Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

The two chief examiners had a secret discussion on the list of recommended papers for a while.Apart from these three papers, nothing else has changed.Both of them used private seals on it, sealed it with wax paint, stamped it with the seal of the Gongyuan, and placed it in front of the tablet of Confucius.Zaifeng ordered the examination officer of the eighteenth room to be sent, and the chiefs of the second hall and the second hall of the five institutes came to the Zhigong Hall, kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times to the Confucius tablet, and handed over the sealed candidate list to the director of the examination institute and immediately handed it over to the Ministry of Education.So far, the Enke Grand Ceremony has come to an end.

Zaifeng led the examiners out of the Supreme Court, looked at the bright red sunset in the west, and said with a sigh of relief: "Open the dragon gate and let them go!"

The Will of the Empire Chapter 867

The number of candidates in the exam is stipulated. Since two new candidates have been added, two must be squeezed out.Although Enke did not cheat this time, the examiners recommended the ink scrolls to the Supreme Court, who would not want favors?Zhang Taiyan, a native of Yuhang, Zhejiang, took the exam at Beijing No. [-]. He felt that the test questions were perfect, and the examiner revealed that it was a recommended paper.

When Zhang Taiyan came back from watching the list at Tiananmen Square, both of his legs were weak.A few friends who came to Beijing to take the exam together, Hu Shi ranked first in high school, Wang Guowei ranked No.What should we do now?The exams are over, and there are no friends to comfort each other; the town hall is closed, and there is nowhere to borrow money for borrowing home?What face does Zhang Taiyan, an old student who vowed not to take the exam and not return to his hometown, have any face in front of his family?

After standing on the scorchingly hot square for an unknown amount of time, Zhang Taiyan realized that all the people watching the list had left, leaving him alone. He subconsciously touched his sleeves, and there were still a few thin dragons inside. The coins were secretly given to me by my kind fifth aunt when I left home.With such a little money, even the cheapest small wooden house in Dashilan can't live for ten days.At this moment, he only felt his stomach rumbling non-stop. Sitting on a stone slab under the big locust tree, he was thinking about where to go next, but he saw a middle-aged man coming to take a rest with two barrels of rice wine.The man put down the wine barrel, grabbed his shirt and wiped his sweat, took out two stick noodle steamed buns and a piece of salted mustard greens from the bag on the lid of the barrel, and ate them with relish, until the pickles clucked and clucked. ring.From time to time, he scooped half a scoop of wine from the bucket and drank it.

Suddenly he turned his head and saw Zhang Taiyan staring at him in a daze. The man smiled and said, "You can tell at a glance that you failed the exam. Come on, scholar, don't hang your face like a dead mother. Let's talk when you are full with wine and food." !” As he spoke, he gave away a steamed bun, tore open half of the pickles and handed it over, saying: “I don’t want to go home when I’m full, and don’t worry when I’m drunk. Come on!”

"This..." Zhang Taiyan was already hungry, so he took it hesitantly, and said, "Why is this so embarrassing?"

The man smiled generously: "Where can we not meet each other in life? The wine belongs to his mother's boss, and if you don't drink it for free, you don't want to drink it. Wotou is not even worth a dime. I am already poor. How can I be poor if I give you some? "

Zhang Taiyan ate the cornbread and drank half a gourd of wine. The man selling wine shouted to a fat old man who sold meat opposite him: "Butcher Zhang has a piece of stewed meat without skin. Come over and drink some wine, we My boss... *his grandma's wine is not bad!"

Butcher Zhang promised loudly: "Success! I'm hungry. My old lady didn't know what happened today, and she still hasn't asked Xiaoyu to bring food." He said and cut a piece of white pork head, feeling very happy He ran over and said with a smile: "Which employer hired you as a living treasure, it's a bloody misfortune. Sixth, get another piece of cake. This scholar, how did you do in this subject?"

"Ashamed..."

"What's there to be ashamed of?" Although Zhang Butcher's business is a business where white knives go in and red knives come out, he looks kind and friendly. He shook off the mulberry paper and spread the meat on the stone. He said with a smile: "Thousands of candidates Come to Beijing, how many are proud of the spring breeze? Is it worth it? Come, eat, eat!"

Zhang Taiyan was so grateful that he didn't know what to say, so he stopped talking at the moment, just shook off his cheeks, ate meat and drank desperately.

After eating and drinking, everyone left. Zhang Taiyan sat alone on the rock, still unable to make up his mind where to go.Suddenly, I felt a dull pain in my stomach, melon, rice wine, pickles, corn bread, and fat were all churning in my stomach.He touched his hot forehead, only to realize that he hadn't sweated at all, and he stood up in surprise, this time it didn't matter, his stomach was churning even worse.He quickly bent down and couldn't hold it anymore, with a sound of "Wow -", the dirty filth was sprayed out, and the smell made him even more disgusted.He beat his chest until he spit out the sour and bitter yellow water, and then he felt a little better.As soon as he stood up straight, golden flowers appeared in his eyes again, his hand holding the locust tree was so soft that it hung down like mud, and he passed out without even staggering a step...

When he woke up again, he found himself lying on the kang of a dilapidated small house with only his underwear left.Under the body is an old bamboo mat, and on the kang table are medicine bowls, spoons and a plantain fan.Apart from these, there is nothing else in the house.He blinked, wondering where he was, and how did he get here?Thinking about it made my head hurt and I didn't think of a clue, so I simply didn't want to.Seeing that there was tea left in the bowl, he stood up with one arm and took a sip of the tea, feeling chilly, it turned out to be peppermint water.At this time, a boy with a hairy head raised the curtain to look around, and shouted outside: "Father: That scholar is awake!"

"Hey, come here! Goudan, go to the backyard to help your sister clean up the pigs, and ask your mother to cook a bowl of noodles and cut them thinner." Zhang Taiyan looked up and saw a fat old man, wearing shorts and upper body Wearing a white waistcoat, she walked in with her chest open.It turned out to be the butcher Zhang who sold the meat. After entering the door, he yelled outside: "God, tell your mother not to put oil in the noodles, not at all... Hehe, sir, you are awake."

Butcher Zhang sat on the edge of the kang with a tired smile, looked closely at Zhang Taiyan's complexion, and said, "You have suffered from heat stroke. The illness is not serious but it came on in a hurry. You have walked around after the gate of hell is closed! What do you call Mr. Zhang?" Woolen cloth?"

Thinking about it, Zhang Taiyan struggled a bit, but was held down by Zhang Tuhu, and said, "Don't, you are weak!"

Zhang Taiyan looked at Zhang Tuhu gratefully, and said: "The savior...my name is Zhang Taiyan...from Yuhang, Zhejiang, I can be regarded as an old scholar. This time I went to Beijing alone to take the exam. I didn't expect to be named Luosunshan."

"Don't feel bad, it's just that you don't even have any relatives in the capital, and it takes three years for you to be the first in the next subject. What do you plan to do?"

Before he finished speaking, a girl walked in from outside, holding a large bowl of noodles in her hand.I saw her tall and slender, wearing a moon white embroidered shirt, which was well washed, and her melon seed face had regular features and was very delicate, except for a few freckles on her temples.Smiling slightly, two shallow dimples appeared on his face, Zhang Taiyan suddenly realized that he was still shirtless, so he hurriedly grabbed the bed sheet with his hands, but he didn't catch anything.

Zhang Tuhu said: "This is my daughter Yu'er."

"Don't listen to my father! Who is still sick and asks 'what's the plan'?" Yu'er was very straightforward, stacking up the medicine bowl, tea bowl, and spoon, looked at her father coquettishly, and said, "I'm well." No matter what you plan, if you are not well, you can’t make any plans. Didn’t our landlord say that we want to find a gentleman to teach his precious young master? Isn’t it good for us to recommend Mr. Zhang? Or help our family keep an account or something At most, it’s just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks, when the time comes, he should retake the exam, and it’s our blessing to be admitted to a high-ranking official!” He said and went out, and threw Zhang Taiyan’s clothes on the kang after a while, "Put it on! It's so dirty, you probably haven't washed your clothes in your life."

Butcher Zhang smiled stupidly, and said honestly: "Our poor family has no tutors, and I am used to her."

Zhang Taiyan looked at this simple family and thought about his own future. For a while, he didn't know what to do...

"The emperor is here, and the new candidate kneels to receive him!"

Guan Xuqing was accompanied by a large group of civil servants to the front of the Palace of Preserving Harmony. Kang Youwei peeked at the emperor's expression as he walked.The emperor raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to ask something, but at this time the grand ceremony was going on, hundreds of new candidates knelt in front of the hall, and held back.Zaifeng and Li Hongzao knelt at the front, shouting "Long live the emperor!"

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

The new candidates kowtowed together.

Guan Xuqing smiled and nodded to the group of new candidates ranging from young to old, raised his legs and entered the hall, and sat down in the middle of Xumizuo.Kang Youwei took a step forward, bowed to the emperor, respectfully took the gold book with a yellow satin cover, and said loudly, "No. 4 in the imperial examination, Yu Jiaxi, a first-class Jinshi!"

"Chen is here!"

A candidate with a fair and chubby face in his 30s came out in response. He didn't know whether he was hot or nervous. His front was covered with sweat and stuck to his body. He walked into the hall quickly, not even daring to lift his head. After three kowtows, Kang Youwei calmed him down and said slowly: "By order, you will pass on the roll call—be careful, and don't lose your etiquette in front of the emperor."

"Yes!" Yu Jiaxi agreed, holding the golden book like a baby in a swaddle, bowed to the emperor again, and came to the entrance of the hall.

Passing on the palace examination is a job that is even more showy than the number one scholar in the middle school.The Jinshi who had been kneeling under the scorching sun for nearly two hours were already a little sluggish at first, but now they were all refreshed and looked at Yu Jiaxi eagerly.

Yu Jiaxi calmed down his shortness of breath, opened the golden book and read aloud: "For 40 years in China, the No. 1 new candidate in Enke Palace Examination, Hu Shi!"

Although this was known in advance, but in front of such a magnificent golden palace, when the announcement was made in front of the emperor, Hu Shi, who was kneeling in the third row, still had his head swell and swell.The scene in front of him immediately became blurred, and he went out of class like a dream, leading eight first-class candidates to salute the emperor, and the salute officer led Hu Shi and No. [-] Tanhua to kowtow to the emperor to thank him.

After tossing for an hour, the three ministers, Kang Youwei, Zaifeng, and Li Hongzao, personally delivered it to Taihemen. I drank hairpin wine in the good color shed.No matter how tens of thousands of Beijing citizens pay their respects to their demeanor, this is the so-called "Royal Street Praising Officials", and the pattern of hundreds of years remains unchanged.

The Will of the Empire Chapter 868

During the process of this ceremony, Hu Shi was in a daze. Fortunately, he had already memorized the "Table of Thanksgiving" by heart, and there were no mistakes.

But when the ceremony was over and the people who had praised the officials dispersed, Hu Shi lost his composure. He saw that no one came out from the door of a siu mai shop on the side of the road to admire the demeanor of the number one scholar. He immediately turned around and called the staff of the Ministry of Education to send him back He stopped, got out of the car and entered the store by himself.The boss was shirtless on the upper body, and only wore a trousers on the lower body, enjoying the cool air.Seeing Hu Shi with golden flowers on his head, wearing a brand-new and shiny gown of the number one scholar, he suddenly saw Hu Shi come in. He was shocked at first, and panicked. He hurriedly looked for clothes to put on, but couldn't find them for a while, so he had to kneel down and salute on the spot. .

Hu Shi didn't buy anything, he stared blankly at the boss and said, "I won the first prize. I got No.1."

"The little one just came back from Chang'an Street." The boss said, "You are always the champion, number one in the world!" The short and fat boss smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and he stretched out his thumb, "I will definitely do it in the future." To the Cabinet Minister Zaifu."

"Oh..." Hu Shi casually dropped a hundred-yuan dragon coin, "So you already know..." He murmured, went out to get into the car, took out three hundred-yuan dragon coins and gave them to the attendants sent by the Ministry of Education, and said: "I want to walk on the street alone, so you can go back to work. Take this money to drink first, and I will treat you later."

Those people had already left with thirsty mouths and hot bodies, looking forward to his words, took the money and thanked the champion, and happily went to find a place to drink.

Although the midsummer had already passed by this time, the sun was scorching hot, and people felt irritable when they knew it. Every family was enjoying the cool and taking a rest, eating watermelon and drinking tea to relieve the heat.Hu Shi walked along Tianjie like a fool, and when he saw a shop where no one came out to watch the excitement, he went in to reward a hundred yuan dragon coin, and left after hearing a few words of flattery.A group of bare-bottomed children followed behind to watch the fun. After walking around four or five shops like this, Hu Shi saw a butcher shop in front of him. There was a big willow tree in front of three doors, and a white cloth tent was set up on the east side of the door. Put the braised pork just out of the pan.A girl was sitting nearby to keep the stall.

Hu Shi walked over and was about to speak when he saw a man sitting by the counter in the door, wearing an old coat, fanning with one hand, and writing accounts in the account book with the other.As soon as the man raised his head, his eyes met Hu Shi's: "Shi Zhi!"

"Uncle Mei!"

The two exclaimed almost at the same time, Zhang Taiyan walked around the counter in a few strides, and said to Yu'er: "This is my literary friend from the past, now—"

"Now I won the number one prize." Hu Shi stared blankly at Liu Si who was swaying gently in the breeze, and said, "Didn't you see it when I was riding in the car to praise the official?"

Zhang Taiyan was taken aback, and thought to himself that he hadn't seen Hu Shi for a few days, why did he look like this and say such words?Looking carefully at Hu Shi's demeanor, I saw that his eyes were lax, dreamy and awake, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Yu'er next to him just covered his mouth with a handkerchief and giggled. Zhang Taiyan said: "Yu'er, what are you laughing at? Move quickly." Come out with a stool."

Hu Shi said dumbly: "What's so funny about this? Is it easy for me to achieve today's achievements after ten years of hard work?"

"It's not funny." Yu'er also saw that Hu Shi seemed to be fascinated, went in and moved a stool, came out to invite Hu Shi to sit down, and said with a smile: "It's such a hot day, a number one scholar fell from the sky to our Zhang family meat Shop! If you don’t tell me, it’s a statue from some temple that came out—our family only kills pigs, not champions!”

"Yu'er!" Zhang Taiyan glared at Yu'er, and then said to Hu Shi: "Congratulations, you have risen to the top. But what Yu'er said is right, now that you are the number one scholar, you just walked out on your own. How about that?" , you sit down for a while, I will go to Chen Yinke, and I sent him a pair of pork liver just now. He knows a little bit about medicine, I think you seem a little out of control."

Hu Shi said in a daze, "Huh? Why am I so distracted? The number one scholar, ten years of hard work in exchange for it, is it easy for me?"

Zhang Taiyan became more confused when he heard what he said, and believed more and more that he was insane.Just as he had no choice but to think of "The Scholars", Hu Shi in front of him was very similar to Fan Jin, so he pulled Yu'er aside and whispered: "You are ten times more ruthless than me when you ridicule him. !"

Hu Shi heard the word "sarcasm" next to him, and murmured: "Sarcasm? What can I do to be sarcastic? I don't make sarcasm at others. Scholars are not easy."

"Who said you were sarcastic!" Yu'er poured a cup of herbal tea, put it on the table in front of Hu Shi, and said with a sneer, "I'm a girl, I don't understand these things, champion, what is champion?"

Zhang Taiyan took a sip of tea up to his throat, when he heard Yu'er say this, he choked suddenly, and hurriedly pretended to cough to cover up his laughter.

Hu Shi said very seriously: "Miss, you are so smart, how did you ask such a question? The number one scholar is No.1 in the world!"