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Lou Yun looked around at the four brocade guards who were taking care of him, these four people were two men and two women, standing around him respectively.

This time there are very few Jianghu people who participate in the imperial examination, in other words, if the Jianghu people want to be officials, they can participate in the martial arts, or go directly to the Juxian Hall to be assessed, and then take office. There is no need to participate in the imperial examination of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge.

However, the gold content of the imperial examination is the highest, and if the Jinshi is extremely handy, then if you want to take office, at least it is also a real shortage of the state capital.

However, the imperial examination is also the most difficult.

With the four brocade guards beside him, Lou Yun has also become the most ostentatious.

Now the lifters present are no longer embarrassed and ridiculed, and some are even afraid of getting up.

Most of them don't know the rules here, and they have never seen a "guard" for the exam, and they are still Jinyi guards by their side.

They didn't know that this was guarding Lou Yun, they just thought they were guarding him.

Now some of them have even begun to prepare for the clouds, and this kind of treatment is not something ordinary people can have.

At present, the emperor has not yet arrived, Lou Yun also looks up at this treasure in the history of architecture, the most majestic palace in the Forbidden City, he may only have this opportunity to enter the palace in his life, since he has come here, he will inevitably have to take a few more looks.

Taihe Hall is the largest palace in the Forbidden City, and the Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Qufu and the Tianzhen Hall of Taishan Dai Temple. and became the three great halls.

As one of the main halls of the imperial city, the Taihe Hall is used to hold various ceremonies, the actual number of uses is very small, the important days of the emperor are held in the Taihe Hall grand ceremony, such as the emperor ascending the throne, the emperor's wedding, the canonization of the queen, the fate of the expedition, the imperial examination, in addition to the annual longevity festival, the first month, the winter solstice three major festivals, the emperor here to accept the civil and military officials of the congratulations, and to the princes and ministers to give a banquet.

From here, we are ready to set off for the festival.

There is a wide platform in front of the hall of the Taihe Palace, called Dan Majesty, commonly known as the platform.

On the platform, there is a sundial and a Jialiang, and there are a pair of copper turtles and lifelike copper cranes on the side, and eighteen copper tripods stand on it. Turtles and cranes are symbols of longevity.

Pray for the emperor with the second meaning and wish my emperor a long life.

The sundial and the Jialiang are both symbols of imperial power. His Royal Highness is a three-layer white marble stone pedestal about two feet four feet high, and the main hall is surrounded by a railing. Under the railing, there is a stone carved faucet for drainage, and in the rainy season, it can present the wonder of a thousand dragons spitting water.

It's just that it's the winter wax moon now, and this kind of scenery Louyun is a blessing they didn't see this time.

The high architectural regulations and the refinement of the decorative techniques can be ranked first among ancient Chinese architecture.

Build the highest form of the top of the heavy eaves palace, the two ends of the roof ridge have the kiss of one of the nine sons of the dragon, on the fork of the building, are decorated with town tiles, these town tile beasts are arranged with strict regulations, according to the level of the building and there are different quantities, the most is the decoration on the Taihe Palace, there are ten town tile beasts, which is unique in the history of palace architecture since ancient times. shows the supreme importance.

The first ornament is a man riding a phoenix immortal, according to legend, he was originally the king of Qi Ming in the Southern Dynasty, and later cultivated and ascended to immortal.

The immortals were followed by ten small beasts: dragons, phoenixes, lions, pegasi, seahorses, apfish, slycoons, hedgehogs, bullfights, and xingshi. For other buildings, a maximum of nine beasts are usually used. There are strict hierarchical boundaries here, and only the Taihe Hall can complete the ten things. The Middle Hall is seven, and the Bohol Hall is nine. The Zhentile Beasts on the other temples decreased in order. And there are only nine on the Chengtian Gate at the main gate of the Forbidden City.

If anyone in the people dares to imitate it, it will be a big crime for the nine clans.

Lou Yun came here to feast his eyes.

The majesty of the Forbidden City cannot be described in words, the largest manor that Lou Yun has been to is Peacock Villa, the most luxurious is the Lin family, and the most magnificent is Zhu Yunchang's Yongwang Mansion, but now it is nothing compared to the Forbidden City. There is simply no comparison.

After a while, the drum music sounded, and the emperor arrived.

The adults of the Ministry of Rites who led the lifters into the palace waved their hands to the candidates and motioned for them to kneel.

Lou Yun also knelt down according to the etiquette of three kneels and nine knocks.

It's just that these people are famous, and they don't have to be so cumbersome, which is the emperor's respect for scholars.

The emperor walked on the stone steps of the main hall.

This time, in addition to the honor guard accompanying him, he also brought two people, one was Empress Xu and the other was Concubine Yun.

The eunuchs brought the emperor's dragon chair, and the emperor sat here.

Concubine Yun and Empress Xu were divided into left and right, and sat on both sides of the emperor.

The emperor held the dragon chair in his hand, puffed up his breath, and shouted in his solemn voice: "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

After hearing this sentence, the candidates shouted in unison according to the previous rehearsal: "Emperor Xie, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

With that, they got up.

Lou Yun was surrounded by four brocade guards, and the emperor naturally looked at him at a glance.

It's just that Lou Yun didn't dare to look up, because if he looked up, he would lose his head.

It's the rule.

The emperor could not see his face either.

The emperor asked Concubine Yun beside him, "Aifei, is it that child?"

Concubine Yun looked at Lou Yun from afar.

She wasn't so sure, because she hadn't met her nephew either.

Gonggong Cao quietly glanced at the emperor, and the emperor frowned slightly.

Empress Xu, who was beside the emperor, didn't say a word, just smiled silently, although Concubine Yun was over forty years old, she was very well maintained, and she looked no different from a twenty-five or six-year-old girl.

And Queen Xu is different, she looks a lot older, and she is not a woman who loves maintenance very much.

The corners of her eyes were wrinkled, and her temples were gray. It's like an old man.

The emperor coughed lightly, and Gonggong Cao understood it, so he announced loudly: "The imperial examination hall examination has officially begun, please sit down." ”

After hearing the voice of Gonggong Cao, all the candidates sat down in turn.

It's a little cold today, but luckily there's no wind.

Cao Gonggong picked up a scroll from the tray behind him, took three steps and made two steps to rise, and Cao Gonggong jumped three feet and hung the scroll on the mast.

The reel slides down the mast and opens.

This is the question of this course.

There are four big characters written on it, "Warriors of the Kingdom".

Gonggong Cao said loudly: "Today's examination questions, the national warriors are unparalleled, please ask all candidates to use the national warriors as the topic to evaluate the ancient and modern heroes." Then he ordered the little eunuchs to bring up a big incense burner, and a large incense burner one zhang high and the thickness of the bowl was burned in the incense burner.

Cao Gonggong continued: "With the time limit of one stick of incense, the imperial examination officially begins. ”

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