Rise From the Humble

"Three hundred miles to expedite, three hundred miles to expedite!"

"Publish the golden list, open the door and let everyone go. Those who obstruct will be severely punished, and those who rebel will be severely punished!"

In the early morning light, there was a cloud of smoke and dust billowing in front of the gate of Anqing Mansion, and two fast horses rode straight towards the gate from the smoke and dust. Among them, a postman was the first to hold a roll of documents with a big seal on it, which read "Immediately fly to the gate." ", the horse ran straight to the city gate without slowing down.

The rider behind was a little slower, holding a black ultimatum in his hand, in the form of a scroll, with sunflower ebony as the axis. Following closely behind the horse in front, he also headed straight for the city gate without slowing down.

In fact, the latter rider and the first rider were not together. They met when they were near Anqing Mansion. They both set off from the capital. The ultimatum requirement was only 200 miles in a hurry, so I asked the rider behind to catch up not far from Anqing Mansion.

The soldiers guarding the city gate of Anqing Mansion watched the postmen riding their horses from a distance, and then looked at the documents held high in their hands. They dared to stop for a moment, and quickly dredged the city gate to let them pass.

Finally, the decree to pass on the golden list and grant the title of Anren finally came to Anqing Mansion.

At the same time, when the post-riders who had been galloping for several days arrived at Anqing Mansion, Zhu Pingan, who was far away in the capital, had already finished his three-day training at Honglu Temple, and it was time to express his thanks.

According to the requirements of the "Da Ming Huidian", after the three-day training in Honglu Temple, the number one scholar led the Jinshi to express their gratitude. It can be regarded as a test of the effect of the three-day etiquette training at Honglu Temple. This time, the thank you table is a standard court meeting, which means that this day happens to be the day when all civil and military officials go to court. The best way to test the etiquette of a new Jinshi is to express gratitude at the court meeting.

This court meeting was held in Xiyuan. It was not easy for Emperor Jiajing to go out of Xiyuan to the Forbidden City last time. This time, he was able to hold a court meeting in Xiyuan according to the "Daming Huidian", which has satisfied all civil and military officials.

It was only the beginning of the year, and seeing Emperor Jiajing twice was beyond their expectations. You know, Emperor Jiajing didn't go to court in previous years, and they never thought of seeing Jiajing once for several years. Xiyuan is Xiyuan, don't ask too much, Emperor Jiajing was able to find time to hold a court meeting while cultivating alchemy and immortality, the civil and military officials were already satisfied and couldn't be more satisfied.

On this day, Zhu Pingan put on his crown clothes early in the morning and arrived at the gate of Xiyuan Palace early.

In this year, it was much more difficult for Emperor Jiajing to go to court than to win the first prize of the lottery. The opportunity was not easy, and all civil and military officials cherished it very much. It didn't take long for the most elite bureaucratic group of Ming Dynasty to gather in front of Xiyuan Palace.

When the time was up, the gate of Xiyuan Palace was opened wide, and all civil and military officials lined up to enter according to their ranks. Zhu Pingan led the Jinshi to follow closely behind.

It is not the first time to come to Xiyuan. The last time the hall examination room was set in Taisu Hall in Xiyuan, and this time the court meeting is still set in Taisu Hall. The officials of Honglu Temple led the guards in the palace early on, and placed a table case carved with dragon patterns about three meters away from the east side of the gate of Taisu Hall.

Looking at this dragon-pattern table case, Zhu Pingan knew in his heart that this dragon-pattern table case was for him to place the thank-you table on behalf of the Jinshi. The thank you forms above are all fixed procedures, and there is no room for further development in the contents of the forms. Zhu Ping'an's thank you forms have been written under the guidance of Honglu Temple officials during his training in Honglu Temple.

Soon, Emperor Jiajing, under the guard of Jin Yiwei, came from afar.

Jinyiwei set up Lubojia, and the word Lu in Lubojia is not braised meat, but a pseudonym for "lu", which means shield. "Han Guanyi" has a specific description of the specifications of Lubojia: "The order of the emperor's driving is called Lubo, and the soldiers and guards are led by Jiadun outside. They are all called Lubo, so it is called Lubo."

Jin Yiwei held a large silver shield, holding gold melons, treasure tops, flags and other ceremonial weapons to guard around Emperor Jiajing's chariot, accompanied by court musicians, and there was endless music along the way.

There was a crack of whip in the clear sky, and Emperor Jiajing appeared on stage.

Civil and military officials shouted long live the tsunami, long live the tsunami, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and bowed on their knees. Zhu Pingan led the Jinshi to stand under the steps. He couldn't hear the movement in the hall, so he could only kneel down and kneel down with the crowd.

After the monarchs and ministers saw the ceremony, the main topic of this court meeting began. Zhuangyuan Lang expressed his gratitude on behalf of the newly promoted Jinshi.

An official from Honglu Temple walked down the steps, led Zhu Pingan up the steps, and came to the table with dragon patterns outside the east gate of the main hall, and asked Zhu Pingan to place the thank you table on the table with dragon patterns.

Before and after Zhu Ping'an came to the Longwen several cases, under the guidance of the officials of Honglu Temple, he knelt down and held a thank you form on the several cases.

After putting away the watch, Zhu Ping'an followed the requirements of the training at Honglu Temple, and once again performed a three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony. After saluting, Zhu Pingan retreated to the position under the steps again, and led the new Jinshi to stand under the steps.

"Enter the table"

The praise officer shouted angrily.

As soon as he finished speaking, an official from Honglu Temple came out of the queue, walked to the Longwen case, took the thank you note Zhu Pingan had put there with both hands, walked to the main hall, bowed and knelt down, holding Sean in his hands. In the center of the hall.

"Declaration"

The praise officer shouted again with great enthusiasm.

The officials of Honglu Temple knelt down and began to announce the form, only reading the table of contents and the end summary.

"The newly promoted Jinshi has an audience." The praise officer shouted again.

Zhu Ping'an led the newly promoted Jinshimen to the main hall, and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to Emperor Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair.

"Er, either entered the Hanlin, or entered the Six Departments of the Yamen, and I worked as a writer, and I was in peace. Store materials for the house of virtue, and use them for your future. Don't slack off, otherwise I will never forgive you lightly."

Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, looked at the newly promoted Jinshi who were kneeling in the hall, nodded with satisfaction, and opened his mouth.

"I will obey the holy edict." Zhu Ping'an and others knelt down and replied.

After that, Emperor Jiajing stopped talking, cherishing his words like gold, and praised the official to announce the end of the ceremony. Zhu Pingan and others got up to thank the gift, and then led by the officials of Honglu Temple to the end of the civil servants, and stood in line.

Generally speaking, once the above table of thanksgiving is completed, then this court meeting will be successfully completed. Emperor Jiajing will return to the palace, and all civil and military officials will return to their homes.

But there is something different today.

After the chanting officer finished reading out according to the procedures, and was about to end the court meeting according to the procedures, a voice suddenly came from the queue of civil and military officials.

"I have this memorial."

A clear voice broke the silence of the hall and attracted everyone's attention.

In the eyes of everyone, they saw a forty-year-old, elegant-looking official wearing a flying fish suit stepping out of the queue of civil and military officials, holding a wat board, striding out of the queue, facing Emperor Jiajing who was sitting on the dragon chair I made a cry, and I have my own notes.

The voice was clear, sonorous and powerful, the expression was solemn, and he looked at death as if he were home.