Zhengyangmen is not very close to the Huagai Palace, which is said to have been passed down. The path to the palace, which even a group of Jinshi would not recognize, requires two young eunuchs to lead the way.
During this short stretch of road, the expressions on the faces of the Jinshi masters were different.
The Hanlin Academy gentlemen who had already determined the top ten were naturally full of joy. The rest of the people, even those who ranked high in the examination, could not help but feel uneasy in their hearts.
The same is true for Shen Yi.
He will try 135. If he wants to enter the second tier, he has to be in the top 100 or even the top 80 to be safe. But it is difficult to jump from 135 to the top 100.
What's even more terrible is that the rankings of the top two and top three are basically determined by the eight examiners themselves. At most, the Zhongshu Province sends a prime minister to set the rankings. The emperor does not have so much energy to rank the Jinshi. At this moment, Shen Yi was not sure how far he could rank.
Although he put a lot of effort into running errands for the palace, he had no idea whether the palace could give him a nomination.
Fortunately, the gold list is just a ranking, and he will not fall off the gold list at the very least.
Although the road to Zhengyangmen is not very close, it is not too far either. Soon, a group of Jinshi arrived at the gate of Zhengyangmen. The top scholar Xie Quan led more than 200 people and stopped at the gate of Zhengyangmen. , Xie Zhuangyuan looked back at the group of Jinshi, and said with a smile: "You are all in the same year, there are many of us, Xie's suggestion is not to crowd, come forward one by one, so as not to lose face in front of the seniors."
The so-called seniors are those officials who have already become officials. At this moment, there are several officials from the Ministry of Rites following them.
As Xie Quan was the top scholar in this subject, his words were naturally listened to, so more than 200 people were divided into twenty batches, with ten people in each batch coming forward and walking in front of the golden list to watch the list.
Shen Yi was not in a hurry and waited quietly where he was.
After waiting for about two moments, it was finally the turn of Shen Yi and others to step forward. Shen Yi, Ying Zhao and Sun Li walked to the golden list together. The three of them looked up at the list nervously.
The so-called golden list is a list written on yellow paper. It was transcribed by Zhongshu Sheren personally. Anyone who can be a Zhongshu Sheren in Zhongshu Province is 100% born with a top academic background, so the handwriting on this golden list is elegant. Junxiu, one glance at it makes you feel very comfortable.
With the experience of the last trial release of the list, Shen Yi did not search for himself from the beginning this time, but directly looked for his name on the top three lists.
There are 212 people in this department, three in the first class, 89 in the second class, and 120 in the third class.
Shen Yi's eyes scanned the top three list, but did not find his own name, but quickly found the names of Ying Zhao and Sun Li.
Yingzhao ranked 78th in the top three, and was born with the same Jinshi.
Sun Li is also in the top three, but he is fifth in the top three, and he was also born in the same Jinshi class.
After seeing Sun Li's name, Shen Yi turned to look at Sun Li and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Sun, what a pity."
Sun Li's ranking in the examination was 147th, but in the palace examination he had already squeezed into the top 100 and reached 97th place. He was only five places away from being able to squeeze into the second place.
Although the future may not be much different, being born as a Jinshi is different from being born as a Jinshi.
Sun Li's face also looked a little unsightly, but he still sighed and smiled reluctantly: "Time is your destiny, you can't force it. If I can do better than the examination, I am already very satisfied."
He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Has Zi Heng entered the second class?"
Shen Yi shook his head: "I haven't seen myself yet."
At this time, Ying Zhao's voice came: "Coming in!"
Mr. Ying pointed to the second place on the gold list and was quite surprised: "Zi Heng, you are in the second place!"
Shen Yi's heart beat suddenly, then he raised his head and looked in the direction of Ying Zhao's finger.
Sure enough, his name is there.
Shen Yi from Jiangdu Prefecture!
Shen Yi held his breath and looked at the title in front of his name.
"No. 51 in the top two, Shen Yi from Jiangdu Prefecture..."
"Given a Jinshi background..."
A stone suddenly fell to the ground.
Shen Yi often exhaled a breath of turbid air, only to feel a little numb on the back of his head, and his calves were a little soft.
After a while, he calmed down and turned to look at the two fellow villagers with a smile on his face: "Lucky, lucky..."
Fifty-one in the top two, which means fifty-fourth overall!
The ranking was improved by more than one level compared to what he had tried, and it was far beyond Shen Yi's expectations!
According to his own estimation, even if he performed well in the palace examination, ideally he would barely squeeze into the second-tier class and be ranked at the bottom of the second-tier ranking.
As long as you can squeeze into the top two, you will be considered a success!
But now, he not only squeezed into the second class, but also ranked in the middle among the second class. With his current ranking, as long as the emperor likes him, the subsequent emperor can directly promote him to the Hanlin Academy!
When the time comes, he, Shen, will also have the opportunity to become a distinguished member of the Imperial Academy!
It stands to reason that the increase from more than 130 people to more than 50 people is a bit too exaggerated.
It was so exaggerated that Shen Yi himself felt a little guilty.
After a brief moment of excitement, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of Deqing Palace, secretly wondering if the emperor was exerting force in it...
After Shen Yi and others watched the list, other Jinshi also watched the list one by one. Some people were happy and some were sad during the whole process.
Those who rank higher in the palace examination than in the general examination will naturally be excited. Even if they don't have the top three, they will still be the top three, and the second class will still be the second class. As long as they rank higher, they are still happy.
In the same way, those who are not ranked as good as those who can take the test will feel more or less depressed, after all, the psychological expectations are there.
After viewing the list of Jinshi, the emperor would not give a banquet until the next day. Today everyone went back to their respective homes.
However, depending on the ranking, the way to get home is also different.
The top pick is usually sent back to his home by the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture and the top pick is Tanhua. The top pick is sent back to the mansion by the top pick, while the top pick returns home on his own.
If people from other provinces come to Jiankang to take the exam, they will be sent back to the guild hall in Jiankang in each province, or they will be sent to the inn where the number one scholar will stay...
The other Jinshi naturally went back to their respective homes.
After watching the rankings, Shen Yi met Jiankang Prefecture Yin who came forward to send the top pick home.
Jin Wang Li Rui.
The status of Prince Jin is much higher than that of ordinary governors. With his status, there is actually no need to come to see the number one scholar today. However, Prince Jin respects scholars more, so he still came here today.
As the official of the Ministry of Rites shouted, Prince Jin, who was wearing a third-grade court uniform, stepped in front of Yijia and the others. Sandingjia naturally knew the true identity of the Yin of Jiankang Prefecture, and they all bowed to Prince Jin and said, Prince.
Prince Jin waved his hands to the three people, indicating that there was no need to be polite. Then he smiled at the number one scholar Xie Quan and said, "Xie number one scholar, please wait a moment. I am looking for an acquaintance in this palace."
After that, Prince Jin looked around the crowd of Jinshi and finally saw Shen Yi who was talking to the person next to him. He walked directly to Shen Yi without hesitation and said with a smile: "Shen Qi, do you still recognize me?"
Shen Yi quickly took a step back, raised his hands to Prince Jin and said, "Student Shen Yi, I have met the prince."
Prince Jin had a serious temper, but now he had a faint smile on his face. He stepped forward and pulled Shen Yi's sleeves, pulled Shen Yi aside to a quiet and uninhabited place, and asked: "How many are there?"
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows: "Fifty-one in the second grade."
"Well."
Prince Jin made a sound with unknown meaning, and then smiled at Shen Yi.
"The exam was good."
He lowered his voice and spoke softly.
"It was not in vain that Your Majesty spent two whole days in the Hall of Supreme Harmony listening to the examination papers."
