novelhk Chapter 172
Chapter 172
[Some lost their top scholar because of their province, and some lost their top scholar because of a dream!]
The night before the imperial examination, Zhu Yuanzhang had a dream. He saw a giant nail appear at the entrance to the palace, with white silk threads floating in the wind.
When the palace examination was over, he checked the list of candidates and found a candidate named Ding Xian. He felt that this candidate's name was a perfect match for his dream.
[Thus, Ding Xian, who ranked over 100th in the exam, was promoted to the top position.]
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled. It was certainly not that simple for him to nominate Ding Xian as the top scholar. A few days before the imperial examination, a nursery rhyme suddenly appeared in Jinling.
"Huang Lianhua, Hua Lianhuang."
The surnames of the top three candidates in the imperial examination fit this situation exactly.
He suspected that there was something wrong with the ranking, so he promoted Ding Xian.
唐代
Li Shimin was stunned when he saw this situation. Wasn't the imperial examination already complete during the Ming and Qing dynasties? How could such a thing happen?
It's fine if the top three are swapped, but isn't it a bit of a joke to promote someone who is over a hundred places to the top? Isn't it unfair to the candidates who came before him?
Ding Xian did not say how high an official position he held, so even if he was mentioned as the top scholar, it might not necessarily be of any benefit to the court.
魏晋
Several scholars from humble backgrounds felt envious. They were ranked number one among the hundred or so, while they themselves had no chance to become high-ranking officials.
It would be great if they could take the imperial examination at this time. Maybe we could become the top scorer.
"Didn't the court say when the imperial examination would be implemented?"
"What are you thinking? Those aristocratic families will not agree. Now this person is just a puppet. He can't even decide what to eat in the evening. How can he decide such a big thing?"
"Well, let's drink."
……
[Some people won the first place because of a dream of the emperor, while others lost the first place because their essays were too good.]
Ok?
The people outside the sky were a little surprised. Wasn't the top scholar supposed to compete in essays? How could someone lose just because of his good essay? Was it because the emperor fell asleep?
Or the minister accepted the bribe.
The victim was Su Shi, a renowned writer from the Song Dynasty. His examiner, Ouyang Xiu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, felt that Su Shi's writing was so good that he must be his student.
[Su Shi's article was ranked second to avoid suspicion.]
[However, it should be noted that the imperial examination during which Su Shi participated was known as the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Millennium." Besides Su Shi, there were also his younger brother Su Zhe and Zeng Gong, another of the Eight Great Masters.]
[As well as Zhang Dun and Zhang Zai, the Master of Hengqu]
【It can be said that the stars are shining. 】
Song Dynasty
Zhao Kuangyin laughed out loud. This was a compliment to the culture of the Song Dynasty. Although these people might not have been born yet, it didn't stop him from writing down their names.
Who knows, our descendants might use it in the future.
"It would be nice if we could talk more about the military commanders of our Great Song Dynasty." Zhao Dezhao muttered, "I'm not too confident in using General Pan. Do we really have to use Yang Ye?"
"Just wait patiently, the day you talked about will come eventually!"
……
Qi Cheng felt unsatisfied after watching the video, so he searched on Baidu and found out that there was another martial arts champion in the Qing Dynasty who was replaced because he took the wrong road.
And it was on the day of the audience.
If it weren't for the opponent's interference, this martial arts champion would be a bit like Li Guang.
Li Guang and Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, who had been to the Western Regions, could get lost in the grassland. This man could even get lost in the capital at the most important moment of his life.
What if we go to the grassland?
If you scroll down further, you will find an article mentioning that Zhu Yuanzhang replaced the top scholar because he was ugly.