Chapter 179 178 Welcome to the Korean Examination

Today, because of the new Jinshi's encirclement of the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Jiajing was interrupted to practice. At this moment, he did not meditate like he usually did, but looked at Wei Guangde's two provincial examinations and this examination papers found from the Hanlin Academy in front of the case.

After a while, Emperor Jiajing threw the paper aside, his eyes closed slightly and silent.

Huang Jin, who was serving, did not dare to pack up the papers, so he could only stay with his eyebrows down and wait for Emperor Jiajing to finish his thoughts.

After a while, it was completely dark outside the window. The eunuch brought in a few more candles and illuminated the already dim palace again.

I don’t know how long it took, but Emperor Jiajing slowly opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was the ones Wei Guangde’s papers.

Turning his head slightly, Emperor Jiajing said, "Huang Jin, have you read Wei Guangde's paper?"

"yes."

Hearing the emperor's questioning, Huang Jin immediately lowered his head and answered.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Jiajing continued to ask.

"The eight-legged essay is average, and there is some knowledge. If you encounter any problems, you can propose some effective solutions."

Huang Jin replied.

"Yes, the court is now overwhelmed with the surge in the southern Japanese suppression. Yan Song also mentioned last time that Hu Zongxian has written many letters to request the compilation of the new army to suppress the Japanese and recruit troops, which is another large amount of money."

Emperor Jiajing said leisurely.

"Yes, I did see Governor Hu's memorial, but the cabinet's instructions were not money and could not be handled."

Huang Jin continued: "However, Governor Hu proposed to collect one or two cents of military pay acres of land in the south to suppress the Japanese, and also suggested to increase commercial tax to suppress the Japanese. The opinions of the cabinet and the six ministries were not unified. Master Yan convened several times to discuss the matter, but they all ended in vain."

"Wei Guangde's paper should have been done in August last year, and it mentioned that it could be considered to impose taxes in the south to suppress the Japanese, which seemed to be earlier than Hu Zongxian's side."

Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

"Maybe there have been discussions about this in the southern officialdom before. Wei Guangde was in the family of the garrison, and it is not surprising that he had heard of it. It makes sense to write it into the paper."

Huang Jin expressed his understanding and at the same time took a peek at Emperor Jiajing.

"You go to the duty room and tell the cabinet to deal with a few things as soon as possible.

First, if you want to suppress the Japanese taxes, you should list the articles as soon as possible, and you cannot delay this matter.

Second, Wei Guangde mentioned in the paper that Japan has always been dissatisfied with Wang Hua. All the envoys of the neighboring countries of Taizu established the country have come, but they are missing. Let the Ministry of Rites check it out. I want to know what is going on."

At this point, Emperor Jiajing paused for a moment. Huang Jin thought that the emperor had finished his orders and immediately bowed to accept the order. Before his waist was straightened, he heard Emperor Jiajing say again: "I will be promoted to the editor of Hanlin Academy Kang Siqian as deputy envoy of the Henan Censorate to be transferred to the school.

Tomorrow's Jinshi Rongen ordered Duke Chengguo Zhu Xizhong to preside over the banquet, the examiner, the minister of the great minister, and the minister of the Grand Secretary, and the chief censor. The chief of the Jinyiwei was sitting in the right rank. Lu Bingzhi, the governor of the Jinyiwei, and let him sit in the second rank of civil servants. You come down and tell him, and give me a good look at this Wei Guangde."

"Abide by the order."

Huang Jin answered respectfully after hearing the decree of Emperor Jiajing.

At this time, Wei Guangde was supported by Zhang Ji, and walked out of the restaurant and got into Li San's carriage.

It was so late, so it was naturally difficult to find other carriages. Lao Kan, Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke were all helped to the carriages, and they could only squeeze all four Jinshis.

Li San carefully drove the carriage back to Jiujiang Guild Hall, and the shopkeeper came out. He had already known that Wei Guangde had become the preacher of the current examination. In addition, Lao Kan, who ranked 77th in the second place, may stay in the capital as an official in the future, so he was very attentive.

How did the Jiujiang Guild Hall come from? It was not established with the merchants at the call of Jiujiang officials who were officials in Beijing to raise funds, so as to facilitate the connection between fellow villagers in the capital and their hometowns.

Wei Guangde and Lao Kan stayed in the capital and became officials in the capital, and they would naturally take care of them in the future.

Seeing Wei Guangde getting off the bus and walking a little unsteadily, the shopkeeper hurriedly called the strong waiter to support Wei Guangde, and arranged for three people to support Lao Kan, Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke returned to the room.

"Zhang Ji, Lao Qiang, I have already told me to boil hot water later and send it to your master's room immediately. Do I need me to find someone to serve your master's bath?"

The shopkeeper called Zhang Ji and Lao Kan's entourage and asked.

Zhang Ji shook his head quickly, "My master is washing himself, don't do anything for me."

Lao Kan's Changsui also shook his head.

"Okay, I understand. You guys go and take care of your master."

Seeing the two of them follow in and help their master into the yard, the shopkeeper then returned to the store.

After getting up early the next morning, Wei Guangde went to the front yard lobby to have breakfast.

The shopkeeper saw it and hurriedly met, "Master Wei, if you want to eat, please say hello, I will ask someone to send it in immediately."

"It's not that particular. I like to eat outside and eat in the bedroom. I really don't have this habit."

Wei Guangde waved his hand and planned to find an empty table in the lobby to sit down. He met many familiar scholars along the way, so he naturally gave him a greeting.

Wei Guangde looked down on anyone before he became a Chuanlu, and bowed to them as usual.

"Guangde, Wei Chuanlu, here."

At this moment, Mr. Zhu Shilong, who failed the exam for the second time, was also having breakfast outside. When he saw Wei Guangde coming in, he waved and shouted.

After walking over, he bowed to them again. Zhu Shilong, Shen Liangdong and others on the table all stood up and returned the greeting. Wei Guangde then pulled a chair and sat down.

"I envy you. I saw Wei Chuanlu's charm on Chang'an Street yesterday. I couldn't calm down for a long time."

Zhu Shilong joked.

When Wei Guangde and the others came back yesterday, Zhu Shilong and his group of candidates failed the exam were still drunk outside, so they never saw him.

"I've eaten all the way after following the horse's butt, how can I be so handsome?"

Wei Guangde shook his head and said with a smile.

"I heard that you Jinshi went to the Ministry of Rites yesterday. What happened? Is it really a disaster relief for Shanxi and Shaanxi?"

Shen Liangdong asked.

"Who did you hear?"

Wei Guangde said curiously that this incident is really spread.

"Don't worry about who said it, is it so good?"

Shen Liangdong continued to ask.

"yes."

Wei Guangde naturally had nothing to hide about this matter, and it was not a shameful act. He immediately told Zhu Shilong, Shen Liangdong and the others about what happened yesterday. After a while, the two tables next to him also sat here with chairs to listen.

Well, the students have failed the exam now, but they have not left yet. Most of them are planning to wait a few more days. In fact, they are all for yesterday's praise of officials, to see the style of the Jinshi students in the current exam, and to encourage themselves to continue the journey of the imperial examination.

Today is March 19th. For the current Jinshi, they will continue to enjoy the honor of becoming Jinshi, that is, attending the Rongxiang Banquet.

The Rong En Banquet was held at the Ministry of Rites. For the Ministry of Rites and the Jinshi in the current ranks, it was familiar to me. I gathered here once yesterday.

But this time, the Jinshi and others entered the Ministry of Rites again. Those who were sensitive to the mind noticed that although the lower-level yamen runners of the Ministry of Rites all smiled at them, they seemed to be unhappy no matter how they looked at them.

In fact, the reason is very simple. They could have arranged the lobby of the etiquette department during the day to prepare for today's Rongxiang Banquet, but because of their trouble, they kept it up all night, not to mention that they almost lost their benefits, so naturally they didn't like this group of Jinshi.

The Rongen Banquet was not lowered from the reception level because of yesterday's incident, and it was still extremely grand.

Early the morning of the next morning after Rong Enbanc returned, Wei Guangde was invited by the waiter. There were also Lao Kan, Xia Kefan and Zhang Ke, both new Jinshi members, so of course they were the follow-up procedures to go through the palace examination.

At this time, the lobby of Jiujiang Guild Hall had been cleaned up. A young eunuch was waiting there accompanied by several lieutenants. When he saw Wei Guangde and the others coming in, he stood up and held up a blue and yellow imperial edict in his hand.

After Wei Guangde and others bowed down, the eunuch proclaimed the edict: "The emperor who follows the heavens and inherits the imperial edict, and he is ordered to say."

This imperial edict is also a routine matter. The royal family will reward the new Jinshi the next day when the Rongxiang banquet. However, the rewards are a little bit unfavorable.

Wei Guangde and others received the order and thanked him. This was just a formality. The imperial edict would not be handed over to them, but the reward was just the end.

After stuffing the eunuch to the eunuch who sent the order, he gave them some tea. After seeing them off, Wei Guangde was a little stunned when he saw the reward he received.

Five sheets of paper, to be precise, are five silos of treasure money, equivalent to five taels of silver given to the new Jinshi to each person, but this was the case during the Hongwu Dynasty. Until now, Wei Guangde didn't know how much silver money could be exchanged for these five silos treasure money.

Wei Guangde also has a lot of this thing in his family. Every year, the military pay from above must be a large number of this thing.

Looking at the treasure money in my hand, it was still very new, and I could even smell the faint fragrance of ink. It was obviously a product that had just been printed.

"I'll take a day off today and go to Honglu Temple to learn etiquette tomorrow."

At this time, Zhang Ke spoke.

"The top scholar has a court ward. Are we sending it? If you don't send it, I will ask where to go to work with both sides."

Lao Kan said with a smile.

"Go together."

Wei Guangde said.

The royal family gave the imperial concubines to the Jinshi. Only the top scholar had a crown and a court uniform, while the other Jinshi could only do it themselves.

As for the Jinshi uniforms they are wearing now, I'm sorry, they will be sent back to the Imperial College before the exam. They either have a reward or a loan to them for a few days, and after they have finished visiting their master Confucius and performing the ceremony of interpreting the dishes.

In Honglu Temple, the officials in Honglu Temple guided the etiquette of the court meeting. For most Jinshi in the current academic year, they are mainly those in the third grade. Most of the etiquettes learned at this time may not be used, but they are still studying very seriously. Who knows what will happen in the future?

Three days later, the top scholar of the current academic year, the representatives of the three hundred new Jinshi, expressed their gratitude.

Don’t underestimate this thank-you ceremony. According to the requirements of the Ming Dynasty Collection, which is the tone set by Zhu Yuanzhang, it is still extremely grand.

On this day, all the civil and military officials in Beijing must wear court uniforms and serve in the squad according to Changyi.
To be continued...