Lin Yanchao led more than 300 tributes, under the morning light, through the Daming Gate, Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, and Wumen, and arrived at the Huangji Gate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's been a long way, and a layer of sweat has oozing behind many people. The tributes are holding the examination basket, and after passing through the Huangji Gate, they see the Huangji Hall standing in the distance, and then they are the Middle Pole Hall and the Jianji Palace, which are the three major halls of the outer court.

But in front of His Majesty Dan in the Imperial Palace, dozens of officials were already here. Lin Yanchao walked and looked at these officials wearing red official robes, gold and silver belts, standing in front of them, and even python robes and jade belts, and couldn't help but gasp on the spot.

Nima, these are important ministers! At least from the deputy ministry, the main ministry, and the vice country.

It's not Ge Lao, it's Shangshu, a character who can shake three times on the ground by stomping his feet.

At this time, the throne in front of His Majesty Dan was still empty, but when he saw all the bigwigs, they were talking in a low voice, and when they heard the footsteps behind them, they were all half-sideways, or turned their heads to look at the Chinese-style Jinshi.

More than a dozen eyes swept over, and at this moment, many people's breathing stopped.

Feeling the authority of the bigwigs' eyes, the scholars were worried in their hearts, but at this moment, how many people were thinking that in a few decades, they would be able to wear this big red official robe, or even a python robe to stand in front of His Majesty.

As for the bigwigs' guessing of the past, they also remembered the green years when they participated in the palace examination in the past, and these hundreds of candidates, maybe there will be people who can stand in their current position in the future, or even higher.

Lin Yanchao lowered his head slightly, but peeked at the officials, although he didn't dare to stare at others, but he could see the three officials in front of him wearing python robes and jade belts around their waists, looking at the Huangji Hall talking to each other, and the rest of the Shangshu, Jiuqing and other important ministers. Like the stars holding the moon, the three of them arched in the center.

The words of the three of them chatting and laughing occasionally came, and Lin Yanchao recognized that the python-robed official standing at the far right was his own seat teacher, Shen Shixing, and the official on the far left, speaking with his head sideways, had a bronze complexion on his face and hands. His eyes were very attentive, and most of the conversation was between him and the officials in the center.

And his teacher Shen Shixing occasionally said a few words, just making up the numbers, as for the rest of the books, he couldn't interject, stood aside and listened, and occasionally smiled.

Lin Yanchao guessed that the official standing at the head of the left was probably the second assistant Zhang Siwei.

As for the tall official in the center, he is the first assistant Zhang Juzheng.

Thinking that he was going to see the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel worried. Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing both turned their heads sideways and glanced at the Gongshi behind them. Only Zhang Juzheng was still looking at the Imperial Palace.

Immediately, the palace music sounded, and everyone stood still with solemn expressions.

A moment later, the Son of Heaven in a yellow robe appeared, and everyone bowed down together and bowed. Wanli was on top of the high Dan Majesty, Lin Yanchao couldn't see it at all, and he couldn't see the face of the sky.

At this time, His Majesty Dan, who was listening, shouted in a sharp voice: "Lin Xuan Fa Ce." ”

Lin Yanchao saw that Zhang Juzheng, who was the first assistant, was climbing the stairs and gave the sealed palace test paper from the Son of Heaven in front of him. Then he put it on the yellow case of His Majesty and opened it, and then the deacon walked down the steps. Distributed to the Tributes.

The test paper is a piece of yellow paper, which is equivalent to being given by the Son of Heaven himself, and the tribute must kneel on the ground to receive it.

After Lin Yanchao and the tributes took the scroll.

The official of the Ministry of Rites said: "According to the ranking of the examination, the single name is in the east of the hall, and the double name is in the west of the hall, and each goes up the hall from the steps." ”

Lin Yanchao is the first place in the examination. From the east side of the stairs to the nave. Behind him, a single scholar followed him from one to the Emperor's Palace.

The Huangji Hall is the first hall of the three major halls, it is the place where the Son of Heaven is congratulated in the court, and now the hall is full of small tables, which are only slightly higher than the kang, and have been ruled by Meng Yuan. At this time, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were accustomed to sitting in chairs, and they had long forgotten about sitting down.

After the scholar took his seat, everyone could only sit down on the seat and write the article. Some of the scholars who were a little shorter had to put something on the mat, otherwise they would not be able to reach the rolls.

However, the position can be chosen by himself, Lin Yanchao walked into the Imperial Palace first, but saw that the palace was deep and strict, and the lighting in the back row was not very good, so he sat in the front row.

The same is true for other scholars, the scholars who entered the examination room first sat in the front row together, and the later people, seeing that the back row was dark, refused to sit, and sat under the front porch of the hall, although the light here is good, but in case of wind and rain, it is not good if the paper is dirty.

It seems that the weather is very good today, and there should be no worries about the storm, so the scholars took out the examination basket and put the examination tools on the table one by one.

Lin Yanchao sat down, the mat was covered with yellow velvet lichen, and the bottom was lined with a mat, and he sat quite comfortably.

At this moment, there was silence in the hall, and all the tribute students knew that they were worth a hundred times immediately after the exam, so they all looked solemn.

The palace examination was held at the beginning of the hour, and everyone did not dare to move before the time came, although the deacon gave a bag of palace cakes to one person on the scholar's table.

This palace cake also has a history, called red silk cake, and Tang imperial meals are often given to Jinshi. As for the pantry room in the south courtyard in front of the palace, candidates can go to fetch water at any time, in general, the discipline of the palace examination is much more relaxed than that of the general examination.

The reason is that I also know that there are more than 5,000 people who will take the exam, and there are only more than 300 people in the palace exam, and there are seventy or eighty examiners, which is enough to keep an eye on.

At the beginning of the hour, the deacons withdrew, and ten of the book readers entered.

Looking at this piece of red-robed python clothes, there are a total of three elders, five scholars, and two Hanlin bigwigs to supervise the test, this kind of golden lineup can kill everything in seconds!

Dare to cheat under the nose of a scholar and a scholar, and teach you how to be a man every minute.

"It's time for the exam!"

At the sound of the order, the scholars all took out the question paper from the paper bag and read the paper.

Lin Yanchao looked at the questions of the palace examination and only asked questions, not the four books and five classics. The purpose of the examination is to observe their political skills in order to determine the final ranking of the candidates.

There are two questions on the test paper, one is 'both rigid and soft', and the other is 'Pei Du plays the prime minister's should recruit talents and staff officers from all over the world to meet guests in private'.

According to the rules, candidates must answer more than 1,000 words for each question, open the book at the beginning of the hour, and when it gets dark, give two candles, and the candles are extinguished and forcibly helped out to go home.

Take two questions a day, and the time is not tight or wide, depending on how you grasp it.

Lin Yanchao read the question again, thought about it in his mind, and then took out the test paper and wrote: "Lin Yanchao, the minister of the palace examination, is nineteen years old, and is a person from Houguan County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.

The test paper is made of white seven-layer rice paper, which is very good and comfortable to write.

After writing the resume, the body of the test paper, the text is drawn with a red line, a total of eight open, one open and two sides, each open twelve lines, one line is allowed to write twenty-five words.

Under such strict rules, the palace test papers are written neatly and neatly, which is pleasing to the eye. (To be continued.) )