Chapter 34: The ranking ends, and the royal street praises officials!
Two days later, before the morning sun rose and there was only some whiteness in the sky, Lin Nuo and others, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, once again arrived in front of the huge, majestic and magnificent Forbidden City.
The first time he came to the Forbidden City, Lin Nuo was thinking about the imperial examination and did not carefully look at the surrounding environment of the Forbidden City. But this time, he was in a very relaxed mood, and his eyes focused on the crimson palace walls and golden walls.
On the glazed tiles.
After a while, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
There was a large amount of cinnabar smeared on the dark red Gong Qiang.
Cinnabar was widely used in ancient times, and because of its deep red and festive color, it was rumored to have the effect of warding off evil spirits. Therefore, it was often used by the rich and powerful as paint for building buildings.
The current Forbidden City was built after Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing and used a large amount of cinnabar as paint on the palace walls and floor tiles.
You must know that cinnabar contains a large amount of mercury. In Lin Nuo's view, the Forbidden City in front of him is a large chronic gas chamber. Staying in this palace for many years will cause chronic heavy metal poisoning.
Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not live long and often fell ill. In addition to some deaths caused by the conspiracy of civil servants and others, in Lin Nuo's opinion, it was also related to chronic heavy metal poisoning caused by long-term stay in the Forbidden City.
"No wonder the emperors of later generations of the Qing Dynasty mostly worked in the Old Summer Palace and rarely stayed in the Forbidden City. It turns out there is a reason for this!"
Lin Nuo secretly speculated in his mind that Emperor Zhengde after Hongzhi, despite the opposition of his ministers, forcibly moved out of the Forbidden City and built a leopard house to live outside the city. In addition to not wanting to see those annoying civil servants all day long, he probably still needed to stay healthy in the Forbidden City.
Is it because of the discomfort?
After passing through the palace avenue paved with white marble, Lin Nuo and other four hundred new scholars came to the outside of the Jinluan Palace once again with excitement.
At this time, both sides of the main hall were already filled with royal ministers and civil and military officials in red court uniforms. Today was a festive day. Even the officials who usually dislike each other nodded and smiled at each other to maintain superficial harmony.
At this time, Lin Nuo, like other new scholars, wore a black gauze Jinshi scarf, a dark blue wide-sleeved robe with green edges, a green leather belt with black horns around his waist, and a locust wood wat board in his hand.
In the crowd, instead of whispering to each other, they constantly stimulated the internal energy of Nine Yang, causing the internal energy to travel to various parts of the body, dispersing the smell of cinnabar around them.
Lin Nuo didn't care too much about where he ranked, as long as he had the title of Jinshi. Of course, if he could be among the top three in the First Class, it would be even better.
"All Gongsheng students, listen to the announcement."
At this time, Li Dongyang, the first assistant with white beard and hair, came to a group of new scholars, unfolded an exquisite yellow book, and then began to read out: "The Emperor of Heaven, Zhao said... In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, Renxu
After the Imperial Examination is over, His Majesty will test the world's tribute scholars and award first-class Jinshis and third-class Jinshis, 110 second-class Jinshis and 289 third-class Jinshis."
After reading this, Li Dongyang's voice paused slightly, and after taking a deep breath, he continued reading: "First place in the first class, Kang Hai!"
"Second place in the first class, Xu Wei!"
"Third place in First Class A, Lin Nuo!"
The top three were selected, and immediately several officials from the Ministry of Etiquette came forward, walked carefully to Lin Nuo and the other three, and led them towards the Golden Palace.
In the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Hongzhi was already sitting on the dragon throne, looking at Lin Nuo and the others with a smile, especially Lin Nuo, who looked at them a few more times, as if he was admiring the beautiful jade in fertile fields.
Immediately afterwards, the 110 Jinshi from Erjia were also led into the Jinluan Hall by the officials of the Ministry of Rites. Then, according to the etiquette taught by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, all the Jinshi solemnly thanked Emperor Hongzhi.
As for the top three Jinshi, they are not eligible to enter the Jinluan Hall. They only need to kneel outside the hall to thank the emperor for his kindness.
After some salutes, and amid the sound of music, the emperor encouraged the new scholars with a few words, and then returned to the palace under the attendance of the eunuchs and maidens.
As the emperor left, the Ministry of Rites carried out the golden list. This list will be hung outside the Meridian Gate for three days. At that time, everyone in the capital can go to see the list.
"The top three will go to the side hall to change their clothes. We will have to 'praise the officials on the imperial street' later!" After the emperor left, the rest of the affairs were naturally presided over by Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others. One of the bachelors came to Lin Nuo
The three people came forward and said with a smile.
Lin Nuo nodded. He knew that for scholars, the following plot would be the most glorious days of their lives.
The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hoofs are broken, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day!
But for Lin Nuo, this was not a good experience. After changing from the Jinshi uniform to a round-necked official uniform, Lin Nuo felt quite satisfied, but when the palace maid inserted a flower on each side,
After the black gauze hat with big red flowers was put on his head, he became a little unhappy.
"I am a new Jinshi, and I am not a groom's official. I don't need to put flowers on my head, right?"
"Tanhualang is joking. Today is a big day, and it is much more important than being a groom. You can't make things difficult for us!" In the side hall, a young-looking eunuch had a flattering look on his face, fearing that Lin
No one was dissatisfied and ruined the event.
Lin Nuo had no choice but to let the palace maids put the black gauze hat on him, and then left the side hall.
When walking out of the side hall, Kang Hai, the number one scholar, happened to come out with flowers on his head. He looked about thirty years old. After seeing Lin Nuo's dress, he couldn't help but wink and smile at him. He seemed to think that Lin Nuo was
The outfit is quite funny.
"Haha, our eldest brother, don't laugh at your second brother. You must know that the other Jinshi are very envious of this flower-arranging hat!" Xu Wei also walked out at this time, and greeted Lin Nuo and Lin Nuo with joy on his face.
Now the three of them have changed into court clothes. Not to mention, without the flowers on their heads, they really look like high-ranking officials of the imperial court. Especially the number one scholar, Kang Hai, who has regular features, thick eyebrows and a square face, looks like an official.
Face.
Lin Nuo speculated in his mind that Hongzhi's selection of this person as the top pick probably had something to do with his appearance, right?
What happened next was the official praise of Yujie who was very happy to hear it.
After Lin Nuo and the other three changed their clothes, three bachelors personally took them outside the Meridian Gate. There, the Minister of Rites had been waiting for a long time and led the first three people out to the main gate of Chengtian Gate.
Behind the three people, a group of Jinshi followed on the official road on the left. On the royal road in the center, only the emperor and the top three in the palace examination could walk. Others were not qualified to walk.
Of course, even the top three Jinshi can only do it once in this life. If no accident occurs in the future, there will basically be no chance again.