One hundred and twenty Ming Jingke and thirty Jinshi scholars lined up to wait in front of the main building of Qinzhengwu.
At this time, several officials came over, and the leader opened the list and announced loudly, "After interviews with His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the cabinet ministers, it is now announced that the top ten rankings of the Jinshi subjects are as follows:
Wei Gao, No. 1 Scholar in Wannian County, Jingzhao Prefecture"
There was a burst of warm applause from the crowd, and Wei Gao lowered his head happily.
The official continued: "Second place is Zheng Xumin from Xingyang County, Zhengzhou; third place is Lu Shaohan from Wuxian County, Suzhou; fourth place is Shen Duan from Wuxing County, Huzhou."
Every time the official read a name, there was a burst of warm applause.
At this time, the official smiled and said: "The next step is to pay homage to the saint and ride a horse to praise the streets!"
The new Jinshi and Mingjingshi were riding horses on Daihua Street, receiving congratulations from the people in the city and enjoying infinite glory.
At this time, there was also a huge crowd at the gate of the Qi Palace. Tens of thousands of scholars were looking at the big list, the list of the top 500 "majors from majors", and the list of the 500 people who were successful in arithmetic.
There were lists posted at three places on several long palace walls. The crowd was not that crowded and everyone dispersed to look at the lists.
There are people who keep clenching their fists and running out excitedly. Although a bachelor's degree is a consolation prize, it has real benefits. Not only can it serve as a civil servant, but talented and outstanding civil servants can also be promoted from civil servants to civil servants. County magistrate.
"Because of alcohol?" Su Hui laughed.
Miao Chun smiled and said, "Brother, please take care of me!"
Su Hui felt a little better, sighed and asked again: "How are you?"
Someone called them from behind, and when they turned around, it turned out to be Miao Chun and Li Zhixiang, drinking together in Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty.
"Brother Guo, Brother Su!"
Next to him, Li Zhixiang said: "I heard that Brother Wei won the first prize in the exam, which is amazing."
Guo Jun was overjoyed, "Then we can study together."
Guo Jun comforted him in a low voice, "Perhaps you gave up your place to someone else because of your unofficial decision, and you gave up one person on the list. When the officer is awarded, maybe you will get one. To appease you, I I think it’s more affordable!”
"I'm okay. I'm ranked seventh in the subject."
Guo Jun shook his head, "For family reasons, my grandfather wanted me to learn military skills!"
Miao Chun nodded, "I am number ninety-two, and my cousin is number one hundred and seventy-four!"
It doesn't make much sense to be a low-level official in the county, but it is different to become a civil official above six Cao. You have a certain status and real power.
"Congratulations to you too!"
Guo Jun scratched his head and said: "I heard that the top fifty can choose their major freely. I want to choose gunpowder firearms!"
Su Hui saw his name, number 31, and he was stunned for a long time. He was only one step away from becoming a Jinshi, which made him feel like he was about to cry.
Guo Jun quickly asked: "I didn't notice your two names. Are they on the list?"
Su Hui smiled and said: "Let's go! Let's go have a drink and sit down and talk slowly."
After the results of the imperial examination are released, it can be regarded as the dust has fallen to the ground. The next step is to return to dust. Those who pass the examination are preparing to be awarded officials or enroll in school. Those who fail the examination begin to pack their luggage and prepare to return home.
At this moment, something new suddenly happened in Chang'an. King Qi built a high tower on the southwest corner of the city. It was not an observation tower, but a new timepiece.
A large disk is divided into twelve grids, representing the twelve hours of the day. The top is Zi hour, followed by Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.
Then the hour is divided into eight small grids, each grid is a quarter of a minute, and there is a very long pointer in the middle, which refers to the time, that is, what time it is.
As soon as this new timer came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Chang'an. Tens of thousands of people came to visit, and a large number of scholars also came to see the new things in Chang'an.
There is an explanation on the notice below: the big clock is used to tell the time. Every day, the time is determined by the pointer of the long hand. Every hour, the clock is struck to tell the time.
More importantly, this bell has two sides and can be seen by people in the north and south.
The craze caused by this time bell immediately replaced the imperial examination, and all the people in Chang'an were talking about it.
But this time clock is not the only one. There is also a similar small clock in the official office of the Qi Palace. It is smaller and shorter than the big clock. It is mainly for the convenience of officials to keep time.
Of course, there will be more and more of these great bells, standing all over the Tang Dynasty.
For several days in a row, the people in Chang'an City have been talking about the big time clock, but this big time clock bell will not change people's lives all at once, it will change people's lives subtly.
The first people to be affected were the merchants in Dongshi. The big clock was facing Dongshi. In the past, merchants relied on the sun to estimate time. In the morning, noon or afternoon, and on cloudy days, they relied entirely on experience. With the big clock, the merchants obviously felt convenient.
Li Ye and a group of officials stood in front of the big bell of the government office to visit. Li Ye smiled and asked Yao Chunshan: "How big is the error? Have you tested it?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, we have compared it with the hourglass for three days and they are basically the same."
Li Ye nodded and asked other officials, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
Liu Yan smiled and said: "Your Highness, just now we were talking about what to do in the evening?"
This is indeed a question. Li Ye asked Yao Chunshan: "Have you ever considered how to watch Zhong at night?"
Yao Chunshan bowed and reported back to His Highness, "We have discussed this problem, and we are initially considering using luminous stones to solve it. The luminous stones will be inlaid on the clock hands and the clock plate. They will glow at night and everyone can see clearly!"
Luminous stone is actually fluorite, which can glow by itself at night. It was an extremely rare item at first. However, since merchants brought a lot of luminous stone, its scarcity has been greatly reduced, and many dignitaries use it to decorate their tombs.
But luminous stones are not luminous pearls. Luminous pearls are pearls produced deep in the sea. They are extremely rare treasures and can only be owned by the royal family.
Currently, there are tens of thousands of large boxes of various treasures in the Daming Palace treasury, all of which have been sealed and have not yet been opened. However, there are actually only a very small part of the treasures in Luoyang. In addition to the luminous pearls used for burials by emperors of all dynasties, there are dozens of remaining treasures. The luminous pearls are all in these big boxes.
Li Ye smiled happily and said: "This plan is good, you can give it a try!"
Li Mi asked: "Is there a big bell that doesn't need to be struck by anyone? It will ring by itself when the time is right?"
Yao Chunshan thought for a while and said: "It can be done, but the sound of the bell you ring is not loud enough. To tell the time to the whole city, someone still needs to ring the big copper bell."
Li Ye laughed and said: "From now on, every household will have a small clock, and the big clock will not be of much use in telling time."
Yao Chunshan smiled bitterly and said: "It is not realistic to use a household bell at the moment, and the source of power is currently difficult to solve."
Li Ye smiled and said nothing. Later, with the help of a clockwork, Xiao Zhong's source of power would be solved.