Journey Through the Plane of the Lord God

After the palace examination was successfully concluded, the first thing to spread was the news that Emperor Tianqi recovered from health, and was surrounded by ministers in the Fengtian Palace with a golden circle surrounding the cultural ritual vessels, and walked to "invigilate" the examination for nearly three hours.

Obviously, a seriously ill emperor would not have the strength to walk for several hours.

Within the capital, except for the eunuchs, officials from other factions had petty thoughts based on a rumor before the imperial examination. That night, they melted as quickly as ice and snow meeting the sun.

It can be said that in the current Ming Empire, apart from Lin Ping, who knows that next June will be the day of Emperor Tianqi's death because of his memories from later generations, it is likely that only the core of the eunuch party knows about "Linglu Drink"

Only the small group of people who knew the inside story understood the truth about the emperor's body.

But the current Lin Pingzhi naturally cannot leak this information to the outside world at will. He himself has no idea of ​​​​stirring up troubles in this area. However, after the palace examination, Shi Shiran returned to the small courtyard of his escort agency in the capital, quietly

Waiting for the final result of his imperial examination.

What I have to say is that the Ming Dynasty in this time and space, although in the eyes of future generations, may have many shortcomings of one kind or another.

But it was quite efficient at least in terms of the speed of the imperial examination process.

Almost all of the high-ranking officials in the court have profound internal energy for health preservation. Although the age of the grading ministers are all over a hundred years old, their thinking speed is not weaker than that of those who have just stepped into the court.

Young official in officialdom.

On the day of the palace examination, after the examination is completely finished at about noon, in just one afternoon, the marking ministers can review all the papers, then select the top ten and submit them to the emperor for review. Emperor Tianqi will immediately set the criteria for this palace examination.

Final ranking.

Therefore, in the early morning of the next day, when this huge and ancient city came to life, tens of thousands of people had gathered in front of the area where the imperial list was posted outside the Forbidden City, waiting for this event.

The promulgation of the imperial examination gold list.

At this time, those at the front of the imperial list were naturally the candidates who participated in the palace examination. They stood relatively easily in a large circle surrounded by guard soldiers.

These young people from the Ming Empire gathered into small groups according to their respective factions and communicated with each other in low voices.

Outside the circle of guarding soldiers, there is a huge crowd of "miscellaneous people" who come to watch the results of the palace examination. Among these "miscellaneous people", there are stewards of high-ranking families, clerks in teahouses and taverns, and some who have hobbies.

The lively idlers... In short, the ingredients are mixed and the purposes are different. There are all kinds of people.

Lin Pingzhi and several Donglin candidates were also present. They did not speak. They just stood in a corner of the Imperial List area, silently waiting for the arrival of the Imperial Examination Gold List.

Time flies by.

Soon, the morning sun shone across the entire imperial city.

Three eunuchs wearing brocade robes led a team of hundreds of people, leading three tall horses wearing red flowers, and walked towards the Huangbang District.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of people inside and outside the area fell silent in unison, and the place was completely silent and silent.

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, the three eunuchs who announced the decree did not dare to neglect. They put down their horses and trotted to the place where the imperial list was posted.

Two of them took out the sealed palace test gold list that was made by the master craftsman of the Ministry of Industry overnight, opened it, and pasted it carefully, while the other eunuch stood in front of the pasted gold list and took a deep breath.

, loudly starting from the top three, they began to announce the names of the imperial examination candidates.

From the first glance, this eunuch had practiced sonic martial arts such as the Lion's Roar Kung Fu. With one person's power, he could carry his loud voice to the ears of tens of thousands of people around him.

Almost every time a name was reported, the expressions of the candidates in Huangbang District changed.

The names of several Dong Lin Juzi around Lin Pingzhi appeared one after another in the top three areas, just as they had guessed.

These Donglin candidates are probably the ones with the calmest faces among the candidates present. They have been mentally prepared for a long time. Now that the eunuch party is high and powerful, it is a blessing for them to be on the list.

I don't even expect those eunuch faction grading ministers to give me a good ranking.

But except for this small group of Donglin Juzi, other people were not so calm.

Some people have smiles on their faces when they see that their rankings are higher than expected; some people have a look of reminiscence and relaxation when they see that their rankings are about the same as they expected; of course, there are more people who see that their rankings are lower than they imagined

, there are many people who look unwilling...

In short, under the titles on the gold list, you can see the various postures and expressions of these new imperial examination candidates and the elites of the Ming Dynasty, which greatly gave Lin Pingzhi, who was also watching and waiting for his name to appear, a new level of knowledge.

As the names of the top three and two top names in the imperial examination were read out by the eunuch, everyone in the imperial list became quiet again.

You must know that, unlike the top three and the second top, there are only three people in the top three, and these three people will be directly arranged by the court to enter the Hanlin Academy and become official rising stars recognized by the government and the public, who are expected to enter the cabinet to assist the government in the future.

It is precisely because of this difference in status and future prospects that the three people who have won the first-level Jinshi and the third place have attracted everyone's attention.

There are only a few candidates for this year's palace examination, and they are all present in the Huangbang District. Even if they are not familiar with each other due to different backgrounds, they are all well-known.

Therefore, the eyes of all the candidates for the new imperial examination are now focused on Lin Pingzhi and the other three who have not yet been named.

"First place in the imperial examination, third place is Hua Qifang."

"Second place, Yu Huang."

"First place, top scholar in Jinke, Lin Pingzhi!"

As the eunuch's voice fell, the atmosphere in the entire Huangbang District became lively with a "boom"!

At this moment, both the other palace examinees in front of the golden list and the common people outside the circle formed by the guard soldiers began to sing the names of the top three, the current number one, the second, and the top three.

Among the hundreds of people brought by the eunuch who announced the decree, the drummers and musicians of the palace also began to beat the drums, blow the suona horns, and play joyful and festive music.

After the three eunuchs reported their rankings, each of them led a tall horse to the front of the one-a-three yuan, and helped Lin Pingzhi and others up.

Next, there is the process of "impraising officials in the imperial streets" that is very characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.

Several officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Etiquette were waiting at the exit of the Huangbang District holding the original copy of the imperial decree. Next, Lin Pingzhi and others were immediately put on a red robe and wore a palace flower in their hat.

, many new scholars followed closely behind on foot, walking towards the Royal Street outside Huangbang District, accepting the cheers and worship of the people.

All the imperial examination scholars, no matter which faction they come from, will be the proud sons of the Ming Dynasty today, and even for a long time to come, they will be millions of people in the entire capital, and even hundreds of millions of people in China.

An object of praise among the people.

After ten years of hard work and no one asking, he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop...

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Just as the capital city was in a commotion due to the birth of a new scholar, the inner court of the Forbidden City had regained its former peace.

Although under the influence of "Spiritual Dew Drink", Emperor Tianqi, who had been seriously ill after falling into the water, seemed to have returned to normal physical condition, the occasional abnormal phenomenon that made the emperor suddenly exhausted still made the entire upper eunuch party feel anxious.

, there is a thorn hanging from it.

The nine-thousand-year-old Emperor Wei Zhongxian, who had just taken a nap after serving strenuous carpentry work, came to the eastern corner of the Forbidden City, the de facto political center of the Ming Empire and the office of the cabinet ministers - Wenyuan Pavilion.

All the eunuchs' own people have been installed in the cabinet, and there are no longer those people and things that Wei Zhongxian was afraid of when Tianqi first came to the throne.

Now, he walked into Wenyuan Pavilion with his head held high, just like walking into his own mansion.

When the sharp-eyed clerk saw the arrival of Jiu Qian, he quickly pushed open the door of Wenyuan Pavilion. After Wei Zhongxian stepped inside, he went straight to the topic.

"For this year's new scholars, what are the cabinet plans to do?"

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