Listening to the scrolls in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was originally the emperor's job.
Because the imperial examination is presided over by the emperor himself, that is to say, the emperor himself is the examiner. Therefore, there is no examiner in the palace examination. There are only eight examiners. These eight examiners will mark the examination papers first and then read them to the emperor. For reference
The emperor's opinion.
However, this kind of thing is boring for him. Emperors in the past dynasties have been doing it, so they are no longer willing to do it. Most of them will pass the job to these record readers, and then finally symbolically comment on the top ten and click on the three tripods.
It's over.
However, according to Prince Jin, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be diligent this time and listened to the papers for two days in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The reason why the emperor personally worked for two days was definitely not because of Shen Yi, or not just because of Shen Yi.
Eunuch Gao once told Shen Yi that the emperor attached great importance to this scientific examination and wanted to use this scientific examination to form his Hong De Dynasty team.
The current ministers in the imperial court are basically all leftover ministers from the late emperor's dynasty. Even some ministers from the Hongde Dynasty were promoted by Yang Jingzong's veterans from the late emperor's dynasty. They cannot be completely regarded as die-hard loyalists to His Majesty the Emperor.
This subject was the first subject that the emperor took charge of. The ambitious young emperor naturally wanted to select some talents for himself. Moreover, Japanese invasion was also one of the emperor's worries. Thinking about it this way, the young emperor was listening to the papers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Reasonable.
However, when Prince Jin said this in front of Shen Yi, it was a bit ambiguous, as if he was implying that the emperor had opened a back door for Shen Yi.
Shen Yi's brain was spinning rapidly, and in just one breath, he came back to his senses, lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty's diligent work is a blessing to me, Da Chen."
Prince Jin reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and smiled: "Good boy, you can keep your composure. Your father has been in my house for more than ten years, and you Shen Qi can be considered half of my family. You can come to the palace to walk around when you have time.
This king invites you to dinner."
Winning over newly promoted Jinshi is also a routine operation of Jiankang's big shots. Even a "clear stream" like Zhao Changping caught a son-in-law from under the ranking. However, with the status of Prince Jin, there is no need to win over anyone with potential.
young people.
He invited Shen Yi to his home simply because Shen Yi had some connections with the Jin Palace. Now that Shen has become successful, of course he must form a good relationship.
Shen Yi bowed slightly and said, "I will definitely go to the palace to bother you when I have time."
"Um."
Prince Jin nodded and said, "I still have errands to run, so I won't talk to you anymore. If I talk to you again..."
Prince Jin turned his head and looked at the nearby Jinshi, and said with a smile: "If you talk anymore, they should be thinking nonsense."
"If they ask you, don't hold back."
Prince Jin turned and left: "Let's just say that you have a good relationship with my son. You are my junior, so we are familiar with each other."
After saying this, Prince Jin left with his hands behind his back, walked to Xie Zhuangyuan, and said calmly: "Let's go, I will send Duke Zhuangyuan back to his home."
Xie Quancheng was frightened and bowed his head deeply to Prince Jin: "I don't dare to trouble the prince, I will just go back by myself..."
"Every year, the Yin of Jiankang Prefecture sends Duke Zhuangyuan back to his house."
Prince Jin smiled and said: "Now that I have been appointed as the Yin of Jiankang Prefecture, there is no exception. Let's go. After seeing off the Number One Scholar, the government office still has errands to do."
Xie Quan did not dare to refuse, lowered his head, and followed Prince Jin towards his mansion.
The No. 2 overall pick also followed suit.
According to the rules, the two of them have to send the top pick home, then the top pick, then the second pick home, and then the top pick goes home...
As for the other second-, third-, and third-grade Jinshi, they don’t have to pay so much attention to it, so they just disperse.
After Prince Jin left, Ying Zhao and Sun Li walked up to Shen Yi. After coughing, they asked cautiously: "Zi Heng...do you know Prince Jin?"
"Hmm...there is some connection."
Shen Yi looked calm: "My father once worked in Prince Jin's Mansion, so I also lived in Prince Jin's Mansion. I was lucky enough to get to know Prince Jin's son, so I met Prince Jin several times."
If another Jinshi had Shen Yi's life experience, he would definitely deny his father's background and work.
Because even if you are a current person in the palace, it is not a very honorable thing.
But Shen Yi chose to face it calmly.
To put it bluntly, it was not that my father had been working hard in Prince Jin's palace these years running errands. He and Shen Heng might not even have enough to eat. My father had worked hard to raise the two brothers. There was nothing to be ashamed of.
In this world, no matter what job a father has, there is no reason for a son to dislike him.
After hearing Shen Yi's words, Ying Zhao and Sun Li both nodded. Mr. Ying from Ganquan Academy looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Zi Heng, I heard that Prince Jin had an affair with His Majesty back then.
After some disagreements, no matter what your father did in the past, for the sake of Ziheng's future, it is better to stay away from the Jin Palace..."
Ying Zhao was originally just a teacher at Ganquan Academy, and things in the court were far away from him. But now that he has won the Jinshi title and has become a quasi-master of the court, his vision is completely different from before.
Shen Yi has heard this point of view more than once.
Zhang Jian and Zhang Yian told Shen Yi.
At that time, Shen Yi also felt that this statement made sense. However, after thinking about it himself, he felt that this statement was not very reliable.
The late emperor died suddenly, and with the powerful enemies of the Northern Qi Dynasty on his side, some ministers in the court really wanted to establish a king of Jin in order to prevent the young master from becoming suspicious. Of course, the uncle and nephew would have some unpleasantness because of this.
But now, the original unhappiness has mostly disappeared.
because…
The emperor appointed Prince Jin an official, but Jing Zhaoyin still controlled the capital. He completely controlled the real power position in the capital. Being able to give him this job not only showed that the emperor was reassured by Prince Jin, but also...
His Majesty the Emperor and his uncle are probably on the same front.
Because the two generations of the Li family are not very prosperous. The emperor is the eldest son of the late emperor. Apart from him, there are two younger brothers in the late emperor's lineage. These two younger brothers are now twelve and ten years old.
, can’t be counted on at all.
Among the clan members, the only one who could serve the emperor was Prince Jin.
To be honest, both of them are named Li.
In the past, when the little emperor's position was not stable, he would naturally be wary of his uncle. Now that the little emperor has slowly secured his position, and Prince Jin has given up his ambition to become the king, he is naturally closer to him than outsiders.
However, there is indeed no family affection in the royal family. Now that the uncle and nephew are sitting together and holding hands, maybe in a few years or more, when the little emperor's wings are fuller, he will leave Prince Jin aside again.
If one person is not good, he might even do evil things to this uncle.
Ying Zhao's words were also well-intentioned. Shen Yi could not refute him, so he could only smile politely and say hello.
It was approaching noon, and three Jinshi of the same year from Jiangdu Prefecture found a tavern in Jiankang City and had a good drink. After having enough wine and food in the afternoon, they went home to sleep.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi was woken up again by two maids.
Today, the emperor will give a banquet in Qionglin Garden in the palace, and the scholars will have to go to the palace again.
Today is also the last day of the scientific examination activities for the newly promoted Jinshi. After today's banquet, the scientific examination of this subject is officially over. From now on, everyone will do what they are supposed to do, and there will be no other activities.
Qiong Lin's banquet started at noon, so I wasn't too anxious. However, the two little maids were very nervous. They called Shen Yi up early in the morning. One combed his hair, and the other played with his clothes.
It took the whole morning to take care of Shen Yi.
After sorting out the description, Shen Yi had breakfast at home, and then walked around Jiankang City for a while. When it was time, he entered the imperial city and came to the entrance of the palace to wait for the summons.
By now, all the Jinshi were almost here, waiting quietly for someone from the palace to usher them in for dinner.
While Shen Yi and others were waiting, a four-person sedan chair was carried by four young eunuchs all the way from the imperial city to the entrance of the palace.
When the sedan arrived at the entrance of the palace, it slowly stopped, but the people in the sedan did not get off.
Everyone in the group of Jinshi looked at him with suspicion.
Carrying a sedan chair in the imperial city is already a great honor. If you don’t get out of the sedan chair even after entering the palace, then the person in the sedan chair will be an indescribably noble person!
While a group of Jinshi were discussing, two young eunuchs walked out of the palace. After saying a few words to the people carrying the sedan, they waved their hands and said, "Get up the sedan and carry it directly to Kunde Palace.
."
The sedan was lifted up again.
At this moment, the sedan curtain was opened by a bare hand, revealing a woman's face.
The woman didn't look at anyone else, or the eunuchs, but stared hard at Shen Yi among the crowd.
With a look of resentment on his face.
Shen Yi also sensed this gaze, raised his head and glanced at the people in the sedan, and couldn't help but frown slightly.