Li Shi paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back. He was extremely agitated. On the one hand, he was angry at Wei Gao's defeat, which completely ruined his dream of returning to Chang'an. On the other hand, once Wei Gao showed up and asked him to send troops
With the handwriting, the person responsible for the defeat became himself.
Wouldn't your reputation be completely ruined?
No, I must not take the blame and let Wei Gao return to Chengdu.
"What crime does the Privy Council think Wei Gao should be convicted of?" Li Shi asked coldly.
Song Chaofeng had already understood Li Shi's heart. He was waiting for Li Shi to make up his mind. When Li Shi asked himself, he knew that the time was ripe.
"Your Majesty, Wei Gao underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, which led to the destruction of the entire army. He should bear all the responsibilities and should be publicly executed. However, please give him a chance to commit suicide for the sake of his meritorious service in guarding the border. Wei Chen suggested that he be given a chance to commit suicide."
A piece of white silk."
Li Shi was silent for a while and said, "I don't want to know about this."
"I will definitely handle it well."
Li Shi nodded, turned around and left.
Song Chaofeng immediately wrote a warrant and had it sent to Tian Wenxiu immediately.
Three days later, news came from the court that Wei Gao felt so guilty that he was too shameless to come to see the emperor and hanged himself in Jianmen Pavilion Station.
Li Shi immediately issued an order. Although Wei Gao was directly responsible for the defeat in Guanzhong, in recognition of his meritorious service in guarding the border, he was posthumously made Duke of Chencang County and buried with honors as a county official. At the same time, his family members were not implicated and his body was given to him.
Give back to your family.
Although there are many doubts about Wei Gao's death, many people suspected that Tian Wenxiu had done it halfway, but there was no evidence, so they had to go to his mansion to mourn the deceased and scolded the eunuchs for causing harm to the country.
This disastrous defeat in Guanzhong also caused Li Shi to completely lose the courage to recapture Chang'an.
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It was finally the day for the announcement of the results for the Jinshi Department. At dawn, Wang Xian, Zhang Benchu and four other people rushed to Jinyang Palace in a hurry. The results were announced in front of the official office of the Office of Administrative Affairs. There was a row of tall exam racks at the gate, with various
All announcements and announcements are posted here.
The last time the Ming Jing Ke Examination was held, the place was crowded with people. Today there were far fewer people looking at the results, only two to three thousand people. After all, there were only 1,700 scholars who took the Jin Shi Ke examination in the end.
A total of 100 people are admitted to the Jinshi Department, and they will basically be awarded ninth-grade officers. There are four levels of ninth-grade officials, the upper level is the ninth level, the lower level is the ninth level, the upper level is the ninth level, and the lower level is the ninth level.
In addition to supplementing the local state and county government offices, there were also various government offices under the Jin Prince's Palace, which were actually the imperial government offices.
Both Wang Xian and Li He performed well and performed to their highest level, but with so many experts in the Jinshi Division, it is still unknown whether they will be on the list.
Just because they had hope, the two of them were very nervous. However, Zhang Benchu and Zhou Kun had a calm mind. They knew that they must go to the Imperial College to study.
The four of them hurried to the reception hall square. The examination stand was already crowded with people. The examination results had not yet been released, so everyone was waiting anxiously.
At this time, the door opened, and a group of soldiers walked out. The scholar saw an interesting thing at the door. A soldier placed a row of five small paper tubes on the ground, and used a fire stick to light a short wire on it. The short wire burned, and for a moment
, five small paper tubes exploded at the same time, making a series of loud noises, which shocked everyone. What new thing is this?
This is the firecracker. It is currently a strictly controlled military item. It is tied to an arrow shaft and shot into the sky. Its military name is light thunder. It will never appear on the market. During celebrations, soldiers in the firearms battalion usually light a few.
To add to the fun.
The scholars no longer cared about the firecrackers at this moment, and several officers came out with papers and buckets of paste.
Several workers set up a ladder and began to put the list on the paper. There were red paper and black characters. There were ten names on each large paper. The words were written in large letters. The first one was Yijia, and there were ten people in Yijia.
The first place is the number one scholar, the second place is the second place, the third place is the top pick, the top ten are all excellent, and they are awarded the ninth rank.
There are twenty people in the second-grade class, which is the second best, and they are promoted from the ninth grade. The highest number, seventy people, are admitted to the third-grade class, and they are promoted from the ninth grade.
As soon as the first list was posted, an official began to roll the roll with a loud voice. He shouted: "The first place in the first grade is Lu Jinhuan, Ji County, Youzhou!"
A scholar raised his hands high and shouted excitedly: "It's me!"
The children of the Lu family were excited and lifted Gao Gao up. The official shouted: "Go outside to celebrate!"
The crowd carried Lu Jinhuan away and went to celebrate in the distance. The official continued to shout: "The first and second place is Zheng Wentao from Xingyang, Zhengzhou!"
There was another burst of cheers, and the official shouted again: "The third place in the first class is Wang Xian of Shangdang County, Luzhou!"
Wang Xian's vision went dark and he almost fainted. Happiness came too suddenly, and he was hit by the third flower. He was helplessly helped out by Zhang Benchu.
Zhang Benchu punched him in the shoulder and said with great excitement: "You kid actually got the top spot in the exam. From now on, you have to protect me. I will rely on you to make a fortune."
Wang Xian sat on the ground, covering his face and burst into tears. He had failed in Chengdu for two consecutive years, but he did not expect to win the top prize in Taiyuan, which made him feel sad and happy at the same time.
At this time, Li He was also helped out by Zhou Kun. Zhang Benchu asked anxiously: "Lao Li also passed the exam?"
Zhou Kun nodded, "Ninth place in the top two!"
"Oh my! I have to celebrate today. Let's go! Let's go to Sanjin Restaurant."
At this time, several soldiers came up, clasping their fists and saying, "Which young master here has passed the exam?"
Wang Xian stood up and said: "I am the third in the first class, and this is the ninth in the second class."
"Please come with me, you two. Today we will be wearing red to boast about the streets, and His Highness the King of Jin will also invite the Jinshi to a banquet at Jinyang Palace. You can gather privately tomorrow!"
Wang Xian, Li He and others followed the soldiers to the steps of Jinyang Palace Square. The other top ten Jinshi were here. The first place, Lu Jinhuan, was beaming with joy. The level of the top ten was actually about the same. Lu Jinhuan was a graduate of Ming Jingke.
The topic of current affairs was played extremely well, which was highly appreciated by Guo Song and was rated as the first place.
Most of the top ten are children of famous families. The second place Zheng Wentao is a child of the Zheng family in Xingyang. The fourth place Cui Yu is from Qinghe County, Hebei. The Cui family of Qinghe, as well as children of the Pei family and the Wei family, but among the top ten
There are also three children from ordinary families. Wang Xian in Shangdang County is an ordinary landlord family, but he has some relationship with the Xue family in Taiyuan. He once studied in the Xue family, but he stopped studying and returned to his hometown due to the death of his grandfather.
A disciple of the Xue family.
At this time, all one hundred Jinshi had arrived. Meng Jiao counted the number of people and took them to the Confucian Temple on the side to pay homage to Confucius. This was something that had to be done in the imperial examinations of all dynasties.
Then I went to bathe and change clothes, put on red and colorful clothes and get ready to brag on the street.
Amidst the thundering drum music, the parade of street boasts set off. Hundreds of soldiers, surrounded by Xinke Jinshi riding tall horses, walked on several streets in Taiyuan. The streets were filled with people watching the excitement.
However, compared to the Song Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when thousands of people went to the streets to see Jinshi, the enthusiasm of the people in the Tang Dynasty was still a little less enthusiastic. After all, ten years ago, studying was still useless, and everything else was inferior. The only thing that the people in the Tang Dynasty were more enthusiastic about was practicing martial arts.
Welcome the returning soldiers in triumph.
After all, Taiyuan also has a population of nearly one million, and there are many pedestrians on the street, but almost all of them are watching the excitement, rather than the fanatical worship of later generations.
After bragging on the street for nearly an hour, everyone returned to Jinyang Palace. At this time, the square in front of Jinyang Palace was filled with tables and chairs.
At this time, high-legged seating has become popular. The brocade chairs in Guo Song's official rooms and armchairs for resting at home have long been imitated by civil and military officials. The people also quickly accepted it, and it soon affected the entire Hexi, Longyou, and Hedong.
The high-legged seat is indeed more comfortable than kneeling. The lower-class society has long started to accept it. Under the influence of Guo Song and Hexi officials, the middle- and upper-class society has also begun to gradually accept it. Sitting on a brocade chair has even become a status symbol.
Chang'an was also deeply affected by the trend of changing seating utensils.
Compared with the formal brocade chairs, comfortable armchairs are more popular with the general public, and today they all sit on armchairs.
The scholars sat down one by one. At this time, Yan Shuo stood up and said: "I am Yan Shuo, the doctor of the Department of Scholars. I will host the banquet tonight..."
The Jinshi below were talking in low voices, "Why is it the doctor and not the minister?" someone asked in a low voice.
"Idiot, the Minister of Civil Affairs in Taiyuan is equivalent to the Minister of Rites. This Minister Yan is the son of Yan Xiangguo."
Yan Shuo continued: "Please ask this year's examiner, Mr. Li Ge, to say a few words to you."
There was immediate applause, and everyone knew that Mr. Li Ge was the Prime Minister Li Mi. Although he did not hold an official position, his status was so respected that even the examiner in Chengdu was not as senior as him.
Li Mi stood up and said with a smile: "I am Li Mi. I was born and reborn in the world. This time, His Highness the King of Jin favored me. I took the post of the Taiyuan imperial examination. I served in the thirteenth year of Dali and the second year of Jianzhong respectively.
Examiner, frankly speaking, the level of Jinshi this time is obviously higher than before. The fundamental reason is the fairness and justice advocated by His Highness the King of Jin, and meritocracy. 73,000 scholars gathered in Taiyuan. You are from these 70,000 scholars.
Standing out among many people is equivalent to admitting one person out of 700 people. The competition is fierce. As you can imagine, some people say that Jinshi is the disciple of the examiner. I disagree. I did not set up the imperial examination, and you are not working for me. You
He is a disciple of His Highness Prince Jin."
Amidst the warm applause, Guo Song stood up, raised his glass and said with a smile: "First drink a glass of wine to moisten your throat, and then we can continue talking."