Although learning that the poetry gathering was delayed by two hours brought some grumbles from the crowd, Ye Tian was both the magistrate of Stone County and the organizer of today's event, so no one was willing to make a fuss at this moment.
After all, the prizes for today's poetry gathering were outrageously generous. The first-place winner would not only receive ten thousand taels of gold and have Ye Tian kowtow on the spot to accept them as their master, but also benefit from the imperial decree recently issued throughout the land by Emperor Qian, granting the champion of today's gathering the official status of "Secondary Jinshi Status."
In the imperial examinations, successful candidates in the palace examination were divided into three tiers: the top tier consisted of three scholars, with the first place named the Zhuangyuan, the second place the Bangyan, and the third place the Tanhua, all bestowed the title of "Jinshi Jidi."
Chapter 137