Li Muyan delivered a speech as usual, gently expounding his expectations for the future pillars of the country, reviewing the glorious course of the past, and looking forward to the bright future of the Great Zhou.

This set is very familiar to Mu Qing, there is no way, the same scene will appear when he turns on the TV at seven o'clock every night before the crossing.

It seems that even with scientific and technological progress and humanistic changes, some things have been maintained.

"All beings sit!"

In an extremely long tone of the Huang Hui, everyone sat down, Mu Qing looked at the ink in the inkstone, it was a little dry, it seemed that he would have to add some water and grind it again in a while.

The candidates sat down, and the officials who accompanied the emperor's invigilation also sat down one by one, and the closest to Li Muyan was Liu Shiren, who was wearing a red official robe, and Lord Liu's eyebrows were lowered, looking extremely respectful. Mu Qing only glanced at it slightly, and then withdrew his gaze.

The assessment method of the temple examination is slightly different from the previous one, first the scriptures, but it is not necessary to make a large section of the scriptures as before, but only the passages that can explain the point of view. It's short, but it needs to be concise, it's clear, and it's beautifully written, which is a bit more difficult than a long story.

Then there is the poetry, which is not counted in the final results, but allows those young people with literary talents to have a chance to show, as for who they are, the emperor himself pointed them out.

Selection criteria? Naturally, it depends on who is pleasing to the eye.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has always been a world of faces.

Finally, the highlight is that the emperor raises a question, which will involve current affairs, and candidates do not need to point out the evidence and argument everywhere as in the scriptures, they only need to say what they think and what they think, as well as the solution.

Li Qianyu has always asked Mu Qing to look at the history books of the criminal law, for this one.

And if you get the emperor's blue eyes in the last item, even if the previous answer is a mess, you can be circled, even if you are not the first place, you can also be among the best. After all, in the final analysis, the imperial court is not looking for poets, but court officials, and what it needs is not scholars who can only dance and write, but officials who can come up with a real machine for the well-being of the people.

Mu Qing is very familiar with this process in his heart, and I believe that many people who are doing it can also know it, so most people's faces are very calm.

Li Muyan was very satisfied with everyone's expression, waved his hand, and the two little eunuchs who had been hunched behind him responded, stepped forward quickly, and one of them pulled away the silk in his hand. There is a square line written on it, which is large enough for even the last row of candidates to see clearly.

'Neutrality without relying on strong pretensions'.

This sentence comes from the mean, which means that the gentleman is in the same stream and does not conform to the dirt, does not follow the crowd, behaves in the world, and must always have the correct principles that he adheres to, impartial and unwavering.

It's not a difficult problem, it's not even a word split or patchwork, it's even something that every candidate is familiar with. Many people frowned, naturally not worried about how to solve the question, the candidates who can come this far are all excellent problem-solving skills and extensive knowledge, and this question cannot trap them.

What they thought was, why did the emperor give such a simple question? Is there something subtle about it?

And just when everyone was thinking about the deeper meaning, Mu Qing began to sharpen the ink with an indifferent expression, and then picked up the pen and wrote on the paper. Scratch paper is not provided, and candidates are required to answer directly on a paper with a red grid. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty, not only to think that there are no mistakes or omissions, but also to be careful not to write other words. In addition to these, it is also necessary to avoid those nouns that cannot appear in the choice of words and sentences, such as the emperor's year name and name, or the title of the emperor's relatives and relatives, etc.

When everyone was thinking, Mu Qing was the first to write. Li Muyan looked at Mu Qing and curled the corners of his mouth, as if he was very optimistic. And Yuan Wenchang, who was beside Mu Qing, also cast his eyes over, looking a little surprised.

But immediately, Yuan Wenchang also picked up the pen, didn't think about what he had or didn't have, and directly conceived the words in his head and put them on the paper.

In Yuan Wenchang's view, Mu Qing and Li Qianyu have a close relationship, and they must have some inside information. Since Mu Qing dared to write now, it proved that the saint had no other thoughts, so Yuan Wenchang didn't think about it anymore.

In fact, Mu Qing felt that the emperor did not have so many temptations, and the reason why he had such a question was entirely because the emperor was not prepared to set any threshold in the scriptures.

The simplicity of the question means that you can't eliminate people if you can't distinguish the level, as long as you play a stable role and don't get out of the low-level difference, you can naturally pass the test. The reason why Li Muyan did this naturally had his intentions, and Mu Qing guessed that maybe there were difficulties waiting for everyone to break through in the future, so he would not be embarrassed for them here.

I have to say that Mu Qing's ability to speculate on Shangyi has been strengthened, Li Muyan is really not ready to make things difficult for them, although Li Muyan likes calligraphy and painting, but he does not respect things like Jingyi that are very obvious. What he likes is someone who can write well, and he can also get his blue eyes if he does poetry well, but this Jingyi is not the way Li Muyan likes to choose talents.

However, the imperial examination method handed down by the ancestors has been fixed and cannot be changed, so Li Muyan took such a topic to deal with the errand.

After seeing that many people had begun to write, Li Muyan's eyes swept the incense burning in the copper furnace next to him, and saw that a third of the time had passed. He turned his head and looked at Liu Shiren, who was sitting on his left hand, and said, "Aiqing, do you have a favorite among the candidates this year?" ”

Liu Shiren's eyelids jumped, and then he replied in a low voice: "Back to the emperor, the lower officials treat all candidates equally, and they don't pay special attention to it. ”

Li Muyan curled the corners of his mouth: "Aiqing, don't lie to me, but I heard that after I tried it, Mu Qing went to your mansion and stayed for a while." ”

Liu Shiren's eyelids jumped again, and he subconsciously looked at Li Muyan, and after making sure that there was no unhappiness on this person's face, he said slowly: "Mu Qing is a sensible child, he came to me just to meet the main exam, and go through the motions." After a pause, thinking of the unknown relationship between Mu Qing and Li Muyan, Liu Shiren seemed to say inadvertently, "But compared to others, Mu Qing is really much better, the old minister heard that he had a bad time as a child, and there was no famous teacher to guide him, it is not easy to get to this point, it is enough to see the talent." ”

After hearing this, Li Muyan smiled happily, and then sat up straight without answering and stopped talking, but the smile on his face did not dissipate at all, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

Liu Shiren regained his expression of low eyebrows, but he didn't notice the admiration in Huang Hui's eyes, who had been standing behind Li Muyan.

If you want to know that Mu Qing may be Li Muyan's illegitimate child in exile, in addition to Li Muyan and Mu Qing, who is ignorant and has some speculation, it is Huang Hui and Liu Shiren, who are extremely close to Li Muyan. Huang Hui was not sure if Liu Shiren knew it at first, but now that he heard this, there was nothing he didn't understand.

Mu Qing is destined not to see the light, even if everyone knows his identity, he can't announce it. This made him lose a lot, but he was also destined to get a lot of compensation. Compared with an adult prince who may take away his throne anytime and anywhere, Li Muyan is afraid that he is more willing to get close to this illegitimate son whose identity is unknown and lacks his love, but who is brilliant and good-looking.

Huang Hui knew this, so he showed favor to Mu Qing in every way, in order to use Mu Qing's east wind to stabilize his position.

But compared with Liu Shiren, Huang Hui still felt that his means were much lower.

Liu Shiren, the old man, knew everything clearly in his heart, but he pretended not to know, and there was no bias in his tone. But take a look at what he said, showing that he exaggerated Mu Qingqing's young loneliness, and then sighed that it was not easy for him to become a talent, and finally praised Mu Qing's excellent talent lightly.

Since Mu Qing had no one to guide him, it was naturally a matter of talent to be so smart. So who created this talent? Naturally, it is his own father - the current emperor.

Who said that cultural people don't make sycophants? It's really out of people's reach that they make a lot of noise.

No one would remember the poor woman who had been buried in the loess at this time, and even Li Muyan forgot about Mu Yan in an instant. What he sees now is the young man who is writing calmly and unhurriedly, looking at his appearance, his demeanor, and his temperament.

The more I look at it, the more pleasing it is, the more I look at it, the happier I become, and just now Liu Shiren praised Mu Qing fiercely and praised himself, which made Li Muyan's spirit better and better.

Huang Hui looked at it, due to the famine in the west in recent days, Li Muyan had not smiled for a long time, and now he had a rare happy face. In this way, Huang Hui looked at Mu Qing with gratitude in his eyes, after all, he has been by Li Muyan's side for decades, and he has a deep friendship with the master and servant, and he Huang Hui likes anyone who can make Li Muyan happy.

Liu Shiren also looked at Mu Qing unconsciously, but his heart was a little heavy.

It may be a good thing that the emperor values Mu Qing so much, but Mu Qing is just a young man after all, and his mind is not calm, it is okay to follow Li Qianyu now, if he is used to having a big temper in the future, and then he has a big mind, I am afraid that there will be other incidents.

After all, the final attribution of the throne is just a sentence of the current saint.

Standing up? After all, it's not good to set up your heart.

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Mu Qing didn't know the twists and turns of the people above, and he didn't know that he would be trained by the husband Liu Shiren he had just recognized in the future just because of this short problem, if he knew, he would have to make himself more eager, instead of pretending to be a saint with a calm face.

Mu Qing's entire energy at the moment was focused on the paper, and there was no distraction.

It's not long, Mu Qing has already finished the draft, what he needs to do is to write down the words one by one with the thin gold font he is good at, and pay attention not to offend the taboo words.

This process does not need to be very long, but Mu Qing is not in a hurry, and writes very slowly.

It's not that he doesn't know the bottom of his heart, but because he's killing the time to make sure he's going to run out of this incense stick at the right time, instead of writing in a hurry and sitting here doing nothing.

Once you relax, it is easy to attract the attention of others, and if there is still a negligence in your voice and appearance, you will be deducted points, but it is better to keep writing hard.

But at the moment when Mu Qing put down his pen, he heard an exclamation from someone behind him, and the examiner stood up and walked over, as if the candidate had accidentally splashed ink on his sleeve.

This is a trivial matter, but sometimes people are extremely easy to make mistakes when they are concentrating, Mu Qing shook his hand, and a drop of ink on the tip of the pen fell on the scroll. The whole process seemed to be in slow motion in Mu Qing's eyes, and he just watched in a daze as the ink drops fell onto the paper, fainting into a small black dot.

The original clean roll surface is difficult to look at because of this drop of ink.

Mu Qing's face was instantly ugly.

The author has something to say: if it is too smooth, there will be twists and turns

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