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Chapter 62

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    The palace examination on April 19th in the second year of Yuantong [1334] was co-chaired by the Empress Dowager Wenzong behind the bead curtain and the young emperor Tuohuan Tiemuer.

    It was Shen Shi when the palace examination was over, and the little emperor ranked the new Jinshi.

    Originally, Ji Xu should be in the first class, but the little emperor disliked Ji Xu's white hair and said that it was "impairing the view", so he fell to the first place in the second class.

    What does the young little emperor know?

    All of this is the Queen Mother's idea.  She didn't want Boyan to monopolize the government - at least, the little emperor had the final say on the position of Jinshi in the new department.

    [1] "Looking at the List Day Two Poems. Part One" Liu Cang. Poem

    ?No leakage at the beginning of the stop in Lanzhou,

    The names of the listed immortals are clear;

    ? The sound of the warbler is far away at dawn,

    ? Change the spring breeze and crane shadows.

    Guangmo's life is full of joy,

    A thousand trees in Qujiang send cold plums;

    Qingyun is already a place of reward,

    When Mo Xifang was drunk with a cup.

    On April 20, the sun had just risen.

    ?The imperial court promulgated the list and ranking of the new imperial examinations for the seventh imperial examination of the Yuan Dynasty. There were a total of 100 candidates.

    This list is called "Golden List", also known as "Jia List".

    The first list is divided into three tops: there are only three people in the first list, the first champion, the second place in the list, and the third Tanhua, who are awarded "Jinshi and rank", from the sixth rank;  All are awarded the official rank of the seventh rank; the top three are awarded the official rank of the eighth rank if they are from the same Jinshi background.  Second, the first name of the top three is "Chuanlu".

    Li Qi and Tong Tong[1] were respectively the number one in the left and right rankings; Yu Que[2] was admitted to the right ranking because he was from Tang Wu[3].  The first place, Liu Ji is the ninth place in the top two of the left list, Shi Yanduan and Xie Yingfu[4] are awarded "Jinshi Jiji", and Han Wo is awarded "Born with Jinshi".

    The square in front of the secretary's provincial gate was crowded with thousands of people, and thousands of people gathered in the square to watch the gold list.  Afterwards, they flocked to Xinglin one after another, waiting to watch the flower feast game of Xinke Jinshi.

    [2] Yuan Hao's poem "And the Second Work"

    The surname of Gao Xuan on the gold list is true,

    Clearly folded a branch of spring;

    Pengying first meets the fairy couple,

    Jiang Hai returned to thinking of farming and fishing.

    90,000 tumbled and arranged wings,

    ? Ten years of hard work;

    ? Peaceful days are fair,

    I don't realize that Longmen is dangerous.

    Ji Xu had expected a long time ago that he would definitely win the gold medal in this imperial examination.  But when he saw his name on the gold list, he was still so excited that he couldn't restrain himself¡ªhow lucky I was, I finally got a beautiful spring branch!

    After reading the gold list, Ji Xu flocked to the apricot orchard together with the Jinshi on the same list.

    In this Penglai fairyland-like Kyoto, I was extremely happy to talk about the joys and sorrows of this exam with the fairy-like Jinshi fellows.

    They also chatted about those failed candidates who went back to the fields on the river to farm and fish They couldn't help but feel deeply moved.  And the current self, like a great roc spreading its wings, flew up to a height of 90,000 miles. This is the result of their hard work for more than ten years!

    In this peaceful season, when I meet a fair person again, I feel that I have no difficulties or insurmountable gullies.

    [3] "After Enrollment" Meng Jiao. Poem

    The dirty past is not enough to exaggerate,

    Today there is no limit to debauchery;

    The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease,

    See all Chang'an flowers in one day.

    The "Flower Exploration Banquet" is the first meeting of Jinshi on the same list.

    What is "Flower Exploration Banquet"?  Its process starts from the apricot orchard, and is led by two handsome "exploring envoys" first, followed by other advanced scholars.  They traveled all over the famous gardens in the capital, and they bought precious flowers wherever they went.  Finally, return to the apricot orchard, and check the flowers that have been folded. If anyone turns back earlier than the "Tan Hua Envoy", the "Tan Hua Envoy" will be punished and have a feast at the same time.

    That is to say, the "Talking Flower Envoy" is the protagonist of this "Traveling Flower Banquet".

    In the past, the "Tan Hua Envoy" was generally served by the third-ranked "Tan Hua Lang".  However, Tanhualang's appearance in this year's left list is really unflattering.  Therefore, everyone had to choose another young and handsome Jinshi to act as the envoy.

    Although Ji Xu has white hair, he is tall, handsome and suave.  Therefore, he was selected as the "Messenger of Flower Exploration" on the left list.

    In that era, if you were selected as the "Talent Flower Envoy", you would be happier than being the number one in the exam. Why?

    Because if anyone is selected to Tanhualang, then it proves that?Civilization, even imitating Chinese characters, created its own national language, Xixia, but it is a pity that it has been lost and disappeared in the long river of history.

    Along with the Xixia script, there is also the Tangwu people who disappeared in history. Among our 56 ethnic groups, there is no such thing as the Tangwu people or the Dangxiang people.

    The reason why the Tangwu people disappeared was that they gradually lost their national identity due to continuous mixed blood and long-term rule by other nationalities.

    There are also some Tangwu people who fled to what is now Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan when they were attacked by the Mongolian army, and even established a small regime here, the Western Wu Kingdom.  And this small regime existed for a long time, and it was not completely eliminated until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.  It was so small and remote that it was easily overlooked by the Central Plains dynasty.

    If you have to ask where the Tangwu people are, then the Qiang people in western Sichuan are descendants of the Tangwu people, but they are not pure, because they are descendants of the mixed blood of the Tangwu people who fled here back then and the local aborigines.

    [4] Xie Yingfu, also known as Yingfu, was born in Yizhou, Xiajueli (now Liyi Village, Xiafang Township).  Born in the first year of Yuanhuangqing (1312), he read poetry and books widely when he was young, especially fond of reading military books.  In the first year of Yuantong (1333), he was a Jinshi of Zhongguiyouke.  During Emperor Shun (Huizong) of the Yuan Dynasty, he was promoted to Jianyuan by imperial edict.  He was outspoken and talked a lot about the political affairs at the time, which made his colleagues jealous of him.  Yu Que, a friend from the same school, was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he recommended him to be transferred to Bingcao.  Later, he was promoted to deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Because of being framed by slander, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown of Yizhou to live idle.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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