Everyone was in awe, especially the Changxi fellows. It wasn’t that they thought Wang Gen was not good enough, but Wang Gen’s appearance was not very good. In some situations these days, face is also a factor. The number one pick represents the appearance of this class, which has never been the case in the past dynasties.
Wang Gen is the first person to choose an ugly person as the number one pick.
But after everyone reacted, they immediately began to congratulate Wang Gen. In any case, Wang Gen's literary talent is recognized by everyone. Although winning the first prize surprised everyone, no one thought that he didn't deserve the first prize.
On the contrary, Wang Gen himself was a little dazed and didn't react for a long time. He also knew that he was not good-looking, so although he knew that he was talented in literature, he never thought about becoming a Jinshi.
The reason why Yunxi chose Wang Gen as the number one scholar was because, after much thought, he felt that the person he admired most was not suitable for the title of number one scholar. Secondly, in history, Wang Gen not only died for Yunwen's loyalty, but also because he was not good-looking.
The original No. 1 scholar was given to Hu Guang. So Yun gave him the No. 1 scholar despite the objections of the ministers. However, after that, Yunxi gained a good reputation, and it was considered that Wang Gen was not given the No. 1 scholar in vain.
Yang Shiqi continued: "The second place in the first class is Hu Guang, a native of Ji'an, Changxi."
No one has any objections to this choice. Hu Guang was Huiyuan before, so it is natural to get the second place in the exam.
Hu Guang himself was a little disappointed: he wanted to get the top prize, but he didn't expect that his fellow countryman would get the top prize. "Fortunately, he was ranked second, which is not bad." Hu Guang comforted himself this way.
"Third place in the first class, Yang Pu, from Shishou, Huguang."
The people around Yang Pu immediately congratulated him, and others also breathed a sigh of relief: Finally, the top three positions were not taken by the Changxi people.
Generally speaking, although some people are jealous of the newly released Sandingjia, they all hide their jealousy in their hearts, and the atmosphere is quite good.
But one person was very upset: "How is it possible? Could it be that my interpretation of the policy test questions was also wrong?" Yang Zirong said very excitedly.
Yang Zirong had deep doubts about himself: Could it be that my previous interpretations of His Majesty's decrees were all wrong? Could it be...
Fortunately, Yang Shiqi's voice sounded at the right time: "Second place in the top two, Yang Zirong, from Fujian and Jian'an."
"Congratulations to Brother Mian!" The people standing with Yang Zirong immediately began to congratulate him. Second place in the second class and fifth place in this subject is also a very remarkable ranking.
Yang Zirong himself was relieved: 'It seems that I have not guessed His Majesty's thoughts wrongly in this imperial examination.'
'But,' Yang Zirong became confused again: 'Could there be four people trying to figure out whether His Majesty's thoughts are higher than mine?'
He glanced at Hu Guang, Wang Gen, Yang Pu and Wu Pu, who ranked first in the second division, and asked, 'Are the four of them so powerful?'
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The next day, the new scholars who took the imperial examination in the second year of Jianye went to the Imperial College to receive the Jinshi robes. On the next day, the famous Golden Palace passing ceremony was held: the new scholars put on the Jinshi robes and lined up neatly into the palace to Fengtian Hall.
Meet the emperor.
This was the first time they saw the emperor up close. Although Yunxi personally presided over the previous palace examination, they only met outside the palace at that time. Only the first few could see Yunxi's face clearly, so this time it was
It is the first time for most people to 'obtain Tianyan'.
Over the years, Yunxi has been handling government affairs and has gained the momentum of a superior. He has been practicing martial arts all year round and has a strong body. Many people have taken photos of Yunxi: This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
After the roll call was completed, the deacon held the gold medal first in the sound of drums, followed by the new scholars, walked out of the left gate of Chang'an along the imperial street, and formally hung up the gold medal for all the people to see. Then Shuntian Prefecture sent the number one scholar home on horseback with an umbrella cover.
, this is what the people say about boasting about officials on the street.
The next day, on the eighth day of March, the emperor gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, which was called the Enrong Banquet or the Qionglin Banquet. According to etiquette, His Majesty personally attended the Qionglin Banquet, encouraged all the new scholars, and drank three glasses of wine with them.
Then according to etiquette, the emperor should have left the stage, but Yunxi suddenly said: "Where are the top five in the Jinke Palace Examination?"
Dong Lun, the Minister of Rites who was accompanying him at the side, was startled, and then said: "Your Majesty, are you going to summon these five people?"
"The top five in the imperial examination are all the outstanding talents of the Ming Dynasty, but I haven't recognized them yet. If they come over, I want to speak to them face to face," Yunxi said.
Dong Lun then ordered the waiter to find the top five.
At this time, the Jinshi were drinking and talking about something. Jin Shan, who passed the second and seventh place in the palace examination, said: "Last night, I talked to a senior from the same county. The senior said that all the test papers in this palace examination were written by His Majesty.
It was reviewed by one person, without the help of any official."
"Ah? According to the usual practice, officials from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the Honglu Temple are asked to read the papers and select the ten best papers for His Majesty's evaluation. If His Majesty is still not satisfied, the rest of the papers will be selected.
Do you want to choose the number one pick?"
"It seems that His Majesty attaches great importance to this imperial examination and will personally grade the exams."
"That's not all! I heard that His Majesty also personally read the test papers that were tested in the previous exam, rejected a few of them personally, and ordered the marking officer to make up for a few more."
"So, it's in line with His Majesty's wishes for Guangda Brother to test Huiyuan?"
"I heard that the Huiyuan agreed upon by the grading officer after reviewing the papers was Brother Guangda, and His Majesty did not change the grading officer's decision after that."
"So," someone turned to Hu Guang and said in a congratulatory tone: "Brother Guang, you have been appointed by His Majesty twice, once first and once second. It is also Jane who is in the Emperor's heart!"
Hu Guang had never heard of these things in recent days and was a little surprised when he heard this. However, he still pretended to be calm on the surface.
Someone next to him secretly mocked Hu Guang for his hypocrisy. He rolled his eyes and said, "Maybe your Majesty will summon Brother Guang alone."
Everyone laughed. This had never happened before and everyone knew he was joking.
Hu Guang himself smiled in response. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt himself being pulled. He looked back and saw a waiter standing behind him. He turned around and said, "Hu Bangyan, Your Majesty."
I summon you to come before the emperor to answer the question."
Everyone was horrified, especially the person who just spoke, who was even more surprised: 'Your Majesty really summoned Hu Guang!'
Hu Guang himself was so dizzy that he couldn't believe it. It took him a while to accept the matter. Just as he was about to set off, he heard the waiter say again: "Wang Zhuangyuan is here too? Your Majesty is calling the top five Jinshi Jinshi."
I will answer the question in front of the emperor, so Wang Zhuangyuan also comes with me."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief: it turned out that His Majesty had not just summoned Hu Guang. Even Hu Guang himself breathed a sigh of relief. It was not that easy to be the center of attention.
Hu Guang and Wang Gen followed the waiter to where Yun Xi was. Similarly, in the corners of the other three Qionglin banquets, three people stood up with anxiety and followed the waiter.
After a while, several people walked to a place more than ten steps away from Yunxi. The waiter went to communicate, and they greeted each other. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they knew each other. But at this time, the five of them were very nervous.
, no one was in the mood to chat, even Hu Guang, who was relatively relaxed just now, was very nervous.
Besides, they didn't have much time to chat. The waiter came back immediately and said to Wang Gen: "Come with me."
At this time, Yunxi was actually a little nervous. Xie Jin, Xia Yuanji, Jian Yi, Huang Huai, Yang Shiqi, Hu Guang, Jin Youzi, Yang Rong, Hu Yan, and Yang Pu were the ten most famous civil servants in the Yongle period in history.
, in the second year of Jianye, there were four in this subject, and I finally collected nine of these ten people.'
"The only one left who has not entered the court is Hu Yan. It's a pity that I can't remember when and how Hu Yan entered the court." Yunxi thought.
Just when he was thinking wildly, Wang Gen walked up to Yunxi, knelt down respectfully and said, "I have seen your Majesty, Wang Gen."
Yunxi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Get up."
Regarding Wang Gen, Yunxi's only impression of him is that he had a conversation with two fellow villagers before Zhu Di entered the capital.
It was Wang Gen who didn't say anything at the time and later died for Yun Wen.
This is why Yunxi selected him as the number one scholar. Yunxi also encouraged him very carefully.
But Yunxi didn't know what his talents were, whether he was a nerd who could only write articles, so he would not entrust him with important tasks for the time being. Instead, he planned to stay by his side to observe him first, and just gave him a few words of encouragement.
He went down.
After that, Hu Guang paid a visit. Hu Guang's character is of course questionable, but he is very talented and still needs to be used. Just remember not to assign him positions that require a test of his character.
Yunxi said some words of encouragement that he had already thought about and let him go down.
Then came Yang Pu. Yunxi didn't know much about Yang Pu. He only knew about his deeds of studying in prison for ten years. After Zhu Di died, he was released and together with Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong formed the Sanyang Cabinet, which should be
A capable person.
Yunxi also encouraged him to go down with a few words.
After that, Wu Pu, the second-level scholar, came to the audience. Yunxi didn't know what this person had done in history. He only knew that he passed the imperial examination in the 26th year of Hongwu. After that, he did not take part in the examination, but went to the Imperial College to study. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang
While still there, Yunxi was very surprised to hear that a scholar went to the Imperial College to study.
But because of this, Yunxi can carefully investigate every word and deed of his Imperial College supervisor. Generally speaking, he is a very simple and outspoken person. He constantly makes excuses to impeach someone in front of the Imperial College supervisors, so although he is just a
As soon as I set foot in the officialdom, I already had many enemies.
Yunxi had already decided to appoint him as the chief minister. Such a principled person was very suitable to be the chief executive in charge of the review. Yunxi also said a few words to him and let him go.
"After that, the last one will be Yang Zirong." Yunxi said subconsciously, rubbing his hands.