Chapter 102 Where is Xiao Heizi’s paper
Three days later.
The palace examination papers were finally completed. Xu Jie, the Minister of Rites, presented the ten examination papers with the most "○" on them to the emperor.
After these examination papers were presented to Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing did not really read them. Instead, he read the names on the papers first, and finally based on his personal preference, he selected the three names that he found more pleasing to the eye. Each name is marked with a "one", "two" and "three".
Then Emperor Jiajing put the ten test papers aside and told Huang Jin: "Send them back to Xu Jie."
Huang Jin replied softly: "Yes."
Then he sent out the ten papers sent by Xu Jie to Xu Jie who was waiting outside.
After Xu Jie received the paper from Huang Jin outside, he bowed respectfully before leaving Xiyuan.
Emperor Jiajing crossed the two jade walnuts in his hand and looked at Huang Jin again, "Where is that little Heizi's paper?"
After hearing Emperor Jiajing's question, Huang Jin hurriedly He presented the Hai Ruidian test paper that he had prepared long ago.
Emperor Jiajing reached for it and looked at Hai Rui's paper.
When he saw one "△", two "\", four "丨", and one "×" on Hai Rui's paper, he couldn't help but reveal a playful smile. .
Emperor Jiajing snorted, "This little black guy doesn't even have a '○'. I really don't know how he passed the exam. Look at him, he is more upright than tactful. No wonder he doesn't have a '○'." We need to practice more in the pavilion style."
Huang Jin quickly smiled and said, "This shows that the imperial court is very strict in recruiting scholars."
Emperor Jiajing said again. : "Let me wait until I finish reading his article."
Articles for the palace examination were generally limited to about 2,000 words, so Emperor Jiajing read them very quickly.
After Emperor Jiajing read Hai Rui's questionnaire, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
Emperor Jiajing said again: "This little Heizi still has something. Although the article is not beautiful enough, it is still meaningful. San'er can also be regarded as a bit knowledgeable about people."
After saying this, Emperor Jiajing picked up the cinnabar imperial pen beside him and wrote "can enter the second grade" on Hai Rui's paper.
Then Emperor Jiajing handed the paper to Huang Jin again, "Give it back."
Huang Jin took the paper and bowed respectfully to Emperor Jiajing, "Yes."
Just like that, because of Emperor Jiajing's four words, Hai Rui, who was originally going to be at the end of the crane, was lucky enough to be carried in. Within the "Two A".
On the second day, Emperor Jiajing once again took control of the Fengtian Palace and granted Tang Ruji and other Jinshi scholars the title of Jinshi. The civil and military ministers held a congratulatory ceremony for their poor background.
Tang Rujiu, the new champion in the new subjects, immediately led the remaining first, second, third and third grade new subjects to thank the emperor for his kindness.
The next day, Emperor Jiajing gave the Jinshi an honorable banquet at the Ministry of Rites as usual, and ordered the British Duke Zhang Rong to wait for the banquet.
On the next day, Ruji, the number one scholar of the Tang Dynasty, was given the crown and belt of his imperial robes, as well as treasure notes to all the Jin scholars.
The next day, Tang Rujiu, the number one scholar, led all the Jinshi to express their gratitude.
The next day, Rujiu, the number one scholar of the Tang Dynasty, led all the Jinshi to visit the temple of his ancestor Confucius to perform the ceremony of releasing vegetables.
Five days later, Tang Ruji, the first-ranked scholar, was awarded the title of editor for the Hanlin Academy, and the second-ranked scholar, Lu Tiaoyang, and Tanhua Jiang Jinhe were the editors. If the remaining second-, third-, and third-level scholars want to be appointed as officials, they must take another imperial examination in the Jinshen Hall. Based on the results of the previous and later examinations, the best ones will be selected to enter the Hanlin Academy as shujishi. It is commonly known as "Dian Hanlin", and the rest are distributed to various ministries as directors or to serve in other places.
Obviously, Hai Rui was not so lucky this time.
Although Emperor Jiajing could put a question on his paper saying "can enter the second class", in this "Dian Hanlin" examination, with his upright and Yu Wen style, it is obvious that he still cannot Admitted to the Imperial Academy.
Therefore, at the last moment, Hai Rui was assigned to the Ministry of Household Administration, thus missing the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy.
But for Hai Rui, this is already a huge blessing.
You must know that in the original historical process, he failed the examination twice in a row, and finally went to Nanping County, Yanping Prefecture, Fujian Province to serve as a small priest.
It was not until the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1558) that he was appointed magistrate of Chun'an County and had the opportunity to display his political talents.
In Chun'an, he saw that "the rich enjoy three to four hundred acres of property, but each household is not taxed, and the poor households do not receive a grain of income, resulting in a false tax difference of one hundred acres." "Uneven matter", it was decided to clear the land again and stipulate the tax burden. Reducing the burden on the people at the bottom of Chun'an has enabled many fleeing households to return to their hometowns.
Such boldness was definitely unconventional in the official environment of the time. Therefore, his actions quickly attracted the attention of Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang at the time.
As a feudal official, Hu Zongxian also shouldered the important task of eradicating the Japanese pirates in the southeast. Naturally, he was well aware of the difficulties of the people in the southeast.
So when he found out that there was a special magistrate under his rule who was so daring to govern and lived frugally, wearing cloth robes, eating coarse grains and brown rice, and letting his old servant grow vegetables to support himself, he felt very sad. He liked it and told others about the rumor that Hai Rui bought two pounds of meat for his mother's birthday.
This shows that Hai Rui has always had no choice in terms of local governance and character.
So this also created Hai Rui's upright character and the courage to confront the emperor!
Although now due to Zhu Zaijing's intervention, Hai Rui's fate has deviated, allowing him to suddenly cross the identity gap that he had never crossed before, and became a second-class Jinshi from being a candidate.
But as long as he can still stick to his original intention, his future achievements and fame will certainly not be weaker than his original historical achievements and fame.
After all, Hai Rui's achievements were achieved because of his character and ability, not by other means.
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing's slight intervention this time was just the icing on the cake and would not change Hai Rui's nature.
Gao Gong looked at Hai Rui, who was wearing a green robe and official hat, coming out of the household department. Hai Rui looked at Gao Gong's smile and bowed to Gao Gong with his fists in hand according to etiquette, "I pay my respects to Gao Gong, the official." "
Gao Gong smiled and said: "Yes, you can still stay in Beijing. I thought you might be released as a county magistrate this time, but what I didn't expect was that you could actually do it. Admitted to the second class.”
After hearing Gao Gong’s laughter, Hai Rui was very grateful. He did not expect that he would get the good result of the second class.
Although he failed to enter the Hanlin Academy, he got the opportunity to stay in the Ministry of Household Affairs and observe government affairs. This was great luck for Hai Rui.
Hai Rui said: "I still want to thank Bachelor Gao for his advice. If it hadn't been for Bachelor Gao's help, I wouldn't have had the chance to serve in the capital."
Gao Gong smiled heartily, "Okay, don't continue talking here. Find a place to have a drink to celebrate. From now on, you will be regarded as a Beijing official. But I also want to tell you a well-known secret in advance so that you can be mentally prepared. This Beijing official Salaries are not paid out in a timely manner, so you have to think more about how to survive in the capital first.”
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Hai Rui has come ashore. If you don’t have a monthly pass, what about some encouragement?
(End of this chapter)