Eight years before Chenghua, the palace examination was held in early March, either the first day of March or the third day of March, which was too close to the examination, making it very difficult for candidates and officials of the Ministry of Rites.

In the eighth year of Chenghua, because the funeral of the late former prince was to be performed, the palace examination was postponed for half a month and was not held until March 15. As a result, everyone found that it was still more comfortable at this time, and the weather was warm. Since then, the temple examination has been habitually set for March 15.

Half a month is not a long time, but it is not a short time, for the busy Fang Yingwu in the world, time flies quickly. After the banquet and some old years, it was mid-March in a flash.

So Fang Yingwu put aside all the miscellaneous items for the time being, and waited intently for the palace examination, the end of the imperial examination road.

The palace examination was held on March 15, and of course the preparations could not have started until the 15th, but the previous procedures of selecting and reading papers, drafting questions, determining the questions of the Son of Heaven, and printing papers had little to do with Fang Yingwu.

In the third pass of the imperial examination, the mode of the township examination and the general examination is basically the same, but the palace examination is different. The palace examination is nominally the Son of Heaven who takes the exam, and the Son of Heaven personally presides over the examination, and the minister who assists the scholar can only be called the examiner, not the examiner, let alone the examiner.

There is only one condition for being selected as a paper reader, and it must be a ruling minister, and you can't even think about it if you don't have a status. That is, the cabinet and the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration, the chief officials of the Dali Temple, and the officials of the Zhan Mansion and the Hanlin Academy, a total of 14 people were elected.

For example, in the lineup of the examiners of the seventeenth year of the Chenghua Palace Examination this time, Liu Ji and Liu Mian, scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, are of course listed, and they are also one of the three people with the most power.

If this time. Fang Yingwu officially married the little lady of Liu's mansion, so Liu Mian is estimated to be invited to avoid suspicion. But at the moment, the two families are not married. The relationship between Weng and his son-in-law has no legal effect, so Liu Mian can continue to participate in the reading of papers with a cheeky face.

Gossip aside. On March 15, when the sky was dark, Fang Yingwu and other 300 Jinke Chinese-style lifters gathered outside the left gate of Chang'an. Under the shouting of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the prospective jinshi lined up according to their ranks, and Huiyuan Fang Yingwu was naturally the first.

At dawn, the officials of the Ministry of Rites guided the procession along the royal street, entering the imperial city from the Chengtian Gate, and then passing through the Duanmen and the Noon Gate in succession, and officially entering the Ouchi.

These would-be jinshi were entering the palace for the first time. Along the way, you can only see the magnificent red brick and gold tile palace, and the gatehouse that passes through continuously is also majestic, and the royal style is coming. All this is simply something that rookies have never seen in their lives, so they are very nervous, and they don't dare to take a few breaths.

But Fang Yingwu, who was at the top of the team, couldn't get nervous, he had entered the Forbidden City several times in his previous life to visit archaeology, and he had already been shocked. At this time, he just looked left and right with interest, comparing the differences and changes of this palace before and after five hundred years in his heart, and chatting with the officials of the Ministry of Rites who led the way when he was interested.

In the eyes of others, I can't help but be amazed. sighed secretly: "This son is very calm, and he is definitely not a thing in the pool!" ”

After passing the noon gate, you can see the Fengtian Gate from a distance, and then go inside is the core of the palace. There are also east and west corner gates on the left and right of Fengtian Gate. Ordinary people can only pass through here.

After waiting for a while south of the Jinshui Bridge, the team was guided across the bridge and through the East Corner Gate to the square outside the Fengtian Temple.

Fengtian Hall is one of the three major halls of the Imperial Palace. Only some of the great ceremonies can be used here, and the temple test is one of them.

At this time, the Son of Heaven had ascended to the throne in the temple. The civil and military officials have also finished worshipping the Son of Heaven, and the salutation official announced the Chinese-style lifting of the son to come forward to worship.

Of course, all the candidates do not need to enter the temple. It's just that he went to the Dan Majesty, and then led by Fang Yingwu and followed the greeting of the salute official to complete the prescribed actions. Some of the more literate candidates were already in tears and tears raining down in the face of the sacred hall at this moment

Then the exam was held at the Danqi outside the hall, and the case had already been laid out, and everyone's name was pasted, and when the three hundred candidates were in place, the deacon officials sent the questions down.

Fang Yingwu got the title, opened his eyes, and saw that it was written: "The emperor said: Lian Yi cited Pitu, only the reason, if you want to chase the three generations of Yongxi, you must not help but seek a conclusion."

The king of the three generations of the husband in the world must have discipline and law, and then he can be governed. And the speaker is said to be the rule of three generations, and if the Tao is not in the law, how can the law be useless?

The legislation of the Holy King must be in name for expression, and then it can be spread far and wide. And the speaker is the law of three generations, and it is not a noble name, is it not a name? If the rule is not in the law, it will be decided to follow the theory of benevolent government. If the law is not valuable, then it must also be a correct name, and the two will follow each other."

A topic, sprinkled with hundreds of words, can be seen again and again. This topic is simply an article, is this trying to make a question or is it deliberately showing?

Whether it was a show or not, Fang Yingwu couldn't care about it, he thought about it again after reading the topic, and then wrote hard.

Anyway, the temple test doesn't eliminate people, and it doesn't pay attention to the rigid eight-strand format, so you don't have to care about a lot, just write it down in one breath with your thoughts. In the middle, pay attention to the sentences of the four and six, and then use some small jokes to show that you are worried about the country and the people, and you can get it!

Although Fang Yingwu's academic skills are average, he is better than being open-minded, and at this time, he does not add points to the pen and snake, and in the eyes of the prison officials, he naturally and secretly gets a quick evaluation.

After writing three or four thousand words, Fang Yingwu felt that it was almost enough, so he finished it, and then got up and walked down the Danqi to hand in the papers.

The receiver is here at the East Corner Gate, and Fang Yingwu handed in the roll and walked out of the East Corner Gate, even if he left the examination room, as for the following procedures, it has nothing to do with him.

At this time, more than a dozen paper readers were in the East Pavilion in Zuoshun Gate, and all the test papers had to be sent here first. In front of Fang Yingwu, the rectifier sealed the test paper, covered the guard, and then took the test paper and walked towards the left door.

Fang Yingwu looked at the back of the rectifier and was stunned for a moment. This temple test is really extreme, very, special irregular, but he likes it!

Of course, there are unspoken rules in this, yes, the test paper is indeed a vague name, and theoretically after being sent to the East Pavilion, it is impossible to see whose test paper it is. But the receiver personally took Fang Yingwu's test paper to the East Pavilion, didn't he have a long mouth? Wouldn't he tell people with his mouth who this test paper was?

It is not surprising that those who will take the top test and related households will enjoy this treatment. This is the rule of the palace test, and it is useless to sue the emperor Laozi.

The final ranking of the imperial examination is divided into one, two and three first. Theoretically, this is how it came about - after the palace examination paper was read by a dozen readers, each of them would mark the rank symbol.

The more first-class evaluation a test paper gets. Of course, the higher the ranking, if more than half of the people draw four or five grades on a certain test paper, then this test paper must be the top three.

In practice, the examination papers were read and evaluated by the elders before being circulated by other readers. So you know that this is the legendary "setting the tone", saying that you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it; Say you can't, you can't. No, it doesn't.

Of course, even if the vast majority of the elders of the pavilion mention their own people, they will pay attention to decency, and they will not be too ugly to eat, and they will not necessarily help their own people get a champion list to explore the flowers and three tripods, and even deliberately do the opposite, in order to show fairness and selflessness.

Unless it is a very rare wonder, every time I talk about this, I have to name Zhang Juzheng, and I don't eat the ugly old pavilion compared to him.

However, after all, the reader is a reader of the paper, not a marker. They can't directly decide on the Three Dingjia, which is the supreme power of the Son of Heaven.

However, the Son of Heaven did not have the time to read all the 300 test papers carefully, so each time the top ten were selected by the examiner to be presented to the Imperial Review, and then the Son of Heaven personally pointed out the top three in this small area. Other words. If the test paper can't get into these ten places, it will be completely out of the top three.

In the seventeenth year of Chenghua, three hundred test papers have been sent to the East Pavilion. After the evaluation of the circle of the public reading officials was completed, it was already late at night and early in the morning.

At this time, the fire in the East Pavilion was shining. But there were two bigwigs facing each other with red faces and thick necks, and the scene was deadlocked. More than a dozen people next to him were interested in watching their own liveliness. What the two were arguing about was to present a place in the ten examination papers presented to the Son of Heaven.

More than a dozen people in the room are all core officials of the ruling class, either the elders of the cabinet or the scholars, and there are no outsiders, so everyone can ignore decency and be very open. Quarrels that should be quarreled, coaxing that should be coaxed, for them, this is a rare pastime.

According to a certain wild history, the two people who confronted each other were both cabinet scholars, both surnamed Liu, and they were called Gong Jinshen and Gong Wenyuan. At that time, the two dukes each held a volume and attacked each other.

Respect the body: "You are hello and don't have a face, you are worthy of being called cotton!" Who doesn't know that it is the test paper of the east bed of your mansion? Do you really refuse to avoid suspicion? ”

Gong Wen Yuan: "Uncle Wen said cautiously, this person is not my son-in-law at the moment!" What's more, the ancients said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, good is good, no need to say! ”

"Although the two test papers are eight circles (note: first class), it seems to be a tie. But in addition, the test paper in your hand has an extra cross (note: fifth grade), which is equivalent to lowering your head by half a head! ”

Wen Yuangong: "You simply laughed off the big teeth of the world, who doesn't know that this fork was drawn by your communiqué personal vendetta?" How can you count at this time? If you really want to avoid suspicion, you should erase the rank you draw! ”

Jin Shengong waved the test paper in his hand: "The paper in my hand, the name is auspicious, and it is a great gift and celebration!" ”

Gong Wen Yuan daxiao said three times, and also waved the test paper in his hand, "The person I recommend can be called handsome and outstanding, which is enough to strengthen the court!"

I have also seen the person in your hand, and he said that his appearance is not good, and he is light, let such a person be out of the ranks, I am afraid that everyone in the world will think that I have no one in the court! So don't be ugly! ”

At this point, he was speechless, and he really had nothing to say, so he had to retreat.

Afterwards, when Fang Yingwu heard this, he immediately cried and laughed, he really didn't expect that when he still had his face in the imperial examination, he squeezed into the final list of ten people by virtue of his handsome appearance.

Ranking is secondary to consideration of appearance and name, which sounds like a joke, but it is not a joke in this day and age. If you don't consider the related households, the elders will often inquire about their appearance when making a choice, and choose the person who looks good to present.

After all, among these ten people, there will be a champion, and it is a figure who has attracted attention from all sides and the world, and his appearance must be worthy of the audience. Beautiful men may not be able to be champions, but most of the champions are beautiful men.

Therefore, Fang Yingwu's handsome appearance is also a reflection of his comprehensive strength, and he relied on his face to enter the royal list without danger. (To be continued......)

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