Throne room.

Seat 5.

Sandall sat on the seat of the fifth place in the examination of the prospective students, looking a little worried.

He was already satisfied with being able to finish fifth in the first round of the big test, which is far more than the results he had achieved in the previous two sessions.

But how to write the essay for the second round of the palace examination, he was at a loss.

In the first two palace examinations, he had already written about his own level and some research, and he was not taken by the emperor.

You can't take the third palace test, and you still write these things, it is estimated that the emperor will not be able to stand it.

Jin Luang Palace, the third seat on the examination table.

Xia Zihao opened his exam paper, read the two questions written on the king's policy, and couldn't help sneering.

Sure enough, as he expected, the Timberwolf Tribe and the Cataclysm, the two big troubles, are in it.

These two big questions are really annoying.

The problem of the previous timberwolf tribe, he couldn't solve it, and he didn't have any ideas to offer.

But in the latter natural catastrophe problem, he has a countermeasure that can be called a nirvana, which can definitely surprise the emperor.

He couldn't help but mournfully remember what happened late last night.

Last night.

After the first round of the civil and military examinations, their group of twenty or thirty preparatory students were all desperate, and their overall score rankings were worse than the worst they expected.

They gathered in Xia Mansion late at night, drinking wine one by one, almost wanting to hug their heads and cry.

Even Xia Zihao, the strongest among them, was squeezed to the third place in the first round of the big test, Dai Ning was even more unlucky, and even fell out of the top three, and next, it was the more cruel second round of the palace test.

This second round is completely based on the emperor's likes and dislikes, and the final test ranking is determined.

The emperor is not very happy with him, and is likely to kick him out of the top three.

Once he is not among the top three in the big test, then according to the practice of the Holy Empire, he cannot be promoted to the nine important ministers of the Holy Court and the ten major city lords in the future.

Even Xia Zihao, the leader of their group of preparatory students, could not become one of the Nine Emperors and the Ten Great City Lords of the Holy Empire, let alone the rest of the preparatory students, but they were afraid that they would not even have an ordinary official position.

They could already foresee that Roland, Rice, Sandur, etc., fifty or sixty probationary students, would take advantage of the opportunity of a large number of vacancies in the imperial court to occupy a large number of important official positions and become an extremely powerful new force in the sacred imperial court.

And they will gradually be marginalized.

In the suppression that will continue for hundreds of years in the future, they will be completely sunk, and their family, from a famous family in the imperial capital, will be reduced to a small family that is not worth mentioning.

"Brothers, we have only one last way to save us and our family."

Xia Zihao endured his grief and prepared for life in the court.

"Brother Zihao hasn't given up yet, is there any way to keep our ranking in the big test?"

All the prospective students were shocked.

"Yes, the emperor has a problem, that is, his ears are soft, as long as he pleases the right place, he will be happy."

Xia Zihao nodded solemnly and said: "As long as everyone nods and agrees, we will definitely be able to keep it, and we are now ranked in the big test, and we will still have a chance to breathe, and we will not be defeated." ”

Dai Ning was surprised: "Brother Zihao, what is the solution?" ”

"Bear the pain and cut the flesh."

"On top of the palace test, we will write a disaster relief policy together, and take out our family's wealth from one to three percent to save the disaster from natural disasters.

Xia Zihao said, staring at the rest of the students, worried that they would object, he couldn't donate alone, he had to donate in a group of them in order to cause the emperor's shock and joy.

All the preparatory students were shocked, and they all looked sideways at Xia Zihao's idea of "selling the clan for glory".

This method looks righteous and awe-inspiring, under the banner of saving the country and providing disaster relief.

But in fact, it is a move to curry favor with the Emperor, and it will offend many wealthy families and powerful families in the Holy Empire.

On weekdays, these wealthy families are absolutely reluctant and unwilling to take out such a large amount of money to use it for disaster relief, because disaster relief is the business of the court and the emperor, so why should they ask these big families to pay.

But Xia Zihao is now trying to please the emperor, regardless of the big families in the imperial capital, and uses this special trick to please the emperor, in order to avoid the emperor, lower his palace test ranking, and kick out of the top three in the big test.

"Brothers, this is the only way we can keep our ranking and status in the palace exam."

Xia Zihao hurriedly persuaded.

"Okay, I'm out of my family."

"I'm also one percent, and I can't do more."

"Okay, we will donate one percent, but in the policy text, we have to falsely report three percent, so that the emperor will be even more moved."

Some of the preparatory students thought about it for a long time, and under the persuasion of Xia Zihao, they finally reluctantly agreed, and actually donated one percent of their family wealth, and falsely donated three percent.

There are also many preparatory students who are unwilling to take out a fortune in exchange for the ranking and status of the palace examination.

Xia Zihao can't control them anymore, so let's ask for more blessings.

If you can't pass the palace test today, you won't have anything to do with them in the Holy Empire court in the future.

The battle in the Jinluan Palace was fierce, how could you win without a trick.

Xia Zihao wrote quickly in the essay: "The minister is right: the natural catastrophe shakes the epic continent, the catastrophe of the Holy Empire is imminent, and the treasury urgently needs a large amount of financial resources to deal with it. ”

"Your Majesty is concerned about the catastrophe, and the ministers are also anxious, and they can't sleep day and night, and finally come up with a countermeasure to repay the emperor's kindness."

"The minister is willing to take the initiative to donate the wealth of the Sancheng family to solve the urgent needs of the treasury, and the minister also called on more than a dozen classmates to donate the wealth of the Sancheng family together, and dedicate a piece of loyalty to the country and the king..."

It's not a lot of content, just work.

He didn't believe it, and the emperor would not be moved after reading it.

Inside the Jinluan Palace, there was silence.

Hundreds of preparatory students were writing essays, only the sound of paper and pencils.

The Great Emperor sat on the throne and waited, holding a list in his hand, and looked at the list lightly.

On it, the names of Roland, Rice, and Sandur, a group of preparatory students who supported him at the time in the Golden Luan Palace, are remembered.

Of course, there are also dozens of children of the minister's family, like Xia Zihao and Dai Ning, who are related to the case of the second prince's rebellion.

The preparatory students in front need to improve their rankings, even if their ability is not strong enough, but the loyal preparatory students will also be promoted several places in the palace examination.

And of course, the latter must be pressed, at least ten places lowered, otherwise the rebels will not be able to teach a lesson, and they will not have their tails cocked to the sky.

The time limit for the second round of the temple examination is very short, because the content of the preparatory student's essay has been considered in advance, so only about half an hour is given to write the essay.

On the Jinluan Palace, after the preparatory students finished answering the essays, they began to hand in their respective examination papers one after another.

(End of chapter)