The flowing banquet in Gao Mansion is nothing more than spending some money, which doesn't matter to Gao Pingshi at all. He has more important things to do, but he doesn't have time to eat and play with these neighbors whom he doesn't know at all.
Early the next morning, the new scholars, who were basically all hungover, climbed out of bed with great perseverance. Although the celebration was over, there were still some official steps that had to be taken.
The new scholars held their heads so heavy that they felt almost cracked, took magical steps that were either heavy or vain, and went to Honglu Temple to learn the basic etiquette of being an official. At the same time, they accepted the court uniforms, crowns, and Jinshi gifts given by the emperor.
Treasure book - well, these things can basically be regarded as uniforms and academic diplomas.
According to the etiquette I just learned, after receiving the emperor's reward, the people below have to express their gratitude. Of course, this little thing will definitely not trouble them. The number one scholar, Gao Pragmatic, represents all the new scholars to express gratitude. Thank you very much.
It was written very well. It was nothing more than using gorgeous words and sincere remarks to express my gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor. Finally, I expressed my determination, saying that I and others will work hard for the Ming Dynasty, work hard for the Emperor, and work as cows and horses for the rest of their lives.
...That's basically what it's like, if you believe it, believe it, if you don't believe it, you'll be thrown away.
After thanking the emperor and then thanking the teacher, we will go to the Confucius Temple to perform the vegetable release ceremony. To put it simply, we use rabbits as minced meat, green jade seeds and jujubes as fruits to express our gratitude to the sage Master Confucius.
Of course, in layman's terms, it is to serve Confucius with some food and wine to express his gratitude.
However, this set of etiquette is also extremely complicated, because not only Confucius is alone in the Confucius Temple, but there are also the Four Sages and Twelve Philosophers, as well as sixty-two Confucian scholars in the East and West verandas.
In this way, in addition to kneeling down to worship the Holy Saint Confucius, one also has to kneel down in sequence to Fu Sheng Yanzi, Zong Sheng Zengzi, Shu Shengzi Sizi, and the sub-sage Mencius who was kicked out by brother Zhu Yuanzhang and invited back...
That’s not all, you still have to worship the twelve Eastern and Western philosophers and the sixty-two Confucian gods. If you don’t pray, you will have back pain and leg cramps. The key is that the etiquette when praying is different, and the order is even more
There must be no mistake. If Gao Qinggang's body was not at the age of its fastest metabolism and he sobered up quickly enough, I guess Gao Qinggang would probably be confused.
After paying homage to Confucius Temple, we finally came to the last step: erecting a monument with the names of Jinshi!
This thing sounds a bit serious, but in fact it is just that the Ministry of Industry and Engineering obtained a stone tablet with the names of all the undergraduates engraved on it and erected it in the forest of tablets in the Imperial College for future generations of students to look up to. This is also the legacy of most Jinshi scholars.
Opportunity to become famous!
The Sixth No. 1 Scholar will definitely leave a name in history, so being pragmatic can be a bit indifferent, but it is a bit difficult for other Jinshi to leave a name in history. Therefore, although everyone is very tired, at this moment, they are all energetic and excited.
They rushed to the Imperial College next to the Confucius Temple and found a piece that belonged to them at the end of the rows of inscription tablets.
This fine-grained, almost white marble inscription stele is nearly one foot high with its base. On the head of the stele, which is decorated with cirrus patterns, there are six large seal characters "Inscription of the Inscription given to Jinshi" engraved in seal script.
The front is divided into two parts. The upper part is the emperor's edict, which states the motivation and purpose of the imperial court's opening of subjects to recruit scholars. A series of praiseworthy words are indispensable, but they are actually what he read when he was passed on that day. The lower part is the three hundred undergraduate courses. There is a list of three Jinshi scholars. The names and birthplaces of each Jinshi are neatly engraved on it according to their rankings. Although the monument is large enough, due to the large number of people, the carvings are still densely packed. Most of the Jinshi's eyes are not clear. Very good, everyone gathered around the monument to find their names, some of them almost had their faces stamped on it.
Gao Pangshi, Xiao Liangyou, Wang Tingzhuan, Zhang Taizheng and others did not join in the fun. After all, their names were relatively high up. At this time, Gu Xiancheng pointed to the side and suddenly smiled: "The one over here is covered in yellow." What is the cloth?"
"Hahahaha, this, I have to ask the scholar to open it with his own hands and see." Amid a burst of loud laughter, Wei Xuezeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, walked from the side and appeared in front of everyone.
All the Jinshi quickly saluted and said: "I have seen the Ministry Hall."
Wei Xuezeng laughed and said: "My friends, please excuse me. The auspicious time has come. Let's quickly lay the foundation for your inscription monument." Everyone lifted up the earth one by one and symbolically buried the base of the inscription monument.
After all the etiquette procedures were completed, Wei Xuezeng showed a somewhat mysterious smile and said to Gao Pragmatically: "Master Zhuangyuan, please work with me to unveil this monument."
This was not a private meeting between Gao Jingshi and Wei Xuezeng at his own home. Gao Jingshi did not dare to make excuses, and politely said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful, Wei Butang, please." Then he and Wei Xuezeng grabbed the yellow cloth with one hand. In one corner, amid the noisy sound of firecrackers, the curtain was pulled down together, revealing the true face inside.
I saw a large stele that was exactly the same style as the inscription stele, but was made of white marble. On it were big red characters with four rows of pavilion style: "The legend of dragon and tiger sings the golden list, and the gathering of wind and clouds wears the jade crown. For two hundred years, the true leader, I am the author of Wenquluoshudan!"
As soon as the word "I" came out, everyone knew that this must be the inscription from Yubi!
Everyone hurriedly looked at the inscription on the lower left, and saw that it was engraved with "Imperial pen in the eighth year of Wanli, and six champions were awarded", and then there was an engraved seal with the inscription "Wenhua Palace Imperial Treasure" engraved in small seals. "" seems to be the private seal used by the emperor.
"I have been the true leader for two hundred years, and I have written a poem for you!" Everyone murmured silently, with shocked expressions and surging moods, which seemed to be even more exaggerated than Gao Pragmatism.
The emperor personally wrote a poem and erected a monument for the number one scholar. This is definitely an unprecedented grace in history. This honor is really a great honor for a thousand years!
"No. 1 Scholar, this is a masterpiece of our dynasty!"
Everyone was still immersed in shock. Wei Xuezeng also expressed his congratulations with emotion, and then said: "From now on, you will be my unparalleled role model for scholars in the Ming Dynasty!"
Only then did all the new scholars come to their senses and came over to congratulate Gao Pragmatically.
Gao pragmatically and Zhu Yijun studied together since childhood. Zhu Yijun had told him many times such as "the monarch and his ministers will join hands to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty", so it would be a bit exaggerated to say how flattered he was, but he did. I was also a little moved.
Especially for the sentence "The true leader of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, I wrote down the elixirs for literary works", Gao Jingshi felt that Zhu Yijun was so kind to him that he had nothing to say. Not only did he praise him as the real leader of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, but he also He also used the sentence "I wrote the elixir for Wenqu" to confirm his reputation as a Wenqu star.
In ancient times, when making monuments, one would first use a red pen to write the text to be engraved on the stone, which is called "calligraphy". Zhu Yijun's poem means: Such an eternal event deserves my personal calligraphy for you!
In what dynasty can there be such a prosperous encounter with kindness?
Therefore, Gao Jingshi also bowed to the inscription and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to me, how can I dare to be a humble minister? Even if my body is broken into pieces, it is difficult to repay Your Majesty for this great kindness!" As he spoke, tears had already burst into his eyes.
Well, in fact, although he was moved, it was not to this extent, but in front of everyone, this performance was definitely needed, and as a capable veteran actor, it was not difficult for him to " burst into tears" or something like that. Down him.
After being pretentious in front of the two steles, I have completely completed the lengthy ceremony after becoming a Jinshi. The next step is to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take the imperial examination three days later and be assigned.
Seeing the officials from various ministries who had been surrounding them these days disappear like a tide, all the scholars felt empty in their hearts. They suddenly realized that the halo of new science on themselves had disappeared, and now they were just a group of ordinary people who had not been assigned work. Just a Jinshi...
If you really want to talk about it, which one of these Beijing officials is not from the second rank? What do you have to be proud of?
So they tucked their tails between their legs one by one, stopped celebrating, and prepared to go back and have a good rest, participate in the selection in three days, and strive to get good grades so that their rankings in the allocation can be slightly higher.
However, being highly pragmatic, Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan can relax a little as the three tripod armors.