In front of the martial arts hall, under the white marble steps, more than 100 jinshi stood under the scorching sun, all excited and apprehensive, looking at the majestic palace in front of them.

Among them, the youngest was just tied up, fifteen or sixteen years old, known as a prodigy in the countryside, and the elder, with gray temples, and was close to six.

Among them, there are also a few, who are the officials of the new dynasty, that is, although there is no official vacancy after the middle lift, but they also obey the call of the Holy Son of Heaven to enter the office as an official, and there will be extra points when they will take the exam.

Now, these Jinshi are all very excited, waiting for the Son of Heaven to summon them.

The majestic temple in front of them, in their eyes, was golden and like a sacred place.

……

On the throne of the main hall, Lu Ning was looking at the results and general situation of these Jinshi.

The imperial examination of this dynasty is divided into five subjects, namely the Ming Scripture, the Ming Text, the Ming Calculation, the Ming Law, and the Ming Matter.

Among them, the Ming Jing is similar to the historical and political loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, through the study of ancient scriptures and new textbooks, taking history as a mirror, learning the social structure, etc., and instilling the concept of the country and the nation, the idea of loyalty to the monarch and so on.

Plain text, as the name suggests, is probably similar to the language of later generations.

Calculation is arithmetic, arithmetic.

Explicit laws are laws and regulations.

Mingwu is astronomy and geography, biology and nature, physics and chemistry, and so on.

Jinshi, basically is to take the comprehensive results of five subjects, but if a single subject is particularly good, you can also make an exception.

There are only Ming things with the exception, if only Ming things are particularly good, and the other subjects are a mess, they can only be selected as a person in the Taoist examination, and then sent to the appropriate Yasi, and there are also taken by the East China Sea Baixing, after all, the royal industry, can enter the period, and it is not inferior.

And because of the excellent admission of the Ming Physics Subject, there are also certain requirements for the Ming Arithmetic Course.

In Lu Ning's view, these people naturally belong to some technical talents, and it is inappropriate to be officials.

Of course, there are many channels for officials to be promoted to officials in this dynasty, but it is just that they are not as direct as Zhongjin Shi to become reserve officials.

After flipping through these Jinshi materials, Lu Ning smiled, "Pass it on, I want to see this little prodigy first!" ”

The Son of Heaven personally tried such a major event, and the seven giants of the cabinet were all there, in addition to Li Jingyao, the secretary of the ministry, on the side.

Speaking of which, which member of the cabinet doesn't want to come to today's event? However, the Son of Heaven did not allow it, saying that there would not be too many people and frighten these students.

Listening to the words of the Son of Heaven, Liu Wensuo, a scholar in charge of the Hanlin Academy, flicked his beard slightly, and he was also extremely optimistic about that little prodigy.

The pawns of the Hanlin Academy in the hall immediately sang out one after another, and of course, in their mouths, it became "Chuzhou Shanyang Xinke Jinshi Liu Chengqi to meet!" ”

From the previous dynasty to the present day, there are no certain rules, sometimes the monarch will give a unified examination, and sometimes the monarch summons and asks some questions according to his preferences.

Today's Son of Heaven undoubtedly prefers the latter form.

……

Outside the Golden Palace, there was a singing until the Hanlin Bannelang in front of these Jinshi heard it and said with a smile: "Liu Chengqi from Shanyang, Chuzhou, enter the palace to meet you!" ”

Most of these new scholars were still students, and at this time they were all talking, "I knew it was him." ”

Liu Chengqi is the youngest of the undergraduate jinshi, fifteen years old, known as a prodigy in the countryside, as if the results of the five subject exams are also in the forefront, and he is one of the most powerful contenders for the champion.

A handsome young man squeezed out of the crowd, with a childish look on his face, and Na Hanlin Bannelang smiled and arched his hand: "I have heard the name early, Brother Liu, please." "Obviously, it's like a colleague.

"Wang Lao Xi'er, tell me, which of the two of us can go in first?"

Two young people, standing far behind the crowd, neither of them did very well.

"Wang Lao Xi'er" is from Fenzhou, Taihang Shanxi, called Wang Sizong, a young man who looks very calm, this year is just the crown, that is, 20 years old, five subject exams, he is very serious, relying on the Ming Law to get a full score, to be able to get a scholar.

Ding Zhaoxing, a young man who chatted with him, studied together in the Shaanxi Taoist School in Hezhong Mansion, and the two were classmates for three years, with similar tempers and became close friends.

Wang Sizong was silent, he had always been steady and silent.

Ding Zhaoxing sighed helplessly, "Even if you see the Son of Heaven, you will be spared!" ”

……

On the Golden Palace, Lu Ning looked at the young man kneeling on the ground, Liu Chengqi, just fifteen this year, according to later generations, that is, fourteen years old, born with red lips and white teeth, beautiful face, and childishness, which makes people feel good at first sight.

However, how did he become one of the five ghosts in the history of the Song Dynasty, from Shanyang, Chuzhou, named Liu Chengjue, of course, he is the Liu Chengjue in the five ghosts.

Historically, this Liu Chengqi was a eunuch, speaking of which, he was in charge of the inner treasury for 30 years, and he was very interested in weights and measures, and made outstanding contributions to the weighing and restructuring of the Song Dynasty.

From the perspective of social development, this is the real talent.

"Get up!" Lu Ning said lightly.

Originally, the new branch jinshi was exempted from kneeling and bowing, but after Liu Chengqi entered the hall, he trembled, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he bowed down and kowtowed.

A female official led him closer, and he found the right place to kowtow.

"I see you as the most common thing, what do you have to know about it?" Lu Ning asked casually.

For a while, Liu Chengqi neither got up nor said a word.

Liu Wensuo, a scholar in charge of the Hanlin Academy, frowned slightly, he was originally most optimistic about this young man, but he didn't want to, he couldn't get on the table, and when he arrived at the top of the Golden Palace, he was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and he was afraid that it was the words of the Son of Heaven, but he didn't hear it clearly.

However, after all, he is still a good talent, and Liu Wensuo has to remind him.

"Your Majesty, the student has the courage to ask, can you speak freely?" Liu Chengqi asked cautiously.

"Of course." Lu Ning said gently: "You just say that there is a hole in the sky, and you are not guilty." "I really want to hear about it, today's students, after learning a new school, have a good understanding of the world, especially this Liu Chengqi, and his grades are very good.

"Yes, that student, there is a doubt in his heart, looking at the scriptures of the Holy Son of Heaven, the student has come to the principle that the heavens are round and the earth is round......"

"Bold!" Liu Wensuo, a scholar at the head of the Hanlin Academy, was immediately furious, and he reacted the most violently, perhaps because he liked and was too optimistic about this young man, but he didn't want to, he was just a bastard, "Do you know, what kind of crime should you be guilty of vainly confusing the holy will and talking nonsense?!" ”

Lu Ning was stunned, "How did you come up with this reason?" ”

"The student has read His Majesty's "Navigation Theory" ......" kneeling on the ground, Liu Chengqi's body was also trembling slightly, obviously, he was very frightened, before his words came out, but he didn't think about what the consequences would be, although he didn't know who was reprimanded now, but sitting in His Highness, how could there be a simple person? I think he is also a cabinet minister.

Speculation is a big taboo for important ministers, not to mention that he has no new science and technology skills?

Not to mention, he also said the intention of speculation in public.

He suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem, and his body trembled even more.

Lu Ning was stunned again, and then smiled.

In Xinxue, Lu Ning did not overturn the theory of the balance of the heavens and the earth, but was vague and avoided talking about it, after all, "the sky is round and the earth is flat, and China is in the middle" is the core part of the traditional Huayi worldview.

However, in his lifetime, he must definitely say it with certainty.

In some of his miscellaneous works, such as the navigation guide written at random for the hundred lines of the East China Sea, he once mentioned that in the vast sea, if the ship can keep going eastward and go in a straight line around the land, it will eventually return to the original point.

Regardless of whether the captains and navigators of the East China Sea believe it or not, and how they interpret it, they are scribbling it at random anyway.

But I don't want to, Liu Chengqi is very miscellaneous in reading, and he is also very well-connected, and he can see the popular pamphlets in the East China Sea Baixing.

It can be concluded that he thinks that the sky is round and the earth is round, and he is also very smart.

After taking a deep look at Liu Chengqi, Lu Ning smiled: "You go down." ”

Seeing Liu Wensuo's blowing beard and glaring at his eyes, he was afraid that if he asked again, he would cut off the child's head.

What's more, he is so young that he likes to be clever too much, thinking that he can impress himself in this way, and he can't say that he doesn't like it, but at least, he still has to sharpen and sharpen.