The location of the palace test was in the Yong'an Palace, and Tang Ning had also passed by here when he came to the palace last time.

Before the palace examination, after a series of steps such as roll call and salute, the candidates walked into the hall one by one according to the provincial examination ranking and sat down.

Tang Ning was naturally the first to step into the main hall.

His position was at the front, behind him was Gu Bai, and behind him were Cui Lang and Shen Jian.

"The examiner has arrived!"

An official eunuch said a shriek, and several figures walked out of the apse.

Tang Ning's seat was at the front, and his vision was the clearest, and he raised his head and his gaze stayed on a middle-aged man at the front.

The palace examination was sponsored by the Ministry of Rites, and the one who walked in the forefront was naturally the Ministry of Rites, Tang Huai.

Tang Huai walked in front of him, never glanced in this direction, Tang Ning's face was calm, and there was no wave.

Xiao Jue's seat was in a corner of the hall, and when he looked up, he saw that Tang Ning didn't react, so he withdrew his gaze.

An official walked up to Tang Huai and said, "Lord Tang, the time is almost up. ”

Tang Huai nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

The official whispered to a eunuch, who took two steps forward and said in a loud voice: "The palace test begins!" ”

Soon, someone handed out the exam papers, and the exam papers were all sealed, and the questions were sealed.

In previous years, the strategy of the palace examination was sometimes examined, and sometimes it was examined.

"Policy" refers to the practical policy of governing the country, just like the policy of water control and epidemic prevention on the state test, which can be implemented.

"Theory" generally refers to the opinion on a certain issue, such as the "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh" that he and Li Tianlan discussed, or directly intercepting a part of the classics and allowing candidates to play freely.

If it is to test "theory", it pays more attention to the article, and for Tang Ning, it is naturally more advantageous to test "strategy".

He carefully unpacked the test questions and set his eyes on them.

There were only two questions in this year's temple exam, and this was the first information he saw.

The first question was very short, the shortest of all the policy topics Downing had ever seen.

The first question reads: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." ”

Tang Ning was a little stunned at the first glance when he saw the question, because he had only done this question not long ago, and he had an in-depth exchange with Li Tianlan.

If this was not a palace test, he would definitely think that it was from Li Tianlan.

After a little stunned, he looked at the second way.

The second question is very long, about 100 words, and asks the examinee's opinion on the enemy in the northern grassland, whether it is necessary to ally with the Chu State, explain his views and explain the reasons.

Both questions are "theories", the first is about governing the country, and the second is about current affairs.

Tang Ning is now a little suspicious, today's strategy topic is really Li Tianlan's idea, or she has the ability to predict the future, and secretly leaked the exam questions to him without missing a trace.

The thought flashed through my mind, and then I regretted it.

If I had known that these two exam questions were the questions, I could actually give it a go, and maybe the big house would have become a big garden.

He was stunned for a moment, and then began to dip his pen in ink.

Answering these two questions does not require too much thinking, and the idea process that should be there has been experienced in the communication with Miss Li.

He only had to turn the timeline back to those two periods to replay what they were talking about.

The first is in the Red Sleeve Pavilion, on the day Tang Yao was killed in Jingshi.

The second is the provincial test list, the day Tang Yaoyao and Li Tianlan competed.

It is said that on the day of their martial arts competition, Tang Fairy and Li Tianlan stood together, and the gap between this chest-raising action ------ was too obvious.

Tang Ning carefully compared it a few times, shook his head, drove these pictures out of his mind, and then picked up the pen, and when he was about to put down the pen, his expression was stunned.

What was he going to do?

When he recalled the conversation with Li Tianlan for the second time, most of the people in the hall had already put pen to paper on the manuscript paper.

One day, two strategies, time is still a bit rushed, not a single cent can be wasted.

The first question "Governing a Great Country If Cooking Small Fresh" comes from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", which does not test the Confucian classics, which makes them a little surprised, but fortunately, they are also very familiar with the Tao Te Ching.

However, it is precisely because the topic is not difficult that it becomes extremely difficult to stand out among more than 200 people, and they must ensure that their writing is different from others, and their judgments are more wonderful than others, so that they can hope to stand out.

The same is true for the second question.

The cautious people on the northern grasslands have always been a big problem for the Chu State, and the envoys of the Chu State have been coming to the Chen State to seek an alliance for half a year, but anyone who pays a little attention to national affairs knows about it.

What's more, in the 100 articles on the imperial examination this time, the relationship between Chen Guo and the grassland, and the relationship between Chen and Chu were listed as the focus, and many of them were familiar with it.

But it is precisely because of this that it is not easy to write something new.

It is nothing more than that although the grassland is strong, the state of Chu itself is not weak, and the threat of the prudent people to the state of Chen is limited, so it is better to sit and watch the two tigers fight ......each other, this should be the standard answer, and it is also in line with the proposition of the imperial court.

If the imperial court wanted to send troops to aid the Chu State, it would have agreed to form an alliance a long time ago, so why wait until now?

While everyone was thinking in their hearts, their eyes couldn't help but look at the back in the front.

I heard that the provincial test leader is erudite and talented, but the article is not very well written, this palace examination, both policy papers are tested "theory", the content of the test, is also a well-known thing, there is not much change, the test is the writing. With the same content, whoever can write the article will be among the best.

And this time, the first place in the provincial examination, I am afraid that he will not even be able to enter the second class of the palace examination.

If this is the case, he is the biggest joke in this imperial examination, after all, the leader of the provincial examination over the years cannot be ranked in the first class, and he is definitely in the top of the second class......

Many people observed a moment of silence for him, retracted their gaze, and began to concentrate on answering the questions......

At the top, several examiners were silent, their eyes swept over the examinees below.

After Tang Huai's gaze swept around aimlessly, it fell on one person.

At one point, Downing put down his pen, raised his head, and met a line of sight from above.

Neither of them looked away, just looked at it calmly.

A person beside Tang Huai looked at him and wondered, "Lord Tang, what's wrong?" ”

Tang Huai moved his eyes back, smiled, and said, "It's nothing, a few people have to look carefully at the palace test, and there must be no fraud......

"That's nature."

"Lord Tang doesn't have to worry."

……

On top of the state exam, it is necessary to write three simple policy arguments in one day, and the questions of the provincial exam are slightly more difficult, but one article a day is also extremely sufficient.

In contrast, the difficulty of the temple examination is moderate, and when the gong sounds, it indicates that there is only one hour before the end of the temple examination, and most people have already finished answering the questions and transcribing them.

Tang Ning handed in the test paper and walked out of the hall, Xiao Jue and Gu Bai were already waiting outside.

"I didn't expect the questions of this palace exam to be so simple." The first to speak was Xiao Jue.

"The easier it is, the harder it is." Shen Jian shook his head and said, "No matter what, the palace test is over, and then, it will be up to fate." ”

The determination of the first class has nothing to do with the examiners, they can only evaluate the top ten, and the final result depends on His Majesty's preferences.

And the simpler the topic, the more they can't close the gap, which is not a good thing for them.

"Ah, you're here too!"

Tang Ning was about to leave when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

He turned his head and saw King Run, holding a box, striding over.

The children who can appear in the palace are naturally not ordinary people, and everyone who walked out of the hall looked at them one after another.

Zhao Yuan picked up the box, looked at Tang Ning, and asked: "Do you want to eat fried small fish here, last time I told my father what you said about "governing a big country is like fried small fish", and my father praised you for a long time, and asked me to learn more from you......

"Governing a big country is like frying a small fish?" Xiao Jue looked at Tang Ning and asked, "What fried fish?" ”

Gu Bai and Cui Lang looked stunned and looked at Tang Ning in disbelief.

The candidates around who heard this sentence also stopped, and the whole person looked at Tang Ning with a stiff face as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh ......"

The question they took in the temple exam just now was actually ......, and it was actually made by the person who participated in the temple exam with them!

I have heard of missing questions in the imperial examination, but I have never heard of the candidates in the imperial examination!

Shady, it's naked shady!

Where is the principle of heaven and where is the fairness?