In March and April in Bianjing, the scenery is mostly drizzle.
The rain is hitting the sails of the imperial ship traveling on the Bianhe River, and the scenery on both sides of the Bianhezhou Bridge from the cabin is also a bit hazy.
Green poplars are sprouting new leaves, weeping willows dip low on the river banks, the streets are congested, pedestrians rub shoulders, and there are also singers in beautiful costumes holding oil-paper umbrellas standing in the state bridge to look at it.
Zhang Yue and others sat in the cabin, watching the spring scenery of Bianshui River, and went to Taiping Xingguo Temple, the gathering place for the last period.
When the boat passes Zhouqiao, you can see the towering Xingguo Temple pagoda in the distance. If you stand on the bow of the boat, you have to look up to see the full view.
Different from the iron pagoda of Kaibao Temple, the pagoda of Xingguo Temple is built of blue bricks and is dozens of feet high.
Taiping Xingguo Temple is located to the west of Daxiangguo Temple and northeast of Majun Yaqiao in Bianhe River. During the Taiping Xingguo period, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty granted it the title of Taiping Xingguo Temple, so it was named Taiping Xingguo Temple. Together with Tianqing Temple, Kaibao Temple and Daxiangguo Temple, they are also known as the Four Imperial Temples in Bianjing.
When Buddhism was introduced in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mo Teng and Zhu Fa carried Buddhist scriptures to China on white horses. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty entertained them and stayed at Honglu Temple. Later, the White Horse Temple was built, which means Honglu Temple.
Later it was called Taoist Temple, Jialan, and in the Tang Dynasty it was generally called Temple. In the Song Dynasty, the larger ones were called temples and the smaller ones were called courtyards.
When Su Xun and his son went to Beijing to take the exam, they stayed in the bathhouse of Daxingguo Temple.
Just last month, Su Xun bought a mansion near Yiqiumen, and his family moved there, one mile away from Daxingguo Temple.
When the boat arrived at the dock, Zhang Yue left the boat and landed.
All the Jinshi of the same year were waiting on the shore and called him Zhuangyuan Gong. They all came to watch in the rain.
There are seven Jinwu guards waiting on the shore.
The number one scholar was given to Zou because of the grace given to Cai Qi when he was selected as the number one scholar by Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty.
The Jinwu Guards are the guards who clear the way for the emperor to travel and serve as guards of honor. As for the seven-poster system, only the emperor can use it.
At that time, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty saw that idle people in the capital could also ride horses to and from the capital. Jinshi scholars with wealthy families were also very extravagant in going in and out of the period, with several tall horses driving around. As for Cai Qi, the number one scholar, his family was poor and could not afford to buy any clothes.
Therefore, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty stipulated that all Jinshi gatherings in previous periods only need to control the horse's head twice, and cannot exceed the control.
As for the number one scholar, it was given to the emperor as a ceremonial guard and used as a custom-made one.
When Zhang Yue got on the carriage and went from the pier to Taiping Xingguo Temple with the Jinshi, everyone was vying to see it. Many people climbed up the house to overlook it. The scholars and common people were all envious. There were even many athletes from Beijing who drove their own horses to follow. After the ceremonial ceremony, the conductor is in a state of grandeur.
Although Zhang Yue was sitting on the carriage, he repeatedly supported Che Xuan to stand up, bent down and saluted the people watching on the roadside.
Walking all the way to Taiping Xingguo Temple, Zhang Yue got off the bus in front of the temple.
When the monks of Xingguo Temple in Daping saw the emperor's guard of honor and the majestic carriages and horses, they came to the temple to welcome him.
Zhang Yue led all the scholars to thank the monks at the temple gate and then entered the temple.
Taiping Xingguo Temple is outside the Youye Gate of Da Nei, not far from Fengfu, Yushitai and Shangshu Province. Although it is prosperous, it is not noisy. It was a wise move for Su Xun to choose this place to prepare for the exam instead of staying in a complicated hotel.
In the drizzle, Zhang Yue stepped into Taiping Xingguo Temple. Different from the Daxiangguo Temple, the Taipingxingguo Temple is large in scale and is located in a busy place at the foot of the Emperor, but there is no noise at all. It is really an excellent temple and a pure residence.
The abbot led the way and introduced the scenery in the temple to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue stopped at an ancient cypress in front of the temple, but he saw that the tree was old and the stems were covered with moss.
The abbot clasped his hands together and said, "It is said that this person was the Great Yu, and it has been thousands of years ago."
Zhang Yue and other Jinshi paid homage to the towering Xingguo Temple tower behind the temple, and then went to the Dongzang Sutra Academy of Qiji.
The snow-white walls of the courtyard are written with poems written by the top scholars of past dynasties.
Zhang Yue read them one by one and happened to see the poem written by Zhang Tangqing, the number one scholar in the first year of Jingyou's reign.
But as the title says, "I made it to the Dragon and Tiger Ranking for the first time, and arrived in the Phoenix Pond in ten years."
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zhongshu Province was located in Jinyuan, and the pool in Jinyuan was called Phoenix Pool. Therefore, Phoenix Pond can refer to Zhongshu Province or the Prime Minister.
I recall how high-spirited Zhang Tangqing was when he won the first prize, so he set his ambition to go to Phoenix Pond in ten years.
However, Zhang Tangqing died when he was only twenty-eight years old.
Some people who were jealous of him appended two sentences to his poem: "You see Yao Ye and Liang Gu, and the officials in the court will not know."
Yao Ye and Liang Gu were also number one, but unfortunately they died of illness at a young age and did not even arrive as officials.
Zhang Yue looked at the poems written by Zhang Heng and Liu Hui again, and the abbot of Taiping Xingguo immediately motioned to the monks to bring paper and pen.
"Please also ask the chief to write a poem."
Zhang Yue thought about it briefly and wrote a Zhongping poem "Danchi Countermeasures Three Thousand Words, Gold List Title Five Colored Spring".
The abbot and other Jinshi all smiled and praised it.
Zhang Yue wrote the inscription, "Zhang Yue, the first person in the imperial examination in March of the sixth year of Jiayou's reign, wrote this."
Because it was the first day of gathering, all the Jinshi discussed in the institute and first selected the "Regiment Secretary".
The Tuan Si is the person who organizes the annual banquet. He is selected from the top two candidates in the same year. He is responsible for issuing invitations, correcting bullets, making notes, in charge of titles and notes, in charge of ceremonies, hosting guests, taking notes, taking charge of utensils, taking care of meals, and taking charge of wine. As a result, it's a prison matter.
There are as many as fifty or sixty people in the regiment secretary, and as few as thirty or forty people.
This was also the time when all the Jinshi got to know each other and talked with each other in the Sutra Collection Hall. Regardless of the few words today, when they meet each other when they are officials in the future, they will talk to each other as before.
The monks of Daxingguo Temple presented tea fruits to everyone.
There was a large table in the hall, covered with white paper. Each Jinshi stepped forward and wrote on the paper his or her name, place of origin, third generation, surname, and whether he had entered the official position.
After writing, it will be compiled into a short record of the same year and handed over to the bookstore for printing. Each Jinshi will have one copy.
Zhang Yue saw Jiang Yan, the governor of Yuan Dynasty.
Jiang Yan was a little disappointed. His ranking dropped from provincial yuan to seventeenth in the imperial examination.
But Shengyuan has the right. During the roll-call in the palace examination, if three people are called out, if there is no name of Shengyuan, Shengyuan can call out for himself.
This was the case when Wu Yu and Ouyang Xiu were provincial governors. At this time, the emperor would upgrade the provincial governors and give them the treatment of the top three.
However, when Fan Zhen was in the province of Yuan Dynasty, he fell to the second class in the palace examination. At that time, he passed the top three in the roll call, but he did not say anything. As for Jiang Yan, the provincial governor, the same was true. He remained silent and accepted the rank given to him by the emperor without seeking promotion.
Zhang Yue took a high look at Jiang Yan and asked him to take charge of the matter. As for Huang Lu, Han Zhongyan and others also had their own arrangements.
Zhang Yuezheng was talking to Tong Nian when most people had finished writing their names in the title list.
It happened to be the turn of the two at the bottom of the list.
The last person at the bottom of the list, and also the last one in the top five, is Chen Tao. The third person in the family, who was the same year, laughed at himself: "The number one scholar is ranked third, and I am also ranked third. The number one scholar picks one list, and I shoulder the responsibility for the list. We don't care about each other." Evenly matched."
Seeing that Chen Tao's words were humorous, everyone in the same year laughed when they heard what he said.
One person laughed and said: "This is the top pick on the list, I admire you!"
He was the second to last person at the bottom of the list along with Chen Tao. He originally thought that he and Chen Tao were at the bottom among all the Jinshi. It really had nothing to do with face.
But seeing that Chen Tao could be so shameless, he also laughed at himself and wrote a poem to laugh at himself: "You can't see Zhang Yue even if you raise your head, but you can still step on Chen San if you stretch out your feet."
After saying this, the man even stamped his feet, making all the scholars in the Sutra Library burst into laughter.
As for Chen Tao, his face turned red with anger.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh while leaning on the wall and said, it's interesting to have these two people in the episode.
