Chapter 291 Palace Exam
It suddenly appeared in a brand new environment that was not very consistent with some of its own values, and almost everyone would not adapt to it. The difference is that some people could not resist and could only go with the flow, while others tried to use their abilities to change...even if it was only a little bit.
Xiaoqi is the former and Qian Yuan is the latter.
More than three years ago, Qian Yuan first regarded it as an interesting journey of life, but as his father and brother died and the Japanese pirates invaded, his mentality gradually changed greatly. He began to try to extend his mantis arm and cause the rolling direction of the wheel of history to shift a little bit.
But Qian Yuan thought that Xiaoqi's words were not without reason. He didn't have to show his uniqueness at any time or in any place... the obvious difference between time travelers and indigenous people.
However, this idea was quickly shattered...just fifteen days later.
March 15th.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. I had to visit the real estate master, the same year, and I had to receive countless people who came here, either passed the exam or failed... For example, Gui Youguang, who returned disappointed this time.
In addition, Qian Yuan has to be busy organizing certain activities, such as the activities of the Suiyuan Mahjong Club, such as going to fall in love every five days... He is busy with friends.
Fortunately, the palace examination was changed from March 15th during the Chenghua period. The results were released at the end of February, and the palace examination was held on March 1st.
At the third update, two hundred and ninety-six new Kogongs gathered outside the left door. Almost everyone looked excited, everyone was energetic, and some even trembled on their legs... Almost, only Qian Yuan was yawning.
He also wanted to fit in this atmosphere. He tried hard to recall the college entrance examination that year... Well, the college entrance examination was a mess, and the answer sheet was filled in the wrong... Qian Yuan turned his head and looked at Tao Dalin, who was usually calm and Sun Jian. These two people seemed calm, but obviously restless.
I really can't empathize with it... For countless scholars, Jinshi is their way to heaven, but for Qian Yuan, this is not the only way.
Such Qian Yuan can easily attract others' attention, especially when he stands in the penultimate position after everyone is arranged.
Xian Yu clenched his fists with both hands, his head high, Qian Yuan inserted his hands into his sleeves to keep warm, his head low, and he yawned from time to time.
When the time came, the sky was slightly bright, the palace gate was wide open, and a officials from the Ministry of Rites shouted in a solemn and long tone: "Xuan Jiajing, the tribute student from the Bingchen Department, entered!"
This was the easiest time-traveling Qian Yuan went to the exam. There was no difference, and he could order Jinshi and even eat... Everyone received a bag of palace cakes, and the most important thing was that he didn't have to carry a box, and the palace exam would only take one day.
Following the Imperial Street, Qian Yuan didn’t need to think too much, he just needed to follow the team. He had only been to Beijing twice in his previous life, one of which he didn’t even leave the high-speed rail station, and another one was to travel, but he only went to a few places, but he still came to the Forbidden City.
The tribute and his party went straight forward, crossed the Jinshui Bridge and entered the Chengtian Gate, and walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites. Qian Yuan was in a relaxed and casual manner, and he forced himself to look around, but the guy in front... was in a mess. If Qian Yuan hadn't been able to stretch out his hand, he would probably have knelt down.
In the eyes of scholars of this era, this is called the authority of imperial power.
At the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a man was sitting on a round stool with an old age, and more than a dozen officials surrounded him in the middle with stars. Of course, this person was Yan Fenyi, the chief minister of the dynasty.
Of course, there were also a few people who walked away disdainfully, such as Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites, and Li Mo, the Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel.
There were also several people standing in the middle without bias, such as Xu Lun, the Minister of War who had just taken office, such as Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Lu Ben, the second assistant of the cabinet.
"Old Ge Lao Yan, Mr. Xu, the new Jinshi is here." The person who spoke was Lv Ben. He was qualified to say this because he was from Yuyao, Shaoxing, and the first and second in the imperial examination were from Shaoxing, and he was honored.
In fact, there are as many as 19 people from Shaoxing Prefecture who have been in this subject.
The Six Paths on the road to the imperial examination are the most special. Because they are nominally disciples of the emperor, there is no chief examiner, only the reading officer. After reviewing, they handed over the ten or twenty of the most outstanding test papers to the emperor and selected them by the emperor.
There are also standards for reading the document officials, just one standard: the Great Nine Ministers, the Hanlin Bachelor of the Hanlin Affairs, and the Cabinet. In fact, this is also the standard recommended by the court.
There were small tables on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This was the examination room prepared by the Honglu Temple. Qian Yuan turned his head and couldn't help but frown. This was too short... There were not many people like him who were nearly 1.8 meters tall.
With the help of his godson Zhao Wenhua, Yan Song stood up tremblingly, preparing to take the lead to worship the empty emperor throne, and then announced that the palace examination had officially begun.
But at this moment, a flag swayed from the side, and the eunuch Huang Jin, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor.
The important officials were shocked, and even Yan Song and Xu Jie were very surprised. Since the Renyin Palace changed in the 21st year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing moved to Xiyuan. In the 23rd year and 26th year, the two palace examinations were held in Xiyuan. After all, the emperor was the disciple, and the emperor was given the stage.
But even if it was held in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing did not show up, so from the 32nd year of Jiajing, the palace examination room returned to the Palace Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Jiajing, who had not returned to the Forbidden City for many years, actually came back and even participated in this palace examination.
Although he was wearing Taoist clothes, he had been an emperor for more than 30 years. Emperor Jiajing was on the throne and ruled the world. Under the leadership of Yan Song and Xu Jie, the two charming Qingci prime ministers, the officials and tributes fell to the ground and said, "Long live the long live."
Wu Shan, the Minister of Rites, shouted that the palace examination began, and the candidates sat down one after another, and many of their eyes were focused on the man at the end of the queue.
The reason is very simple. Just yesterday afternoon, Zhejiang sent the latest battle report. Ning Shaotai general Qi Jiguang led his army to defeat the Japanese pirates in Ningbo, killing more than 400, and capturing twenty warships, without losing one person. Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed.
If the officials of the Ministry of War were fulfilling their duties, they would definitely remember that the "not losing one person" at the end of this battle report was not the first time. After Qi Jiguang was promoted to Ning Shaotai General, he fought three times, all in the field battles, and the second and third times, he defeated the Japanese pirates without losing one person.
If the Ministry of War had a former student of Nie Bao, he would think of Huating two years ago, there was such a victory that claimed to be without losing one person.
Xu Jie, Li Mo, and Lu Ben didn't feel anything, but Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua, who had a lot of contact with Qian Yuan, all keenly discovered the connection. Qi Jiguang seemed to have a deep relationship with Qian Yuan.
Even Zhao Wenhua remembered it very clearly that when he first visited the food garden, Qian Yuan mentioned Qi Jiguang. In the battle of Linping Mountain, Qian Yuan tried to protect Qi Jiguang and led his army out of the city. Later, before going to Huizhou to prepare for the exam, he recommended it several times.
If it were not for Qian Yuan's strong recommendation, Qi Jiguang, who had no military achievements, would not be qualified to be allowed to recruit soldiers to train the new army. You should know that only four people are allowed to train the new army now, and the three are Tan Lun, Yu Dayou, and Lu Bin.
You should know that training a new army not only means that the general himself is favored by his superiors, but also means that it consumes a lot of resources. What the war situation in the southeast lacks is resources. To put it bluntly, it is a shortage of silver. It costs much more money to train a new army than the guards.
Emperor Jiajing clearly remembered that on the Lantern Festival two months ago, Xu Wei and Qian Yuan mentioned Qi Jiguang more than once or twice in front of him, and even Qian Yuan lent Qi Jiguang a lot of guards as military teachers.
Not many officials who knew the inside story all believed that it was yesterday's war report that made Emperor Jiajing happy and even loved the house and the country.
Yan Song was already considering that he was shameless anyway, so he simply gave Qian Yuan the top scorer...
But unfortunately, they guessed wrong this time.
In the words of Emperor Jiajing himself, the Taoist mind was unstable tonight, and suddenly he wanted to look at the new Jinshi.
In Huang Jin's words, the emperor could not sleep tonight.
The fact is that after the New Year, no matter Yan Song, Xu Jie, or Li Chunfang, Guo Pu, and Yuan Wei of the Hanlin Academy, the Qing lyrics written by Emperor Jiajing could not satisfy Emperor Jiajing.
So, he came to see Xu Wei specifically today.
Chapter completed!