The ceremony of passing on to the Golden Palace continued amidst confusion and shock.
We can't blame everyone for not being well-educated and knowledgeable. It's actually very rare for a candidate to be the number one candidate to be suddenly replaced.
One hundred and fifty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have only been two or three stories that have been told over and over again as legends.
For example, during the Yongle period, there was a preliminary number one scholar named Sun Rigong. When written vertically, his name looked like Sun Bao.
The guilty emperor felt resentful and felt that this was a mockery of what he had done, so he replaced Sun Rigong with Xing Kuan, who had a comfortable name.
Another example is that during the Zhengtong period, there was a young eunuch named Zhang He who was initially proposed to be the top pick. After being ordered to see his appearance, the young eunuch reported that Zhang He's appearance was flawed, so the top pick was replaced by Shi Pan.
The number one scholar is always the focus of the world, but it is very rare that he is suddenly replaced, so it is recorded and circulated as a legend.
So this can be regarded as witnessing history. Everyone took a few glances at Han Yinglong, who lost the title of No. 1 pick.
Han Yinglong dared to beep at Qin Dewei as the number one pick before the roll call, but he didn't expect that he would be replaced.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he became the unlucky protagonist of a new legendary story. From now on, he will be indispensable in various folk legends and literati's notes.
Time, fate! This matter may have to be passed down for hundreds of years. If you want to be more open-minded, you don’t have to worry about leaving your name for future generations...
We will talk about the next thing later. No one dared to ignore the on-site process. Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, Qin Zhuangyuan, whose face was a little swollen, stepped out of the crowd and stood alone at the front.
It is located right at the top of the Fengtian Hall, which is exactly what is said to "take the lead".
At this time, everyone looked at the back of the young champion, and suddenly realized that this person had previously been determined to be the youngest champion in the Ming Dynasty, and now he was definitely the youngest champion in the Ming Dynasty!
The number one scholar at the age of seventeen has already broken the Ming Dynasty record set by Fei Hong, who was the number one scholar at the age of twenty in the 23rd year of Chenghua!
Fei Qian, the first assistant who is retiring in Jiangxi, probably never thought that he would actually see his record being broken while he was still alive.
What is even more legendary is that Fei Hong's son Fei Maoxian was the same examiner for this subject. During the examination, Qin Dewei happened to leave Fei Maoxian's room.
I don’t know what Fei Maoxian felt in his heart. If he had known this, would he have been willing to take three steps with blood to stop Chief Examiner Zhang from breaking into the paper search?
But at this moment, everyone outside the hall could only marvel at the fact that they witnessed a lot of history this time!
The longest imperial examination strategy in the Ming Dynasty, the number one scholar who was suddenly replaced, the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty!
However, astonishment remains, the roll call must continue.
Ninety-five people including Sun Sheng, who ranked second in the rankings, Han Yinglong, who ranked third in the rankings, Xu Gu, who ranked second in the rankings, and Chen Feng, who ranked third in the rankings, and other 227 people...
After the roll call ceremony, according to the procedure, everyone should leave the palace together and go outside to hang the gold list.
At this time, everyone outside the hall suddenly heard that the Fengtian Hall was suddenly filled with shouts of long live, and they didn't know what had happened.
After a while, news came out that Gu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites had verified that the birthday of Mo Xuanqing, the 17-year-old number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty, was August 17, while Qin Dewei's birthday was September 9.
In other words, Qin Dewei of the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was determined to become the youngest number one scholar in history with a slight advantage of more than 20 days.
There is no need to say anything else, the emperor is virtuous!
The three hundred and twenty-five new scholars outside the hall felt a little numb from witnessing history.
What else can we do? We can only pay homage to the emperor one more time under the leadership of the youngest champion in history.
Then, under the guidance of the umbrella drum music, the deacons on Danqi held the big gold list and walked out of Fengtian Gate.
All the new scholars also followed the deacons and went out of Fengtian Gate, then out of Meridian Gate and Chengtian Gate.
During this section of the road, the walking was more scattered, and there were not so many etiquette and order rules.
Gossip is human nature. A rare event like the scheduled No. 1 pick being replaced, and seeing the youngest No. 1 pick in history, how could everyone not talk about it?
But no one came close to Qin Dewei, who was shrouded in a miraculous aura, making him a little lonely.
So he took the initiative to walk up to Chen Feng and Xu Gu, and said in an unknown mood: "Why don't you come to congratulate me? Haven't you always been saying that Nanjing has never produced a top pick?"
Chen Feng, a humble third-class scholar, felt that the sun was a bit bright and sighed: "Can I still trust you?
You said you could only be in the top ten of the second class, but you ended up in the third class; you said you could only be ranked among the top ten, but you won the first place again.
If you win the first prize, just win the first prize. You are still the first in history. Are you saying you don't care, but secretly you have been working hard secretly?"
"This really doesn't exist!" Qin Zhuangyuan was also very distressed. He really didn't know what was going on. He just wanted to be in the top two ranks, so why did he become the number one scholar?
In the examination room, he believed in the principle of just enough, and never wanted to be high-profile. For example, it would be good to be ranked 91st like in the examination.
Who could have imagined this result?
The distraught Han Yinglong gradually regained his composure, and when he heard Chen Feng's words, he couldn't help but sneered: "If a person has no faith, he will not stand. Will Qin Zhuangyuan still go to serve the patrolling relatives?"
Which pot should not be opened? Qin Zhuangyuan turned a deaf ear and stayed away from Han Tanhua.
At this time, we have arrived at the left gate of Chang'an, and the Great Golden List will be hung outside the left gate of Chang'an, announcing to the world the list of new scholars!
For everyone else, today's admission ceremony is over, but the number one scholar still has another glory.
The Shuntian Prefecture of the capital prepared an umbrella ceremony to send the champion to the throne. This is the prototype of "beating horses to drive through the streets" and "parading officials in the streets" in the play.
This time it was even more special. The emperor sent an order and sent two more teams of Han generals to escort the champion to the throne.
When Qin Dewei was in Nanjing last year, he took the time to learn horse riding with Xu Laosan for a few days. Now he was no longer afraid. After being helped onto the horse, the official parade began to set off.
Along the way, there were loud gongs and drums, blowing and beating, green flags waving, and huge crowds of people.
Both sides of the street were really crowded with spectators, which reminded Qin Dewei of a poem. As the saying goes, the wind blows the shackles...ah, it's unlucky, and the whole city is vying for the No. 1 Scholar.
After all, the number one scholar Wenkui has special significance in the hearts of the people, and he is generally regarded as a figure who has descended from the stars to earth.
Moreover, this is the youngest number one pick in history. He is not only the first in the contemporary era, but also the first in history. If you don’t see it as a rare thing, you will never see him again in this life.
Under such an atmosphere, Qin Dewei couldn't help but feel a little carried away.
Such an honor is not a time-travel experience in vain. Although I didn't get three yuan and six poems, it didn't embarrass the time-travelers in the mixed literary circle.
After thinking about it, he waved and interacted with the people on both sides in a graceful manner.
The people watching the excitement cheered in unison, this year's No. 1 pick is eye-catching, what a beauty!
Chen Feng and Xu Gu followed behind. After all, they lived together. How could they go without following?
As a result, I heard people talking and saying: "Are the two people in the back who also wear red robes the second best?"
The two of them were speechless and silently walked away from the team in front of them who were the youngest number one pick in history.