Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

In the world, it is worse than Zhao Mengfu, secretly thinking that there is another master of calligraphy in this dynasty!I read the content again, and it was "I tried to read Jia Yi's new book", followed by Zhu's criticism he just mentioned, "On the ancients, he is knowledgeable, his thinking is deep and sincere, his writing is clear and correct, he appears and disappears vertically and horizontally, and changes from the heart", see the beginning of the book again The book "Yingdian Examination Juren, Chen Jiahua, Nian, from Huzhou County, Zhejiang Province..." I vaguely remembered the beautiful young Juren who wrote "Fu on Baotu Spring" in Jinan Prefecture. At first, I thought his writing style was frivolous. Writing the article was a lot more stable, so I picked out the paper.He picked another one, took it out alone, ordered the eunuch next to him to pass it to the examiner below, and said: "Let's choose these three people as the top three, the specific ranking will be discussed in the hall tomorrow, and the others can be determined by yourself! "

The next day, Mao Shitian just dawned, and the pale sky illuminated the capital city that had slept all night.The grand bell rang, and the three main gates of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City and the two Ye gates that opened from east to west slowly opened at the same time. Three hundred and five tributes from the Gengchen Division followed the civil and military ministers in court clothes and beads. After entering the Forbidden City for the second time, according to the ranks of the examination, Yucun stood in the second row on the right hand side of all the tributes, and entered slowly with the crowd. The tributes were dressed in navy blue court clothes. No supplements.

The solemn and solemn Forbidden City silenced all the excited Gongsheng students, only those young eyes were still secretly looking around, and even the mature and prudent ones would turn their heads to look once or twice.Because Yucun visited the Forbidden City in the previous life, the place where only the royal family could live in the past has become a public place that everyone can enter, but no matter how majestic the place is, it cannot make people feel awe. The curiosity of the child, one eye to the nose, the nose to the heart, go one's own way.

Walking outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, everyone stopped and waited in line.Later, a eunuch sang: "The auspicious time has come—all officials lead the tribute students to meet—"

The tribute students followed the civil and military officials into the Hall of Supreme Harmony from Yemen, which is also known as the square in front of the Jinluan Hall.

All the tribute students waiting outside were very anxious, but there was no way to make any noise in front of the Golden Luan Hall, awe would prevail over anxiety, otherwise there would be unbearable roars to vent.After about half an hour, an attendant came out from the hall, stood in front of the steps, and sang loudly:

"Xuan Gongsheng Wang Yi, Jia Hua, and Ji Yu have an audience—"

Hearing such a summons, the tributes secretly thought that these three people must be the top three in the current discipline. Zhang Tingyu heard in the middle of the team that two of the top three were his close friends. , Ren Wenhuadian University Bachelor and Minister of Rites, according to the law, no matter how fast he is in the exam, he is always among the top three.

When Yucun heard his name was called, his heart tightened, he took a deep breath and calmed down before going out, followed the eunuch into the palace with the other two.

After some audience etiquette, Yucun and the other three stood at His Highness, listening to His Majesty's instructions.

"The three of you are all talented, and among the three hundred tribute students, you are the only one who is the best. It is very difficult for me to decide the ranking. In this way, I have a couplet here, and each of you has a couplet. How about judging the pros and cons of the couplet?"

All three of them said, "Please give it to me, Your Majesty!"

I saw that the servant hung a scroll on the pillar on the left side of the main hall, and wrote a couplet:

"Dong Qiming, Xi Changgeng, Nanji Beidou, I am the star-picker"

Another guard went to carry the case, complete with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.Wang Yi is quick-witted, and after a little thought, it is easy to write on paper.

Not long after, Ji Yu also began to write. In fact, Yucun had a second couplet as soon as the couplet was hung up, but it was not easy to be the first to write the second couplet. At this time, seeing that Wang Yi and Ji Yu had finished writing, Yucun did not stop. Then he settled on that case.

The servant who had been waiting at the side presented three banners to the Holy Majesty. The Holy Majesty looked over one by one, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he said loudly: "Good job, Huzhou Jiahua! I will choose you as a Tanhualang!"

With a big wave of his hand again, he ordered the servant to display the banner in front of all the ministers. The one in Yucun was exactly:

"Spring peony, summer peony, autumn chrysanthemum and winter plum, my minister is Tanhualang!"

When the ministers saw it, they all admired it one by one. There was also the calligrapher who was obsessed with calligraphy. Seeing that Yucun's running script was smooth and natural, which was quite like Wang Xizhi, he secretly thought that he would have a chance to discuss it with him in the future.

Seeing that all the ministers and officials have read it and there is no objection, he said: "I will give Wang Yi the No. 1 first prize and the No. 2 prize, Ji Yu the No. 3 second place in the first class, and Jia Hua No. [-] Tanhua!"

The three of Jia Yucun knelt down and thanked each other.

The Holy Majesty got up from the dragon chair and said to the courtiers:

"The three Jinshi in Gengchenke, Wang Yiqi, Ji Yuwen, and Jia Huaqiao, are all talented, and it is my dynasty's fortune! It is the continuous injection of such talented blood that my X dynasty is prosperous!"

When all the ministers heard this, tears welled up in their eyes, and they all knelt down and shouted long live, shouting:

"Long live the Holy One! Long live the Holy One! The Holy One is blessed! God bless me in the prosperity of the X dynasty!"

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Then Jia Yucun and the other three withdrew from the hall and went back to wait quietly. Zhang Ying, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, came to the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the imperial list in his hand, and said to the tribute priests: "All tribute students, listen to the announcement—the policy on March [-], Gengchen Year." To test the tributes in the world, the first class will be awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class will be awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class will be awarded with Jinshi's background."

"First Class No.1 Wang Yi!"

"First Class No.1 Wang Yi!"

"First Class No.1 Wang Yi!"

This was sung three times. A Honglu temple official led Wang Yi out of the class and knelt on the left side of the Yudao, and then sang the names of Ji Yu and Jia Yucun.Since the first three people were all summoned by the Holy Master, they were mentally prepared and did not make any major mistakes.When the second song was passed on, some people were stunned and unable to react, because the second song and the third song only sang once, and did not lead out the class, so many people stood there stupidly, reacting not come.

Apparently Zhang Ying was not surprised by the embarrassment of these new Jinshi, and he was still a conscientious Chuanlu as if he hadn't seen it. The official of the Ministry of Rites reminded him, and he still read: "Second Class No. 11 Li Kai!"

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"Second A No.20 three Shen Jinsi!"

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"Zhang Tingyu, the 150th and second place in the third class!"

When chanting Zhang Tingyu, Yucun could feel a trembling of pride in Zhang Ying's voice.

After Zhang Ying, the official of Honglu Temple, passed on these three hundred and five Jinshi, Yucun, who was kneeling straight, became stiff in his knees.After singing, Danbi played "The Chapter of Qingping" with great music, and the Jinshi such as Yucun knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to the sage who walked out of the hall.After the ceremony, the Holy Majesty expressed his ardent expectations for the new Jinshi, and left amidst the shouts of long live.At this time, there are officials from the Ministry of Rites holding the list, using a cloud disk to carry the list, leading the list with a yellow umbrella, and going out of the Gate of Supreme Harmony and the Gate of Meridian.The Jinshi were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and a group of princes and officials followed the list and went to hang outside the gate of East Chang'an.Those who were in a daze and didn't hear their own rankings clearly, all eagerly went to the front of the list to look carefully, confirmed it over and over again, and some even cried with joy.

In front of the gold list, Yucun and Wang Yi looked at each other and congratulated each other with a smile. They saw Zhang Tingyu and Shen Jinsi, and just wanted to say hello. An official from Honglu Temple came to ask the top three to go to the side hall to change clothes. Yucun had to apologize to him. People bowed their hands from a distance to pay tribute, and went down to the side hall under the guidance of the Honglu Temple official.

There were already a group of maids waiting in the side hall, and Yucun was confusedly crowded into a compartment surrounded by curtains, and was stripped of his clothes by the maids in a daze, and changed into a red robe and a robe with colorful flowers on it. Hat, Yucun looked at the gauze hat with colorful flowers, and couldn't laugh or cry, but he could only let the maid move, and then he simply handed himself over, ignoring how he was dressed up.After dressing up, Yucun was surrounded by the drumming guards and sat on the tall horse. When Yucun was able to think normally, the first thing Yucun thought of was the serious but smiling eyes under the gold list just now.

After leaving the main gate of Chengtianmen and walking on the imperial road that only emperors can walk, Yucun thought, this is what was sung in the opera, "Fighting a horse in front of the imperial street"!

Going out from Zhengyang Gate is the broad Chang'an Avenue, which is already crowded with people, men, women and children watching the excitement. Even if there are soldiers holding spears across the street, the enthusiasm of the people cannot be stopped.Two officials from the Ministry of Rituals walked slowly in front carrying the gold list, while Zhang Ying walked aside to escort.Yucun and the other three followed the Jinbang. The second-class and third-class Jinshi did not leave the palace with them through Zhengyang Gate, but through Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate.

The top three in Gengchen Division are all young and handsome, even Ji Yu, who is the oldest at that time, also stands just after passing, dignified and elegant, not to mention Wang Yi's unrestrained and wild appearance, even the women in Yucun There is nothing comparable to her beautiful face, and even the courageous Huaichun girl threw the handkerchief embroidered with her boudoir's name in her hand, dreaming of reaping a good marriage like the one sung in the opera.

Yucun rode a tall horse, looking at the people on both sides in a daze, as if his soul was floating in the world, and he was in two worlds with the people next to him who were clamoring to see the real face of Zhuangyuan Lang. It was so unreal, as if he was the same person yesterday The little magistrate that my father got by bribing Kuomintang officers with money.

Suddenly, an embroidered handkerchief folded in the shape of a bunny was thrown towards Yucun, and the hand reflexively caught it. Yucun suddenly woke up, and saw the owner of the embroidered handkerchief shyly shrunk into the crowd and ran away. Yes, yes, he has won the Tanhua!

When he woke up, the sound of firecrackers resounded throughout the capital, and the young man on the horse was in high spirits, just like "the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day"!

After a short circle around the capital, the three of them separated, embraced by the officials, and went back to the guild hall amidst the sound of drums and guards of honor.