After the roll call was completed, the sound of ritual music started again, and all the officials and new scholars knelt three times and kowtowed again. Zhu Yijun, with a smile on his face, presented the big gold list and handed it over to the Ministry of Rites to hang it outside the Meridian Gate for three days as usual.
At this time, the music was playing the chapter of peace and harmony. After the ceremony was completed, Zhu Yijun returned to the palace in a chariot, but some sharp-eyed people secretly saw the emperor leaving and secretly made a "six" gesture.
After Zhu Yijun left, all the ministers gathered around to congratulate the candidates. However, today's glory was destined to be reserved exclusively for Gao Pragmatic, because everyone suddenly discovered that he had won six yuan in a row!
Since the tribute examination, over the past thousand years, there have been more than ten people who have won three yuan in a row. Only in the Ming Dynasty, there were two people, Huang Guan and Shang Ren. Especially the former, who also won six yuan in a row, and created a record of going from number one to minister of the Ministry of Rites within seven years. officialdom myth, but his achievements are not recognized by the court now.
Let me briefly explain this matter. In the first year of Jianwen, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen changed the old system, and Huang Guan was appointed as the right servant and participated in important state affairs. At that time, King Zhu Di of Yan relied on his uncle and had an arrogant attitude. When he entered the court, he did not worship Emperor Hui. The ministers Afraid of his power, he kept silent, but Huang Guan contradicted Zhu Di face to face, saying: "The tiger worships the sky, and performs the courtesy of a monarch and ministers in the palace; the dragon's face hangs down on the ground, and the love between uncle and nephew is expressed in the palace." This made Zhu Di harbor a grudge. Later. , Zhu Di, in the name of crusade against Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, known as "Jing Nan", raised troops in Beiping Prefecture, approached Nanjing, and announced a list of "civilian traitors", Huang Guan ranked sixth.
Zhu Di was the emperor, and all the current emperors were after emperor Chengzu. Since Huang Guan was a traitor, all the honors he deserved were naturally cancelled.
Therefore, the only people who have been officially recognized by the imperial court as winners of the Three Yuan Dynasties are the famous ministers from the Chenghua period and the first minister of the cabinet, Shang Ren. However, Shangge did not rank first in both the county and government examinations, and he was the queen of the Yuan Dynasty at the age of twenty-one. , it took another ten years, and finally he was able to reach the top at the age of thirty-one, winning the most important two prizes in a row, but in any case, he was not the top pick in the six titles.
But Gao Pangshi was different. From the second time he took the exam, he passed all the tests. He never failed in all major exams and finally won six yuan in a row. No matter from any angle, he was much more prosperous than Shangge Lao.
Of course, Gao Jingshi also "wasted" for several years after taking the county examination, but the reason for his wasted time is known to the world - he refused to refer to his uncle Gao Wen when he was in power to avoid unfair examination. Therefore, he Not only did the wasted time not become a regret, but it made people have to praise it.
And on top of this glory that shocked the past and the present, there is a little icing on the cake, that is, the conclusion reached by Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, after personally reviewing the records of the imperial examinations of the past dynasties - the six poems of Gao pragmatism and Gao have broken the two poems of Chenghua Fei Hong, who was the champion in thirteen years and once served as the first assistant of the dynasty, holds the record of being the youngest to win the championship.
To be precise, Fei Hong was twenty years and eight months old when he won the top prize, and Gao Wuzhen is now seventeen years and ten months old (actual years here), improving the record by nearly three years!
Ministers of civil and military affairs and relatives and nobles gathered around this new champion who was almost destined to be unsurpassed. They were also very excited and felt that they must express the admiration in their hearts that was like the overflowing of the Yellow River, otherwise it would be like It's like I'm suffocating myself to death.
This is a hardship for Gao Liushou. Even if he has the entertainment skills he brought from his previous life, there are... too many people here!
Fortunately, at this time, his mentor Guo Pu came to his rescue. Mr. Guo Ge came over with a smile and chased the people away. He chuckled and said: "Everyone, Sanding Jia still needs to change his clothes. We are waiting for our 'Royal Street Kuaguan'.
As time goes on, we will have plenty of opportunities to chat."
Now that Mr. Guo Ge had spoken, the officials and nobles certainly understood and said, "Yes, yes, yes, business is important, business is important!" Then they let go of Gao Pangshi and others.
Guo Pu smiled brightly and said to Gao Pragmatic, Xiao Liangyou, and Wang Tingzhuan: "You three go to the side hall to change clothes first, and we will set off when we get back here."
Even Gao Pragmatic was a big girl getting on the sedan chair - for the first time, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan had nothing to say. They could only go east when others said it, and go west when they said west. The three of them went together.
, led by three Honglu Temple officials, went to the side hall.
Three changing rooms had been surrounded by curtains in the side hall. Officials from Honglu Temple took three people into one each, ordered the eunuchs waiting inside to change their clothes, and then retreated outside to wait.
Under the service of the eunuchs, Gao Jingshi first took off his pants, and then replaced the cotton midshirt with one made of white silk - this meant that he officially became a member of the Ming Dynasty officials and could wear it legally.
Lingluo satin. Well, although he has not worn cloth for many years, it is always best to be able to wear silk with confidence.
Then the Jinshi robe was replaced by Chiluo Qingyuan's round-necked court uniform, which was no different from that of other ministers; the leather belt around the waist was replaced by a plain silver belt, with a medicinal jade pendant, and even the black gauze hat on the head.
A big red flower was pinned on each side of the hairpin. Gao Pragmatic was quite satisfied at first, but as soon as the two flowers were inserted, he couldn't laugh or cry. He thought that putting this thing on his head was not like the number one scholar.
, more like the groom.
In fact, the attire of the groom's official is originally imitated by the number one scholar, but compared to the groom's official who everyone can become, the number one scholar who only comes out every three years is so rare that Gao Pragmatic saw the hairpin number one scholar hat.
, the first reaction was actually the groom’s hat.
The eunuchs carefully dressed him up, and then brought a mirror and placed it in front of Gao Liushou. Gao Pragmatic took a look at it and thought it would be good if there was a camera to take pictures of it as a souvenir. Except for these two flowers... But the number one scholar
This is a rule, and he can't get rid of it no matter what.
After carefully checking the whole body and confirming that everything was correct, Gao Jingshi was led out by the Zhongguan. It turned out that the other two were already waiting outside. The three of them winked and smiled at each other. Gao Jingshi felt much more balanced. It turned out that Xiao Liangyou and Wang
Each of the black gauze hats written by the court has a flower pinned to it. The one by Xiao Liang is on the left, and the one by Tan Hua Wang Ting is on the right.
As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes, and a Buddha relies on his gold clothing. It seems to make sense. The Jinshi uniform he was wearing was obviously an official uniform, but it looked like three scholars anyway. Now after changing into the official court uniform, it really looks like
It's official.
But at this time, Gao pragmatically discovered that wearing two flowers might be a little more natural for him than Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan, because he is younger! He, Gao, is only seventeen this year, and he is still two years short of eighteen.
Month, while Xiao Liangyou is thirty-one years old this year, and Wang Tingzhuan is slightly younger, also twenty-six years old.
Of course, no matter what, the top three in this year's class are all on the younger side, young enough.
When the three returned to the Fengtian Hall, none of the five cabinet ministers were left behind. They were all waiting here. When they saw the three young men coming out, the five cabinet ministers all had smiles on their faces, especially Shen Shixing, the chief examiner.
Hehe laughed and said: "Let's not talk about anything else, just looking at the appearance, this year's Sandingjia is better than the previous twenty years."
At this time of great joy in life, how could the three of them dare to joke with Shen Shixing now? They hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "I have met my mentor..." In any case, Shen Shixing is the examiner of the general examination, and the others are all the readers of the palace examination.
, so we have to call it that. As for the future, well...that is a matter of the future.
The three of them were personally escorted outside the Meridian Gate by five auxiliary academicians. Pan Sheng, the Minister of Rites, welcomed them up and personally presented the three tripods to the main gate of Chengtian Gate. All the Jinshi accompanied them on the official road on the left.
Gao Jingshi was in the middle, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan were following behind, and the three of them walked on the royal road that only the emperor could usually walk.
Needless to say, they will not walk on this road for the second time in this life, so under the leadership of Gao Pragmatic, the three of them walked very slowly, seeming to savor it carefully.
Pan Sheng was also ranked second in the rankings back then. He knew the feeling and would not rush him. After all, if life is compared to a dream, then for scholars, what the three of them are experiencing now is probably the most beautiful part of this dream.
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It is human nature to not want to wake up from a good dream. So Pan Shangshu slowed down and walked slowly ahead.