and the household department that was used by Zhang Luan as a gun envoy gave Zhonghua Chang a reason, and was demoted for acting untruthfully.

Although Zhang Luan, the national abbot, was not punished, but he stepped into a confidant Hua Chang, and he felt that his old face was dull. After returning home, it was indispensable to blame Situ Yan, and at the same time, he blocked his heart in one breath, thinking about finding an opportunity to vent out, which is a later story.

Since the question case of the examination was a fictitious case, Zhu Youzhu ordered Wang Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Jian, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Hanlin, Xie Qian, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, Li Dongyang, the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang, and Peng Hua, a scholar of Wenyuange University, to serve as the officials of the palace examination papers, and to test the world's tributes in the court of the Baohe Palace on February 25.

The palace examination, also known as the imperial examination, refers to the examination made by the emperor himself. However, the emperor usually only conducted routine interviews for the top 10 in the palace examination, and all the previous palace examinations were presided over by the examination officials, who entered at dawn and handed in their papers at dusk. After entering the test, the candidates will go through the procedures of roll call, scattering, saluting, saluting, etc., and then the questions will be issued. Liu Jian and the other six ministers who read the paper circled one of the four policy questions that had been secretly discussed as the test question of the Gengxu Kedian Examination:

"Thesis: I have only ruled the emperors since ancient times, and there are many ends, and its greatness is only the Tao and the Law. It is the two ends, the name is crucial, it is different from the action, and the order is also the same, and it cannot be abandoned.

Commentary: The saint of the Fu Emperor, no more than the saint of King Yao Shun, nothing more than Yu Tang Wenwu, the prosperity of the rule, as seen in all generations, it is the trace of the Tao for the law, with the scriptures can be examined, and the proof is that, since it is the descendant, if the Han Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty if the Song Dynasty is the king, so the business is in the front, and the success is in the back, is the Tao is the law and does not often have an external Yan, what is the effect, and the end can not be ancient. If my holy ancestor Emperor Gao set the beginning of the world, he built a pole and a constitution, listed the saints, inherited Yilong, and then described it as the Tao as the law, and covered it with the saints of the ancient emperors.

Question: Since I came to Zuo, I have been working hard all night and night, and the martyrs have been in the past for many years, but the effect of the treatment has not been perfected, how can it be that the Tao has not been practiced, is the law not observed, or although it has been practiced, but it has not been exhausted as it is ancient, the children of all beings have accumulated scriptures and learned, and they must have a fixed opinion on the affairs of the world. ”

(This is actually the question of the 18th year of Hongzhi [1505] Yichou Kedian test.) —Author's note)

There is no limit to the length of the essay, generally about 2,000 words, and there are certain format and word limits for the beginning and end and the writing in the middle. The palace examination places special emphasis on writing, and the characters should be square, round, jet black, and large, and from a certain point of view, calligraphy is often more important than the text. Chen Wenqi likes to write in thick ink, and the upright willow body in one hand gives people a pleasing feeling, which adds a lot of color to his answer sheet.

On the day of marking, each of the six examiners had a table, lined up in a line, and took turns to read 193 test papers. After reading the papers, the ten answer sheets with the most circles were selected and submitted to the emperor, and the emperor approved the first, second and third places.

The emperor looked at the ten answer sheets on the case and was very pleased. The first emperor abolished the imperial examination and took the decree to confer officials, which caused the talent to wither and the national strength to wither. After he came to Zuo, he wanted to make every effort to make the country prosperous, eliminate maladministration, and strive to reverse the corrupt situation in the government, but he was overstretched in the selection and appointment of talents. Therefore, it took the lead in restoring the scientific examination system in the midst of a hundred wastes to be revived, and it was also a dual discipline of civil and military, and after two examinations in the township and the meeting, more than 300 civil and military talents were selected, which will be the pillars of the future law system and the prosperity of the world.

Zhu Youzhu was in a good mood, lifted the Zhu pen on the dragon case, hand-picked the champion of Gengxu Science and Liberal Arts, Bangyan, and Tanhua, and ordered to hold a palace test ceremony tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, Luan Yiwei prepared the Dan Majesty in the Taihe Gate early, and the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple also placed a yellow case in the middle of the Taihe Temple. The princes and ministers and civil and military officials each wore court clothes and stood left and right under His Majesty, and the new branch jinshi wore court clothes and wore a crown of three branches and nine leaves, and stood at the end of the east and west Danqi in odd and even order. As soon as the time of the ceremony arrived, the officials of the Ministry of Rites invited the emperor to take advantage of the public opinion in the dress of the emperor from the Qianqing Gate and introduced the Taihe Hall to ascend to the throne. At this time, Zhonghe Shao played the Longping movement, and the whip sounded three times under the steps. The whip is made of leather, more than one zhang long, the celebrant holds the whip handle and flies from below, swirls upward, the whip sound is crisp and pleasant, resounding through the sky. After the whip was sounded, the Dan Majesty played the Qingping movement, and the princes and ministers, civil and military officials and new science and technology scholars knelt three times and bowed nine times to the emperor. After the ceremony, Liu Ji, a scholar of the temple, entered the hall to take out the yellow list from the yellow case of Dongying, and awarded it to Xu Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Chen Yu was on the yellow case in the middle of His Majesty. At this time, the Dan Majesty music started again, and the officials of Honglu Temple led the new branch of Jinshi to take place, and read out the edict: "On February 25 of the third year of Hongzhi, the first class gave the Jinshi and the first, the second gave the Jinshi to the background, and the third gave the same Jinshi to the background. ”

Then, the herald was ordered to roll call:

"Chen Wenqi, the first first, Meng Fangtuo, the second first, and Wan Songlian, the third first. Out of class Shane.

Thirty-five people, including the second-class Weng Junding, and one hundred and fifty-five people, including the third-class Xiao Dubai, came out of the class to thank him. ”

After the roll call was completed, the drum music was masterpiece, and all officials from the university scholar to the third rank and above and the new science and technology jinshi all performed three kneeling and nine bows, and the Zhonghe Shao music played a peaceful movement.

The emperor raised his hand slightly, and the drumming stopped. The Emperor smiled and said unhurriedly:

"I am here to start the scientific examination, which shows that I am thirsty for talents. Today, I see all the sages gathered in the temple, and I am very comforted. He is working hard day by day, reforming the old and making the new, and he must rely on all of you Aiqing to go all out and live up to my hopes. After this year's civil and military palace examination, the three departments of officials, rites and soldiers set up a 'Qionglin Hui Wu Banquet', and the new civil and military scholars and princes and ministers gathered in a grand meeting to show grace. ”

As soon as the emperor's golden mouth opened, all the people under His Majesty Dan prostrated themselves on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live.

After the ceremony, the emperor returned to the palace. Xu Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, together with the officials who read the papers, used a cloud disk to present the yellow list, and under the embrace of the ceremonial guard, they went out of the Taihe Middle Gate to the East Chang'an Gate and hung it on Chang'an Street for three days.