At the end of the noon dynasty, Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu went directly to Kunning Palace to have lunch with Empress Zhang, and just after the afternoon Shenshi, the two of them set off to Wenhua Palace.

This assessment is very grand, in addition to Zhu Youzhu and Empress Zhang's husband and wife, all eight East Palace lecturers gathered, and the young master and prince Liu Jian is the main examiner, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are the same examiners, and the other four invigilators and marking officers are Wang Wei, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Wu Kuan, the Zhan Shi and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Jiao Fang, and the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Xie Duo, the priest of the country.

In addition, there are also British Gong Zhang Mao, Shouning Hou Zhang Heling, Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling, six Shangshu, Zuodu Imperial History and Tongzheng Department of General Affairs as observers.

This lineup is more than enough to take out the hall exam, but it is used to assess the bear child Zhu Houzhao, who was only nine years old at the time, and when Zhu Houzhao drooped his head to the main hall, he looked up slightly and saw a group of examiners with solemn expressions and the "statue of the holy teacher", and suddenly the whole person felt bad.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly looked for a familiar figure from the crowd.

Wang Wei and Wu Kuan belong to the more familiar kind, and they have both been his East Palace speakers, but the most familiar and cordial ones are Shen Xi, who stands at the end of the East Palace speakers' ranks, but unfortunately Shen Xi has no momentum in front of these ministers at this time, except for nodding slightly to him to show encouragement, there is no way to help him.

The chief examiner Liu Jian, as a two-generation prince speaker, entered the cabinet as the first assistant as the teacher of the Son of Heaven, and everyone in the court respected him, and now he is presiding over the assessment of Zhu Houzhao, which is very suitable.

When Liu Jian walked out and came to the front of the lecture, Zhu Houzhao went up to salute.

Zhu Houzhao muttered a sentence in his mouth, although Shen Xi didn't hear it clearly, but judging from the shape of his mouth, it probably meant...... Why isn't this old guy dead?

The written test is written by the examiner and the same examiner, and the invigilator and the examiner are responsible for marking the papers.

As for the question, it was personally asked by Emperor Zhu Youzhi of Hongzhi.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Even the degree of formality is directly chasing the palace examination, is this preparing to let the bear child feel the atmosphere of the imperial examination?" ”

"Your Majesty, you can begin."

Liu Jian first recited a verse of reverence for the Holy Master, which was used as the usual opening of the feast, before asking Zhu Youji for instructions.

Zhu Youzhu was very respectful of Liu Jian, and nodded and said, "Mr. Laoan." ”

Liu Jian solemnly opened the file he had prepared, which recorded the exam questions he had prepared, and the people present also wanted to see what kind of exquisite exam questions the prince and prince could prepare, but when Liu Jian read out the questions, they couldn't help but be shocked...... Dictate part of the Four Books!

This is like putting on an incomparably huge formation, saying that it is going to carry out a military exercise with real guns, and finally I know that it is to use cannons to bombard mosquitoes, the Ming Dynasty has the largest lineup, bringing together the essence of the country's Confucian scholars, important ministers of the court, is to accompany the little prince to write silently, think about it and feel a little absurd.

But who called it a royal affair?

There is no trivial matter in the royal family, the prince's studies are related to the future glory and disgrace of the Ming Dynasty, even if he stands next to supervise the prince's silent writing, he must stand straight as a green pine, and let the emperor know that we are loyal and righteous people who are full of concern for the prince and responsible for the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to say that Zhu Houzhao is different from ordinary children, if ordinary children see so many officials, they can't calm down and answer properly because of stage fright, but who is he? The emperor is his son, there are no brothers and sisters, and the celebrities of the entire Ming Dynasty revolve around him, the prince, even if he felt that he couldn't adapt to it at first, after picking up the pen, he had reached a state of selflessness......

But the strange thing is that more often Zhu Houzhao is holding a pen and is there in a daze.

In the eyes of many ministers, if Zhu Houzhao is asked to memorize which paragraph in the four books, he should be able to memorize it, as for the silent writing, it is somewhat difficult, plus it is a temporary question, and the excerpts are silent, and the prince seems to be powerless!

Zhu Hou stopped writing, looked at the people around him from time to time, and then continued to write...... At first glance, he didn't have much confidence, and even his father, Emperor Hongzhi, couldn't help frowning when he saw it.

After studying for so many years, it is still so laborious to memorize four books?

I don't want to think about your lecturer Shen Xi, when he was a year older than you, he was already able to pass the county exam with eight articles, isn't my emperor even as good as a courtier?

In the past, Zhu Youzhu thought that his son learned everything very quickly and was extremely smart, even if he was a little naughty, but whose child could have no bad problems at all?

There is a comparison to know that there is a gap!

Not to mention anything else, there is one standing in the hall, now only fourteen years old, the family has been ranked among the top in the court class, talent, knowledge, ability is obvious to all, and the knowledge and Hongru also have to fight.

People are more angry than people!

The emperor also has times of shame, why is it "someone else's child"?

Every time Liu Jian said a paragraph, he asked Zhu Houzhao to take the next paragraph, and then asked if he had finished speaking? Zhu Houzhao always seemed sluggish, and he would not write the paragraph until he was urged two or three times, although the ministers did not see the specific situation of Zhu Houzhao's silent writing, but it was expected that the result would not be too good.

The faces of the East Palace speakers next to him were no longer good-looking, but Shen Xi nodded with satisfaction.

After Liu Jian finished finishing all the questions, Zhu Houzhao put down his pen slowly, and the first assessment ended like this...... At this time, Zhu Houzhao and Shen Xi exchanged glances, and the bear child showed a slightly imperceptible sly smile on his face.

This is the test-taking strategy that Shen Xi taught him earlier.

Even if you are well aware of the content of the exam, you can't dance with joy and make people think that the examiner's questions are not too much...... The correct way to deal with it is to try to act very difficult, and as for how to behave, it is to hold a pen, and from time to time there in a daze, think about it, and then start to write after a while.

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand why Shen Xi wanted him to do this, Shen Xi's explanation was simple and straightforward, if you want to pass this assessment, you have to do it.

The content of the exam is usually from simple to complex, the first examination is the most obvious, the smoother you answer in front, the more it will make your dad think that you have mastered it well, and the higher the expectations for you, the later the exam questions, especially when it comes to the question part, directly give you some kind of that you can't even answer a word with your mouth wide open, you just wait to eat it!

On the contrary, if you answer very reluctantly at the beginning, your father will see that my emperor is just learning, give him some simple questions and don't let him be embarrassed, just make do with the past, then the content of the exam will naturally be much simpler. In this way, if you can answer correctly, the emperor will have a little surprise, and he will reward you more.

Even if Zhu Houzhao is a little clever, he has not reached the point of playing with the emperor and ministers.

What he thought was that as long as the assessment went well, he would be able to go out of the palace with Shen Xi to play, so whatever Shen Xi said, he just had to do it. Isn't it just pretending to be a grandson in the exam room? Master can't do anything else, acting is first-class good, I'll pretend I can't, see what you do to me!

Acting and acting, even Zhu Houzhao himself was about to believe it, if it weren't for the acceleration of the silent writing later, I am afraid that the assessment would not be completed within the specified time.

By the time the first exam was over, Queen Zhang was already so nervous that she was about to tear her clothes, and hurriedly took advantage of the exam to give her husband a look......

No, I can't take the test at this pace anymore!

In the eyes of Empress Zhang, her son must have the ability, but today's battle is too big, so that her son is unconsciously stage frightened, and he forgot what he would have been.

After the first four-book test, the next question is the pentateuch question.

Unlike ordinary scholars who participate in the imperial examination, Zhu Houzhao, as the crown prince, has to dabble in the "Five Classics" when he reads.

The second examiner is Li Dongyang, Li Dongyang is known for his planning, but today to put it plainly, he stood up and sang blackface, he didn't care whether the prince's previous answer was smooth or not, let him come out for the exam, and after studying to that extent, he got the corresponding questions, without any intention of saving face for the emperor and the prince.

Originally, this exam was only a test of the memorization of the Five Classics, and it was only a simple crossword or word filling, and it was a little difficult for the prince to memorize all the "Five Classics" at one time, so this kind of fill-in-the-blank question was the most suitable for the examination environment.

Li Dongyang's questions were a little cold, which really stumped Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself: "Didn't you say that if I pretend to be a grandson in the first exam, it will be easier in the second exam?" Why is the topic so difficult...... Especially this question, I haven't memorized the content of this "Book of Songs", let me write it silently, where do I know where to go? ”

When Li Dongyang's topic came out, many ministers present who were good at observing words and emotions noticed that it was not good, so don't let this assessment become a joke in the end.

You Li Gongmou usually make plans in the court and show off, why do you want to embarrass the prince at this time? Make us feel bad, and make yourself feel bad!

The second assessment continued, Zhu Youzhi couldn't help but want to stop, he also felt that the significance of continuing this assessment was not very great, it seemed that his son really couldn't cope with this kind of big scene, or that he hadn't learned yet.

However, this assessment was initiated by the emperor himself, and if he stopped it casually, it would make him lose face, so Zhu Youzhu could only hope that this assessment would end soon.

The second exam was finally over, and Li Dongyang returned to his position.

The next one to appear is the treacherous and cunning Xie Qian.

Xie Qian was in charge of the third exam, and the content of the third exam was the doctrine of Zhuzi, which belonged to the "sub" department of scripture, history, sub-discipline, and concentration.

Xie Qian took a look, yo, what kind of bear did the prince learn? I didn't even memorize the "Four Books" and "Five Classics"! Let me test him for a hundred schools, this is not to assess the prince but to ask for the life of the little old man!

Don't wait for me to ask him three don't know, the emperor will reprimand me when I turn around, how did you take this question, is the meaning of the exam to make the prince unable to answer?

Xie Qian held the file with the title that had been prepared before, and muttered to himself, how did these East Palace lecturers do it, don't list the teaching progress if you don't have a church.

After all, Xie Qian was born in a wide range of knowledge, and he had ready-made questions in his hand, so he didn't plan to use them but he didn't want to use them all, so he only intercepted some of the simple questions, and then made up a few questions on the spot, so that he could make up the third exam question.

Even so, Xie Qian was still worried in his heart, the prince was not even familiar with the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", could he know this kind of topic?

But after Xie Qian finished finishing the question, seeing the speed of the prince's answer, it was very smooth.

Xie Qian thought about it, the person in charge of teaching the prince's "son" department used to be Wang Wei, and now it is Wu Kuan, both of whom are famous Confucians, no wonder they teach well.

Thinking of this, he was relieved, and Xie Qian deliberately added a little difficulty to the last two questions, and it seemed that the prince's answer was quite smooth, so he didn't know if he could get to the point.

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