At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the palace test was held on the first day of the first month of March, and it was forcibly changed to the 15th by Emperor Chenghua.

Xie Zhi accompanied Zhu Houzhao to study in the East Palace for more than ten days before finally waiting for the palace exam.

Since the palace exam was held in the palace, it was a lot more convenient for Xie Zhi, and he didn't have to go into the palace before dawn like other candidates.

Xie Zhi slept until he woke up naturally, and ate breakfast slowly, and there was plenty of time.

Xie Zhi stretched and asked, "Who is teaching His Highness today?" ”

Zhang Yong, who was waiting on the side, replied: "Wang Shaozhan's matter, Wang Shaozhan's matter has passed." ”

Xie Zhi smiled and sighed: "No wonder I didn't see His Highness in the morning, it turned out that it was Wang Shaozhan who was teaching, and there was nothing else to do anyway, so I went to Wenhua Palace." ”

Zhang Yong pulled a bright smile and replied, "Okay, our family is still waiting to earn some silver from Xie Banyu and come back." ”

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "Father-in-law Zhang has helped a lot, for Father-in-law Zhang, I have to do my best, right?" ”

When Xie Zhi first arrived at the East Palace, he also had to report the news to Zhang Yong, otherwise, he would have to be miserable by Liu Jin.

Zhang Yong also has to thank him for his kind words in front of Zhu Houzhao in order to stand out in the East Palace, otherwise with his qualifications in the East Palace, he will always be crushed by Liu Jin.

After going back and forth, Xie Zhi and Zhang Yong have a cooperative relationship, and they naturally have a relationship of interests, and they naturally get along a lot better.

A key point, Zhang Yong has a lot of selfishness, but he still has some conscience.

After Xie Zhi came out of the East Palace, he went straight to the Wenhua Palace.

When they arrived at the Mandarin Palace, the candidates had not yet entered.

During the township examination and the meeting examination, they were checked over and over again, and they were all very strict, not to mention the need to enter the palace examination.

In addition to verifying the identity of these candidates and whether they are entrained, they must also be strictly screened for carrying weapons.

After all, the emperor is also going to appear during the palace test, and he has to ensure the safety of the emperor.

Xie Zhi took the paperwork, carried the examination basket and finally entered the hall after being checked again and again by the messengers.

After entering the hall, Xie Zhi turned around a few times in front of a row of tables before finally finding his exam seat.

This examination seat is facing the imperial case of Emperor Hongzhi in front of him.

Such a seat is facing the emperor, and every move can be seen by the emperor first, although it can enter the emperor's eyes, I am afraid that few people are willing to sit here.

There are people watching all day long, how can you answer the questions happily?

Although Xie Zhi and Emperor Hongzhi are also familiar with each other, although they are not nervous to sit here and answer questions, this position is inevitably too gossip and conspicuous.

After he answered the question, it was not so easy to relax.

Although Xie Zhi was reluctant, he also had to sit down.

Not long after Xie Zhi sat down, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and neatly arranged candidates streamed in from the outside.

These candidates didn't dare to make too many mistakes, and when they entered the hall, they found their own place to sit down in a proper manner, and they didn't even dare to look around.

It was only a few moments before the candidates sat down before Emperor Hongzhi arrived.

After Emperor Hongzhi sat down before he walked to the front of the imperial case, Xiao Jing shouted at the top of his voice: "All the tributes are saluted to meet Your Majesty." ”

These scholars Xie Zhiwai, Wang Shouren in the field are all seeing Emperor Hongzhi for the first time, right?

As early as when Emperor Hongzhi came in, many people were already nervous.

After Xiao Jing's words, the salutes of the candidates were not so neat.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't care, nor was he harsh, his face was kind, and he said with a smile: "No need to be polite, you can participate in the palace test here, it can be seen that they are all the talents of my Ming Dynasty, and I will also be my Ming humerus minister in the future. ”

Emperor Hongzhi gave an order, and Xiao Jing took the roster and began to roll call.

In fact, as early as when these candidates came in, their identities had been verified very clearly.

Now the purpose of the roll call is also to let the emperor know about these candidates.

It can be regarded as giving these candidates a chance to show their faces in front of the emperor.

After almost a stick of incense, the roll call was completed.

After the roll call, without any further delay, Emperor Hongzhi directly issued a second order, saying: "Scatter the scroll." ”

The person in charge of the examination this time is Wang Wei.

After listening to Emperor Hongzhi's instructions, Wang Wei replied with his hand: "Obey the order." ”

Then, he instructed the rest of the examiners: "Scatter the papers." ”

Xie Zhi sat in the middle position, and he was the first to get the exam questions.

"How to rejuvenate the country."

This strategy echoes the distance of the examination, which asks about the shortcomings of the imperial court today, and this one asks how to solve these problems.

Xie Zhi felt that this question was given to him, and his answer last time was able to raise the Yuan, which means that those Wenchen and Emperor Hongzhi at the upper level were all in favor of his ideas.

This time, he just had to refine his answer.

After all the candidates had their hands in their hands, the examiners distributed rice paper along their seats.

Xie Zhi was the first to get it, and naturally he was the first to start writing.

After the examiner distributed all the candidates' rice papers, Xie Zhi had written about two or three hundred words.

In the policy discussion, he mentioned for the first time in the official face that with the idea of a county becoming rich and a country, he found the idea of being able to enrich the people in a county, and then drove the prosperity of the people of a country.

When the people of a country are rich, it is naturally the prosperity of the imperial court.

This strategy is not only seen by Emperor Hongzhi, so there are some deep-seated things, so Xie Zhi can only briefly introduce it.

As for these problems that exist in the imperial court now, it is impossible for Emperor Hongzhi not to know about them.

Even if Xie Zhi talks about it now, it must be Emperor Hongzhi who has the courage to change.

Besides, if you make changes without doing any foreshadowing, it will be tantamount to hurting your muscles and bones for Da Ming.

Not to mention making Daming more powerful, even the current prosperity may be difficult to guarantee.

This time, Xie Zhi did not write a large article in a big way.

Just a brief introduction of my thoughts.

This time this policy is very simple for Xie Zhi, but it is not so easy for other candidates.

These candidates have been studying hard for so many years, and they are all endorsing, if they ask about the content of the Four Books and the Five Classics, they may still be able to answer, but if they talk about these questions that need to be adapted, it will be quite difficult for them.

In fact, if you want to be a good official, you can't do it by simply memorizing a few books.

Originally, the palace exam was to take a whole day, and Xie Zhi only took half an hour to put his thoughts on paper.

Xie Zhi put down the pen, and Emperor Hongzhi got up and walked to his side.

Xie Zhi felt that someone was staring at him when he was struggling to write, and he put down the pen, and Emperor Hongzhi got up and walked over, if this person was not Emperor Hongzhi, he would not believe it.

Emperor Hongzhi walked to Xie Zhi's side, and without saying much, he directly picked up the strategy written by Xie Zhi.

After a few moments, it was put back.

After that, he walked back to the court and sat down.

Xie Zhi's strategy was completed, and now he could only stare at Emperor Hongzhi who had been staring at him.

In front of Emperor Hongzhi, Xie Zhi also had to pay attention to some images, although he didn't say that he was sitting upright, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

The strategy test lasted for a whole day, during which there would be eunuchs holding steamed buns, and each person would be given two.

Xie Zhi sat in his seat bored, and finally waited for the distribution of steamed buns.

The other candidates grabbed the pen in one hand and put the steamed bun in their mouth with the other.

But Xie Zhi was taking a bite and sending it to his mouth.

That's all I have to do now is to pass the time, otherwise it's going to be boring to sit there.

It seems that it is necessary to give an opinion to Emperor Hongzhi, and if you have the ability to complete the policy in advance, you should still let the family go back earlier.

Otherwise, sitting here all day is not a waste of effort?

Xie Zhi ate steamed buns and looked at the sun outside from time to time.

Finally... When he was about to finish his two steamed buns, the sun became a little dim...

This is a clear sign that the sun is about to set.

It seems that the end of the temple examination is also hopeful.

After waiting for about half an hour, the hour finally arrived.

Wang Wei took the lead and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, the time has come." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't say much, and said, "Take it." ”

After Emperor Hongzhi allowed it, an examiner quickly accepted all the candidates' opinions in order.

After the strategy was put away, Emperor Hongzhi took the lead in leaving, and then a group of candidates also began to leave Wenhua Hall one after another.

Xie Zhi didn't need to leave the palace, so he wasn't in a hurry.

He sat in his seat while all the candidates left.

Wang Shouren turned around a few times, walked to Xie Zhi's side and said, "Tang Yin, Xu Jing agreed." ”

Dropping this sentence and not waiting for Xie Zhi to respond, Wang Shouren hurriedly left the Wenhua Hall with the candidates.

This is not a liquor store, and it is already very good to be able to spread the news.