The princess of Cheshi Kingdom gave the wooden box to the emperor, and the emperor saw it, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I am very satisfied with the things that Aiqing sent to me!" ”

As he spoke, Zhao Kangzheng looked up at the princess of Che Shiguo, and the look that seemed to be smiling was actually conveying a signal to Che Shiguo: "Tonight, come to my tent!" ”

Of course, Princess Che Shiguo could read Zhao Kangzheng's eyes, she lowered her head with shame and resentment, looking very ashamed, and finally Zhao Kangzheng said: "Aiqing can retreat first!" ”

At this time, no one present still knew what treasures the princess of Cheshiguo had offered.

Even Ji Ning looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the reason, Ji Ning thought to himself: "The emperor likes the gift of Cheshiguo so much, but the princess of Cheshiguo is still fake, which shows that there are a lot of hidden things behind it." Could it be that someone wants to use the princess of Cheshi Kingdom to do something? ”

When Ji Ning was thinking about it, the dedication ceremony officially ended.

All the envoys of the Fan State need to bow to Zhao Kangzheng, and even be more respectful than the people of the Confucian Temple in terms of etiquette, after all, they are the subjects of the subject state of the Great Yong Dynasty, and they are facing the emperor of the Heavenly Empire.

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After the dedication ceremony, there is drinking, and then there is the performance, and there are always some novelty programs on the side of the Rite and Music Division.

One of the performances that followed was the sword dance.

Thinking of the sword dance, Ji Ning naturally thought of Yun Wu's palm dance, which can be said to be the best dance he has ever seen, but unfortunately the essence of palm dance lies in light skills, a woman has relied on the best light skills to practice this ability, which somewhat reduces the charm of palm dance.

The sword dance performed by the Lile Division was also lackluster, and Ji Ning didn't look very attentive.

Finally, more than a dozen sword-dancing women retreated, and Zhao Kangzheng had already drunk more than a dozen glasses in a row, but at this time, Zhao Kangzheng still seemed to have no change, which also made King Hui keep staring at Zhao Kangzheng for observation.

Zhao Kangzheng smiled and waved his hand, and the scene quieted down again, Zhao Kangzheng didn't get up, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the Great Ceremony of Sealing Zen, which only comes once in three years, and is second only to the autumn hunt in the liveliness of all court activities." Today, I am also happy to have 300 jinshi, and these jinshi will become my share of the humerus and make contributions to the great eternal dynasty in the future......"

Although Zhao Kangzheng was only a courtesy compliment, the three hundred jinshi present still had to stand up and salute Zhao Kangzheng.

"You don't have to be polite, I have your assistance, I am very relieved in my heart, but there are also some troubles in my heart, the Great Yong Dynasty has been singing and dancing all these years, but in fact, on top of the literary attainments, there has never been a poem and article that has been passed down through the ages, or someone can leave a name for the ages, and there has never been a saint or a saint ......."

Zhao Kangzheng talked eloquently there, and what he said seemed to be very reasonable, but in Ji Ning's opinion, this emperor was a bit stinky and shameless.

You have only been the emperor for a few years, and you want to see what kind of saint Yasheng appeared in your dynasty, why don't you come by yourself if you have the ability to be an emperor?

But when Zhao Kangzheng was instructing all the jinshi present, the jinshi present had to stand and listen, Ji Ning was standing at the forefront, in fact, he didn't want to hear it the most, and those words also came out of his left ear and right ear, and he didn't form any impression in his mind at all.

Zhao Kangzheng finally said: "...... Today is the day when all the ministers and many new science and technology scholars accompany me to worship the sky, and in some days, it is to borrow the field, I am very grateful for the suffering of the people in my heart, but I don't know what the new science and technology scholars feel, you can tell me that if the poems and articles you make are deeply me, you will give a piece of treasure jade. I don't have many precious jades here, they are all from An Yueguo, if there are indeed many people who write well, I will have another reward! ”

All the Jinshi present expected that Zhao Kangzheng would take the exam exam, but none of them predicted that it would be related to borrowing Tian a few days later.

The meaning of borrowing the field is that the emperor will personally go out of the palace to encourage farming, because the era of the Great Yong Dynasty is very cold, and the crops are generally cultivated around March, and the emperor also wants to buy people's hearts when he comes out to borrow the field, and it is also so that the people can concentrate on production and produce more food, after all, the most important taxes in this era are land tax and poll tax.

After this question came out, all the Jinshi present were really silent.

The topic is so biased that no one can come up with an article right away, even if it is grasped that the main purpose of the article is to show the suffering of the people, in order to express the emperor's desire for ordinary people to live a better life, but no one can think about this issue more deeply.

Zhao Kangzheng said with a smile: "All the Jinshi here, you can sit down and think, I don't want to embarrass you, but I have this feeling by chance, even if you don't write, or you don't write well, I won't embarrass you." Today's focus is still on helping the wine! ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that this topic is to make it difficult for all the Jinshi present to die!" Suddenly, a person smiled and stood up to speak, this person Ji Ning still knew, it was Li Dan, the Shangshutai Shangshu Ling of Zhengsanpin, this person is a relative of Uncle Li Guo, and he has always been very close to Uncle Li Guo, which will make him rely on the good relationship with the emperor, and come out to pour cold water on the Jinshi.

When Li Dan looked sideways at the Jinshi present, he paid special attention to Ji Ning, who was closest to him.

He thought to himself: "This kid deliberately used a short time to write an article out, but in the end, I realized that you used one hour to write a lot of writing that others couldn't complete in four or five hours, and mistakenly made me think that the article was not written by you, so that you became the champion, and now I want to get the account back from you!" ”

Zhao Kangzheng said: "Li Shangshuling, you can't say the same, there are still people who can write and martial arts, and there are also people who are very good at poetry." Do you know who has the best reputation among the scholars? ”

The Emperor suddenly asked this question, which made it difficult for many people present to answer.

No one dares to say that they must be better than others in terms of literary attainments, and an article also has the factor of whether others like it or not.

But it stands to reason that Ji Ning, as the champion, should be promoted, but at this time, Uncle Li Guo stood up and said with a smile: "Back to Your Majesty, I heard that it is one of the top armors in this palace examination, and Gu Yuming, a talented man in Jiangbei, is the most outstanding in poetry. He once received an invitation from King Hui's Mansion to go to the mansion to chant poems, and many people sighed when he heard it. ”

"Oh? Is it? Have such a talent? Didn't King Hui introduce me earlier? Zhao Kangzheng seemed to be very surprised, it turned out that among his courtiers, there were actually admirable talents, who were personally recommended by King Hui and Uncle Li.

King Hui stood up, glanced at Gu Yuming with a smile and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Gu Yuming is a talented poet, and this king still intends to marry the little girl Min Shan to him!" ”