However, the imperial examination ultimately requires approval from His Majesty the Emperor, and only twelve test papers can be submitted.
As a result, the officials started a fierce debate over the derogation of those three test papers.
But no matter how they argued, no one attacked Fang Xiaoyue's test paper.
Because in the eyes of the officials, his policies were too harmless and were completely harmless to his own administration.
On the contrary, three test papers that seemed to serve the country and the people were demoted after a debate.
This is not surprising. What these officials need is not good officials who can serve the country and the people. What they need are their children and disciples who can help them.
In addition, it needs to be emphasized that the test papers in the palace examination will not be written, let alone copied.
Because all test papers will eventually be sent to the emperor's study room for preparation and archiving.
And if His Majesty the Emperor is not satisfied with the twelve test papers presented by the officials, he can also choose from the remaining test papers.
Therefore, at three o'clock in the afternoon, His Majesty the Emperor had just woken up from his nap, and Wang Defa, the personal eunuch, carefully stepped forward to report to His Majesty the Emperor while he was washing.
After hearing Wang Defa's report, His Majesty the Emperor wiped his hands and signaled the other party to hand over the test paper.
Soon, Wang Defa placed twelve test papers on the royal eucalyptus.
His Majesty the Emperor sat in front of the royal eucalyptus while drinking ginseng tea.
To say that the current emperor is definitely not a good emperor who works diligently and loves the people. He prefers to eat, drink, have fun, and lust after women.
But fortunately, the current chief minister and other officials are quite capable, so they have maintained the Daze Kingdom well. Even if there is an occasional natural disaster, the Daze Kingdom has not completely collapsed and turned into a disaster country with refugees wandering around.
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It is precisely because of this that when His Majesty the Emperor saw the articles written on the examination papers, his face was not very good, because most of these articles were more extreme and they always thought of themselves. If he were allowed to be an official, he would
What will happen.
This is why the chief minister and other officials have to choose first.
After all, everyone is afraid that if some crazy student writes something treasonous and unethical in his article, then the Emperor will become angry. Not to mention the candidates, even the officials in the palace examination, one by one, will probably die.
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Although there are some problems with the selected articles, they are already the best.
At least His Majesty the Emperor would not be furious on the spot.
However, even if there were relatively few problems, His Majesty the Emperor felt very unhappy after seeing too many of them.
After all, the current Holy Emperor values face very much. If anyone says that there are problems in Daze Country now, that officials are governing the country, and that the people are not living well, it will definitely trigger his thunderous wrath. After all, for him, the development of Daze Country is equivalent to him.
What are the abilities of being an emperor?
To say that Dazeguo is not good is to slap him in the face, isn't it?
Therefore, after reading several articles, His Majesty the Emperor's face became increasingly ugly.
Even the several eunuchs waiting nearby were feeling uneasy.
You know, there is precedent for this.
In the past, a flood broke out in a certain place, and local officials failed to handle it well, causing refugees to spread all over the place. In the end, riots broke out, and the refugees gathered in one place to attack the county seat.
At that time, His Majesty the Emperor was still young and even more arrogant. After reading the memorial of the patrol envoy, he became furious and beat an eunuch to death on the spot who did not even notice!
But the great eunuch should also feel honored.
After all, in history, no eunuch has ever been beaten to death by the emperor himself.
Isn't it an honor to be the first?
However, His Majesty the Emperor is now old after all, and he no longer knows how to beat people himself. He only gives a signal every time, and someone will naturally drag him down and beat him hard.
But at this time, His Majesty the Emperor stopped flipping the test papers and looked at one test paper carefully.
After a long time, His Majesty the Emperor showed a pleasant smile on his face. He actually reached out and picked up the ink pen and drew three circles on the test paper. Then he drew two circles and one circle on the other two test papers that he was slightly optimistic about: "
This person has great literary talents and can be the top candidate! The other two can still be ranked second or third in the rankings. The rest of the rankings will be decided by the first assistant. Xiao Dengzi, please send the test paper to the first assistant."
After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor stood up and left the imperial study room located in Qiankun Palace.
After the eunuch who was called Little Dengzi by His Majesty the Emperor responded, he hurriedly stepped forward, rolled up the twelve test papers, put them into bright yellow cloth covers with dragon patterns, and then placed them under the hands of several young eunuchs.
Accompanied by him, we headed towards the Fuxi Palace.
At this time, in the Fuxi Palace, the Chief Assistant and other officials were still waiting.
They can't leave here until the results of the palace examination come out.
Therefore, no matter how late it is, they still have to wait.
Fortunately, within three hours of sending the test papers to Qiankun Palace, the eunuch Deng Youzhong sent the test papers back and conveyed the emperor's oral instructions.
After receiving the order saying "long live long live long live long live long live", the chief minister and others began to discuss.
The emperor has already decided on the rankings of No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3. Needless to say, what they need to discuss is the rankings of No. 2 and No. 3.
Of course, with the abilities of the first assistant and others, ranking second and third is still very simple, so there is no need to worry too much.
So it didn't take long for the ranking to be decided.
"My lords, there are ten people in the top two, and the rest are in the top three?"
The chief assistant looked around and asked.
All the officials nodded in unison: "Yes."
Later, the senior eunuch Deng Youzhong who was waiting on the side sent the junior eunuch to get the blank yellow paper.
The chief assistant took matters into his own hands and copied the list one by one onto yellow paper.
This yellow paper is no ordinary yellow paper. It was made by the royal palace's imperial inspector. It is made of three different kinds of rice paper and has a dark background with dragon patterns on it. It is extremely difficult to forge. It is the paper used for imperial lists and imperial edicts.
The names of the thirty tribute students were quickly copied on dragon-patterned yellow paper, and then the chief minister and other officials used their seals. The eunuch Deng Youzhong also asked for the seal of the emperor's seal.
At this point, the first, second, and third grades have been decided, and the palace examination has officially ended.
Of course, there is no need for the chief minister and other officials to worry about posting the imperial list. The great eunuch Deng Youzhong took several young eunuchs, followed by a group of soldiers, and left the palace and came to the palace wall outside Taiping Bridge.
At this time, many people had gathered here, and some government officials were waiting.
Those Yamen servants are the ones who officially announce the good news. Once the imperial list is posted, they will quickly pass the information to Gongsheng.
Seeing a group of eunuchs and soldiers coming, the crowd surrounding the palace wall immediately separated.
No one will cause trouble at this time, and they can't afford to suffer.
Deng Youzhong directed two young eunuchs to post the imperial list. After looking at it carefully and feeling that there was no problem, he left two soldiers to guard the imperial list while he took the others away.
It is necessary for soldiers to guard the imperial list.
What if someone, risking the accusation of gross misconduct, insists on causing trouble for His Majesty the Emperor and tears up the imperial list?
In that case, the eunuch Deng Youzhong would be in trouble.
After the eunuch and his entourage left, the government officials quickly rushed to the imperial list, used the prepared red paper, copied down a name, and then set off in pairs to announce the good news.
In fact, for them, this kind of thing is a rare opportunity to receive red envelopes once every three years.
If you are lucky, you can run twice in a row.
Of course, this depends on who moves faster.
"Report! Congratulations to Danning County's Ma Buyima Laoye High School for ranking 17th in the top three! Your promotion is rising step by step!"
As the long-voiced announcement of the good news came, several servants who had been waiting anxiously in front of an inn were immediately overjoyed, and then lit the prepared firecrackers. Amidst a burst of crackling firecrackers, the ecstatic man
Mr. Ma hurriedly took out two small gold ingots and gave them to the Yamen servant who announced the good news as a reward.
This actually made the two officials who announced the good news feel ecstatic.
It has to be said that this job of announcing good news is entirely based on luck.
If you are lucky, just like Mr. Ma, who is full of wealth, he will reach out and find two gold ingots, which can be converted into more than twenty taels of silver!
Even if prices in Beijing are high, it can still be considered a windfall.
But if you are unlucky and encounter a poor scholar, it is possible to be sent away a few copper coins.
Fang Xiaoyue was lying in the guest room sleeping at this time, and Zhang Yuanming did not go to the small courtyard to practice swordsmanship. Instead, he stayed in front of the inn, looking eagerly at the street leading to the palace, expecting surprises to arrive.
He did not believe that his cousin would fail the exam. The only question was what rank his cousin could get.
In fact, there were two other people guarding the door of the inn like Zhang Yuanming.
They are all candidates who were lucky enough to pass the Gongshi examination this time, and they hope that their results will be higher in this imperial examination.
Not long after, two government officials rushed over from a distance, shouting congratulations: "Report! Congratulations to Zeng Baifu, Mr. Zeng High School in Changhe County, for third place in the top three! He has been promoted step by step!"
Hearing this, a Gongsheng student guarding outside the inn door jumped up excitedly. He hurriedly ordered the book boy next to him: "Xiao Li, get the reward quickly!"
He himself took the fire sickle to light the firecrackers. In the burst of crackling firecrackers, Mr. Zeng's eyes and eyebrows almost disappeared from laughter.
After all, he is also self-aware. Being able to pass the third place in the top three is already a very good result. When he is awarded an official, he will at least be assigned to a relatively wealthy county to be the county magistrate.
Compared with Zeng Baifu, the smile on the other Gongsheng's face was even brighter.
After all, his announcement has not yet arrived, and like the palace examination, everyone has a share, so the later the announcement comes, the higher his ranking will be.
About half an hour later, another message of good news came: "Congratulations to Huang Moxuan Huang Laoye High School in Yuetao County for placing 8th in the second class! Becoming a knight every year!"
The eighth place in the top two? Huang Moxuan, who was standing outside the inn door, was so happy that he was speechless.
This is a complete unexpected surprise.
You know, he was only the 30th among the Gongsheng students! There were only 30 Gongsheng students in total, and he was the last one.
But in the palace examination, I actually got the eighth place in the second class, which is also the eleventh place in the palace examination!
This is much better than the top three.
The top three were just from the same background as Jinshi, and they were also magistrates from other counties when they were appointed.
As for Erjia, who was born as a Jinshi, he stayed in the Sixth Ministry to observe politics and was promoted to the sixth rank after ten months.
This is undoubtedly much more comfortable than the top three, and it also preserves the opportunity to join the cabinet in the future.
As for the top three, there is absolutely no chance of joining the cabinet. They can only move back and forth between the positions of foreign officials, gradually promoted, and finally stopped at the positions of governor and governor.
"Congratulations to Mr. Fang Mingruifang from Kuangluo County, who ranked first in the first grade of high school and won the top spot on the gold list!"
As the news of good news rang out, everyone at the door of the inn was shocked.
Zhang Yuanming was so happy that he almost went crazy, jumping back and forth like a monkey, hesitating and unable to speak.
Fortunately, the innkeeper reminded him to give the money for the good news first.
Fortunately, Fang Xiaoyue thought of this before going to bed, so Zhang Yuanming placed two big red envelopes on his body, each of which contained a ten-tael silver note.
This is not as good as the previous reward of 20 taels of silver from Zeng Baifu, but it is still a large red envelope.
The two officials who announced the good news reached out to take the red envelope. They felt that it was light and fluffy inside, and they knew that it contained silver notes, and the reward for silver notes usually started at ten taels, so they followed up with a burst of auspicious words, saying
Zhang Yuanming thought that he was the right one to get the top prize.
After sending away the two government officials who announced the good news, Zhang Yuanming ignored the innkeeper who came to congratulate him. He turned around and went to the guest room, noisily waking up Fang Xiaoyue from her sleep.
To be honest, Fang Xiaoyue, who was woken up at this time, wanted to slap Zhang Yuanming against the wall.
This guy was too noisy. He was having a sweet dream, but he was woken up by a yelp.
Of course, Zhang Yuanming was his cousin, so he couldn't really slap him against the wall, so he had no choice but to get up.
When he got up and went to the first floor of the inn, the innkeeper was the first to greet him, and he opened his mouth with congratulations.
As for other people staying in this inn, they also gathered around.
Everyone knows that if Fang Xiaoyue is admitted to the top prize, she will have a bright future in the future. Interacting with her at this time will definitely be beneficial to her in the future.
Fang Xiaoyue was also very helpless. If he didn't come out to say hello at this time, his reputation would be damaged, and rumors about him being aloof and arrogant might spread.
Three days later, the Jinshi gathered outside the Chongyang Gate of the palace.
As new Jinshi, they need to go to Yonghua Palace to see the emperor to thank him.
The whole process made Fang Xiaoyue feel extremely boring.
Probably all the Jinshi followed the young eunuch into the palace, and then lined up in several lines to wait outside Yonghua Palace until a certain big eunuch came out to announce that everyone had entered the palace to see him.
At this time, hundreds of civil and military officials were already waiting in Yonghua Palace.
After all the Jinshi entered the palace, they immediately bowed three times and kowtowed to His Majesty the Emperor.
The first assistant read out the imperial edict and conferred honors and officials to the scholars.
The top three are awarded the same Jinshi origin, and are awarded the seventh rank. The Ministry of Civil Affairs arranges the imperial examination. Those with excellent results are directly awarded to the county magistrate of Shangxian County, those with average results are awarded the county magistrate of Zhongxian County, and those with poor results are awarded the county magistrate of lower county.
Erjia was given the title of Jinshi, and was awarded the seventh rank. He was sent to various ministries to observe government affairs for one year, and after assessment, he was appointed to serve in various ministries.
Yijia was awarded the rank of Jinshi, and the number one scholar was awarded the Hanlin Academy to compile and compile, starting from the sixth grade.
Second place in the ranking, Tanhua was awarded the editorship of Hanlin Academy, and was awarded the seventh rank.
This seems to be a bug.
The top three are awarded the seventh grade, the seventh grade, but the second grade is actually awarded the seventh grade.