Chapter 103: The Palace Examination

In the main hall, the Great Zhou Emperor Chai Yuan sat in the center of the dragon chair, looking down at the candidates below. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the princes and ministers lined up on both sides, looking at them with smiles on their faces. According to the tradition of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this palace examination is just a re-ranking according to the emperor's wishes, and no one will be deposed at will because the results are too poor. For these future officialdom colleagues, everyone hopes to leave an impression so that these juniors will not be too nervous and perform abnormally in this exam.

Lin Yi knelt down in front of him with the other tributes, and respectfully bowed three times and bowed nine times to Chai Yuan, and after hearing his command, they all stood up. Taking advantage of this time, Lin Yi secretly raised his eyes and saw a person sitting in the emperor's throne, about fifty years old, slightly thin, wearing a yellow dragon robe, looking at the audience with burning eyes, a pair of eyes swept towards him from time to time, and there was a majesty in his expression. Lin Yi didn't dare to look at it for a long time, for fear of attracting the emperor's attention, thinking of his daughter's humiliation, after quietly looking at it a few times, he hurriedly bowed his head and stood up!

Zhou Hongmo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty! In this autumn competition, a total of 280 Zhonggongshi were selected, and another 15 students from Taixue and five students from Enyin participated in this palace examination. ”

Chai Yuan sat on it and said lightly: "Let's start the palace test!" It will be presided over by Mr. Wang Bo himself, and the top ten will be selected and reported to me! I've got other things to do, I'll come back later! With that, he got up and walked down the dragon chair, surrounded by several palace ladies, and turned to the apse.

Seeing that the emperor was gone, Wang Bo came out of the crowd, walked in front of all the tributes who took the exam, and said loudly: "Rank tributes, this palace examination is divided into three sessions, martial arts is out of the military department, arithmetic is out of the household department, medicine is asked by the Tai Hospital, law is by the criminal department, calligraphy and painting are asked by the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the ministry are responsible for supervision.

Several scholars in the hall responded at the same time, and each called the tributes who belonged to their own disciplines to leave, and for a while, the tributes in the hall were gone, and they seemed a lot wider.

Wang Bo smiled again: "The title of the subject of the palace examination is drawn up by the emperor himself, and the old man is in charge of supervising the hall, ranking the students, and preparing for the exam!" After saying that, he waved his hand, and dozens of eunuchs came out from behind the hall, carrying small tables and futons in the main hall neatly.

This hall is very large, although there are nearly 200 tributes who have studied and examined, but it is not crowded at all, and after all the tributes are seated, the eunuchs will put the four treasures in the study. Wang Bo walked to the center of the hall and loudly preached some discipline in the examination room, and then ordered the eunuchs to send out the examination papers.

Lin Yi has learned from the students of Sizhai that the palace examination of this scripture is divided into three sessions, the first one is the scriptures, which assesses the mastery of the sage's words by all the tributes. The second scene is poetry, the emperor will ask the question, and the students can make three poems according to the title, Lin Yi doesn't care, anyway, he will memorize a lot of poems, and then he will make up a few poems. The third one, but the test is the current affairs policy, this one, it is said that the emperor values it the most, and the ranking of the palace examination is often determined by the third current affairs policy topic, Lin Yi does not care about this, with the perspective of our future generations, can we still be afraid of a policy topic? Point out the pros and cons of not? What a joke.

After answering the questions of the first Jingyi test, Lin Yi was a little unconfident, this ****** was too difficult to test, and the questions were quirky, which made people very confused. Alas! Kung Fu still can't get home! On the other hand, the other students were all smug and complacent, obviously better than their own answers, and Wang Jinglong, who had handed in the paper early in the distance, looked at him with contempt.

"Cut! What are you cows? Let's take a look at the next poem! Lin Yi glanced at him without showing weakness, handed in the test paper last, sat back in his seat, and waited patiently for the second exam.

The title of this second poem is based on the names of the three poems of Butterfly Love Flower, Dingfeng Wave, and Fortune Operator, and each of them is free to play three words. Lin Yi looked at the topic and couldn't help but be overjoyed, my strength has finally come, and this time I will definitely win the first place and fight for some dignity for myself.

At the moment, three poems were written, and "Butterfly Love Flowers" wrote: "Don't wake up from the West Building when you are drunk, don't remember it, spring dreams and autumn clouds, it's really easy to gather and disperse." The slanting moon and half window still sleep less, and the painting screen is idle to display Wu Shancui. The words in the poem with wine marks on the clothes, dotted and lined, are always desolate. The red candle has no good plan for self-pity, and the cold night sky weeps for others. This word is plagiarized from Yan's several words, and the writer of the last film woke up from a dream and felt that life was like a dream. The next film writes poems about the wine marks left by the reunion. The whole word is light and deep, full of melancholy and pathos that has nowhere to be discharged, the style is depressed and sad, and the technique is exquisite, which can be described as a fine lyric.

"Fixing the Storm" is plagiarized from Su Shi, and the words say: "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and walk slowly, bamboo branches and mango shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid?" A cloud of smoke and rain is Ren Ping's life. The steep spring blows the wine and wakes up, slightly cold, the mountain obliquely shines but welcomes each other, looking back at the bleak place, returning, there is no wind and rain and no mercy. This word borrows the chic and chic behavior of Xu Xing in the rain, showing the author's stubborn character and optimistic and open-minded feelings despite adversity and repeated setbacks.

"Fortune Operator" copied Lu You's poems and Yongmei that he learned in middle school. The words said: "Outside the post broken bridge, lonely open ownerless, it is already dusk alone sorrow, more wind and rain, no intention to fight for spring, a group of jealousy, scattered dust and mud crush dust, only fragrant as before!" This poem can also be said to be a good lyric, and it has been widely recited by later generations.

After the three poems were written, Lin Yi was complacent, handed in the volume first, glanced at Wang Jinglong fiercely, avenged the humiliation of the previous game, and then under the guidance of several eunuchs, went to the latrine, comfortable and convenient, and slowly paced back to the main hall, waiting for the third exam.

In view of the fact that there are many bureaucrats in the court and China, and there are too many redundant officials and too many soldiers, he asked the new tributes to come up with suggestions and solutions.

Immediately, all the students sat in the main hall, bowed their heads and thought carefully. Lin Yi also frowned, thinking hard about what to do.

This bureaucracy is huge, there have been dynasties and dynasties, and the idlers raised by these countries are superficial, but they are greedy for comfort, and they are unwilling to go to the society to beg for a living, which greatly increases the burden of the common people, and makes the people complain, but these people also have to live, and many people are still in the key departments of the imperial court, if they are not handled well, it is easy to make a big mess. For this reason, the source of firewood is painful, and the officials have no plan, so this time they specially asked the new tributes to seek a solution from them.

In this regard, Lin Yi was deeply touched, and after thinking carefully, he proposed three solutions. The first is that all the officials of the various ministries and yamen of the imperial court shall implement a contract system, with a limit of five years, and those who have done a good job will be rehired for five years, and then no matter how good they are, they will immediately carry the cover and get out of the way, so as to prevent these people from using the power in their hands to form a hereditary situation. The second is the problem of redundant troops, for these soldiers, the strong ones are selected to stay and organized into a capable forbidden army, and the rest of the soldiers are organized into military households, and the state uses the land in its hands to divide them into tuntian fields and support themselves. In addition, building roads, building bridges, and setting up post stations are ideas to find a way for them to live. The third article is for the officials of the imperial court, for these people, the imperial court will set the quota, and the salary will be paid according to the quota every year. No additional additions are allowed.

After writing thousands of words, Lin Yi handed in the test papers, and left the venue with all the tributes who took the test, and returned to the residence in Taixue.

"Lin Yi, how did you answer today's hall test?" As soon as they entered the door, Wang Yu and Yang Jingwen greeted him and asked.

Lin Yi smiled: "It's just average!" It may or may not be successful! ”

Wang Yu said with a smile: "As long as it is not too bad, it will definitely be successful, in the future, we will be loyal to the monarch and accept the Congress, and there will be a Jinshi master like you, you will be developed by then, but remember us!" ”

Lin Yigong smiled: "Which is certain!" Let's help each other in the future. Seeing that the two of them had already packed their luggage and called in a few small servants to carry them and prepare to leave, they were a little reluctant and asked, "Are you going to leave today?" ”

Wang Yu sighed: "Yes! We've graduated this year, and it's impossible to stay in Taixue anymore, so we'll both go back today. There was also some reluctance on his face.

Lin Yi hurriedly asked, "Where should I go to find you two?" ”

Wang Yu smiled: "You can go to the bus company we opened to find the two of us, or you can ask Yang Wenzhong of Wuke to pass the message for you, we will always have a chance to meet in the future!" ”

After sending Wang Yu and Yang Jingwen away from Taixue and returning to the empty four lents, Lin Yi suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, and a sense of sadness surged inexplicably in his heart. After sitting firmly at the head of the bed and packing his luggage, he saw a servant from Taixue leading a servant into the room and said, "Young Master Lin, someone is looking for you!" ”

Lin Yi looked back and recognized his appearance, but it was Yahuan Qiuju beside Yang Huijuan. I saw that she was dressed in men's clothes, but she didn't hide the beauty around her, Ying Ying smiled: "Lin Gongzi, my young lady asked me to send you a message, and ask you to meet in the City God Temple tonight, this is her letter." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to him.