After everyone left the hall, they headed to the left door to lead the feast.
From the palace to February, they still eat puffer fish, drink asparagus soup, and eat peach blossom bream. Talking about the precious dishes at the banquet, most of them are chicken, duck, fish, and fresh river fish, which are common in the local area. In addition, roasted pig, roasted chicken, roasted duck, large and small sausages, fried sheep tail, kidney, roasted bamboo shoots and goose, stir-fried lamb tripe, simmered fish, steamed fish with willow... such as common meat dishes in Beijing, vegetables from all over the world , pickled vegetables and the like are countless.
Except for Mr. Li, who is an official of the Ministry of Officials, the rest of the future famous officials are still living in poverty in the Hanlin Academy, and they are not polite when eating banquets. It is considered that you have come to the palace."
These people can eat a few meals a month, but Cui Xie only comes to the palace once. Even if there is a chance to participate in the feast in the future, it will be a few years later.
Cui Xie took their good intentions and started with mushrooms and sea vegetables from other places that he hadn't eaten since he came to the Ming Dynasty. The lecturers have their own preferences, and they all throw away their chopsticks and pick up what they like to eat, without any face.
After the banquet, several lecturers walked slowly to digest their food, and sighed: "The biggest advantage of being lecturers is that the palace can give some tea and rice. Those rural scholars sit in a restaurant, and there are fifty or sixty people a year. Two silvers, the salary we make as a Hanlin is half of the family, and we are fortunate to have some pen and ink money from time to time, so we can bring some food at home when we eat scriptures, otherwise how will we live in the capital?"
These lecturers usually joke with each other, but this time there was a young and tender newcomer, and they joked with him: "Cui Jiansheng would rather take a lower test when he comes to the Japanese palace exam, and it would be good to be in the second-class. You are so old. Good looks, as long as you don't enter the Hanlin, you will be able to do a job in a stable manner. When the time comes, you can write a fist-sized name on the post, and the six officials will also make friends with you. If you go out, you will be able to patrol all over the place... Compared with us It's much better to sit on the bench in the Hanlin."
Cui Xie listened to the down-to-earth complaints of these future bigwigs, so he wanted to wear it back and bring a set of Ming history, so that they could see the content of his future as a patriarch and minister, and grow his ambition.
It's a pity that he can't wear it back, so he can only joke: "If the students don't enter the palace, they won't have any ambitions, and they may follow the trend in the future. Since I saw the world's talents today, I have to be determined to enter the Han Academy. In the future, I can follow the Dukes and become a lecturer who can really teach for the prince."
Although these Hanlins often disliked the poor treatment of the Hanyuan and felt that their future was unclear, but they were all top-notch people who had won the imperial examinations, and there was a champion among them, and they were quite confident in their talents. Hearing that Cui Xie said that he saw the world's talents today, he was determined to learn from them, and he also felt that he was a solid man and his vision was even better.
Li Dongyang also gave him a few pointers, telling him not to rush into the jinshi examination - at his age, and because Jane is in the heart of the emperor, there is really no need to rush into the dynasty. After the middle lift, it is best to stay for a few years, and be sure to enter the top two before ending.
Cui Xie also pointed out that he would be a jinshi earlier, and he would have sex with his boyfriend earlier, why would he be willing to delay it for another three years? He didn't answer this sentence, but said vaguely: "Students don't dare to take the exam, how can they afford to take the exam?"
After dodging a few words, he asked back: "I just listened to the two adults in the hall. It was really exciting. The students are willing to go back and figure it out, but there are some areas that have been forgotten. I wonder if I can use the adults to teach the outline and the first view?"
Li Chun glanced at him and asked, "I heard that you can remember it, but you can't remember it?"
Yes, I only brought a hard drive with me when I traveled, and I didn't bring a mobile phone or a voice recorder. He sighed regretfully and replied, "I didn't study the "Book" in my late life, and I read a little bit of scriptures and history, but I can't remember what I heard and heard."
Master Li twitched his beard and smiled: "Then how much can you remember when you read it? Shi Yong, Xi Ya, show him your outline, and watch him from here to Daming Gate. How much can be written down, this child prodigy's reputation is not up to the mark."
They were going to the Hanyuan and the Ministry of Officials. They should have gone out from the left gate of Chang’an, which is a few dozen steps away. If they went to the front Daming Gate, they would have to pass through the long corridor of thousands of steps. difficulty. Everyone looked at Damingmen from afar and said with a smile: "My lord really has a leisurely mind. Anyway, it's still early, and there's nothing to do in a hurry to go back to the ministry, so I asked him to try it."
Most of this group of scholars were born prodigies, and when they were young, they were often compared to others. I was tired of playing memorization games, but I felt that Cui Xie came up with a new type of question, so we decided to ask one question each, and if anyone failed him, everyone would pool money and invite this person to sit as the chief executive. pause.
Li Chun is the deputy Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, and he is also the teacher of Li Dongyang, Yang Yiqing and others. He is a young man of high morality. Of course, he does not play with the young people. He smiled and shook his head: "If he answers all, what will you do? ?"
If you answer...
If you can answer all the questions that this group of people have deliberately made things difficult for them, how can such a good seedling not grab the door and become a disciple
Everyone thought about this, and each of them glanced at Cui Xie and laughed without saying a word. However, Li Dongyang glanced at them and said, "Don't worry about it, everyone, I have an excellent painting for him that every scholar wants. If Hezhong can answer these questions, I will call someone. Bring it to him."
Some of those people guessed what the painting was, while others didn't know it at all. While thinking about the topic, several people talked about the paintings that scholars want, and walked along the Thousand Steps Corridor laughing and talking.
Cui Xie could faintly hear that the painting that "is famous in the capital, and the painter is waiting for the master to pick it up" seems to be a big picture of Xiao Qiao's life drawn by himself. Recalling that Xiao Qiao poem, it is really fresh and agile, not as heavy and solemn as the popular Taiwanese style, like a style of the Chaling School.
However, he still did not intend to claim the name of the famous painter and the behind-the-scenes boss of Ju Anzhai, and he also mixed in chatting with the bigwigs. He just looked down at the two outlines, preparing for the test.
While he was doing oral exams to digest food outside the palace, the crown prince was also flipping through the papers sent by the Imperial College in the palace.
The inner servant who served him said distressedly, "Young master, aren't you tired after reading the book all morning? This "Poem" is not something you must learn, but if you want to read it, you have to take a break to read it again."
The prince shook his head and instructed: "Light up the incense stick and count the time for Gu. This is sent by the father and emperor, how can Gu not do it?"
The waiter was so distressed that he wanted to find Mrs. Zhou and persuade him to rest, but the prince himself didn't feel tired, and he still felt a little interesting when doing this question.
These questions are no longer cold words from the scriptures. From the wrong answers used for confusion, and from the big questions that he analyzed by citing historical materials of previous generations, he can read the intention of the person who asked the question. When he did the two questions that Cui Xie got wrong, he was also very careful, he searched his stomach to come up with the answers, and secretly wanted to compare with him.
Although he was still sitting alone in the Ciqing Palace, accompanied by the servants of the palace, but doing this set of questions, it was as if there was a boy about his age who was also doing it with him in the outer hall. topic…
After more than an hour, Zhu Youji typed the draft and neatly copied the answers to the original volume. However, no one in this palace had the right answer to him, and no one had corrected him.
He looked at the paper several times, rolled it up and placed it on the side of the desk, and the next day asked the emperor in person to send the paper to the Imperial College for judgment.
When he was young, Emperor Chenghua was delayed in his studies because he was abolished. When he grew up, he didn't teach much about the classics. He didn't read much, and he didn't bother to read the paper. But parents expect their children to be sensible. Seeing that the prince has said something for himself, Cui Xie is especially honored, and he can do such a thick paper. He can't help showing a somewhat satisfied smile: "Yes. "
Cui Xie was recommended by Eunuch Gao, and Gao Liang naturally rushed to receive the order. He took the paper and was about to retire, but the crown prince gave another great gift and asked the royal father: "The exam question that the royal father sent was very good, I think I have done it once, and my knowledge seems to be more solid. , I would like to get a few more topics to do.”
If the prince wants something else, the prince has to consider whether the state treasury and private treasury can get it, but it is too easy to do the paperwork. He nodded, and asked Eunuch Gao to go to the Hanlin Academy to pass the decree together, asking them to test the academic ability of the prince, and then send them a set of papers like this every few days.
This time, Gao Liang was not in a hurry, and stood there with his head bowed, waiting to see if the prince had anything else to say. The Crown Prince really didn't step back, he took a breath, and then put his hands together and begged the Emperor: "My son saw that Cui Xie, a student of the Imperial Guard, was young and eager to learn, and he also wanted him to show the grace of his father and the emperor, and accompany him to do the same questions as the scholars. Hope Royal Father approves."
Chenghua Emperor Nahan said: "Call him to accompany him? Why not, call you brother..." He only remembered halfway through that the prince's eldest brother, Youqi, was only eight or nine years old, and his schoolwork was much worse than his, and he really couldn't. accompany.
The prince pretended not to hear it, and said with a respectful expression: "I also want to see how others are doing right or wrong, and compare it to see how well I have learned."
In fact, you can also ask the eunuchs of Neishutang to accompany the test, but Emperor Chenghua almost remembered the age of his son wrong, and he felt a little guilty, so he replaced the "not allowed" in his heart with "permitted".
Anyway, it's not that Cui Xie came to the palace to accompany the study, at most he handed in his papers, just to let the prince know what he did right or wrong, what's the effort
Emperor Chenghua thought about this, and felt that there was only one accompaniment for the prince to do the test. After the exam, the Chinese studies instructors figured out the right and wrong questions, picked out the excellent answer sheets, and sent them to the East Palace for the prince's reference.
The prince Yaoyao thought about the appearance of those young people accompanying him to do the questions, and he felt anticipation in his heart, with a faint smile in his eyes, and thanked him for withdrawing.
Gao Liang took the decree and went straight to the Hanlin Academy and Guozijian, and successively passed the imperial order. When he was in Guozijian, he called Cui Xie specially, and he said with a smile when he announced the decree in person: "Cui Jiansheng, I see that you are doing well, but you have to strive for yourself, so you can study and do some questions, and give some grades to the junior. Look, daddy."
Cui Xie only asked the Hanlin bosses to take the test yesterday, and today he was ordered by the emperor to be a companion for the test, and he would make people jealous when he said it.
Even Jijiu and the instructors looked at him with a smile, glad that he received such attention from the prince. However, his own heart was not fluctuating, he thanked Eunuch Gao calmly and calmly, accompanied the instructors to send him out, and returned to the Chengxin Classroom.
After Eunuch Gao left, Qiu Jijiu asked the instructors to announce the news to the supervisors in each classroom, and asked a few questions to select the corresponding talents from the international students.
Cui Xie, the character designated by the Crown Prince, did not need to take the exam, and all his classmates came to congratulate him with envy. There were also a few young supervisors who had vowed to be selected and given the topics that Hanlin himself had written, and came up to talk to him, and said with a smile, "Although we can't enter the palace to accompany the prince to study this time, it can be regarded as a companion study, right?"
The companions in the palace... They are all eunuchs, and those who read are the bachelors.
Cui Xie twitched the corners of his mouth, patted the classmate on the shoulder, and gently persuaded: "We ordinary people can get it outside the palace, and we don't need to have such high aspirations."