Chu Tianxiu's thoughts, of course, would not tell Li Kangnian.

He recruited Li Dangnian to come just to ask about the experience of the palace. After participating in it in person, I know some tricks, which is the most valuable practical experience.

Pingwangfu, a lady like the second lady, dares to show the face of the little dusk marquis.

But like Li Gannian and other members of the Li family, they are completely dependent on and dependent on the main branch, and they dare not have the slightest disrespect for Xiao Duhou, the aunt who comes to the door. Otherwise, they will be expelled from the main branch portal, and in an instant they will be reduced to civilians who will never see the light of day.

Li Kangnian immediately replied to his palace test experience without reservation.

Every year at the age of eight, the first-class government affairs of the imperial court, the examination questions are personally issued by the emperor, and the evaluation paper is also the emperor alone, and the answer sheet is graded as "excellent, upper, middle, lower" four grades, and the officials are given according to the grade.

Even the Prime Minister's Office, which assisted the emperor, could not intervene in this matter.

Therefore, no one can know the exam questions of this year's year.

Even the answers to the exam questions are right or wrong, no one can know, it is all up to the emperor's likes and dislikes and judgments. There is no so-called "standard" answer, and the answer sheet that the emperor does not like, no matter how beautiful the answer is, is useless.

Xiang Yanran, the emperor, has a good reputation in the Great Chu Dynasty, except that when he was young, he was besieged by the Xiongnu Emperor in the north, and there was a mess.

But the emperor is unpredictable.

No one could guess what exam questions the emperor would come up with and what answers he wanted.

There is a time limit for answering questions in the temple exam.

The time limit is one stick of incense.

How long is a stick of incense?

About a quarter of an hour, which translates to about fifteen minutes in the afterlife.

It is extremely difficult to answer the emperor's question, which has no trace to follow, and give an answer that the emperor is satisfied with.

In these short fifteen minutes, many of them may not even have figured out the question, let alone given an answer.

The reason why the time limit for the palace trial is so short is probably related to the early dynasty system.

If the emperor had any doubts in the early dynasty, the ministers of the court had to think about it on the spot and immediately provide countermeasures.

It is impossible to give an hour or two and reply after thinking about the way - in that case, the entire early dynasty will probably only be able to deal with one or two things.

This requires the officials to have very strong accumulation and knowledge, so that they can provide the emperor with a suitable countermeasure in such a short time.

Therefore, every year, when the palace is examined, there are only three or two "excellent" people who are assessed as "excellent", and they are fortunate to be directly awarded the "county order" and other officials, and they have successfully embarked on their official careers.

"Excellent" son, in the emperor's heart has a good impression, the career rises the fastest, the governance of the county is excellent, and he will be promoted once in three or five years. There is a good chance to be promoted to the ninth secretary of the imperial court.

The rest of the "high-class and middle-class" lifters were all dispatched to the low-level officials of various counties and counties in the world to experience some training. If you are lucky, you can be substituted for the county order.

Or stay in the Jinling City Bus Mansion, and when there is a shortage of small officials in various departments of the imperial court, go to fill the vacancy, and promote the officials by boiling up their qualifications.

There are also a small number of "inferior" people who answer the worst questions, and they are directly rejected or even punished.

Chu Tianxiu calculated carefully, and felt that he didn't have enough time to answer the questions.

In the college entrance examination Chinese essay in later generations, it takes an hour to write an 800-word essay.

The palace test, but only a stick of incense, about fifteen minutes to answer the question. There was no time to think deeply, and as soon as the emperor spoke, the candidates had to write the answers immediately.

If this can still write a perfect answer, it must be a demonic existence.

"It's such a short time, can you all answer it?"

Chu Tianxiu was surprised.

Li Gannian looked mysterious, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Uncle, it's definitely too late to deal with it on the spot!" The trick is to bet on the question in advance. ”

"Charge?"

"Exactly. The palace will not deviate from the major affairs of the government and the national economy and people's livelihood. It's just that there are many national politics involving all aspects, tens of thousands, and it's hard to count... The only way for candidates to cheat is to bet on the question.

Select five, six, or more than ten major events that happened in the imperial court last year, and set the topics respectively. Then think deeply about the way yourself, and write a 'countermeasure' for each topic.

Even each question, from different angles, heads and tails, gives different answers.

After the palace test, after the emperor put forward the question, if he was lucky, he won the question. Then you can write an exceptionally perfect answer without thinking, directly in a stick of incense, in one go. ”

Li Kangnian nodded again and again.

I didn't bet on the exam questions in advance, and I wanted to be "excellent" by playing on the spot, which is something that very few geniuses can do.

His face was a little remorseful, and he said, "This is the key trick of the palace's trial strategy. The answer sheets that can be appreciated by the emperor are almost all lucky to hit the exam questions of the year. If you don't win, you're out of luck.

The year before last, I went to the exam, but I didn't bet on the question, my mind was confused, and I didn't know what to write on the bamboo slips.... Hopefully I'll win this year! ”

"Okay, I got it!"

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help laughing.

This method is exactly the same as the essay of the college entrance examination candidates. It's just that they write ordinary compositions, and the emperor examines state politics.

The difficulty varies worlds from one side to the next.

Charge!

For the candidates of later generations who have experienced a hundred battles, it is simply very familiar.

"Uncle, my experience is here. This question and answer are different for each person. I'll go back first, and I'll bet on one or two more questions tonight.

Try to bet as many as you can tonight, so as not to lose an inch in the temple test. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, I will come to my uncle and go to the palace to participate in the palace examination. ”

Li Kangnian got up and arched his hand.

The two of them discussed the question together, which didn't make much sense, if the answer came out in a mold. Wouldn't the Emperor suspect that you two were copying the papers?

"Okay! You go back first. ”

Chu Tianxiu nodded.

Li Kangnian bowed down and said goodbye, put on a hat and cloak, and braved the cold and snow.

Chu Tianxiu paced back and forth in the study, and had some eyebrows about participating in the palace examination.

Although I have never participated in the palace examination, I still have a lot of experience in betting questions.

The premise is that the information must be accurate.

He already has some vague understanding of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The Great Chu Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Xiang Yanran is roughly equivalent to the early Western Han Dynasty. The history before the pre-Qin period has not changed, and the history of these sixty or seventy years has changed.

He had read a lot of historical materials.

In addition to the Yuyuan study, there is also a library of Pingwangfu, which contains about thousands of bamboo slips - this is a huge amount of information that ordinary Confucian scholars absolutely cannot have.

But if you change it to a 100-page paper book, the amount of text is only a few dozen.

In it, there is no lack of historical materials after the founding of the Great Chu State.

It's still early, and it's a few hours into the evening.

Chu Tianxiu immediately went to the library and flipped through these bamboo slips to see if there were anything in them that he could use.

Sharpen the knife in battle, and if you are not happy, you will be light!

Cutting people may not be good enough, but it is enough to show it out and scare people.

This look, sure enough, he turned over a lot of historical materials and good things, and he watched it with relish.

The thinking of the ancients is completely different from that of today! Many things that modern people are accustomed to, the ancients may not have been.

When it was night, Chu Tianxiu left the palace library with satisfaction and went back to the study to sleep beautifully.

Emperor, you can ask whatever you want.

Let's see how Ben Xiao Duhou responds, so that you know how powerful Ben Xiao Duhou's insight is!

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