Chapter 21 Section IX
Renzi in March, Jiying Hall.
Zhao Xu sat on a high dragon chair.The palace examiner, the provincial examiner, ministers, officials and other ministers entered the palace to serve, while 829 Juren waited quietly outside the gate of the palace.
The roll-call ceremony was solemn, solemn and orderly.
The editors had already arranged the test papers of the palace examination in order of rank on the west side of the throne.They unpacked the test paper and forwarded it to Zhongshu Shilang, who, together with the prime minister, presented it to the emperor.
Zhao Xu personally read out the names of Ye Zuqia and the top three candidates, and the military chief who was standing at the bottom of the steps sang out one by one.The people who were called up responded loudly, and entered the hall to thank them. Then Zhao Xu personally asked them about their hometown life, gave them imperial edicts, and bestowed green robes and wats, indicating that they had officially become officials of the Song Dynasty.
Then, from Sijia onwards, the prime minister will roll their names, and the candidates will no longer enter the hall to thank them.
Zhao Xu mechanically listened to Prime Minister Chen Shengzhi chanting strange names one after another. He was quite tired of this form, but he also knew that this form was necessary.What scholars need is the glory of this moment!
Suddenly, a hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the young emperor. "The eighty-first place in the top four, Tang Di of Chengdu—"
"The eighty-first place in the Sijia, Tang Di of Chengdu Mansion—" the head of the army shouted loudly, one by one, it was passed out of the hall.
Tang Di quickly fell to his knees and responded loudly: "Mr. Tang Di!"
Chen Yuanfeng, who was at the top of the list, glanced at Tang Di with a sense of superiority. Suddenly, an unexpected voice came from the hall: "Xuan Tangdi, Li Dunmin, Chai Guiyou, and Chai Guiyi enter the hall for an audience!"
Thousands of envious eyes gathered on these four young people in their twenties, and everyone thought in their hearts: "Is this the author of "The Analects of Confucius"?"
Tang Di and others did not expect that the emperor would ask about it in person. The great glory made the four of them panic and at a loss. They managed to control their excitement, walked into the Jiying Hall under the eyes of everyone, kowtowed and knelt down.The four of them never knew at this time that if jealous eyes could kill, they would have been killed by Chen Yuanfeng's eyes long ago.
Zhao Xu looked at the four of them carefully, asked Xiang Guan's resume in a warm voice, and Fang smiled and said, "Is "The Analects of Confucius" written by Zhu Qing?"
Tang Di quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I dare not deceive you. "The Analects of Confucius and Justice" was actually written by Shi Yue alone. I am really ashamed to name the pages because of the arrangement."
"Ah?!" There was a slight voice of surprise in the hall. "The Analects of Confucius" was co-authored by these young people, which is already unbelievable, but now it is said that it was written by one person, which is even more shocking.Except for Wang Anshi and Su Shi, everyone in the hall was surprised.Zhao Xu hurriedly asked what was going on.
Among the four, Li Dunmin was the most astute in answering, so he was asked to explain the past.For a moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten that this was the grand ceremony of the palace examination and passing on the people. The Jiying Hall was silent, and only Li Dunmin could be heard narrating: how did Shiyue appear, how did Daxiangguo Temple meet, how did cotton spinning machines be improved? , wood movable type printing, how to write "The Analects of Confucius and Justice"... Zhao Xu and all the ministers were dumbfounded after hearing this!
Zhao Xu moved his lips slightly on the imperial chair, muttering something - only the servant who was closest to him could hear clearly what the emperor said, the word "genius"!
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