In the morning glow of the rising sun, the solemn palace rang out a long bell, as if it had woken up from hibernation.

A group of spring swallows were shocked by the loud bells, flew around the eaves of the city tower, either rising up or swooping down, but soon gathered together and flew towards the blue sky.

"Auspicious time comes, all officials will lead tribute students to meet you!"

The three main doors and two tucked doors of the south gate of the Forbidden City slowly opened, and the voice of a large eunuch came from the city tower.

A large group of people had already gathered in that wide square, and were exposed to the sun, and sweat had already oozed out of many people's foreheads. After hearing this order, the crowd immediately took action.

All civil and military officials and ministers separated from each other, entered the Ming Dynasty palace one by one on both sides, one by one on the left and one on the right.

Two hundred and ninety-nine tribute students seemed nervous and excited, following closely behind the officials, eyes full of enthusiasm and desire.

Entering from the city gate, what appears before you is an open area, with five golden water bridges made of white marble in the center, and further forward is the Jinshen Hall, one of the three halls standing on a five-meter-high platform.

Looking up at the palace that is more than 20 meters high, standing on the five-meter platform, you can imagine how shocking it was for the tributes who live in buildings below five meters all year round, which made these tribute students seem to have not seen it.

A surprised expression appeared like a worldly world.

But they knew the rules well and quickly returned to following as usual. Once there was a move of overcoming, they would be recorded in bad files by the supervisory officials on the side, which would directly affect their "work assignment".

"Long live my emperor!"

Two hundred and ninety-nine tribute students followed the officials to the steps outside the Golden Palace, watching the civil and military officials in front enter the hall, and then they followed the officials in the palace outside to perform the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows.

They really wanted to see a saint in the hall, but too many people knew that this was a luxury. Only one Jinshi had the opportunity to enter the hall and enjoy the priest's personal enthronement.

After the ceremony, the cabinet minister Yuan Wei stood on the steps holding an exquisite yellow book and said loudly: "The palace examination for the 41st year of Jiajing is over. Your Majesty will test the Xiangshi in the world. Qin

Give him a first-class Jinshi, a second-class Jinshi, and a third-class Jinshi... Please listen to the Xuan!”

The 299 tribute men outside the hall knelt on the steps, and everyone seemed to have forgotten their breath, longing for their name to appear at the forefront, hoping that the title of No. 1 winner could hit the head.

Wang Honghai's mentality was very broad. Although he received guidance from his teacher, he thought he had performed well in the palace examination, but he did not dare to rely on the throne of the top scorer.

In his heart, as long as he can maintain a high ranking, he can enter the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi.

The answer was soon announced to 299 tributes, and a lucky man walked into the Golden Palace to enjoy the highest canonization and hadith, and then read out the rankings of others.

The ranking of Jinshi will accompany them throughout their lives, so everyone will listen with their ears, hoping that their names can be ranked first. If they meet with the same subject in the future, they can also sit a little higher.

Everything was carried out according to a fixed process, and finally Jiajing gave it to the "Great Gold List". Jiajing was still as usual and was unwilling to stay in the Forbidden City for a moment, so he immediately returned to Xiyuan.

"I respectfully send you to the Lord, long live my emperor!"

The officials and the new Jinshi shouted thousands of times, watching the Ming Dynasty's lord, Emperor Jiajing, leave.

Some officials took the roster from the palace and handed it over to officials from the Ministry of Rites and Shuntian Prefecture who were waiting at the left gate of Chang'an Street.

Several clerks from Shuntian Prefecture quickly copied the list and sent the copied list to the Imperial College Engraving House through the fast horse. The editor had already prepared the corresponding Jinshi name and quickly arranged the printing according to the list.

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Two hundred and ninety-nine new Jinshi arrived in front of the built-up shed and posted the big gold list on the wall, which was an announcement from the world.

The prefect of Shuntian Huang Zhongda had already been waiting here. Following the magistrates of Daxing and Wanping, he helped three Jinshis to Malaysia and asked them to praise their officials on the Imperial Street on Chang'an Street.

"Selling newspapers! Selling newspapers!"

"A portion of three cents is only a portion of three cents!"

"The new scholar's list is attached, and the top scorer has been announced!"

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Shuntian Daily used the spring breeze of the golden list to print the list into the newspaper, and the newspaper boys sold it along the street.

"I want it!"

"Why is there a gold list so soon?"

"You are stupid! As for Shuntian Prefecture, you will get the moon first when you are close to the water!"

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If you say that it can arouse the curiosity of the people, it is undoubtedly the result of the three-year competition. This is the only way for ordinary children to be promoted. You don’t have to go to Chang'an Street to watch, you can get a copy for just three cents.

The complete list of gold lists made most people willing to pay for this money.

The new top scholar in this year is not Huiyuan Wang Xijue, but Xu Shixing from Southern Zhili, and Tanhua is Wang Honghai from western Guangdong.

Interestingly, the first-class Jinshi in this class are very young. The top scholar Xu Shixing is 27 years old, the second-ranked Wang Xijue is 28 years old, and the Tanka King Honghai is only 20 years old, which is the lowest average age.

This is true, many people are very optimistic about the first-class Jinshi in this class, after all, they have a certain age advantage.

As for who has the best future, they are almost unanimously optimistic about the new top scorer Xu Shenxing and Wang Honghai, while the second-place winner Wang Xijue fell to the end.

Xu Shenxing and the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Jie, were fellow villagers in Nanzhili, and both came from the Xu clan. They were probably taken care of by Xu Jie of the current dynasty. Xu Shixing also entered the officialdom by becoming a sixth-rank Hanlin writer, and his starting point was compared.

Everyone should be taller.

Wang Honghai’s biggest highlight is that he was only twenty years old and was a teacher-student relationship with Lin Junran, the most dazzling Ming star of the dynasty. He also joined the officialdom as a seventh-rank Hanlin editor, and his prospects were also bright.

In a moment, the gold list quickly spread throughout the capital, making everyone seem to be talking about it. However, with the announcement of the gold list, the three-year competition came to an end.

Taking advantage of this strong east wind, Shuntian Daily took another step forward. The sales volume of newspapers that day exceeded 100,000, and this newspaper was slowly accepted by the people of Beijing.

Lin Qingran was very satisfied with the sales of Shuntian Daily and knew that the newspaper had really risen. On the day, he took another day off and took Wu Qiuyu back to his parents' home.
Chapter completed!