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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 Prince Qi's 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 500 people who were successful in arithmetic.

There were three lists posted on the several-mile-long palace wall. 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 an outstanding civil servant with talent can also be promoted from a civil servant to a civil servant. County magistrate.

There is no point in being a low-level official in the county, but it is different if you can become a civil servant above six Cao. You have a certain status and real power.

Su Hui saw his name, No. 31, and he was stunned for a long time. He was only one step away from becoming a Jinshi, which made him feel like crying.

Guo Jun comforted him in a low voice, "Maybe 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 conferred, maybe you will get one. To appease you, I I think it’s more affordable!”

Su Hui felt better, sighed and asked again: "How are you?"

"I'm okay. I'm ranked seventh in the subject."

"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!"

"Because of alcohol?" Su Hui smiled.

Guo Jun shook his head, "For family reasons, my grandfather wanted me to learn military skills!"

"Brother Guo, Brother Su!"

Someone called them from behind, and when they turned around, it turned out to be Miao Chun and Li Zhixiang, drinking together in Han Chang'an City.

Guo Jun quickly asked: "I didn't notice your two names. Are they on the list?"

Miao Chun nodded, "I am number ninety-two, and my cousin is number one hundred and seventy-four!"

Guo Jun was overjoyed, "Then we can study together."

Miao Chun smiled and said, "Brother, please take care of me!"

Li Zhixiang said next to him: "I heard that Brother Wei won the first prize in the exam. It's amazing."

Su Hui smiled and said: "Let's go! Let's go have a drink and sit down and talk slowly."

After the imperial examination results are released, the dust has settled, and the next step is to return to the earth. Those who pass the examination are preparing to be awarded officials or enter school, while 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 and Hai.

Then the hour is divided into eight small grids, each grid is a quarter of an hour, and there is a very long pointer in the middle. It refers to the time, that is, what time and quarter.

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.

It is stated in the notice below that the time of the big clock is based on the point of the long hand every day, and the bell is struck every hour on the hour.

More importantly, this clock has two sides and can be seen by people in the north and south.

The craze caused by this chiming clock immediately replaced the imperial examination, and all the people in Chang'an were talking about it.

But this 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, mainly to facilitate officials to keep time.

Of course, there will be more and more of these bells, standing all over the Tang Dynasty.

For several days, the people in Chang'an City have been talking about the clock, but this clock will not change people's lives all at once, it will change people's lives subtly.

The first to be affected were the merchants in Dongshi. The big clock faced 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 clock in the government office to visit. Li Ye smiled and asked Yao Chunshan: "How big is the error? Have you tested it?"

"Reporting back 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 tonight?"

This is indeed a question. Li Ye asked Yao Chunshan: "Have you ever considered how to read the clock at night?"

Yao Chunshan bowed and reported back to His Highness, "We have discussed this issue, and we are initially considering using luminous stones to solve it. The luminous stones will be embedded in the clock hands and dials. They will glow at night and everyone can see clearly!"

The luminous stone is actually fluorite, which can glow at night. It was extremely rare at first, but since the merchants of the Arab Empire brought a lot of luminous stones, its scarcity has greatly decreased. Many dignitaries use it to decorate tombs.

But luminous stones are not night-shining pearls. Night-shining pearls are pearls produced from the depths of the sea. They are extremely rare treasures that only the royal family can own.

At present, there are tens of thousands of large boxes of various treasures in the Daming Palace. They are all sealed and have not been opened. In fact, only a small part of the treasures in Luoyang are in these large boxes. In addition to the night-shining pearls used by emperors of all dynasties to be buried with them, the remaining dozens of night-shining pearls are in these large boxes.

Li Ye smiled happily and said, "This plan is good, we can give it a try!"

Li Mi asked, "Is there a big bell that doesn't need people to ring it, and it will ring on time?"

Yao Chunshan thought for a while and said, "It can be done, but the sound of the bell that rings by itself is not loud enough. To tell the time to the whole city, people still need to ring the big bronze bell."

Li Ye smiled and said, "In the future, every household will have a small bell, and the big bell will not be very useful for telling time."

Yao Chunshan smiled bitterly and said, "It is not realistic to use a small bell at home at present, and the power source is temporarily difficult to solve."

Li Ye smiled without saying anything. In the future, with the spring, the power source of the small bell will be solved.