Outside the Meridian Gate, Yang Cong and more than 300 tribute soldiers lined up in an orderly line and were quietly waiting. Today is the day when the palace examination results were released. All the tribute soldiers present had an expression of expectation.

However, the palace examination results are different from the provincial examination results, because the palace examination shows a yellow list, which is the so-called golden list. Before the list is released, the emperor will recruit all the tribute scholars into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, announce the ranking on the spot, and give the top three rewards, and then the yellow list will be posted.

At this moment, more than 300 tribute scholars were waiting for the emperor's summons.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the palace heard the calls.

"Talking to see the tribute from Yiwei Kegong."

"Talking to see the tribute from Yiwei Kegong."

Immediately afterwards, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, led all the tribute soldiers in a long line, slowly walked into the palace from the left and right gates, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and came to the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

At this time, thousands of court officials were standing neatly on both sides of the square, as if they were called to watch the ceremony, while all the tribute scholars kept in two formations and walked slowly towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony along both sides of the Imperial Path.

The imperial road in the middle cannot be walked up casually because it is a passage dedicated to the emperor. Generally, the ministers can only step on the morning court when the court is correct, kneel in the middle of the imperial road and report national affairs to the emperor. If you step on it, you may have to peel off even if you don’t die.

However, there are exceptions. For example, the top three imperial examinations in each world can walk on the imperial road and accept the celebrations of all civil and military officials. The tribute scholars don’t know who is the top three at this moment, so naturally no one dares to walk on the imperial road. They followed the officials of the Ministry of Rites, slowly walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, lined up, worshiped Jiajing, and then stood in the hall with their hands down and waited.

Soon, the three ritual officials came to the front of the tribute scholars with a huge scroll. After the three of them worked together to open the scroll, the ritual official in the middle verdled aloud: "The first place in the first place in the palace examination of the Yiwei Department in the 14th year of Jiajing, Yang Cong!"

When Yang Cong heard this voice, he almost jumped up excitedly. Although he had imagined that he might win the No. 1 pick, he was still so excited at this moment.

This top scholar is the best among scholars. One has only been released in three years, and only dozens of them have been released in the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years. Just by the name of this top scholar, it can be remembered in history. What a great honor!

He only felt that his blood was boiling, and he couldn't hear the name chanted by the ritual officials behind him. If it weren't for the Supreme Hall and if Jiajing was not sitting on it, he would probably be unable to help but dance.

The ritual officer didn't know how long it took to recite, but finally took the yellow list with the other two ritual officers and stepped forward. Then another ritual officer walked forward with several scrolls, then opened one respectfully and recited aloud: "Yang Cong, Han Yinglong, Sun Sheng came forward to wait for the reward."

Upon hearing this, Yang Cong hurriedly stepped out of the queue and lay on the red carpet in the hall. Xinke No. 2 and Tanhua also walked out quickly and knelt beside him.

Immediately afterwards, the ritual officer chanted loudly: "The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said that Yang Cong, the new top scholar, was talented and outstanding. He specially granted Yang Cong Hanlin Academy a compilation and awarded a mansion in Dashi Yongfang, the capital city, and this is what he admired."

this!

The first half of this imperial edict is normal. Generally, the first prize in the new academic year will be given a sixth-rank Hanlin Academy compilation, but the second half is abnormal. There is something about the emperor rewarding the first prize in the new academic year, but at most it is just a little silk and satin. This time, Jiajing actually gave him a mansion directly!

Yang Cong thanked him for his kindness, but he was still confused after receiving the imperial edict. Is this reward too exaggerated?

However, he has no time to be confused at this moment because there is still something to do next.

After this official, he would change into court clothes and take the big red flowers to parade.

Yang Cong swam for a day in a daze until the sun sets and returned to Lu Mansion.

This is not over yet. The Lu Mansion has already decorated the lights and has already set up a banquet, so he is waiting for him to come back and celebrate.

This time he came back, everyone was hugged to the wine table and was directly confused.

Fortunately, he didn't have to attend the morning court the next day, otherwise he would have to be late.

This top scholar usually paraded for three days, and it was not until the Qionglin banquet was finished on the third day. Then he paid a visit to the chief minister of the dynasty and studied the rules of the officials.

After learning this set, Yang Cong, Han Yinglong and Sun Sheng, the top three officials, were considered formal court officials, while Hu Zongxian, Wang Xuan and more than 300 other Jinshis needed to take the exam organized by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to determine the final assigned official positions.

After this exam, all new Jinshi will have a holiday of about one month. After all, everyone has studied poetry and books for more than ten years and has gone through so many tests. They will definitely be exhausted physically and mentally. Moreover, they have finally passed the Jinshi exam and will definitely go home to report the good news or celebrate it well. This month is for them to relax and celebrate, and they will also review the examination papers for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel and determine their official positions.

After this process is completed, even if the entire imperial examination process is over for Yang Cong, it is not over for Hu Zongxian and Wang Xuan, because they have no official positions yet. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, after the imperial examination is over, only the top scorer, second scorer and Tanhua will be directly awarded to the editors of the Hanlin Academy who are from the sixth rank and the editors of the Hanlin Academy who are from the seventh rank, while other Jinshi have to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to send officials.

At this time, new Jinshi usually go to establish relationships, because only by establishing relationships and finding a backer can you find a good official position. Otherwise, no matter how good you take in the last exam, you may not necessarily have a good position. Many people even have to wait for several months or even years before they can get official positions.

There is no way. There are too many Jinshi and even Juren who are waiting for officials these days. If you don’t have a backer, you have to wait.

The best backer at this time is the chief examiner of the examination. According to convention, all candidates of this class can respect the chief examiner of the examination as the teacher. As long as you go to a visit and they don’t refuse, the name of the teacher and student will be confirmed.

The chief examiner of this session was Xia Yan. It is rumored that he would soon replace Zhang Cong as the prime minister of the cabinet. He can be said to be the hardest backer in the court. This class of new Jinshi is naturally flocking to him.

However, Yang Cong did not go to visit the famous celebrity. Not only did he not go, he even warned Hu Zongxian and Wang Xuan not to go either.

Just kidding, Xia Yan, this short-lived ghost, wouldn’t he seek death if he worships him as his master?

Yang Cong has no time to consider the issue of becoming a disciple at this moment, because his marriage with Lu Ling'er has not been done yet. Now he is the top scorer in high school, so he can naturally start to handle the marriage.

However, his marriage has not yet been held. Then, another good news came, Yu Dayou lived up to expectations and was the top scholar in high school martial arts!

This caused a sensation in the entire government and the country. The top scholars in the new academic disciplines all came from Quanzhou Prefecture. What kind of Feng Shui treasure land is Quanzhou Prefecture?

In fact, Yang Cong’s top scorer in high school and Yu Dayou’s top scorer in high school have nothing to do with Quanzhou Prefecture, because these are all congratulatory gifts given by Jiajing.

This Yu Dayou is also Li's niece and son-in-law, and this Yu Dayou is really capable, so why not give him one more gift?
Chapter completed!