Ji Ning won the Huiyuan, and his heart did not relax, because he knew that his next burden on the imperial examination was not light.

First of all, the palace exam, if you can get the top three Dingjia, maybe it's okay, after all, you can be sent to the Temple of Literature, otherwise you need to take the additional exam of the Temple of Literature, once you fail, it will mean that he can only stay in the court as an ordinary jinshi and wait for the release of officials, or try your luck, if there is a vacancy in the Temple of Literature, maybe you can give him the opportunity to take the make-up examination, otherwise you have to wait for another three years.

Ji Ning has studied the additional exam of the Temple of Literature, although it is not as difficult as the one in a hundred tests, but it is actually not far behind.

Every time the Hanlin Academy takes the exam, only the current Jinshi is accepted, and the previous Jinshi are not eligible to participate, that is to say, if a person is admitted to the Jinshi, he is only eligible to take the Jishi exam once.

However, the bachelor's examination of the Confucian Temple should be taken together by the previous Jinshi, and perhaps some Jinshi are still outside as officials of about the seventh grade, and when the bachelor's selection examination is held in the Confucian Temple, they will also come to participate, and the admission is also based on the article to select, without involving any side factors.

So much so that nearly 1,000 people will participate in each examination of the Temple of Literature, and each time the Temple of Literature selects only 20 to 50 apprentices, depending on how many vacancies there are in the selection examination of the current selection examination.

After all, they are all Jinshi backgrounds, and they are impeccable in terms of talent and ability, even if some of them are slack off on academic matters after becoming officials, they will still write good articles through some temporary cramming.

The most annoying thing is that there are some retired officials who come to participate in the selection examination of the Confucian Temple, these people are highly respected, and they have studied articles all their lives, and they write very old and spicy articles on the essays for the examination, which will make those fresh Jinshi feel a lot of pressure.

In the first few days of March, Ji Ning took the scholar's uniform home and concentrated on preparing for the palace examination.

The palace examination does not need to examine the candidate's study of the four books and five classics, but it will study the insights on governing the country and Wen Taowu strategy from an article, and it is also possible to write a poem on the spot.

The examination questions of the palace examination have always been regarded as the most academic, and they cannot be fooled casually, but the palace examination also has an advantage, that is, it does not brush the tribute, as long as the tribute completes the article of the palace examination on time and does not violate the ban, then the tribute can basically obtain the title of the jinshi, but most of the candidates can only obtain the name of the top three jinshi, and the social status is there, but to obtain the real shortage of the official vacancy, it may be necessary to wait for a few years in the capital, in the gap time of waiting, These people only perform their duties in the six ministries and nine Qing yamen of the imperial court, which is called Guanzheng.

Ji Ning really didn't have many books to read, after all, everything he could read had already been memorized in his mind, and all that was left was to write more articles and practice the truth.

Ji Ning wants to make his articles look more coincidental, not to highlight his articles with ornate rhetoric, but to make his ability to discuss issues more sonorous and powerful, not to persuade others, but to resonate with others.

Because the people who want to review his palace examination articles are either the top scholars in the court, or the scholars in the Confucian Temple, these people can be said to be Taidou-level figures, and they will naturally have an arrogant character, Ji Ning knows that he is looking for a lottery in front of these people, so he can only use some articles that are more arousing to people's reverie and thinking, to achieve unexpected results.

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On the sixth day of the first month of March, the Royal Palace.

It's just nightfall.

In the Ye'an Palace, as soon as the emperor sat down, the eunuch Long Cheng presented a list of red letters, which was a collation of the things the emperor had to do in the past few days.

"Your Majesty, these are the few show girls newly selected by Concubine Li Guifei to enter the palace, take a look...... Is it possible to stay? Long Cheng knew the emperor's preferences, and it was not okay to talk about political affairs first, only by making those who eat, drink and have fun clear in advance, the emperor would be "happy with the dragon's face".

The emperor took the list and saw that there were more than a dozen names on it, all of which only had a surname written and general physical characteristics.

"I'm a little tired, my eyes are a little jerky when I look at these things, but do you have a portrait to see with me?" The emperor felt that looking at the roster was not enjoyable at all, and simply wanted to see the portrait.

Long Cheng smiled: "Yes, please take a look at the mixed business!" ”

Saying that, Long Cheng took out the portraits of more than a dozen beautiful girls, each portrait was sketched by the court painter, although it may not be completely consistent in appearance, but it also maintained the characteristics of the gods, after the emperor saw it, he couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Okay, good, if they are really slim and slim, such a shy beauty, I am really reluctant to send them away, just leave them all!" ”

Long Cheng took back the portrait and said respectfully: "Everything is subject to the emperor's orders." ”

The emperor glanced up at Long Cheng, but suddenly sighed and said, "These show girls, good are good, but there are some fly in the ointment!" ”

"What the emperor said, the old slave doesn't understand very well!" Dragon City Road.

"These show girls are just virgins who have no personnel, although they have the shame of a girl, but they always don't know much about the joy of men and women, and many times they will disappoint me, but they are not as good as the women with good charm......"

What the emperor needs, he will not say too clearly, just a hint, and the people below must know what to do.

Long Cheng secretly thought in his heart: "This old immortal emperor seems to be a faint monarch, but in fact he is a tyrant, not only likes beauties, but also has a love for married women, such an emperor is really undesirable." If King Chong can't succeed, I will support the five princes, and sooner or later I will let them replace him, so as to stabilize my own position! ”

"Your Majesty, there are often beauties in the capital, but beautiful women ...... But not often! Long Cheng smiled in a flattering tone.

"Oh?" The Emperor smiled and said, "Is there such a saying in this world?" ”

"Not yet, but there is...... It's up to the world to understand it! Long Cheng said with a smile, "But this woman is going to enter the palace...... But it's a little troublesome, but the concubine will definitely have a way! ”

The emperor glanced at Long Cheng, his expression was secretive, he was not very happy, he did not affirm or deny, but he knew that Long Cheng would definitely tell Li Guifei what he said.

"Grandpa Long, is there anything else?" The Emperor asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, there is another thing that is very important, and I see ...... This palace test is about to begin, and three hundred new Gongshi will enter the palace in nine days, but the list of officials who will read the examination papers in the palace on this side of the imperial court has not yet been displayed, does the emperor make arrangements? Long Cheng asked tentatively.